Former club champion Matthew ”Oppy” Opperman is determined to stamp his authority back on this title, taking a 5 stroke lead over the field with 80 off the stick in the first qualifying round on Saturday. Pre race favourites Patrick Hallion and Mark ”Mouldy” Millward share second place with 85. Colourful local identity Philip “Tommo” Thomson leads B Grade and big “BigTrev” Maxted leads C Grade.
Standings by grade
NAME
H’CAP
Grade
7-May
Matt Opperman
8
A
80
Pat Hallion
8
A
83
David Robinson
9
A
88
Gus Wenzel
9
A
91
Phil Thomson
12
B
89
Andrew Phillips
15
B
91
Richard Matz
14
B
94
Chris Waters
14
B
97
Peter Rundell
15
B
100
Peter Weiss
20
C
95
Trevor Maxted
21
C
93
Ben Dunstan
26
C
107
It is early days yet with 3 more rounds to play. With 4 players to qualify for match play in each grade C grade is still a man short. The second round was played today so we look forward to seeing the progress in the next few days.
