GARFIELD GOLF
Richard Perry’s performance over the last three Mondays has been one of consistent winning excellence, playing off single figures – reduced from 9 to 7 handicap – with three outstanding results.
Three Mondays ago, he won with 39 points and backed that up two weeks ago with a winning round of 38 points.
He then finished runners up this Monday with a result of 40 points which meant he played to a handicap of just four.
Then to finally confirm his handicap Perry came out on Saturday and had a handicap round of 36 points. Saturday was cold and windy with a great size field of 143 players with Daniel Schmidt having the best round with a D Grade winning score of 40 points.
Andrew Rose broke a run of outs with the A Grade win by scoring 37 points just the one point to the better of a red-hot Peter McNeish.
Ryan Stark won the B Grade event with a round of 37 points whilst Peter Kelly took out the C Grade event with day’s second-best round of 39 points.
A final score of 33 points back to a count back was the number required to finish in the money.
The course gave up 20 birdies on the par threes with the 14th giving up seven whilst the 16th gave up a total of eight.
Another good size field of 84 contested Thursday’s event and was played in typical winter conditions. Bob Calderara, on the back of a good form surge, was the best in with an A Grade winning result of 38 points whilst Marcus Crossley won the B Grade event with a handicap round of 36 points.
John Roberts had the C Grade win with a final score of 34 points by a count back decision from Stephen Birch.
A final score of just 32 points or better back to a count back was good enough for a ball down the line. Just the six birdies were scored for the round on the par threes.
The Public Holiday Monday attracted a field of 88 punters with the overall scoring standard the best for the week for the three grades up for decision.
Chris Naughton had a day out winning the A Grade event with a nice round of 41 points playing to a handicap of just seven to defeat the aforementioned Richard Perry, whilst Reg Beyer had a handicap beating round with the B Grade victory score of 39 points.
Stephen Bird scored another win by getting the job done for the C Grade event by also scoring the 39 points.
A final score of a handicap round of 36 points was needed to get a ball down the line.
Karli Van Der Horst, Garfield’s most winning player, got another win with a Tuesday result of 37 points. Next Saturday is a game of single stableford.
RESULTS
• Sunday/Single Stableford/Field of 26
A Grade: Steely Mateariki (10) 40, second Matt Hogan (16) 37 C/B, third Craig Hobson (9) 37.
B Grade: John Milkins (23) 33 C/B, second Brenton Hollingworth (22), third Peter Van Helmond (19) 32 C/B.
Down the lines went to Hayden Newnham 36 and David Zaffarese 36 C/B.
Nearest the pins went to 4th Chris Thorn, 8th Brenton Hollingworth, 9th Craig Hobson, 11th and 14th Nick Gray and 16th Steely Mateariki.
• Monday/Single Stableford/Field of 88
A Grade: Chris Naughton (12) 41, second Richard Perry (8) 40, third Kevan McMillan (10) 38.
B Grade: Reg Beyer (20) 39, second Trevor Guille (17) 37, third Matt Hogan (16) 37.
C Grade: Stephen Bird (25) 39, second Matt Fowler (24) 38, third James Wallace (23) 37.
Down the lines went to Craig Hunter 37, David Manning 37, Peter McNeish 37, Peter Diss 37, Dave Lawler 36, Scott Corbett 36, John Gay 36 C/B.
Nearest the pins went to 4th Andrew Hale, 8th Damien Hammond, 9th Trevor Male, 11th Theresa Whalen, 14th Peter Watkins and 16th Kevan McMillan.
• Tuesday/Ladies/Single Stableford/Field of 10
Winner: Karli Van Der Horst (17) 37, second Daphne Ellerman (29) 33.
Nearest the pins went to 8th Leanne Barker, 14th Karli Van Der Horst and 16th Jill Gay.
• Thursday/Single Stableford/Field of 84
A Grade: Bob Calderara (12) 38, second Rob Coates (14) 37, third Andrew Rose (12) 36 C/B.
B Grade: Marcus Crossley (15) 36, second David Saint (16) 34 C/B, third Harry Huyskens (19) 34 C/B.
C Grade: John Roberts (20) 34 C/B, second Stephen Birch (36) 34, third Deirdre Pilkington (33) 32 C/B.
Down the lines went to Richard Perry 36, Tony Mafodda 34, Peter Johnson 34, Greg Macklin 33, Frank Hyett 33, Tim Sallai 33 and Michael Carrigan 32.
Nearest the pins went to 4th Andrew Hale, 8th Trevor Franklin, 9th Richard Perry, 11th Mark Johnson, 14th John Scale and 16th James Dimtsas.
• Saturday/Single Stableford/Field of 143
A Grade: Andrew Rose (12) 37, second Peter McNeish (4) 36 C/B, third Rich Paton (10) 36.
B Grade: Ryan Stark (15) 37, second Peter Scott (17) 36 and third Shannon Stocco (17) 35 C/B.
C Grade: Peter Kelly (22) 39, second Steven Van Roy (20) 36 and third Allan Milkins (20) 35.
D Grade: Daniel Schmidt (30) 40, second Jake Jeffrey (27) 35 and third Ron Griffett (27) 33 C/B.
Down the lines went to Clint Williams 35, Brian Webster 35, Harry Matthews 34, John Curtin 34, Hank Adams 34, Andrew Hale 34, Paul Kaye 33, Chris Kondarios 33, Russ Loughridge 33, Rex Turner 33, Ryley Westwick 33, Peter King 33 and Peter Smith 33 C/B.
Nearest the pins went to 4th Chris Vogels, 8th John Curtin, 9th Damien Needham, 11th Ryan Stark, 14th Peter Kelly and 16th Greg Noonan.
Closest second shots: A Grade: Andrew Went. B Grade: Matt Hogan. C Grade: Stephen Bird.
Raffle winner: Paul Kaye.
-Terry Webster-
