Gender Challenge – Round 7
Wednesday saw 43 players compete in the 7th round of the Gender Challenge, with a two-person Ambrose format played. The field consisted of 12 men’s teams and 9 ladies’ teams.
Winners on the day:
1st – Phil Armstrong / Gavin Houldcroft – Nett 62 (Gross 75)
2nd – Mic Spagnolo / Gary Pollard – Nett 64 (Gross 69)
3rd – Rob Gill / Mic Sheather – Nett 67 (Gross 81)
4th – Brian Priestley / Allan Coates – Nett 68.75 CB (Gross 77)
5th – Neil Peterson / Rob O’Halloran – Nett 69 (Gross 78)
Nearest the Pin on the 2nd: Alan Pell and Di Holdsworth.
The best ladies team was Vicki Clements, Miranda Gill and Marg Britain with a fine nett 69.5 in their three-person team.
The men were well behind at the start of the day but now have a glimmer of hope after taking the full 85 points from the event.
Gender points awarded:
M. Spagnolo / G. Pollard – 25
Rob Gill / Mic Sheather – 20
Brian Priestley / Allan Coates – 15
Neil Peterson / Rob O’Halloran – 10
Tony Rule / John Phillips – 5
Team average (Men) – 10
(Averages: Men 68.9, Ladies 74.8)
Due to the men having five more players, the top result was not counted in the Gender Challenge scoring.
Total score after 7 rounds (with two to play):
Ladies – 375
Men – 220
The final round will feature extra points, with each individual match worth 10 points.
After golf lunch with over 50 people was held with the major attraction being to thank Neil and Mary-Ann Peterson for their contributions to Yea Golf Club. Mary-Ann was treasurer for three years and catered for club workers events for many years. Neil Peterson was always a keen volounteer and player for the club as well. They have moved to Lilydale for health reasons.
Captain Vicki Clements presents Nicola Rule with her Monthly Medal.
Monthly Medal – February 2026
Saturday saw the first Monthly Medal of 2026 and an exceptional round of golf from Steve Rumney (23), who returned a superb nett 65. Steve has been putting in plenty of practice lately and it is clearly paying off!
Second place went to Paul Heyen (24) with an excellent nett 66, followed by Rob Gill (33) with 67 on a countback from Alan Pell (13) also on 67, and Jim Redmond (24) with 68.
Nearest the Pin on the 2nd was Martin Lowe, who also shared the putting prize with Anthony Coleman, both recording 26 putts.
Ladies Monthly Medal
Nicola Rule produced a fine round to win with nett 65, ahead of Cindy Armstrong and Penny Britton who both finished with nett 73.
This was Nicola’s first win at the club and we were all delighted to see her take out the Monthly Medal — congratulations Nicola!
Friday night social event for February saw 53 people at the club for a meal and get together. Thanks Phil Armstrong for the wonderful night including 6 hole golf, pork ribs for tea and involving new members. Many thanks again to Yea Meats for supplying the meat hamper which Judi Newman gladly accepted in the raffle.
Also on Friday night at RACV Healesville one of our junior members Jobe Dunne took out the final of the Friday Night Shootout. There were 9 finalists and the 16 year old took the title.