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LOCAL golfers hit the courses over the Christmas and New Year period, recording strong results and enjoying the pristine surroundings. Myrtleford Golf Club SATURDAY, January 4 Drummond Golf Albury Monthly Medal Stroke & Super 6 AMCR 71 A Grade Winner: Jason Gilbert (13) 83/70 c/b. A Grade Runner Up: Ian Wales (9) 79/70. B Grade and Medal Winner: Will Currie (37) 108/69 c/b. B Grade Runner Up: Craig Shewell (18) 87/69. Ladies Winner: Kerry Currie (38) 106/69. Ladies Runner Up: Julie Ferguson (29) 98/69 c/b. Super 6 Winner: Kerry Currie (38) 23 nett. Super 6 Runner Up: Will Currie (37) 24 nett. Ball Winners: D Jackson 70, B O'Donohue 70, J Martin 71, C Piazza 71, J McPherson 71, C Fischer 72, A Rockliff 72 c/b. Foodworks NTPs - 1st: Brad Carroll, 4th 2nd Shot: Craig Shewell, 8th: Andrew McKerral, 14th: Warren Rowney, 16th: George Browne. Raffle Winner: Damien Rossato. Matthews Cleaning Award: Matthew Salter (24) 112/88. Friday, January 3 Ruby Cafe Stableford AMCR 74 9 Hole Winner: Marg Fitridge 20pts. 9 Hole Runner Up: Marg Curtis 18pts. Wednesday, January 1 News Year Day Teams of 2 Ambrose AMCR 71 AWCR 73 Men's Handicap Winners: Peter Stewart & Robert Vogel (11) 60. Men's Handicap Runners Up: Glen and Hudson Erskine (7.75) 63.25. Men's Scratch Winners: Craig Piazza and Chris Dyer 67. Men's Scratch Runners Up: Alan Rockliff and Karl O'Shaughnessy 69. Mixed Handicap Winners: Erica and Ashley Kuiper (15.5) 55.5. Mixed Handicap Runners Up: Loretta and Ian Wales (8.25) 62.75. Mixed Scratch Winners: Angela O'Shaughnessy and David Clark 72 c/b. Mixed Scratch Runners Up: Cynthia and Richard Alexander 72 c/b. Ladies Handicap Winners: Judy Fogarty and Leeanne Carmody (10) 66. Ladies Handicap Runners Up: Beth and Jan Roseby (13) 69. Ball Winners - Men's: J MacCalman and R Ashman 63.75, J Martin and G Browne 64, S Hancock and A Jose 64.75, N and P Kuiper 65, B Piazza and W Lovett 65.5. Mixed: V Ellis and A Senkic 64.75, J and J Koraus 67.75, C and K Bailey 68, K and M Currie 68.25. Ladies: N De Winne and S Emms 69.25, A Thomas and M Badrock 69.5. Foodworks NTPs - 1st: Sandra Piazza and George Browne, 4th 2nd Shot: Victoria Sims and Andrew Senkic, 8th: Lindy Wrest and Evan Laverty, 14th: Jan Roseby and George Browne, 16th: Di Fitzpatrick and Peter Stewart. Tuesday, December 31 Clyde Street Butchery Stableford AMCR 74 A Grade Winner : Jan Harper 39pts. A Grade Runner Up: Sarah Deas. Ball Winners: Sandra Piazza, Kerry Chapman. Foodworks NTPs - 1st: Jan Harper, 2nd on the 4th: Denise O'Donohue, 8th Colin Walker, 14th: Sandra Piazza. Saturday, December 28 Clyde Street Butchery Stableford & Super 6 AMCR 71 A Grade Winner: David Rowe (12) 36 pts. A Grade Runner Up: Jason Gilbert (13) 35 pts. B Grade Winner: Matthew Garoni (19) 41 pts. B Grade Runner Up: Will Currie (39) 39 pts. Super 6 Winner: Will Currie (39) 16 pts. Super 6 Runner Up: David Ng (13) 15 pts. Ball Winners: T Chapman 36, M McKerral 36, W Rowney 35, J Costello 34, B O'Donohue 34, I Wales 33 c/b. Foodworks NTPs - 1st: Warren Rowney, 4th 2nd Shot: Craig McKerral, 8th: Gavin Challman, 14th: John Costello, 16th: Harry McKerral. Raffle Winner: Spider Hancock. Matthews Cleaning Award: Sam Walker 20 pts. Tuesday, December 24 Clyde Street Butchery Stableford AMCR 74 A Grade Winner: Jan Harper 38pts. A Grade Runner Up: Jan Roseby 37. Ball Winners: Jan Roseby, Jade Galvan, Chris Rowney. Foodworks NTPs - 14th: Jade Galvan. Mount Beauty Golf Club ON Saturday, December 21, the ladies of the Mount Beauty Golf Club played the front nine which was won by Liz Harvey with 19 points from Jooyon Kang-Redmond with 15 points. The Stableford comp on Saturday, December 21 was won by Tristan Hall with 41 points from Tony Campen and Peter Hertzog with 38 points apiece. Roger Church picked up a ball with his 36 points. NTP on the seventh was Stuart Cariss, along with the Tatts Ticket from the Tawonga South Newsagency & Post Office. The ninth was Trevor English, while Dave Browning was closest on the 17th while Stuie Jelbart took home the money on the 18th. The men and one lady played off the Red Tees on Boxing Day which, was won by Tom Docherty with 40 points from Neil Tappe with 35 points and Tina Cook with 34 points. NTP on the seventh and ninth was Victor Selway, along with the Tatts Ticket from the Tawonga South Newsagency & Post Office, while Jai Redmond was closest on the 17th while Trevor English got on the 18th. The men played a 4 Ball Stableford Aggregate on Saturday, December 28, which was won by the pair of Peter Johns and Macca Deans with 80 points from two pairs, Steuart