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.

Full Results

Pos	Home Club	Family Name	Given Name	Daily Handicap	Score	Prizes
1		Dunstan	Benjamin	22	40	Winner
2		Maxted	Trevor	19	39	Runner up
3		Robinson	David	6	38	3rd
4		Hallion	Pat	7	37	4th
5	Kapunda Golf Club	DAVIES	Darrell	19	36	Golf ball
6	Balaklava Golf Club	Nicolo	Dean	11	35	Golf ball
6		Phillips	Andrew	14	35	Golf ball
8	Eudunda Golf Club	Knight	Timothy	14	34	Golf ball
8		Webster	Graham	24	34	Golf ball
10	Tarcowie Golf Club	Heymann	Klaus	38	33	Golf ball
10		Matz	Richard	15	33	Golf ball
10	Hamley Bridge Golf Club	Treloar	Jason	8	33	Golf ball
10		Wenzel	Russell	10	33	Golf ball
14	Balaklava Golf Club	Joseph	Cheryl	27	32
14	Copperclub, The Dunes Port Hug	EARLE	Richard	16	32
14	Saddleworth Golf Club	Heapy	Jake	12	32
14		Millward	Mark	10	32
18	Hamley Bridge Golf Club	Bartrop	Greg	36	31
18	Copperclub, The Dunes Port Hug	HARRISON	Eddie	20	31
18	Hamley Bridge Golf Club	white	wayne	25	31
21		Waters	Chris	13	30
22	Blyth Golf Club	Eime	Tyson	3	29
22		Thomson	Philip	15	29
24	Copperclub, The Dunes Port Hug	FOGDEN	Lewis	16	27
24	Hamley Bridge Golf Club	Osborne	Anthony	27	27
25	Hamley Bridge Golf Club	Sheehan	Michael	12	27
27	Jamestown Golf Club	Swearse	Tony	14	26
28	Peterborough Golf Club	Haggerty	Rolly	23	24
29	Orroroo Golf Club	Reddaway	Grant	13	23
30		McAuley	Matt	18	21
31	Orroroo Golf Club	Smith	Paul	13	20
32	Peterborough Golf Club	Brearley	Peter	29	16	Mars Bar
32		Gebhardt	Bill	27	16	Mars Bar

The annual Russell Nichols trophy was held on August 20. Mark “Mouldy” Millward won the competition comprehensively with a fine display of power and control to score 36 stableford points in cold windy conditions. As a comparison the best score from the rest of the field was 32 points. Mouldy’s score could have been a couple points better if not for some inexplicably missed short putts.

Net Score Results
Pos	Family Name	Given Name	Daily Handicap	Score
1	Millward	Mark	8	36
2	Phillips	Andrew	15	32
3	Matz	Richard	16	30
3	willis	matthew	14	30
5	Dunstan	Benjamin	25	28
6	Wenzel	Russell	12	27
7	Cleland	Richard	18	20

Golf Australia is running this competition in conjunction to the Australian Open. Any 9 hole score recorded between July 1 and September 30 and submitted to GolfLink will count as an entry to the competition. The committee has decided to play a 9 hole competition in lieu of the Mulligan competition until September 30.

All club members are welcome.

For more information follow the link to the Golf Australia website.

The final qualifying round was played on Saturday with a few significant changes to to the standings taking place. The top 4 qualifiers in each grade playoff in match play for the title. In A grade David “Jack” Webster scored a red hot 79 to reduce his 2 game tally by 12 strokes coming from outside the top 4 to take number 1 position on a count back from Pat Hallion. The hapless Mark “Mouldy” Millward has thus been relegated to 5th and will have to be content competing for the Plate. Some of you may recall that I predicted Pat Hallion as a likely champion this year and he is well placed to prove me right. It should be noted though, that all A grade finalists have won the title previously and in the cut & thrust of match play anything could happen.

In B grade, Matt Willis has put in 2 good final rounds to take the number 1 spot from Andy Phillips on a count back. Don’t write Andy off because his steady play can wear down opponents in match play. Richard “Pickles” Matz & Philip “Tommo” Thomson make up the numbers in B grade.

C grade appears to be a 3 way tussle and the mercurial Peter Weiss, although qualifying 3rd, will be suited by the match play format.

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Best four qualifiers in each grade match play. Non qualifiers to play off in plate handicap match play]

NAME	Grade	best 2	PSN
David Webster	A	164	1
Pat Hallion	A	164	2
David Robinson	A	167	3
Matt Opperman	A	167	4
Mark Millward	A	168	5
Gus Wenzel	A	170	6
Matt Willis	B	175	1
Andrew Phillips	B	175	2
Richard Matz	B	182	3
Phil Thomson	B	185	4
Chris Waters	B	187	5
Peter Rundell	B	203	6
Matt McAuley	C	189	1
Trevor Maxted	C	191	2
Peter Weiss	C	192	3
Michael Shepley	C	213	4
Ben Dunstan	C	213	5

Eight men played on Tuesday and three of them had reasonable scores. David “Robbie” Robinson and David “Jack” Webster scored handicap equaling 36 stableford points. One of them would have won on a countback (this information has not been passed on to your corespondent). Richard “Pickles” Matz was third with 35 points.

