Echuca-Moama and district golf notes

Lockington successfully retained the shield with a score of 480 points and a comprehensive 48-point margin over Rochester.

The win was all the sweeter for captain Mark Lyons, given that Locky had only 16 players on the day, only one more than the minimum 15 required.

Individual winners: Men – Jason Wakefield 41, runner-up Steve Holt 40, c/b Mark Lyons. Women – Jenny Holt 28, runner-up Di Gallagher (Rochester), c/b Pauline Humbert.

Ball comp: Brad Wakefield 38, Gary Milligan 36, Ian Maddison 36, JD Wright 34, Jake Wright (Rochester) 33, Don Muhleisen 32, Lee Hicks (Rochester) 32, Col Johnson (Rochester) 32.

Nearest-the-pins: 3rd – Barb McCarty (Rochester), Shane Bywaters (Rochester); 7th – Annette Brereton; 16th – Barb McCarty, Mark Walsh (Rochester); 17th – Annette Brereton, Bruce Bryan (Rochester). Long drive: 0-17 Trav Mancer; 18-47 Shane Connelly (Rochester); Women - Di Gallagher.

Thursday, June 15:

A number of Lockington golfers travelled to Elmore to participate in their annual tournament.

Phyll Macfarlane and Helen Hayes combined well to finish runners-up in the Ladies’ 4BBB held last Thursday.

Saturday, June 17:

Club Championships grand final day

The race for the club champion title saw Brett Stone lead Mat Dennis by three shots at the start of the day.

Brett had a shaky start, and his lead was cut to two shots after four holes, but a birdie on the seventh steadied the ship and with solid play Brett’s lead extended to six shots after nine holes.

Brett held his nerve with a solid inside-nine to finish with rounds of 75-77-78=230 to seal his first club champion title.

Runner-up was Grant Humbert (77-84-76=237), followed five shots further back by Mat Dennis and Ash Portwine, both on 242.

B-grade was delicately poised at the start of the day with Trav Mancer leading by three shots from Jason Wakefield, Steve Holt and Stu Newton.

In a round of many ebbs and flows, Stu Newton took the lead after the fourth, but Steve Holt then birdied the fifth to hit the front, which he held until the ninth when Trav and Stu hit the front.

Trav took the outright lead after the 10th, but was joined again by Holt in front after the 14th. Trav parred the 15th to again take the lead outright by a shot, which extended to two after the 17th.

There was a two-shot turnaround on the 18th when Steve parred the hole to tie the contest, both finishing on 260.

Jason Wakefield (261) was just one shot behind, with Stu only one shot further back on 262. Next Saturday Trav and Steve will play 18 holes to determine the winner of the title.

Ron Dixon had a four-shot lead at the start of the day in the contest for the C-grade title.

With a solid first nine he extended his lead before ultimately winning by six shots with his three rounds of 93-98-97=288.

Runner-up was Mark Lyons (95-101-98=294) with Tom Scurrah (95-104-100=299) in third place.

The A-grade nett title was won by the in-form Ash Portwine with three terrific rounds of 70-65-69=204, clearly the best in the club for the championships.

Brett Stone (70-72-73=215) was next best, followed by Kevin Humbert (70-71-75=216).

The B-grade nett title was another close finish, with Trav Mancer (68-66-81=215) one shot in front of Steve Holt (73-65-78=216), followed by Jason Wakefield and the fast- finishing Ian Maddison, tied on 217.

Mark Lyons won the C-grade nett title with his scores of 70-76-74=220. Next best was Ron Dixon (71-76-75=222) and then Tom Scurrah (70-80-75=225).

The contest for the veterans’ title saw another tie, with Kevin Humbert and Steve Holt sharing the prize on 216 by just one shot from Ian Maddison (217) and Gary Milligan (219).

Comp winners: A-grade and Lockington Community Pub Player of the Day - Ash Portwine 81-12-69. B-grade: Ian Maddison 88-16-72, c/b Andrew Glatte 92-20-72. C-grade: Mark Lyons 98-24-74.

