By Ron Hottes
Wednesday 24 May, Stableford:
The general health of golf clubs can be calculated by the size of their main comp-day fields. Warburton is not a big club, numbers-wise, but a large percentage of its members play in most of the club’s competitions. This particular mid-week field was larger than usual, meaning enough played for an A and a B-Grade winner (a good sign). Ironically, the two winners posted the same score, 37 points. Phil, the senior member of the very popular Garside brothers, took home the A-Grade voucher. Well done, Phillip. The runner-up to him was the consistent James Campion, just pipped with a 36-point round. In B-Grade, another consistent member, Barry Maltman, won the day with his 37 points. Des Ray was the runner-up, with 34 points. The ball distribution reached 31. NTP winners on this day were Ian Junior Garside (3rd and not to be outdone by his big brother) Other winners were Ron Wilson (5th), the effervescent Jaqui Hall, (9th), Allan ‘Old-Man-River’ Hubbard (12th) and finally, John Haynes (15th).
Saturday 27 May, 4-Person Ambrose, and guest day:
A very healthy field contested this Ambrose day, with 17 teams. Clearly, the foursome who combined the best was a team consisting of Luke Patrick, Kevin Smith, Heath Pride and Jane Schendzielorz ( both guests). Their very impressive score of Nett 50.75 was too good by nearly 2 shots. Clinton Toohey, James Campion, David Hatt and Jack Sheehan took the runner-up prize by posting a Nett 52.62. NTPs went home with Michael Pinkster (3rd), Gary Vollmer (5th), Jack Sheehan (9th), Mitchell Parr (12th) and Hatty (15th). The 3 longest drives on offer were won by Jaqui Hall, for the Ladies playing, plus Luke Patrick, (for the 2-10 handicappers) and to Jordon Irish, (guest—for the 11+.)
