Winner: Rochester Golf Club A grade champion for 2022 was Shane Bywaters. He received his title from acting captain Darren White via text.
Rochester Golf
Although starting six shots behind in the men’s championship, in-form golfer Shane Bywaters quickly caught up five at the halfway mark on reigning champion Jake Wright in last Saturday’s final round.
Bywaters then birdied the 10th hole to square the match, however, Wright leveled with his own birdie three on 11.
That put him once again ahead by one shot. The lead swapped back and forth over the long holes of 13, 14 and 15, but (unfortunately) Wright’s bogies on holes 16 and 17 put Bywaters back in front to by two.
After both parred the short 18th, Bywaters was declared the club’s A grade 2022 champion and added to his two previous trophies.
Bywaters two over the card 73 was also the best score of the day and taking out the best net on 69. Former champion and club President Leigh Hicks was runner up for his 78 (73) and Robert Vise’s (76), following best were recorded by Chris Eeles and Garry Charnas both on (76), Robert Ralph, Wright and Richard Feuk all on (77).
Eeles had some nervous moments after losing four shots to his nearest challenger in B grade David Geebie on the opening hole. After some scratchy golf early on both settled down, however, Eeles was more consistent, especially off the tee to easily take out the club’s B grade championship for a total of 271 over the three rounds. Eeles shot to within two meters on 16 and won him a ball while Charnas was closest to the line on 10.
Players will welcome playing off the short white course markers this Saturday after many struggled to maintain their handicaps from the blue back tees over the past three weeks. Please arrive by 11.45am as a draw for partners will take place at noon for a 4-ball Stableford multiplier, which always accounts for some interesting scores and combinations.
Our local Miter 10 store is sponsoring a 4 ball on Friday, September 6. Teams can be mixed if desired, so keep this date free as the course is in excellent condition after the rains and now heading into spring. All looks good for a great few golfing months ahead.
Bamawm golf
Wow, what a great day for the famous Turn’s Par 3 day at Bamawm, with 25 players taking to the course.
The winner of the ladies competition with 94-40-54 was Kim Dingwall, with Denise Newth runner-up on a count back with 92-38-54.
The winner of the men’s competition was Owen ‘Smiley’ McPhee with a great score of 66-29-37 from runner up Will Broucek 88-42-42.
Nearest Coxy 6 pack was won by Lee Govan
NTP 2/11 – Michael Giorgianni. NTP 3/12- Geoff Crossman. NTP 7/16 – Nikita Frawley and Michael Giorgianni. NTP 8/17 – Nikita Frawley and Sam Newth
Well done to Jed, Brax and Harriet; it was great to see some juniors on the course. It was also great to see Lorraine and Christine playing 9 holes and enjoying the course.
Next week will be a stroke round and privilege cup.
Friday, September 16 will be a special day for our club in honor of our great mate Terry ‘TJ’ Malone. It will be a 4BBB, 11.30am assembly for a noon hit off. Non-handicappers more than welcome.
Annual tournament: Jeff Carnie’s putting style is under the microscope of Campaspe Golf Club annual tournament participants Paul Pappin and Ian Scurrah. Photo by Rohan Aldous
Campaspe golf
Absolutely gorgeous weather for a Stableford round on Sunday. Our runaway winner with 32 points was John Canavan and his lovely wife was the runner up with 30 points. Straightest drive went to Denise. Next week is a pair event. Thank goodness for the lovely warm weather as it has helped our fairways look an absolute picture after all the wet weather we have had recently.
Approach shot: Bruce Rasmussen from Elmore contested the annual Campaspe Golf Club tournament on Friday and Saturday. Photo by Rohan Aldous
Elmore Golf
Sunday was played in fine weather and with the course drying out players enjoyed the Rochester Tires Round 4, with Sam Mcloed winning with 34pts. Luke Price with 32pts was runner up. Leader for the award after this round is Sam Mcloed with 35, followed by Nick Gibbs on 29, and Greg Holmberg on 20, and only one round left to play on Sept 18th.
NTPs: 3 shots on the 3rd Sam Mcleod, 2 shots on the 6th Jake Price, 2 shots on the 10th Nick Gibbs and the Super Pin Ant Tanner.
Chicken Run: Winner Troy Holmberg, runner-up Tom Carbonon, NTP 2 shots on the 4th Tom Carbonon.
Ladies: Winner was Elina Susanto with -3. Well done, Elina.
August 31 will be a fun day and September 7 is stroke, putting round six.
The club closing day will be September 25. Keep this date in your calendar; further details later.
Lockington Golf
Golfers enjoyed good weather and played a Stableford round at Lockington on Saturday. In a very close finish, A Grade honors went to Grant Humbert with 35 points, on the 6th countback from Kevin Humbert, while Mat Dennis also returned 35.
The best score of the day was 36 points, returned by B Grade’s winner, Andrew Glatte, while C Grade was also decided on a countback, with the win going to JD Wright ahead of Mark Lyons, after both returned 31 points.
Yardstick balls (next best scores, all grades): 34 – Trav Mancer, Brett Stone, Ray Brereton. Nearest the pins: 7th – Mark Lyons; 2nd shot 13th – Grant Humbert (A), Ray Brereton (B), JD Wright (C); 2nd shot 18th for the 6-pack smack – Brett Stone.
Spike’s Longest Drive on the 15th, sponsored by Hot ‘n’ Cold Plumbing: Grant Humbert (A), Stuart Newton (B), Mark Lyons (C). Neither the Echuca CIH eagles nest on the 3rd, nor Captain Bricka’s yardstick prize on the 16th, was won.
Trav Mancer played Terry Thomas in the Handicap Matchplay semi-final and started brilliantly to be 4-up after 4, including a birdie on the 1st. Terry won the 6th to stem the flow, but Trav then won the 8th and 11th to stretch the lead to 5-up. He then halved the next three holes to win the match 5 and 4 and progress to the final.
The other semi was between Jason Wakefield and Tom Scurrah, and Jason started well to be 4-up after 9 holes and after winning the 10th was 5-up. Tom then fought back to win the 11th, 12th and 14th to cut the deficit to only 2-down, but Jason won the 16th to seal a hard-fought win 3 and 2.
Upcoming events: Friday 2nd September – Captain vs President. Duty: Phyll Macfarlane, Pauline Humbert. Saturday, September 3: Stroke – Gartside Cup Final – Monthly Medal. Duty: Andrew Glatte, Tony Brooke.
Gartside Cup finalists: 1st round – Grant Humbert, Steve Holt, Jason Wakefield; standby – Ian Haines; 2nd round – Brad Wakefield, Jeff Carnie, Darren Carnie; b/w – JD Wright; 3rd round – Mark Lyons, Kevin Humbert, Mat Dennis; b/w – Jimmy Hodgens; 4th round – Don Muhleisen, Ron Dixon, Terry Thomas; b/w – Trot Mancer; 5th round – Andy Freemantle, Ash Portwine, Brett Stone; b/w – Tony Brooke.
The Bickford Bowl has been re-scheduled to Thursday, September 29, as a result of last week’s wet weather making the course unsuitable for play.