DISTRICT GOLF

Drouin

Drouin Golf Club had 125 players teeing it up on Saturday for the first round of the 2017 men’s club championships.

Even with the greens rolling a little faster, and the course playing at its full length, there was still many great scores shot over the day. As a result, there were some very tight scoring at the top of the leader boards in each grade.

A grade: Shane Pallant 70, Mark Allen 70, Lachie Bambridge 71, Ryan Hammond 71, Mike Santo 73.

B grade: Jason Brain 80, John Piner 81, Glenn Flowers 84, Tony Piner 85, Phil Dignam 85.

C grade: George Shand 87, Graeme Alexander 88, Eric Robbins 89, Warrren Cook 90.

D grade: Jack Jarred 93, Geoff Closter 95, Ian Hemphill 96, Mike Waring 97, Gary Florence 97.

In the daily event, which also happened to be the March monthly medal, Lachie Bambridge birdied the last four holes to edge out Shane Pallant on a countback with a 67 nett. Impressive effort for a 15-yearold.

B grade saw George Shand shoot a very solid 70 nett off his 17 handicap to take the honours.

Ian Hemphill played consistently all day, which enabled him to shoot a fine 69 nett to take out C grade.

DTL: Shane Pallant 67, Jason Brain 69, Jack Jarred 69, Graeme Alexander 70, Merv Peel 70, Mark Allen 70, Jamie Coates 71, Mike Santo 71, Geoff Anderson 71, John Piner 71, Peter Downward 71 and Mike Waring 72.

NTP: 5th Kel Belcher, 8th Andrew Anderson, 10th Phil Dignan, 14th Nick Burr.

The women played a stableford event and the winner was Faye Downward with 36 points.

On Wednesday, 75 players contested the March mid-week medal.

The winner was Colin Zeeno, who shot a great 76 off the stick to have 63 nett to take out the medal, and A grade on the day.

Ray Haley continued his solid form by shooting a brilliant 66 nett off a 19 handicap to win B grade.

Centenary Park golf course visitor Jim Hanlon must have found Drouin to his liking, scoring an impressive 63 nett to easily take out C grade.

DTL: Mike Hall 66, Jason Stirzaker 69, John Gardiner 69, Dave Anderson 69, Stuart Williams 70, Danny Gorman 70, Rob Woodward 70.

NTP: 5th Reg Dixon, 8th Dave Anderson, 10th Peter DeVries, 14th Graham Austin

Golfers are reminded to get their entries in for Drouin’s gala day, which is being held on March 24.

Tomorrow is a stableford event, with Saturday being stroke and the second round of the championships.

Women

Drouin women played their first round of the Club Championships last week.

The champions in each division will be decided after the three stroke rounds are tallied. Results: A grade: 1st Kay Feaver 74, 2nd Glenda Warren with 79cb; B grade: 1st Bev Goodwin 76, 2nd Mary Tymensen 78; C grade: 1st Marg Mitchum 69, 2nd Ethel Manley with 72; DTL: Dagma Forbes 73, Chris Knight 74, Catriona Ferguson 76; NTP: 5th Deb Daniel, 8th Monica Gidley, 10th Bev Long, pro-pin Judy Dixon.

There was a nine-hole competition, and Marion Devlin had 17 pts.

The previous Saturday saw Helen Moon and Glenda Warren have a win.

Today is the second round of the Club Championships, running concurrently with the Edna Crowley Trophy for the best nett score after the three rounds. It will also be the March monthly medal.

The Drougal Cup will be played on March 15. Women are reminded to put their name down if they are available to play.

Seniors

It was another nice morning for the seniors nine-hole event last Thursday.

The winner in the women’s division was Chris Knight with 19 points.

The runner up was Marg Cox with 18 points, followed by Fay Downward, Marion Devlin, Pat Alexander and Catriona Ferguson with 17 points, Dagmar Forbes with 16 points, and Helen Andreasen and Julie Kidd with 14 points.

In the men’s division the winner was Ray Fish with 18 points.

The runners up were Rod Richie and Peter Downward with 16 points, followed by Jock Granger, Con Norris, Kevin O’Brien, Phil Edwards, Ian Hemphill, Richie Thomas, Tex Devlin and Graeme Alexander all with 15 points.

Trafalgar

Results: Thursday, March 2 twilight ninehole: 1st C Frazer 22, 2nd G Ayre 21; DTL: B Smart 20, R Geisler 20, M Mazza 20, P Crameri 20, J Nash 20, H Brock 20, H Farrell 19, K Butler 19, B Smaniotto 19, T Zimora 19, G Bennett 19, C Ruiter 19, N Moscato 19, S Rose 15; Birdies: J Nash, H Brock, C Frazer.

