Golfers endure changing conditions

THE week's golf saw both sweltering temperatures and rainfall across the Alpine region. MYRTLEFORD GOLF CLUB SATURDAY, November 23 Cafe Fez & Red Ramia $ Ball Stableford Aggregate & Super 6 AMCR 71 Winners: Trout Batt (20) & Paul Cowman (21) 93 Pts. Runners Up: Logan Deering (29) & Warren Rowney (24) 73 Pts. Super 6 Winner: Paul Tanner (17) 17 Pts. Super 6 Runner Up: Andrew Roseby (21) 15 Pts c/b. Ball Winners: D Rossato & C McKerral 72, G Black & J Martin 72, G Browne & P Stewart 72, P Tanner & B Bynon 71 c/b. Foodworks NTPs - 1st: Paul Cowman, 4th 2nd Shot: Trout Batt, 8th: Brad Carroll, 14th: Colin Walker, 16th: Brad Carroll. Raffle Winner: Ian Wales. Thursday, November 21 Stableford AMCR 74 sponsored by Cafe Fez A Grade Winner: Wendy Caldwell (28) 38c/b. A Grade Runner Up: Lyn Dwyer (34) 38. Ball Winners: Vicki Sims 37 c/b, Suzette Kelly 37 c/b, Ann Bryant (39) 37, Denise O'Donohue (35) 35 c/b. Foodworks NTPs - 1st: Lyn Dwyer, 8th: Marnie Broz, 14th: Lyn Dwyer. Tuesday, November 19 Julie Phillips 4BBB Championship 2024 Stableford AMCR 74 sponsored by Cafe Fez A Grade Winner: M. Broz, J. Bynon 47pts. A Grade Runner Up: D O'Donohue, K Chapman 44pts. Ball Winners: Heather Street and Faye McLees 43c/b, Jan Roseby and Liz Orton 43. Foodworks NTPs - 1st: C. Prowse, 2nd 4th shot: V. Sims, 8th: C. Prowse, 14th: S Piazza, 16th: K Newton. 9 Hole Winner: Loretta Wales 20pts. 9 Hole Runner Up: Betty Newton 15pts. Julie Phillips 4BBB - 1 vs 4: Judy Bynon and Marnie Broz vs B Welch and K Newton; 2 vs 3: D O'Donohue and K Chapman vs Jan Harper and C Prowse. NEDVGA Monday, November 18 Ladies Stableford Winner: Gina Campbell (Howlong) 37 points. Runner Up: Margaret Curtis (Myrtleford) 36 C/B. Third Place: Maggie Ray (Wangaratta) 36. Place getters: Lois Sanferson (Wangaratta) 35, Wendy Day (Howlong) 35. NTPs – 1st and 8th: Wendy Day, 14th - Tessa Merritt. Men’s Stableford (114) A Grade Winner: Ian Wales (Myrtleford) 39 pts C/B. Runner Up: Anthony McLean (Howlong) 39. Third Place: David Smithwick (Mansfield) 38. B Grade Winner: David Hawkins (Wodonga) 35pts C/B. Runner Up: Michael Baillie (Jubilee) 35. Third Place: Christopher Perks (Corowa) 33. C Grade Winner: Nicholas Moschis (Bright) 36 pts. Runner Up: Ian Bain (Howlong) 35 C/B. Third Place: Geoffrey Campbell (Howlong) 35. NTPs – 1st: John Fraser, 8th: Peter Smith, 14th: Phillip Ockwell, 16th: John Wouters. BRIGHT COUNTRY GOLF CLUB RESULTS, week ending Sunday, November 24. Monday, November 18, Veteran’s all gender Stableford golf competition. The field was comparatively small on Monday due to the Bright golfers who make the annual trek over to Yarrawonga Golf Club for their ‘big golfing getaway’ and the remainder playing at Myrtleford in the North-East Veteran’s competition. The rest, the real golfers of Bright played, and the results were as follows. Winner: Mark ‘Frosty’ Frost, 18 H/C 35 points. Ball winners: Graham Badrock H/C 17, 33 points; Colin Richardson, 26 H/C 32 points C/B. NTPs - 6th: Graham Badrock, 11th: Frosty. Wednesday, November 20, Ladies Stableford competition. Winner: Robyn Poyner 26 H/C with an astounding 44 points. Ball winners: Carol