A WET start to the day saw a field of just 48 take to The Island Golf Course on Thursday for a stableford event in two divisions.
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Drew Glasson took out the division one with a round of 37 points playing off a six handicap while Stephen Ball (10 handicap) was the runner-up in a countback from Allan Cockburn (Wauchope), both with 35 points.
Taking out division two was Les Mohr (22) with 35 points. In a unique situation David Ogilvy (19) was the runner-up with just 29 points, but his score was not good enough to be included in the ball rundown. Ball rundown went to 30 with Warren Fuller the only one to collect. Peter Farrell and Col Wormleaton also had reasonable rounds with scores of 35 and 34 each.
Nearest the pins went to Rod Robertson at the 3rd, Andrew Bagust at 5, Peter Farrell at 7, Drew Glasson at 8, Denys Tobin won the pizza, John Hopkins took out Stu’s Ball at 15, and Paul Ryan topped his round with the money shot.
On Saturday a field of 93 teed off with Peter Garner (6) visiting from Forster winning A grade with 38 stableford points. Peter Farrell (4) was second with 34 points. In B grade John Starr again came up trumps with his round of 37 to win from Bernie Dugdale (17) also a round of 37.
In C grade Les Mohr (21) again showed out with a round of 41 points. Filling the runner-up spot was Robert Bond (19) with 36 points. Ball rundown went to 32 with David Bird, Lyn Grose, Col Wormleaton and Greg McCoy to collect. Nearest the pins went to Glen Crow on 3 and 15, Peter Farrell took out the jackpot lottery ticket at the 5th courtesy of Nambucca Newsagencies, Les Mohr the 7th, Lyn Grose the 8th, Peter Morriss the pizza hole and Robert Reid won the money shot at 18.
The club will host the NSW Senior Men's Championship, sponsored by Nambucca Shire Council and Geoff King Motors. This will take place from March 19 with a foursomes championship event, then three days of the Championships with stroke play. All players are 55 years and over, and from the look at the entries a high standard of play is assured.
Then from March 22 The Island will host the NSW Seniors Ladies Championship. This will be staged over four days and again, the quality of play will be high.
This means that over two weeks the club will play host to over 200 golfers from all over the State.
Members who can assist during this period are needed – with jobs such as spotting, raking bunkers, starting, raffle sales and caddying.
This is a great opportunity to show off the wonderful golf course at Nambucca Heads to the people from all over NSW. The general public is warmly invited to spectate at these events where the standard of play will be high.
