Author: Goobindyke

The handicap eveny held in conjuntion with Saturday’s championship round saw Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel take out first place by one stroke from David “Robbie” Robinson WITH philip “Tommo” Thomson a further stroke away third. James Tiver & Peter Weiss both received a Mars Bar.

Pos	Family Name	Given Name	Daily Handicap	Net Strokes
1	Wenzel	Russell	12	74
2	Robinson	David	9	75
3	Thomson	Philip	12	76
4	Hallion	Pat	12	77
5	Webster	David	11	79
6	Wall	Bohdan	7	80
7	McAuley	Matt	19	82
7	Millward	Mark	7	82
7	Waters	Chris	12	82
10	Shepley	Michael	33	83
11	Cleland	Richard	18	85
12	Matz	Richard	16	87
13	Wenzel	Kobi	15	90
14	Weiss	Peter	19	91
15	Tiver	James	40	98

The second round of qualifying took place on Saturday in much better weather than the first round. It is difficult to predict who will qualify at this stage as qualifying is decided by the best two of four rounds. David “Robbie” Robinson has moved into the lead with 172, 2 strokes ahead of Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel. Fans will be delighted to see that colourful local identity Philip “Tommo” Thomson is right up there in third place on 173 and threatening to take out another championship. I would encourage all punters to get their money on Tommo now before the odds get prohibitive. Mark “Mouldy” Millward rounds out the top four for now. It is pretty clear where the change of grades happens this year with Richard “Pickles” Matz well clear of his rivals.

Pos	Surname	First Name	Rounds	Total Score
1	Robinson	David	86	84	170
2	Wenzel	Russell	86	86	172
3	Thomson	Philip	85	88	173
4	Millward	Mark	85	89	174
5	Wall	Bohdan	88	87	175
6	Hallion	Pat	87	89	176
7	Matz	Richard	95	103	198
8	Shepley	Michael	114	116	230
9	Opperman	Matt	82	DNP	82
10	Webster	David	DNP	90	90
11	Waters	Chris	DNP	94	94
12	McAuley	Matt	DNP	101	101
12	Webster	Neil	101	DNP	101
14	Wenzel	Kobi	DNP	105	105
15	Weiss	Peter	DNP	110	110
16	Dunstan	Benjamin	113	DNP	113
17	Tiver	James	DNP	138	138
18	Cleland	Richard	A	103	103
19	Maxted	Trevor	A	DNP	–

The first qualifying round for the Club Championships was played on Saturday. In a round that saw some extremely heavy rain early in the second nine, many scores were affected. Former champion, Matt Opperman took the rain in his stride scoring 82 off the stick for a net 73. Philip “Tommo” Thomson was also unaffected scoring 85 off the stick (Tommo is not in the same class as Oppy) to tie Oppy in the handicap event. Ben Dunstan collected the Mars Bar. Trevor Maxted & Dick Cleland abandoned their rounds during the rain to go home for a hot shower and get ready to watch the Port Power beat the Crows. Defending champion David “Jack” Webster did not play.

Daily Net Scores
Pos	Family Name	Given Name	Daily Handicap	Net Strokes
1	Opperman	Matt	9	73
1	Thomson	Philip	12	73
3	Wenzel	Russell	12	74
4	Hallion	Pat	12	75
5	Millward	Mark	7	78
5	Robinson	David	8	78
7	Matz	Richard	16	79
8	Webster	Neil	21	80
9	Wall	Bohdan	7	81
10	Shepley	Michael	32	82
11	Dunstan	Benjamin	24	89
12	Cleland	Richard	18
12	Maxted	Trevor	21

Championship Results 1st round
Pos	Family Name	Given Name	Gross Strokes
1	Opperman	Matt	82
2	Millward	Mark	85
2	Thomson	Philip	85
4	Robinson	David	86
4	Wenzel	Russell	86
6	Hallion	Pat	87
7	Wall	Bohdan	88
B/C grade
8	Matz	Richard	95
9	Webster	Neil	101
10	Dunstan	Benjamin	113
11	Shepley	Michael	114
12	Cleland	Richard	DNF
12	Maxted	Trevor	DNF

Derek Fletcher broke through for his first win on Tuesday much to the joy of his fellow golfers. He needed a count back to achieve this beating Michael Shepley in a low scoring affair, both scoring 33 stableford points. A count back was required at the other end of the field to decide the Mars Bar with Richard “Pickles Matz finally breaking his long run of Mars Bars & David “Jack” Webster collecting the confectionary.

Pos	Family Name	Given Name	Daily Handicap	Score
1	Fletcher	Derek	26	33
1	Shepley	Michael	32	33
3	Thomson	Philip	12	31
4	Hallion	Pat	11	30
5	Waters	Chris	12	29
6	Cleland	Richard	18	28
6	Millward	Mark	8	28
6	Phillips	Andrew	14	28
9	Wenzel	Russell	11	27
10	Matz	Richard	15	24
10	Webster	David	12	24

Derek Fletcher broke through for his first win much to the joy of his fellow golfers. He needed a count back to achieve this beating Michael Shepley in a low scoring affair, both scoring 33 stableford points. A count back was required at the other end of the field to decide the Mars Bar with Richard “Pickles Matz finally breaking his long run of Mars Bars & David “Jack” Webster collecting the confectionary.

