Alpine golfers show their skill

MYRTLEFORD GOLF CLUB Saturday, 8 March MYRTLEFRORD BAKEHOUSE STABLEFORD & SUPER & AMCR 71 A Grade Winner: Damian Rossato (9) 37 pts. A Grade Runner Up: Brendan Wheeler (12) 36 pts. B Grade Winners: Keith Disher (18) 36 pts (Rossdale). B Grade Runners Up: Max Currie (13) 35 pts. C Grade Winners: Joshua Lancaster (28) 40 pts (Bright). C Grade Runners Up: Will McKerral (22) 39 pts. Super 6 Winner: Eden Wheaton (29) 15 pts (Bright). Super 6 Runner Up: Jamie Ardern (25) 14 pts c/b (Sand Torquay). Ball Winners: E Wheaton 37, J Piddington 36, W Currie 35, A Rockliff 35, K Currie 34, B Carroll 34, S Hancock 34, P Stewart 34, J Cunneen 34 c/b. Foodworks NTPs - 1st: Gerard Black, 4th 2nd shot: Craig Shewell, 8th: Riley Bacon, 14th: Zac Cunneen, 16th: Craig Piazza. Matthews Cleaning Encouragement Award: George Browne 23 pts c/b. Raffle Winner: Chris Rowney. Thursday, 6 March Myrtleford Bakehouse Stableford AMCR 73 A Grade Winner: Ann Hazeldine (33) 36pts. A Grade Runner Up: Kerry Newton (16) 33 pts. Ball Winners: Linda Loftus (20) 29 pts c/b. Foodworks NTPs - 8th: Linda Loftus, 14th: Sandra Piazza. Wednesday, 5 March Ovens & Murray Past Players - Stableford AMCR 71 Winner: Dennis Sandral (12) 39 pts. Runner Up: David McLeish (8) 37 pts c/b. Ball Winners: P Smith 37, J West b36, G McMillan 36, R Graig 35, D Cummins 35, R Smith 35, R Heather 35, P Rolfe 34, M Tanner 34, W Rowney 34, T Chapman 34, G Pearce 34, G Veldman 33, N Hogan 33, I Wales 33, A Rockliff 33, B O'Donohue 33, P Howard 33, W Styles 32 c/b. Foodworks NTPs - 1st: Wayne Styles, 8th: Ryan Smith, 14th: Spider Hancock, 16th: Trevor Squires. Team Event Winners: Neville Hogan, Russell Heather, Greg McMillan and Les Waldron 104 pts. Team Event Runners Up: Warren Rowney, Ronald Smith, Tony Chapman and Christopher 103 pts Tuesday, 4 March Drummond Monthly Medal Stroke AMCR 73 A Grade Winner: Linda Loftus (20) 93/73. A Grade Runner Up: Sandra Piazza (15) 89/74. 9 Hole Winner: Kay McGuffie (49) 33. 9 Hole Runner Up: Robyn Ternes (22) 34. Ball Winners: M Curtis, Carol Ames, Barb Welch. Foodworks NTPs - 1st: Faye McLees, 2nd 4th: M Curtis, 8th: C Sims, 14th: Helen Mummery. MOUNT BEAUTY GOLF CLUB THE Victor Selway ‘Invitational’ played on Monday, 3 March was dominated by Steuart Snooks winning the comp along with both NTPs. Keith Archibald hit a great shot to the back pin on the ninth to 10 feet, to then watch Snooks hit one to three feet the very next shot, and roll in the birdie. This took Snooks to an excellent 20 points on the front nine and the lead. Brett Williams, however, was playing great golf and he rolled in a long birdie putt on 17 to take the lead. Snooks did it again and bounced his tee shot off the bank on 17 and watched it roll to six feet to win the NTP. He rolled in the birdie putt and reclaimed the lead in the daily comp. ‘Snooksy’ was able to hang on to the lead on 18 to win with a sensational 39 points in front of Williams who had an excellent 38 points. It was a great comp with four different players having the lead at some point. The ladies split up again to play the back nine and the 18 holes on Wednesday, 5 March. The back nine was won by Lynda Barter on a countback from Liz Harvey with 16 points apiece. The 18 holes was won by Helen Whittaker with 39 points from Anne Archibald with 37 points. Saturday, 8 March saw the ladies play a par comp with Lynda Barter winning with +2 from Helen Whittaker with +1. NTP on the seventh, second shot, was Helen Whittaker. The back nine was played by the men on Wednesday, 5 March which was won by Ivan Mock with 21 points from Don Mason on 19 points. A total of six players ended on 18 points to get a ball each in the ball comp: Matt Richardson, Craig Docherty, Macca Deans, Ben Ritson, Victor Selway and Dave Etherton. NTP on the 17th was Allan Retallick, and the 18th was Ron Gallagher. The men had a Stableford round on Saturday, 8 March, with blue tees made available for any who wished to practice before the four rounds of the club championships starting this weekend. Stuie Jelbart put in a cracking score of 41 points to ward off any contenders. Anthony Boschetti almost got there with his 40 points, and Don Mason managed 39 points to round out the podium. Balls were given out to Steuart Snooks and Allan Retallick (37 points each) while 36 points gave Andrew Greenfield and Peter Hertzog their ball each. NTP on the seventh was Dave Etherton, along with