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Update on Tuesday Championships

April 13, 2017Comments Off on Update on Tuesday ChampionshipsLatest News

With two rounds completed of the Men’s Tuesday Plate, and 88 players having played across the last two Tuesday’s, things are hotting up with Geoff McDonald clinging onto a one stroke lead with a Best Two Round total of 69 points.

Following closely behind is Terry Grace with 68 points and then a gaggle of other players within striking distance.

With the format being Best two Rounds of Three, this event always goes down to the wire on the last round, which is next Tuesday 16th April.  There are at least 64 players who could slip past Geoff’s current score should any one of them shoot the best score of the two rounds so far, which has been a very handy 39 points.

With 45 players having put in only one score in the first two rounds, I am expecting it will be a full field next Tuesday to have a go at the title.  26 degree’s and sunny I hear, what a day for golf.

Beware the sleepers!

The top ten scores so far are:

Surname FirstName Score Score Score
McDONALD GEOFFREY 33 36 69
GRACE TERRY 36 32 68
McRITCHIE GRANT 34 33 67
VORWERG DAVID 32 35 67
HUTTON BRUCE 31 34 65
HORMAN PETER 29 35 64
WALLACE DENIS 33 31 64
CLEMANN DOUG 34 29 63
SMITH JON R 33 30 63
WALSH PETER 34 29 63

Wednesday 12th April 2017 – Stableford

April 12, 2017Comments Off on Wednesday 12th April 2017 – StablefordLatest News

Today’s event was sponsored by Loris Clark and Sue Bowler.  We had a total of 37 players in the 18 hole event and 10 players in the 9 hole event.  The winners were A Grade – Toni West 39 pts, B Grade – Sue Bowler 39 pts and C Grade – Lianne Adamson 29 pts on c/b.  The winner of the 9 hole event was once again Marion Chalmers with 21 pts on c/b.

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Women’s Pennant Monday 10th April

April 11, 2017Comments Off on Women’s Pennant Monday 10th AprilLatest News

The last round of pennant was played today, with no joy for the Section 1 team who went down 4/1 to Meeniyan, the winners of this section. Colleen Touzel was our only winner on the day. Unfortunately our No 1 team is now relegated to section 2, we will have two teams in this section next year. Congratulations to Meeniyan Golf Club who have won this section for the second successive year, a very good effort.

Section 2 did not play in this round and finished second on the ladder.  Korumburra won this section and they will now move up to section 1. Well done Korumburra.

Section 3 had little joy on the last day, winning only two games against the section winners Welshpool. Coral Gray and Louise Schache were our winners. Leongatha 3 now goes down to section 4.  Congratulations go to Welshpool, a good effort for a small club.

Section 4 provided the highlight of the YEAR by coming from behind to win their section by one game. Starting the day 4 points and 2 1/2 games behind Woorayl a win was mathematically possible but not probable.  However when our girls defeated Meeniyan 3 1/2 – 1 1/2 Korumburra helped us out by defeating Woorayl 5/0 to allow us to draw level on points and go to 17 matches won, one ahead of Woorayl. This means section 4 winners will go up to section 3, so in reality Leongatha will still have one team in section 3 and one team in section 4.

The winners yesterday were Loris Clark, Sue Woods, Lianne Adamson, Sue Bowler squared her match and Marg Griffiths just lost a close match.  Others players to play for the victorious team over the season have been Louise Schache, Lynda Bassett, Jan Brownlie, Karen Orford and Libby Seebeck.

Congratulations to all for bringing home a flag to our club.

Men’s Pennant Round 3

April 10, 2017Comments Off on Men’s Pennant Round 3Latest News

Divisions 3 & 4 were due to play at Leongatha GC on Sunday 9th but all matches were postponed to be replayed on the 23rd April (as I understand at this time).

As Men’s Captain, I was Starter on the day and ultimately responsible for the decision to postpone the LGC matches, and as we know the day turned out to be quite a nice day for golf, nevertheless I stand by my decision and support Denis Stanes, the SGDGA Secretary, for his decision to postpone the whole round. From what I have heard the other host Clubs were reporting very similar conditions.

Denis told me that he was getting a bit of stick over the postponement so to placate some of those disgruntled golfers, should they read our website, I offer the  the following as way of explanation of Sunday’s decision.

Hindsight is wonderful but it rarely melds well with caution, which I prefer to err on the side of.

I examined the Course before the start of play. Despite constant rain and squalls overnight and leading up to the start, the Course was in good nick with some bunkers carrying water and inundations on the usual lower lying greens, but very playable especially as the rain was clearing and a good breeze was blowing.

My biggest concern was the amount of lightning I had encountered  in the vicinity of the Course that morning.  Whilst there was a lifting of the rain and breaks before the next rain band according to the radar we were watching, the Bureau of Meteorology forecast was for continuing thunderstorms and lightning for the rest of  the morning and later in the day.

Whilst you can keep a weather eye open for rain and storms, lightning can strike when the conditions suit and it’s too late after the event if someone was struck, to call play off and to postpone the rest of the match.

If I want to know if the Course is ready to play, I rely on the professionals, our Green Keeper Dylan for the Course and the BoM for the weather.  The lightning risk was real and present and underpinned the decision.

See you on the 23rd.

Andy Bassett.

 

Men’s Stableford Saturday April 8

April 8, 2017Comments Off on Men’s Stableford Saturday April 8Latest News

77 players played in some tough windy conditions. Best score of the Day went to Jason Dennerley with a good score of 36 points on c/b. The B-Grade winner was Neale Gillin with 35 points. Allan Schache won C-Grade with a good score of 36.

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S.G.W.G.Assoc. Bowl held at Leongatha 7th April 2017

April 7, 2017Comments Off on S.G.W.G.Assoc. Bowl held at Leongatha 7th April 2017Latest News

In perfect conditions, both course and weather, 60 women from all 9 clubs in the South Gippsland District took part in the annual Bowl. With the aggregate stableford points from each team of 3 players, the winners with a score of 88 points was Leongatha 1, closely followed by Wonthaggi 1 87 pts, Wonthaggi 2 85 pts and Phillip Island 85 pts.

The winning Leongatha team was Maxine Eabry 26 pts, Trish Owen 33 pts and Marg Griffiths 29 pts. Well done team!

A Grade winner       Anne Walker (Wonthaggi) 34 pts,

B Grade winner        Trish Owen  (Lga) 33 pts

C Grade winner        Loris Clark    (Lga)  32 pts

 

Women’s Stroke Monthly Medal 5/4/2017

April 5, 2017Comments Off on Women’s Stroke Monthly Medal 5/4/2017Latest News

In magnificent weather 34 women played for the April Monthly Medal, kindly sponsored by Louise Schache.Toni West shot 77 off the stick ,her lowest score ever on our Red course to win the Monthly Medal . Her score was 77- 10 nett 67. Well done Toni, that was just brilliant. Toni was also the winner of A Grade with her nett 67 . It was no surprise that Toni also won the putting with 27 putts.  Scratch event this month was for B Grade players and the winner was Marg Griffiths with 102. Marg was also the B Grade handicap winner with a nett score of 74  from her 28 handicap. Sue Bowler was C Grade winner 102 – 31 – 71 nett. Nearest the pin 4th Toni West 12.5m and 16th Louise Schache 4.75m

Seven players took part in the 9 hole comp on the front 6 of the Green Course. The winner was Marion Chalmers with 21 points on a count back from Gwen Chapman

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18 hole results

9 hole results

 

 

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