Saturday saw 21men contest the Monthly Medal at Royal Yea. Winner with an impressive nett 64 was young Oakley Ness(19) winning from second John Phillips(17) with nett 65. Third with the best CB on nett 70 was Bob Glenister(10) from Bill Dredge(26) fourth and Neil Peterson(14). Putting was won by Neil with 22 putts. NTP on the 2nd was Bill Dredge and Greg Clements won the Club Award on CB from Kevin Coghlan. Jan Wealands(27) with her best score of 98 nett 71 won the Ladies Monthly Medal with Nicola Rule second with nett 82.
Wednesday at Growling Frog GC we had 12 blokes play a stableford game off the Blue Markers 136 slope rating par 72. With the 14 men playing at Yea plus 10 ladies it shows that golf is popular in town.
Winner at GF was Jeff Moss(18) from JP Mullaly(5) both on 37 points with Bob Glenister(13) 36 third and Steve Rumney(31) fourth with 35 points.
Bob and Steve won the 4 Ball with 45 points from JP and Jeff 44.
Everyone enjoyed the course with its big greens, plenty of bunkers and great couch fairways. Lunch afterwards was good too.
Meanwhile back at Yea.
KATH HOMEWOOD TROPHY
Under brilliant autumn conditions 10 Ladies contested the 2nd Round of the Kath Homewood Trophy. Christine Simmons was triumphant posting a combined score of 152 over 2 rounds to take out the coveted award. Cindy Armstrong, Jan Wealands & Di Elliott were runners up with 155. The daily event saw Larraine Callender (21) nett 74 return to the winners circle, proving age is no barrier and plenty of practice pays off. Miranda Gill (17) nett 76 also played a fine round to take out 2nd place. Khai Jarvis was thrilled to be NTP on the 10th Hole.
In the Mens 14 Members & Guest played a Stableford event with regular visitor from Broadford, Laurie Dobson (19) posting 35 to collect the chocolates on countback from Brian Simmons (10). Anthony La Garutta (19) was close behind with 34 points to pip John Phillips (17) on countback for 3rd place. Brian Simmons was a clear winner in NTP on the 10th Hole. Newcomer Glen Walsh learnt the variables in golf, last week almost took out the Wednesday Comp, this week took home the Club Award. Welcome aboard Glen.