Saturday’s winner, Neil Webster, took the Mars Bar with a meager 21 points. This has been referred to ASADA.

Net Score Results
Pos	Family Name	Given Name	Daily Handicap	Score
1	Robinson	David	9	36
1	Webster	David	8	36
3	Matz	Richard	15	35
4	Shepley	Michael	24	31
5	Waters	Chris	13	30
6	Thomson	Philip	12	28
7	Maxted	Trevor	22	27
8	Webster	Neil	21	21

More Election Day Results

Fouteen golfers voted early leaving the afternoon free for golf. Neil Webster score 36 points to win the day, narrowly holding off Matt Opperman on 35. The numbers were swollen by 2 Victorian visitors and their wives with Sandy Murray from Maffra finishing 3rd with 33 points. The less said about the remaining scores the better.

Peter Weiss took the Mars Bar with a score that makes it hard to believe he played the whole 18 holes.

Two visiting ladies played to add a bit of tone to the day.

Net Score Results
Pos	Home Club	Family Name	Given Name	Daily Handicap	Score
1		Webster	Neil	21	36
2		Opperman	Matt	8	35
3	Maffra Golf Club	Murray	Sandy	5	33
4	Blyth Golf Club	Helbig	Simon	20	31
4		Millward	Mark	8	31
6		Thomson	Philip	12	30
6		Wenzel	Russell	10	30
8		Matz	Richard	15	28
9		Maxted	Trevor	21	27
10	Drouin Golf and Country Club	Delaney	Bryan	11	26
10		Shepley	Michael	24	26
12		Weiss	Peter	20	20
Ladies Scores
Pos	Home Club	Family Name	Given Name	Daily Handicap	Score
1	Maffra Golf Club	Murray	Jackie	24	30
2	Berwick Montuna Golf Club	Delaney	Maria	29	29

Players Showing Form as Championships Draw Closer

David “Robbie” Robinson showed a return to top form with 40 stableford points on Tuesday to win comfortably. Andy Phillips was runner up with a respectable 38 points. Chris “Critta” Waters & David “Jack” Webster also broke their handicaps with 37 points each.

Sadly the scores fell away sharply after this and Richard “Pickles” Matz & Michael Shepley contested the Mars Bar with just 26 points each.

Net Score Results
Pos	Family Name	Given Name	Daily Handicap	Score
1	Robinson	David	9	40
2	Phillips	Andrew	14	38
3	Waters	Chris	14	37
3	Webster	David	8	37
5	Wenzel	Russell	10	31
6	Thomson	Philip	12	30
7	Matz	Richard	14	26
7	Shepley	Michael	23	26

The 2nd qualifying round of the club championships was played on Saturday. There was some movement and some consolidation amongst the contenders. Three players who missed the 1st round played and they have the opportunity to qualify in the 2 remaining rounds in June.

The only player who played in round 1 but missed round 2 was Matt Opperman who is no doubt confident in qualifying easily after his impressive 1st round. Pat Hallion has played another good round of 82 while David “Robbie” Robinson also scored 82 an improvement on his first round. Robbie lies equal 2nd with Mark “Mouldy” Millward whose game was not suited to the wind but returned an 86.

In B grade, colourful local identity, Philip “Tommo” Thomson got swept from the number 1 spot by Andy Philips. Andy rattled in an 85 while Tommo slumped to a 96. Chris “Critta” Waters missed an opportunity to move past Tommo & Pickles with an 11 on hole 7.

C grade has only 2 players with 2 rounds so you C graders have haven’t shown up yet get off your backsides and have a go at qualifying.

Scores To Date

NAME	H’CAP	Grade	7-May	14-May	11-Jun	18-Jun	best 2
Pat Hallion	8	A	83	82			165
Mark Millward	8	A	84	86			170
David Robinson	9	A	88	82			170
Gus Wenzel	9	A	91	85			176
Matt Opperman	8	A	80
David Webster	8	A		91
Andrew Phillips	15	B	91	85			176
Phil Thomson	12	B	89	96			185
Richard Matz	14	B	94	92			186
Chris Waters	14	B	97	93			190
Peter Rundell	15	B	100	103			203
Matt McAuley	19	B		93
Trevor Maxted	21	C	93	98			191
Peter Weiss	20	C	95	109			204
Michael Shepley	23	C		107
Ben Dunstan	26	C	107

Handicap Results

Andy Phillips won the handicap event with a net 70 while Robbie was runner up with net 73.

Peter Weiss again demonstrated his ineptitude in stroke rounds taking home the Mars Bar.

Pos	Family Name	Given Name	Daily Handicap	Net Strokes
1	Phillips	Andrew	15	70
2	Robinson	David	9	73
3	Hallion	Pat	8	74
3	McAuley	Matt	19	74
5	Wenzel	Russell	9	76
6	Maxted	Trevor	21	77
7	Matz	Richard	14	78
7	Millward	Mark	8	78
9	Waters	Chris	14	79
10	Webster	David	8	83
11	Shepley	Michael	23	84
11	Thomson	Philip	12	84
13	Rundell	Peter	15	88
14	Weiss	Peter	20	89