DISTRICT GOLF
Warragul
Saturday's fourball par was the opening qualifying round of the Ross trophy.
Leaders after the first round are father and son combination of Michael and Will Hodge on plus ten.
Obviously, Michael's lesson from Lee last week must have paid off.
There is a large group on plus nine and eight which are still in contention for the semi-finals. Results:
Ross trophy, field of 147
Will Hodge/Michael Hodge 10, Jim Bjorksten/Bill Pyle 9, Ross Thompson/Ugo Tettamanti 9, Damien Davies/Richard Hojnacki 8, Kyle Beveridge/ Brent Kitchen 8.
DTL: Graeme Webster/Craig Black 8, Paul Weatherhead/Ken Kitchen 7, Peter Corstorphin/Steven Porch 7, Rob Cusworth-Warner/ Richard Horseman 7, Stephen Macaloney/ Adam Dunn 7, Trevor Farrelly/Terry Hayler 7, Brian Scouler/Tony Kiezenberg 7, Andrew Kincaid/Noel Delves 7, Thomas Martin/ Wayne Hammond 7, Kieran Heenan/Noel Wight 7, David Sincock/Jim Kennedy 7, Matthew Naus/Jack Thomas 7, Matt Johnson/ Andy Abernethy 7, Stephen Osborne/Noel Davis 7, Tony Cardillo/Anthony Bickley 6, Dennis Joyce/Paul Crocker 6, Keith Gilbert/ Peter McNulty 6, Chris Grainger/Peter Kane 6.
NTP: Paul Graham 7th, Rob Cronjaeger 15th, Paul Goyne 18th.
Eagle: Al Manley 8th
Pro pin: Phil Fennell (A), Peter Earles (B). Mystery six: Brent Kitchen (A), Stuart Wilkinson (B), Stephen Macaloney (C), Hugh Wotherspoon (D).
Women: par.
A grade: Kylie Golding 0.
B grade: Tracey Rabl -1.
DTL: Jill Little -1, Simone Herbel -1, Linda Fowles -2, Julie Kennedy -2, Deb Corstorphin -3.
NTP: Linda Fowles seventh & 15th, Sandy Heenan 18th.
Mystery six: Kerrie Ahearn (A), Maureen Kittelty (B).
Tuesday - Stableford, field of 120
A grade: Vin Rabl 38, Leigh Herbel 38, Matt Roberts 37.
B grade: Brian Hemming 39, Nick Mazza 37, Neil Meharry 36.
C grade: Max Websdale 35, Shane Webster 34, Marjin Pazek 32.
DTL: Ryan Percy 35, Tony McGrath 35, Paul Dennison 35, Al Manley 35, Graeme Jarvis 35, Roger Boyce 34, Gary Mackay 34, Jeff Tellefson 34, Kieran Heenan 33, Daniel Aird 33, Nick Solohub 33, Mick Walker 33, Eddie Carrigan 33, Nev Clements 32, Russell Elliott 32, John Pecovnik 32, Colin Holmes 32, Brian Robertson 32, Alan Barnes 32, Dave Sincock 31, Andrew Kincaid 31, John Campbell 31, Kevin Incigneri 31, Paul Adamiak 31, John Heggart 31, Brent Wilby 31, Michael Gargan 31. Birdies: Ryan Percy 7th, Ryan Harrison 18th. Pro pin: Al Manley (A), Leigh Lambert (B). Mystery six: Leigh Herbel (A), Daniel Aird (B), Shane Webster (C).
Thursday: men's/women's Stableford, field of 54
A grade: Vin Rabl 38, Hayden Smart 35. B grade: Ken Kitchen 38, Rob Evens 34, Ted Harvey 33.
DTL: Leigh Greening 34, Geard Commadeur 34, Kevin Incigneri 34, David Cook 33, Jeff Herdman 33, Al Manley 33, Luke Pepping 32, Sam Marshall 32, Derel Miller 32.
Birdies: Richard Mann 7th, Vin Rabl 15th, Hayden Smart 18th.
Mystery six: Gerard Commadeur (A), Lynton McDougal (B).
