Bradbury ‘A’ champion

Sunday was the last round of the 2016 Club Championships.

The winner of the day was Doug Cameron (86-70), runner-up was Joe Nicholls (101-72); ball winners were Rick Bradbury (83-75) and John Strelec (105-76); putting was won by Frank Albert with 26 putts.

A Grade champion was Rick Bradbury (247), runner-up Peter Shand (277).

B Grade champion was Ash Batten (280), runner-up was Jeremy O’Dwyer (281).

C Grade champion was Jeff Stein (298) and runner-up was Joe Nicholls (307).

Congratulations to the Berrigan Ladies Golf Pennant 2016 Team for winning the Zone 1 Competition in the Riverina Ladies Golf Pennant Competition.

The Berrigan Golf Pennant Team over the 5-week period consisted of Janice Graham (captain), Maree Ryan, Del Schweicker, Sandy Moar, Tracy Dunn and Val Chisholm. The zone consisted of Berrigan, Finley (2 teams), Deniliquin (2 teams) and Jerilderie.

It was a closely contested competition, and all teams played in the spirit of the game. Well done ladies on an outstanding effort.

The semi final matches between the four finalists were held at Leeton on June 20 with the weather conditions being extremely wet, cold and windy.

These conditions tested the ladies, however they all played exceptionally well and were in good spirits, with Del Schweicker walking the course for the first time in three years. They are a credit to themselves and their respective clubs.

The semi final teams were Berrigan v Commercial Albury and Wagga Wagga Country Club v Coleambally.

Unfortunately the Berrigan ladies just missed out on the finals with WW Country Club and Commercial Albury playing earlier this month at Berrigan Golf Course.

Final result went to a well deserved and hard fought victory to Wagga. Congratulations to all players.

Berrigan’s nine-hole comp winner on Friday was Neil Graham (50-37.5), runner-up was Barry Browne (52-41), ball winner was Gail Browne (48-42.5), and putting was won by Neil Graham with 16 putts.

Saturday’s nine hole winner was Joe Nicholls (50-35), runner-up was Jeff Stein (46-35.5); Jeff also won the putting with 13 putts.

On Monday we had the Tocumwal Bowl Challenge that saw Division 1 win going to Kerran Leetham with 37 pts.

Division 2 went Janet Delmenico 36 pts, Division 3 was won by Adele Baensch 36 pts.

Tuesday was Ladies Stableford that saw Division 1 being won by Alice Diamond (Shelley Beach) with 33 pts.

Division 2 went to Maree Doyle 35 pts, NTPs went to Robyn Conrick 2nd (Caps) and Alice Diamond 2nd (Pres).

On Wednesday it was men’s stableford that saw Division 1 won by Mark O’Brien with 34 pts on c/back from Ben Kerr.

Vince Gallo was the Division 2 winner with 32 pts on c/back from Hugo Jankov.

Ricky Bourke was the Division 3 winner with 36 pts followed by Barry Prideaux 35 pts.

NTPs went to Ray Watmore 2nd Caps, George Martin 8th Caps, John Henry 17th Caps (Pro Pin $64).

On Saturday we had four- person stableford with the winning team being Jones/Boak/ Conrick/O'Brien with 115 pts, runners-up were B Enbom/E Enbom/Campbell/Varley with 112 pts.

NTPs were won by Norm Brosman 2nd Pres, Hugo Jankov 2nd Caps, Shellei Clark 2nd Caps, Janie Hills 2nd Pres.

Sunday was Stableford which saw ladies win going to Helen Crilly with 31 pts. NTP went to Trish Frost 2nd.

Men’s Division 1 winner was Darren John with 36 pts, runner-up went to Ross Sidebottom with 33.

Peter Stokes Snr took out Division 2 with 34 pts on c/back from Pat Boake. NTP went to Peter Cunningham 2nd.

With course conditions requiring the course to remain closed no golf was played at Finley until the weekend when on Saturday the BE Pizza Stableford event was played.

Leo McNamara with 35 points stepped up to collect the voucher.

Janet Delmenico’s 28 points gave her the Ladies trophy.

NTP on the 18th was Ray Healey and balls went to Marty Piggin (30) and Maree Doyle (24). Eric Dean claimed the Heritage NAGA trophy in fine style.

Sunday was the CIF Trading Stroke event.

Ian Armer with 75 nett claimed the A Grade trophy as well as the Cock of the Walk title.

First time weekend starter Simon Fuller carded 76 nett to claim the B Grade.

Enid Bain’s 75 nett gave her the Ladies trophy.

