By Ron Hottes
The V.V.V’s: no event this week due to the public holiday.
Wednesday 13 March, Stableford:
Andy Lockey is a popular local member. Lately, he has been battling somewhat with a health issue, so many members were very pleased to see that Andy has hit a rich vein of golfing form. This good form culminated in Andy winning this day’s event with a crackin’ round netting him 39 points. Good job, Andy. It wasn’t a clear-cut win though, as a countback was needed to separate Andy from Josh Hin, who also posted a 39-point round. Josh had to be content with the runner-up voucher. Balls got down to 36, which by the way, meant your Loyal Scribe got a rare one. NTPs were taken home by Tex Van Der Kooi (3rd), Chris Fall (5th again), and Neil ‘Mr. Scotland’ Leckerby for both the 9th and the 12th.
Twilight:
With top Ten positions hotting up for about 20+ regular Twilighters, a win on the night is like gold right now. Hitting a gold vein on this night was Rob Ferguson, who amassed an impressive 21 points to put him into serious calculations for the Shootout. This week’s runner-up was the Club Skipper, Ray Gilmore, who posted a 20-point round. Good work, Mr. Happy. Balls reached down to 19 points only. There were only 2 NTP recipients because talented young gun Angus Hall took home two of them (1st and 3rd.) The NTP for the 9th was won by Pacey Luttgens, another promising youngster. The full listing of the Top-Ten who qualify for the April 4Shootout will be published in two weeks time.
Saturday 16 March, Stableford:
Pleasant weather greeted the field this time, making for some pleasant results. The overall best score on the day was attributed to Lee Creedy who recorded a neat 37 points for the A-Grade prize. Lee won this on a countback from Clinton Toohey who had to be content with the runner-up voucher. The B-Grade voucher was taken home by Stuart Patrick recording a 36-point round. Stuart also won on a countback from Peter Whitehead. Interestingly, balls only reached 35 in A-Grade, but went all the way down to 31 in B-Grade. The NTP winners on the day were Clint Toohey ( a double whammy on the 3rd and the 5th), Sam Dennis (9th), Tim McKail (12th) and Shane ‘Bomber’ Campbell (15th).
