COOMEALLA
WEDNESDAY – Men: A Grade winner: Phil Moisidis 39 points; runner-up: Phil Matotek 37 points on a countback from Justin McPhee also on 37 points.
B Grade winner: Terry Albion 38 points; runner-up: Ben Degoumois 37 points; 3rd: Col Pulham 34 points.
Bals: (18) 39 to 33.
NTPs: 3rd Zilzie Wine – Larry Frasca 485cm: 7th McGuigan Wines –Phil Matotek 44cm; 11th Walkers IGA – Ben Degoumois 380cm; 18th Trentham Estate – Al Scorer 174cm.
Wednesday – Women’s winner: Lee Bottomley 36 points; runner-up Maria Rogers 35 points.
Bals: (3) 36 to 33.
NTPs: 3rd Zilzie Wine – Carol Zimmermann 16cm; 7th Terry White Chemist – Nia Whittle 314cm; 11th Buronga Bake – Sandy Waters 140cm;18th Trentham Estate –Lee Bottomley 18cm.
Friday – Medley 9 Hole Stableford winner: Lee Bottomley 21 points on a countback from runner-up Peter Duscher also on 21 points.
Balls: (8) 21 to 19.
NTPs: 3rd – Greg Rhodes 600cm; 7th – Lee Bottomley 600cm; 11th – Walter Schulz 855cm.
Saturday – Men: A Grade winner: Dennis Williams +3; runner-up: Ivan McKenzie +2; 3rd: Glenn Marr +1.
B Grade winner: Jim Fahey +3; runner-up: Boden Bishop +3; 3rd: Leon Smith +2.
C Grade winner: David Smith +3; runner-up: Ken Forster +2; 3rd: Craig Maddigan +1.
Balls: (23) +3 to square.
NTPs: 3rd Zilzie Wine – Paul Wright 176cm; 7th McGuigan Wines: Craig Jukes 85cm; 11th Walkers IGA: Stan Prymke 323cm; 18th Treatham Estate: Scott Connor 185cm.
Saturday – Women’s winner: Sharon Morrell +3; runner-up: Jackie Horkings +1.
Balls: (4) +3 to +1.
NTPs: 3rd Zilzie Wine – Lee Bottomley 75cm; 7th McGuigan Wines –Sue Jones 267cm; 11th Buronga Bake – Sue Mills 495cm; 18th Treatham Estate – Lee Bottomley 66cm.
Coming events;
Today: Men’s and women’s Stableford.
Friday: Medley 9-hole Stableford.
Saturday: Men: Stroke –Monthly Medal; Women: Stroke and Putting – Monthly award.
Sunday: Medley Stableford.
Sunday, March 13 is the Par 3 Open Tournament starting at 9.30am and 12.30pm with a shot gun start. $30 entry includes BBQ lunch and $100 nearest the pins on all holes.
Saturday, March 19 and Sunday, March 20 is the Coomealla Open 36 holes Stroke. Entry $35 to be paid prior to round 1. Call pro shop to enter on 5027 4658.
WENTWORTH
THURSDAY’S Stableford again went down to the last hole with Garry Bourke winning on a countback from the in-form Glen Walker, both with 41 points.
Balls: Gary Clark and Bill Slee both with 35 points.
NTP: Garry Bourke 120cm on the 17th.
Mr Risky went to Jeff Woodroffe taking the honors on a countback from Peter Trevathan both with 24 points.
Sunday was a Stroke event and John Stephens again proved he is the better golfer in his group taking the win with 71 net from runner-up Bill Murray on 75 net .
Balls: Gary Clark and Annette Green both with 76 net .
NTP: John Stephens with a distant 1280cm on the 12th.
Garry Bourke went from chocolates to boiled lollies by winning Mr Risky with 85 net.
MILDURA
LADIES competition:
Tuesday 9 holes Stableford winner was Mavis Clinch (35) with 17 points.
Tuesday 18 holes Stableford: Winner was Beverly Matthews (25) with a fine 39 points with Sue Burgess (21) finishing runner-up on 35 points.
Balls went down to 32 points on a countback.
Friday’s winner was Sandra Hutchinson (18) with 35 points and runner-up on 30 points was Valerie Whitelaw (36).
