Author: Mashie Niblick

 

The ladies excelled the gentlemen with Jodi Lehmann winning by a comfortable margin and Sharyn “Chookie” Roberts edging out colourful local identity Philip “Titanic” Thomson on a count back for second.

Conditions were perfect for today’s event and only poor golf can explain some of the scores. At the bottom end of the field Dick Cleland only avoided the Mars Bar on a count back with David “Robbie” Robinson receiving the confectionery.

Results

Surname	First Name	Score
Lehmann	Jodi	39
Roberts	Sharyn	36
Thomson	Philip	36
Millward	Mark	35
Webster	David	34
Matz	Richard	34
McAuley	Matt	33
Dunstan	Benjamin	33
Day	Dianne	33
Wenzel	Russell	32
Phillips	Andrew	32
Hallion	James	32
Cousins	Josh	32
Waters	Chris	31
Wenzel	Kobi	29
Fletcher	Derek	28
Hallion	Pat	26
Cleland	Richard	25
Robinson	David	25

Mark “Mouldy” Millward showed that he is rapidly approaching his full potential, scoring 40 stableford points despite some inexplicably simple mistakes. Runner up was Chris “Critta” Waters with a fine score of 38 which almost certainly would have included mistakes. The rest of the field deserve no mention and you can see how they performed in the full results.

The notoriously inconsistent Pat “The Rat” Hallion collected the Mars Bar.

Net Score Results
Pos	Family Name	Given Name	Daily Handicap	Score
1	Millward	Mark	10	40
2	Waters	Chris	13	38
3	Thomson	Philip	15	34
3	Wenzel	Russell	10	34
5	Weiss	Peter	19	33
6	Robinson	David	5	32
6	Secomb	Richard	24	32
8	Matz	Richard	14	31
8	Phillips	Andrew	14	31
10	Maxted	Trevor	18	30
11	Opperman	Matt	9	29
12	Cleland	Richard	20	28
13	Hallion	Pat	7	24

The Burra Golf Club celebrated 100 years of the golf club moving to the race course with an ambrose event.

In 1922 the club established a 9-hole course “in and around the racecourse. In 1927 it was decided to extend the course to 18 holes at which time it is assumed the land on the Eastern side of the highway owned at the time by Elder Smith & Co was utilised.

The attached map, prepared by Bob Perry, shows the post 1927 layout superimposed upon the current layout.

We all look forward to another centenary ambrose in 2027.

Results

Team	Gross	Net
Gross Results
King Slayers	64	57.500
Cousins	66	51.000
Floggers	66	60.125
Bombers	68	58.750
3 Ladies & A Tramp	70	64.250
Hallion’s Heroes	70	63.750
Webster	71	59.625
Gus’s Mob	72	62.625
Men of History	73	59.125
Dream Team	76	68.750
Eagle & Birdies	76	63.625
Radford	77	61.250
Handicap Results
Cousins	66	51.000
King Slayers	64	57.500
Bombers	68	58.750
Men of History	73	59.125	Vets winner
Webster	71	59.625
Floggers	66	60.125
Radford	77	61.250
Gus’s Mob	72	62.625
Eagle & Birdies	76	63.625
Hallion’s Heroes	70	63.750
3 Ladies & A Tramp	70	64.250
Dream Team	76	68.750

Some very good scores were achieved, especially by the King Slayers and the Cousins, in windy conditions and some rain early in the day. It did become fine and quite warm later in the day. The Men of History showed the benefit of many years of experience remaining calm in the face of some ordeals that would seen most other teams unravel.

If you are interested in the personnel making up any of the teams you can contact Gus “The Good Guy” Wenzel on 0439 846 421.

David “Jack” Webster defeated defending champion, Matt Opperman, in a hard fought battle going to the 35th hole & winning 2 & 1. Today’s result reverses last year’s result.

All of the other matches were closely fought requiring either 35 or 36 holes to get a result. In the A Grade Plate Pat Hallion prevailed over Mark “Mouldy” Millward 2 & 1

In B Grade Richard “Pickles” Matz took the long hitting Chris “Critta” Waters to the 36th before losing 1 down.

The C Grade final also went to the 36th hole before Trevor Maxted prevailed over Peter Weiss 1 up.

Congratulations to all players for providing such exiting and well fought matches. All the photos were taken before the start of play which probably explains why everyone except Pat Hallion is smiling.

