Plenty to celebrate
Horsham’s Lewis Gebert celebrated his 21st birthday a week early with his first ever victory in Horsham Golf Club’s A Grade men’s championship.
Gebert, whose birthday is on Sunday, brought a six-stroke lead into the final two rounds of the championship at the weekend after a brilliant second round 68, leading Nick Thomson, Jeremy Schmidt and Casey Schmidt in a threeway tie for second.
Golfers had to contend with inclement weather at the weekend but the conditions appeared not to faze Gebert, who shot a third-round 71 to lead the field by seven shots.
Every member of the field shot their worst scores of the championship on Sunday when the weather was at its worst, except Gebert, who navigated the wet and windy conditions to record a round of 75 and a gross total of 290 across four rounds.
He won the championship by nine strokes from Thomson, with Casey Schmidt in third place.
The club’s intermediate champion was Aaron Madin, who preserved a four-shot lead in the final round to record a gross total of 338, winning from Ray Gilmartin, 342.
Damien Thomson’s consistency won him the B Grade championship as he posted scores of 90 or 91 in every round to finish with 362 gross.
Thomson trailed Ross Barnett by one shot entering the final round but held firm while Barnett faltered, taking the title by seven strokes. The C Grade winner was Peter Brennan, taking the title by three shots from Ian Fechner with a 396 gross.
Nett winners were Nick Thomson in A Grade, 216, Simon Hobbs in intermediate, 218, Darryl Mcrae in B Grade, 227, and Rob Johns in C Grade, 230.