Garfield
Everyone was glad for a cool change coming through for the weekend after the gauge hit 42 degrees on Friday.
The few showers on Saturday ensured pleasant playing conditions for the field of 91 playing in the January Monthly Medal.
It was Grant McLure who lit the course up with a great round of two over par 71, playing off his mark of just nine to take out the victory.
He was two shots in advance of Dave Lawler and a shot further back to Trevor Marshman.
Scott O’Donnell had the best scratch score for B grade with an 84, whilst Glenn Whelan did best for the C grade event with a round of 88.
Nathan Lieshout returned to the club after a long absence to claim the B grade handicap event with a round of net 66.
A final score of net 69 was required to win a ball down the line.
After a brilliant previous week, Harry Matthews was once again front and centre with another winning performance. This time with 45 points on New Year’s Day.
Matthews then fronted up for Saturday’s medal and produced a net 68 to cap off a huge pre and post Christmas period. During this time, Matthews has lost two shots off his handicap. Fair play to Harry, well done.
Tony Power took out the B grade event on New Year’s Day with a score of 38 points, playing off his mark of 24, on a count-back from Ian Kirk, playing off his mark of 20.
A large field of 76 came out for a game on Thursday, which was played in mild and warm conditions. Peter Black had a good week, winning the A grade event with a score of 41 points, playing off his mark of 12. This win went with his A grade runners-up effort on New Year’s Day where he also scored the 41 points.
Grant McKay, having a period of good consistent golf, finished second to Black with a score of 40 points.
Joe Tonso won the B grade event with a total of 40 points, playing off his handicap of 15, whilst Russell Kerr won the C grade event with a score of 41 points on a count-back from Andy Armanasco.
A final score of 37 points was needed to get a ball down the line.
This week is the annual Club Challenge verses Drouin. For everyone not playing in this event, it will be a game of single stableford.
Results: Monday: single stableford with field of 45. A grade: first - Elton Shipway (15) 40; second - Trevor Male (9) 39 C/B; third - Peter Black (13) 39.
B grade: first - Trevor Guille (26) 42; second Peter Ryan (20) 41; third - Des Kerr (2) 40.
DTL: Gary Bassett 38, Haydon Newnham 38, John Blunsden 38 and John Cragg 38.
NTP: fourth - Trevor Male; eighth and 11th Elton Shipway; ninth and 16th - Kris Fowler; and 14th - Matt Fowler. Tuesday: single stableford with field of 22. A grade: first - Harry Matthews (8) 45; second - Peter Black (12) 41; third - Gary Bassett (8) 37.
B grade: first - Tony Power (24) 38 c/b; second - Ian Kirk (20) 38; third - Paul Miles (23) 37.
DTL: Karli Vander Horst 37 and Russ Loughridge 36 c/b.
NTP: fourth - Paul Miles; eighth - Darren Stanton; ninth - John Miles; 11th - Karli Vander Horst; 14th - Chris Caig; 16th - Harry Mathews. Thursday: single stableford with field of 76. A grade: first - Peter Black (12) 41; second Grant McKay (13) 40; third - Kris Fowler (10) 39.
B grade: first - Joe Tonso (15) 40; second Terry Webster (16) 39; third - Matt Ross (15) 35.
C grade: first - Russell Kerr (24) 41; second Andy Armanasco (21) 41; third - Reg Beyer (21) 39.
DTL: Rob Miglas 38, Pieter Vander Horst 38, George Gray 38, Paul Renehan 38, Peter Lazarus 38, Trevor Male 37 and Bill Purdom 37.
NTP: fourth - Peter Johnson; eighth - Andy Armanasco; ninth - Ian Archer; 11th - Rob Miglass; 16th - Des Hurst; 16th - Kevan McMillan. Thursday: twilight single stableford. Winner: Chris Williams (25) 22; runner-up Lou Milner 13.
NTP: 14th - Pieter Vander Horst; 16th - M. Noonan Saturday: monthly medal with field of 91. Scratch: A grade - Grant McLure 71; B grade - Scott O’Donnell 84; C grade - Glenn Whelan 88
HCP: A grade - Grant McLure (9)62 M/M; B grade - Nathan Lieshout (2) 66; C grade Trevor Marshman (33) 65.
HCP Runner-up: A grade - Dave Lawler (12) 64; B grade - Scott O’Donnell (16) 68; C grade - Glenn Whelan (22) 66.
DTL: Peter Medwin 65, Ian Hopper 66, Russ Loughridge 68, Harry Matthews 68, John Coutts 68, Don Smith 68, Terry Garratt 69, Pieter Vander Horst 69 and Greg Polson 69.
NTP: fourth - David Aitken; eighth - Glenn Wells; ninth - Darren Stanton; 11th - Terry Garratt; 14th - Ken Shannon; 16th - Ash Graham.
Second shot: A grade - Gus McKillop; B grade - Peter Fedorenko; C grade - Glenn Whelan. Women’s: Hilary Hockley (34) 71. Raffle: John Garner. Sunday: 2019 men’s plate with field of 116. Winner’s: Traralgon 2 - Matt Hurley 31, Kim Ross 40, Daniel Bullen 36, Dale Reynolds 40 = 116 total. Runners-up: Garfield 3 - Terry Garratt 38, Bob Calderara 37, Martin Atkins 35, Steve Clark 34 = 110 total.
DTL: Dale Reynolds 40, Craig Hios 39, Terry Garratt 38, Pieter Vander Horst 38, Matt Naus 37, Chris Moreland 37, Josh Robbins 37, Garry Rotteveel 36, Daniel Bullen 36, Peter Fedorenko 36, Keiren Heenan 35 c/b and Phil Wilkin 35 c/b.
A grade - Kym Ross (5) 40; B grade - Bob Calderara (12) 37; C grade - Ian Gibson (19) 40.
NTP: fourth - Ron Smalley; eighth - Damien Drake; ninth - Chris Moreland; 11th - Daniel Bullen; 14th - Warrick Bate; 16th - Rob Tewierik.
The winner in the women’s division was Pat Alexander with a nice 21 points. The runnersup were Jan Stone and Catriona Ferguson with 19 points, followed by Kay Grieve with 18 points.
Then came Anne Neilson, Marg Cox, Ethel Manley and Di Baskett with 17 points.
In the men’s division, the winner was Mike Waring with 20 points. The runner-up was Phil Edwards with 19 points, followed by Max Luck, Barry Baskett, Graeme Alexander and Graham Dorling with 18 points, and Davis Feaver with 17 points.