Friday, March 3 open stableford: 1st E Beveridge 42, 2nd B Crawford 39; DTL: G Patchett 38, J Forrester 37, M McKenna 37, M Schneider 36, G Jansen 36, N Perrin 36; Birdies: 5th E Beveridge, I Miles, 13th G Meer, 15th B Crawford.

Saturday, March 4 stroke/medal: A grade: P Burghardt 63 (medal winner); B grade: P Walsh 72; Scratch: S Cluning 71; DTL: G Petkovic 68, J Pisa 69, P Heathcote 70, J Hasthorpe 71, R Daly 71, A Moscato 71, T Johnson 72, P Pankhurst 72, G Coulter 72, T O’Reilly 72; NTP: 2nd T Davie, 5th R Whatmore, 11th P Moss, 13th R Saunders, 15th S Gould; Birdies: P Burghardt, J Pisa, P Heathcote, J Hasthorpe, A Moscato, D Sheehan, M Hiriart.

Women’s

Results: 1st Anne Outhred (34) 65, 2nd Sue Tabuteau (27) 69; Scratch: June Tickell (8) 81; DTL: Jo Baker 73, Di Larsen 74; NTP: 7th (2nd shot) Anne Outhred, 13th Aija Owen.

This week’s competition is stableford, with Sue Williams and Sue DeVries starting. Sonia Roberts will be checking.

Seniors

Results: Tuesday February 28 stroke (36 players): 1st Kevin Fisher 29, 2nd Hank Fiddelaers 32; DTL: John Bayley 33, Dennis Scambler 33, Jo Baker 33, Graeme Grant 34, John Robinson 34, Sydney King 34; Par 3: Ray Williams; NTP: John Robinson; Bradmans: Ian Outhred.

Thursday March 2 stroke and monthly medal (50 players): Women’s: 1st Heather Savige 30cb, 2nd Helen Keith 30; DTL: Vivian Davey 33, Nola Fordham 34; Scratch: Di Larsen 45 gross; Par 3: Helen Keith; NTP: Vivian Davey; Bradmans: Sue Williams; Men’s: 1st Ron Keith 28, 2nd Geoff Pickburn 30; DTL: Duane Baker 31, Ray Armistead 32, Glenn Doolan 32, Fr.Tom O’Connell 33, Reg Barsdell 33, Keith Owen 34, Geoff Coulter 34; Scratch: Duane Baker 42 gross cb; Par 3: Gavin Patchett, Graeme Grant, Norm Nether: NTP: Ray Williams; Bradmans: Rob Street.

Garfield

It was a huge week of highlights at Garfield this week, including a new course record being set.

There was a 58 and a 59 scored, as well as the three eagles being scored.

Gus McKillop smashed through the glass ceiling that was the joint course record with a scintillating 64, even with a bogey being scored on the last hole. He also had the four birdies and an eagle.

McKillop’s net 63 was good enough to claim victory for the A grade event.

Tolly Baharis took out monthly medal honors with a brilliant net 58, the two shots clear of Ken Sumsion who won the C grade event.

Other good scores in were shot by Shane Male with a net 65 , playing off his mark of just five and Peter Scott, who claimed the two birdies in his score of net 63.

A total of 31 out of the huge field of 107 were able to play to their handicap or better. A score of 66 or better was required to get a ball down the line.

Last Saturday week saw the running of the 2017 Top Gun event, which was contested by a field of 19 players.

Charlie Barnes claimed the victory from the other prize winners being Tolly Baharis, Trevor Langmaid, Craig Hunter, Lou Artico and Andrew Patton.

Deirdre Pilkington won the women’s Top Gun from Gail Franklin and Amanda McLure.

All contestants thanked the sponsor of this major club event.

There were the three eagles scored on Saturday, being the 10th hole by Gus McKillop, the first by Greg Macklin and the 13th by Greg Needham, which were all par five holes. Each of the three gentlemen were awarded the two balls each for their efforts.

The club congratulated Stephen Dolan, who scored his first ever win during Sunday’s pennant competition.

All members are advised that entry forms for the club’s annual tournament, which commences on April 5, are now available from the club or can be downloaded from the club’s website.

The member’s program handbook for season 2017 is also now available at the club.

Mid-week saw the playing of the annual Rotary Club day with a field of 36 pairs getting out in a lovely warm autumn day for the 4BBB stableford event.

The A grade winners on a count back of 46 points were Kevin Whitmore and Peter Johnson from Noel Welsh and Keith Williamson.

The winners of the B grade event with a huge score of 52 points were the pairing of Evan Williams and Shaun Dolan. Runners up with a score of 49 points were Clinton Smith and John Preston.

Smith also took out the major raffle prize, which was a new golf buggy.

A field of some 46 players had a round on Thursday with a magnificent 75 off the stick being shot by John Scale.

