Judging by the number of e-mails that bounced back last Tuesday it is clear a number of members took a longer break over the Easter holiday. I trust that you have returned to work (and golf) refreshed and rejuvenated as we move further into the autumn months.
Saturday saw the slightly older members of the Club compete for the J O Jameson Veterans Cup on Par Handicap for those over 60 years of age. Traditionally this has always been a closely contested event and this year proved to be no exception with the first three places, all on plus 4, decided on countback. The eventual winner was the evergreen John Brown from Don Forbes and Philip Hong with Ahmad Hosseini in fourth place.
The form of the deceptively youthful Don Forbes has now come under close scrutiny with the Wood Trowel approaching - already he has won the Junior Club Championship and his name seems to be appearing regularly in the prize list. It could well be that Brian Ronan will need to look to his laurels to maintain his early favourite status.
For the younger members of the Club i.e those under 60 years of age the competition was Stableford Three Grades. With conditions nearly perfect a number of good scores were posted. Peter Sim with 39 points led the Seniors from Mitchell Vincent (returning from injury) 38 on c/b from Peter McDougall. David Wallace in a return to form hit 40 points to win the Intermediates from Raymond Liong on countback with Ross Campbrell only 1 point further back. In the Juniors there were a bunch of good scores with Grant Adamson winning again on c/b from Richard McBride with Paul Needs heading off Graham Purkis again on c/b for third.
Twos were literally two a penny with 19 winners each receiving $13.15. The jackpot was struck by Raymond Liong (watch the form of this man over the next fortnight) with a value of $90. Nett eagles with a pool of $120.00 was struck by Andrew Topp (one of our junior golfers) on the first. Nearest the pins were Keith Love on 3 & Lindsay Buxton on 11 - $45 each. The Benjarong Thai Cuisine sponsored prize on 18 for 2 was won by Wayne Tucker. Nearest the pin for two on two sponsored by Linden Leaves was Jim Paulsen.
In addition to the two competitions there were also a number of Top Dog Matches played. In a keenly contested tussle Charles Whitwham and Ray Barakauskas triumphed over the Sanders brothers JB and Kim 2/1. Apologies for holding them up in the group behind my four but I lost ball's on 13 (hit the gum tree, subsequently found after I had returned to the tee) and 14 (it never came down from in the tree) - it ruined what at one stage had the potential almost to be a good round! I understand David Robinson and his partner had a win in extra holes as did Ian Currie and his partner. Just a friendly reminder this weekend is the last day for the first round so get those matches played and the results up!!
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