Pos	Family Name	Given Name	Daily Handicap	Score
1	Fletcher	Derek	26	33
1	Shepley	Michael	32	33
3	Thomson	Philip	12	31
4	Hallion	Pat	11	30
5	Waters	Chris	12	29
6	Cleland	Richard	18	28
6	Millward	Mark	8	28
6	Phillips	Andrew	14	28
9	Wenzel	Russell	11	27
10	Matz	Richard	15	24
10	Webster	David	12	24

Popular committeeman Richard “Pickles” Matz finally broke his string of Mars Bars but he needed a count back to do it. Pickles and Big Trev Maxted tied for last with 27 stableford points with Trev taking the confectionary.

The winner of the round was Mark “Mouldy” Millward who bolted in with 39 points 4 points clear of runner up, Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel. A multiplier four ball was also held in conjunction with the stableford between teams of 3 (teammates scores were multiplied together on each hole). An example of fine teamwork saw Graham Webster, Andy Phillips and Dick Cleland take out this prize.

Pos	Family Name	Given Name	Daily Handicap	Score
1	Millward	Mark	8	39
2	Wenzel	Russell	11	35
3	Webster	Graham	26	34
4	Webster	David	12	33
5	Thomson	Philip	12	32
6	Hallion	Pat	10	31
7	Cleland	Richard	18	30
7	Phillips	Andrew	14	30
7	Wall	Bohdan	7	30
10	Weiss	Peter	19	28
11	Matz	Richard	14	27
11	Maxted	Trevor	20	27

Despite warnings of damaging winds (or did they forget to check the weather forecast), 9 players turned out for the mid-week stableford competition. As was to be expected scores where poorer than usual. The ever popular Pat Hallion was victorious with 32 points, narrowly defeating the trio of the congenial Andy Phillips, Chris “Critta” Waters & Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel by 1 point. The Mars Bar was shared by Richard “Pickles” Matz & Michael Shepley, making it the fourth Mars Bar in a row for Pickles.

Pos	Family Name	Given Name	Daily Handicap	Score
1	Hallion	Pat	10	32
2	Phillips	Andrew	14	31
2	Waters	Chris	12	31
2	Wenzel	Russell	11	31
5	Millward	Mark	8	30
5	Webster	Neil	21	30
7	Webster	David	11	29
8	Heymann	Klaus	39	26
9	Matz	Richard	13	24
9	Shepley	Michael	31	24

Great concern is being felt for the form of popular committee man, Richard “Pickles” Matz. Pickles has now collected 3 Mars Bars in a row with Saturday’s score particularly concerning. I shouldn’t tell you what it was but if you promise not to tell anyone it was 18.

The scores were generally low which we can attribute to the cold windy weather. The winner was David “Robbie” Robinson with 35 points. Robbie did improve during the round coming home with 19 points. Runner up was Big Trevor Maxted with 33.

Pos	Family Name	Given Name	Daily Handicap	Score
1	Robinson	David	8	35
2	Maxted	Trevor	20	33
3	Cleland	Richard	17	32
4	Wenzel	Russell	11	31
5	Millward	Mark	8	28
6	Phillips	Andrew	14	27
6	Thomson	Philip	12	27
8	Weiss	Peter	19	26
9	Hallion	Pat	10	25
10	Dunstan	Benjamin	25	24
11	Shepley	Michael	31	23
12	Matz	Richard	13	18

We have some pretty slow learners at the Burra Golf Club. Handicapper, Andy Phillips produced another good round of 39 stableford points, only to be beaten by 1 point by Boh Wall. As when this happened recently, the handicapper acted swiftly deducting a stroke from the culprit’s handicap. Richard “Pickles” Matz took the Mars Bar in what has become a worrying trend.

Pos	Family Name	Given Name	Score
1	Wall	Bohdan	40
2	Phillips	Andrew	39
3	Shepley	Michael	38
4	Webster	David	33
5	Hallion	Pat	32
5	Heymann	Klaus	32
5	Thomson	Philip	32
5	Webster	Neil	32
9	Matz	Richard	28

Peter Weiss took advantage of the conditions to post a scorching score of 43 stableford points, beating runner up, Philip “Tommo” Thomson by 5 points. The handicapper has apparently been nursing some sort of upset and we hope he soon recovers for the well being of our members. This time he slashed 2 strokes from Peter’s handicap. Richard “Pickles” Matz continued his up & down form to take the Mars Bar on this occasion.

Pos	Family Name	Given Name	Daily Handicap	Score
1	Weiss	Peter	21	43
2	Thomson	Philip	13	38
3	Wall	Bohdan	8	37
4	Phillips	Andrew	15	35
4	Wenzel	Russell	11	35
6	Cleland	Richard	18	33
7	Maxted	Trevor	20	32
8	Wenzel	Kobi	15	31
9	Hallion	Pat	10	30
9	Millward	Mark	8	30
11	Matz	Richard	13	26