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GARFIELD GOLF
Sunday’s stableford event provided the golfing highlight at Garfield this week with club champion Shane Male putting on an absolute clinic of excellence by shooting a four-under par 65 off the stick.
Male’s round, which included five birdies and one bogey, saw him sign off on a wonderful score of 43 points, off a handicap of three, to win by a whopping six shots from runner-up Craig Hunter.
The weather on Sunday was just like Male’s round of golf – bright and fantastic – with plenty of winter sunshine seeing the car park absolutely full with plenty of social groups and week enders taking up the challenge.
Back to last week and it was the Thursday’s golfers who got the best of the weather this week as a field of 63 turned out for the days regular stableford competition.
A handicap score of 36 points was all that was required to get the win which was achieved by Darren Stanton for the A Grade event and likewise for Peter Johnson in B Grade.
Peter Lazarus broke the shackles for the average scores by cleaning up for the C Grade event with a great winter score of 40 points to defeat the unlucky Russell Kerr who scored a total of 38 points.
A final score of 33 points was good enough to get a ball down the line.
Plenty of overnight rain on Friday affected everyone’s Saturday decision whether to play or not and eventually an average size field of some 77 turned out.
A better than handicap round of 38 points got the job done with Darren Mouser (8) having a nice round winning the A Grade event to defeat Craig Cousin by just one point.
Joe Tonso won the B Grade event with the same score to defeat Peter Johnson by the three points. Daryl Sheehan won the C Grade event with a total of 35 points playing off his mark of 22 to defeat Mark Cousin by just one point.
There was a good birdie count on the par threes with a total of 15 being achieved which included a double to Brett Dwyer.
A less than impressive score of the 32 points was all that was needed to get a ball down the line.
On Monday two golfers tasted success with handicap scores of 36 points getting the job done with Andrew Went and James Grant winning both eligible grades.
RESULTS
Monday, 21 June: Single Stableford – Field of 32.
• A Grade: Andrew Went (11) 36, B Grade: James Grant (19) 36. Balls down the line: Gavin Sharpe 35, Matt Fowler 32, Geoff Roberts 32, Malcolm Hirt 32, John Scale 31.
Tuesday, 22 June: Ladies Single Stableford
• Winner: Ronda Knee (44) 26 C/B, runner-up Deb Huyskens 26. Nearest the pins: 4th Gail Franklin, 14th Karli Van Der Horst, 16th Deirdre Pilkington.
Thursday, 24 June: Single Stableford – Field of 63.
• A Grade: Darren Stanton (12) 36, second: Trevor Male (9) 35, third: Kevin Whitmore (11) 34.
• B Grade: Peter Johnson (19) 36, second: Trevor Burnie (18) 33 C/B, third: David Williams (15) 33 C/B.
• C Grade: Peter Lazarus (31) 40, second: Russell Kerr (21) 38, third: Tony Power (21) 33 C/B.
• Balls down the line: Greg Macklin 34, Steve Wallace 33, Brodie Downie 33, Trevor Franklin 33, Jim Accettura 33, Terry McLaughlin 33, Michael Howsin 33.
• Nearest the pins: 4th Dean Maas, 8th Greg Macklin, 9th Kevan McMillan, 11th Tony Webster, 14th Andrew Rose, 16th Trevor Franklin.
Saturday, 26 June: Single Stableford/Field of 77.
• A Grade: Darren Mouser (8) 38, second: Craig Cousin (13) 37, third: Geoff Turner (12) 36.
• B Grade: Joe Tonso (15) 38, second: Peter Johnson (18) 35, third: Ben Balfour (17) 33.
• C Grade: Daryl Sheehan (22) 35, second: Mark Cousin (23) 34, third: James Long (25) 33.
• Balls down the line: Ray Pund 35, Kevan McMillan 34, Doug Amos 34, Liam Toole 34, Steve Kohut 33, Michael Carrigan 32, Bob Calderara 32, Michael Berger 32.
• Nearest the pins: 4th James Long, 8th Joe Tonso, 9th Grant McLure, 11th Brett Dwyer, 14th Craig Hunter, 16th Mark Cousin. Second shot: A Grade: Shane Male, B Grade: Jackson Bennett.
Saturday Ladies: Single Stableford
• Winner: Amanda McLure.
• Nearest the pins: 4th, 9th and 16th: Karli Van Der Horst, 14th Amanda McLure.
Sunday, 27 June: Single Stableford/Field of 22.
• A Grade: Shane Male (3) 43, second: Craig Hunter (11) 37, third: Shane Barnes (11) 34.
• B Grade: Peter Van Helmond (19) 37, second: Steve Barnes (26) 31 C/B, third: Chris Barnes (19) 31.
DEEP CREEK GOLF CLUB
Big-hitting Brett Nowlan was the only player to play to his handicap at Deep Creek Golf Club on Saturday finishing square with the card in not ideal conditions for golf.
Cold and greasy conditions made scoring difficult for all, but Nowlan held his nerve to finish square, off his handicap of 13, to take out top honours.
Steven Van Roy (35) and Brian ‘Worm’ Webster (16) were the unlucky players on the weekend, finishing on -1 to lose by a solitary shot.