Men's pennant
Handicap one: Tony Bickley, Brett Thompson, Kyle Beverage, Michael Stephenson, Tony Cardillo, Jack Thomas, Matt Naus defeated Drouin 5/2.
Handicap two: Warren Butcher, Jason Chambers, Mick O'Neill, David Pearce, Jacob Dudek, Glenn Farren, Rob Cusworth Warner lost 4/3 to Trafalgar.
Over 55s nine holes
Monday May 9.
Les Madden 16, Sandra Turner 14.
NTP: Baden McAdam.
Drouin
Wednesday
This week saw a field of 71 players play par. A grade was a close contest with a count back needed to split the winners. Gary Florence came out on top scoring +2 on the back nine for a total of +3.
In B grade it was James Harper winning one shot clear with a total of +2.
DTL's were Michael Whitford +3, Noel Robertson +1, Michael Duddy +1, Richard Sheehan +1, Allan Logan +1, Maurice Papettas +1 & Max Luck +1.
NTP's went to Michael Whitford 5th, Alan Wilson 8th, John Wolswinkel 10th & Jim Bransgrove 14th.
Saturday
Saturday saw the playing of the Foursomes Championship, as 39 teams took part in the competition.
In the scratch, it was a runaway win for Ryan Hammond and Matt Long who started well on the front nine with two birdies and seven pars to be two under. Slight hiccups on the par threes were overcome with another two birdies on the 12th and 15th to finish the day with a score of 70.
In the handicap Ian Urquhart and Rob Frederickson teamed up well finishing with an impressive net 69.
DTL's went to Rod Gardner & Bruce Salmon net 70, David Low and David Axford net 74, David Cavanagh and Phil Mason net 74 and Jim Defoe and Ron Tomasetti net 74.
Upcoming events this week are Stableford for both Wednesday and Saturday.
Drouin women
Drouin women played their foursomes championships on Tuesday.
This prestigious club event was closely contested with the championship trophy for the best 27 hole scratch score going to Leanne Pollard (11) and Di Sullivan (13) with 142 off the stick.
The 27 hole handicap winners were Anne Neilson (19) and Judy Dixon (18) on 115.75 net.
The winners of the 18 hole handicap event were Mary Tymensen (28) and Judy Bibby (29) with 77.5 net.
Last week's nine hole competition winner was Robyn O'Brien with 18 Stableford points.
Drouin's ladies Sunday pennant team played at Yallourn against Warragul, unfortunately going down 1-4, with Leanne Pollard scoring our only win.
Our Monday pennant team went down to Traralgon 1-4 with Shirley Roberts winning a tough match. Hopefully they can get a win this week.
Saturday's ladies played a Stableford event and the winner was Shelley Buick (20) with 35 points.
Today sees the start of the Eileen Smith 4BBB event held over two consecutive weeks.
May 31 is a three person Ambrose event so start getting your teams together.
Garfield
Except for a few overnight showers this week the weather was good enough for all events to proceed as normal.
Matt Skinner claimed his first ever Ovens Match Play title with a win over previous winner and multiple runners up member, Shane Male.
This event features the best of the best players and is a highly cherished event so well done Matt.
Saturday was the playing of the first of two qualifying rounds for the 2022 four ball par championship with some excellent scoring being achieved.
Best in with a score of plus 13 was Bob Collins and Doug Amos, plus 11 was the next best by Ken Pettiford and Glenn Wells.
Finishing third were the low markers Grant McLure and Paul Govaars with a round of plus 10.
A field of the 49 pairs lined up for the day with a final score of plus nine or better required getting a ball down the line.
Craig Cousin was the other stand out golfer for the week, backing up last week's win with another Thursday victory with a fine round of the 39 points playing off his mark of 11. Single figures are now on Cousin's horizon.
Finishing second for the major grade was the very much inform golfer in John Blair with 38 points achieved.
A better than average Thursday field of the 60 players took part with Jim Accettura having the best round for the day with a B grade winning score of 40 points to defeat Peter Fedorenko and Dek Bell, who both had the 36 points.
Ian Nicholson won the C grade event on a count back from David Thorp with a score of 35 points.
Speaking of Thorp everyone at the club sends their best wishes to Graham Thorp who is currently recovering from serious illness. Big shout out mate hope you are well.
