By Ron Hottes
Monday V.V.V’s:
Due to extreme weather conditions, Vicki’s Valley Venuses only totalled six, but with more serene autumn conditions not far away, the Venus numbers should regularly swell to a dozen or more. On this hot day, Annalies Duivenvoorden’s form was just as hot. A 23-point nine-hole result was easily good enough to earn her the top prize. Good shooting, Annalies, I hope Alphons is noting these results. Merilyn McDonald’s 16 points was good enough for the runner-up voucher. There were no NTPs on this day. Keep up the good work V.V.V’s.
Wednesday 14 February, Par:
Ah, Valentine’s day when there is nothing but love in the air. Someone who loves his golf game just at the moment is Ken White because his +4 round was just enough to take home the top voucher( Ken has been given the moniker, ‘Mr. Consistent’ in the articles lately, and he is doing his best to live up to that tag). The daily runner-up was Ron Wilson, who posted a +2 to win that prize on a countback. The ball rundown reached square. Regarding the NTP prizes, a most unusual event happened when Andy Lockey snared not one, not two, but three of them. Andy took home NTPs for great tee-shots on the 9th, 12th and 15th holes. Very impressive, Mr. Lockey. The other two NTP prizes went to David Waterman (3rd) and ‘Mr.Consistent’ White (5th).
Twilight:
Under cloudless skies, with not a zephyr of wind, this day’s winning score was always going to be top class. And posting that top-class result was the seriously talented Clinton Toohey, who won with 19 points. That helps your Shootout prospects Clint. The same can be said for the runner-up Geoff Fall, who is right in the running after posting a 17-point score. Balls went all the way down to 16 too. NTP winners were as follows: Ashley Hall (1st), Dale Horrobin (3rd), James Campion (5th) and David Hatt (9th).
Saturday 17 February Two-person Ambrose:
After another smooth and successful AGM for the Club, many of those in attendance went out to tackle the beautiful course, with a partner, in a Two-Person Ambrose event. Four-Person Ambrose is a lot of fun, Three-Person Ambrose is a little more challenging and Two-Person Ambrose is cut-throat. The pair who survived that description, and thrived under the pressure were Gary Vollmer and Trevor Porter. Their Nett score of 56.25 easily accounted for the rest of the 46-size field. Therunner-up vouchers were taken home by The Fox boys, Peter and Danny, who returned a healthy Nett 59.0 ( Peter and Danny are one of the more experienced pairs in the Club, so this result came as no surprise). There were no ‘down-the-line’ balls, but there were five NTP winners. They were Pat O’Regan (3rd), James Campion (5th), Geoff Sharp (9th), Michael Pinkster (12th) and David Scott (15th).
