General News
15 July, 2024
Golf's tournament season starts
BOORT golf champion Andrew Kane has added another notch to his belt, breaking the course record at Mitiamo’s annual tournament with an off-the-stick 63. Kane’s record highlighted a spectacular four days, with 120 players taking to the course in...
BOORT golf champion Andrew Kane has added another notch to his belt, breaking the course record at Mitiamo’s annual tournament with an off-the-stick 63.
Kane’s record highlighted a spectacular four days, with 120 players taking to the course in four different formats.
The men’s 36-hole event saw 42 players hit off in the morning frost, with Paul Kuiper’s nett 69 the best score. Kane’s 63 (nett 62) dominated the afternoon when 12 players took part.
Men’s 36 holes - A Grade 18-hole nett: AM P. Kuiper 69, PM A. Kane 62, B Grade 18-hole nett: AM G. Kerr 70, PM P. Hamley 68. A Grade 36-hole scratch: A. Masters 139, nett A. Kuiper 135 (C/B C. Burns). B Grade 36-hole scratch: R. Lister 172, nett H. Condliffe 140.
NTP No.2 M. Miles, NTP No.6 S. Mancer, NTP No.11 T. Mancer, NTP No.16 A Kane. Long Drive No.18: 0-18 J.Currick, 19 and over J. Stewart, veterans B. Lawry.
Ladies 4BBB - Winners L. Wilson and J. Wiltshire 46pts. R-Up S. Davey and & K. Batter 43pts. NTP No.2 D.Bish, NTP No.11 C. Pearce, NTP No.16 Humbert. Long Drive D1 K. McNaughton D2 J.Holt.
Men’s 4BBB - Division 1 winners T. and S. Barnes 47pts. R-Up A. Palmer and M. Giorgianni 46pts. Div 2 winners A. Gould and B. Homes 47pts. R-Up W. Williams and R. Ballantyne 45pts. NTP No.2 B. Homes, NTP No.4 P. Kuiper, NTP No.11 P. Hamley, NTP No.16 P. Carmody. Second shot No.7 A. Gould. Long Drive 0-18 J. Wright, 19 and over J. Smith, veterans G. Smith.
3 Person Ambrose - Mixed winners D. and M. Stewart and A. Gould 54.5. R-Up L. and P. Richardson and J. Wiltshire 57. Men’s winners were P. and H. Condliffe and D. Vanstan 55.5. R-Up J. Roberts, J. Mann and D. McNamara 58.5. NTP No.2 K. Harrison, NTP No.11 P. Richardson, NTP No.16 P. Richardson. Second shot No.5 P Condliffe. Second shot No.17 D. Stewart.
Pyramid Hill
Following the fourth and final championship round, Grant Mooney (226) has been crowned 2024 club champion. The A Grade handicap winner was Don Stewart (208), B Grade champion was Tony Mullins (264) and handicap winner was Jarad Smith (223). C Grade champion was Jed Stewart (298), with Paul Walters (221) taking out the handicap. The winner of the day was Jed Stewart (88-27-61) and the runner up was Jason Deller (79-12-67).
This week will see the annual Carmody Shield competition, a three-person ambrose. Golfers are welcome from other clubs, with assembly at midday.
Boort
With a few members away at tournaments or on holiday, half a dozen took advantage of the sunny conditions in a stableford event.
Di Johnston beat all the men with her score of 34 points. Damien Lanyon and Rob Johnston rounded out the ball pool, and along with Di also claimed all five nearest the pin prizes between them. Next weekend will see a stableford event on Sunday at 11am, with the club’s annual tournament held the week after.
Results: Di Johnston (10) 34pts, Damien Lanyon (8) 33, Rob Johnston (10) 32, Ray Taylor (31) 31, Tom Gross (4) 29, Peter Eicher (20) 25. NTP No.1 Rob Johnston, No.8 Di Johnston, No.9 Di Johnston, No.15 Damien Lanyon, No.18 Damien Lanyon.