Autumn brings out the best

GARFIELD GOLF

THE May monthly medal was played on Saturday with a large field of 98 teeing up in glorious autumn conditions.
Peter Marquis did best playing off his handicap of 23 giving him a net score of 64 to take home the coveted green shirt awarded to all monthly medalists. Peter also won a $100 voucher courtesy of this month’s sponsor Shanikas Restaurant of Berwick.
Stephen Ing also had a fine round of 64 nett to take out the B-Grade event playing of his handicap of 20, while Geoff Turner won A Grade with a nice 67 nett. All players shooting 68 or better were awarded down the line balls to a count-back.
RESULTS
Handicap: A Grade G. Turner (12) 67. B Grade S. Ing (20) 64. C Grade P. Marquis (23) 64.
Scratch: A Grade A. McKillop 72. B Grade G. Hobson 81. C Grade and Monthly Medal P. Marquis 87.
DTL: G. Hobson (16) 65, G. Martin (23) 66, T. Baharis (18) 66, P. Fedorenko (18) 67, B. Cousin (26) 67, M. Adkin (19) 67, M. Neylan (11) 68, A. Koopman (16) 68 , D. Needham (8) 68, C. Grealy (14) 68.
NTP: R. Loughridge 4th, R. Perry 8th, G. Kelly 9th and 14th, B. Cousin 11th, M. Neylan 16th, A.McKillop 2nd shot/7th.
Ladies: 1st L. Matthews (14) 74c/b. 2nd M. Barker (22) 74.
NTP: H. Payne 8th, D. Pilkington 16th.
Raffle: C. Barnes.
Sunday Single Stableford: 1st B. Dyer (16) 43pts.
DTL: B. Flynn (22) 39pts, R. Taylor snr. ( 24) 36pts.
MIDWEEK
ON THURSDAY Ian Archer returned to the winners list with a score of 39 stableford points, whilst Geoff Roberts claimed the second division with a great score of 43 points playing off his handicap of 20. A total of seven other players went down the line with scores of 37 points or better.
Leesa Matthews did best for the ladies by scoring a 74 nett to defeat Megan Barker on a count-back.
RESULTS
Single Stableford (field of 53): Division 1 I. Archer (8) 39pts. Division 2 G. Roberts (20) 43pts.
DTL: P. Johnson (19) 40, G. Kelly (16) 39, P. Obrien (27) 38, J. Browning (31) 38, W. Ohara (16) 38, M. Neylan (11) 37, S. Croker (13) 37.
NTP: I. Hopper 4th, W. Ohara 8th and 14th, T. Langmaid 9th, T. Male 11th, D. Kerr 16th.
Secret Nine: I. Archer.
Next Week: First round of the club’s annual 4BBB Par Championship – played over two rounds for the next two Saturdays with the top-eight pairs playing off in the quarter finals. A score of +10 each round would be a good guide score to achieve qualification.
Guest Day is scheduled for Saturday 30 May.