Snooks and Trevor English, and Allan Retallick and Roger Church with their 72 points apiece. Better individual scores were had by Macca Deans (40 points), Steuart Snooks and Peter Johns (39 points each), and Tom Docherty and Wes Dowel (37 points each). A 4 Ball Ambrose was played on New Years Day which was won by the team of Tristan Hall, Rod McMahon, Ross Wilson and David Drew with net 52.675 from Craig Docherty, Bodhi Charlton, Jai Redmond and Tom Docherty with net 53.625. Balls were also won by Jakob Piddington, Steve Graham, Stephen Piddington and Roger Humphries with net 55.875. NTP on the seventh was Tina Cook, along with the Tatts Ticket from the Tawonga South Newsagency & Post Office, the ninth was Liz Harvey, Victor Selway was closest on the 17th while Tony Campen took home the money on the 18th. Saturday, January 4 was Monthly Medal for the men. Visitors took out first and second place: Bodhi Charlton from Mollymook GC with net 65 and Steve Graham from Corowa GC net 67. Dave Browning, with net 69, was presented the glass, ball and tee as the first eligible player of the day. Keith Archibald, net 71 and Victor Selway, net 72, also got a ball each. NTP on the seventh was Steve Graham, along with the Tatts Ticket from the Tawonga South Newsagency & Post Office. The ninth was Stuie Jelbart, Dave Etherton was closest on the 17th while Andrew Greenfield took home the money on the 18th. The ladies reintroduced their monthly stroke event on Saturday, January 4 which was won Jooyon Kang-Redmond with a net 72 from Liz Harvey with net 76. In conjunction, a few ladies played the front nine which was won by Carol Bartholomew with net 31 from Lynda Barter with net 33. NTP second shot on the seventh was Carol Bartholomew. Bright Country Golf Club RESULTS, week ending Sunday, January 5. Monday, December 30, veteran’s golf. Mark Stephenson continued on his merry way with another outstanding round - playing off 6 H/C, Mark had a wonderful 42 points. Ball winners: Jenny Richter 19 H/C 37 points C/B, Ray Ousley 7 H/C 37 points. NTPs - 3rd: Chris Dyer, 6th: Mick Dunne, 11th: Ray Ousley, 16th: Mark Stephenson. Thursday, January 2 was men’s Stableford, and the competition was awash with visitors, with a total of 61 payers teeing off and one player is still missing. Winners: Mac Simpson 17 H/C with a very fine 42 points, John Walsh 9 H/C with 40 points. Then came ‘The Borsch’ Ray Broschmann with a creditable 39 points on a count back to everyone’s surprise, including Ray. Next in in line came Matt Ellis, 12 H/C with 39 points, then Mark Frost 18 H/C 37 points C/B. Ball winners: Ian McIntyre 37 points, Ken Grummisch 37 points C/B, Michael O’Sullivan 37 points C/B, Conner Forde 37 points, Crusty Carlisle 37 points, Graham Barrow 36 points C/B and Mark Stephenson 36 points. NTPs - 3rd: Johnny Ocean, 6th: Felix Blazek, 11th: Mac Simpson, 16th: Tom Justice. Chicken winner was John Walsh with 20 points on a count back. The NAGA winner was Neil Gill from Harrietville with a very ordinary 25 points. The ladies held a nine-hole competition held on Friday, January 3 on the front nine holes. Winner was Giselle Braithwaite with a fine 18 points and the ball winner was Heather Thompson with 15 points. It’s excellent to see a new group of ladies enjoying the game of golf. Saturday, January 4, all gender stroke, and for the men, Monthly Medal. A group of 68 players teed off in the first men’s Monthly Medal, and the field also contained three ladies, two of whom placed in the top seven overall. However, two of the men are still missing in action somewhere on the course - maybe they took the opportunity to have a quick swim in the Ovens River and decided that was a better option than continuing their round of golf. Out of the 68 players, an astounding 23 players played to their handicaps, or under, the results are as follows. Nick Aliozos (the club’s captain) played the game of his life and returned an astonishing eight under his handicap, 24 H/C for a nett 64 C/B. Andy Cook from Mt Beauty was a bit stiff coming second to Nick on a countback, 23 H/C nett 64. Frog Thompson 20 H/C nett 67 C/B, Carol Bailey 19 H/C 67 points, Cameron Wickes 2 H/C 68 C/B (2 under the card). Ball winners: Andrew Badrock nett 68 C/B, Tina Cook nett 68 C/B, Heath Thompson nett 68, Riley Forde nett 69, Leon Burstin nett 70 C/B, Rod Brown nett 70 C/B, Phil Jessen nett 70. NTPs - 3rd: Kevin Reed, 6th: Trent Robinson, 11th: Doug Badrock, 16th: Craig Williamson. The Bright Golf Guru thought of the week, “There is always more than one snake in the grass.”

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