Colourful local identity Philip “Thomo” Thomson proved too strong for Tuesday’s field scoring 39 stableford points & collecting 2 “nearest the pins” on the way. Runner up was Andy Phillips with 37 points.
Full results were:
Richard “Dick” Secomb & Richard “Dick” Cleland scored 40 stableford points each to beat Saturday’s field comfortably by 2 strokes. Dick Secomb got off to a flyer scoring 23 points on the outward 9 while Dick Cleland scored a solid 19 points. At this point Sam Cleland appeared to be in the best position to challenge with a score of 22. Sadly lack fitness showed for both these players and they faded on the homeward 9. Dick Cleland on the other hand showed fitness to be no problem improving to 21 points on the back 9 to claim the win on a count back. Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel showed fitness is not an issue if you use a cart finishing third with 38.
The full results were:
In one of the best rounds for some time David “Jack” Webster scored 49 stableford points on Tuesday. Jack had a short put on the last hole for 50 points but left the put hanging on the rim of the cup. Nonetheless 49 points is quite a good effort. Runner up was Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel with 42 points, a score that would win on most days.
Full results are:
Mulligan specialist Dick Secomb was too good once again despite the excellent scores by other players. Only 5 players fronted in beautiful conditions for golf and a mark of the good scores was the Mars Bar going to David “Jack” Webster with 19 points.
Scores were:
Andrew Hall scored 22 stableford points to win today’s 9 hole mulligan competition by one point from Andy Phillips.
A countback was required at the other end of the field to determine the Mars Bar recipient.
Nine juniors took part in a fun day last Friday as part of Golf Week.
A competition was held as part of the activities with Amber Evers from Tanunda winning the girls event with 40 points & Burra’s Kobi Wenzel winning the boys event with 35 points
Kobi Wenzel won yesterday’s stableford with 39 points despite fading on the back 9. Runner up was Bob Taylor with 37 on a 4 way count back from Mark “Mouldy” Millward, colourful local identity Philip “Thomo” Thomson & Dick Cleland. Dick seemed to choke having accumulated 30 points after 12 but could only manage 7 points on the last 6.
There was then a big gap to Michael “Tickers” Tickner on 33, David “Jack” Webster 30, & Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel 29. The Mars Bar went to Pat Hallion with 24 points.
The Burra Hotels Ambrose was held today with 34 players competing.
In the handicap event:
The winning team was the Ted Mullary Gang from Clare comprising Phil Dohnt, Ted Dickinson Snipper Bennett & Phil Skeers, who scored a gross score of 62 to beat the Burra Mercurials (Michael “Tickers” Tickner, the mercurial Bob Taylor, David “Jack” Webster & Neil Webster) on a count back.
In the handicap event:
Team Albert got into some trouble on hole 3 when all 4 players drove out of bounds. They all played their 3rd from the tee & 3 of those went out of bounds.
THe Burra Golf Club would like to thank the sponsors for this day:
David “Jack” Webster continued his brilliant form of late to score 23 points in today’s 9 hole mulligan competition. Runner up was Michael “Tickers’ Tickner with a creditable 22 points.Dick Cleland finished third with 20 points followed by Andrew Hall 19,Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel 17 & Bob Taylor 16. A count back was required to separate Peter Mengerson, Gordon “The Chook Man” Kakoschke & Kobi Wenzel for the Mars Bar, all of them having finished with 14 points. Kobi got the confectionery after the count back was applied.
The Golf Club AGM will be held on October 25 and all members are urged to attend. Nomination forms for committee are available in the clubhouse and must be returned to the secretary by October 18.
The program is set below. Times are approximate :
Refreshments will be available from the bar throughout the night.
