Conley, Hoyles, Bugden and Mills were net winners at provincials

Frenchmen’s Cove — As part of the revitalization of the provincial championships, Golf Newfoundland Labrador (GNL) introduced net awards at the 2014 Royal LePage Provincial Adult Championships held over the weekend at the Grande Meadows course on the Burin Peninsula.

The net awards were based on the first two days of competition and presented at the players’ dinner on Saturday.

In the men’s A division, Chuck Conley of Bally Haly took first place with a net score of 144. followed by Bob Skanes of Gander, who carded a two-day net total of 147 and was awarded second place based on retrogression.

Tom Jones, also of Gander, took third place.

In the men’s B division, Grande Meadows golfers took all three top positions with Bob Hoyles placing first with a two-day total score of 137 followed by Ray Walsh (143) and Matthew Hackett (142).

In the men’s C division, it was again a Grande Meadows sweep, with John Bugden recording 134 total, followed by Chad Antle and Ron Bungay, who both had 134 scores. Antle took second place through retrogression.

In the women’s division, Janet Mills of Bally Haly took first place with a two-day total of 136 and finished six strokes ahead of Debbie Kenway of Grande Meadows.

Kim Stead of Glendenning Golf placed third in the division with a144 total.