RIVERSIDE
Last Tuesday, the ladies played two stableford competitions.
Janet Luke had a lovely round in the 18-hole event, with a comfortable win on 37pts. Runner-up was Carol Benning after a count back against Dora Stewart, both on 33pts.
The nine-hole event was won by Meg Hamence on 14pts.
NTPs: Fourth – Adel Del Corobbo (174cm), Sunbeam 12th – Lorraine Palmer (115cm) and 18th – Verna Wakefield (151cm).
Wednesday was stableford for the men. Dean Vance came in with the best score in A Grade (38pts) to win, from Michael Holcroft on (37pts). Rob Arnold collected B Grade, finishing on (37pts), with Aaron Baynes picking up second place on 36pts. NTPs: Fourth and 12th – Michael Holcroft (246cm and 446cm) and the Good Deal Tyres Aaron Baynes (249cm).
Lyn Saunders put her 34pts to good use, winning the Thursday Ladies comp, in front of, visitor, Sue Ross, from Gundagai Golf Club, on 33pts. NTPs were: Zilzie Wines Fourth – Dora Stewart (980cm), 12th – Meg Hamence (198cm) and Trentham Estate Wines 18th – Lyn Saunders (66cm).
Friday’s nine-hole Medley Stableford was a winning one for Scott Golding, on a very nice 22pts. Second place went to John Marlais after a count back with Brad Winslow, both on 20pts.
The ladies’ Saturday comp was another winning day for Lyn Saunders, with the Par event giving her a (-1). NTPs: Zilzie Wines Fourth – Wendy Dawson (310cm), 12th – Lirlene Crozier (122cm) and 18th – Lyn Saunders (91cm).
Andrew Diwell was the overall winner in the Men’s Par on Saturday, collecting the Drummonds Golf Voucher, on an excellent (+4). Michael Wade was next in line on a (+2), but not before a count back with Maurie Munro. NTPs: Zizlie Wines Fourth – Graeme Southwell (570cm), Seventh – Michael Wade (550cm), 12th – Tony Coppola (465cm), Sunbeam Fruits 17th – John Fraser (248cm) ad Good
Year Tyres 18th – David Lloyd (520cm).
Josh Fleming seems to enjoy his Sunday Medley games, winning two weeks in a row, this time after a three way count back, with all on 37pts. Wayne Sievewright was runner up, followed by Jon Slatter.
NTPs: Zilzie Wines Fourth – Josh Fleming (600cm), 12th – Chris Curley (550cm) and Good Deal Tyres 18th – Michael Marchment (610cm).
MERBEIN
Wednesday, March 9.
Stableford: Winner: Graeme Kelly – 35 points (countback), Runner-up: Roger Walder – 35 points.
Ball comp: Jim Piper – 34 points
NTPs: 3rd – Terry Fitzpatrick – 230 cm; 12th – Ken Matulic – 510 cm; 16th – Roger Walder – 585 cm (and the weekly).
Saturday, March 12.
Stableford: Winner: Earl Gray – 37 points (countback), Runner-up: Mick Thomson – 37 points.
Ball comp: Alan Gourlay – 36 points.
NTPs: 3rd – Ken Matulic – 410 cm; 3rd – “Pigeon $$$” – Ken Matulic.
Meat raffle – Fox Mulder, again!
Coming up: Wednesday, March 16 – Par. Saturday, March 19 – Par.
It would be great to see more members playing on course, especially Saturday competition, the course is getting back in order after machinery has been fixed, just needing more members playing on competition days so please try to make an effort to play.
This weekend is the Coomealla Golf Club Open on Saturday and Sunday, so good luck to “The Royal” members who are supporting the Coomie club.
COOMEALLA
Wednesday, March 9.
Men’s A Grade Winner: Joe Morello: 38 points, R/up: Alan Scorer: 38 points, 3rd: Ilker Deli: 36 points.
B Grade Winner: Dale Stafford: 38 points, R/up: Ken Wakefield: 38 points, 3rd: David Guild: 37 points.
C Grade Winner: Anthony Mills: 46 points, R/up: Peter Chase: 39 points, 3rd: Fuat Karayilan: 36 points.
Ball comp: (22) 34 to 46 points.
NTPs: 3rd Zilzie Wine: Justin McPhee: 989cm; 7th McGuigan Wines: Mark Cleary: 122cm; 11th Walkers IGA: Mark Woodhouse: 320cm; 18th Trentham Estate: Phill Maw: 87cm Eagle, 3rd hole: Larry Frasca.
Wednesday Women Winner: Lee Bottomley: 73net, R/up: Ros Hocking: 74net, 3rd: Rachel Strachan: 74net.
Ball comp: (5) 76 to 73net.
NTPs: 3rd Zilzie Wine: Nia Whittle: 63cm; 7th Terry White Chemist: N/A; 11th Buronga Bake: Sue Jones: 153cm; 18th Trentham Estate: Ros Hocking: 96cm.
