Coomealla
WEDNESDAY’S A Grade comp was won by Justin McPhee (37) ahead of Greg Rhodes (36) and Ed Parker (36).
B Grade went to Matt Mason (34) over Trevor Carroll (34) and Chris Gurney (33).
NTPs were: Michael Golitschenko (third, 50), Ian Girdler (seventh, 208), Luke Perry (11th, 181) and James Orpwood (18th, 180).
Wednesday’s women’s event saw Lee Bottomley finish first (70), followed by Christine Watts (74).
NTPs were: Lynda Saunders (third, 178 and 18th, 50), Lee Bottomley (seventh, 475) and Sharon Morrell (11th, 119).
Friday’s medley nine-hole Stableford went to Jack Morello (22) from Ivan McKenzie (21).
NTPs were: Greg Rhodes (11th, 580) and Tony Finn (18th, 375).
Saturday’s men’s A Grade winner was Mark McDonald (37). Runner-up was Rhys Keating (37) and Glenn Marr was third (36).
David Lewin won B Grade (43) from Jayden Brooks (38) and Col Pulham (36) was third.
NTPs were: Greg Lee (third, 253), Anthony Mills (seventh, 83), John Blake (11th, 98) and Melville Lyons (18th, 87).
Saturday’s ladies’ event saw Lee Bottomley finish first (41), followed by Sue Arthur (38).
NTPs were: Janice Walker (third, 62), Sue Laird (seventh, 90), Ninette Mammone (11th, 90) and Bottomley (18th, 0).
Sunday’s medley Stableford went to Walter Schulz (39) just ahead of Adam Martin (38).
NTPs were: Martin (third, 330, and 18th, 610).
Congratulations to Jacob Slimmon for his eagle on the eighth hole on Wednesday and to Walter Schulz for his eagle on the 15th on Sunday.
Merbein
WEDNESDAY saw the Gourlays dominate as Allan won with 38 points over Peter (34).
NTPs were: Allan Gourlay (second, 402 and 14th, 280) and Greg Marshall (sixth, 495).
Saturday doubled up as round 1 of the 2021 Club Championships and the August monthly medal.
The medal went to Peter Gourlay with a neat and tidy 70 over Peter Shadwick (72).
NTPs were: Shadwick (third, 420), Max Turvey (sixth, 705), Bear Lanigan (14th, 187), Ken Matulick (16th, 615) and Glen Wallace (18th, 550).
The Club Championship leaderboard after round 1 is as follows:
A Grade scratch has Michael Thomson (75) ahead of Matt Dean (80). Meanwhile, in the A Grade handicap, Thomson (73) sits atop with Shane Trinick (73).
B Grade scratch has Matulick (84) in front of Glen Wallace (85), while in the B Grade handicap Shadwick (72) leads Frank Zambito (73).
C Grade scratch sees Bear Lanigan (96) ahead of Melinda Binding (97) and in the C Grade handicap Peter Gourlay (70) is followed by Steve Russell (76).
It was a great weekend for the club with strong numbers in the championships and, as always, Merbein delivered with the course and the fun. Let’s get out on course this week and keep it going. Wednesday will be a Stableford event and Saturday is round 2 of the club championships, if you aren’t in the championships, a stroke day event is open.
Red Cliffs
WEDNESDAY saw the ladies play the 4BBB Stableford. Sue Gathercole and Liz Leach, both on 42 points, placed first. Carmel Briody and Glenys Murray, on 41 points, came second on a countback from Sally Jones and Bobbie Ramsay.
NTPs were: Faye Englefield (third), Chris Taylor (eighth), Deb Hassell (12th), Julianne Wood (15th) and Deb Dark (17th).
In the men’s competition, Philip Shaw won with a lovely 42 points. John Plut was runner-up with 34.
NTP were: Ray Pain (eighth), Bruce Mathieson (12th), Stuart Thomson (17th) and Gary Nunn (18th).
Saturday was stroke with the men playing the final round of their club championships, while the ladies played stroke for the Brewery Cup.
Congratulations to all, especially Daryl Morgan – our club champion for 2021.
Riverside
AFTER a short break, here we are again. But let’s think ourselves lucky, with Melbourne and all of NSW shut down.
