By Ron Hottes
Monday 4 March, ‘V.V.V’s:
9 V.V.V’s tackled the front 9 this week. Annalies Duivenvoorden once again dominated the field to capture the top voucher with her 17 points. Come on, Venuses, you need to lift your game to threaten Annalies’ domination. Michelle Jordon is trying very hard and was rewarded with the runner-up prize for her 16 points. There were two NTPs won; one by Ineke DeGraff on the 3rd and Annalies won the other one on the 9th making for a great day for her.
Wednesday 6 March, Stroke and M.McGrann Bag qualifier:
On a fairly hot day for playing golf, we saw a couple of fairly hot golfers lead the healthy-size field. The hottest mid-weeker was Alan McDonald, who shot an 80 off-the-stick, for a winning Nett 62. This qualifies Macca for the bag playoff in December. Of course, he also took home the B-Grade voucher and huge bragging rights. Phil Garside earned the runner-up prize, with a solid Nett 70. Great job, Senior. The A-Grade winner, with a score not to be sneezed at, was Noel Cross. He posted a Nett 65, which would have had a fair chance of winning any other day of the week. Of course, not to be outdone between the Garside brothers, Ian was runner-up to Noel. Junior recorded an impressive Nett 68. The balls reached Nett 71 in both grades. NTPs went home with Steuart Hawke (3rd), ‘Fuzzy’ Fall (5th), Glen Forbes (9th) and old mate Darryl Ward (15th).
Twilight:
Another hot afternoon delivered hot scores for the leaders.The leader of the pack was Peter Whitehead, who posted a sizzling 21 points. This result pushed Peter up the leadership board of the Shootout Top-Ten. Well done, Pete. The runner-up Geoff Sharp scored a none-too-shabby 20 points to claim that prize. The ball rundown reached 18 only. Shane Campbell snared the NTP for the 15th and David Hatt took one home for his accurate second shot on the 10th.
The Top Ten leadership board is now silenced until after the last ‘Home and Away’ game is played on March 28.
Saturday 9 March, Stableford:
A surprisingly big field contested this day’s event under cloudless skies and near-40 degree conditions. Some players prepare better for those brutal temperatures, and this showed up in the results, because there were plenty of ordinary scores, but at the other end of the board there was Shane ‘Bomber’ Campbell who had a day to remember. Bomber had 44 superb points to easily win the day plus a couple of NTPs ( on the 12th and the 15th). Shane will be hoping his footy team starts as well this week. Tex Van Der Kooi grabbed the runner-up voucher by posting 39 hard-earned points on the day. Good work, Texxy boy. If you returned a 36-point round, or better, you can claim a ball. The other NTPs went to Tex (3rd), President Meredith and Bagel (5th) and David Hatt (9th).
