Volunteers are required to clean up the Burra Oval next Wednesday March 18, after the SA Stud Merino Field Days.
This activity has been undertaken by the Burra Golf Club for a number of years and is an important fundraiser.
Access to the site is available all day so if you can spare some time please come along with your rake, utility, trailer, tractor or front end loader and rake the straw into piles for removal.
Perfect conditions greeted the 13 teams who took to the course to play an ambrose competition for the inaugural Farmers Golf Day. Thanks must go to our wonderful sponsors for supporting the day. From their support we were able to hand out fantastic prizes. An auction of items donated was held after the golf with funds raised being donated towards the RFDS & KI Fire appeal. Winners & Prize list:
A huge thank you to the following for their efforts on the day. Peg Gebhardt for organising the sponsors & taking team nominations. Peg, Di Day & Judy Reilly for the lunch. Bob Perry for the refreshments bus on course. Dick Secomb for cooking the BBQ. Andy Phillips bar service. Dick Cleland for checking cards and sorting out the results & Craig Honan for auctioneering.
Klaus Heymann demolished today’s Heritage Classic field scoring 37 points to win by four. Klaus made some of the more fancied competitors look very ordinary indeed. Runner up was Andy Phillips with 33 points while there were 5 players on 32. The best of the ladies was former Burra member, Helena Holman, now a member at Thaxted Park who scored 31 points.
The Mars Bars went to visitors with Anita Hodge and Trevor Durant getting the ladies and men’s award respectively. Both are members at Thaxted Park.
Results
Russell “Gus he Good Guy” Wenzel scored 36 stableford points to take out Saturday’s competition. Runner up was Dick Cleland, one back on 35. Dick Secomb took the Mars Bar while Andy Phillips won 3 nearest the pins.
Results
Petr Weiss & Mark “Mouldy” Millward slugged it out in their Jennison Cup semi final finishing the regulation 18 holes all square before Peter pulled off a spectacular birdie on the sudden death 19th to sink Mouldy’s hopes.
Peter will now meet Dick Cleland in the final next Saturday.
Tuesday 4/2/20 – Three ladies stepped out for a round of golf. Winner of the day was Peg Gebhardt with 31 pts, R/Up Di Day on a count back with 31 pts, Sharyn Roberts 25 pts, Sharyn also got a birds ball on hole 14.
Tuesday 11/2/20 – Four ladies played with the winner Di Day 32 points, R/Up Peg Gebhardt 31 pts then Andrea Rowe 30 pts, followed by Sharyn Roberts 26 pts. Di Day won the extra competition and nearest the pin on hole 8.
Tuesday 18/2/20 – Only two ladies teed off with many out due to bowling commitments. I think both of us wished we stayed home!!. Sharyn Roberts was the winner with 29 points who rolled by Andrea Rowe with 26 pts.
Tuesday 25/2/20 – Five ladies played, the winner was Peg Gebhardt with a massive score of 39 points, R/Up was Glenys Pierce with 34 pts on a count back from Di Day. Other scores were Andrea Rowe 30 pts, Sharyn Roberts also 30 pts. Extra comp was Par 3’s Par 5’s – Andrea Rowe won this with 16 points. NTP Hole 8 – Sharyn Roberts.
Colourful local identity, Philip “Tommo” Thomson was the firm favourite to win this years Jennison Handicap Matchplay Cup until he had to play the club’s oldest active member today.
Tommo broke out the blocks in fine style winning the first hole. Unfortunately it was the only hole that Tommo won. Despite a minimal difference in handicap Tommo was unable to stem the tide going down 6 & 5 to Dick Cleland. This result has thrown the betting markets into disarray. Dick will play the winner of the other semi final between Mark “Mouldy” Millward & Peter Weiss which will be played next week.
This is Dick’s easiest win in the competition so far with both of his previous matches going to the 19th.
Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen smashed the field in today’s par bisque. In a game that requires both good golf and the intelligence to manage the use of handicap strokes Eddie excelled in both. Runner up was Mark “Mouldy” Millward on plus 4. Both Eddie & Mouldy scored -1 in normal par scoring, demonstrating Eddie’s uncanny ability to maximize his handicap strokes under this format. Chris “Critta” Waters collected the Mars Bar with -4.
Normal Par Scores:
Wild windy conditions confronted a small field of 5 players who ventured out on Tuesday. The winner was Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel with 35 stableford points, a good score in the testing conditions. No other pplayer scored 30 or more points.
Scores:
The quarter finals of the Jennison Cup, handicap match play, were decided on Saturday providing some closely fought matches. Mark “Mouldy” Millward defeated the long hitting Christopher “Critta” Waters 1 up. Critta scored 2 eagles in the first 3 hols but Mouldy showed exceptional patience and got on with his own game while Critta crashed to earth. Peter Weiss beat Big Trevor Maxted 3 & 1 while Dick Cleland needed 19 holes to defeat a much impoved Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen. The other semi final was played earlier with Philip “Tommo” Thomson successful over Andy Phillips.
Players not involved in matches played a Par round. Despite near perfect conditions the scores were so poor it is your correspondent’s view that the only prize that should have been handed out was the Mars Bar. Colourful local identity, Philip “Tommo” Thomson beat David “Robbie” Robinson on a count back both returning dismal scores of -3. Michael “Tickers” Tickner, on the other hand, really earned the Mars Bar with a score of -10.
Full results:
