Summer golf comes to an end

THIS week, local golfers said goodbye to summer with some great results across the region. MYRTLEFORD GOLF CLUB SATURDAY, 1 March Drummond Golf Albury Monthly Medal Stroke & Super 6 AMCR 71 A Grade Winner: Jason Gilbert (12) 82/70 c/b. A Grade Runner Up: Spider Hancock (12) 82/70. B Grade Winner: Paul Miles (17) 84/67. B Grade Runner Up and Medal Winner: Warren Rowney (22) 90/68. Super 6 Winner: Robert Wheeler (25) 21 nett. Super 6 Runner Up: Roger Humphris (21) 22 nett c/b. Ball Winners: A Roseby 70, R Wheeler 70, A Rockliff 71, G Black 71, P Stewart 72, C Shewell 73, C Walker 73. Foodworks NTPs - 1st: Gerard Black, 4th 2nd Shot: Roger Humphris, 8th: Alan Rockliff, 14th: Andrew Roseby, 16th: Andrew Corcoran. Raffle Winner: John Costello. Matthews Cleaning Award: George Browne (22) 114/92. Thursday, 27 February Wheelers Freight Stableford AMCR 73 A Grade Winner: Sandra Piazza (15) 33pts. A Grade Runner Up: Jan Roseby (14) 33pts c/b. 9 Hole Runner Up: Robyn Ternes 22pts. Ball Winners: Suzette Kelly (39) 31pts, Frances Bentley (22) 30pts c/b. Foodworks NTPs - 2nd/4th: Frances Bentley, 14th: Jan Roseby. Wednesday, 26 February Wheelers Freight Stableford AMCR 71 A Grade Winner: Craig Shewell (15) 42 pts. A Grade Runner Up: Ichlis Giovannoni (15) 40 pts. Ball Winners: T Chapman 37, P Veldman 35, A Roseby 35. Foodworks NTPs - 1st: Jim Martin, 4th 2nd Shot: Peter Stewart, 8th: Craig Shewell, 14th: Andrew Roseby, 16: Craig Shewell. Tuesday, 25 February Wheelers Freight Stableford AMCR 73 A Grade Winner: Ann Hazeldine (33) 37pts. A Grade Runner Up: Kerry Newton (16) 37pts c/b. 9 Hole Winner: Kaye McGuffie 14pts. 9 Hole Runner Up: Marg Fitridge 13pts c/b. Ball Winners: Marg Curtis (16) 36pts, Faye McLees (23) 35pts c/b, Angela O'Shaughnessy (15) 35 c/b. Foodworks NTPs - 2nd/4th: Robyn Ternes, 14th: Liz Orton, 16th: Kerry Newton. BRIGHT COUNTRY GOLF CLUB FAMOUS golf quote of the week, “Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated; it satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect”. This is very appropriate for the 204 men and women who played at Bright on Monday, 24 February. Playing in this month’s North-East Veteran’s Stableford competition at Bright, it was a bit like the theme of ‘Gilligan’s Island’. All those golfers set off into the wilds of the Bright golf course, and only two played under their handicaps - one male and one lady returned to the clubrooms knowing they had conquered the field. Winners - A Grade men: Phil Jessen (Bright) 34 points C/B, B Grade: Wayne Degering (Howlong) 38 points, C Grade: Terry Bolden (Bright), D Grade: Nick Moschis (Bright) 35 points. Ladies - A Grade: Brenda Miller (Yarrawonga) 39 points, runner up: Donna Hancock (Yarrawonga) 35 points C/B. NTPs men - 3rd: Wayne Degering (Howlong), 6th: Graham Ulbrick (Jubilee), 16th: Glen O’Connell (Bright). Ladies - 3rd: Patrice Sherriff (Howlong) 6th: Glenda Dodson, 11th: Jan Moore (Wodonga), 16th: Sally Sykes (Benalla). Tuesday, 25 February all gender chicken run, Stableford. A group of 20 players thought they were in with a chance to take home the chook, but only one player took home the chicken for dinner. Ross Heydon won on a countback from Tyler Thomason, both players finished the back nine competition with 21 points. Ball winners: Shaun Paul 21 points, Mitch Banks 19 points C/B. NTPs - 11th: Lauren Velicki, 16th: Jason Fillippi. Wednesday, 26 February, ladies stroke. A technical hitch the office meant the scores were delayed, but here are the results. Winner: Carol Burgess 12 H/C nett 75, Dianne Anders 27 H/C nett 76. Ball winners: Judith Voce nett 76, Bernie Fitzgerald, nett 77. Thursday, 27 February, men’s Stableford competition. A field of 33 men teed off and once again, one was still missing in action. Of