All three October medal winners have their family names entrenched in the history of the Lithgow Golf Club. The medals were again sponsored by Henry Plant & Equipment Hire Pty Ltd with the A grade medal winner being former club champion Darren Hunter and is still one of the best players in the club. He is the son of the late Greg Hunter who was also a former champion and now Darren’s son Ashton is starting to make his mark having won the B grade medal. The C grade medal went to another famous name within the club with young Chase Nightingale winning his first monthly medal. Chase is the son of top line golfer Brett, nephew of former club champions Gary and Ian and the grandson of Max Nightingale with all three lifting the club championship trophy aloft.
Darren Hunter (1) took out A grade with a nett score of 68 nett following a three under par 69 off the stick which was excellent golf considering the condition of the slow greens due to them having just been cored. Runner up fresh from his overseas holiday was Brian Judge (4) with 70 nett. Best scratch score went to Justin Nelson (1) with a score of 73.
Ashton Hunter (11) was best in B grade with a nett score of 67 nett one better than runner up Zach Jones on 68 nett. The experienced Dave Titcume (10) had the best scratch B grade score with a 81.
The C grade winner was Chase Nightingale (30) with the best nett score of the day — a magnificent 63 nett. Runner up on 69 nett was Neil Hutchinson (22) and the best scratch score went to Robert Peachman (19) with 90 on a countback.
Vouchers went to Jeff Parker, Brett Nightingale, Greg Guest, Ryan Sutor, Philip Turner, Travis Cameron, Adrian Sharp, Robert Millar, Steve Walton, John Bird and Warren Kennedy. Cut was 72 nett ocb.
Nearest to the pins were: 2nd Darren Hunter (80cms); 4th Steve Hall 298cms); 9th Mitch Luka (37cms); 13th Justin Nelson (430cms) and 18th Dave Muir (119cms). Mitch Luka also took out the $150 Pro Pin on the 9th.
There were no competitions on Wednesday due to work on the course.
The Friday Central West Leak Detection and Plumbing 9 hole competition was won by Geoff Houlison with 22 points on a countback from runner up Mark Seckold also on 22 points.
In third spots was Andrew Burton with 20 points.
Vouchers went to Mark Bennett, Michael Casey and Greg Guest. Cut was 18 points ocb.