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2016 Super League Presentation Night – Friday June 24th

The 2016 Leongatha Golf Club Super League Presentation Night was held at the Clubhouse on a wet and windy Friday 24th June night. The teams-based event, generously sponsored by the Esplanade Hotel Inverloch ran for 7 regular season rounds plus semi finals and final and concluded last week.

The Cats team were this year’s premiers, defeating the previously undefeated Hawks team, 138 to 131 in the final. Members of the winning Cats team included, Doug Clemann, Wendy Parker, Colin Bear, Coral Gray, Neale Gillin, Ian Barlow, George Misson and Jim Arnott, and each player received a Club voucher. The runners up Hawks team consisted of Jon Smith, Toni West, Joe Lowell, Jan Brownlie, Keith Godridge, Peter Waters, Ian Watson and Paul Luck, and they also received Club vouchers. Ian Barlow received a voucher from The Esplanade Hotel as winner of the best player of the final win an excellent 38 points. It was Jim Arnott and Colin Bear’s second Premiership in the two years of the running of this event, congratulations to them! Jim tells me that he is available for hire next year!

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2016 Premiership Cats team Members: L-R: George Misson, Ian Barlow, Coral Gray and Wendy Parker. Absent: Doug Clemann, Colin Bear, Jim Arnott and Neale Gillin.

Along with the team awards for the Premiers and runners-up, there was also an individual component for the best male and female players throughout the regular season. This year the Club named these awards in honour of our husband and wife dual life Members, Col and Nancy Sperling who were on hand to make the presentations. A Brownlow Medal-style voting system was used to award points for each round, with the Nancy Sperling women’s award going to the consistent Wendy Parker (Cats) who won from Bec Thomas and Marg Griffiths (see below). The Col Sperling Men’s award went to Men’s Captain Peter Waters who won on count back from last year’s winner John Eabry and Club President Chris Leaver (see below).

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Winners of the Col and Nancy Sperling Male and Female Best Player awards for 2016: L-R Col and Nancy Sperling with winners Wendy Parker and Peter Waters.

A good night was had by all, with special thanks going to our staff for running the night, to the Esplanade Hotel who sponsored the event this year, and to George Misson who oversaw the running of the event. We aim to run the event earlier next year – March to May – to take advantage of the better weather and course conditions.

Nancy Sperling Best Female Player Voting:

Wendy Parker – 10 votes

Bec Thomas – 8 votes

Marg Griffiths – 6 votes

Toni West, Rita deBondt, Coral Gray, Colleeen Touzel, Anne Gibson & Shirley Welsford– 4 votes

Col Sperling Best Male Player Voting:

John Eabry, Peter Waters & Chris Leaver – 15

Doug Clemann – 14

Neil Mackenzie – 13

Joe Lowell & Jon Smith – 12

Peter Walsh & Ian Barlow -11

Player # Games Total # Lowest # Games
Scored In S/F Points Score 4 Votes
John Eabry 6 233 30 1
Peter Waters 6 238 33 2
Chris Leaver 6 236 30 1

Peter Waters declared winner on count back

Thursday Stableford – Thursday 23rd June 2016

Windy but fine conditions greeted the field today. The best score of the day of 34 points was a good indication of how tough the going was!

Today’s event was generously sponsored by one of our members, Jeff Brewer. Thanks Jeff!

To view the results of the day, please click on the READ MORE button, and then on the Thursday Results hyperlink

 

THURSDAY RESULTS

Tuesday 21 June 2016 -Stabrose Results.

Stabrose Results.

40 players combined into 10 teams to tackle the Course today playing Stabrose, which is a combination of Stableford and Ambrose.  Teams of 4 or 3, use the handicap of the lowest marker on holes 1-5, 2nd lowest on holes 6-10, 2nd highest handicap on holes 11-14 and highest handicapper on holes 15-18.

Winners:

Bob Birrell, Rod Brown and John Payne with a total score of 57 points.

DTLB’s

 Frank Thomas, Bert Borg, Terry Grace, Andy Bassett with 55 points

 Ian Baker, Peter Walsh, Barry Hughes and Barry Stevens with 53 points on c/b

Ian Barlow, Neale Gillin, Robert Smith & Peter Horman with 53 points.

