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Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen smashed the field in today’s par bisque. In a game that requires both good golf and the intelligence to manage the use of handicap strokes Eddie excelled in both. Runner up was Mark “Mouldy” Millward on plus 4. Both Eddie & Mouldy scored -1 in normal par scoring, demonstrating Eddie’s uncanny ability to maximize his handicap strokes under this format. Chris “Critta” Waters collected the Mars Bar with -4.

Normal Par Scores:

• -1 Edward Van Keulen, Mark Millward
• -2 Russell Wenzel
• -3 Robert Perry
• -4 Kobi Wenzel
• -5 Richard Secomb
• – 6 Andrew Phillips
• -7 Richard Matz, Trevor Maxted
• -8 Chris Waters

Wild windy conditions confronted a small field of 5 players who ventured out on Tuesday. The winner was Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel with 35 stableford points, a good score in the testing conditions. No other pplayer scored 30 or more points.

Scores:

• 35 Russell Wenzel
• 29 Andrew Phillips
• 28 Neil Webster
• 26 David Webster
• 23 Richard Cleland (Mars Bar)

The quarter finals of the Jennison Cup, handicap match play, were decided on Saturday providing some closely fought matches. Mark “Mouldy” Millward defeated the long hitting Christopher “Critta” Waters 1 up. Critta scored 2 eagles in the first 3 hols but Mouldy showed exceptional patience and got on with his own game while Critta crashed to earth. Peter Weiss beat Big Trevor Maxted 3 & 1 while Dick Cleland needed 19 holes to defeat a much impoved Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen. The other semi final was played earlier with Philip “Tommo” Thomson successful over Andy Phillips.

Players not involved in matches played a Par round. Despite near perfect conditions the scores were so poor it is your correspondent’s view that the only prize that should have been handed out was the Mars Bar. Colourful local identity, Philip “Tommo” Thomson beat David “Robbie” Robinson on a count back both returning dismal scores of -3. Michael “Tickers” Tickner, on the other hand, really earned the Mars Bar with a score of -10.

Full results:

• -3 Philip Thomson, David Robinson
• -4 Bob Perry
• -5 Kobi Wenzel
• -6 Richard Matz, Richard Secomb
• -7 Pat Hallion
• -8 Russell Wenzel
• -10 Michael Tickner (Mars Bar)

Monday March 9

18 Hole Stableford Competition

All golfers with a Golf Australia Handicap Welcome

Tee Off Times 10:00am – 11:00am

Entry fee $20 includes sausage sizzle & afternoon tea

Contact Gus Wenzel [0439 846 421] for further information

Peg wins on countback!

Only 3 ladies out today, as quite a few were away due to association bowls commitments. Peg Geghardt won the day with 31 points on a countback from Runner Up Di Day. Sharyn Roberts won the birdie ball (hole 14) and also took home the Mars bar for her paltry 25 pts.

Please RSVP to Peg Gebhardt by Feb 29th for catering purposes. Get your teams of 4 together now for this fun Ambrose day.

With competition favorite, Mark “Mouldy” Millward going through to round 2 on a forfeit, five of the remaining matches were decided with 2 requiring extra holes and the others all reaching at least the 16th.

Chris “Critta” Waters defeated Dick Secomb 3 & 1

Peter Weiss defeated Michael “Tickers” Tickner 3 & 2

Andy Phillips defeated Kobi Wenzel at the 21st

Philip “Tommo” Thomson defeated Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel 3 & 2

Dick Cleland defeated Richard “Pickles” Matz on the 19th

Two players not involved in the Jennison Cup played a par round.

Results:

• +1 – Trevor Maxted
• -6 – Matt McCauley

The first round of the Jennison Cup is due to be played tomorrow. If players are unable to play on the designated date they must arrange an alternative time and date with their opponent prior to the designated date.

All matches must be played before the scheduled date of the next round.

The draw may be downloaded below.

January 14th – With holiday season still in full swing only 2 ladies braved 18 holes in the heat. Di Day came out on top with a score of 29 points, followed by Andrea Rowe with 25 pts. Andrea also had a chip out on hole 10. Judy Reilly played 9 holes and had a superb score of 19 points, plus took out the NTP on hole 8.

January 21st – Perfect weather brings out the golfers! Seven ladies took to the course today with variable results. The winner with 34 points was Sharyn Roberts. Runner up was Margie Stockman with 33 pts on a countback from Andrea Rowe. Other scores were – Marj Wride 30 pts, Peg Gebhardt & Di Day 23 pts & Glenys Pierce got the Mars Bar! The extra comp was Par 4’s and Sharyn won this with 19 pts. NTP on hole 8 went to Andrea Rowe.

January 28th – In warm conditions the ladies took the carts for a spin, making it a pleasant day for them. However, cart golf did not improve the scores will all 4 players finishing with mediocre results. The trees were not our friends! Best of a bad bunch was Sharyn Roberts, winning with 27 points. Runner Up was Marj Wride on 26 pts, followed by Di Day 25 pts & Peg Gebhardt 22 pts. The extra comp was Drives on Fairway and the winner was Di Day with 10 on countback from Marj & Sharyn. The NTP ball stayed in the cupboard this week!

As from next week the new World Golf Handicap system comes into play. All players will find that their G.A. has increased slightly.

David “Robbie” Robinson took out Saturday’s stableford with a stunning score of 46 points. Some sympathy must be felt for runner up, Andy Spackman, who scored an impressive 44 points. Robbie has been threatening to post a score for some time and must have finally got his tee shots to go where he wanted them to. There was a big gap to third placed Mark “Mouldy” Millward and there were a number of scores under 30. A count back was required to decide the Mars Bar which went to Brett Wallis from Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen. Thier scores were so low we have decided not to share them with you.

Results:

• 46 – David Robinson
• 44 – Andrew Spackman
• 38 – Mark Millward
• 37 – Russell Wenzel
• 35 – Richard Secomb
• 34 – Trevor Maxted, Michael Tickner, Kobi Wenzel
• 33 – Philip Thomson
• 32 – Andrew Phillips
• 30 – Pat Hallion
• 29 – Peter Weiss
• 28 – Richard Matz
• 26 – Richard Cleland
• 25 – David Webster
• 21 – Edward Van Keulen, Brett Wallis