Friday, March 11: Medley 9 Hole Stableford.
Winner: Greg Rhodes: 21 points, R/up: Craig Lovel: 20 points.
Ball comp: (10) 16 to 18 points.
NTPs: 3rd: N/A; 7th: N/A; 11th: Greg Rhodes: 370cm; 18th: Larry Frasca: 626cm.
Saturday Men: March 12.
A Grade: Winner: Aldo D’Amico: 37 points, R/up: Phill Moisidis: 36 points, 3rd: Craig Gursansky: 36 points.
B Grade: Winner: Jamie Marciano: 38 points, R/up: Tim Knight: 37 points, 3rd: Russ Collyer: 36 points.
C Grade: Winner: Alister McBain: 39 points, R/up: David Porter: 37 points, 3rd: Greg Stewart: 36 points.
Ball comp: (23) 34 to 39 points.
NTP: 3rd Zilzie Wine: Matt Bottomley: 260cm.
Saturday Women Winner: Janice Walker: 38 points, R/UP: Louise Polito: 38 points, 3rd: Sue Arthur: 31 points.
Ball Comp: (3) 31 to 38 points.
NTPs: 3rd Zilzie Wine: Sue Laird: 12cm; 7th McGuigan Wines: Kaylene Geddes: 234cm; 11th Buronga Bake: N/A ;18th Treatham Estate: Sue Laird: 0cm.
Sunday, March 13: Par 3 Open tournament.
Men A Grade: Winner: Paul White: 41 points, R/up: Geoff Sayers: 38 points, 3rd: Aaron Blake: 37 points, 4th: Stan Prymke: 36 points.
B Grade: Winner: Glenn Johnson: 43 points, R/Up: Chris Grimmer: 40 points, 3rd: Ron Hunt: 40 points, 4th: Thomas Ferguson: 39 points.
C Grade: Winner: Baily Tyers: 45 points, R/Up: Nick Ciccarello: 44 points, 3rd: Mark Luitjes: 41 points, 4th: Shaun Kirkpatrick: 40 points.
Ball Comp: (25) 36 to 45 points
Women Winner: Louise Polito: 41 points, R/Up: Allison Thompson: 41 points, 3rd: Kerry Grimmer: 41 points, 4th: Christine Boseley: 39 points.
Ball Comp: (7) 37 to 41 points.
NTPs: 1st: Phill Matotek: 31cm: Coomealla Memorial Club, 2nd: Robyne Hand: 49cm: Glen Cumming 3rd: Col Pulham: 200cm: Sun Siesta Caravan Park, 4th: Robyn Hand: 53cm: Hollis Accounting;
5th: Kathleen Ridley: 10cm: Laser Signs & Print; 6th: Jason O’Brien: 56cm: Nutrien Water/Mildura Irrigation; 7th: Ross Robertson: 122cm: Auto Synergy; 8th: Nia Whittle: 122cm: Devilees Air
Conditioning & Refrigeration; 9th: Craig Gursansky: 230cm: King Construction Group; 10th: Aaron Blake: 99cm: J.G Kings Homes; 11th: Stan Prymke: 228cm: Daymond Cleaning; 12th: Angela Plumridge: 184cm: Totally Workwear; 13th: Doug Rowsell: 98cm: Devilees Air Conditioning and Refrigeration; 14th: Glenn Johnson: 266cm: James Print; 15th: Greg Murphy: 28cm: Beaut Backyards; 16th: Tim Plumridge: 86cm: MLR Painting; 17th: Barry Waters: 301cm: Mallee Bearings; 18th: Phill Matotek: 129cm: Mildura Riverview Motel
Coming events: Wednesday, March 16:
Men: Irish Stapleford. Women: Irish Stapleford.
Friday, March 18: Medley 9-hole Stableford.
Saturday, March 19: Men: Coomealla Open, Stroke. Women: Coomealla Open, Stroke.
Sunday, March 19: Men: Coomealla Open, Stroke. Women: Coomealla Open, Stroke.
RED CLIFFS
Wednesday, March 9, Ladies Stableford: A Grade winner was Deb Hassell 35 points on a countback from Rita Chase. Fay Ross on 38 points was the B Grade Winner from Sandra Marwood on 31 points on a countback. NTP: 3rd, 12th and 15th: Jill Gleeson; 17th; Margaret Stanbrook.
Men’s Stableford: Mal Goodieson was the winner on 34 points from Glen Riordan on 33 points. NTP: 8th Neville Birch.
Saturday, March 12, Medley Stableford: The winner with 40 points was Chris Chase from Dwaine White on 36 points on a countback.
MILDURA
Ladies competition.
