Trafalgar

Results: Thursday, February 2 twilight ninehole: Men’s: 1st N Cornish 23cb, 2nd J Rose 23; Women’s: 1st K Bear 20; DTL: C Moody 22, D Watt 22, R Borg 22, P Hams 22, K Butler 22, D Balfour 21, M Pastuszyn 21, M Swenson 21, H Fiddelaers 20, N Mazza 20, B Templeton 20, K Macgregor 19, S Caldwell 19, M Gartner 17; Birdies: N Mether, L Pearce, P Hams.

Friday, February 3 open stableford: A grade: K Street 38; B grade: G Lodge 40; DTL: G Doolan 39, D Knight 38, P Fogarty 38, P Buckman 37, R Borg 37, B Baldry 37, P Rosenboom 37; Birdies: 5th R Barnes, D Perrin, K Carmody; 11th D Hicks; 13th K Street; 15th P Rosenboom.

Saturday, February 4 stroke/medal: A grade: M Hiriat (medal winner) 67; B grade: G Donohue 68; Scratch: T Johnson 70; Medal of medallists: T Davie 72cb; DTL: B James 68, P Fogarty 69, L Bryant 70, R Daly 70, G Jansen 70, D Perrin 70, P Collier 70, G Jeffrey 71, T O’Reilly 71, M Roberts 71, S Conley 71, P O’Connell 71; Par three birdies: B Baldry, R Daly, P Rhodes, M Roberts, C Labour, G Jansen. Women’s Trafalgar women kicked off the 2017 season with a stableford event in beautiful sunny conditions.

Fourteen players took to the course for the 18-hole event, while 10 players fronted the starter for the nine-hole events.

Results: 18-holes: 1st Lyn Powell 40, 2nd Aija Owen 38cb; Nine-holes out: 1st Sue Balfour 23; Nine-holes in: 1st Ann Outhred 19; NTP: 5th Sam Caldow, 11th Cheryl Deppeler.

This week’s competition is stableford nine holes in and nine holes out, with Ann Outhred and Sue Rogers starting while match committee are checking.

Tee-off time will be 9.30am for people wanting to play in the ninehole competition.

Seniors

Results: Tuesday January 31 stroke (34 players): Women’s: 1st Bev Keily 35; 2nd Anne Outhred 38; DTL: Nola Fordham 41cb; NTP: Anne Outhred; Bradmans: Rhonda Mether; Men’s: 1st Charlie Hooker 31, 2nd Hank Fiddelaers 32; DTL: Norm Mether 33, Ray Williams 34, Bob Carpenter 34, Ivan Grant 34, Brian Barnes 34cb; NTP: Norm Mether; Bradmans: Paul Fogarty.

Thursday February 2 stroke and monthly medal (57 players): Women’s: 1st Aija Owen 30, 2nd Kerryn Ludlow 33 cb; Scratch: Sue Williams 45 gross cb; DTL: Beth Landsdown 34, Pat Harris 34, Trudie Mumford 36cb; Par 3: Aija Owen, M Hiriat Nola Fordham; NTP: Aija Owen; Bradmans: Cheryll Deppeler; Men’s: 1st Ian Outhred 28 cb, 2nd Robert Street 28; Scratch: Max Roberts 38 gross; DTL: Ron Pyke 30, John Robinson 30, Ken Bennett 30, Tony Price 32, David Balfour 32, Jim Donnett 33, Russell Balfour 33, Charlie Hooker 33; Par 3: Ken Bennett, Max Roberts, John Robinson; NTP: Steve Gould; Bradmans: Reg Barsdell. women’s event with a score of 66 net.

Richard Perry continued on with his red hot form by winning the A grade event on Thursday with a score of 42 points, while Rod McGlone won the C grade event with a score of 44 points.

Warragul visitor Les Madden scored a huge 26 points on the front nine in his final score of 42 points to take out the B grade event.

A total of 24 players out of the field of 51 were able to play to their handicap or better.

Next week is a game of single stableford, which includes another qualifying round of the 2017 Top Gun event with the final due to be played on Saturday February 25.

The current minimum qualifying score for the men’s field is 41 points, while for the women’s it is 36 points.

It’s not too late to enter if you haven’t already done so.

In two weeks’ time it is a three person guest ambrose day. Members are reminded to organise their guest for event eligibility. Results: Thursday, single stableford (field of 51): A grade: Richard Perry (12) 42; B grade: Les Madden (20) 42; C grade: Rod McGlone (25) 44; DTL: Terry Webster 40, Trevor Male 39, Ash Graham 39, George Vitiritti 39cb; NTP: 4th Les Madden, 8th Frank Hyett, 9th Peter Lazarus, 11th Peter King, 14th Trevor Franklin, 16th Ash Graham; Golden card: George Vitiritti.

