Drouin

Saturday was the October monthly medal played in breezy but fine conditions.

The winner of the medal, and also taking out B grade for the day was Matthew Guy, with a score that can only be described as something out of a fairytale.

His 58 nett, yes that’s 58, off a 20 handicap was not surprisingly the run away winner for the day. The club may have to go back to the record books to see if any such a score has ever been recorded on medal day.

The rest of the 97 players faired more reasonably, with the winner of A grade being Ryan Hammond, who had gone six months without as much as a ball down the line, so his score of 67 nett off a scratch handicap was certainly a surprise and welcome return to form.

Junior member Jaryd Kelly returned a very nice round of 72 nett to be the deserving victor in C grade.

The scratch winner of the day was Ryan Hammond with a 67.

DTL: Stan Gajdobranski 71, Jamie Coates 71, Ron Nocentini 72, Glenn Vandeligt 72, Paul Matthews 72, Joe Kirby 72 and Paul Davie 72.

NTP: 5th Alan Bright, 8th Leon Cook, 10th Nick Rowe, 14th Jamie Coates.

A field of 71 teed it up on Wednesday for the mid week medal.

Steve Waters put together a brilliant 65 nett playing off 16 to win both the medal, and B grade for the day.

The A grade winner saw a rare mid week round from Leon Cook, and it was obviously to his liking shooting a great score of two under par 70, for 69 nett.

C grade went to Jim Defoe, who continues to improve after recently joining the club. His 66 nett off a 28 handicap will be a sign of more things to come one feels. DTL: Jock Granger 69, Eric Robbins 69. NTP: 5th and 10th Leon Cook, 14th Richard Sheehan.

This Wednesday is a stableford event with Saturday being the Robbins family par aggregate.

Drouin women

Tuesday last was a stroke event sponsored by Audrey Farthing and Pat Alexander. Results: A grade: 1st Shirley Roberts 77, 2nd Glenda Warren 79; Bgrade:1st Karen Adams 75, 2nd Robyn O’Brien 76; C grade: 1st Vanessa Campbell 80, 2nd Dagma Forbes 83; NTP: 5th Shirley Roberts, 8th Marg Rowe, pro pin Sue Hatfield; DTL: Marg Purcell 79, Bev Goodwin 81 and Megan 81.

The previous Saturday saw Kay Feaver have a win

Today is the Holden Scramble event. The club thanks Anthony and Leanne Bambridge for supporting this event.

Other events coming up will be the West Gippsland foursomes championships to be held at Pakenham on October 27 and the annual gymkhana day, which is a four ball better ball event, is coming up on October 31. with Darren Stanton returning to the winners list with a fine score of 41 points just the one point clear of Trevor Franklin to win the A grade event.

David Thorp won the B grade event with a winning score of 38 points.

Stanton backed this performance up by coming out on Sunday to win that competition as well by scoring 35 points.

A score of 35 points or better was needed to win a ball for the next best.

A field of 30 contested that evening’s twilight single stable ford event which consisted of a field of 12 visitors and the 18 members.

Kevan McMillan had the best score for the members with a nice nine hole round of 20 points playing off his handicap of 11.

The best score for the visitors was 16 points recorded by Nick Henwood.

Next Saturday is a game of single stable ford, with the start of the summer cup commencing the week after that.

All members are reminded of the 2017 club championships with the time sheets now available on the clubs’ notice board. Times are filling up very fast so be sure to register as soon as possible if you haven’t already done so.

Also upcoming is the Barnes/Fallon Shield mixed Canadian event on November 4, commencing at 10.30am.

Phone the club for all enquiries regarding any of these events. Results: Thursday, single stableford (field of 43): A grade: Darren Stanton (17) 41; B grade: David Thorp (21) 38; DTL: Trevor Franklin 40, Paul Andrijczak 37, Richard Gould 37, John Scale 35; NTP: 4th Wayne Kemp, 8th Trevor Burnie, 9th Ash Graham, 11th Trevor Franklin, 14th Clinton Smith, 16th Marcus Crossley.

