GARFIELD GOLF
It was a great day weather wise on Saturday with plenty of winter sunshine around for the day’s competition of single stableford which attracted a good size field for this time of the year of 101 starters.
The overall scoring was of a good standard with the winners playing to or better than their handicaps.
Lift clean and place was in play for the week so there were no excuses for not scoring well.
Best in for the day and with a very clear margin was Jason Howlett with a great score of 43 points to get the D Grade win over Graeme Sparkes.
Stephen Murray got the A Grade decision with a better than handicap result of 39 points to defeat Carl Gilbert by two points.
The B Grade event was a three-way count back with a score of 36 points being achieved by Sam Collins, Peter Fedorenko and Greg Noonan.
Collins got the judges nod.
Martin Dinsdale won the C Grade event with a great round of 39 points defeating Mark Gould by just one point.
Birdies were hard to come by with a total of just eight being scored for the day on the par threes.
A final score of 33 points or better was needed to get a ball down the line.
An excellent field of 35 came out for a round on Monday with an in form Leo De Jager getting the A Grade win over John Blair with a handicap round of 36 points. A score of 33 points got a ball down the line.
A good-sized winter field of 46 came out on Thursday with a red hot Jim Accettura getting the A Grade win from another very much in form Phil Williams.
Charlie Hardy, yet another regular Thursday player, got the B Grade win over George Gray.
Once again a score of 33 points got a ball down the line.
Damien Needham scored the two nearest the pins on the 11th and 14th par-three holes.
Three out of the four semi finals of the 2022 4BBB Par Championships were played on Saturday with the results as per below.
There are also a couple of upcoming veteran’s events to report on with notices posted on the gents’ washroom notice board.
The first is at Lang Lang on 11 July with entries to the secretary Rob Bride via email by 7 July.
The second is the State Championships to be played at Barwon Heads on 3 and 4 October.
Please contact our delegate, John Scale for all the details.
After a brief period of recuperation the second green is now back in play after some remedial drainage works.
Well done to our hard working ground staff. Next Saturday is the July Monthly Medal and also the first round of the Cox Cup.
RESULTS
• 2022 4BBB PAR CHAMPIONSHIPS SEMI FINALS
Craig Hunter and Peter McNeish defeated Bob Collins and Doug Amos, 2 and 1.
Ryan Stark and Jackson Bennett defeated Mick Jusic and Pat McDonagh, 3 up.
Grant McLure and Paul Govaars defeated Dean Shannon and Ben Balfour on the 22nd hole.
The match between Peter Glasscock/Graham White and Tim Jeffrey/Tym Davey is yet to be played.
• Monday/Single Stableford/Field of 35
A Grade: Leo De Jager (13) 36, second John Blair (13) 34 and third Trevor Franklin (11) 33 C/B.
B Grade: Les Reynolds (22) 36, second Jacob Klein (25) 34 and third Gavin Sharpe (27) 33 C/B.
Down the lines went to Andrew Liebe and John Gay with 33 points.
• Tuesday/Ladies/Stroke
Winner: Jeanette Mitchell (25) 71. Nearest the pins went to 4th, 8th and 16th Bernie Clark, 11th Deirdre Pilkington and 14th Jeanette Mitchell.
• Thursday/Single Stableford/Field of 46
A Grade: Jim Accettura, second Phil Williams and third Malcolm Hirt.
B Grade: Charlie Hardy, second George Gray and third Russell Kerr.
Down the lines went to Bill Low 35, Stephen Bird and Paul Barratt 34 and Kevin Whitmore 33.
Nearest the pins went to 4th Chris Kondarios, 8th Stephen Bird, 9th Paul Barratt, 11th and 4th Damien Needham and 16th Tony Mafodda.
• Saturday/Single Stableford/Field of 101
A Grade: Stephen Murray (10) 39, second Carl Gilbert (12) 37 and third Geoff Turner (11) 34.
B Grade: Sam Collins (13) 36 C/B, second Peter Fedorenko (17) 36 C/B and third Greg Noonan (17) 36.
C Grade: Martin Dinsdale (21) 39, second Mark Gould (19) 38 and third Chase Hobson (20) 33.
D Grade: Jason Howlett (28) 43, second Graeme Sparkes (34) 37 and third Rod Norton (23) 35.
Down the lines went to Peter Marquis, Graeme Lowndes, William Bright, Bruce Styles and Harry Thomas 35, Gerry Nan Den Essen, Martin Spurway and Brett Dwyer 34 and to Shannon Stocco and Steve Humphrys with 33 points.
Nearest the pins went to 8th Carl Gilbert, 9th Brett Dwyer, 11th Andrew Hale, 14th Craig Hobson and 16th Charlie Hardy.
Closest second shots: A Grade: Steve Kohut, B Grade: Bruce Styles and C Grade Josh Tymensen.