Burgess 35 points, Robyn McGrath 34 points, Suzette Heydon 33 points, Elizabeth Barker 31 points. NTPs - 3rd: Robyn McGrath, 16th: Robyn McGrath. Wednesday, November 20 was the first of the 9-hole Stableford chicken competition. A total of 23 players teed off in the hope of winning a cooked chook, and the results are as follows. Winners: Mac Simpson 31 H/C 21 points, Neill Gill 26 H/C 20 points C/B, Jonas Bush 27 H/C 20 points. Ball winners: Ross Heydon 19 points C/B, Tyler Thomason 19 points. NTPs - 3rd: Jake Woods, 6th: Felix Blazek. Thursday, November 21, men’s Stableford competition. A total of 33 players teed off and to everyone’s surprise, Paul Duff finally found some form. Winners: Paul Duff 18 H/C 39 points C/B, Neil Gill 27 H/C 39 points, Mick Dunne 14 H/C 38 points. Ball winners: Warren Streets 36 points C/B, Ray Ousley 36 points, Cameron Wickes 35 points, Charles White 34 points C/B. NTPs - 3rd: Robert Davey, 6th: Phil Bardsley-Smith, 11th: Warren Streets, 16th: Crusty Carlisle. The chicken winner was Mick Dunne (once again). Friday, November 22, Ladies 9-hole Stableford competition. Winner: Giselle Braithwaite 51 H/C 21 points. Ball winner: Sarah Williamson 33 H/C 16 points. NTPs - 6th: Lucy Snowden. Saturday, November 23, all gender 2-person Ambrose. Winners: Greg Walsh and Chris Oswin 63.75, Jason Filippi and Shaun Paul 64.25, John Walsh and Cameron Wickes 64.75. Ball winners: John Arvanitis and Paul Duff 66, Mark Zwiersen and Frog Thompson 67, Tyler Thomason and Mandy Clayton 67.25. Ken Jenkins and Nick Moschis 67.5. NTPs - 3rd: Zorro Zwiersen, 6th: jackpot, 11th: Chris Oswin, 16th: Craig Williamson. Bright Golf Guru thought of the week, to quote George Orwell: “All golfers are created equal, but some are more equal than others.” MOUNT BEAUTY GOLF CLUB THE ladies played 18 holes on Wednesday, November 20 when Ruth Rynehart, 38 points, defeated Liz Harvey with 37 points. NTP second shot on the seventh was Liz Harvey. The men played the front nine on the Wednesday when Ben Ritson scored a massive 27 points to win the comp from Dave Etherton with 23 points, 21 points from both Tom Docherty and Peter Hertzog, who took home a ball each. NTP on the seventh was Al Retallick, while Dave Etherton was closest on the ninth. Saturday, November 23 saw eight pairs battle out the Honour Board Event of Mixed Foursomes over the 18 holes. Victorious, by a mile, was Carol Bartholomew and Trevor English with a net 62, followed in by Liz Harvey and Stephen Short with their 71 net. Helen Whittaker and Dave Browning were next with their net 71.5. Meanwhile, those men who missed out on a partner in the Mixed Comp played an 18-hole Stableford, won by Dave Etherton with 40 points from Peter Hertzog 39 points. David Drew and Sam Perry also went home with balls for their 37 points each. NTP on the seventh, along with the Tatts Ticket from the Tawonga South Newsagency & Post Office, was Tristan Skitt. Peter Hertzog got closest on the ninth, Stuart Cariss on the 17th, and David Drew took home the money on the 18th. The weekend before, Ross Rynehart scored himself an Eagle on the Par 4 13th.

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