the Tatts Ticket from the Tawonga South Newsagency & Post Office. The ninth was Peter Hertzog, the 17th went to Don Mason, with Rick Biesboer taking the money on the 18th. BRIGHT COUNTRY GOLF CLUB THE lesson for the week is, do you know the real meaning of the word golf? According to the Oxford dictionary, it goes something like this: “Golf noun; a game played outside on grass in which a player tries to hit a small, hard ball into a series of nine or 18 small holes using a long thin stick.” From observations, a thin stick would be preferable to using a golf club, as it would be easier and more environmentally friendly than having to find your club when it was thrown away in disgust into the bushes. But, on to the results for this week at the Bright Country Golf Club. Monday, 3 March was all gender Veteran’s Stableford competition. A group of 15 players teed off and to everyone’s delight, ‘The Borsch’, Ray Borschmann, fell over the line from Glenn O’Connell to take home the winner’s prize - Ray Borschmann 18 H/C 35 points C/B, Glenn O’Connell 18 H/C 35 points C/B. Ball winners: Robert Taylor 35 points, Mark Stephenson 33 points, Graham Badrock 31 points. NTPs - 3rd: Jenny Richter, 6th: Ray Borschmann, 16th: Ray Borschmann. Tuesday, 4 March, Ladies’ stroke event. Under hot and dry conditions, the results proved not every time someone will play under their handicaps. Winners: Elizabeth Barker 25 H/C nett 73, Dianne Anders 27 H/C nett 76. Ball winners: Carol Burgess nett 80, Bernie Wickes nett 82. NTPs - 3rd: Dianne Andres, 6th: Elizabeth Barker, 16th: Carol Burgess. Tuesday 4 March, the chicken run was on the front nine, and the golfer taking home the chook this week was Tyler Thomason. Playing off a 12 handicap, he returned to the club house with a fine 20 points. Next was Felix Blazek 11 handicap with 19 points. Ball winners: Lauren Velicki 18 points, Shaun Paul 16 points - all the rest, thanks for coming. Due to Wednesday and Thursday last week at the Bright Golf Club being taken over by the annual Victorian Seniors Masters Championships, the regular Thursday Men’s Stableford competition was relegated to Friday. Although some of the regular golfers were struggling to work out what day it was, as when retired, all the days in the week blend into each other, but there were a couple of outstanding results. Winner, and by a fair margin, was Neil Gill from Harrietville. Playing off 24 handicap, but not for much longer, he returned with a wonderful 43 points. Other winners were Troy Stevens 15 H/C 40 points, followed by Cameron Wickes scratch, 37 points C/B. Ball winners: Ross Heydon 37 points, James Neylon 36 points, James McFadyen 35 points c/b, Andrew Badrock 35 points. NTPs – 3rd: Mac Simpson, 6th: Mac Simpson, 11th: Ross Heydon, 16th: Rod Brown. The winner of the chook run was Troy Stevens with a fine 22 points. The proud winner of the NAGA Award with a truly sad 19 points was Eddy Wojniusz. On Friday, 7 March, the ladies played a nine-hole stroke event, front nine. The winner was Giselle Braithwaite with a nett 37. Runner up was Lucy Snowden with a nett 40, and NTP on the sixth was Lucy Snowden. On Saturday, 8 March, 74 players competed in the second round of the men’s four ball Stableford Championship. Playing in pairs, there were some astounding results, while, for some unknown reason, four players were not accounted for at the end of the day. With hardly any water in the Ovens River, we can only assume they got lost in the bush. The winners were: Andrew Badrock 14 H/C and David Kelly 9 H/C 46 points, Kalum Porteous 10 H/C and Brett Gilligan 15 H/C 45 points, Thomas Hunt 14 H/C and Tommy Alkemade 22 H/C 45 points. Ball winners: Darren Kelly and Matt Kelly 45 points, Jack Bradshaw and Matt Bradshaw 44 points. NTPs – 3rd: Bill Stonnill, 6th: Felix Blazek, 11th: John Walsh, 16th: Mick Dunne. The Bright Golf Guru history lesson of the week: were you aware that in 1911, a nine-hole golf course was officially opened at Mount Buffalo? The course was surveyed and constructed under the supervision of Carlo Catani. Catani engaged professional golfer, Richard ‘Dick’ Banks to lay out the course. The fairways were sown with alpine grass seed specially imported from Italy. When you arrive up on the plateau, and reach the Gap, the area below all the way to Lake Catani was the location - you can almost envision the layout of the course.

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