April 13th – April 19th
Tuesday
The competition week started at the Shepparton Golf Club with 86 players hitting off in the Magi & Willow Par Medley competition. In what was some closely contested affairs we saw the ever-consistent Ray Sizer claim the win in A Grade with +3 on a count back to runner up Edward Murdoch. B Grade was another tight tussle with Neville Lavis taking out the win with +4 on a count back to runner up Gary Berry. Ball placegetters required +1 or better for a prize while the nearest to pin on hole 12 went to Matthew Brannelly with 81cms.
Wednesday
On Wednesday 54 women graced the fairways for the Stellar Coffee Stableford competition. In A Grade Julie Harris claimed a well-deserved win with 38 points from runner up Vivien Harding with 37 points. B Grade saw some continuing good form from Adele Ormsby with a 42 point win from runner up Karla Ridd with 40 points on a count back to Karen Hall. In C Grade we saw a tight battle with Wendy Davies taking the win with 39 points on a count back to runner up Terri Edwards. Ball placegetters required 37 points on a countback for a prize while in the nearest to pins Di Davies claimed hole 2 A Grade Pro Pin, B Grade Pro Pin jackpots to next week, hole 12 went to Julie Cobbledick and hole 17 went to Adele Ormsby. In the women’s 9-hole Stableford competition the win went to June Simpson with 18 points on a count back to runner up Gayle Steers.
Thursday
Thursday saw a big group of 124 players venture out in the days Stableford Medley competition. In A Grade the win went to Damian Drum with 38 points from runner up Daniel Adem with 38 points on a count back to Dylan Moncur and Tim James. B Grade saw a top of the table win go to Mark Doyle with 40 points from runner up Ed Flanagan with 39 points. C Grade win was taken out by Owen Kelly with 37 points from runner up Lachlan Findlay with 36 points on a count back to Brendan Ryan. Ball placegetters required 35 points on a count back or better for a prize while the nearest to pin on hole 12 went to Ken Baxter also taking with it the A Grade Pro Pin with 103cms, B Grade Pro Pin went to Michael Shiels with 1040cms, C Grade Pro Pin jackpotted to the following week and hole 17 went to Murray Yuille with 465cms.
Friday
Friday saw 39 women take to the tees in their 9-hole Stableford competition with a very close result for the win going to Margaret Oldfield with 18 points on a count back to runner up Maureen Dickson and Viv Jeffery.
Saturday
Saturday saw 146 players take to the course in the Power N Play Par competition. In the women’s competition Sally Nayler put together a tidy round with a +1 win over runner up Yeongseon “Sonny” Jo with 0 on a count back to Evelyn Hunt. A Grade men’s saw the good win go to David Barker with +4 from runner up John Lyle with +2. B Grade saw a close contest with Aaron Cuthbert securing the win with +4 on a countback to runner up Paul Trevaskis. In C Grade Callum Thompson claimed a top of the leader board win with +6 from runner up Kevin Monaghan with +3 on a count back to Diesel Batey and Samuel Mangiameli. Ball placegetters in the women competition required -2 on a count back or better for a prize while the men required 0 on a count back or better for their prizes. In the nearest to pin on hole 2 and also the A Grade Pro Pin Michael Dann was successful with 195cms, B Grade Pro Pin went to Matthew Brannelly with 764cms, C Grade Pro Pin was taken out by Marcia Walker with 629cms, Hole 5 went to Brendan Lott with 181cms, Nick McLean took out hole 12 with 245cms and hole 17 was claimed by Daniel Adem with 182cms.
Sunday
Onto Sunday were 58 players teed off for the days Stableford Medley competition. In A Grade Steve Tonks took home a well-deserved win with 36 points from runner up Finn Walters and 3rd placed Gary Blum with 34 points on a count back to Luke O’Sullivan and Mark Georgiou. B Grade saw Talon Wilson top the scores with 40 points in his win over runner up Matthew Diramacca with 39 points and 3rd placed Brad Steel with 37 points on a count back to Samuel Mangiameli and Luke Rimato. Ball placings required 33 points on a count back or better to claim a prize. Sunday also saw the finals of the men’s GMCU Shepparton Four Ball and the women’s McKeon 4BBB. In the GMCU Geoff O’Sullivan & Lewis O’Sullivan prevailed in a tight game to secure the win on the 19th over the team of Leigh Findlay & Phil Priestly. In the McKeon 4BBB Mandy Faram & Suzy Phillips-Limon claimed victory with a 7/5 win over the team of Julie Harris & Angela McLeod. In the weekly 9-hole Stableford competition the win went to Wendy Baxter with 20 points from runner up Julie Thompson with 19 points on a count back to Diesel Batey.
Upcoming Events
So, to the week ahead Wednesday the women hit off in a Foursomes competition, Thursday sees a Stableford Medley competition, Friday the women play the 9 hole Stableford competition in the brisk morning, Anzac Day Saturday sees a Shotgun Start Ambrose competition in the afternoon, Sunday we have a Stableford Medley competition and of course we have our weekly 9 hole Stableford competition. So bring yourself along to the Shepparton Golf Club and as always Happy Golfing!