By Dennis Fuller
AFTER three rounds of thrust and parry golf at Emerald Golf Club, Ross Martin (7), stood the test of all challenges to come out as club champion for the first time.
His 238 off the stick for three rounds saw him win from Ken Hill (12) way back on 261.
Hill’s effort on the last day was wonderful because it was just two days since he had varicose veins stripped from his leg.
Martin was also the net champion with 215, once again from Hill on 225.
The B-Grade champion in both gross and net was Cameron Geeves (14) with 250 gross and 208 net.
In second place was Dave Hunt (14) on 258 while Graeme Fergus (17) was second in the net section with 213.
C Grade saw a tie between Con Whitlock (22) and Brian McCoy (24) who both finished with a gross score of 292.
There will be an 18-hole play-off in the near future to decide this title. The net title went to McCoy on 220 from John Fisher (35) on 225.
The day competition was won by Ian Scott (34) in a canter with a net score of 62. Needless to say he won the C Grade prize as well.
A Grade went to Mark Starick (12) who has his first Emerald victory with net 72, which proves the rest of A Grade were a little dismal on the day.
B Grade was won by Dave Hunt with a very good 65.
John Fisher, having a good day, was nearest the pins on both the fourth and the seventh, Jack Keenan on the 12th, Alan Ecclestone on the 13th and Brian McCoy won the pro pin on the 18th.
John Carvill was nearest the pin after two shots on the 10th and Fergus managed the same on the 17th.
The cards of rest of the field will be placed in the round filing cabinet and locked away in a concrete bunker, never to be released.
The ladies’ comp was won by our own local triathlete, Gail Collins, who donned her golf shoes to win with a net 69 from a fast-finishing but unsuccessful Judy Porter on 70.
On Wednesday the usual suspects turned up for the weekly Outlandishly Faithless Golf (OFG) using OFG handicaps. By play’s end Ken Hill (12) powered away from all to win easily with 38 points.
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