MENS GOLF FOR THE WEEK ENDING 7TH JAN

MENS GOLF FOR THE WEEK ENDING 7^TH JAN

 

The New Year has arrived with some fantastic numbers competing in 3 competitions this past week, along with some challenging weather and as a result some trying conditions. 

On Tuesday prior to the thunderstorms 43 players competed in a stroke play competition with some good scores being registered. With the good numbers there were 2 divisions with the results being

A Grade

1^st:                   Domingo Diaz (h/c 13)            -3

2^nd:                  Alex Scherini (h/c 8)                +1 (on a countback)

3^rd                    Brad Grant (h/c 10)                 +1 

B Grade

1^st:                   Jack Marks (h/c 23)                 -4

2^nd:                  Luke Murray (h/c 15)              -1

3^rd:                   Ian Jones (h/c 19)                   Ev

 

Great to see Mingo back on top of the leaders board and a great round by Jack whose handicap will come down the next time he has a hit.

On Thursday we had a great field of 80 front the starters gun. The conditions were a little more challenging due to the damage caused by Tuesdays thunderstorm which had created a quite a bit of damage to a number of trees on the course.

A Grade

1^st:                   Maurice Walsh (h/c 10)          36 points

2^nd:                  Shaun Wade (h/c 5)                35 points (on a countback)

3^rd:                   Taki Murakami (h/c 13)           35 points 

B Grade

1^st:                   Ricky Palmer (h/c 19)              39 points

2^nd:                  Malcolm Griffiths (h/c 18)      38 points

3^rd:                   Stephen Daykin (h/c 16)         36 points 

C Grade

1^st:                   Larry Ball (h/c 26)                   40 points

2^nd:                  Ray Findlay (h/c 22)                35 points (on a countback)

3^rd:                   Peter Sargeant (h/c 22)           35 points

 

Maurice continues his consistent form with a great win in A Grade. Ricky Plummer was a visitor from Sandringham Golf Club and Larry Ball had a great round to have the best score of the day and collecting his first win in a very long time.

On Saturday we had the largest field we have had in a very long time for a Saturday competition with 73 playing. This number was up around the numbers that we usually get on a Thursday. Once again the numbers meant that we had 3 divisions.

A Grade

1^st:                   Mark Jones (h/c 1)                  40 points

2^nd:                  Daniel Baxter (h/c 7)               38 points (on a countback) – Sandhurst GC

3^rd:                   Jarrod Heath (h/c 8)                38 points 

B Grade

1^st:                   Geoffrey Morris (h/c 19)         37 points

2^nd:                  Stephen Daykin (h/c 16)         36 points

3^rd:                   Philip Reid (h/c 15)                 35 points

C Grade

1^st:                   Jonathon Gifford (h/c 29)       41 points

2^nd:                  Danny Oliver (h/c 33)              40 ponts

3^rd:                   Nate Longstaff (h/c 28)           37 points

 

Well done to Funky on his great round, fatherhood must be doing him the world of good, a couple of really good rounds from those in C Grade with Jonathon and Danny both playing well above their handicaps. Nice to Geoffrey Morris having a great round and well done to Stephen Daykin for getting his second placing in a week. 

A big thank you to those members who turned up on Wednesday morning to help with the clean up after Tuesdays thunderstorm, without their help the course would probably have been almost unplayable with broken trees over a number of the holes.