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Michael “Tickers” Tickner took out today’s stableford with 37 points. Runner up was Dick Cleland was second with 35, edging out Andy Phillips on a count back. In form player Pat Hallion failed to fire finishing with just 32 but he shouldn’t be written off just yet. Derek Fletcher took the Mars Bar with 22 points.

A good field of 12 played but scores were disappointing, with players possibly having difficulty with the lack of wind.

Full results:

• 37 – Michael “Tickers” Tickner
• 35 – Dick Cleland, Andy Phillips
• 34 – Dick Secomb
• 33 – Klaus Heymann, Mark “Mouldy” Millward
• 32 – Pat Hallion
• 30 – Bob Taylor, David “Jack” Webster
• 28 – Colourful local identity Philip “Thomo” Thomson
• 22 – Derek Fletcher (Mars Bar)

Pat Hallion continues to take all before him winning Saturday’s par competition with a score of +2. Pat’s Handicap has now dropped from 18 to 14 since December 29, but this seems to have no effect. The closest to Pat were a group of 5 players on -1, with Mark “Mouldy” Millward gaining 2nd on a count back. At the other end of the field a count back was required to determine the Mars Bar with Dick Cleland & Andy Spackman both on -3. Andy received the chocolate.

Results:

• +2 – Pat Hallion
• -1 – Mark “Mouldy” Millward (runner up on c-b), Andy Phillips, colourful local identity “Philip “Thomo” Thomson, Michael “Tickers” Tickner, Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel
• -2 – David “Jack” Webster
• -3 – Dick Cleland, Andy Spackman (Mars Bar)
• DNF – Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen

If today’s results are any indication, we are in for some cracking golf in 2019. Dick Cleland emerged from weeks in Mars Bar territory while Pat Hallion continued his surge towards form of days gone by. Both scored 43 stableford points with Dick prevailing on a count back. Dick could only manage 24 points on Saturday so his new year resolution to get some practice seems to be paying off already, although he hasn’t started yet. The mercurial Bob Taylor & Trevor Maxted both scored 42. The handicapper was ruthless, deducting 1 stroke from the handicaps of all four..

Full results:

• 43 – Dick Cleland, Pat Hallion
• 42 – Bob Taylor, Trevor Maxted
• 34 – Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keueln
• 32 – Klaus Heymann, Michael “Tickers” Tickner, Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel
• 29 – David “Jack” Webster
• 28 – Dick Secomb
• 27 – Andy Phillips (Mars Bar)

For those who celebrate the New Year with moderation, men’s golf will be on as usual for a Tuesday with a 9:00 am for 9:30 am hit off. The weather forecast is for a maximum of 32 deg C with wind from the South to South East, thus promising pleasant conditions for golf.

The committee would like to wish everyone a safe and happy new year with plenty of good golf.

Seventeen players played in the last competition of the year. Pat Hallion was outstanding scoring 42 stableford points to win by 2 strokes. Runner up was the in-form David “Jack” Webster while the mercurial Bob Taylor was third with 38

Full results:

• 42 – Pat Hallion
• 40 – David “Jack” Webster
• 38 – Bob Taylor
• 37 – Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel
• 35 – Dick Secomb
• 34 – Trevor Maxted, Michael “Tickers” Tickner
• 33 – Mark “Moulldy” Millward, Chris “Critta” Waters
• 32 – Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen, Max Wiech
• 31 – Rolly Haggerty (Peterborough)
• 30 – Andy Phillips
• 27 – Colourful local identity Philip “Thomo” Thomson
• 25 – Peter Brearly (Peterborough)
• 24 – Dick Cleland
• 20 – Klaus Heymann (Mars Bar)

The Burra Golf Club held the Thomo Classic 64 Stableford competition to celebrate the 64th birthday of colourful & popular local identity Philip “Thomo” Thomson & despite the busy time of year 12 players made a special effort to attend.

Today’s winner was the equally popular Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen whose score of 40 points shows that he is well and truly back to his best form. Runner up was Chris “Critta” Waters with 37.

Full results were:

• 40 – Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen
• 37 – Chris Critta” Waters
• 36 – Trevor Maxted, Bob Taylor, Michael “Tickers” Tickner
• 35 – Pat Hallion, Kobi Wenzel
• 33 – Philip “Thomo” Thomson
• 32 – Andy Phillips
• 31 – Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel
• 28 – Andy Spackman
• 24 – Dick Cleland (Mars Bar)

The smallest player had the biggest score. Kobi Wenzel blitzed a high scoring field scoring 51 stableford points to win on Tuesday. Runner up was Chris “Critta” Waters with 41 points, a good score overshadowed by the winner. Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel was third with 40 points. All of the scores were not brilliant with Mark “Mouldy” Millward taking the Mars Bar with just 25 points.

Full scoreboard:

• 51 – Kobi Wenzel
• 41 – Chris “Critta” Waters
• 40 – Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel
• 39 – Klaus Heymann
• 38 – Colourful local identity Philip “Thomo” Thomson
• 37 – David “Jack” Webster
• 36 – Bob Taylor
• 32 – Andy Phillips
• 31 – Dick Cleland, Trevor Maxted, Michael “Tickers” Tickner
• 28 – Pat Hallion
• 25 – Mark “Mouldy” Millward (Mars Bar)

Fifteen players turned out for the unique par 3 contest devised by popular Club Captain Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel despite the possible bias in the handicapping system.

It was no surprise that Gus The Good Guy won the competition, although a count back was required to split Gus & Matt McAuley. The unique contest comprises 20 holes therefore with a par of 60. Scores were spread from net 61 by the winners to net 74.

Nearest the pins winners were Kobi Wenzel hole 4, Andy Phillips hole 8 & Dick Cleland hole 11.

A birdie comp was held where every birdie scored won a golf ball. Winners were: Jack Webster, Matt McAuley, Critta Waters (2),Thomo & Andy Phillips.

Full Results:

Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel	61
Matt McAuley	61
P Brearly (Peterborough)	63
Michael “Tickers” Tickner	63
Philip “Thomo” Thomson	63
Andy Phillips	63
Dick Cleland	64
Chris “Critta” Waters	65
Klaus Heymann	66
Mark “Mouldy” Millward	66
Andy Spackman	66
David “Jack” Webster	68
Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen	72
Kobi Wenzel	72
R haggerty (Peterborough)	74

Michael “Tickers” Tickner mastered the tough blustery conditions to comfortably win today’s mulligan competition with 19 points. The strong winds caused problems for the other competitors with Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel next best with 17.

Full results were:

• 19 – Michael “Tickers” Tickner
• 17 – Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel
• 15 – Dick Cleland
• 13 – David “Jack” Webster
• 12 – Andy Phillips (Mars Bar)

David “Jack” Webster continues a successful December with another win on Tuesday. Jack scored 38 points sufficient to beat longer handicappers Pat Hallion & colourful local identity Philip  “Thomo” Thomson who tied for second with 37 each. The handicapper took another bite out of Jack’s handicap and he now finds himself on 12 joining the serious golfers. Michael “Tickers” Tickner was disappointing again and we can just hope that this is a hiccup.

Full scores were:

• 38 – David “Jack” Webster
• 37 – Pat Hallion, colourful local identity Philip  “Thomo” Thomson
• 33 – Michael “Tickers” Tickner
• 32 – Bob Taylor
• 27 – Chris “Critta” Waters (Mars Bar)