Echuca-Moama golf news | December 10-17

Darren Burr won A-grade in glorious golfing conditions and Clarke Taylor showed his grandson that he is still a force to be reckoned with, winning C-grade.

East:

A-grade: 1st Darren Burr (37 points); 2nd Wayne Sperling (36); 3rd Michael de Jager (35).

B-grade: 1st Brian Malone (42 points); 2nd Nathan Barker (36); 3rd Bob Scott (36).

C-grade: 1st Clarke Taylor (39 points); 2nd Alex McRae (37); 3rd Bob Scott (36).

Super-pin: Denis Lobb.

West:

A-grade: 1st Merv Rankin (39 points); 2nd Paul Allan (36); 3rd Lindsay Mudge (35).

Super-pin: Gavin Cole.

Saturday, December 11:

Adam McCrae shot five-under-par but could not beat Angus Baldwin for the major A-grade prize.

After all the tips from his playing partners over the year, Kaine Anderson finally got into the placings.

Brian Suffolk had a great day to tip out Marc Cain in B-grade while youngster Jack Morley will not be on Rob Kilgour’s Christmas card list after a great round to win C-grade.

A-grade: 1st Angus Baldwin (41 points), 2nd Adam McRae (40), 3rd Kaine Anderson (40).

B-grade: 1st Brian Suffolk (42 points), 2nd Marc Cain (41), 3rd Alan Williams (40).

C-grade: 1st Jack Morley (44 points), 2nd Rob Kilgour (43), 3rd Colin Short (41).

Monthly Medal: Paddy Hannon (nett 63).

Super-pin: Glenn Albert.

Nearest-the-pins: Jock Watson, Brian Malone, Peter Bawden, Kev Drennan, Jeff Ridge and Brendan Murphy.

Eagle: Alex Stevens (15 West).

Ladies:

Lyn Kingston and Dale Haw fought out the stableford event with both having fine scores of 38 stableford points while Liz McKinlay finished in third.

Fitzy won the super-pin again.

A-grade: 1st Lyn Kingston (38 points); 2nd Dale Haw (38); 3rd Liz McKinlay (35).

Super-pin: Karen Fitzgerald

Nearest-the-pins: Di Symons.

Sunday, December 12:

Sunday's medley par round turned up some fantastic scores with Valma O'Neill absolutely blitzing the field with a plus nine, six ahead of Ryan Stobaus on plus three, with Carol Schulz making up the top three on plus two.

Monday, December 13:

Thirty-eight players turned out for the Monday women's nine-hole competition and Rich River stalwart Beryl Clack topped the field with 20 stableford points.

Places: 1st Beryl Clack (20 points); 2nd Lyn Barker (19) 3rd Jennifer French (18).

Nearest-the-pins: Chris Kelly (A-grade) and Shirlie Jackson (B-grade).

18-hole medley stableford

A shortened field saw Kathryn Sinnett come in with 41 stableford points to win the day's event from Axyl Lewis (39 points) and Chris Bronsgeest (38) third. Axyl also took out the nearest-the-pin.

Tuesday, December 14:

A-grade: 1st Sean Burns (+4); 2nd Tom Flinn (+4); 3rd Brian Suffolk (+3).

B-grade: 1st John Berry (+5); 2nd Geoff Stephenson (+4); 3rd Cliff Schindler (+3).

C-grade: 1st Ian Baylis (+5); 2nd Roman Lewandowski (+4); 3rd John Stone (+3).

Super-pin: Bob Scott.

Nearest-the- pins: Darren Burr, John Lane, Handel Aubrey, George O’Sullivan, Andrew Beaumont, John Veitch, Jock Watson and John Berry.

Wednesday, December 15th:

Ninety-three women took to the west course for the annual Christmas celebration on Wednesday, complete with decorated carts and some eye-catching Christmas-themed costumes. After a communal breakfast the "shotgun" start saw them off for the stableford round, followed by lunch and a fundraising effort in support of the Echuca Regional Health Wellness Centre.

In spite of rain coming in quite early in the round good scores were recorded, Cheryl Ashworth top scoring on the day with 39 stableford points in A-grade.

A-grade: 1st Cheryl Ashworth (39) 2nd Barb Sands (38) 3rd Diane Symons (37).

B-grade: 1st Lorraine De Ravin (37 c/b) 2nd Doss Dinsdale (37) 3rd Colleen Lynch (36).

C-grade: 1st Kathryn Sinnett (36) 2nd Kay Sargentson (34) 3rd Sharyn Scott (33).

Nearest-the-pin went to Cheryl Ashworth on the eighth hole and on the fourth Denise Ferrier (A-grade), Felicity Douglas (B-grade) and Kathryn Sinnett (C-grade).

The super pin went to veteran Joy Kelly.