COOMEALLA
WEDNESDAY’S men’s stableford A grade winner was Jacob Slimmon on 38 points, the runner-up was Mark McDonald (33 points) and third was Phillip Moisidis (31 points).
Ball winners: 38 points to 30 points.
Nearest-the-pins: 3rd Jacob Slimmon (650cm), 7th Ben Kerr (245cm), 11th Ivan McKenzie (398cm), 18th Andrew Rix (200cm).
In the women’s stableford there was no competition.
Friday’s medley nine-hole stableford winner was Paul MacDonald (18 points), ahead of David Guild (18 points).
Ball winners: 18 points to 17 points.
Nearest-the-pins: 11th Paul Mac Donald (384cm).
Saturday’s men’s stroke monthly medal A grade winner was Vince Dicheria (68 nett), runner-up James Orpwood (70 nett) and third Hayden Shepherd (70 nett).
The B grade winner was Jeff Giddings (68 nett), runner-up Paul Wright (69 nett) and third Jeff Rose (69 nett).
The C grade winner was Ken Wakefield (63 nett), runner up Rodney Appleby (71 nett) and third Jack Hill (71 nett).
Ball winners: 63 nett to 73 nett.
Nearest-the-pins: 3rd Stephen Smith (560cm), 7th Gary Holmes (117cm), 11th Trevor Carroll (910cm), 18th Craig Tung (237cm).
The women’s winner was Sue Laird 73, 5, 68 nett, with runner-up Kate Murdoch 83, 10, 73 nett.
Ball winners: 68 nett to 74 nett.
Sunday’s par-three open tournament stableford men’s winner was Larry Frasca (45 points), runner-up Greg Chandler (42 points) and third was Tony Dal Corobbo (41 points).
Ball winners: 45 points to 36 points.
The women’s winner was Chitera Rankin (43 points), runner-up was Lyn Thompson (40 points) and third was Sandra Hunt (38 points).
Ball winners: 43 points to 36 points.
Nearest-the-pins: 1st Kate Murdoch (90cm), 2nd Ron Hunt (hole in one), 3rd Joseph Rocca (167cm), 4th Bernie Sprague (122cm), 5th John Williams (41cm), 6th Darren Murnane (170cm), 7th Justin McPhee (94cm), 8th Darren Bottomley (80cm), 9th Justin Clay (147cm), 10th Gary Holmes (109cm), 12th Gary Kerr (20cm), 13th Thorrell Lees (61cm), 14th Paul Modica (121cm), 15th Troy Neville (203cm), 16th Phillip Matotek (39cm), 17th Neil Saunders (165cm), 18th Josh McAskill (70cm).
Coming events: today men’s stableford Monty Mug, women’s stroke monthly medal; Friday medley nine-hole stableford, Saturday men’s and women’s par, Sunday medley stableford, next
Wednesday men and women Irish stableford, next Friday medley nine-hole stableford.
VETERANS
WE are continually promoting the benefits of being a member and it was suggested at our last meeting that we personally approach other veteran golfers and let them know.
The competition is held monthly at one of the district clubs with a low $20 entry. This is excellent value as this covers competition fees, green fees and a lunch.
The clubs provide carts for $20 making the hiring of them a real alternative to transporting your own.
We have an incentive scheme that rewards regular attendance and each event has excellent prizes for those who play well.
From this month we will include women’s competitors. To join, new members simply have to come along to our next meeting.
It’s a straightforward process. Go to the registration table where you will meet our secretary Brian and treasurer Tony, who will sign you up.
A one-off $10 nomination fee, an annual fee of $10 and $20 for the single stableford competition is all that is required.
Our next event will be held at Red Cliffs on April 6.
The recent rain was a welcome event for local golf clubs and will no doubt help improve local fairways and greens.
Let’s get behind this club and get along to Red Cliffs.
MILDURA
THE women played a nine-hole par competition last Tuesday and the winner was Ruth Rodi, adding to her recent wins with 2 up, while Sandra Hutchinson picked up second place (+1) and the nearest-the-pin on 2nd (1003cm).
Friday’s nine-hole twilight winner on 24 points was Angus Baird and Sandra Hutchison the runner-up (20).
Saturday’s A grade placings were calculated from a three-way countback on 39 stableford points where Tim McKail was the eventual winner, Robert Young was second and Jeff Chalmers also enjoyed his round, taking third place.
Ray Quirk notched up a win in B grade following a countback from runner-up Rod Ford on 38 points and Frank Morello close by in third spot (37).
The overall best score returned on the day was 40 points from C grade player Ross Williams with a narrow win over Angus Baird, the runner-up (39), and in third was Steve Peters with a fine 38 points.
The nearest-the-pins for the day were highlighted by a hole in one on the par-three 2nd by Jeff Chalmers, rewarding him with the daily pig pin prize, the sponsor’s prize, a trophy and an entry on the clubhouse NTP board.
Peter Rhodes won the 1st (164cm), Troy Germaine the 10th (315cm) and Tony Dal Corobbo the 12th (94cm).
Placegetters from the Labour Day medley stableford were Rob Toms, the winner with a sound 43 points, and Shay Toma with a good runner-up score of 40 points.
