By Ron Hottes
Wednesday 25 October, Par:
With the weather Gods playing tricks with golfers on this day, the threat of rain, plus the gusty winds blowing approach shots everywhere, the thought of excellent scores being recorded was remote. But the winner on the day did post an excellent score; +5 in fact, and that came from the card of Peter Bell. Belly’s score was his best effort for some time, so it was a popular win with the possible exception of Your Loyal Scribe. A +4 would win a Par event most days but not today. The runner-up voucher will have to do. Well done, Peter, a most deserved win. With scores like that, the ball rundown only reached square. Other winners took home NTP prizes, and they were David Hatt (3rd), Glenn Forbes (5th), Peter Bell (12th) and Peter Whitehead had a good day out picking up the 9th and the 15th.
Twilight:
The field of 40+ contesting this week’s Twilight was also battling similarly difficult climactic conditions to the mid-week field from Wednesday. Even allowing for this, the winning results were still quite impressive. A score totalling 21 points was posted by Michael Robinson, (an SGA guest), which was just enough to earn the top voucher. The runner-up to Michael was a well-known local member, Geoffrey Fall, and his 20-point score was nothing to sneeze at either. These two scores beat the rest of the field comfortably, meaning the ball rundown reached 17. The three NTP winners were David Hatt (3rd, Hatty nearly owns the 3rd recently), the seriously talented Luke Patrick (5th) and Clinton Toohey (9th).
Saturday 28 October, Par:
With much-improved weather conditions for this event, the winning scores were always going to impress. And, boy, didn’t Lincoln Wilson impress with his +2. Lincoln’s win relied on a tight countback because also posting a +2 was Jeff ‘Senior’ Gill. Clearly, Jeff’s back nine could not match the Treasurer’s. Lincoln and Jeff posted their best results for some time, so good work, both of you. If you finished square or better, you can claim a ball next time you’re in the Pro-shop. NTPs were taken home by Peter Whitehead (3rd), Clinton Toohey (5th), Lincoln Wilson (9th), Dave Scott (12th) and Paul Osbourne (15th).
