Stanthorpe Sporters were greeted with a cold and bleak outlook on Sunday morning when they gathered on the front nine. The much anticipated sunshine failed to make an appearance, but these Sporters won’t be defeated by mere cold conditions they came well rugged up and ready to play.
Angelo Maugeri has been busy upgrading some of his golfing equipment and had several new clubs in his bag.
Apparently, it was a worthwhile investment as he collected the winner’s prize after a returned score of nett 34. The rest of the field were well back so perhaps it was a case Angelo’s better stroke making.
It took a cut of the cards to find the runner up when three players A cut of the cards was needed to find a runner up when three players returned nett 33.
Ivan Jurris did best at the cards caper selecting the highest card and took the runner’s up prize. Matt Burgess, also on nett 33, missed out on the cut of the cards but did have the Best Gross round of the day. He was rewarded for his 40 off the stick for the nine holes.
Dick Hilton hit an excellent tee shot at the third hole to claim nearest the pin and collect the ball on offer.
Sporters will be on again next Sunday and tee off will be from 8am. This week the back nine will be in play. Who knows Sporters could get lucky and the sun just might be shining however the way the weather is at the moment it seems more likely that snow might be on the way.
