Dick Cleland hit off in today’s Anzac Cup on a hat trick for the Mars Bar. In one of the greatest turn arounds since Lazarus he turned a 25 point stableford score on Tuesday into 39 points to comfortably win the silverware. Runner up was Richard “Pickles” Matz, having his first hit in 3 weeks to card a solid 36 points. Conditions were difficult with cold winds strengthening during the afternoon.
Chris “Critta” Waters took the Mars Bar by a comfortable margin.
There was great excitement at the Men”s Saturday competition when it was realised that Eddie “The Eagle” Van Keulen had returned to golf after a break of 20 months. When play was completed for the day it was apparent that Eddie had lost none of his flare.
The par competition was won by David “Jack” Webster on 2 up while David “”Robbie” Robinson was runner up all square. The Mars bar went to Richard “Pickles” Matz with an appalling score of -12. Pickles was understandably very embarrassed and left before presentations so Eddie “The Eagle” ate his Mars Bar for him.
Colourful local identity, Philip “Tommo” Thomson, undaunted by his dramatic handicap reduction following his outstanding result on Tuesday demolished Saturday’s field in a stroke competition. Tommo scored a net 69, 3 strokes ahead of runners up Peter Weiss and David “Jack” Webster. The handicapper, realising he had not done enough on Tusesday, took another stroke off Tommo.
There was some competition for the Mars Bar with Kobi Wenzell taking the confectionery by the narrowest of margins.
Colourful Local Identity Philip “Tommo” Thomson & Big Trevor Maxted made today’s event a two man race with Tommo crossing the line one stableford point ahead with 44 points to Big Trev’s 43. The handicapper, Andy Phillips was third 8 points back on 36. Andy was not amused and acted swiftly reducing Tommo’s handicap by 2 strokes and Big Trev’s by one.
Club Captain, Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel collected the Mars Bar on a countback.
While there were some exceptional scores on Saturday, Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel was a notable exception scoring just 26 stableford points taking the Mars Bar by a safe margin of 2. Closest to Gus were “Big Trev” Maxted and Michael Shepley.
At the other end of the field Dick Cleland seems to have got his short game under control (this won’t last!) scoring a strong 41 points just 1 point clear of James Hallion. Both will play off lower handicaps next week. Last Saturday’s winner Richard “Pickles” Matz and Matt McAuley both scored creditable 37s.
Colourful sporting identity, Philip “Tommo” Thomson won the opening round of the Winter midweek golf on a count back from David “Robbie Robinson. Both scored 37 points. Andy Phillips got an excellent start scoring 20 points on the front 9 , but suffered a bad fade on the back 9 to finish with just 33. Andy will need to work on his fitness to prevent a repeat. Saturday’s winner, Richard “Pickles” Matz was unable to maintain his good form.
The club’s 2 worst putters fought for the Mars Bar with Dick Cleland finally sinking a tricky put on the final hole to leave Pat “The Rat” Hallion with the confectionery.
Riichard “Pickles” Matz blasted 39 stableford points to show a clean pair of heels to Saturday’s Field. Runner up was Philip “Tommo” Thomson with 37, 1 stroke ahead of Peter Weiss. Dick Secombe took the Mars Bar by a comfortable margin.
The 25th Heritage Classic was held on Monday, Adelaide Cup Day.
A field of 36 played with some very good scores at the top of the field.
Winner Ben Dunstan with a score of 40 points, edging out “Big Trev” Maxted who finished with 39 points. Close behind Big Trev were David “Robbie” Roninson 38 and Pat “The Rat” Hallion 37.
Visitors from 10 different clubs competed, and we thank them for their support.