Men’s competition:
Wednesday was Stableford with 70 players teeing off.
A Grade: Rob (Jex) Donaldson (10) played a great round for 39 points to win from Rob Pallot (scratch) on 38 points. Rob Pallot has been tearing it up lately with his third sub-par round in a row, well done!
B Grade: Peter Briggs (17) saluted the judge with a well compiled 38 points to win from Ian (the Duck) Nimon (18) on 37 points.
Balls went down to 33 points on a countback.
NTPs: 1st Duxton Pete’s Pure – Donald Wall 273cm; 2nd Trentham Estate and Pig – Paul McErvale 163cm; 10th Trentham Estate – Rob Pallot 365cm; 12th Zilzie wines – Tony Dal Corobbo 164cm.
Saturday was the official season opening 4BBB Stableford for 2022 held in perfect sunny weather and with the course beginning to look fantastic, saw a good field of 112 players tee off.
Winners of the day on a three-way countback with 44 points was Ben Nitschke and Simon McCarthy from Rob Toms and Phil Green getting runners-up and Mark Pullman and Grace Conner finishing in third position.
Balls going down to 41 points on a countback.
Eagles nest went off thanks to Totally Work Wear. Daniel Tung had an eagle two on the fourth hole and gets nine balls out of the nest.
NTPs: 1st Duxton Pete’s Pure – Trevor Spanos 210cm; 2nd Trentham Estate and Pig – Andrew Keogh 74cm; 10th Trentham Estate – Neville Hodgetts 410cm; 12th Zilzie wines – Ron Rowse 242cm.
Telstra Twilight competition 9 holes winner was Brendan Lanigan with 20 points.
Coming events:
The Robinvale Murray/Merlin Bumbang Fishy 4BBB is coming up on March 12 and there will be a bus running from the club leaving in the morning and returning after golf and refreshments. A great day assured, see Dave Murray to book your seat.
Golf club news:
The course is getting some refurbishment this week with greens having a light core and sanding ready for our Open in six weeks, many thanks to Brad Duscher and his team for their hard work. Also, some helpful rain to get those greens running back to normal in no time.
Last week 28 members enjoyed a trip to Murray Downs to play in the annual seniors tournament with a few playing better than others and no doubt having a few stories to tell.
There were some great results though.
Robin (Barney) Hubble (22) won his age division overall with a combined two-day total of 76 points.
George Poriazis (13) came runner-up in his division with a combined total of 75 points.
Paul Leonard (14) was third in his division finishing with 72 points.
Gary Fumberger (12) 38 points and Jeff Chalmers (14) 36 points also had good rounds on one of the day’s played to pick up a daily prize.
MERBEIN
WEDNESDAY, February 23 was a Stableford event and the winner was Greg Marshall on 36 points on countback from Ken Matulic who won the ball comp.
Saturday, February 25 was Par with Matty Vining taking the winners cheque with a cracking score of +6 with runner-up Peter McGaffin on +3.
NTPs: 3rd – Fox Mulder 73cm; 3rd “Pigeon $$$” – Fox Mulder; 8th – Fox Mulder 645cm; 12th – Earl Gray 609cm; 16th – Graeme Kerr 560cm.
Meat Raffle: “Back-to-back” Fox Mulder.
Coming events: Today: Irish Stableford; Saturday: Monthly Medal Stroke; Sunday: Scheduled working bee starting at 9am to noon with barbecue and refreshments supplied, more information on Saturday.
RIVERSIDE
MONDAY, February, 21 was Veteran and Friends Stableford competition and the winner was Rob Arnold, with 35 points, with Ned Klemm close behind on 34 points to take out runner-up. Alan Connolly had the only NTP for the day on the 18th 210cm.
The ladies nine hole competition on Tuesday February 22 saw Meg Hamence on 19 points coming away a winner.
Dora Stewart was the 18 hole winner with 36 points.
NTP on the 4th went to Adel Dal Corrobbo 1100cm.
It was Stableford last Wednesday for the men in two divisions.
A countback on 37 points in A Grade gave the win to Peter Ellery over Michael Holcroft, who picked up second place.