Playing off his handicap of 16, it gave him a net 59 which equated to a huge 46 points.

Barrie Cousin won the B grade event with a score of 42 points playing off his mark of 26.

Exactly half the field was able to play to their handicap or better. A score of 40 to a count back was required to win a ball down the line. Results: Thursday, single stableford (field of 46): A grade: John Scale (16) 46; B grade: Barrie Cousin (26) 42; DTL: Gary Kelly 42, John Gay 41, Graeme Martin 41, Peter Marquis 40, Matt Ross 40cb; NTP: 4th Geoff Cohen, 8th Gerry Van Den Essen, 9th Peter Glasscock, 11th George Gray, 14th Matt Ross, 16th Trevor Male; Eagle: Laurie Hall (Yallourn);

Saturday, March monthly medal (field of 107): Scratch: A grade: Gus McKillop 64; B grade: Tolly Baharis 76; C grade: Peter Smith 88; Handicap: A grade: Gus McKillop (1) 63; B grade: Tully Baharis (medallist) (18) 58; C grade: Ken Sumsion (31) 60; DTL: Peter Scott 63, John Keys 64, David Williams 64, Neil Watson 64, Greg Macklin 65, Shane Male 65, Matt Ross 65, Terry McLaughlin 66, Grant McLure 66, Ron Fielding 66, Rex Turner 66; NTP: 4th Peter Scott, 8th Gerry Van Den Essen, 9th Bill Purdom, 11th Mick Neylan, 14th Grant McKay, 16th Peter Scott; NTP 2nd shot: A grade: Gus McKillop; B grade: Terry McLaughlin; C grade: Sepp Krummenacher; Women’s: Melissa Baharis (33) 65cb.

Sunday, single stableford: 1st Robert Taylor Snr (22) 39; DTL: Geoff Hobson 38, Jeanette Mitchell 37cb; NTP: 4th Steve Kohut, 8th Jeanette Mitchell, 9th Terry McLaughlin, 11th Tony Power, 14th Brett Wright, 16th Tyler Booth.

Sunday, pennant: Scratch division 1: Traralgon d Garfield 5/2; Handicap division 1: Garfield Gold d Trafalgar 4.5/2.5, Garfield Green bye; Handicap division 3: Garfield d Pakenham 3.5/1.5.

Warragul

by Phil Rossiter Saturday’s stroke round was for the March monthly medal sponsored by Jamie Purcell.

With a field of 172 men there was enough for four grades.

Medal winner was Wayne Farnham with the excellent score of 59 nett while scratch winner was Ron Magill with one over 72. Results: A grade: Ron Magill 64, Brett Kahan 66, Troy Thomas 67.

B grade: Pat Johnson 65, Tom Denholm 66, Leigh Herbel 67.

C grade: Tony Cardillo 66, Kevin Richardson 66, Graham Martine 67.

D grade: Wayne Farnham 59, Marl O’Farrell 62, Sam Gillies 65.

DTL:Glenn Macdonald 66, Steve Morrissey 67, Rob Smith 67, Des Hurst 67, Jeff Merril 67, John Maher 68, Peter Hojnacki 68, Barry Cornwall 68, Paul Potter 68, Dean Bubeck 68, Noel Green 68, Brian Scoular 68, Phil Fennell 68, Sam Reid 68, Luke Gilbert 68, Russell Kimm 68, Brett Thompson 69, Neil Meharry 69, Nickolas Clarke 69, Dean O’Brien 69, Tony Delves 69, Matt Crellin 69, David Boyd 69, Derek Miller 69, Andrew Fitzgerald 69, Paul Kennedy 69, John Mcdougal 69, Phil Smith 70, Eddie Carrigan 70, Ben Monk 70, Jason Chambers 70, Brian Robertson 70, Walter Bellagamba 70, Glenn Butterworth 70, Keith Gilbert 70, Rob Hefford 70, Richard Hojnacki 70, Ben O’Neill 70, Leigh Greening 70, Dengsheng Zhang 70, Jason Hill 70, Trevor Eastland 70, Mick West 70, Geoff Campbell 70, Cliff Garner 70, Mark Vassett 70, Andrew Kincaid 70.

NTP: Nev Clemments seventh, Peter Hojnacki 15th, John Maher 18th.\Pro pin: Mick West (A), Chris Morris (B), Wayne Farnham (C).

Ron Magill scored an three eagle on the eight.

The women also played a stroke round with Sandy Heenan 65 (A) and Simone Herbel 69 (B) the best.

DTL: Lyn Morrison 69, Marg McNulty 70, Irene Thomas 72, Kylie Gol;ding 74, Jude kennedy 74, Del Baker 75, Penny Scott 75.