Andy Phillips scored a strong 36 points to win today’s stableford comfortably. Runner up was Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel with 33. Derek Fletcher took the Mars Bar.

Pos	Family Name	Given Name	Daily Handicap	Score
1	Phillips	Andrew	14	36
2	Wenzel	Russell	12	33
3	Maxted	Trevor	23	31
3	Taylor	Robert	28	31
3	Thomson	Philip	14	31
6	Cleland	Richard	18	29
6	Matz	Richard	22	29
8	Fletcher	Derek	26	26

There was some movement on the leader board on Saturday with the big mover being Boh “Van Pelt” Wall while Matt Opperman consolidated his position at the top of the board with the best round of the day with 82 off the stick. Boh scored a sizzling 83 improving his best round tally by 11 shots and rocketing into 3rd place overall. Boh also won the day’s handicap event convincingly with a net 69, 3 shots clear of Kobi Wenzel, Matt Opperman & Bob Taylor. The Mars Bar went to Bevan Ladhams. The field of 21 players was the best for quite some time. The final qualifying round will be played next Saturday giving players their last chance to move up the ladder.

Championship Standings:

Pos	Surname	First Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Best 2 rounds
1	Opperman	Matt	86	84	82	166
2	Webster	David	94	85	85	170
2	Wall	Bohdan	94	92	83	175
4	Robinson	David	88	96	90	178
5	Phillips	Andrew	88	91	96	179
6	Wenzel	Russell	95	85	95	180
6	Waters	Chris	88	96	94	182
8	Thomson	Philip	89	94	97	183
9	Hallion	Pat	93	A	90	183
10	Millward	Mark	93	DNP	91	184
11	Wenzel	Kobi	103	DNP	87	190
12	Maxted	Trevor	97	107	99	196
12	Matz	Richard	101	104	97	198
14	Taylor	Robert	108	111	101	209
15	Cleland	Richard	DNP	108	104	212
16	Weiss	Peter	102	DNP	113	215
17	Perry	Robert	113	DNP	114	227
18	McMahon	William	104	DNP	DNP
19	VanKeulen	Edward	121	DNP	DNP
20	Ladhams	Bevan	DNP	DNP	97
21	Heymann	Klaus	DNP	DNP	118

Saturday’s Results

Pos	Family Name	Given Name	Daily Handicap	Gross Strokes	Net Strokes
1	Wall	Bohdan	14	83	69
2	Opperman	Matt	10	82	72
2	Taylor	Robert	29	101	72
2	Wenzel	Kobi	15	87	72
5	Webster	David	11	85	74
6	Matz	Richard	22	97	75
7	Maxted	Trevor	23	99	76
8	Hallion	Pat	13	90	77
9	Waters	Chris	16	94	78
10	Heymann	Klaus	38	118	80
10	Kelly	Neville	12	92	80
10	Millward	Mark	11	91	80
10	Robinson	David	10	90	80
14	Phillips	Andrew	15	96	81
15	McCauley	Matt	17	99	82
16	Thomson	Philip	14	97	83
16	Wenzel	Russell	12	95	83
18	Cleland	Richard	18	104	86
19	Perry	Robert	27	114	87
20	Weiss	Peter	24	113	89
21	Ladhams	Bevan	6	97	91

The first mulligans competition since the corona virus outbreak took place today with 5 players taking part. Richard “Pickles” Matz continued where he left off on Tuesday scoring another win with 20 stableford points. Runner up was Bob Taylor with 17. The remaining scores suggest that some members have got some work to do to restore their game to near their best. Andy Phillips scored 14, Dick Cleland 12 and former mulligan specialist, Dick Secomb, took the Mars Bar with 9.

Mulligans competitions will continue to be held at 9:00 for 9:30 am on Thursdays.

Richard “Pickles” Matz produced a solid score of 35 stableford points to win Tuesday’s competition comfortably. Runner up was Chris “Critta” Waters with an ordinary score of 32. New member, Bevan Ladhams, obviously still finding his way around the course, took the Mars Bar.

Full results:

Pos	Family Name	Given Name	Daily Handicap	Score
1	Matz	Richard	23	35
2	Waters	Chris	15	32
3	Phillips	Andrew	15	31
4	Maxted	Trevor	22	30
5	Taylor	Robert	28	29
5	Thomson	Philip	13	29
7	Cleland	Richard	17	20
8	Ladhams	Bevan	6	18