MURRAY DOWNS MEN
LAST Tuesday’s Stableford competition had 60 players take to the field.
Local resident Malcolm Talbot had the best score of the day in A Grade with 40 points from his 14 handicap, while Rob Hinton came in second position with 39 points.
Continuing the trend of youth as of late, Mia Hirst won B Grade with 36 points on a countback from Bruce Wilson.
NTPs: 2nd Wayne Such, 5th Mark Warren, 11th Murray Conn, 15th Grant McNees.
In Thursday’s Stableford competition, our new course superintendent Paul Robinson blitzed the field with 41 points from his 6 handicap to win A Grade from Ian Johansen with 38 points on countback.
Another great score of 39 points was enough for Rob Hinton to elevate himself into the winner’s category, narrowly beating Andrew Clark on a countback.
C Grade also had to be decided with a countback, this time it was Gordon Parsons (39 points) taking the win over Joey Higgins.
NTPs: 2nd Wayne Such, 5th Mark Warren, 11th Andrew Cameron, 15th Gordon Parsons.
For Saturday’s par event, 95 players took to the field.
Young gun Noah Starrs found himself in the winner’s circle yet again, continuing a seriously impressive run of golf over the school-holiday period.
This time his +4 (72) score got the win in A Grade over Luke Merritt who registered +2.
B Grade winner Mitchell Croft had a great round of +5 from his 13 handicap, while Rob Hinton found himself in the prizes for the third time this week with +3 good enough for second.
Relatively new golfer Brad Williamson recorded the best score of the day, with his +6 enough to win C Grade from Mark Robertson with +4.
NTPs: 2nd Jason Stevens, 5th James McLean, 11th Zac Caccaviello, 15th Seb Linssen.
Another strong field showed for Sunday’s Stableford event.
Matt Loats’ 41 points from his 6 handicap got him the win in A Grade from Andrew Spitty, whose round of 39 points equated to 68 off the stick.
B Grade winner Leigh Evans had 40 points, while Dean Farrell was runner-up with 38 on countback.
Returning visitor Ben Stewart had the best score of the day, with his 42 points getting the job done ahead of Joel Travaglia with 41 points.
NTPs: 2nd Brenton Cruickshank, 5th Matt Harrop, 11th Spencer Mackenzie, 15th Johnathan Hirst
MURRAY DOWNS WOMEN
RAIN put paid to the women’s competition at Murray Downs on Wednesday.
Although quite a few competitors hit off, they were all seeking shelter after a few holes with no one completing their round.
On Saturday, Eilleen Willox enjoyed the hot conditions with a score of +2 from her 25 handicap. Next best was Robyn Bett (23) +1.
Lynne Bishop, Claris Bourne and Margaret Moore all posted square to collect golf balls, and Rhonda Barrow and Margaret Moore were rewarded for accurate shots to the 2nd and 11th.
Casey Frame is well known in netball circles but has now taken to golf in the offseason.
On Sunday she posted 45 points from her 36 handicap to win from fellow netballer Ingrid Condely (32) 41 points. Both girls will have new handicaps when next they step up to the tee.
Olive Spitty (3) 36 points and Kristy Gordon (14) 35 points were next best, and Casey Frame and Tara Free won the nearest the pin prizes.
