WATT WINS IN PERFECT CONDITIONS
Conditions were perfect for golf when the field of 66 teed off in the men’s midweek competition on Wednesday (14/6).
Wayne Watt took full advantage of the conditions and posted a winning score of 42 points to take the major prize. Eddie “Big Cods”” Kemp landed in second place with 40 points.
Balls in the run down went the way of :- Josh Manwaring and Tony Kahler (39 pts). Mick Banks (38 pts), Mark Paroz and Shane Reid (37 pts). 36 proved a popular score for Charlies Morrison, Craig Burgess and Greg Wallace. Rounding things out were Danny Lyons and Trevor King on 35 points.
At the Pro Pin 13th Rhys Farrell collected $30, Shane Reid $20 and Dr. Ross Hetherington $10.
Scott Mills was NTP at the fifth. Greg Carey at the seventh; Bruce Howells at the 11th. Tim Pleming did best at the 11th and Mark Paroz the 16th.
BUSY WEEK FOR LADIES
It has been a busy week on the greens and fairways for the members of the Warwick ladies Golf Club. On Wednesday the winter weather tossed up a perfect day for golf and a good field took full advantage playing a Single Stableford competition sponsored by one of the club’s longtime supporters, Lara Farrell.
Gwen Mills took line honours with 39 points, ahead of Mary Young (37). Balls in the rundown went to Vicki Bennett and Annice Payne (35), Tub Ingall (34), Helen Olsen 33 and Ann Tomkins (33), and Majella Kahler (32).
The ladies welcomed Jacqui Croft back to the fairway.
The Pro Pin was shared between Annice Payne, Lyn McKillop, Dian Macdonald, and Janine Stewart. Janine also played the best Front Nine. Players The field scored like this- Carole Brandon 32, Janine Stewart 31, Jan Aspinall 30 CB, Patti Hemmings 30, Di Johnston 29 CB, Lyn McKillop 29, Ellie Casey 28 CB, Dian Macdonald 28 Jill Barnes 27, Anne Lyons 25, Jacqui Croft 21. Welcome back Jacqui.
LADIES WINNERS IN TOOWOOMBA
A group if Warwick golfers played in the Toowoomba Golf Club Annual Open day. Anna Cox played a great round returning an awesome score of 67 nett which was good enough for her to win Division One. Melanie McLennan also played very well and had the best gross score (84 points) in Division One with 84 gross.
The Ladies brought scored six valuable points in the Zone pennant competition. The club now sits in third place behind Cabarlah and City.
PRESIDENTS FOURSOMES UNDERWAY
The Warwick ladies teed off in the qualifying round of the Presidents foursomes on Saturday.
Yvonne Pinington and Dianne Evans returned the best score of 73.5.Not too far off were the runners up, Carole Brandon and Helen Olsen (74) Both teams went home with vouchers from sponsors W Carey and Sons. Thanks to Wayne and the team for your ongoing sponsorship.
The top eight teams to qualified for Sunday’s matchplay. They were :- Yvonne and Dianne, Carole and Helen, Jill Barnes and Roslyn Darton (75), Dian Macdonald and Ellie Casey (75), Vicki Bennett and Mary Young (75.5), Margaret Adcock and Sam Hinze (75.5) Gwen Mills and Michelle Wright (75.5), and Lyn McKillop and Danielle Seibel (80). Scores on Saturday ranged from the winners, 73.5 to 86.5.
In the opening round of the Matchplay on Sunday there were some very close matches.
Handicaps were taken into consideration, extra shots given accordingly, and the teams battled it out for as many holes as they could to take their opponents down. Yvonne and Dianne Evans defeated Lyn Cox and Danielle Seibel two up.
Dian Macdonald and Ellie Casey defeating Vicki Bennett and Mary Young one up. Gwen Mills and Michelle Wright defeated Carole Brandon and Helen Olsen one up and in the final group it was, Roslyn Darton and Jill Barnes scoring a three /two win over Sam Hinze and & Marg Adcock.
The semi-final of the competition will be played this Saturday with the draw as follows:
Yvonne Pinington and Diann Evans play Dian M Macdonald
Ellie Casey and Gwen Mills play Jill Barnes and Roslyn Darton.
Good luck to all teams. The two winning teams will play the final on Sunday.
The President’s afternoon team will be held at the conclusion of play on Sunday.
Prior to the weekend games, the Adam Falconer Pennant’s team will play Cabarlah at Oakey. Looking a little further ahead open days will be held at Oakey (July 12) and Cabarlah (July 18).
