By Ron Hottes
Wednesday 1 November, Stroke & M. McGrann Bag-day qualifier:
With comfortable weather conditions present, and a course in tip-top condition, winning results were always going to be tip-top too. Ex-President, David Hatt, has been in the placegetter’s stalls frequently in recent times, and on this day, he was the clear winner. Hatty has now qualified for the Bag-day play-off next month. And, his Nett 65 was also good enough to claim the top voucher. An SGA golf club visitor, Cyrus Monk, returned a Nett 66, to claim the runner-up voucher. With winning scores like that, the ball rundown only reached Nett 68, as there were plenty of 67’s and 68’s. There were 4 NTP prizes taken home. They belonged to Des Ray (3rd), Junior Garside (5th), Neil ‘Mr. Scotland’ Leckenby (9th) and Glenn Forbes (15th).
Twilight:
With continuing pleasant golfing conditions prevailing, plenty of the 40+ field made the most of it, shooting impressive 9-hole scores. A very impressive effort came in the form of 24 points, and that card was posted by Matt Maloney, giving him the bragging rights for this week. Matt has been in sizzling form lately, so surely his handicap will shrink accordingly. Roger Mataele can consider himself very unlucky because his 22 points would win most other days, it’s only the runner-up prize for him!. As expected, the balls only went down to 18. The two Twilight NTP winners were Chris Leighton (12th) and Darryl Ward (15th).
Saturday 4 November, Stroke & Monthly Medal:
Well, what a pleasure it is for this poor old Loyal Scribe to gush about a friend who shot the lights out and took home their very first medal.
Deb Hamment’s golf game has blossomed in recent months. It would not be an exaggeration to suggest that she is the most improved player in the Club at this stage. Deb won on this day with a sensational Nett 61, shooting a 94 off the stick (having never broken 100 in comp before). Of course, this was also good enough to head home with both the Medal and the top voucher.
But her superb score did not blow away the rest of the field as Josh Hin’s Nett 63, on any other day, would have easily been a medal-winning result. Poor old Josh just had to be content with the runner-up prize. Still, good shooting indeed, young man. Naturally, the ball rundown only reached Nett 69 one of the lowest ball rundowns for years. But we did have a full complement of NTP winners; Ken White (3rd), Darryl Ward (5th), Andrew McMath (9th), Clinton Toohey (12th) and Gary Vollmer (15th).