Things fell away from there with Dean Jones (9) and Alex Blanck (20) finishing on -3, and Frankie Chiu (11) and Jimmy Pari (14) on -4.
Bajan Sangah (16) was next best on -5, Jack Scarborough (14), Colin Crowle (10) and Andrew Heagney (17) on -6. Three players finished on -7, Les Jones (23), Timothy Pratt (7) and Harry Elyasie (5), while Michael Banger (27) and Brenton Hollingworth (28) rounded out a tough day for scoring on -8.
Yvonne Smith (21) was the big winner in the ladies’ competition on Thursday, scoring 31 points to take home the June Monthly Medal.
Smith thoroughly deserved her victory, finishing two shots clear of the field with Anne Donovan (35) filling out second placing with 29 points.
Julie Cheng (29) and Leanne Barker (34) ended the day with 28 points, with Helen Aurish (38) and Sue Nelson (40) finishing in fifth and sixth placing respectively on 26 points.
Shirley McGrath (30) and Norma Crebbin (38) ended with 24 points, one clear of Ginny Carter (29) on 23, while Carol Beard (26) completed the top-10 scorers with 22 points.
Completing the field were Helen Drummond (40) 21, Margaret Andrews (41) and Beverley Clymo (47) 20, Joan Rawson (48) 17 and Margaret Preece (49) with 10 stableford points.
The only three players to play better then their handicap this week were Levi Sua (11), Jack Scarborough (14) and Ron Seamer (16), who could only be split via countback after all scoring 37 points in Wednesday’s stableford competition.
Sua won via countback, with Scarborough in second place and Seamer rounding out the placings.
Brett Nowlan (13) showed signs of what was to come on Saturday by scoring 36 points, with the ever-consistent Rob Nobelius (13) joined by Barry Williams (19), James Dimtsas (17) and Rex Jobling (26) on 35 points.
Robin McCrae (15), David Bell (21), John Piggott (25), Roger Parker (12) and John Curtin (18) all signed off on 34 points, with Colin Crowle (10), Noel Bonne (14), Dean Jones (14), Tony Sheahan (14), Frankie Chiu (11) and Kevin Sutton (34) coming home with 33 points.
The top-20 was filled out by Peter Norman (8), Frank Leontini (19), Terry Bull (29), Glenn Rees (10) and Jack Hines (27) with 32 points.
A small field of 10 turned out for Sunday’s stableford competition with Alex Blanck (20) taking home first prize with a score of 35 points.
Brett Nowlan (12) concluded an outstanding week of golf with 34 points to be runner up, with Bobby Edwards (15) third with 31 points.
Next best were Brenton Hollingworth (28) 29, Glenn Rees (10) 29, Steely Mateariki (6) 28, John Hutcheon (12) 25, Heath Barclay (7) 25, Chelsie Selleck (32) 24 and Matthew Hogan (16) on 18.
DROUIN
Wednesday, 23 June: Men’s Stableford.
• Division One: Winner: Simon Appleby (5) 40 points, from Peter Mitchell (4) 38, Ryan Hammond (+6) 34, David Anderson (8) 33, Darren Arnott (13) 33, Gilbert Davis (11) 33.
• Division Two: Winner: Tom Gargan (Warragul GC 21) 38 points, from Graham Rawson (16) 36, Steven Griffiths (Morwell 21) 35, Colin Hunt (19) 33, Michael Duddy (20) 33.
• Division Three: Winner: Vin Bibby (27) 36 points, from Greg Roberts (22) 33, Alan Bright (27) 32, Richard Snare (24) 32, Don Stewart (Garfield GC 23) 32.
• Down the line balls to 33 on aa countback. Nearest the pins: 5th: Peter Downward, 10th: Vin Bibby, 14th: Duart Perrin. Median score: 29 points.
Saturday, 26 June: Men’s Stableford.
• Winner: Stan Gajdobranski (8) 37 points, from John Piner (8) 34, Daniel Gorman (9) 33.
Today, Wednesday, is stableford, and Saturday is Stroke Monthly Medal.
DROUIN LADIES
Last Tuesday Drouin Ladies played for the June Monthly Medal which was rescheduled from June 1. It was a tough day on the course with the winter weather adding a few shots to the overall scores. The A Grade and June Monthly Medal winner was Leanne Pollard (11) with 78 nett.
She will be the final competitor in the Silver Spoon play off on July 6 against previous Monthly Medal winners.
A Grade runner up was Shirley Roberts (9) with 82 nett. B Grade winner was Monica Gidley (36) with 84 nett and runner up was Vanessa Campbell (27) with 85 nett.
Down the line balls went to: Karen Adams and Di Baskett both with 83 nett on a countback.
Nearest the pins were: 5th: Karen Adams, 8th: Leanne Pollard, 10th: Anne Neilson and 14th: (Pro Pin) Leanne Pollard.
Last Saturday, 26 June there was no ladies golf played due to the nasty morning weather.
Today will be the highly sought-after Grandmother’s trophy, kindly sponsored by Leanne Pollard. Next Tuesday, July 6 will be the Silver Spoon play off. Best of luck to all competitors.