Thursday, twilight single stableford (field of 30): Members: 1st Kevan McMillan (11) 20; Visitors: 1st Nick Henwood (27) 16; NTP: 4th Grant McKay, 8th Kevan McMillan, 9th Russ Loughridge.

Moe fourths coach Lachlan Sim has been awarded Gippsland football’s highest coaching honour at Friday night’s AFL Gippsland Coaches and Community Awards dinner.

Sim was named coach of the year by the Gippsland branch of the Australian Football Coaches Association at the second annual presentation night at Traralgon’s Premiere Function Centre.

The former Brisbane Bears footballer has spent the past five years of his extensive Gippsland football coaching career at the helm of Moe’s under-16 team, which he led to a fourth straight grand final and third premiership in four years in 2017.

In addition to the on-field success, Sim was lauded for his ability to develop players – in terms of skill and game knowledge – and encourage their transition to senior football and continued participation in the sport by ensuring all were provided with an enjoyable experience, regardless of their ability.

Moe senior coach James Blaser was named senior coach of the year.

In his second season in the role, Blaser worked hard to develop and give opportunities to players within the club, guiding the Lions to 12 wins and returning them to finals for the first time since 2009.

Sale’s Scott Pearce picked up the junior coach of the year award, inaugural Bass Coast Breakers coach Steve Kenny was female team coach of the year and Morwell Auskick

Saturday, October monthly medal (field of 100): Scratch: A grade: Gus McKillop 74; B grade: John Coutts 85; Cgrade: Peter Marquis 95; Handicap: A grade: Dave Lawler (14) 68; B grade: John Coutts (16) 69; C grade: George Gray (29) 67 (medalist); DTL: Trevor Marsham 68, Elton Shipway 70, Glenn Wells 70, Peter Glasscock 70, James Grant 70, Darren Mouser 70, Ross Martin 71, Jim Watts 71, Don Smith 72, Bob Gough 72, Ian Hopper 72; NTP: 4th Peter Medwin, 8th Shane Male, 9th Tolly Baharis, 11th Gus McKillop, 14th Ross Martin, 16th Peter Marquis; NTP 2nd shot: Agrade: Peter McNeish; Bgrade: Scott O’Donnell; C grade: Malcolm Hirt; Women’s: 1st Chris Caig (27) 77; NTP: 9th Bernie Clark, 16th Megan Barker.

Sunday, single stableford: 1st Darren Stanton (17) 35; DTL: Matt Van Der Horst 34 , Bob Edwards 34. Centre’s Kenny McKay was Auskick coach of the year.

League coach of the year awards were awarded to Sim (Gippsland League), Rosedale under 18 coach Adam Diamond (North Gippsland FNL), Toora senior coach Jack Weston (Alberton FNL), Wy Yung under 16 coach Brodie Anderson (East Gippsland FNL), Bruthen senior coach Ben Murphy (Omeo and District FNL), Yallourn-Yallourn North senior coach Adam Bailey (Mid Gippsland Football League), Warragul Industrials under 16 coach Robert Hefford (Ellinbank and District FL) and InverlochKongwak senior coach Ben Soumilas (West Gippsland FNC).

Phillip Island Auskick Centre’s Melissa Cashman claimed the Auskick coordinator of the year award.

Sale Umpires Association boundary umpire Tim Beattie claimed the umpire of the year award, while Rosedale’s Alanna Diamond and Hill End-Grove Rovers’ Tim Mackenlay were joint volunteers of the year.

Diamond was recognised for her significant contribution behind the scenes, from managing the club’s events and fundraisers to cleaning the rooms and submitting match day paperwork, while Mackenlay was acknowledged for his work primarily as a trainer for football and netball teams, but also his work preparing and maintaining the ground and arranging installing a new electronic scoreboard.