DEEP CREEK GOLF
It was one of the biggest days of the year at the Deep Creek Golf Club on Saturday.
The opening round of the 2023 Club Championships took place; the March Monthly Medal also went up for grabs…while monthly medal winners from 2022 squared off for the Medal of Medallist trophy.
And it was A Grade player Ricky Davies (9) who was undoubtedly the star of the show!
Davies handled the gusty northerly breeze and hot conditions with ease, carding a round of 68 nett to take out the March Monthly Medal and also the daily A Grade event.
Davies’ gross score of 77 off the stick also provides him with a very healthy advantage heading into the second day of the championships.
Runner up in A Grade was Peter Reilly (7) who signed off on a 73 nett, which was good enough to secure the Medal of Medallist trophy for this year.
Congratulations to both Ricky and Peter on fantastic rounds of golf in very tough conditions.
The daily B Grade winner was Mark Hatton (15) with 71 nett, four shots clear of Mathew Elliot (16) with a rock-solid 75 nett.
Duncan Campbell (29) was the best of the C Grade contingent on Saturday, scoring a 73 nett for a one-shot win over Damon Whaley (53).
Balls down the line were hard earned, and were won by Steven Van Roy 74, Anthony Franzi and Simon Fay 75, and Neville Taylor, Robert North and Mat Brown with a score of nett 76.
Nearest the pins went to 2nd hole: Nick Gray (2.7m) and 16th hole: Peter Reilly (1.5m).
Club Championship leaders after round one as follows:
A Grade: Ricky Davies 77.
B Grade: Mark Hatton 86.
C Grade: Steven Van Roy 98.
Women’s A Grade: Suzanne van Strien 89.
Women’s B Grade: Ciara Davies 105.
Women’s C Grade: Sandra Pool 37 points.
Junior Boys: Lyriq Bester and Jack Scarborough 99.
Junior Girls: Ciara Davies 105.
The golfing week commenced with a stableford event on Monday last week.
The consistent swing of Suzanne van Strien (8) held her in good stead, scoring 40 points for a one-shot victory in A Grade over Colin Crowie (11).
Sandra Pool (40) scored a best-of-the-day 42 points to win B Grade, while junior star Ciara Davies (32) scored 41 points to finish close up in second place.
Balls down the line went to Matt Yusoff and Ross Maclean 38, Christopher James 37, Jarred Bester 36, and to Gordan Edwards and Damon Whaley with 35 points.
Nearest the pins went to 2nd: Delanie Lewis (3.22m) and 16th: Brian Webster (3m).
Round one of the Midweek Club Championships took place on Wednesday, along with the playing of the March Midweek Monthly Medal.
Frankie Chiu (11) won A Grade with a 71 nett from runner up Levi Sua (8) on nett 73.
Neville Taylor (18) was the star of the day, scoring 68 nett to win both B Grade and the Monthly Medal.
Runner up in B Grade was Chris Dalton (21) with 69 nett, while Alan Borch (28) won C Grade with 71 nett on a countback from Tony Penney (22).
Down the lines went to John Kingman 70, Stephen Northcott 71, Glenn Charles 72 and Kevin Sutton and Peter Diss 73.
The SuperComp Back 9 winner was John Kingman with 31 nett, and nearest the pins went to 2ndHole: Darren Grayson (3.5m) and 16th Hole: Chris Dalton (3.5m).
Leaders in the respective Club Championships are: A Grade: Harry Elyasie 80, B Grade: Neville Taylor 86 and C Grade: David Calderbank 96.
The Ladies took to the course on Thursday for round one of the Women’s Club Championships and it is Leah Barker who will take a one-shot lead into round two after a nett score of 78.
Shirley McGrath finished runner up, just a shot back on 79, while Helen Aurish was the stableford winner with 28 points.
Nearest the pins went to 2nd Hole: Kay Jones (3.4m) and 16th Hole: Leah Barker (2.8m).
And the golfing week concluded on Sunday, in much calmer conditions than Saturday, with Steely Mateariki (10) scoring 36 points for a one-shot win over Simon Fay.
Matt Hogan, Rob North and Shaun Hegarty won balls down the line with 34 points.
