By Ron Hottes
The Monday V.V.V’s:
Once again, there was no comp as only four ladies played. This is, in part, due to five of the regular players being away at this time. Also, no results were available to this scribe, as to how those four hardy souls scored.
Wednesday 31 July, Stableford:
After a bitterly cold morning seriously affected the early birds, most of the 36-size field enjoyed cloudless skies and very calm conditions. Making the most of these much-improved conditions was Matthew Maloney, who posted a solid 37 points. This was the best form that Matt has displayed for some time, so genuine congratulations to you, M.M. The runner-up prize was taken home by Tex Van Der Kooi, who also showed great improvement, with his 34-point result. Balls only extended to 33, as there were plenty on 34 or 33. Finally, this day saw four NTPs taken home by the lucky winners listed here. Dave Hatt grabbed one on the 3rd and Allan ‘Old-Man-River’ Hubbard snared the one on offer on the very tough 5th. On the 9th, Ron Wilson hit a lovely tee shot and finally, Your Loyal Scribe hit a rare pleasing tee shot on the challenging 12th.The 15th had the bragging rights over the whole field on this day again.
Saturday 3 August, Stroke and Monthly Medal:
A medal day always provides some interesting results and seems to bring out the best in some of the club’s members. One of those members, who is fairly new to the club is Dale Sund. He posted a result that overcame all others, by recording a fine Nett 67, which also netted him the August Medal and the A-Grade voucher. Good shooting, Dale. Troy Murphy was the runner-up in this Grade, returning a Nett 68, and the ball rundown here stretched to Nett 71. In B-Grade, it is very pleasing to report that one of the popular Ladies ( yes, folks, a V.V.V.) posted the best score. Georgie Houniet’s Nett 68 bettered the rest of this field by 2. Well done, Queen Saffron. Rod Kempton came in with a Nett 70, good enough for him to take home the runner-up voucher (Big brother will have noted your success, Rodney). The ball rundown reached down to Nett 73. The NTPs on this day went home with Ryan Wilson (3rd), Michael Pinkster (9th), David Hatt (12th) and Ashleigh Hall (15th).
