By Ron Hottes
Wednesday 1 March, Stroke and M.McGrann “Bag-day”:
Steuart Hawke did not win the competition yesterday, but he had a fine round, a Nett 69. Playing off 12, Steuart broke his age again. Steuart is a hale and hearty 82 years young, and this is perhaps the fourth time he has achieved this memorable feat in recent months. Well done Mr Hawke, long may it happen. As a matter of interest, the winner, and bag qualifier, on the day was David Hatt, a considerably younger (but not necessarily fitter) member. Hatty’s Nett 66 was impressive, but even then, still only edged out Neil “Mr. Scotland” Leckenby by one shot. Neil had to be content with the runner-up prize. There were a number of Nett 68s, including Your Loyal Scribe, but balls got further down the line to Nett 70. The daily NTP winners were Hatty, (3rd and 12th), Junior Garside (5th), Trevor Porter (9th) and Mr Scotland (15th).
Twilight:
With only three Twilights to play after this one, and with almost perfect golfing weather to play under, you just knew that this day’s scores would be super impressive. And so it was to pass that to win the top voucher, a score posted of 22 mighty points was going to be required! It was a guest, Dale Horrobin, from Yarra Yarra G.C. who provided that superb score; a result that had no bearing on the Top 10 for this week. Looking at the standings after this week’s results, there are some 15 players vying for one of those bottom five spots, a nightmare for the organizers if that situation continues during the last three weeks. The runner-up was Your Loyal Scribe with 21 points. Balls extended to 17 only. NTPs were handed out to James Campion, (1st and 9th) and to P.K. (3rd).
Saturday 4 March, Stroke and Monthly Medal:
With continued excellent golfing weather, and a course that was running fast, the top scores posted were always going to impress. And Rob Ferguson really impressed, returning a Nett 61, a fine result earning him the Medal and the B-Grade voucher! David Clinch had his best result for a while, grabbing the runner-up voucher, posting a Nett 67. In A-Grade, David Wappett’s Nett 65 was also impressive, continuing his “hot form” of recent weeks. Good work, Dave! Captain Ray Gilmore, with a Nett 68, snared the runner-up prize. Well done, Skipper! Balls were given out to those who returned a Nett 71, or better. NTP winners were few and far between, resulting in Peter Fox earning one on the third, Peter Whitehead (9th) and Paul Osbourne (12th).
