On a day more suited to indoor activities our 3 pennant teams slugged it out in tough going today. Strong, gusty winds and frequent rain squalls made it difficult to play good golf. However like the saying goes, when the going gets tough the tough get going and all 3 teams won their matches.

Div 2 played Phillip Island at Lang Lang, and won 6-1. With the final Div 2 round to be played at Leongatha on the 15th and our team having a bye, our Div 2 cannot improve on their 3-1 record but have almost certainly already secured a finals berth. Well done guys!

Div 3 played Lang Lang at Phillip Island and also won 6-1. Despite another round still to be played, by my reckoning their 5-1 match record means that they have also stitched up a gig in the final.

The Div 4 match against Phillip Island at Aussie Golf Ranch was a much closer affair, with our boys winning 4-3 after one of our fill-ins, Ian Murchie sealed the victory on the 19th! The win gives the team a 4-2 match record and keeps them in the running for a finals berth. However they will still need to win their final round match to have a chance.

Next Sunday is Mother’s Day so pennant takes a breather. The final rounds for Divs 3 & 4 will be played on the 15th and the final on the 22nd.

Today’s event was kindly sponsored by Manna Gum@ Broadbeach restaurant at Inverloch.

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Thursday Results

Today saw our Div 2 team suffer their first loss (4-3) in a very tight contest with Wonthaggi at Foster. Two of the games went to extra holes, with our team coming up empty-handed on both occasions! Div 2 will now need to win their next round match to ensure a place in the final.

Div 3 played Korumburra at Wonthaggi, and came away with a strong 6-1 win. This places Div 3 with 4 wins and 1 loss from 5 starts, and a further win from the final 2 rounds should see them play in the final this year.

Div 4 played Lang Lang at Woorayl, and went down 4-3 in an exciting contest. Again, several games could have gone either way. Good wins were secured by Peter Jaspers (5/4), Andy Bassett (2 up) and Bryan McCorkell (19th). The loss will probably mean that Div 4 now need to win both of their remaining matches to secure a finals berth. Highlight of the day was a shot Dan Poynton played from INSIDE the Clubhouse back towards the 9th green after his shanked approach shot rolled through an open sliding door! He chipped back onto the green, narrowly missing holing it! I have it on video an hopefully will be able to upload it to the website soon!

The event concluded today with the pair of Andy Bassett and Ian Murchie winning the handicap section with a 2 round score of +11. They won from the pairs of Jason Dennerley and Leroy Sharrock, and Ron Paice and Trevor Moss who both posted +9 scores. The scratch section was won byJason Dennerley and Leroy Sharrock, who posted a 2 round total of 146. Congratulations to the winning pairs.

Further details of both the scratch and handicap sections are shown below:

Handicap

Scratch:

Jason Dennerley & Leroy Sharrock      75 & 71 = 146

Russell williams and Barry Attwood     77 & 74 = 151

Gordon Morrison & Geoff McDonald    78 & 81 = 159

Ken Wardle & John Feddersen       78 & 82 = 160

Ray Burton & Doug Clemann  80 &  82 = 162

Peter Jaspers & Bruce Hutton 85 & 83 = 168

Peter Hartigan & Chris Leaver 85 & 83 = 168

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Saturday Results