By Ron Hottes
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Wednesday 15 January, the Johnson/Hyndman trophy:
This popular Ambrose team event, sponsored by two also-popular members, is a four-person Ambrose. The winners, this year, were a relatively new combination, consisting of Maureen Hyndman, Gina Sillas, Suzanne Barratt and Gary Turnbridge. They returned a Nett 52.3, so hearty congratulations to the girls and Gary (The girls clearly carried Gary to victory, I’m reliably informed). In contrast, the runner-up team is an experienced crew, consisting of Ian Garside, Dale Horrobin, Trevor Porter and David Hatt. They can consider themselves unlucky losers because their Nett score of 52.7 was virtually half a stroke behind the winners. There was no ball rundown in this event, although plenty of bottles of wine were distributed. The NTP winners were Hatty (3rd), Matt Maloney (9th), Peter Fox (12th), Noel Cross (15th) and a great second shot on the 17th won an NTP for Ian Cranston. The Committee and the Match Committee would like, on behalf of all those in the field, to sincerely thank both A.J. and Hymie for sponsoring this most popular event, as they have done for a dozen years now.
Twilight:
It was absolutely great to see promising young teenager Jake Troyahn lead the Twilight field this week, as he posted a fine 22 points. Welcome to the big-time young man. Shane ‘Bomber’ Campbell also posted a special score, accumulating 20 points on the front nine. The three NTPs went home with Pacey Luttgens (3rd), Darryl Ward (5th—-well done, my old ‘china plate’) and finally to Peter Whitehead for a superb tee shot on the 9th.
Saturday 18 January, Stableford:
With good golfing weather providing perfect conditions for high scores, the loftiest of those was recorded by Sean Kennedy, with a fine 40-point result. Bruno takes home the A-Grade voucher. The runner-up in this Grade was Seth Spenceley, who edged out Mr. Scotland on a tight countback, with 38 points. Well done, S.S. and bad luck Neil. Balls reached down to 34. In B-Grade, Neil’s old mate, Tex Van Der Kooi took home the chocolates with a fine 38 points. Andrew McMath was the runner-up here, posting a 36 point total. Also nice to see Alan McDonald recording a fine 36-point result just missing out on the runner-up voucher. Balls here extended to 32. NTP winners were as follows: Tim Jones (3rd), Michael Pinkster (5th), Geoffrey Fall (9th), Paul Osbourne (12th) and Troy Murphy (15th).
