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Thursday, September 23
In A-grade a countback was required to split the first three placegetters, with Bill Bayles edging out Des Carey and Steve Jones.
It was great to see Bernie McGrath in the winner's stall in B-grade, while Alex McRae and Mark Roberts had the scores of the day in C-grade with McRae winning the countback.
Mitchell Simmons was a very happy recipient of the super-pin.
A-grade: 1st Bill Bayles (38 points); 2nd Des Carey (38); 3rd Steve Jones (38).
B-grade: 1st Bernie McGrath (41 points); 2nd Michael Clemmens (40); 3rd Matthew Bell (40).
C-grade: 1st Alex McCrae (42 points); 2nd Mark Roberts (42); 3rd John Stone (40).
NTPs: Andrew Tewhata, Geoff Stephenson, Colin Fanning, Ray Carr, Wayne Eden, Jayden Howe, Steve Levy, Ross Yound, Phil Birrell.
Eagles: Stephen Morgan, Kirk Ardley, Michael Lizza.
Saturday, September 25
Men: AFL Grand Final day for Trevor Moody was bittersweet as he had a win though now his beloved St Kilda holds the record for the team with the longest premiership drought.
Mahir Ozdilek is a fan of the “world game” so was not distracted in the least to claim B-grade. Trevor Withall also had a very good score to win C-grade.
Youngster Patrick Kennedy hit one very close on the super-pin hole to earn a big payday.
A-grade: 1st Trevor Moody (40 points); 2nd Joel Norwood (40); 3rd Luke Keogh (38).
B-grade: 1st Mahir Ozdilek (42 points); 2nd Michael Badura (40); 3rd Grant Stewart (40).
C-grade: 1st Trevor Withall (40 points); 2nd Marc Cain (38); 3rd Patrick Kennedy (37).
NTPs: Stew Mancer, Geoff Kelly, John Bennett, Michael Badura, Brad Mason, Jack Morley, Sean Burns, Rick Young, Marcus Keogh.
Ladies: Noeline King has been on fire recently and AFL Grand Final day saw her win the ultimate prize. Carol Eddy and the consistent Rosalie Drill also had fine scores to be in the placegetters.
Maxine Aitken hit one close to claim the super-pin.
A-grade: 1st Noeline King (40 points); 2nd Carol Eddy (38); 3rd Rosalie Drill (38).
NTPs: Georgie Azzopardi, Rita Freestone.
Sunday, September 26:
A field of 91 players took to the east course for Sunday's medley stableford round. Stewart Gough had the best score of the day to take the win in B-grade with 43 points, while Joe Burton won in A-grade with 37.
A-grade: 1st Joe Burton (37); 2nd William Mackenzie (36 c/b); 3rd Tony Morgan (36).
B-grade: 1st Stewart Gough (43); 2nd Alan Curtis (39); 3rd Terry Jeoffreys (38 c/b).
Monday, September 27:
Nine holes: The nine-hole stableford competition was won by Susan Hull with 22 points from Lesley Mitchell (20) in second place and Helen Makin (19) in third.
18-hole medley: Fifty players made up the mixed field for the stableford round with some fantastic scores. Best score of the day was Denise Ferrier's 46 points, with placegetters down to ninth place all with scores of 40 and above.
Overall: 1st Denise Ferrier (46); 2nd Noeline King (42 c/b); 3rd Margaret Arnold (42).
Tuesday, September 28:
Beautiful conditions for golf resulted in some great scores on Tuesday.
Matt Jean and Mitch McMullin shot under par but it was not good enough to beat Shayne Trigwell.
Dave Edgar’s handicap is rapidly on the way down after beating the in-form Craig Bessell and Bill ‘Elbows’ Ramsay in B-grade.
C-grade produced stunning scores with Trent Davidson and Warwick Stiles both having eight shots better than their handicap, while poor Phil Loft had to settle for third with 41 points.
Victorian Steve Presser didn’t take long to win a super-pin after his enforced lay-off.
A-grade: 1st Shayne Trigwell (41 points); 2nd Matt Jean (40); 3rd Mitch McMullin (40).
B-grade: 1st Dave Edgar (42 points); 2nd Craig Bessell (41); 3rd Bill Ramsay (41).
C-grade: 1st Trent Davidson (44 points); 2nd Warwick Stiles (44); 3rd Phil Loft (41).
NTPs: Guy Galvin, Trevor Mellington, Gerard Ryan, Matt Jean (x2), Bruce Aitken, Dave Edgar, John Moyle, John Stone.
Wednesday, September 29:
Despite the weather forecast promising rain all day (which did not eventuate until after everyone was back in the clubhouse), 60 women took to the course for Wednesday's event.
A few of the club's newest members joined the field for their first 18-hole round with Debbie Schwarz putting her tee shot on the 16th hole just over a metre from the flagstick to take out the super-pin.
A-grade: 1st Lyn Kingston (42 points); 2nd Simone Morgan (38); 3rd Winnie Lavery (37).
B-grade: 1st Shirley Phelan (37 c/b); 2nd Liz McKinlay (37); 3rd Patricia Plowman (36).
NTPs: Joy Kelly (A-grade), Anna Nicholas-Martin (B) and Jill Flanagan (C).
Super-pin: Debbie Schwarz.