By Ron Hottes
Wednesday 28 June, Stableford:
With a damp course, and impending rain to counter, theWednesday field battled bravely to post a reasonable score. Alan McDonald, with both a sore shoulder and those aforementioned challenges confronting him, took to the course in a positive state of mind, and proved the well-known adage, beware the injured golfer. Alan’s 38 excellent points provided him with the daily voucher and bragging rights; for at least a week ( Take note, Merrilyn). Noel Cross was the runner-p to Alan, posting a solid 36-point round. Crossy seems to specialise in runner-up vouchers, as he has snared a number of them so far in 2023. Balls only reached 33. NTP prizes went home with Phil ‘Senior’ Garside (3rd), Paul Osbourne (5th), Mrs. DeGraaf (9th) and Ken Barratt (12th).
Saturday 1 July, Stroke and Monthly Medal:
With the same challenges that met the recent Wednesday field, and in fact, perhaps damper, scoring was going to require a sustained effort for the whole 18 holes. But that’s just what Josh Dewhurst achieved, eventually posting a Nett 68 result, which landed him the Medal and the top prize. Ken White has been playing very consistently lately, and another good result of Nett 70 was good enough for him to take home the runner-up voucher. Well done, Ken. Balls, not surprisingly, went all the way down to Nett 76. NTP winners were as follows Warren Sheargold (3rd), Paul Osbourne (5th), Steuart Hawke (12th) and Chris Leighton (15th). It was surprising that no NTP was claimed on the relatively easy 9th.