Thursday, twilight single stableford (field of 26, back nine): 1st Geoff Hobson (15) 20cb; DTL: Ian Hopper 20, Tolly Baharis 20, David Keysers 20; NTP: 11th David Jack, 14th Ian Hopper, 16th Chris Bogart.

Saturday, February monthly medal (field of 105): A grade: Scratch: A McKillop 65; Handicap: A McKillop (1) 64; B grade: Scratch: Geoff Hobson 82; Handicap: W O’Hara (17) 65; C grade: Malcolm Hirt 83; Handicap: Malcolm Hirt (22) 61 (Medallist); DTL: John Blair 65, Mick Neylan 66, Peter Smith 66, Nick Howe 66, Peter Johnson 67, Rex Turner 67, John Richer 68, Mark Starick 68, Greg Macklin 68, Paul Renehan 68, James Grant 68cb; NTP: 4th John Blair, 8th Richard Perry, 9th Nick Howe, 11th Elton Shipway, 14th Peter Lazarus, 16th Russell Loughridge; NTP 2nd shot: A grade: Shane Male; B grade: Matt Ross; Women’s: Melissa Baharis (35) 66.

Sunday, single stableford: 1st Lou Artico (22) 44; NTP: 9th Garry Cashen, 11th Rob Coates, 16th Rob Taylor Senior.

Sunday pennant: Handicap division 1: Garfield Green d Garfield Gold 5/2; Handicap division 3: Garfield d Morwell 4/1. oldest medal winner that our club has ever had. What an effort!

Willem Muller shot a very nice 78 off the stick to register a 65 nett to comfortably take out A grade.

In B grade, the winner was Leigh Gordon who had an exceptional 64 nett off his 15 handicap.

Ryan Hammond managed the best scratch score for the day with a 71.

A score of 67 nett on a countback was needed for a ball:

Alan Logan 65, Colin Hunt 66, Jim McCormack 66, Pat McMillan 67, Graham Kennedy 67, Dave Ferguson 67, Rob Woodward 67, Rob Piner 67, Mike Sullivan 67 and John White 67.

NTP: 5th Gary Creely, 10th Glenn Flowers, 14th John Piner.

Pat Alexander shot a beautiful 69 nett to take out the women’s section for the day.

On Wednesday, 99 players played a stroke event and the February midweek medal.

The winner of the medal and A grade was junior member Marcus Foote. Foote had an impressive 63 nett off a seven handicap.

B grades’ winner saw Garry Burns continue with some nice current form to post a 66 nett off his 15 handicap.

In C grade, Rob Woodward had a stunning 63 nett off his 21 handicap to take the honours.

A score of 68 nett on a countback was good enough to get a ball:

Richie Thomas 64, Bob Ross 66, Stuart Williams 67, Peter Nielsen 67, Dick Sheehan 67, Willem Muller 68, Trevor Male 68, Graeme Alexander 68, Peter Devries 68, Mike Whitford 68

NTP 5th Steve Davey, 8th Mark Mitchell, 10th David Ferguson, 14th Angus McArthur.

Drouin’s division two and three handicap pennant teams begun their seasons at Moe on Sunday.

Handicap two played out a nailbiting draw against Traralgon, 2.5 games each, while handicap three narrowly went down 3/2 against Mirboo North.

Drouin’s other three teams will kick start their season next week.

Tomorrow and Saturdays events will be a single person stableford.

Women’s

Tuesday was opening day for 2017 at Drouin.

The day was kicked off with the finals of the Summer match-play being played. Results: A grade: 1st Wendy Hitchins, 2nd Kay Feaver; B grade: 1st Bev Long, 2nd Pat Alexander.

The club thanked Elaine Howlett for sponsoring the day.

Leanne Pollard picked up the crow’s nest by her shot on the fifth, which finished one just centimetre from the hole. Results: A grade: Leanne Pollard 40, 2nd Glenda Warren 30; B grade: Sue Hatfield 38, 2nd Helen Moon 35; C grade: 1st Kimberly Pellot 43, 2nd Jeanette Phillips 38; DTL: Catriona Ferguson 37, Monica Gidley 35, Nola Siddell 35; NTP: 5th Leanne Pollard, 10th Sue Hatfield, 14th propin Leanne Pollard.

Today is the annual Drouin Garfield Challenge to be held at Drouin.

For more Drouin women’s golf, see page 44