those who finished, there were seven who returned fine scores under their handicaps. Winners: Ken Bailey 22 H/C 42 points, Crusty Carlisle 11 H/C 39 points C/B, Phil Bardsley-Smith 11 H/C 39 points C/B. Ball winners: Matt Ellis 39 points, Bill (the Colt from Buffalo River) 38 points, Steve O’Rielly 37 points and Neil Gill 37 points. NTPs - 3rd: Phil Bardsley Smith, 6th: Mark Stephenson, 11th: John Forbes (and birdie), 16th: Mark Frost. The humble chicken winner was the one and only Dennis Pangrazio. The unfortunate winner of the NAGA went to Bruno Spiller from the wilds of Harrietville with an ordinary 25 points. Saturday, 1 March, all gender stroke competition. Being the first Saturday of the month can only mean one thing: Monthly Medal for the men and Stableford for the ladies. The ladies’ contest was won by Carol Bailey playing off a 20 handicap, but not for much longer, with a wonderful 42 points. Runners up were Lauren Velicki 35 points and Carol Burgess 33 points. Out of the 49 men playing, only three played under their handicaps. From the reports received, the tees were right back and the pin placements were what you could expect playing off the blue markers for the monthly medal. Those results are as follows: Cameron Wood 34 H/C nett 63, Lachlan Thomason 31 H/C nett 66, Darren Wood 19 H/C nett 71, Jason Fillippi 12 H/C 72 nett, Conner Forde 22 H/C nett 73 C/B. Ball winners: Cameron Wickes nett 73, Chris Oswin nett 74 C/B, Graham McElvenny nett 74 C/B, ‘Nifty’ Nev Blewitt net 74, Robert Taylor nett 74, Bill Stonnill 75 nett C/B. NTPs - 3rd: John Forbes, 6th: jackpot, 11th: Sam Niedra, 16th: Phil Bardsley-Smith. The Bright Golf Guru quote of the week, “Golf is a compromise between what your ego wants you to do, and what your nerves let you do,” - that’s why most of us don’t play golf for a living. MOUNT BEAUTY GOLF CLUB THE ladies split into two groups again on Wednesday, 26 February. One group played the front nine which was won by Gill Harrowfield with 18 points from Lynda Barter with 17 points. The other group played the 18 Holes which was won by Ruth Rynehart with 35 points from Jooyon Kang-Redmond with 33 points. NTP on the seventh, second shot, was Ruth Rynehart. On Saturday, 1 March, the Ladies continued with their Monthly Stroke competition which was won by Jooyon Kang-Redmond with net 70 from Liz Harvey, net 75. On Monday, 24 February, Luke Porritt from Thurgoona and Sam Bake from Albury Commercial Club joined the fun at Mount Beauty once again. This time no one was able to come close to Sam as he had 43 points – shooting a total of 64 off the stick for the round. This would possibly have been a course record, but the rules are the round must be off the blue tees and in stroke format. Luke came in next with 36 points, and a score of 69 off the stick, on a countback from Brett Williams. To add further excitement for the round, Sam had an Eagle on the par five 11th, and Luke managed one as well on the par five 14th. The men played the front nine on Wednesday, 26 February which was won by David Drew with his 19 points from Don Mason on 18 points. Balls went to Brett Williams and Keith Archibald with their 17 points apiece. NTP on the seventh was Tony Campen, and the ninth was Mark Redmond. Saturday, 1 March was Monthly Medal for the Men which was won by Stephen Short with a net 70 on a countback from Keith Archibald. Roger Church and Rick Beisboer took home a ball each for their 72 net apiece. Luke Porritt rounded out the podium with his 73 net. NTP on the seventh was Andrew Greenfield, along with the Tatts Ticket from the Tawonga South Newsagency & Post Office. The ninth was Keith Archibald, 17th was Ross Rynehart, while Dave Etherton took home the money on the 18th.

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