MAIDEN WIN FOR AVDYL
It was a chilly start for the Stanthorpe Sporters group as they gathered at the Stanthorpe Golf Course prior to teeing off on the front nine for their regular Sunday competition. Although it was cold there was not too much frost which allowed the field to get away pretty much on time.
Howard Avdyl is a relatively new to Sporters and has been playing competition for only a few weeks.
The steady improvement in his game was rewarded with a win in Sunday morning’s round. His winning score, nett 22.
John Rawlings played a steady nine holes to return the next best (nett 25) and claim the runner’s up spot.
Matt Burgess finished the round with the nest gross score. Burgess needing 39 strokes for the nine holes. It is a score that would have been good enough for a win on any other day, but a very low handicap after his win last week put paid to that.
The younger of the Burgess brothers, Andy, almost matched Matt’s score. His round of 40 just one more than his brother.
Andy received some compensation when he collected the only pin shot on offer – the par three third.
Sporters play again next Sunday morning. The back nine will be in play and as always there is an open invitation to join the Sporters group. Tee off at is at 8am and of course that will be dependent on Mr Jack Frost.
BAKER WINS FINCH CUP
Stanthorpe golfers teed off in a single Stableford on Saturday for the Finch Cup.
After a solid round the Brendon Barker returning the best score in the Men’s event and gets to have his name engraved on the beautiful finch Cup for the first time.
Barker’s back nine was his best, a par 36 for the nine holes. He carded 19 points for both the front and back nine.
The runner up was club captain, Brad Silver just one point away (37). Silver’s front nine was very productive. He recorded recording 22 points on the outward journey however on his back nine included a couple of unneeded double bogies at the par fives, resulting in only 15 points being recorded for his run home.
Margie Locke braved the early morning chill and returned a winning 35 points for the round. Locke had a very steady front nine recording only 16 points. Her run home was much more productive adding 19 points to her total. Just one point behind was Helen Jones who collected runner up for the ladies. Jones had a solid front nine scoring 18 points but after missed opportunities on the back nine added another 16 points to her overall total.
The men’s Pin shots went the way of Brad Silver (3), Scott Constable (12) and Barry Jones (17). There were no takers for the Ladies pin at three. Margie Locke wrapped up a good day collecting the remaining pins at 12 and 17. No takers again for the Ladies pin at three. The Ladies winner Margie Locke wrapped up a good day collected the remaining pins at 12 and 17.
Keith Jones collected the pro-pin at 1/10, Eric Ree at 5/14 and Mark McCosker at 9/18.
Ray Adams won the birdies nest at 16 with a three at the par four.
The run down for the men went to Angelo Maugeri (36) Tod Beckett (35) and Scott Constable (35) and for the ladies, Kay Webb (33).
This Saturday is the final event for the month of June, (trust me Christmas is just around the corner), a Medley 4BBB Stableford is on the programme.
The day is sponsored by Peter Patti Painting and is a shot gun start. Players are asked to be on time. Please register by 11.30am. Hopefully players might miss the cold afternoon that is expected if the field can get away prior to the designated time of 12noon.
After a very foggy start to the day 84 golfers played the Warwick 4BBB round in beautiful conditions on Saturday. The round sponsored by King St Mechanical.
Taking the win and showing some of the field how it is done were Doug Wilson and Evan Pfeffer with a score of 46.
Following the minor placings were Michael Hoskin and Ray Dudley (second) and Wayne Wells and Grant Ollerton in third place.
They were followed by Wayne and Cameron Watt ( 43cb) and Malcolm Galloway and Charlie Morrison (43); Clayton Frank and Jesse Ollerton 42 and Josh Manwaring and Jamie Ollerton 42 followed by James Saunders and Jesse Harris (41).
Sean Haynes collected $20 at the Pro Pin 1`3 and James Saunders ($10).
NTP’s went the way of Jamie Ollerton (5); Clayton Frank (7), Doug Wilson (9) and Charlie Morrison (11).
Following Saturday’s 4BBB round the first round of the 4BBB Handicap Matchplay event will be played on Saturday 1 July.
The draw is as follows:-
Evan Pfeffer and Doug Wilson play James Saunders and Jesse Harris
Mal Galloway and Charlie Morrison play Wayne and Cameron Watt
Wayne Wells and Grant Ollerton play Josh Manwaring and Jamie Ollerton
Ray Dudley and Mihael Hoskins play Jesse Ollerton and Clayton Frank.
