MURRAY DOWNS MEN’S
THE highlights from the weekend of men’s golf included Jimmy McLean (3) winning the August Monthly Medal with a nett score of -3 after going around with three birdies and three bogies to shoot 72.
On Sunday however, there was more to come.
On the 11th hole, the pin was positioned on the small shelf at the back of the green and Scott Mathiske (5) drew his eight-iron from the back tees and struck the perfect shot.
A talented sportsman by all accounts, some may be surprised to learn that Scott had waited until Sunday for his first ever hole-in-one.
Dale Smith also progressed as the first individual through to the preliminary finals in the single’s knockout competition with a 2-1 win.
Stableford – Thursday, July 31
ROSS Hastings (10) returned to the winner’s circle last Thursday as the only local golfer to score 36 points as he took out the top spot in A Grade.
Mark Warren (13) finished third in A Grade behind a visitor from South Australia.
Some familiar names were among the winners in B Grade with Laurie Shipsides (16) leading the group with 35 points, Malcolm Talbot (17) 34, and Rod Prockter (18) 32.
Peter Norgrove (25), Shaun Lawry (26) and Tom Wilkins (34) were the C Grade winners with 34, 33 and 32 points respectively.
Stroke Monthly Medal – Saturday, August 2
BEHIND James McLean as the overall winner, the following golfers distinguished themselves in the medal competition.
Barry Lacey (18) ended the day with a nett -2 and was travelling very well in his round until he was troubled by 16 and 17, before recovering on the 18th hole to finish outright second.
Josh Hendy (11) finished with -1 ahead of Lyonel O’Shannassy (10) on the same score and Stuart Brumby (21) had a good round to finish in fifth place overall, even with the card.
Other placegetters in the three grades decided on the day included Bailey Codling (5), Mark Grant (14), Graeme Mathiske (16), Steven Emberson (19) and Tony Ford (21).
Glenn Palmer won the putting competition and Malcolm Set-Stewart hit his close on the 11th hole to collect the jackpot prize.
Par – Sunday, August 3
YOU couldn’t have asked for better conditions on Sunday and Noah Sherlock (29) made the most of them to shoot +6 in the par competition.
Noah has been steadily improving his golf game and saw his handicap drop over two points after this showing.
Gene Brooks (10) had a good day in A Grade shooting +3, while Scott Mathiske (5) followed up his hole-in-one with three more birdies on the back nice to claw back his round to come second with +1, while Jason Baird (7) placed third with 0.
Glenn Smith (21), Natt Harrop (21) and Dean Farrell (17) were the winners in B Grade with +2, +1 and +1 respectively.
Behind Noah in C Grade was Mick Kiley (28) on 0 and Juandre Kapp (30) -1.
Par – Tuesday, August 5
THE top performers on Tuesday included Wayne Such (19) +2 as the overall winner with +2, Ian Johansen (12) in second on +2, Tony Ford (20) with another good round with +1 and Geoff Frame (22) with 0.
Ian and Wayne also collected the two nearest the pin awards decided on the day on the 5th and 11th holes.
MURRAY DOWNS LADIES
GOLFERS enjoyed benign weather conditions and a golf course with plenty of run on Wednesday, although scores did not really reflect the above.
Jude Simmonds is one of the most consistent competitors at the club and on this occasion scored 71 nett from her 25 handicap to win the August Monthly Medal.
Chris Warburton (16) 72 nett was runner up in Division 1, while in Division 2, Leanne Button (35) 73 nett and Barb Cadd (31) 74 nett were successful.
Carol Wiseman found all the pin placements to her liking by taking out the putting competition with 31 putts, but only after she survived a count back from Sheila Beard.
Rosie Ficarra, Suzanne Napier and Sheila Beard collected golf balls and Eilleen Willox collected the nearest the pin prize on the 11th hole.
Dione Heppell (9) celebrated her birthday on Saturday with a handicap reducing score of 70 nett, followed by Maralyn Morrison (28) 72 nett and on Sunday, Jan McEwan took one shot off her 30 handicap with a score of 5-up ahead of Belinda Gardner (23) square.
Michelle Ewart scored 18 points to win the Golden Girls competition, with Heather Evans and Kaye McAlpine the next best with 15 points.
Entries are now open for our next major event, which is the Cameron’s Fine Jewellers four-ball on Wednesday, August 20.
MURRAY DOWNS DAD’S ARMY
ON Monday, August 4, members of Dad’s Army played the back-nine, with Tom Wilkins coming home with 20 points to win ahead of Colin Hayward and Kevin Maddy on 19 points.
John Brereton (16 points), Keith Plant and Rob Smith (15 points), Ross Cox and Brian Devlin (14 points), Ian Dickson and Barry Ingram (13 points) were the next best, with the rest all scoring 12 points and below.
On Wednesday, August 6, members played the front-nine, with Andy Millar recording the days best score with 22 points.
He finished ahead of Brian Devlin with 19 points, Ian Dickson with 18 points, John Brereton with 17 points, Rob Smith with 16 points and Tom Wilkins, Kevin Maddy, Barry Ingram, Barry Bishop and Gavin Scown on 13 points, with the rest all scoring 12 points and below.
The weekly winner saw a three-way tie on 33 points, with Tom Wilkins, John Brereton and Brian Devlin, followed by Kevin Maddy on 32 points, Col Hayward, Rob Smith and Ian Dickson on 31 points and Barry Ingram on 26 points.
TOOLEYBUC LADIES
August Monthly Medal – Wednesday, August 6
Winner – Leonie Lambert (96/69)
Runner up – Roz Jennings (106/70)
Nearest the pin 1/10 – Narelle Fraser
Nearest the pin 5/14 – Narelle Fraser
Balls down the line – Jill Coburn, Narelle Fraser
Least putts – Roz Jennings
