Rich River
Thursday, January 7
The week started on Thursday, January 7, with 208 men playing a par round on the west course.
In A grade, Trent Eacott took the honour with +4 on a countback from Trevor Hay and John Bedford was third with 3.
B grade went to David Borthwick on 6, Shane Phelan on 3 and Richard Douglas came in with 2.
John Paterson was the C grade winner with 1 on a countback from Keith Bremner and Ray Steele.
The rundown went to -1 and eagles were scored by Luke Young on the sixth and Richard Douglas on the 17th.
Nearest the pins on the fourth went to Kevin Saillard (A grade), Greasi Wallace (B grade) and Malcolm Arnold (C grade) while on the eighth Brian O’Neill, Dom Cerrone and Stuie Sinclair were winners.
The super-pin was won by Bill Bayles.
Saturday, January 9
On Saturday, 203 men and 31 women played a stroke on the west course.
The men played for the January monthly medal and the women for the star award.
In the men’s competition, A grade was taken out by Dale Chiswell with 67 nett, followed by Simon Locke with 68.
B grade and the monthly medal went to Marcus Kenna on 66 nett, with Simon Cheong on 67.
C grade winner with 70 nett was Rob Merlo on a countback from Ted Retallick.
The rundown went to 72.
Cooper Gentle and Ben Patten both had eagles - Cooper on the 10th and Ben on the sixth.
NTPs on the fourth were Simon Locke, Daryn Jones and Phil Smith and on the eighth, Patrick Hannon, Joel Norwood and Andrew Marr.
The super-pin winner was Darryn Jones.
Gross awards went to Kirk Ardley, Philip Hubbard, Colin Heywood, Wayne Eden and Grant Scott.
In the women’s event, Judy Cook was the winner with 70 nett, also taking out the January Star Award on a countback from Jan McGuinness.
Fiona Simpson was third with 71.
The rundown went to 73.
NTPs on the eighth were Heather Gunstone (division one) and Marilyn Carr (division two).
The super-pin went to Maxine Aitken.
Monday, January 11
Monday saw 18 players brave the heat to play in the nine-hole par round on the west.
New player Melissa Freeman was overall winner with 2 from Susan Hull ( 1).
Megan Murdoch was third on square.
The 18-hole medley event, with 17 entrants, was won by Nola Bennett (-1) from Ros Pellegrino (-3) and Barb Sands (-3).
Tuesday, January 12
There were some good scores on Tuesday when 189 men played stableford on the east course.
Taking out A grade was Greg Cadd with 42 points from Patrick Hannon with 40 on a countback from Alex Stevens.
In B grade, Jack Hewitt had a magnificent 45 points, followed by Brian Sharp 42 and John King 41.
C grade scores were just as good, with Geoff Crossman (44) winning ahead of Lee Kennedy (41) and Jim Swinnerton (40).
The rundown went to 36.
Eagles were scored by Troy Kenny and Nicholas O’Connor on the 17th and 11th holes respectively.
NTPs on the third were Chris Jennings, Axyl Lewis and Alex McCrae; on the 8th, Alex Stevens, Ap Kuiper and William Brander while on the 13th Craig Opie, John Lane and Ian Maddison were successful.
The super-pin was won by Ron Meikle.
Wednesday, January 13
Wednesday saw 70 women compete in a stableford event on the west course.
Georgiana Azzopardi won A grade with 40 points on a countback from Marilyn Robins, while Karen “Fitzy” Fitzgerald made up the top three with 37.
Lorraine Bowman had the best score of the day, 41 points, to win B grade from Sharna Chapman on 36 and Kerry McLaughlan (35).
Points needed in the rundown went to 33.
Nearest the pins on the fourth went to Marcia Spiers, Carolyn Smith and Jan Annakis while Lyn Kingston was NTP with her second shot on the eighth.
The super-pin winner was Deb Bawden.
GV Veterans
The Goulburn Valley Veteran Golfers Association has cancelled the first event of its 2021 program scheduled for Parklands Golf Club in January due to continuing concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.
A restart has not yet been determined but the committee is watching the situation closely in NSW and Victoria and is adopting a very cautious approach to the restart.
Continue to monitor these pages for advice on a restart and of any necessary changes to the conduct of GVVGA events necessitated by the health directives at the time.
The annual general meeting will be held at the conclusion of play of the first event in 2021 and we invite you to consider nominating for a position on the committee.
Nominations may be submitted on the day of the meeting, or you may contact the secretary up to two days prior by text or email to register your interest.
We have many long-serving committee members, which demonstrates that the committee roles are not onerous, but sharing of the work and rejuvenation with new enthusiastic members is always welcome.
Remember that all financial 2020 GVVGA members will carry over their membership to 2021.
New members will be required to join up with the normal $20 fee.