Eleven players (who obviously hadn’t checked the program) turned out for a stroke competition on Saturday. The winner was Matt Willis (again!) with a net 69. Runner up was David “Robbie” Robinson with a net 72. All of the other players probably had to take their shoes and socks off to add up their scores.
The Mars Bars went to Richard “Pickles” Matz whose day must have been horrendous.
The annual Russell Nichols trophy was held on August 20. Mark “Mouldy” Millward won the competition comprehensively with a fine display of power and control to score 36 stableford points in cold windy conditions. As a comparison the best score from the rest of the field was 32 points. Mouldy’s score could have been a couple points better if not for some inexplicably missed short putts.
Golf Australia is running this competition in conjunction to the Australian Open. Any 9 hole score recorded between July 1 and September 30 and submitted to GolfLink will count as an entry to the competition. The committee has decided to play a 9 hole competition in lieu of the Mulligan competition until September 30.
L-R Andrea Rowe, Sharyn Roberts, Jodi Lehmann, Jo GebhardtL-R Mark Millward, Gus Wenzel, Trevor Maxted, Andy Phillips, Matt Willis, David (Jack) Webster, David Robinson
The Burra golf club championships were held over 36 holes on Sunday 14th of August. Sharyn Roberts won her 16th consecutive A Grade women’s championship, whilst newcomer Jodi Lehmann notched up her first B Grade champion trophy.
In the men’s matches, David (Jack) Webster won the A Grade. Matt Willis – B Grade & Trevor Maxted – C Grade. The A Grade plate played over 27 holes was won by Mark Millward.
Results:
A Grade Men – David Webster def David Robinson 5 & 4
B Grade Men – Matt Willis def Andy Phillips 6 & 5
C Grade Men – Trevor Maxted def Michael Shepley 11 & 10
A Grade Plate (27 holes) – Mark Millward def Gus Wenzel 4 & 2
A Grade Women – Sharyn Roberts def Andrea Rowe 12 & 10
B Grade Women (27 holes) – Jodi Lehmann def Jo Gebhardt 3 & 2
On Tuesday July 19th in freezing conditions, the club championship semi finals were played. See the results below for all matches.
A Grade – Sharyn Roberts def Margie Stockman 8&6. Andrea Rowe def Di Day 3&2
B Grade – Jo Gebhardt def Sonya Irwin 6&4. Jodi Lehmann def Judy Reilly 2 up.
Well done to Jo & Jodi on reaching their first final in the club championships. The finals will be played on Sunday, August 14th. Tee Times will be published closer to the date.
A good round of golf saw Sonya Irwin qualify in the Number 1 position in the B grade finals. Sonya also won the stroke comp with a Nett 72. Runner Up was Di Day with Nett 74. The extra comp was Drives on fairway – won by Andrea Rowe with 11 on c/b from Sharyn Roberts
Ladies Club championship qualifers were decided after Tuesday’s stroke round
Semi Finals matches will be held on July 19th
A Grade : Sharyn Roberts (No. 1) V Margie Stockman (No. 4) & Andrea Rowe (No. 2) V Di Day (No. 3)
B Grade : Sonya Irwin (No. 1) V Jo Gebhardt (No. 4) & Jodi Lehmann (No. 2) V Judy Reilly (No. 3)
Over the last 2 weeks the ladies played the first 2 stroke rounds for the club championships qualifying. The third & final round will be played on July 5th.
Results 14th June, 2022
Winner – Andrea Rowe, Nett 78. Runner Up – Sharyn Roberts, Nett 79. Extra comp – Drives on fairway – won by Andrea Rowe with 12. Chip Outs – Andrea Rowe, hole 3, and Jodi Lehmann, holes 8 & 16.
Results 21st June, 2022
Winner – Judy Reilly, Nett 75. Runner Up – Sharyn Roberts, Nett 76. Extra comp Putts – Jo Gebhardt with 30. NTP Hole 8 – Judy Reilly.
The final qualifying round was played on Saturday with a few significant changes to to the standings taking place. The top 4 qualifiers in each grade playoff in match play for the title. In A grade David “Jack” Webster scored a red hot 79 to reduce his 2 game tally by 12 strokes coming from outside the top 4 to take number 1 position on a count back from Pat Hallion. The hapless Mark “Mouldy” Millward has thus been relegated to 5th and will have to be content competing for the Plate. Some of you may recall that I predicted Pat Hallion as a likely champion this year and he is well placed to prove me right. It should be noted though, that all A grade finalists have won the title previously and in the cut & thrust of match play anything could happen.
In B grade, Matt Willis has put in 2 good final rounds to take the number 1 spot from Andy Phillips on a count back. Don’t write Andy off because his steady play can wear down opponents in match play. Richard “Pickles” Matz & Philip “Tommo” Thomson make up the numbers in B grade.
C grade appears to be a 3 way tussle and the mercurial Peter Weiss, although qualifying 3rd, will be suited by the match play format.
BURRA GOLF CLUB CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS 2022
Best four qualifiers in each grade match play. Non qualifiers to play off in plate handicap match play]
Eight men played on Tuesday and three of them had reasonable scores. David “Robbie” Robinson and David “Jack” Webster scored handicap equaling 36 stableford points. One of them would have won on a countback (this information has not been passed on to your corespondent). Richard “Pickles” Matz was third with 35 points.
Saturday’s winner, Neil Webster, took the Mars Bar with a meager 21 points. This has been referred to ASADA.
Fouteen golfers voted early leaving the afternoon free for golf. Neil Webster score 36 points to win the day, narrowly holding off Matt Opperman on 35. The numbers were swollen by 2 Victorian visitors and their wives with Sandy Murray from Maffra finishing 3rd with 33 points. The less said about the remaining scores the better.
Peter Weiss took the Mars Bar with a score that makes it hard to believe he played the whole 18 holes.
Two visiting ladies played to add a bit of tone to the day.