NTP: Lyn Morrison seventh, Janine Williams 15th, Simmone Herbel 18th.

Pro pin: Kylie Golding (A), Jill Little (B).

Midweek

Tuesday’s event was a par aggregate.

Best return came from Brian Kleehammer/Brendan Megee with plus nine.

Other winning rounds were Nev Clemments/Wayne Farnham +8, Tony Fruend/Tom Denholm +8, Chris harrison/Glynn Trevor +8.

DTL: Peter McNulty/Keith Gilbert +7, Geoff Hewson/Hector Melo +7, Jeff Miles/Edie Carrigan +7, David Boyd/Peter Scott +7, Iain Luck/Dave winfield +6, Russell taylor/Dean Bubeck +6, John Pecovnik/John Linford +6, Ron Finlayson/Max Websdale +5, Derek Miller/Kevin O’Brien +5, Brent Wilby/Doug Brown +5, Noel Wight/Geoff Thomas +5, John Grace/Neil Meharry +4, Clive Walkinshaw/Eric Deppler +4, Jeff Tellefson /John Maher +4, Jason Holt/Shane Kinder +4, Kevin Incigneri/Doug McNab +4. Best single rounds: A grade: Peter McNulty +7.. B grade: Brendan Megee +5. C grade: Tony Fruend +7. Pro pin: Dave Winfield (A), Iain Luck (B).

Eagle: Chris Grainger 12th. Winners of Thursday’s event were: Peter Scott 43, Russell Elliott 41, Rod Dixon 41

DTL: John Campbell 41, Jake Forbes (Howlong) 40, Alan Clark 40, Rob Logan 39, Ray Mason Woods 39, Glenn Vassett 38, Danny Gorman 38. Birdie: Derek Miller 15th. Womens winner was Judy Wiliams on 41,

DTL: Zdenka Better 40, Lyn Morrison 36.

Twilight

Week ending March 3. Men: David Boyd 21, John McDougal 20, Pat Johnson 20..

Women: Anna Boyd 19, Chris Thomas 19, Sandy Heenan 18.

Thursday Corporate

Final Round After a close finish this years winners are the Dingos who finished first after the leaders going into the final round. The P.I.G.S. went down to the Pot Pullers in the last match.

Warragul women

Fifty-six women played in the stroke round for the trophy sponsored by John McDonough.

The scratch winners were: A grade: Lyn Morrison 85; B grade: Lisa Heggart 94; C grade: Linda Fowles 103.

Nett winners were: A grade: Helen Coghlan 90//16/74; B grade: Chris James 97/28/69; C grade: Barbara Glasser 107/34/73.

DTL: Judith Kennedy 95/24/71, Noel Mackenzie 109/36/73, Carol Muldowney 113/40/73, Jill Little 105/31/74, Annie Boyer102/28/74, Carol Stephen 100/26/74, Sandy Heenan 95/21/74, Denise Weir101/26/75, Shirley Todd 93/17/76, Heather Steenholdt 100/24/76, Barb Davidson 100/24/76, Margaret Gleeson 109/33/76, Sue Rose 92//16/76, Kylie Golding 89/13/76, Marie Veitch 96/20/76.

Pro pin: A grade: Janine Williams; B grade: Heather Reeves; C grade: Nancy Devries.

NTP: 7th Jill Little, 15th Cecelia Stewart, 18th Barbara Glasser.

Ten women played stroke for the nine-hole competition, with Rhonda Rhodes winning with nett 30. Runner up was Sheila Applegate, followed by Heather Reeves nett 34.

Tomorrow’s round is stroke for the monthly medal and the second round of the veteran’s trophy.

WGWG

Opening day for Women’s Golf West Gippsland was held at Mirboo North recently.

Twenty-nine pairs participated in the 4BBB event, which was played in warm and sunny conditions.

The A grade winners were Merryn Dear (Churchill/Monash) and Annie Chapman (Traralgon) 45 points.

The Churchill/Monash women continued to dominate the field with the winners of B grade, Maureen McConville and Jan Blizzard (48 points), also coming from that club.

The winners of the nine holes out, from Churchill/Monash again, were Shirley Turner and Dot Stait with 23 points.

The winners of the nine holes In were Lola Carter and Betsy Brown (Yallourn) with 22 points on a count back.

Life member June Woznica (Moe) continued to show her style with nearest the pin on both the 6th and 16th holes. Other NTP winners were Sue Traill (Mirboo North) on the 4th and Kerri Ahearn (Warragul) on the 13th.

DTL: Debbie Corstorphin and Kerri Ahearn (Warragul) 43 points, Maree Thompson and Barb Stimson (Mirboo North) 43 points, Wendy Gervasi and Anne Wood (Mirboo North) 41 points, and Margaret Wylie and Pat Coles (Traralgon) 42 points.