By Ron Hottes
The V.V.V’s:
A smaller field of starters than in recent times, took to the course, playing the front nine this week. The hottest Venus this week was none other than Merilyn McDonald, who posted a very impressive 20 points. The daily runner-up, Annelies Duivenvoorden, posted a 17-point result. There were no NTP winners.
Also, don’t forget that the V.V.V’s welcome new members, or even green-fee guests, you just need to turn up from 9am onwards, any Monday morning.
Wednesday 20 March, Stableford:
A cooler and windier day confronted a healthy size field. Conditions were ideal for golfers to score well, and David Hatt scored very well indeed, amassing a 38-point result. Good result for the ex-president. The next best score was posted by Dale Horrobin, and his 35 solid points saw him awarded the runner-up voucher. If you posted a 33+ result, you have won a ball. NTP prizes went home with David Wappett (3rd), Your Loyal Scribe (5th), Steuart Hawke (9th), Ken White (12th) and Hatty (15th).
Twilight:
The penultimate Home and Away event was played out under pleasant, cloudy skies. Jeff Gill had a day out resulting in a 21-point nine holes. This injects him up the Shootout leaderboard, although he would need another result like that next week to give him real prospects of finishing Top Ten (unlike his son, who is already there). Peter Fox was the runner-up with a solid 19 points, grabbing that prize on a countback from the unlucky but seriously talented Vicki Hottes. The ball rundown extended to 17. The 3 NTP winners were Clint Toohey (10th), Paul Osbourne (12th) and Pacey Luttgens (15th).
The final Top 10 listing for the famous Shootout will be announced in next week’s edition. The Shootout will be played on Thursday 4 April from 4.30 pm.
Saturday 23 March, Par:
On this day, the weather was delightful, the course was in tip-top condition and the large field of 50+ used those ideal conditions to ‘make hay while the sun shines’. The best result on the day was posted by Peter Fox with a super impressive 41 points ( Foxy has been threatening to post this score in recent games, so it has finally clicked into position for him). The A-Grade runner-up was Pennant Captain Luke Patrick who returned a 39-point result. The B-Grade winner was none other than Your Loyal Scribe, who posted a rare win, with 38 points being enough to outscore newish member, Robert Mills who posted a 37-point result. In both grades, the ball rundown finished at 36. The five daily NTP prizes went home with Lee Creedy (3rd), Geoff Fall (5th), Stuart Patrick (9th), Josh Hin (12th) and Ken White who seems to have a mortgage on the tricky 15th recently.
