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Popular men’s vice captain, Mark “Mouldy” Millward won the 2018 Heritage Classic with 40 stableford points. Mouldy looked set for a score in the mid 40’s but looked a bit shaky on holes 16 & 17 before steadying himself on the final hole. Runner up was leading female Reva Cullen with 39 points. Bob Perry was third on a count back from Andy Spackman & Neville Kelly (Renmark) all finishing on 38. Danish visitor Paul Smedley was given a provisional handicap of 24 & finished with 43 points. Unfortunately Paul was ineligible for the main prize as his handicap was not official, but a great effort nonetheless. We all look forward to playing with Paul over the coming weeks as he has an extended stay in Burra.

Other scores were Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel 36; David Jack Webster 35; Gary Weymouth (Emu GC) 33; Trevor Maxted, Peter Seidel (Crystal Brook), colourful local sporting identity Philip “Thomo” Thomson, Chris “Critta” Waters 32; Roly Haggerty (Peterborough), David Norman (Peterborough) Alex O’Dea (Peterborough) 31; Dick Cleland, Kobi Wenzel 29; Klaus Heymann (Tarcowie) 26; Andrew Hall 25, Peter Brearley (Peterborough) 22; and the Mars Bar went to Luke Spackman with 21.

Kobi Wenzel routed today’s field with an incredible 46 points. The handicapper reduced the 11 year old’s handicap by 2 strokes which is little comfort to the other members. In the group ahead Chris “Critta” Waters & Dick Cleland had a great battle which normally may have decided the winner but they fell well short. Critta got a great start but Dick’s greater fitness saw him catch Critta to finish second on a count back. Both scored 40 points, 6 behind the winner. Next best was Mark “Mouldy” Millward with 35, followed by Andrew Spackman 34, colourful local sporting identity Philip “Thomo” Thomson & Russell “Gus THe Good Guy” Wenzel 32, Michael “Tickers” Tickner & David “Jack” Webster 31, Andrew Phillips 25 with the Mars Bar going to Tarcowie visitor Klaus Heymann 21.

In a shock result, mulligan specialist Dick Secomb faltered over the closing stages of Thursday’s mulligans to finish with the Mars Bar. On the other hand the mercurial Bob Taylor maintained good form throughout to take the competition with 22 points. Runner up was Andrew Hall with 20 points. Andrew was the beneficiary of the early adoption of the 2020 handicap changes in our mulligan competitions.

Dick Cleland & Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel both scored 19 while David “Jack” Webster & Dick Secomb scored 16 with Jack avoiding the Mars Bar on a count back.

Chris “Critta Waters defeated Davis “Jack” Webster 2&1 to book a date in the Jennison Cup final with colourful local sporting identity Philip “Thomo” Thomson. The match was a see-saw affair with Jack gaining an early lead before Critta found his form and finished strongly.

On today’s form Critta would be favoured to take out the final but both players are chronically inconsistent so the betting is wide open.

Despite good conditions, the best score today was 32 stableford points scored by Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel. Runner up was the mercurial Bob Taylor with 31. Andy Phillips & Glenn Johnson scored 30, followed by Dick Cleland & colourful local sporting identity Philip “Thomo” Thomson on 27. Trevor Maxted scored 26 but the Mars Bar went to Neil Webster with 24.

Mulligan specialist Dick Secomb stepped up to blow the field away in today’s 18 hole stableford. Dick scored a magnificent 42 points to win by 4 points. Runner up was Dick Cleland with 38. Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel was next 36, followed by Chris “Critta” Waters 35, Mark “Mouldy” Millward & Kobi Wenzel 33, Klaus Heymann 28 & the Mars Bar went to Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen with a very disappointing score.

Michael “Tickers” Tickner was unable to produce the form that saw him win last week & he went down to colourful local sporting identity Philip “Thomo” Thomson 5&4 in their semi final. Thomo played tough match play golf preventing Tickers from getting back into the game.

The other semi final between Chris “Critta” Waters & David “Jack” Webster will be played on Tuesday.

This week’s mulligan competition was won by Peterborough member David Norman with a score of 23 stableford points. Runner up was Andy Phillips who beat mulligan specialist Dick Secomb on a count back. Both scored 21 points. Dick was in a strong position after 6 holes but atypically faded over the final 3 holes. Dick Cleland scored 20 points followed by David “Jack” Webster & the mercurial Bob Taylor on 17. The Mars Bar went to a disappointed Gordon “The Chook Man” Kakoschke.

Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen won today’s stableford with 38 points. Runner up was a much improved colourful local sporting identity Philip “Thomo” Thomson with 37. There was then a gap to Dick Cleland on 34 followed by Andy Phillips & Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel 33, the mercurial Bob Taylor 32, Neil Webster 30 just one ahead of brother David “Jack” on 29. The Mars Bar went to Chris “Critta” Waters with 25.

Thomo’s improvement augers well for his Jennison Cup match with Michael “Tickers” Tickner on Saturday. Thomo has had a haircut and Justine has added a subtle touch of colour. This is a promising sign as Thomo usually plays well when he is tarted up.

Michael “Tickers’ Tickner trounced yesterday’s stableford field with a scorching 40 points. Runner up was Mark “Mouldy” Millward with just 36. Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel & Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen tied for 3rd with 35, followed by Chris “Critta’ Waters 33, Andy Spackman & David “Jack” Webster 32, David Norman (Peterborough) 31, colourful local sporting identity Philip “Thomo” Thomson 30, Dick Cleland 28 & the Mars Bar went to Trevor Maxted on 27.

Tickers will play Thomo next Saturday in a Jennison semi final while the other semi final will be a battle of the long hitters with Critta & Jack facing off. Despite the handicapper taking a stroke off Tickers he is fancied to carry the day against Thomo.