Nearest-the-pins went to Boof Ferguson on the 2nd and Frank Tippett on the 12th.
Events coming up are a stableford today, Friday a nine-hole twilight event, Saturday par, Sunday medley, veterans on Monday March 16 and stableford for the women on Tuesday.
RED CLIFFS
DUE to the beautiful rain last Wednesday play was cancelled for the day and we played on Thursday instead.
Medley stableford winners were Andrew Wood (40 points) ,from Phil Shaw on 36 points.
Nearest-the-pin: 8th Michael Hogan, Deb Hassell.
Saturday was also medley stableford with Noel Douglass winning A grade on 34 points from Mark Wilson on 33 points.
In B grade Lea Walmsley on 36 points was the winner from Joan Ryan on 32 points on a countback.
Nearest-the-pin: 3rd Sally Jones, 5th Mick Morrall, 8th Mark Wilson, 9th Chris Chase, 12th Deb Hassell, 15th Al Rayner and Deb Hassell, 18th Noel Douglass.
Monday was open mixed American goursomes played in perfect conditions.
Sue Poole and Chris Barko on 69.875 were the winners from Peter and Dorothy Knight on 71.375.
Nearest-the-pins: 8th Suzanne Johns and Ian Doering, 17th Jeffrey Scott and Chris Taylor.
Coming up this week we have on Wednesday stableford for both women and men.
On Saturday it will be par for both sexes.
Sunday is a two-person ambrose with a 9am shotgun start.
MERBEIN
Andrew Fairlie had a mixed round, shooting a 79 which included five birdies to win the day.
Friday’s winner was F Crouch (20 points), runner-up F Drayton (15 points).
Saturday’s monthly medal winner was A Fairlie (79/73) and runner-up M Turvey (93/75).
Ball winners: R Redman 90/76, G Kerr 94/76.
Upcoming events: Wednesday stableford, Friday nine-hole twilight stableford, Saturday par.
We also have our annual women’s pamper night on Friday night starting at 7pm, $10 entry which includes a champagne or orange juice.
RIVERSIDE
THE women played stableford on Tuesday, with Leonie Nott winning the event.
Stableford was the competition for the men on Wednesday but the much-awaited and appreciated rain put a bit of a damper on the golf.
Here in Sunraysia we are so lucky in many ways with our sport. We do love to hear the pitter patter of rain, but as we don’t experience it as much as some areas along the coast, we have the added advantage of our sport not being interrupted or spoilt by bad weather.
The reduced field meant we ran only one division on Wednesday, but the weather didn’t put Shane Johnson off his game. \
A great round of 41 points in fairly ordinary conditions gave Johnson a very comfortable win.
David Lloyd came out the better after a countback for runner-up, against Peter Ellery, with both finishing on 33 points.
The nearest-the-pins both went the way of Graeme Southwell: 4th (330cm) and 18th (310cm).
Opening day for the women on Thursday was a 3BBB stableford, with a fantastic day had by all.
Jill Richardson, Verna Wakefield and our most senior women’s Riverside member, Anne Parker, took out the win when they completed a super round of 46 points.
The trio of Carol Benning, Linda Dickson and Roylene Bailey placed second, just two points behind.
Nearest-the-pins: Meg Hamence (fourth, 910cm) and Jenny Stephenson (12th, 106cm, and 18th, 227cm).
The winners of the women’s summer eclectic were: Thursday – A grade Pat Riordan and B grade Verna Wakefield; Saturday – (one grade) Lisa Garioch.
Friday’s nine-hole medley stableford was decided after a countback, with Jamie Donaldson and Jarrad Stokker both finishing on 22 points.
It was Donaldson’s last few holes which made the difference and gave him the win.
Nearest-the-pins: 2nd Nick Goodieson, 3rd, 5th and 9th Jarrod Stokker, 4th Shane Johns, 7th, Dean Vance and 8th Riley Austin.
Saturday’s women’s stableford left Sandy Briggs smiling when she collected the win with a very nice 38 points.
Lorraine Palmer was runner-up after she battled a countback with Linda Dickson, both on 37 points.
Nearest-the-pins: Sandy Briggs (7th, 325cm), Steph Baker (12th, 27cm) and Wendy Dawson and Margie Lampard (both with a birdie on the 18th).
There was another stableford for the men on Saturday; this time the cooler conditions didn’t involve rain so it was played in two grades.
Tezza Simpson put in an excellent round to win A grade on 42 points, followed by Andrew Diwell on a fine 39 points.
James Brown’s 38 points gave him the B grade win just one in front of Reece Kurrie (37 points).
Nearest-the-pins: Kendall Marchment (4th, 240cm) and Oscar Mannix (7th, 50cm; and 18th, 5cm).
Sunday’s medley stableford drew another countback, with Kendall Marchment using his luck to grab first place over Mick Innes, both completing a round of 36 points.
Nearest-the-pins were Jim Callaway (4th, 69cm), Kendall Marchment (7th, 390cm), Andrew Diwell (12th, 820cm) and Jon Slatter (482cm).
Coming events: today stroke, monthly medal; Thursday women’s monthly medal and putting; Friday all-day-play nine-hole medley stableford; Saturday men’s stableford, women’s stableford; Sunday medley stableford.
