Golf
Ladies Country Teams Division 3 Premiers
THE Northern District Ladies Country Week team is celebrating after winning the Division 3 Premiership at the 2016 event held on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.
This is an excellent result for our district’s female golfers and adds to wins in this division in 1990, 2003, 2007 and 2013.
Being one of the smaller associations, it is a credit to the selectors and team managers that the very best female golfers in NDGA made themselves available to represent their district.
This year, with the addition of Jane Wall from Barham, who plays off a scratch handicap, at the coveted Number 1 position, the team convincingly won its two games on Monday against Wimmera in the morning 5.5 matches to 1.5, followed by a 7-0 rout of Kara Kara in the afternoon.
Northern were ladder leaders after Day 1.
Following the bye on Tuesday morning, the NDGA faced the strong West Gippsland team in the afternoon.
A win in this match was important and the 5.5 to 1.5 result was a confidence booster for the team who were still on top of the ladder.
The NDGA team was the only undefeated team with only South Gippsland to play on Wednesday morning.
This game turned out to be a close contest as although Northern drew first blood with Chris Warburton winning 5/4, South Gippsland won the next completed match.
As well, Kathy Parkinson was having a close tussle with her opponent, before eventually halving her match, with the overall result still in the balance.
Northern’s top player, Jane Wall had another early finish, winning her match easily, 7/6, and Lynne Bishop saluted with a 4/2 win.
When Mary Anne Davis and Jo Watts won their matches the celebrations started.
Heather Harley completed the stunning win with a birdie on her last hole to win 1 up to secure a comfortable 5.5 to 1.5 win to the Northern girls.
This win will see the NDGA team promoted to the Division 2 competition next year, and on the performances through this event will acquit themselves very well in the higher division.
To go through the series undefeated and with only three matches lost for the week is a tremendous effort.
Congratulations to all those involved – the players, the team managers and selectors and to those other girls who gave up their time to travel with the team as caddies and support the team over the four days.
Lakeside ladies
LAST Thursday saw a touch of summer arrive for our annual “Linen and Lace Day” 4 Ball Best Ball Tournament.
The greens committee had the course looking its best.
Thirteen clubs were represented with 25 pairs.
Jan Butcher and Bev Boys from Murray Downs won A grade with 42 Stableford points.
Barb Goddard of Lakeside and Susan McClelland of Murray Downs with 41 points were runners-up.
Sheena Gadsden, Nyah West and Mary Gadsden from Murray Downs won B grade with 42 points.
Trish Witney, Lakeside and Kath Connors, Lockington were runners-up with 41.
The straightest drive was won by Bev Boys.
The longest drive was won by Chris Warburton from Murray Downs.
NTPs went to Sue Davis, Murray Downs on the third, Lorraine Boland, Kerang on the seventh, Jan Butcher on the 12th and Corrie Murchie of Cohuna on the 18th.
The teams event was won by Mary and Sheena Gadsden and Judy Brawn and Brenda Bechez of Lakeside.
Please put September 7 in your diary as it is our annual pink day.
Tooleybuc men’s
THE stewards were kept busy on Sunday in the Elders four ball, with some amazing scores coming in.
The pairing of Daryl Domaile and Richard Ward won with 49 points, three shots clear of Ian Dodd and Greg Jordan on 46 points.
Third place was Tony McDonald and Dion Carmichael on 45 points.
Golf balls went to Lindsay Watts and Dean Scott, John Horn and Toni Kilderry, Justin Toomey and Mick Boulton, and Matt Loats and Dave Macfarlane.
Nearest the pins were on the first, Richard Ward (nearly a hole in one), on the fifth Dion Carmichael, on the seventh Dean Scott and on the ninth Mick Boulton.
Next Sunday is Stableford.
Nyah West
SMALL fields attended last weekend with many members on club visitations in support of other small clubs throughout the district and the region.
The men contested the monthly medal playing stableford, and Gary Farley lined up for the winner’s trophy scoring 39 points off his 22 handicap, with Michael Watson (14) very close behind on 38 points.
The ladies also competed for their monthly medal but playing stroke, and Lynette Van Zyl continued her strong form to easily win 92/22/70 from Thelma Watson runner up with 111/30/81 and the others not far behind.
It was a closed shop for the nearest the pins with the daily winners also cleaning them up when Lynette won on the second and 16th, Michael the 12th and Gary the 15th.
