By Ron Hottes
The V.V.V’s:
Due to another Club event on that day, the girls did not get out as usual on Monday morning. But, Georgie, Vicki, Deborah and Sally-Anne did head out in the afternoon for ‘a pleasant 9-holes’.
Wednesday 11 September, Stableford:
Alan ‘A.J.’ Johnson and Ken ‘K.B.’ Barratt play a lot of golf together but I bet even they have never experienced the type of comp day that panned out on this day. A.J. and K.B. both posted superb scores of 41 points, to easily account for the rest of the field (By 3 points, if you don’t mind). Oh, and they would want it recorded here that they did not mark each other’s cards. K.B. came out on top with the better second nine, but I’m positive that the iconic, legendary A.J. would have accepted the runner-up prize with grace because he would have been so pleased with his good mate’s impressive score( They never argue, you know). Grabbing the third prize, with 38 pleasing points was Steuart Hawke, who also collected a nice NTP on the 3rd. And to round this special day off for K.B. were, not one, but 2 NTPs occurring on the 10th (second shot), and the 15th. Just to keep all the available awards ‘in-house’, A.J. grabbed the NTP on the 9th. By the way, there were 40+ playing in the field, and some of them at least claimed a ball, as the rundown reached 35. A most unusual day indeed.
Saturday 14 September, Stableford:
A small field confronted some mixed conditions, as the Yarra Valley continued to enhance its reputation of providing four seasons in one day. So, a mixed bag also produced a mixed bag of results. But, at the quality end of those results was none other than Aaron Henderson with 37 impressive points. On a day when scoring was difficult, Aaron blitzed the field by 5 points. This meant the consistent David Hatt took home the runner-up voucher by posting 32 points. As no surprise to anyone who played yesterday, balls ran down to 29. And, also no surprise, there were only two NTPs taken home on the day. Dale Horrobin almost ‘split the pin’ with his tee shot on the 9th; plus Hatty grabbed extra balls for his unerringly accurate shot on the 15th (by the way, I would have given a ball to all those who completed 18 holes, they would have been very damp when they came into the Clubhouse later. Well done gents, all 10 of you).
