MYRTLEFORD GOLF CLUB SATURDAY, 3 May Drummond Golf Albury Monthly Medal Stroke & Super 6 AMCR 71 A Grade Winner: Stephen Piddington (11) 82/71. A Grade Runner Up: David Rowe (11) 83/72. B Grade and Medal Winner: Barrie Bynon (25) 94/69. B Grade Runner Up: Warren Rowney (22) 104/82. Super 6 Winner: Karl O'Shaughnessy (8) 20 nett. Super 6 Runner Up: Barrie Bynon (25) 21 nett c/b. Ball Winners: C Piazza 74, G Black 75, B Carroll 75, J Cunneen 75 c/b. Foodworks NTPs - 1st: David Matthews, 4th 2nd Shot: David Rowe, 8th: Stephen Piddington, 14th: Barrie Bynon, 16th: Andrew Loftus. Raffle Winner: Robert Wheeler. Matthews Cleaning Award: Robert Wheeler (23) 114/91. Thursday, 1 May Coles Stableford AMCR 73 A Grade Winner: Carolyn Prowse (28) 36pts. A Grade Runner: Sandra Piazza (16) 35pts. Ball Winners: Marnie Broz, Helen Mummery. Foodworks NTPs - 1st: Sandra Piazza, 2nd/4th: Carolyn Prowse, 14th: Denise O'Donohue. Wednesday, 30 April Bastoni Pizzeria Stableford AMCR 71 A Grade Winner: David Clark (13) 38 pts. A Grade Runner Up: Karl O'Shaughnessy (9) 36 pts. Ball Winners: J Ramsdale 35, A Rockliff 35, P Vasey 35, D Matthews 33 c/b. Foodworks NTPs - 1st: George Browne, 4th 2nd Shot: David Matthews, 8th: Colin Walker, 14th: Craig Shewell, 16th: Alan Rockliff. Tuesday, 29 April Club Championships Round 3 Bastoni Pizzeria Stroke AMCR 73 Club Championships Scratch Winner, A Grade: Victoria Sims 251. Scratch Winner, B Grade: Linda Loftus 293. Scratch Rundown: A O'Shaughnessy 262, S Piazza 273, K Newton 275. Nett Winner: Angela O'Shaughnessy 220. A Grade Winner: Helen Mummery (31) 101/70. A Grade Runner: Angela O'Shaughnessy (14) 88/74. Ball Winners: Sandra Bynon 76, Judy Bynon 76, Marnie Broz 77. Foodworks NTPs - 8th: V Sims, 14th: Marg Curtis. Putts: Angela O'Shaughnessy 25 putts. 9 Hole Winner: Jennifer Leita (51) 17c/b. 9 Hole Runner Up: Pat McPherson (44) 17pts. MOUNT BEAUTY GOLF CLUB ON Wednesday, 30 April, the ladies of the Mount Beauty Golf Club played an 18-hole comp which was won by Carol Bartholomew with 34 points from Helen Whittaker with 29 points. NTP second shot on the seventh was Liz Harvey. The ladies played a net Stroke round on Saturday, 3 May, which was won by Leesa Bevan with net 73 from Anne Archibald with net 74. The Monday, 28 April league 18 holes was won by Luke Porritt with 36 points (68 off the stick) from Michael Bartholomew, Andy Cook and Victor Selway with their 35 points each. The men played the back nine on Wednesday, 30 April which was won by Andy Cook with 21 points, with an eagle on the 14th, from Michael Bartholomew with Tony Campen with their 18 points each. Monthly Medal, combined with the first round of the Kiewa Cup, was played on Saturday, 3 May. The Monthly Medal was won by Keith Archibald with a net 73 on a countback from Victor Selway. Bruce Plant and Ben Rison had net 74s, while Peter Hertzog and Ron Gallagher also got handed balls for their net 75 each. NTP on the seventh, along with the Tatts Ticket from the Tawonga South Newsagency & Post Office, was Tristan Skitt. The ninth was Sam Perry, the 17th was Allan Retallick, while Stephen Short took the money on the 18th. The six players in the ball comp are also in the leads for the Kiewa Cup, with the second round to be played