By Ron Hottes
Wednesday 18 October, Stableford:
This week’s magnificent weather nearly always produces great scores. But, on this beautiful day, the scores were impressive but not outstanding. Steuart Hawke won the day, and the top voucher, with a solid 36 points. The runner-up prize was taken home by affable Club Secretary Kevin Bargar. Kevin was just pipped by Hawkey, as he posted a round amassing 35 points. You’ve settled in well, K.B. after your trip stateside. Fortunately for Your Loyal Scribe, balls went all the way down to 31. NTP winners on this day were another K.B. ( Ken Barratt) on the 3rd, Danny Fox (5th), Mario De Vincentis (9th), Ineke De Graaf (12th) and Steuart Hawke (15th).
Twilight:
A healthy field of well over 40 enjoyed the continuing great weather from Wednesday, and this translated into very impressive scores. Top of the heap was Master’s Pennant Captain, Peter Whitehead, who recorded a superb 21 points for the back nine holes. This bested the rest of the field by 2 clear shots, as the runner-up was Steuart Hawke, with a solid 19 points. Steuart is clearly in red-hot form at the moment long may it last, Hawkey. If you posted 18+ points, you can claim a ball. NTPs went to Peter Whitehead (12th) and Danny Fox (15th).
Saturday 21 October, Stableford:
Under grey skies, and with a gusty wind affecting everyone’s approach shots, amassing a reasonable points score was always going to be a challenge. Overcoming that challenge the best was Ken White, who posted a solid 36-point round, to take home the top prize. But, a countback was required as the current hot player of the Club, Matt Maloney, also posted a 36-point round. Obviously, Ken clearly had a better back-nine. With these scores, it was not surprising that balls stretched to 33. Our NTPs went home with a couple of guests this week, Perry O’Connor from Lang-Lang G.C. was a duel winner, snaring both the 3rd and 5th NTP prizes. Not to be outdone, ex-member, Kevin Brew, grabbed the NTP on the 12th. ( Kevin is a member now at Eastern G.C., which us in the news for all the wrong reasons at the moment, so it was great to see that his visit to Warburton did not see him go home empty-handed, come back again soon Kev). The other NTP, on the 9th, went to a well-known local member, in Andrew McMath.
