By Ron Hottes
Wednesday 17 April, Canadian Foursomes:
This is another quirky comp that allows us to pair up with a mate and test out our teamwork skills. It is a game where you need to combine consistency, strategic placement of shots and—-LUCK! And the pair who displayed all those skills was the combination of Captain Happy Gilmore and Henk DeGraf. They only won via a countback, with a Nett 69.25. Also recording a 69.25 was the team of Phil Garside and Trevor Porter. Both teams deserve a pat on the back for impressive results! Balls were paid out down to 73.5. The daily NTP winners were Junior Garside (3rd), Phil Garside (5th and 15th—-a fair effort by a seriously wounded golfer!), Allan “Old Man River” Hubbard (9th) and to Alan McDonald, who scored a hole-in-one on the always tricky 12th. My sources tell me it was a beautifully-struck hybrid that landed just shy of the green and ran truly straight into the cup! From all at the Club, Alan, well done and enjoy the bragging rights!
Saturday 30 April, Stroke and Round 2 of the Club Championships:
All golfers know that heavy rain and a wet track creates the most difficult conditions to play in, especially when you’re competing in the biggest event on every Club’s calendar! Good luck facing that stern test! So, giving consideration to all of that, the following winners certainly deserved the plaudits! The best Nett score on this soggy day underfoot was handed in by ex-Captain Noel Cross, and he took home the A-Grade voucher with a superb Nett 65. ( Noel’s son, Jon, was the runner-up with a consistent Nett 70.) B Grade was taken out by Geoff Fall, ( Nett 70) and the runner-up there was Ken White (71). In C-Grade, Tim Blanche had a great Nett 66, followed by Ryan Wilson (69). The ball rundown got to 72. NTP’s were taken home by Ossie McClay (3rd), Kim Kennedy (5th), Junior Cross, (9th), Wayne Kempton (12th) and Clint Toohey (15th).
Club Championship standings:
With one round to go, the Open is led by Jon Cross (139 gross) from Paul Mason (141). B-Grade sees a 4-way battle with Geoff Fall, Ken White, Lee Creedy and Steuart Hawke all locked on 176. C-Grade is nowhere near as crowded, where Tim Blanche has an 11-shot lead on Ryan Wilson! In the Ladies Championships, Kim Kennedy is 7 shots up on Meredith Nursey. Good luck to all seeds next week when winners are decided!