NTP

4th- Nil

7th – Trevor Steer 2.5m

14th – Peter Buttinger 2.3m

16th – Trevor Steer 3.8m

2016 Esplanade Hotel Super League Final Result

With the Cats holding a 4 shot lead going into the final day yesterday (leading 133 to 129), the Hawks certainly had the job ahead of them to match their score.  They tried hard, but failed to do that. Only Jon Smith and Ian Watson  were able to improve on their previous scores for the Hawks, and they posted a final team score of 131.

The Cats put the issue beyond doubt by having Doug Clemann post a 33 to take them to 135, and Colin Bear rubbed salt into the Hawk’s wounds by then cruising around for another 33 to give the Cats a final team score of 138! Well done Cats, you performed well when it counted – in the final!!!

The Final scoreboard was as follows:

Hawks Jon Smith 31 || 33 Doug Clemann Cats
Toni West 30 || 34 Wendy Parker
Joe Lowell 34 || 33 Colin Bear
Jan Brownlie 34 || 28 Coral Gray
Keith Godridge 26 || 29 Neale Gillin
Peter Waters 30 || 38 Ian Barlow
Ian Watson 32 || George Misson
Paul Luck 29 || 30 Jim Arnott
Best 4 131 || 138 Best 4

Congratulations also go to Ian Barlow who posted the best score in the final by far, with a fine 38 points! In fact, Ian posted the best 2 scores of the final by also posting a 35 point score after he had dropped a shot in handicap! Ian wins a Voucher from the Esplanade Hotel Inverloch for his fine effort.

We remind you that we will be having a cerebratory dinner at the club this coming Friday 24th June to celebrate the completion of the 2016 Esplanade Hotal Super League. We hope to see you all at the event! In addition to the winners and runners up receiving their prizes, the Col and Nancy Sperling Awards, for the best Male and Female players of the regular season will be announced.

Finally, our thanks go to Dylan Clark of the Esplanade Hotel Inverloch for generously sponsoring the event this year. The vouchers Dylan provided were used to reward the best player from each of the 7 regular season rounds, and the 2 finals rounds and added significant interest to the event.

Thanks also go to George Misson who helped me keep the scores during the event. It is not a simple matter to keep tabs on 64 players during the regular season, particularly when they play as often as Wendy Parker did! George missed the final due to work commitments, but I can assure you kept a close eye on proceedings, emailing me regulalry duing the past fortnight.

We hope that you enjoyed the event. We plan to make this, and Top Gun regular events at the Club, but need your continuing support to do so. We plan to run Super League earlier in the year next year, probably from March to May, so that we can have it completed in good weather.

Peter Waters

Update on the 2016 Esplanade Hotel Super League Final – Thursday 16th June 1026

With a Family Ambrose event scheduled for Sunday 19th June, Saturday’s 4BBB stablefrod events (the Tom Welsford Board Event and the ladies event) will be  the last opportunity players involved in this year’s Final of the Esplanade Hotel Super League will have to post a score that will count for their teams.

After yesterday’s and today’s events the Cats are sitting in the box seat over the previously undefeated Hawks. They lead the Hawks, 133 to 129, and the Hawks have some heavy lifting to do to keep their undefeated record intact and take out the title!

On Tuesday Ian Barlow improved on his previous best score of 34  with a great 38 points, and followed up today with a fine 35 for good measure! He really is proving to be a thorn in the Hawks side!

Hawks Cats
Jon Smith 29 31 Doug Clemann
Toni West 30 34 Wendy Parker
Joe Lowell 34 30 Colin Bear
Jan Brownlie 34 28 Coral Gray
Keith Godridge 26 29 Neale Gillin
Peter Waters 30 38 Ian Barlow
Ian Watson 31 George Misson
Paul Luck 29 30 Jim Arnott
Best 4 129 133 Best 4

Like they say in the classics, it ain’t over till the fat lady sings, but I can see her warming up!

For those involved in the final and down to play on Saturday, please remember to keep a separate card for your score, particulalry you Hawks!!!

Also, another reminder that we will be having a presentation night for Super League at the Club on Friday 24th to celebrate the winners for this year. You can put your name down on the booking sheet in the foyer. Hope to see you there!

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