By Ron Hottes
Wednesday 31 August, Stableford:-
With carts still not allowed on the course, our intrepid walkers, ( some 20+ of them), fought it out for the daily vouchers. As the best score was 33, this reflects how tough the conditions were! Our toughest player on the day was Dave Wappett, who grabbed his second daily win in a row! David won on a countback, from Allan McDonald, with both men posting scores of 33 points. The ball rundown ended up at 30, a fairly low cut-off! There were 4 NTP winners; they being Neil Leckenby, ( both the 3rd AND the 12th—good shooting “Mr. Scotland”!) The other 2 winners were David Murch (9th) and our winner, Dave Wappett added to his “booty” with an NTP on the tough 15th!
Saturday 3 September 3rd, Stroke and Monthly Medal:
A club’s Monnthly Medal is tough anyhow without the heavy conditions that are prevailing just now. Therefore, a Nett score UNDER Par is super-impressive. Thus, Trevor Porter, who at least matched Par, was impressive enough on this day. His Nett 69 needs to be put into perspective! The majority of the field scored higher than a Nett 75! Trevor has a Monthly Medal to go with his voucher for his sterling efforts. But, our runner-up, Clint Toohey, also had a Nett 69, but managed that score with a fine 77 “off the stick!” This was easily the best gross score in the field. Good shooting, Clinton! Balls extended to Nett 73. There were only 2 NTP winners—-in a rare event, Sam Dennis collected not 2, but 3 of them—on the 3rd, 5th and 15th. Excellent shooting, Samuel! That wily bandit, Jeffrey Gill, collected 3 balls for picking up the 9th NTP.