on Saturday, 10 May. BRIGHT COUNTRY GOLF CLUB GOLFER Gary Player once said, “A good golfer has the determination to win, and the patience to wait for the breaks.” Monday 28th of April, mixed gender Veteran’s Stableford competition. With a few of the regular Veteran golfers playing at Wangaratta, the field was reduced to 18 golfers. Winners: Mick Dunne, 15 H/C 36 pts, Phil Jessen 10 H/C 34 pts. Ball winners: Graham Badrock 33 pts C/B, Fran Bentley 33 pts, Greg Dawson 32 pts, Andrew Quenby 31 pts C/B. NTPs: 3rd: Don Grimes, 6th: Phil Jessen, 11th: Graham Badock, 16th: Andy Armstrong. On Wednesday, 30 April, the Bright ladies teed off in the fifth round of the Maggio Cup. Played in the Stableford form, the results were – winner: Fran Bentley 32 pts. Ball winners: Carol Burgess 31 pts, Robyn McGrath 28 pts C/B. NTPs - 3rd: Carol Burgess, 11th: Fran Bentley, 16th: Tina Cook. Thursday, 1 May, men’s Stableford competition. A field of 33 teed off full of hope and enthusiasm, and only one player managed to play under their handicap Winner was Neil Gill (even he was surprised) with 22 H/C 39 points, in second place was John Forbes with 22 H/C 36 pts, and third place went to Brendan Cudmore, 14 H/C 34 pts C/B. Ball winners: Colin Richardson 34 pts C/B, Mark Stephenson 34 pts, Phil Jessen 33 pts, and lucky last Michael O’Sullivan 32 pts C/B. NTPs - 3rd and 6th: Hamish McPhee, 11th: Mick Dunne, 16th: Michael O’Sullivan. The winner of the chicken (front nine) was Ian ‘Macca’ McIntyre with 16 points, and the winner of the prestigious NAGA went to Rob Davey with 22 points. In a strange twist of fate, Paul Duff who finished with 20 points, needed to rush off suddenly as there was something wrong with his car battery. Friday, 2 May, ladies’ 9-hole Par competition. Played on the back nine holes, this form of competition certainly provides a different perspective and the results were as follows. Winners: Sarah Williamson 33 H/C +1 C/B, Roschelle Harrison 32 H/C +. Ball winners: Jack Hurley 0, Noreen Treyvaud -1. NTPs - 11th: Karen Sherry, 16th: Nic Morgan. Saturday, 3 May, all gender stroke, and for the men, Monthly Medal. Playing off the blue markers for the men, out of the 47 golfers who played, there was only one golfer who managed to play under their handicap, and this was the one and only Paul Duff. It does go to show three days is a long time in a person’s golfing career – just the Thursday prior, Paul came in last, but something must have happened as playing in the last group on Saturday he fell over the finishing line to win by one shot from Mick Dunne. Overall results: Paul Duff (medal winner) 19 H/C nett 71, Mick Dunne 17 H/C nett 72, Jonas Bush 31 H/C nett 73 C/B, Kevin Reed 26 H/C nett 73, Heath Thompson 12 H/C nett 74. Ball winners: Joshua Carr nett 75 C/B, Ian Browne nett 75 C/C, Rod Brown nett 75 C/B, Don Grimes nett 75, Mo O’Shea nett 75 C/B, Nifty Nev Blewitt nett 75 C/B. NTPs - 3rd: Ian Browne, 6th: Tony Chalwell, 11th: Kevin Reed, 16th: Hamish McPhee. The Bright Golf Guru’s interesting golf fact of the week: the first golf balls were made from feathers wrapped in leather. These balls flew much further than the balls that came after. They were used until the mid-1800s when they began being made out of wood.
