By Ron Hottes
Wednesday 8 November, Stableford:
The ladies are coming to dominate both the Wednesday and Saturday comps. Last Saturday, Deb Hamment took home the top prize and the Monthly Medal, when she blew the field away with a Nett 61 and the midweek event this week saw a similar story, with not one, but two very popular ladies filling the top two spots. Both ladies played together but did not mark each other’s card so the men can’t claim collusion there. No, in her own right, the lovely Ineke De Graaf amassed 41 points to just edge out her good mate, Patricia Eldridge, by one point. The male members pity poor Henk and Mick, life must be hell at home boys, well, at least until next week’s comp. Anyway, good shooting, Girls; all members really are pleased for you.
With winning scores like that, the ball rundown only got to 36.
Other winners on the day were for NTPs, and they went to Ross Machar (3rd), Ken Barratt (5th), Darryl Ward (9th), Noel Hyndman (12th) and Mario De Vincentis (15th).
Twilight:
A healthy field of 40+ members contested Twilight this week. The best result was posted by Peter Fox, recording a solid 21 points. This was good enough for Pete to take home the top voucher. Matt Maloney grabbed the runner-up prize with a none-too-shabby 20 points. (When is the handicapper going to catch up with you Matthew?) Balls only reached 18. The three NTP winners were Steuart Hawke (3rd), Dave Hatt (5th) and to Pacey Luttgens (9th).
Saturday 11 November, Stableford:
This was Remembrance Day for 2023, and a number of the playing field respectfully observed the 11am tradition. But this Remembrance Day can be remembered for another reason, the scores posted by Kevin Bargar and Peter Bell. Both men recorded 40 impressive points, but clearly, K.B. had a better back nine, because he was declared the B-Grade winner, and Peter had to settle for the runner-up voucher. Great results by both men, though. In A-Grade, there was a clear winner and that man was Peter Whitehead, returning a more-than-creditable 39 points. The ever-consistent David Hatt took home the runner-up voucher, for the A-Graders, with a healthy 37 points. Balls in A-Grade reached 34, but in B-Grade only down to 35. Also, there were only three NTP winners on the day, because there were two double-winners. Having a very good day on the Par 3’s were Clinton Toohey, winning both the 5th and 15th, and not to be outdone, Geoff Sharp snared the 9th and 12th. Tex Van Der Kooi grabbed the only other NTP with a beautiful tee shot on the 3rd.