On Sunday, the annual Norma Reid Memorial three-person mixed ambrose will be played, and we encourage anyone at all, whether you are a club member or not, and you like playing golf or would like to try, then please come along and support Bob Reid and his family in memory of Norma, a wonderful club member and damn good golfer.
Just be at the clubhouse by noon to join in this relaxing and social event, and then enjoy the beautiful afternoon tea to follow.
Congratulations to club president, Dennis Pretty, for winning the morning nine hole event and being part of the winning teams event at last weekend’s Lakeside tournament, whilst over at Berriwillock, Cheryl Muir and Janet Brauer won the ladies annual tournament, Jack Paynter and Peter Wilkinson the men’s division two of the annual tournament, and Andrew Flanagan came home with a new putter for being nearest the pin over the two days of the tournament.
Veterans
ONLY 20 Veterans contested the Sandscrape Championships at the Murrabit golf course on Tuesday on a very foggy winters morning.
Those who didn’t attend missed out on the usual Murrabit hospitality.
The scones were very tasty.
Ladies champion was president Ruth McAllister with 102 and runner up was Jenice Krahnert with 105.
Men’s champion was Peter Kelly with 76 and Ian Dodd came second with 79.
The winner of B Grade was Rick McKenzie with 95 and runner up was Ken Jones with 97.
Nearest the pins was Luke Kelly while the ball winners were Pauline Jones, Evelyn Adams, Sam Guastalegname, Chris Veldman, David Wilkinson, Geoff Williams and Joe Tartaglia.
The next veterans event is at Cohuna on the Tuesday September 20, not the 13th as in the 2016 fixture.
The event is the Northern District Veterans championship 9am assembly for 9.30am start.
Shooting
Clay Target
THE Swan Hill Clay Target Club held its Swan Hill Classic on Sunday.
It was a great day, the weather looked dicey but held on for us. The sun shone on and off, the wind picked up and played with a few targets and the clouds rolled in threatening rain, but in all a great day.
Thank you to all who attended from near and far (Ballarat the farthest I recall hearing).
And thank you to all those who helped out throughout the day, we can’t do it without you.
Results were tight in many grades with quite a few shoot offs, especially the epic battle for first in AA for Event 3.
Great effort by Anthony Costa, obtaining his 100 break badge and beating Mark Vistarini.
Results
Event 1 – 25tgt Single barrel championship
AA & OA Peter Akkermans 25
2nd C Browne 24+13
A 1st Jim Absalom 23
2nd Graeme Young 22
B 1st Mathew Browne 24
2nd Mark Henderson 27/30
C 1st Garry Steinmann 21
2nd Michael Orlando 19
Event 2 – 25tgt Point score championship
AA & OA Wayne Upton 91/93
2nd Alan Wilkinson 90/93
A 1st Andrew Estcourt 71
2nd Jim Absalom 69/78
B 1st Pat Orlando 71
2nd Mark Henderson 70
C 1st Garry Steinmann 65
2nd Dwayne Howard 64
Event 3 – 25tgt Double Barrel championship
AA & OA Anthony Costa 25 + 99
2nd Mark Visterini 25 + 98
A 1st Andrew Estcourt 24
2nd Graeme Young 23
B 1st Phil Mangano 22 + 10
2nd Paul Payne 22 + 9
C 1st Garry Steinmann 23
2nd Lachlan Heaysman 22 + 6
Practice is held every Thursday night from 5pm and is a great chance learn more about the club and the sport and try it out.
Visitors and new members are always welcome and are encouraged to enquire via our Facebook page or at Swan Hill Fishing and Shooting.
Bowls
Murray Downs
SUNDAY social bowls will resume this coming Sunday with Margaret Jewson and Ken O’Bree on duty.
Names to be in by noon for a 12.30pm start.
The triple of Brian Richardson, John Alderuccio and Helen Busse won the day on Thursday last week with Geoff Seton-Stewart, Mac Angus and Hazel Seton-Stewart runners-up. John Caldwell, Mac Angus and Dianne Angus are the office duty people next week.
Racecourse
ON Sunday we played Taverna Funerals’ Mixed Fours.
Neil Roberts, John Beard, Kaye Roberts and Shirley Wilson were the winners with three wins and 77 points, from Brian Quaife, Max Parsons, Sue Quaife and David Holmes-Brown with three wins and 76 points.
