By Ron Hottes
Saturday update for the Stroke and Second Round of the Club Championships:
The daily results for this day were as follows; A-Grade was won by Tim McKail, who posted a superb 68, for a Nett 63. Great work, Tim. The runner-up was another young talent in Ryan Smith with a Nett 67. In B-Grade, Chris Fall secured a win with a Nett 67, pipping Your Loyal Scribe on a countback. The C-Grade winner was another youthful tyro in Pacey Luttgens, who recorded an impressive Nett 66. The runner-up here was none other than the seriously talented Merilyn McDonald, who returned a Nett 71. Balls only extended to 70 in each grade. NTPs were taken home by the following: Ryan Smith (3rd), Pacey Luttgens (9th), Ash Hall (12th) and Matt Wappett (15th).
A full report on the conclusion of the Championships will be included in the next edition of the Star Mail.
Monday 15 April, Donna Buang Challenge:
The Donna-Buang Challenge was played at Warburton on Monday 15 April and the Warbuurton Golf Club retained the trophy by a slender margin. Also, an individual winner was announced, and that was none other than Georgie Houniet, with 39 ‘smooth-as-saffron’ points. James Campion was both the best of the Healesville crew and the outright runner-up also with a 39-point result.
Wednesday 17 April, Stableford:
A superb score of 42 points was easily good enough to declare Rob Ferguson the daily winner. The runner-up on this day was Mario DeVincentis. Mario posted a 40 point result, this being his best round for a while. Balls only reached down to 36, because of these big winning scores. NTP winners were Ian Cranston (3rd), Hatty (9th), Chris Leighton (12th) and Allan ‘Old Man River’ Hubbard (15th). After two rounds of the Ladies’ Championships, Georgie Houniet has returned a scintillating Nett 67 to be leading C-Grade. Both Deb Hamment and Merilyn McDonald posted Nett 74s, to be still well in the hunt. Their final round is next Wednesday 24 April and again, full results will be in next week’s edition.
Saturday 20 April, Stroke and final round of the 2024 Club Championships:
The ‘Champs’ are now done and dusted and the Open Champion this year is Clinton Toohey, claiming his first-ever Warburton G.C. Championship title. This is a very popular win, as Clint is a well-liked, no-fuss golfer who won this accolade with three consistent rounds. He won from 10-time Champion, Paul Mason and Tim McKail. The B-Grade Champion is young tyro Seth Spenceley who came from the clouds to shoot a superb 80 off-the-stick, to pip Lee Creedy on the post. Rob Ferguson took out the C-Grade title, with young Jack Sheehan filling the runner-up spot. Full results, including Nett winners, will be in next week’s edition.
The daily results for this day, were as follows:
B-Grade champion Seth had a day out with his outstanding 80 netting him a 64, to also take home the top daily prize in B-Grade. Steuart Hawke was the runner-up, with a Nett 66, which again saw this old warhorse break his age by three strokes if you don’t mind. The A-Grade daily Nett winner was David Lever, also with a Nett 67, but he only won narrowly from Danny Fox, who posted a Nett 69. In C-Grade, the daily winner was young Angus Hall, who recorded a Nett 75. This was good enough to just keep out Trevor Porter’s Nett 76. Balls only reached Nett 69. NTP winners were Ken White (3rd), Luke Patrick (5th), Shane Campbell, (12th) and Craig Staggard (15th) plus Alphons Diuvenvoorden won the 9th hole NTP, with a hole-in-one, meaning W.G.C. has now had 6 aces in the last 6 months.