Ladies putting with 27 went to Janet Delmenico and NTP on the 18th went to Jason Pyle, Bob Ross.

Balls went to Sel Corcoran (76), Bob Ross (76), Marty Piggin (77), Andrew Higgins (77) and Janet Delmenico (80).

Saturday is President and Captain’s Day and on Sunday Stroke will be played.

Regardless of this all teams were fired up and played sensationally at the weekend.

The Under 14s were also given the opportunity to play Cobram Roar’s U-13s in a friendly match on Sunday.

Over the two week break a number of parents were hard at work being put through their paces on a coaching course ran by Atila Kerestes, the FFV Zone development officer.

Katy Wallis, Charlie White, Nathan Everingham, Sara Macleod, Peter Maraldo, Dani Walkington and Mick Wane were the Finley locals involved on the day.

Results, U6 Boys - Finley 8 def. Cobram 5. The team displayed some amazing defensive and attacking skills and awesome team work by everyone. Well done to the goal scorers Jordan Munro, Henry Farrow and Jason Hay. A special mention for Ethan Rickard who blocked some really hard goals and passes.

U7 Girls (Celtic): Finley 5 def. Juventus 1. Goals: Cherish Joseph, Luana Mete.

Reserves: Jerilderie 1.2 (8) lost to Berrigan 16.9 (105).

It was another tough day at the office for the undermanned Demons.

It was great to see some older players come out of retirement and the thirds players also need to be congratulated for regularly backing up for a second game to help out the club.

Jerilderie had no answers to Berrigan’s run and forward pressure on the day, with the Saints forward line too strong.

With the backline under so much pressure, Troy Mauger and Tom Murphy were standouts for the Demons as was Ben Nash, who is always among Jerilderie’s best.

Best: T Murphy, T Mauger, B Nash. Goal: J Williams.

U17s: Jerilderie 2.2 (14) lost to Berrigan 13.12 (90).

It was a slow first quarter with Berrigan getting off to a good start, keeping the Dees to just one goal.

Jade Buckley turned it on in the second quarter, bringing the Demons back to life and evening up the contest.

After the main break Berrigan still had control of the game against an undermanned Jerilderie.

It was great battling by the boys, especially the fourths who came up to help the side out.

With a different approach in the last quarter adopted by the coaching staff, the contest for the ball was much better, but the

U7 Girls (Barcelona): Finley 6 def. Yarrawonga 4. Goal Scorers: Casey Chandler, Luana Mete. Award: Casey Chandler.

U8 Boys (Celtic): Cobram 3 def. Finley 1. Goal: Sam Hurlston. Award: Harry Daniel.

U8 Boys (Barcelona): Finley 3 def. Yarrawonga 1. Well done to the boys for their first win of the season. A great game by everyone. Goal Scorers: William Smith and Aron Walkington. Award: Elliott Loughridge.

U10 Mixed (Celtic): Finley 6 def. Cobram 2. Goal scorers: Jacob Armor, Noah Everingham. Award: Noah Everingham.

U10 Mixed (Barcelona): Finley 6 def. Yarrawonga 1. A fantastic game with the whole team working together. Great decision making to help teammates. Goals: Jacob Orro, Roree Wallis, Kohan Joseph, Jacob Smith. Special mention: Mason Maraldo. Award: Tobiah Hurd.

U12 Mixed: Finley 5 def. Yarrawonga 1. Goals: Angus Bourchier, Jacob Armor, Layne Haley. Award: Jacob Armor.

U14 Mixed: Finely 6 def. Yarrawonga 5. Goal scorer: Joshua Everingham. Demons were unable to peg back the Saints’ lead. Best: J Buckley, H Bradford, S Scott, M A’Vard, Z Liley, J Ray. Goals: T Conn 2. Jerilderie 23.5 (143) def. Berrigan

U14s:

nil.

The young Demons were the only shining light for Jerilderie on Saturday when they came up against the Saints in the first match of the day.

From the first bounce, Jerilderie forced the ball forward with Tyson Conn and Ben Browning scoring with ease.

Ben Neessen was good out of the centre and Glenn DiLullo was strong at centre half back again.

After the main break, Jerilderie put their foot down, scoring eight goals for the term.

Oliver Knight had a great game running the ball forward and Zander Nash played well out of the centre.

Berrigan, to their credit, never gave up and in the last quarter put great pressure on the Demons.

The Demons eventually ran out easy 143 points victors with Tyson Conn finishing the day with 12 goals.

Best: T Conn, B Neessen, B Browning, Z Nash, O Knight, G DiLullo. Goals: T Conn 12, B Browning 6, B Neessen 4, R Belling.