The resting touchers for the day were Frank Raudino twice and Max Parsons.
Monday night’s euchre was won by Barb Shepherd, Vera Runciman, Angelo Marra and John Wilkinson. The raffle winner was Irillie Coates.
Wednesday’s Jackpot Bowls was well attended with Graeme Bennett, Elizabeth Renney and John Keam in first place with two wins and + 12 shots.
The runners up, with one win and + 13 shots, were Harvey Pearce and Roy Jones. The jackpot did not go off.
Friday night is double members’ draw night, with $240 to the winner if he or she is present.
The sheet is up on the wall for the men’s 100 up, so please put your your name down.
If you are planning to play in the Murray Valley Mixed Pairs, your name must be on the board by Monday.
Lake Boga
TONY Marsili, Jim Thompson, Graeme Smith were winners of Saturday’s Pelican Jackpot with 2 wins +51.
Will anybody be able to beat that record? The runners-up were Frank Raudino, B McIntosh and D Holland.
Raffle Winners, meat — Ian Ross and Leigh Kingsbury, cake — Ted Hyland, fruit — Ian Ross, wine — David Holmes-Brown.
The jackpot did not go off. Next week’s jackpot is $207.
If it doesn’t go off, a draw for $75 will be made until a winner is found.
Call the club on 5037 2301 before 12.30pm to enter. All welcome.
Wednesday social winners were Marie O’Meara, David Holmes-Brown and L Parker.
On duty next week is Jill Pye.
A reminder our opening day sponsored by Max Parsons is on Saturday, September 3, with $400 prize money for mixed fours and a 12.30pm start.
Names to Ken Hamill on 0408 591 256.
Everybody is invited to our casserole tea after the game $10 per head for male members and visitors, lady members a casserole.
Evenings entertainment to be provided by Jeanette Young.
Call Shirley Swan on 0427 372 000 to book, all welcome.
Swan Hill
SATURDAY social winners were T. Elford and M. Shannon.
Thanks to those teams that travelled to Euston on Saturday, it was a good day of bowls but very testing on the carpet with the wind.
We did however enjoy a nice lunch and had great company.
Winners were Berri, followed by Essendon, Swan Hill and Euston.
Social winners for Wednesday were T. Marsili, M. Shannon, B. Walsh.
Don’t forget the Bowling Arm tournament is fast approaching, we would like to see all bowlers with the arm participating this year, single entries are very welcome as are teams.
If you would like a fun afternoon of bowls don’t forget the Friday Frolick with a 3pm start
Badminton
Junior
BLUE Mirage beat Green Coats by 28 points in junior badminton on Tuesday night.
Caitlin Lawry, Zoe Magnusson and Taj Stacey all won their singles sets to put the match out of the Coats’ reach.
Leah Whitfield and Connor Stewart did well in the doubles for the Coats.
Flaming Gophers was untroubled in winning its encounter with Hot Chocolate.
Blayne Martin was unbeaten for the Gophers, while Ben Sartori and Tarrant Martin won their doubles for Hot Chocolate.
In the beginners’ group, Luca Delmenico celebrated his second week’s play with a strong win, when he went unbeaten for the night.
Hayley Dickson came second and Breanna Dickson and Aria Watson-Middleton shared third place.
Senior
A GRADE provided the first thriller of the semi finals, with What’s Our Name? and Sixers winning three sets apiece.
What’s Our Name? got away fast when Quenten Graham and Jamie Whateley scored a 13 point victory.
It was the first of three for Graham, who was instrumental in his team’s six point win.
Sixers’ Andrew Sartori and Michael Martin almost returned the match to balance, with an 11 point win in the second set.
That was the last comfortable win — Graham and Dylan Kiel won by three from Trevor Rowlands and Sartori, and Graham and Chris Rowlands followed suit to complete the Names’ winning tally.
Matt Heffer and Martin won by a single point over Whateley and Chris Rowlands, and Heffer and Sartori also scored a one point win in the final set, leaving Sixers six points adrift after a pulsating match.
Avengers did it much more easily in the other semi, winning all sets over Mixed Up, and finishing 47 points in front.
The first set was a terrific contest, with Avengers’ Barry Dow and Colin Free beating Danny Gardner and Marcus McCaig 40-39.
From then on, Avengers’ Nengah Sudiarsa and Rory Toyib joined Dow and Free to ease into the preliminary final in convincing fashion.
