MURRAY DOWNS LADIES’
TWELVE-YEAR-OLD golf prodigy Olive Spitty is the 2022 Club Champion at the Murray Downs Golf & Country Club. Olive’s three round scores were 76, 83 and 80, which saw her finish 20 shots clear of runner-up Maree Thurwood.
Olive, who is also the reigning champion at the prestigious Commonwealth Golf Club and a member of their winning Division 1 pennant team, recently won the Victorian Country Championship at the Cobram Barooga Club with a two-round score of 156, four shots clear of her nearest rival.
Lynne Bishop took out the A Grade handicap section with a three-round total of 213, with Maree Thurwood again finishing runner-up with 223.
Marg Moore won the B Grade title from Sue Davis, with scores of 273 and 281 respectively. It was the same result in the handicap section, where Marg scored 216, two shots clear of Sue.
In C Grade, big occasion competitor Jenny Lynas scored 304, six shots clear of Barb Cadd. Jenny also won the handicap section with 214, while Barb was again runner-up with 226.
Lois Tippett, with a score of 226, is the D Grade champion, who finished six shots clear of runner-up Deb Kelly on 232.
There are perpetual trophies presented in conjunction with the championships, with Marg Moore taking out the Hazel Holt Memorial trophy, Jenny Lynas the Monica Bailey Memorial trophy and Lois Tippett the Kennedy’s Showcase Jewellers prize. Lynne Bishop won the Jess Petzke Memorial trophy for the best nett score over all grades and Marg Moore was also crowned the 2022 Seniors champion.
On Wednesday, the three grade winners scored 72 nett from their respective handicaps in perfect conditions. In A Grade, Lynne Bishop (15) is showing the result of several coaching lessons with golf pro Lisa Jean to win the day, and Maree Thurwood (12) 75 finishing as runner-up.
The C Grade winner was Carolyn Zambelli (28) with the runner-up being Jenny Lynas (29) on a score of 73. Libby Miller (42) was the successful D Grader, winning from Heather Evans (36) 81.
Twenty-one markers Sue Davis and Carol Wiseman have spent their Monday mornings helping new and old golfers for the past seven years and on this occasion featured as the B Grade winners, with scores of 74 and 75 respectively.
Lois Carnie and Eilleen Willox led the ball pool with a 75 nett score – while Elaine Brown hit the ball within two metres to collect the jackpot on the 11th, with the other accurate shots to the par threes being executed by Kathy Parkinson, Lois Tippett and Lynne Bishop.
The Saturday competition winners in A Grade were Lynne Bishop (16) 41 points – which was obviously a precursor to Wednesday’s good round – with the runner-up prize going to Sarah Clark (22) on 35 points.
Riverside Golf Club visitor Janette Mason, scored 38 points and won B Grade from Jenice Krahnert (28) on 34 points. Shelley Wilkins won two Nearest The Pin prizes, with the others going to Marg Moore and Maryann Mathiske.
Junior Audrey Domaille (41) is quickly following in the footsteps of her golfing grandmother Kathy Parkinson and mother, Noni – and on Sunday she scored 44 points to win the medley competition and will no doubt have a much lower handicap when she next steps up to the first tee.
MURRAY DOWNS MEN’S
THERE was plenty of action out at the Murray Downs Golf & Country Club this week. Last Thursday, our Stableford competition was won by Wayne Wisby of A Grade and James Beard of B Grade, with both players winning with a score of 39 points.
Our Saturday’s men’s competition was another Stableford event, with three grades taking part. George Sidorow (8) topped the A Grade competition with 39 points, narrowly beating runner-up Brenton Cruickshank (7) who was one shy on 38 points. The B Grade winner was Paul Raudino (18), who also scored 39 points, while runner-up Bradley Cockfield (16) wasn’t far behind with 37 points. The top score of the day was by Jim Degregorio (27) with a huge 43 points, well clear of Andrew Guy in second place in C Grade, who had 37 points.
Sunday saw the club hold two competitions, our individual Stableford event and a mixed Chapmans competition. Well done to the men’s and ladies’ captains duo Mick and Mag Kiley who won the Chapmans. The individual competition was split into two grades, with Scott Mathiske (5) the winner of A Grade with 38 points. Junior Audrey Domaille (41) showed great skill with 44 points in B Grade and was closely followed by Tom O’Halloran (21) with 41 points.
To finish off the week we held another Stableford competition, with Caleb Beggs (19) unstoppable on 42 points – with Bill Macumber (13) on 39 points finishing as runner-up and the closest to the top score of the day.
LAKESIDE LADIES
A SMALL group of golfers took to the course on Wednesday morning, with the winner of the day being Sue Notting with 25 points, while the runner-up was Laurel Dewhurst with 23 points.
Joan Foster won the ball, while the nearest the pins on the Lake Boga Cafe Voucher 3rd was Sue Notting, the Lake Boga Marine 7th was Laurel, the Shaw Auto Electrical 12th Joan and Sue won Joan’s ball on the 18th.
TOOLEYBUC LADIES
Final Round Championships – Thursday, May 18
Trophy Donor – Narelle Fraser & Tooleybuc Sporting Club
Club Champion – Narelle Fraser
Nett Winner – Leonie Lambert
Least Putts 3 Rounds – Leonie Lambert
Two Best Netts – Leonie Lambert
Daily Winner – Leonie Lambert 89/63
Runner-Up – Lisa Zanker 94/66
Balls Down the Line – Ros Jennings and Narelle Fraser
Least Putts – Leonie Lambert 32
7th Nearest The Pin Narelle Fraser – Trophy Donor – Marg Rowe
Nutrien Award – Leonie Lambert
Nearest the Pin 1/10 – Lisa Zanker
Nearest the Pin 5/14 – Narelle Fraser
Next Week is a 9.30am assembly for 10am tee off.
VETERAN’S GOLF
THE numbers were slightly down on previous events in Barham, with 26 entrants from Barham, Kerang, Lakeside, Murrabit and Tooleybuc and visitors from Maryborough.
The winners were –
Ladies Winner – Kerry Gammon 34 points.
Runner-Up – Meryl Camron 33 points
Ball Pool – Lisa Hyne 33, Janine Bibby 32
Men’s Winner – Don Ross 44 points
Runner-Up – Joe Tartaglia 39
Ball Pool – Fred O’Bryan 34, Ron Schultze 32.
NTPs – 3rd Michelle Dillon, Ray Henshall
10th – Michelle Dillon, Don Ross
15th – Eilleen Willox, Joe Tartaglia
18th – Meryl Cameron, Graham Wyte.
The next event will be the Grass Greens Championship, which will be held at the Kerang Golf Course on Tuesday, June 14, with a 9.30am hit off.