Dek Bell also enjoyed his golf this week by also winning Monday's event on a count back from Gavin Sharpe with a round of 34 points. On Thursday a final score of the 35 points was required to win a ball down the line.
Next Saturday is the second round of the four ball par championship.
Results
Monday, single Stableford, field of 25
Winner Dek Bell (16) 34 C/B, runner-up Gavin Sharpe (27) 34
DTL: Kevan McMillan 33, Trevor Male 33 , Barry Taylor 33
Tuesday - Ladies Rose Bowl round two Winner Leesa Matthews (16) 70, DTL Deirdre Pilkington (30) 78
NTP 4th Linda Whelan 9th and 11th Amanda Mclure 14th Karli Van Der Horst 16th Di Norton
Thursday, single Stableford, field of 60 A grade Craig Cousin (11) 39, 2nd John Blair (13) 38, 3rd Frank Hyett (7) 37
B grade Jim Accettura (17) 40, 2nd Peter Fedorenko (15) 36 C/B, 3rd Dek Bell (16) 36
C grade Ian Nicholson (23) 35 C/B, 2nd David Thorp (22) 35, 3rd John Gay (24) 33
DTL Bob Calderara 36, Steve Humphrys 36, Peter Medwin 36, Ash Graham 35, James Dimtsas 35, David Saint 35
NTP 4th Des Kerr 8th Bob Calderara 9th Dek Bell 11th Paul Barrett 14th Craig Cousin 16th Ash Graham
Saturday, round one four ball par championship, field of 49 pairs
Winners Bob Collins (19) and Doug Amos (13) plus 13, runners-up Ken Pettiford (22) and Glenn Wells (18) plus 11, third Grant McLure (10) and Paul Govaars (15) plus 10 C/B
DTL Mick Jusic and Pat McDonagh plus 10, Dean Shannon and Ben Balfour plus 9, Peter Glasscock and Graham White plus 9, R Manley and Tony Quinn plus 9, Steve Clark and Terry Garratt plus 9, Malcolm Hirt and Ash Graham plus 9, Craig Hunter and Peter McNeish plus 9
NTP 4th Dek Bell 8th Trevor Male 9th Bob Collins 11th Rob Morris 14th Steve Barrett, 16th Harry Huyskens
2nd shot A grade Grant McLure B grade Sam Collins
Ladies Linda Whelan (33)
Minus two raffle Glenn Whelan
Trafalgar
Friday - open men's and women's Stableford A grade winner: Russell Dent 34 pts
B grade winner: John Butler 36 pts C/B
DTL: Di Moody 36, Jason Shearing 35, Adam Henke 35, Michael Smith 35, Ryan Mortimer 34, Glenn Flowers 34, Thomas Lodge 34 C/B
Birdies: 5th: Mark Hiriart, Kane Makepeace 11th: Ryan Mortimer 13th: John Toyne 15th: Di Moody, Russell Dent
Saturday - Stableford
A grade winner: Jeff Hasthope 37 pts C/B B grade winner: Paul Fogarty 39 pts
DTL: Duane Baker 37, Tony Gray 36, Greg Donohue 36, Mick Lewis 36, Rod Boon 36, Keith Owen 36, Ian Charge 36, Max Taylor 35, Noel Cornish 35
NTP: 2nd: Noel Cornish 5th: Nic Blake 11th: Nic Blake 13th: Reno Borg 15th: Paul Fogarty
Trafalgar women
Wednesday - first round of four BBB Winners: Bev Keily (21) and Aileen McNair (34) with 43 points
Runners-up: Lyn Powell (31) and Ange Bayley (25) with 41 points
DTL: Bron Wallace and Cheryl Deppeler with 40 points and Di Moody and Nola Fordham with 39 points
NTP: 5th Bron Wallace
Gobblers: Bev Keily, Aileen McNair, Jenny Evison, Kerren Ludlow, Bron Wallace and Ange Bayley.
Nine hole winner: Donna Mellon (20) with 14 points C/B
Nine hole DTL: Sandra Lawler (34) with 14 points
Congratulations to Bev Keily for getting a hole-in-one on the 13th.