An email from Garry Hansen of Warwick Sporters earlier this week confirmed the news that Golf in Warwick had taken a hit due to the rain. Although the course itself has suffered no damage it is simply too wet to play and there have been neither midweek nor weekend competitions for some time.
Not even the club mowers are able to get on to the course so it is no surprise that buggies remain a definite no go zone because of the damage they would cause. Walkers are still able to play but it seems that there are not many keen to take up that option.
The majority of competition players (Men and Ladies) in Warwick here are buggy riders hence no competitive play.
The Sporters competition set down for Wednesday of this week was called off early in the week.
The Warwick Ladies captain Roslyn Darton confirmed the situation was the same for the women and many of their competitions were called off.
However, a group of the ladies did not let the weather interfere with their monthly sponsor’s lunch at the Condamine Sports Club last week. The Condamine club sponsor the ladies’ Monthly Medal competitions throughout the year.
Roslyn said she is hoping to get some of the ladies who walk the course back out playing later this week. Again, that is entirely dependent on the weather.
However, there has been some good news for the Warwick Golf Club and that has been the success of the second and fifth division Men’s Pennant teams.
It is believed to be the first time in the club’s history that two teams have made it through to the finals in the same year.
The second division team of Mitch McLennan, Chris McLennan, Rhys Farrell, Jay Roberts, Josh Hinze, Clayton Frank and Chris Hinze will play Borneo Barracks in the final in Warwick. No surprise that the final has been postponed until some time in June due to the condition of the course.
The fifth division team of Simon McDonald, Shane Scotney, Eamon Cochrane, Shaun Haynes and Daniel Bowls are through to the finals in their division and will play Toowoomba City at City on Sunday 19 June.
Like all other golfers, these players would like nothing more than to see some sunshine and get back on their home course.