Tuesday 18 holes competition played a 4BBB Stableford Opening day shotgun start and 10 pairs returned scores. Winners were Mabel Crouch & Elaine Henshall on 43 Points on a countback from Runners Up Jenny McCoy and Margaret Morrison also on 43 Points. Ball comp went to 42 points.
NTPs: 2nd Hole Trentham Estate Mabel Crouch 397cm; 10th Hole Trentham Estate Sandra Hutchinson 30cm; 12th Hole Zilzie Wines Mabel Crouch 626cm.
Friday single stableford.
Helen Treacy (22) won a 3-way countback to win the day over Ruth Rodi (26) and Sandra Hutchinson (18) all with 34 points.
Men:
Wednesday competition played a single stableford and 80 players enjoyed a perfect Autumn day.
A Grade winner was Larry Cavallaro (7) with an impressive 39 points over Runners Up Phil Nash (15) on 37 points winning a countback from Les Williams (12) in 3rd also on 37 points.
B Grade saw the best score of the day with Paul MCervale (22) shooting 40 points to win by 2 from Runner Up Rod Truman (17) 38 points and Don Wall (27) grabbing a 3rd place with 36 points. Ball comp had 20 balls to be awarded and 34 points or better was needed.
NTPs: 1st Hole Pete’s Pure Jamie Lanyon 132cm; 2nd Hole Trentham Estate & PIG Noel Hedwards 163cm; 10th Hole Trentham Estate Paul MCervale & Rob Young both 608cm; 12th Hole Zilzie Wines Lee Sutherland 210cm; Telstra Twilight Competition 9 holes.
Winner was David Coombs (18) on 21 points and 16 points or more on a countback won a ball.
Medley competition.
Saturday play was a single stableford with 74 players taking part. A grade was won by Michael Sette (17) with 39 points from Gavin Harrington (16) on 38 points getting Runners Up over Lee Tucker (5) also 38 points on a countback. B Grade had Ross Pointon (23) have the best score of the day with 40 points to win from Runners up Garry Smart (20) on 39 points on a countback from Rod
Truman (19) also 39 on points. 18 balls in the ball comp needed 34 points on a countback to collect.
NTPs: 1st Hole Pete’s Pure Robert Young 44cm; 2nd Hole Trentham Estate & PIG Robert Pallot; 10th Hole Trentham Estate Ken Byrne 320cm; 12th Hole Zilzie Wines Robert Young 115cm.
Sunday and Monday results not available.
Coming events.
Mildura Open tournament April 8-10, sponsored by Jayco, is fast approaching and the field is expected to be full. Bookings can be made via members Tee booking portal or by calling the golf shop and entering over the phone. Tee time preferences made for players playing both rounds over those only playing Saturday.
Golf club news.
A trip to Robinvale on Saturday for the Murray/Merlin 4BBB event was made by 14 members and a great day was had. Thanks to Wayne Manley for driving the bus and David Murray for organising the day. Thank you to the Robinvale golf club for their hospitality and making us feel welcome. The course was in great shape.
MGR Footy tipping starts tonight with Round 1, so if you haven’t entered, get down to the gaming room and put your entry in and get a free beverage.
WENTWORTH
Thursday’s Stableford event was taken out by Gary Clark with 35 points. Runner-up was Howard Hankinson on 34 points.
Ball winners: Bill Slee 34 and Bill Murray 33. NTP to Glen Walker with a large 1150cm on the 2nd. Mr Risky to the ever consistent Jeff Woodroffe 19 points.
Sundays Stroke: Winner Bill Slee 74 nett from Howard Hankinson 75 nett.
Ball winners: The boys still arguing over who’s the best, John Stephens 77 and Bill Murray 79. NTP Bill Slee 900cm on the 17th.
Mr Risky going to Sunday specialist in Peter Trevathan. Some of our boys joined the Vets last Monday travelling to Mildura, with the captain not taking any advice, scored his way, and the group was duly disqualified.
VETERANS
After a successful start to the 2022 schedule, the Sunraysia District Veteran Golfers will next meet at Red Cliffs on Monday, April 4.
It will be a single stableford event commencing at 9.30am with our regular shotgun start.
As with all district clubs, Red Cliffs hosts district veteran golf days by providing a welcoming atmosphere and a generous lunch, so we expect a good field once again.
Cart hire is limited so it is suggested that players contact the club as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
The distribution of badges last month was successful with most given out. We had our first draw and winner in the monthly competition promoting their use but members agree that they are a great idea. They will continue to be rolled out through the year.
This month we will see one change to our normal routine. Our captain John Green will be away and our recently elected vice captain Ned Klemm will step up and fill the role. Ned is experienced and will have no trouble organising the day.
The questions raised about the Victorian Veteran Golfers Association’s proposed insurance scheme have been sent to the executive and have been added to the agenda for discussion at their next meeting. We will have more information after that.
Until then, happy hitting and we look forward to seeing everyone at Red Cliffs.
