By Ron Hottes
The V.V.V’s:
A small field contested for the prizes this day and the player who contested the most efficiently was Vicki Hottes with a fine 18 points. Sally-Anne Clarke was the runner-up to Vicki, by posting 16 points. And, yes, dear readers, there was an NTP won. Patricia Eldridge scored with a lovely tee shot on the 3rd hole (Trish then proceeded to take 3 putts to record a 4 for 3 on her scorecard, 3 for 4 would have been more impressive, Sister Patricia).
Dear readers, please note last week Your Loyal Scribe was listed as the runner-up on that day. Due to a Golf link procedural error, it was actually Ian Garside who took those honours with a well-compiled Nett 67. Apologies to both Ian and readers for the unnecessary mistake.
Wednesday 12 February, Stableford:
It was fairly hot on this day, loyal readers, but the winning scores clearly matched those hot conditions. Henk DeGraaf was really hot, ‘burning off’ the rest of the field, by posting 40 well-constructed points/ This gave Henk the B-Grade voucher on the day. The B-Grade runner-up was Andrew McMath, who is in a rare vein of form, and he posted a great 38 point score. In A-Grade, Andy Lockey returned a fine 39 point result, to continue his fine form. David Hatt grabbed the runner-up prize by posting a score of 35 points. In both Grades, balls reached down to 34. NTP winners on this day were Ron Wilson (3rd), Cam Jolly a welcome visitor from the Drouin G.C. (5th), Peter Bell (9th), Ian Garside (12th) and David Mackey (15th).
Twilight: Under threatening skies, with plenty of wind to factor in, Ashley Hall came in with a superb 22 points (Take note J.H, this was your son’s result, not the emerging grandson). The runner-up was the hot Hatty, with 21 points. Good shooting David. Balls reached down to 19 only. The three NTPs on offer went to Paul ‘Ossie’ Osbourne (3rd), Pennant Captain Luke Patrick (5th) and Hatty (9th).
Saturday 15 February, Stroke and 1st round of the 2025 Club Championships:
With the most pleasant weather conditions on offer for the whole week thus far, Seth Spenceley took advantage of that to win the A-Grade prize, recording a fine Nett 63. The runner-up here was Angus Smith recording a Nett 66. In B-Grade, the ‘hot’ Angus Hall posted an impressive Nett 65, ousting Simon Spenceley, with his very good Nett 66. In both those Grades, the rundown ended at 73. Because it is Club-Championships, there was a C-Grade, and Scott-Atkinson, with his Nett 70, took out the honours here. Henk DeGraaf was the C-Grade runner-up with a Nett 73 returned. In the Ladies’ Championships, Meredith Nursey returned a fine Nett 73 in A-Grade. B-Grade was a little more impressive, as Georgie Houniet fired a superb Nett 66 to create a healthy lead over Deb. The C-Grade women is showing a closer battle, as Merilyn Macdonald returned a solid Nett 77, closely followed by Ineke DeGraaf’s Nett 82. Finally, and very pleasing to report, amongst the numerous Juniors, Manny Humphris shot a Nett 81 to have the field covered at this stage. More details, including Gross leaders, will be detailed in next week’s column. The list of NTP winners on the day were as follows: Roger Mataele (3rd), Brayden Millar (5th), Simon Van Dam (9th), Peter Fox (12th) and Liam Kay (15th).