Gartside Cup qualifiers: Ash Portwine, Ian Maddison, Grant Humbert; standby – Brett Stone. Nearest-the-pins: 16th – Darren Carnie; 2nd shot 11th – Ash Portwine (A), Andrew Glatte (B); 2nd shot 18th for the six-pack smack – Ash Portwine.

Spike’s Longest Drive on the 8th, sponsored by Hot and Cold Plumbing: Grant Humbert (A), Jeff Carnie (B), Mark Lyons (C).

Neither the Echuca CIH eagles’ nest on the 3rd, nor Captain Bricka’s yardstick prize on the 7th, was won.

Handicap Matchplay first round match: Andrew Glatte defeated Ian Maddison, one-up.

Rich River Golf Club

Thursday, June 15:

Terry Cargill had the score of the day to win C-grade by a big margin.

Shayne Trigwell had a good day, also winning A-grade and a nearest-the-pin and B-grade provided the closest event with John Beattie winning a three-way countback to take the honours.

A-grade: Shayne Trigwell (39 points), 1. Brian Suffolk (38), 2. Simon Pearce (37), 3. B-grade: John Beattie (38 points), 1. Geoff Kelly (38), 2. Tommy Jones (38), 3. C-grade: Terry Cargill (41 points), 1. Robert Thompson (37), 2. Rob Merlo (36), 3. NTPs: Mark Emery, Neil Haw, Rob Merlo, Ken Lambert, Shayne Trigwell and Bob Peters. Super-pin: Barry Armstrong.

Saturday, June 17:

Colin Gneil and Neil Findlay won the J. H. Stapleton Memorial event when they combined for a total of 74 points in the aggregate stableford.

Kade Merlo and Chris Boxtel were not far behind with Kade having an eagle on the par-five fifth on the east course.

Shane Phelan was a happy winner of the super-pin.

A-grade: Colin Gneil and Neil Findlay (74 points), 1. Kade Merlo and Chris Boxtel (73), 2. Mitch Langenbacher and Fletcher Kelly (72), 3. Michael Slender and Matthew Sutton (Scratch 71), 4. NTPs: Paddy Hannon, Jeff Ridge, Colin Gneil, Jesse Cuttriss, Alan Guy, Tony Ciavarella, Todd Louttit, Jim Patton and Darryn Jones. Eagle: Kade Merlo, 5 East. Super-pin: Shane Phelan.

Colleen Lynch and Jodie Armstrong combined beautifully to have a great score to win the Ladies’ 4BBB stableford event. Ingrid Coburn and Kerrie Main were not far behind with Lorraine de Ravin and Fran Galvin in third place. Bernie Smith won the nearest-the-pin and Gloria Bennett the super-pin.

Women’s A-grade: Colleen Lynch and Jodie Armstrong (48 points), 1. Ingrid Coburn and Kerrie Main (46), 2. Lorraine de Ravin and Fran Galvin (45), 3. NTPs: Bernie Smith. Super-pin: Gloria Bennett.

Sunday, June 18:

Steve Crawford had the best score of the day in the medley stableford round on the west course, winning B-grade with 39 points, while Andrew Purdy won A-grade with 37 on a countback to Xavier Clark, who also added the super-pin prize to his haul for the day.

Tyson McCoomb did not make the top three but had a great score with an eagle on the sixth.

A-grade: Andrew Purdy (37 c/b) 1. Xavier Clark (37) 2. Matt Lees (36) 3. B-grade: Steve Crawford (39) 1. Denis Linehan (34 c/b) 2. Clayton Zanella (34) 3. Super-pin: Xavier Clark.

Tuesday, June 20:

Luke Young destroyed the course off the front markers with a brilliant five-under round, with Shane O’Donnell unlucky to come second with 43 points.

Roman Lewandowski took the B-grade honours over recent Bombers Hall of Fame inductee Ted Fordham. Malcolm Arnold went one better than his runner-up finish last week to win C-grade.

