By Ron Hottes
Wednesday 22 November, The Garside Challenge 2-Person Ambrose:
Every sporting club needsthem, those members who work full-time, but still find a creative way to give back to their club. In the Warburton Golf Club’s case, The Garside brothers, Phil and Ian, perfectly fit that description. Senior and Junior, as they are referred to, sponsor this very popular event annually. They put their hand in their pocket to provide cash vouchers, dozens of bottles of wine, and other gifts to make it a successful day for everyone. They always praise the regular volunteers, but, in truth, efforts like theirs are just as valuable, and important to the betterment of the club.
And yes, dear subscribers, sometimes good guys do win. For, Senior and Junior won their own event, with a sensational Nett 60. ( Of course, they did not claim the winner’s vouchers, the very fortunate runner-up received the top prizes.) So, well done to Steuart Hawke and Maxwell Carvill, for being declared the daily winners. It should be noted that their Nett 61, was a pretty impressive result anyway.
Twilight:
With pleasant, but windy conditions prevailing, the front nine posed very few problems for those who played it well. And, playing the front nine very well indeed, was Pacey Luttgens, who posted 23 impressive points. Pacey won this day easily, by 3 shots, because the runner-up was Lance Atwell, who recorded a none-too-shabby 20 points. Welcome back, Gator. The ball rundown only extended to 18 points. The 4 NTP winners were as follows: Clinton Toohey (1st), Sean Kennedy (3rd), Pacey Luttgens (5th) and James Campion (9th).
A full wrap of the Twilight Top 10, will be provided before the Christmas break. As always with the Twilight system, there are plenty of regular Twilight members, who will be vying for a position in the Top 10, to qualify at the end of the season (in late March) for the always iconic ‘Shootout’.
Saturday 25 November, Par:
As always with Par, conditions need to be on the side of the field competing on that day. I can assure you that the conditions were challenging, to say the least. The ominous danger of precipitation, coupled with squally thunderstorm activity, was enough to ensure that no outstanding scores would be posted. But rising above the aforementioned challenge was Danny Fox, who recorded a very creditable +4, which means that, with his single-figure handicap, Danny shot a 71 off-the-stick. Well done, Foxy. The runner-up in A-Grade, David Hatt, posted a solid +2, to claim that voucher. The B Grade winner was Simon Cameron, with an impressive +3. And, the runner-up to Simon was Jordie Burge, just behind, on +2. The balls extended to square in A-Grade, but only +1 in B-Grade. NTP prizes went home with Hatty (3rd), Danny Fox (5th), Rob Ferguson (9th), Ken White (12th) and Jack Stewart (Future golf, 15th).