Unfit Bits scored an easy win in B1 grade, beating Brushed Spuds by 57 points.
Ryan Rowlands, Jake Fedele, Josh Scott and Brendan Gibbs were in top form for the Bits.
Dane Koetsvelt and Kat Kiel almost grabbed a set for the Spuds, getting 39 points against Rowlands and Gibbs in the second last set of the night.
Raging Rackets was an even more decided winner in its encounter with Shenanigans.
The Rackets proved a much more experienced outfit and its run at the 2015 title showed this clearly, especially against Shenanigans’ pair of juniors.
Peter Stanton and Adam Williamson had to work hard in the first set to win by six points against Matt Quaife and substitute Emma McNees, but the Rackets romped away in the rest of the match.
In B2 grade, Family Goals was pushed to the limit before finally getting home from Off to Rio by 11 points.
The Family side won the first two sets, with Vaughn Catton and Linda Taylor winning by ten, before Holly and Nick Higginbottom scored by a point from Mitchell Barkman and Logan Dyer.
The Barkman twins won the next 40-39 for Off to Rio, just touching out Catton and Holly Higginbottom.
The fourth and fifth sets cancelled out, with each team posting a 40-28 victory.
In the final set, Holly Higginbottom completed her battle against Mitchell Barkman, when she played with Taylor to again score by a point from Barkman and Eric Dyer.
Date Rowls won five sets to one against Golden Oldies, but it was no walkover, with most sets closely contested. Barry Date and Mark Rowlands each won their three for the Rowls to steer their two young team-mates (Chloe Date and Megan Rowlands) to victory.
Kerry White and Bec Nietvelt won the only set for the Oldies, but Robin Elliott and Nietvelt went mighty close in another, going down by a mere three points.
Next week the finals’ program will be:
A grade – Sixers v. Avengers
B1 grade – Raging Rackets v Unfit Bits
B2 grade – Family Goals v Date Rowls
Netball
Mixed night netball
THE Thunder Cats 27 (Jordan Anderson) d Jugs and Thugs 20 (Jeremy Ficarra)
The Opposition 32 (Milly Op’t Hoog) d The Big Rigs 11 (Bridie Gardner)
Mix ups 22 (Kaly Moore) d Sunrise Pumas 11 (Phil Gallucio)
St Marys 36 (Belinda Davies) d Randoms 5 (Sara Blackmore)
Checkers 32 (Ange Young) d Bombers 19 (Bec Carmichael)
Moulamein 37 (Renee Pearse) d Murray Downs 32 (Sharni O’Connor)
M M Seals 34 (Kat Napier) d Scrambled Legs 5 (Rhiannon)
Table Tennis
IN the A grade, Basile, Pino and Co defeated La Mangia 6-5.
Jason Mangiameli played well on the night winning all three of his matches.
Craig Bath fought hard for the losing side, winning two of his games. Cutri Packaging comfortably defeated R&J Joinery 9-2.
Mario Mangiameli, Melissa Caffrey and Brett Armstrong all bought their A game.
Ben Mangiameli fought hard for the losing team, winning two of his matches.
Pearsons Grain defeated Pooles Accountants 7-4.
Jarrod Boutkan won all three of his games on the night. Joseph Pino fought hard for the losing side.
In the B grade, Clarks Gift Salon defeated Pete’s Hair Studio 8-3.
Sean Carrol played well winning all three of his matches.
Kevin Edwards fought hard for the losing side.
Swan Hill Power Products scarped over the line against Cameron’s Fine Jewellers wining 6-5.
Jayden Boutkan played extremely well on the night winning all three of his games.
Brad Stevenson fought hard for the losing side.
Syd Wilson Auto Electrics defeated Swan Hill Health Shop 7-4.
Jacob Follent won all three of his games.
Aimee Mangiameli and Harry Godfrey fighting hard for the losing team, winning two matches each.
Morpeth Farms convincingly defeated Bakker & Glen 9-2. Kevin Burge played well for the winning side.
Peter Beardsley fighting hard for the losing team alongside Lily Bath giving it her best shot.
In the C grade, the Hawks defeated the Dogs 8-3. Emma Hoare, Griffin Dunn and John Hoare all won two games each on the night.
Noah Varker played well on the night winning all three of his matches.
The Cats defeated the Saints 8-3. Nghia Nguien won all three of his games.
Penny Edwards fought hard for the losing side.
