With the fairways rain sodden due to recent rain and the tees and hole placements back as far as possible it was a tough day for the majority of a good field that contested the August Monthly Medals again sponsored by Henry Plant & Equipment Hire Pty Ltd.
The length of the course did not hold any difficulties for Dave Thompson (4) who chews up the long holes with his big hitting to take out the A grade voucher and medal. It was a superb round for Thompson carding a 67 nett that boasted four birdies which added up to a one under par 71 off the stick which was the best of the day. Runner up was Brian Judge (4) with a score of 70 nett. Judge is one of the most consistent golfers in the club and showed this with nines of 35 and 39. Best scratch score went to Steve Hall (1) with 73 off the stick.
The B grade medal and grade winner went to a relatively newcomer to the Saturday competitions with Warren Stevens (14) carding a score of 70 nett. It is good to see so many newcomers playing each week especially among the women golfers who help to bolster numbers. Runner up was Dave Hicks (17) taking the voucher with a score of 71 nett on a countback. Best scratch score went to Darren Healey with the good score of 83 on a countback.
It was another win in C grade for Ken Durie (24) who has been in a bit of a purple patch of late to win the medal and voucher with a nett score of 67 nett. Runner up on a countback was Peter Dykes on 71 nett while the best scratch score went to Dean Webb with a score of 90.
Vouchers went to Craig McManus, Anthony Boza, Jeff “Fess” Parker, Cameron Hann and Ryan Gurney. The cut was 71 ocb.
Nearest to the pins were: 2nd hole Brett Nightingale (162cms); 4th Max Nightingale (324cms); 9th Dean Stafford (130cms); 13th Josh Howarth (143cms) and 18th John Bird (460cms).
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Nine hole competition:
Winner with 21 points was Rob George. Runner up was Mark Seckold on 19 points and in third place was Steve Jennings on 16 points. Vouchers went to Chris Goodsell and Brian Quick. Cut was 15 points ocb. Nearest to the pin was Ken Durie.
The GA 18 hole competition was won by Carlos Garibotto with 33 points with the runner up prize going to Max Nightingale with 32 points.
The Friday Central West Leak Detection and Plumbing was won by Mitchell Wallace with 24 points.
Runner up was Les Goldspink on 22 points and in third place was Blake Goldspink on 21 points.
Vouchers went to Trent Young, Rod Bright, Steve Jennings and Krystan Griffiths. Cut was 18 points ocb.
Nearest to the pin was Greg Guest.