By Ron Hottes
Wednesday 7 June, Stroke and M.McGrann Bag-day qualifier:
There were plenty of less-than-memorable results posted, but that is a frequent result in stroke events because obviously every stroke is counted.
But there were a handful of really memorable results, not the least of which came from John Hall. John’s Nett 66 won the day easily and reminded members that his talent will be missed around the Club. ( John has qualified now for the Bag-day playoff in December, just don’t know if he will be back to contest it! ) The runner-up on the day, a few shots adrift of the winner, was Alan McDonald, but his Nett 69 was good enough to claim that prize( A good effort, Alan, even with a wonky shoulder). Balls ran down to 74, so there were plenty of other winners too. Plus, NTPs were taken home by the irrepressible Jaqui Hall (on the 3rd, you can’t have all the limelight, John), Noel Cross ( 5th), Andrew McMath (9th), Alan McDonald (12th) and David Waterman (15th).
Saturday 10 June, Stableford:
With Winter setting in, and plenty of inclement weather about, Warburton’s lovely course is becoming harder to conquer, and therefore giving up fewer winning scores. But, not entirely, dear readers. On this day, there was a 38-point effort posted by the in-form John Hall, continuing a run that is very impressive. Michael Pinkster was this day’s runner-up with a none-too-shabby 37 points posted. The B-Grade voucher was taken home by John Hall’s good mate Ken Barratt and he took that honour with the same score, 38 healthy points. Also, his runner-up was Tim Jones, who recorded a solid 35 points. Surprisingly, even with these excellent scores posted, the balls reached all the way down to 31. The 5 NTP winners were: Tim Jones (3rd), Michael Pinkster (5th), Dave Scott (9th), Ineke DeGraaf (12th—and still has bragging rights, Henk) and to Samuel Dennis (15th).