Tuesday’s 18-hole Stableford for the ladies saw two players burning up the course, both completing excellent rounds of 40. After a countback, Adel Dal Corobbo was rewarded with the win ahead of Verna Wakefield.
Meg Hamence had 17 points to win the nine-hole comp.
NTPs were: Rose Barich (fourth, 53), Adel Corobbo (seventh, 232), Jan Hiscock (12th,108) and Roylene Bailey (18th, 120).
It was Stableford for the men on Wednesday in two grades with some outstanding scores.
Jarrad Stokker had a ripper 43 to win A Grade in front of Paul Reed, who also had a tremendous round (42).
The B Grade winner, Jim Callaway, also smashed out a mighty 42 to win over Bob Wagner (38).
Stokker had two eagles, both on par-fives, one on the fifth and the other the 14th.
NTPs were: Jason Marks (fourth, 269), Stephen Day (seventh, 250), Stokker (12th, 400), Laurie Riordan (17th, 400) and David Lloyd (18th, 440).
On Thursday the ladies contested their monthly medal and putting comp and Chitra Rankin put together a super round of (91-72) to win the day and to claim the medal. Lauris Hicks (113-74) grabbed second place over Lisa Garioch (83-74) after a countback.
NTPs were: Jan Hiscock (fourth, 360), Garioch (12th, 150) and Rankin (18th, 109).
Friday’s nine-hole Medley Stableford was a winner for James Taylor, but not before a countback with John Horkings, both on 19.
The ladies played a 4BBB Stableford on Saturday and our captain, May Connolly, and Roz Nash paired up to bring home a winning score of a lovely 44.
Runner-up came after a three-way countback with the pair of Jan Lloyd and Lorraine Palmer coming out the better. All three teams finished on 43, with Garioch and Kathy Ridley and Tracy Lee and Maree Irvin just missing the cut.
NTPs were: Rankin (fourth, 323), Heather Klemm (seventh, 254), Garioch (12th, birdie) and Verna Wakefield (18th,30).
It was another Stableford for the men on Saturday and the overall winner was Michael Nott (40).
Scott Connolley picked up the win in A Grade with 40. It was another countback for second place, with Andrew Diwell finishing in front of Alexander Spooner (39).
With countbacks being the flavour of the week, Jake Smith took out B Grade from Graeme Irvin, after both sat on 37.
NTPs were: Dom Glenister (fourth, 185), Craig Jervies (seventh, 220), Kendall Marchment (12th, 450), Greg King (17th, 205) and Aaron Jefferey (18th, 50).
Dallas Kalms picked up the win in Sunday’s medley Stableford on a fine 37, over Claude Dawson (36), who finished second after a countback over Andrew Woodcock and Jake Keil.
NTPs were: Garioch (fourth, 175), David Woodcock (seventh, 270), Marchment (12th, 415) and Noel Thomas (18th, 319).
Veterans
Rob Toms (A Grade scratch winner), John Williams (A Grade handicap winner), Terry Buckingham (B Grade scratch winner), Alan Steedman (B Grade handicap winner) and champion Mark Woodhouse were all smiles after their Veterans’ triumphs.
IN retrospect, the district veteran golfers have been fortunate to have been able to complete their championship event.
Held less than two weeks ago at the Coomealla Golf Resort, it was finished hours before new stricter restrictions were being introduced. Just one day later, the club would not have been able to provide the players with a lunch. Now, with the total lockdown of New South Wales, the event would have been cancelled or postponed.
Our next event is scheduled for Monday, September 6, at the Robinvale Golf Club. Importantly ,the single Stableford event can go ahead if the current restrictions remain as Sunraysia members can travel to Robinvale without crossing into New South Wales. It will take a little longer to travel there via the Calder Highway so members will need to factor that into their planned departure time. At the moment it is envisaged that we will hold a normal round with the same starting time, costs and processes as usual. The club has carts for hire and can be booked by contacting them.
Given that Victorian metropolitan veteran association members can’t enjoy a game, it is important that we take advantage of our good luck while supporting our association and district clubs in these tough times. We do this by attending in good numbers. The club has a great record of looking after us. Don’t be deterred by the restrictions but make the effort of getting down there to enjoy a great day.
