Entry forms are available for the 2024 SunRice Spring Classic.
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The fourball best ball stableford event will be played on Saturday and Sunday, September 14 and 15.
As usual, there will be 18 hole events each day, with a combined 36 hole event.
Excellent trophies will be on offer, so get your partner organised and submit an entry form.
Earlier in September is the Mary Bradshaw Bowl, on Tuesday, September 3.
It will be single stableford and have trophies for the scratch winner, grade winners and runners-up, longest drive, nearest the pin and ball comp.
Another major event in spring is the Veterans’ Week of Golf, from October 13 to 18.
Entry forms are on the club website.
On Saturday we had a two-person ambrose for the club’s Keno qualifier.
Best score of the day was recorded by Woodend visitors Daniel and Tyson Payne with 61.25.
Runners-up and best local score was from Shaun Mills and Jimmy Poka jr on 63.25, and third placegetters were Noel Swainger and Terry Howe with 63.5.
Last Thursday the ladies played versus par, won by Prue Chalmers with +3, on countback to Marg Radeski.
A highlight of the day was a hole-in-one on the fifth by Barham visitor Lisa Hyne.
In Wednesday’s stableford event the A-grade winner was Chris Mitsch who recorded 40 points, from runner-up Lachie Campbell 37, and in B-grade Graeme Rothwell had 39, from runner-up Russell Begg 38.
Coming up, tomorrow we have a two-person ambrose multiplier stableford, and on Sunday it’s our qualifying round for the Mixed Scramble, which is four-person ambrose.
Next Tuesday is back nine stableford, followed by stableford events on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Friday Night Fun is on again tonight, featuring raffles with quality meals available.
Raffle tickets are on sale from 6pm with draws at 7pm, and happy hour is from 5pm to 6pm.
Last week’s results:
Thursday, August 15, versus par:
P Chalmers +3, c/b M Radeski.
Ball comp: P Locke, J Armytage, S Simpson, S Butcher, K Leetham, S Aitken, F Milward, J Choice, c/o -1.
NTP: 9th S Simpson. Golden hole L Hyne.
Saturday, August 17, Men’s Keno, 2-person ambrose:
D and T Payne 61.25, r/u S Mills and J Poka jr 63.25, 3rd N Swainger and T Howe 63.5.
Ball comp: G King, V Kelly, J Radeski, G Rothwell, T Grant, J McMahon, B Littmann, B McQuie, J Loy, Will Bull, M Aitken, D Irwin, F McCalman, S Young, K Keane, G Corboy, A Brunker, P Oddy, N Boswell, R Hood c/b 67.5.
NTP: 2nd M Aitken, S Aitken; 5th S Tilders, M Phyland; 9th B Littmann, J Hood; 11th D Irwin; 13th J Poka jnr. Golden hole B Littmann.
Wednesday, August 21, single stableford:
A-grade C Mitsch 40, r/u L Campbell 37; B-grade G Rothwell 39, r/u R Begg 38.
Ball comp: G Collins, P Seely, R Turner, L Pattinson, G Bessell, J Radeski, P O’Brien, P Beckton, G Howe, W Hodgson, J Poka jr c/b 33.
NTP: 9th J Radeski, R Friend. Golden hole L Campbell.
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