Terry Sparrow had to be happy with runner-up in B Grade giving Andrew Forbes the win, both on 36 points.
NTPs: 4th – Peter Ellery 222cm; 7th – Michael Holcroft 185cm; 12th – Jon Slatter 147cm; 17th – Ken Upton 890cm and Good Deal Tyres 18th – Barry Pilgrim 428cm.
A nine hole Stableford competition was played by the ladies on Thursday with a fine 19 points from Roylene Bailey being the winning score.
Roz Nash used her round of 35 points to secure a win on the 18th on Thursday, in front of Deborah Davison on 33 points.
NTPs: Zilzie Wines 4th – Nora Paech 450cm; 12th – Lisa Garioch 51cm; 18th – Roz Nash 28cm.
John Marlais had an excellent 23 points in Friday’s Medley nine hole Stableford, winning in front of Cameron Peters on 21 points, but not before a countback against Neil Johnson.
Saturday’s Stableford was the second win in the week for Dora Stewart, after her countback against Roylene Bailey, both on 32 points.
NTPs: Zilzie Wines 4th – Lyn Saunders 183cm; 7th and 12th – Maree De-Wit 1000cm and 45cm and Sunbeam Fruits 18th – Wendy Dawson 30cm.
A special note to Barry Pilgrim, as he was missed in last weeks results. Barry was the overall winner of Saturdays Par event on a fine +2.
It was Monthly Medal on the Saturday, February 26 for the men in three grades.
Darren Gray took out A Grade with a super 79/69 over Steve Wilmann 70/70.
The score of the week came from Chris Curley in B Grade on an exceptional 82/68, ahead of a group of three on 71 net. Andrew Diwell 83/71 was runner-up followed by Frank Taperell and Paul Reed.
Another countback saw Garry Swallow 95/72 grabbing the win in C Grade from Justin Lowe 94/72.
Steve Wilmann may not have won his grade, but he did have a fantastic score and his eagle on the par four 13th would definitely have helped.
NTPs: Zilzie Wines f4th – Ray Cottle 190cm; 7thh – Leigh Fuller 85cm; 12th – Simon Dale 280cm; Sunbeam Fruits 17th – Mark Woodhouse 149cm; Good Deal Tyres 18th – Steve Wilmann 218cm.
Sunday’s Medley Stableford was a ripper for Garry Swallow, bringing home his second win for the week on a lovely 40 points. A four-way countback put Matt Bottomley in second place, followed by Claude Dawson, Aaron Finch and Travis Hocking all on 38 points.
Craig Jarvis wasn’t satisfied with one eagle. The par five 11th and the par four 13th were his lucky holes on Sunday.
NTPs: Zilzie Wines 4th – Jon Slatter 307cm; 7th – Josh Fleming 265cm; 12th – Rob Garioch 270cm; Good Deal Tyres 18th – Jon Slatter 220cm.
Tomorrow is the Ladies Opening Day, a 3BBB Stableford 18 holes. Ladies please bring a plate (scratch to 28 savories and 29 to 45 sweets). Please put your name on OneGolf for the 8.30am shotgun start.
VETERANS
IT is less than a week before the Sunraysia and District Victorian Veteran Golfers Association hold their first event for this year on Monday, March 7.
As usual that event will be held at the Mildura Golf Resort. It is a 4BBB Stableford game incorporating NTPs on all the par threes. It commences at 9:30 with a shotgun start.
As always registration begins around 8:30am with the collection of $20 to cover green fees, competition entry and lunch. Your lunch choice will be noted so that it is ready when you finish your round.
What will be new however is that most current players will collect a name badge. The expectation is that players wear these before and after the game. It is an option to wear them while playing. As stated previously the purpose of these new badges is to help identify fellow players, streamline registration and provide individuals with a memento.
New members will receive a badge after paying the one off joining fee.
Players are reminded that to secure a hire cart it is advisable to book prior to the day by contacting the pro shop. Remember members benefit by paying a reduced cost for a cart.
New members male and female are most welcome. As we have great sponsors and prizes, a challenging picturesque course to play on and an opportunity to socialise with players from all district clubs, there is an expectation that we will have a big field. Make sure you’re part of it.
