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The championship semifinals were played on Saturday with A grade presenting two close matches. Boh “Van Pelt” Wall took defending champion Matt Opperman all the way to the 18th hole before losing 2 down. In the other match David “Jack” Webster defeated Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel 3 & 2, setting up a rematch of last year’s final.

In B grade the matches were not close with Richard “Pickles” Matz returning to the winners circle defeating Kobi Wenzel 6 & 4. If Pickles keeps this up we will enter him in the Burra Show. In the other match Chris “Critta Waters crushed Andy Phillips 5 & 4. The final between Pickles & Critta will be of great interest indeed.

In C grade the players seemed to have trouble organising themselves which is probably why they are in C grade. Peter Weiss !0 & 8 received a forfeit from Bob Taylor while Trevor Maxted & Trevor Maxted hope to play their match before the final.

The finals will be played next Sunday with the A grade hitting off at 9:00 am. If you would like to watch the finals, please try to get there early as, due to covid-19 restrictions we are limited to 1000 people on the golf course.

Stop Press: Trevor Maxted defeats Bob Perry to take on Peter Weiss in the C grade final.

Ladies golf – 25th August

Six ladies teed off  in near perfect weather with some not so perfect scores! Winner for the day was Andrea Rowe with a count back from Margie Stockman with 30 points. Extra comp, drives on fairways Margie Stockman with 14 (straight hitting Margie!).

Other results, Glenys Pierce 29pts, Sharyn Roberts 28pts, Judy Reilly 25pts, Di Day 24pts and Rose Duncan 21pts

Friday 28th Aug. – Mid North District Salvers & Champion of Champions at Blyth

Four ladies represented Burra Golf club for the Champions of Champions, the silver salver and the bronze salver and plate held at the Blyth Golf course.

Sharyn Robert did us proud by being runner up in both the Champion of Champions over 27 holes (lost by 1 stroke) and the Silver Salver on countback. Congratulations Sharyn!

1st September

Seven ladies hit off on Tuesday with some having quite a good day and the others not so good!

Winner of the day was Di Day with a nett 75, runner up Margie Stockman nett 77 on a count back from Sharyn Roberts.

Nearest the pin – hole 8 – Andrea Rowe

Other nett scores, Andrea Rowe 80, Glenys Pierce 87, Judy Reilly 88, Peg Gebhardt 90.

The Club Championship semi finals are to be played this SAturday.

Matches are

A Grade
M Opperman v B Wall
G Wenzel v D Webster
A Grade Plate
M Millward v P Thomson
D Robinson v P Hallion
B Grade
K Wenzel v R Matz
C Waters v A Phillips
C Grade:
T Maxted v R Perry
P Weiss v B Taylor

Good luck to all concerned with some great tussles expected. The battle between Mark “Mouldy” Millward and Philip “Tommo” Thomson is shaping up to be the match of the day.

Pat Hallion is firming as favourite to win the Bogisch Cup following his big win in today’s stableford. Pat scored 34 points to win very comfortably from Bob Taylor, David “Jack” Webster and Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel who all finished with 34 points.

Results

Pos	Family Name	Given Name	Daily Handicap	Score
1	Hallion	Pat	13	34
2	Taylor	Robert	29	30
2	Webster	David	11	30
2	Wenzel	Russell	13	30
5	Webster	Neil	23	27
6	Maxted	Trevor	23	24
6	Phillips	Andrew	15	24

The quarter finals of the Bogisch Handicap Matchplay Cup have been completed and tournament favourite, Richard “Pickles” Matz has been bundled out by the long hitting Chris “”Critta” Waters 4 & 3.

In other matches:

• Pat Hallion defeated Kobi Wenzel 5 & 3
• Boh Wall defeated Mark Mouldy” Millward 5 & 4
• Matt Opperman defeated Peter Weiss on the 19th

Golfers on Saturday struggled in windy conditions with scores being disappointing. Even the in form Richard “Pickles” Matz could only manage 32 stableford points but it was enough to cement his 4th win in a row. David “Robbie” Robinson was runner up with 31, the only other player to score 30 or more. Bevan Ladhams took the Mars Bar.

Results:

Pos	Family Name	Given Name	Daily Handicap	Score
1	Matz	Richard	22	32
2	Robinson	David	10	31
3	Taylor	Robert	29	29
4	Perry	Robert	28	26
4	Wenzel	Russell	13	26
6	Phillips	Andrew	15	24
7	McCauley	Matt	17	18
8	Ladhams	Bevan	6	15

Richard “Pickles” Matz continues his inexorable march to win every competition he enters. Today he won the Mulligan event following up his wins on Saturday & Tuesday. Pickles scored 23 stableford points to cruise to a win. Runner up, Bob Taylor, scored a normally competitive 19 points. Other scores were Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel 15, Dick Cleland 14 & Andy Phillips brought up the rear with 11 (Mars Bar).

Burra Golf Club”s most improved player, Richard “Pickles” Matz, continues to take all before him and the handicapper seems helpless to do anything about it. On Saturday in extremely windy conditions Pickles won comfortably with 34 points, with runner up Boh Wall scoring 32. The Mars Bar went to David “Jack” Webster with 23.

On Tuesday Pickles was at it again scoring 36 points, one better the unlucky Pat Hallion on 35. Trevor Maxted took the Mars Bar with 21.

Saturday’s Scores

Pos	Family Name	Given Name	Daily Handicap	Score
1	Matz	Richard	21	34
2	Wall	Bohdan	13	32
3	Phillips	Andrew	14	31
4	Hallion	Pat	13	29
4	Millward	Mark	12	29
4	Wenzel	Russell	13	29
7	Cleland	Richard	18	26
8	Webster	David	11	23

Tuesday’s Scores

Pos	Family Name	Given Name	Daily Handicap	Score
1	Matz	Richard	22	36
2	Hallion	Pat	13	35
3	Robinson	David	10	31
4	Waters	Chris	16	30
5	Webster	David	11	29
6	Cleland	Richard	18	28
6	Phillips	Andrew	14	28
8	Taylor	Robert	29	27
9	Maxted	Trevor	23	21

Eight players braved strong winds on Tuesday and the effects were mirrored in most scores. Chris “Critta” Waters, however, seemed untroubled by the unfriendly weather posting a score of 35 points to edge out the inform Richard “Pickles” Matz by one stroke. The other players struggled in the wind with the worst example being Dick Cleland who took the Mars Bar with 23 points.

Results:

Pos	Family Name	Given Name	Daily Handicap	Score
1	Waters	Chris	16	35
2	Matz	Richard	22	34
3	Hallion	Pat	13	33
3	Wenzel	Russell	12	33
5	Taylor	Robert	29	31
6	Webster	David	11	26
7	Phillips	Andrew	14	24
8	Cleland	Richard	18	23