By Ron Hottes
Wednesday 12 July, Stroke and McGrann qualifier:
The July qualifier, for the McGrann bag, is Glenn Forbes, a young player currently in good form. His Nett 68 was the best-posted score, on this day, by 3 strokes, giving him bragging rights and the B-Grade daily voucher ( Clearly, the handicapper will catch up with him soon). The B-Grade runner-up was Kevin Bargar, with a steady Nett 71 and a nice reminder of us as he takes off overseas for 10 weeks, heading Stateside. In A-Grade, ex-Prez and consistent member of the single-figure-handicap group, David Hatt, picked up that prize on offer. But Hatty’s Nett 71 was only just good enough to pip Darryl Ward for that voucher. A shame because James Campion looks forward to me heaping plenty of praise on Wardy most weeks. The ball rundown extended to 74. NTPs were taken home by Stuart Patrick (3rd), Luke Patrick (5th), Ross Machar (9th) and Steuart Hawke (15th).
Saturday 15 July, Par:
Although a dump of rain was due during the day, all of the field had a dry game on a much-improved course which was only fair because they were playing par. With carts back on, the field size was bigger than in recent games, a pleasing trend for the Club. The winner on the day, with an impressive +2, was the Master’s Pennant No; 2, Barry Maltman. Maintain that form, please Baz, as the team will no doubt benefit from those good results. The runner-up to Barry was ‘Mr Consistent’, Peter Whitehead. Peter can consider himself unlucky as he was pipped on a countback, so therefore also posted a +2. If you recorded a -1, or better, you have won a new golf ball. On this day, NTPs were won by Chris Leighton (3rd), Paul Osbourne (5th), Barry Maltman (9th), Hatty (12th) and Peter Fox (15th).
