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Five players turned out for today’s mulligan’s on a morning where conditions were good for golf.

Dick Secomb once more showed his preference for this form of the game with a score of 21 stableford points to comfortably take first prize.

Three played tied for second, David “Robbie” Robinson, Bradtke Stockman & Andy Phillips with Robbie getting the nod on a count back.

Dick Cleland took the Mars Bar with a dismal 13 points. Scoring only 2 points in the first 4 holes in a 9 hole competition meant Dick was unlikely to feature in the finish.

With the exception of Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen & Neil Webster, the scores in Tuesday’s men’s golf were exceptionally good.

David “Robbie” Robinson lead the charge with 42 stableford points, prompting the handicapper to chop 0.6 off Robbie’s GA handicap thus reducing his playing handicap to 9. Runner up was Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel with 40 points. The handicapper got stuck into Gus as well taking 0.3 off his GA and dropping his playing handicap to 12. David “Jack” Webster was hot on Gus’s heels with 39, followed by the mercurial Bob Taylor 38. Bradtke Stockman showed that he will soon be a force to be reckoned with scoring 36, his best for 18 holes so far. Colourful local identity Philip “Thomo” Thomson also scored 36, & Andy Phillips scored 35.

Alas The Flying Dutchman could only manage 28 while Neil took the Mars Bar with a mere 20 points.

 

Former member & Club Champion Neville “Ned” Kelly returned to the club for a game on Saturday & lived up to his namesake’s reputation as a bushranger.

Ned came in with a blistering 44 stableford points to win by a clear 6 points. The handicapper acted swiftly deducting 0.9 from Ned’s GA handicap. Runner up was Andy Phillips with a handicap equalling 38 points, ahead of a tightly bunched field consisting of Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel 37, Mark “Mouldy” Millward 36, colourful local identity Phillip “Thomo” Thomson 36, Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen 36, Richard Cleland 34, the mercurial Bob Taylor 34, Andrew Rac (Gladstone Golf Club) 33, Michael “Tickers” Tickner 33 & David “Jack” Webster 33.

The only exception was Andy Spackman who, despite perfect conditions, could only manage 26 points thus comfortably securing the Mars Bar.

Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel was in red hot form for today’s mulligan comp. Gus scored 24 stableford points for the 9 holes to win convincingly. Runner up was Gordon “The Chook Man” Kakoschke with 20 points. The Chook Man was able to play because of a recess in ladies bowls. Dick Cleland, who had a run of 3 putt greens was next with 19. Colourful local identity “Philip “Thomo” Thomson scored 15 while the Mars Bar went to Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen with 9 points. Despite his low score Eddie did not use any mulligans as he was in one of his funny moods.

Only 3 players turned out for golf on Boxing Day as most were still engaged in family Christmas activities. Colourful local identity Philip “Thomo” Thomson was victorious with 37 stableford points to narrowly defeat Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen who scored 36. The Mars Bar went to David “Jack” Webster with 30 points.

Kobi Wenzel followed up Thursday’s win with a blistering 43 stableford points on Saturday. This left him 4 points clear of Michael “Tickers” Tickner & colourful local identity Philip “Thomo” Thomson both on 39. Tickers took 2nd on a count back as Thomo choked on the homeward 9. Next were a trio on 37, David “Robbie” Robinson, Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen & David “Jack” Webster.  Russell “Gus The Good Guy” scored 36 followed by visitors Josh & Tim Branch from Home Hill Golf Club, Queensland with 32 each. Andrew Phillips scored 31 while Dick Cleland could only manage 29.

Chris “Critta” Waters took the Mars Bar with 25.

Many people have wondered why these reports are being posted later than usual. Your correspondent has upgraded from ADSL to NBN (fibre to the node) & it now takes 2 days to do what previously took 20 minutes. In fact as I write this, the Internet is down yet again.

One hour later we are finally online so here goes. Oh no! It has dropped out again!

With school holidays we were joined by students Kobi Wenzel 11, & Bradtke Stockman 12. Kobi blew the field away with 26 points while Bradtke was runner up with 22.

Best of the older generation was mulligan specialist Dick Secomb who also scored 22 but was beaten by Bradtke on a count back. The rest of the field scored relatively poorly with next best Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel with 17 followed by Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Kuelen 15, Dick Cleland & Gordon “The Chook Man” Kakoschke (no ladies bowls) both on 14. The Mars Bar went to Andy Phillips who finished with 13.

 

 

 

 

 

A contest of gargantuan proportions took place on Tuesday between Neil Webster & Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen who were playing in the same group. The Dutchman struck first with a birdie for 4 points on the 1st hole but with both players playing above themselves Neil had edged ahead at the turn with 23 points to Eddie’s 22. On the back 9 both had anxious moments but managed to get back on track. At the finish Eddie had drawn level with 19 to Neil’s 18 on the homeward 9, for totals of 41 each, which saw Eddie claim the day on a count back.

David “Jack” Webster was third with 37, followed by Kobi Wenzel 36, Andrew Phillips 34, Mark “Mouldy” Millward 33, Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel 31, Dick Cleland 30 and taking the Mars Bar Bradtke Stockman 28.

Only 4 players contested today’s mulligans in ideal conditions, but the contest was tight and all players returned good scores. The winner was Dick Cleland with 22 points after his putt on the final hole sat on the edge of the cup before falling in for 3 points. Runner up was Andy Phillips with 21 followed by Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel with 20 Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen took the Mars Bar with a remarkably good 18 points.

Eddie was the only player to have a scrub and could have easily featured in the finish but for some confusion between mulligans and provisional balls. It is perhaps pertinent that Dick was the only player to use all 3 mulligans showing that besides playing good golf it is important to understand the competition you are playing.

 

Chris “Critta” Waters swept to victory yesterday with an outstanding 42 stableford points. David “Jack” Webster led at the turn with 22 points closely followed by Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen on 21 while Critta was 2 further back on 19. Critta stormed home with 23 on the back 9 while Jack & the Dutchman faded with 15 each. Jack held on to 2nd with 37 while the Dutchman was third on 36. Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel had an even though uninspiring 35 followed by Neil Webster on 33. The Mars Bar went to “Mad” Max Weich who was well placed with 18 points at the turn but faded in spectacular fashion to finish with 31.