MURRAY DOWNS MEN
AFTER the first two rounds of the 2022 Men’s Championships at Murray Downs, which were played last weekend, we have Neville Brady leading the way in Division 1 by two shots (151), ahead of Ash Free on 153, with defending champion James McLean and Andy Graham a further two shots back on 155.
Brady and Graham ran away to an early lead after the first round, with both players shooting rounds of 74, but it was Brady who had the better round on Sunday.
In Division 2, Justin Thompson (159) has a three shot lead over Harry Simpson (161), with Oliver Rhode next best on 169 and Ross Kenyon and Ross Hastings a further four shots adrift at 173.
Ian Johansen (178) leads Division 3 by a slender margin ahead of Troy Gnitecki (179), and they’re followed by Geoff Frame on 180 and Andrew Cameron on 181.
Meanwhile in Division 4, Leighton Dullard has the early lead after two rounds with 193, ahead of Rob West on 195, Dennis Kelly at 197 and Rob Merrett on 199.
The scores of the leading players in all four divisions are quite close after the first two rounds, which will add a bit more pressure coming into the final two rounds this weekend for those in contention.
In the daily competition from Saturday, which was also the November monthly medal round, Dave Hogan (11) took home the medal with a score of nett 67, getting the better of Daniel Lavey (30) by way of the countback system.
Unfortunately for Hogan, he couldn’t keep up the good form of the previous day on Sunday, by almost waving his bat to the crowd with a score of 99, which was 21 shots worse than Saturday.
Andy Graham (5) took out Division 1 with a nett 69, ahead of Ash Free (5) on nett 70 – while Division 2 went to Gary Wilkes (17) with a nett 71, ahead of from Geoff Frame (18) on the same score.
In Division 3, it was Daniel Lavey (30) having the best score of the day with a nett 67 and was closely followed by Rob West (23) on nett 69.
Scores of nett 73 and better were required in the ball competition, while the nearest the pins went the way of Daniel Cruickshank on the second, Brent Daniels on the fifth, Graeme Cox on the 11th and Roger Walker hit it closest on the 15th. An eagle “3” was also scored by Brenton Gurnett on the par 5 seventh hole.
Sunday’s competition, being the second round of the championships, saw the best score of the day achieved by Division 3 player Wayne Such (25), with a score of nett 65.
Such took out his division ahead of Zachery Caccaviello (36) on nett 68.
Ian Johansen (16) was the best in Division 2 with a nett 70 score and was closely followed by Paul Raudino (19) with a nett 71.
In Division 1, it was Justin Thompson (9) coming out on top with a score of nett 69, ahead of Harry Simpson (10) who finished with the same score.
Similarly to the day before, scores of nett 73 and better were required in the ball competition and with the nearest the pins, they went to Grant McNees on the second, Dave Hogan on the fifth, Malcolm Talbot on the 11th and Ray Power on the 15th.
This weekend we will be playing the final two rounds of the championships, with the presentation of trophies to the winners taking place in the Mayers Gazebo at the completion of play on Sunday at about 6pm.
Thursday of last week saw the club play a Stableford competition across three divisions, where Justin “Bryson” Thompson had a warm up for the Club Championships by recording the day’s best score of 44 points from his handicap of 10 and took out Division 1, with Andrew Petersen (8) next best finishing with 42 points.
Steven Kerr (18) was the best in Division 2 with 39 points and was closely followed by Neil Bailey (23) with 38 points, while in Division 3, Peter Roberts (24) came out on top, with 40 points over David Wilkins (29) who finished on the same score.
Other players required at least 37 points to be eligible for the ball comp – while the nearest the pins went the way of Brian Elliott (second), Justin Thompson (fifth) and Graeme Mathiske (11th and 15th).
On Tuesday of this week, a smallish field of golfers partook in a stableford competition, with Howard Rosewarne (30) recording the best score of 39 points.
He was followed by Chris Mahon, Tony Wilson and Darryl Domaille, who all finished on 37 points, while Malcolm Talbot picked up the nearest the pin on the second hole, as did Tony Wilson on the 11th.
After the third round of the Swan Hill Windows & Kitchens nine-hole summer competition, team Cadd Magic are leading the way on 177 points, ahead of The Frogs and Pigeons, who are both on 170.
They are all closely followed by the Golden Oldies on 169, while the best score recorded for the week was by Dan Lavey from the Pigeons with 25 points and Nathan Moon of The Frogs, Matt Collins from Bogey Boys and Zac Denham from the Pigeons, who all scored 22 points.
MURRAY DOWNS LADIES
MARY Johnson and Laurel Dewhurst were the winners of the Stableford four-ball at Murray Downs Golf & Country Club on Wednesday.
While 30 pairs contested the event, the winners scored 46 points, which was equalled by runners-up Deanne Frame and Glenda Coulter.
Sue Davis teamed up with Mandy Amezdroz to take out third place with 44 points, ahead of Suzanne Napier and Jude Simmonds by way of the countback system.
The nearest the pins all went the way of Shelley Wilkins, Barb Clark, Glenda Coulter and Rhonda Barrow.
New golfer, Annette Lavey was the star on Saturday, finishing with a great score of 44 points from her 43 handicap, to take home Division 2 honours, ahead of talented junior Audrey Domaille (35) with 37 points.
Jill McIndoe (21) with 38 points was the Division 1 winner, ahead of Jenny Ford (21) with 36 points.
Wendy Talbot on 37 points and Tina King with 36 points led the ball pool, while Suzanne McLellan, Mag Kiley, Virginia Allen and Noni Domaille were closest to the flag on the par 3s.
Rebecca Humphryis headed up a small Sunday field with 39 points from her 28 handicap, while Sheila Beard and Kerry Gammon were the next best with 37 and 36 points respectively.
TOOLEYBUC
Wednesday, November 9:
Winner – Leonie Lambert 33pts (25)
Runner-up – Roz Jennings 29pts (33)
Balls down the line – Sheena Gadsden 27pts (33)
Nutrien Award – Leonie Lambert
Nearest the pin – 5/14 Bev Beasy
Trophy donor – Narelle Fraser
