By Ron Hottes
Wednesday 23 February, Stableford:
Sometimes dear readers, when we golfers play just a straight Stableford/par/stroke round, those days can throw up the unlikeliest of results. Deb Hamment is one of our newer lady members, and her golf game has improved dramatically. Her handicap has dropped from the original of the low 40s, not that long ago, through to the 30s very quickly! Playing off 32 on this day, she amassed 43 points to win the day by 4 four Stableford points; a stunning margin indeed! Well done Deb, all the girls (and some of the blokes!) hope you continue in this form. Spend your voucher wisely! As the runner-up, Kevin Bargar can consider himself unlucky, because 39 points is often enough to take out that top award! Well done, Kevin! With those scores, balls only got down to 36 (damn!), and the NTPs went to BarryMaltman (3rd), MaxCarvill (5th), Warren Sheargold (9th), and to Mario De Vincentis (12th).
TWILIGHT:
We are creeping ever nearer to the pointy end of this 2021-22 Twilight season. On this night, the golfer with the pointiest game was Michael Eldridge, as he recorded a superb 24 points. Good work, Father Michael! Also the runner-up, Jeff “Father” Gill was none-too-shabby, with 21 points! This resulted in balls extending to 19 only! Winners of the NTPs were Bruno Kennedy (3rd), A. McInnes (4th), and “Shaggy” Kempton (9th).
Saturday 26 February:
2-person Ambrose after a reasonably successful Club AGM, a healthy group of over 25 pairs competed in a highly competitive Ambrose, where truly low scores were always going to rule the results. The pair who ruled over all others consisted of Jason “Kenno” Kennedy and Paul “Snorks” Long, with a genuinely stunning Nett 57.25. Ambrose gets tougher the smaller the group, so 4-person Ambrose is a walk in the park, compared to when pairs tackle this challenging format. So, very well done indeed to those two mates! The Fox boys were the runner-up combination, one shot behind on Nett 58.25, also a genuinely serious result. Balls got down to 63.25. The NTPs were taken home by Noel Cross (3rd), Des Ray (9th), Steve “Noons” Noonan (12th), and TimMcKail (15th).
A special mention to Lance “Gator” Atwell, who recorded a hole-in-one on the VERY challenging 5th hole. I believe that is Gator’s first ace, so all of his mates at the club send hearty congratulations to him for this rare and proud achievement! Great job Lance!
