21 Men and 3 Ladies participated in a stroke round at Royal Yea Saturday. Final round of the Mens Championship saw the daily winner being Neil Peterson(17) with a nett 67. Second was Rick Wills(9) with nett 69 and third on CB was Tony Rule(21) with nett 72 from two others. A very close NTP on the 14th was Mic Spagnolo( birdie hole winner) and although having a 20 shot improvement, John Renehan took out the Club Award. In the Ladies Cindy Armstrong had a win with a nett 74.
A Grade Daily result was R.Wills 1st, A.Coleman 2nd and A.Coates 3rd. B Grade result was N.Peterson 1st, A.Pell 2nd and G.Pollard 3rd. C Grade result was T.Rule 1st, R.O’Halloran 2nd and M.Bett 3rd.
In A Grade the Champion was Anthony Coleman (238) from R-Up Rick Wills (256) and Anthony had the best Nett score with 227. In B Grade a close finish saw Alan Pell (267) the Champion from R-Up Gary Pollard (268). Greg Clements had the best Nett score with 219. C Grade Champion was Tony Rule (289) from R-Up Tom White (297). Best Nett score was Tony with 226. The Clarke Trophy for best Nett score overall went to Greg Clements.
Clear skies and sunshine greeted 30 members at Yea Golf Club on Wednesday. 17 men competed in a Stroke & Putting event which saw Trevor Connell (20) a clear winner with 70 nett. John Phillips (20) returned to form posting 73 nett to be runner up. Alan Pell (15) and Paul Clayton (11) both finished with 74 nett to finish close to the leaders. Trevor complemented a great round easily the best user of the flat stick with just 26 putts. Neil Peterson was able to negotiate the gums on the 14th hole to claim NTP. Billy Dredge appreciated the excellent conditions and took out the Club Award.
13 Ladies lined up to contest the 2nd Round of the Club Championship. There are still 2 rounds to go so we have to wait for the overall result there. Daily winner was ever consistent Karen Sangster (28) nett 73 from Miranda Gill (18) nett 74 and Margie Wright (28) nett 78.
A reminder to all Members, bookings are now open for the Melbourne Cup 100 Year 4 Person Ambrose on the 7th November and anyone wishing to play the 1st round of Murrindindi Masters at Marysville on the 18th November. Add your names to the whiteboard in the clubhouse.