Last Saturday 99 golfers teed off in the single stableford event with Lauchie Woodgate coming out on top with a score of 40 points.
Lauchie had to survive a countback with Peter Dawe who also returned a card with 40 points, Peter having 21 points on the homeward nine, one point less than Lauchie.
Given the windy conditions that prevailed, the scores turned in on the day were a great effort.
Aart Hooykaas found some true form that got him a third place he said ‘it has been a fair while since I has finished in the placing’.
Aart also had to survive a countback with Dane Hamilton-Giggins, Aart with a 23 and Dane a 21 homeward nine.
Other golfers to show out on the day were Paul Maxwell who figured in the countback for third and fourth with an 18 on the back nine.
Noel Gaddes, Peter Delaney, and Ian Vidler all had 38’s, Denys Tobin, Neil Duffus,Rupert Mullen and Dick Olive all carded 37.
Nearest-the-pins for the round went to Barry Morrison, Peter McGill, and Greg McCoy with Noel Gaddes getting the pizza hole and Dave Mattacott (Urunga) taking out the money shot. Ball rundown for the round went to 34 c/b and the CCR recorded was 68/37.
Ninety-nine players teed up on Thursday with a result that Wayne Cheetham found himself in the lead with a round that was recorded at 41 points.
Next in was Rupert Mullen going through a purple patch at the moment and scoring 40 points.
Jack Guggrty, Dave Trickett and Ray Wynn fought out the third place with Jack getting the better of the countback with 20 points while Dave managed 18.
Ray Wynn was the unlucky one to miss out as he also recorded a 38 with a last nine holes of 18 points then the same as Dave for the last six holes, taking it back to the tenth degree of hole by hole.
The only other players to better par for the round were Ken Summerville, Tommy Boulton, Peter Hutchinson and Greg McCoy all with rounds of 37 points.
Nearest-the-pins for the round was a stand out for Drew Glasson with a hole-in-one on the 5th, holing out on the fly with a shot he did not think went in and that the lads playing with him where having a lend of him.
Peter Moxon took out the 7th with Mick Anderson at the 8th, Norm Simms the 13th and Kel McGoldrick the 15th.
Jack Guggrty took out the money shot, while the ball rundown went to 34c/b with a CCR at 69/36.
Being involved in the club as much as I have over the past few years you come across some real fine people none better than Michael ‘Coke’ Coleman.
To this area ‘Coke’ as he was affectionately called was a real fair dinkum bloke and a person who had the town at heart.
He had time for everybody he came across, old and young alike all respected him and he gave that respect back three fold.
He will be sadly missed by all who knew him, and all will have their own tale to tell of an occasion with ‘Coke’.
When I first met him some time ago I asked him what he did for a crust and he informed me he was a
baggage handler. It took me a while to work out what he was on about but that was his way. To Eve and Coke’s family thanks for sharing him with us, the town will be much poorer for his passing.
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