A-grade: Luke Young (45 points), 1. Shane O’Donnell (43), 2. John Bedford (39), 3. B-grade: Roman Lewandowski (40 points), 1. Ted Fordham (37), 2. Trevor Ritchie (36), 3. C-grade: Malcolm Arnold (36 points), 1. Don Healey (34), 2. David Collins (33), 3. NTPs: Don Curnow, Max Prendergast, John Bedford, Neil Moresco and John Veitch. Eagle: Luke Young, 17 West. Super-pin: David Morgan.

Wednesday, June 21:

Despite the extremely cold start to the day, 72 women turned out for the stroke round to compete for the June monthly medal, which was won in fine form by Lynne Tucker.

Tucker had the top score of the day, winning B-grade with 70 nett on a countback to Carmel Devlin, who is also eligible for the Medal of Medallists to be played in October.

A-grade: Lorraine De Ravin (71 nett) 1. Carolyn Smith (73) 2. Dianne Paterson (75) 3. B-grade: Lynne Tucker (70 c/b) 1. Carmel Devlin (70) 2. Diane Watson (72) 3.C-grade: Margaret Morgan (72) 1. Suzan Hutton (75 c/b) 2. Julie Charlton (75) 3. NTPs: Marcia Spiers and Diane Watson on the third; Chris Fleming, Sue Jenkinson and Anita Speight on 13; Collen Armstrong, Dianne McMinn and Jodie Armstrong on 16. Super-pin: Colleen Lynch. Monthly Medal: Lynne Tucker.

Rochester Golf Club

Lockington Golf Club retained the Cec Parsons Trophy last Monday, their best combined stableford score of 480 easily accounted for Rochester's 432. Jake Wright, Leigh Hicks and Col Johnson were the best Rochester players.

Wednesday's three-person Ambrose over the back nine was won by the team of Wayne Williams, Kevin McCormack and Robert Vise, 35- 42/6 net 30 4/6, runners-up were the team of Tim Quinlan, Laurie Radley and Shane Wolfe 36-3 (33), next best was Richard Feuk's team on (33 4/6). Peter Anderson continued his liking for the short 12th to win a ball for nearest-the-pin once again.

Julie Leahy was the winner at last Friday's ladies' game; her 35 stableford points were just enough to defeat the unlucky Louise Eeles on a countback. Leahy was nearest on 8, Louise Williams 5 and 16, and Jenny Major was the straightest down 10.

Most players found the going tough in Saturday's men's stroke event. Playing off the back markers and in strong northerly winds only Robert Vise played to or bettered his handicap. Vise's 87 net 70 won from Ian Pollard, Bruce Bryant and Laurie Radley all on 72, Pollard was runner-up on a countback. Neil Goghill (73), Des Gallagher and Ap Kuiper were next best (74).

Nearest-the-pin winners were scarce with Pollard on eight and Gallagher's second shot to 18 being the only winners.

Captain Darren White has indicated next Saturday's event will be played off the forward white markers, which will be a relief to many.

Bamawm Golf Club

It was a beautiful day on course on Sunday for the first championship round for both the men and the women. It was great to see life member Ian Hunter back and playing and quite a few visitors joining for the presentations and members draw.

Winner of the ladies’ stroke was Nikita Frawley with 114-40-74 with Jackie Newth runner-up with 97-20-77.

Winner of the men’s stroke round was Sam Frawley with an amazing score of 80-21-59 from Ben Newth, with great score of 86-20-66.

Longest drive, men’s (0-15) - Michael Giorgianni. Longest drive men’s (16+) - Sam Frawley. Longest drive ladies’ - Jackie Newth. NTP 2nd shot 4/13 - Sam Frawley. NTP 3rd shot 5/14 - Jackie Newth. NTP 7/16 - Sam Newth. NTP 8/17 - Jackie Newth.

Next week will be the second and final round of the championships and will be followed by a barbecue tea; members please bring a salad.

Hit-off is from 11am.