GARFIELD GOLF
It was a very warm and steamy week at Garfield Golf Club with the forecast rain arriving on Saturday ensuring a testing time for golfers out to claim the club’s ultimate prize.
To no one’s surprise, Christopher Thorn stormed to his second-consecutive club champion’s title with a three round gross score of 211; just failing to match last year’s record low number of 208.
Thorn, the lowest amateur golfer to ever grace Garfield’s fairways, dominated all aspects of the 2024 Club Championship.
Clint Williams had a good tournament, finishing second to Thorn, some 11 shots away, whilst Harry Elyasie was a further 10 shots back in third place.
Congratulations must go to one of our best veteran players in Terry Garratt, a multiple club veteran champion, for winning the B Grade gross event by a countback from Curtis Duffy with a three-round total of 248.
However, there will now be a playoff required to determine the overall champion.
John Hoare, also a previous winner, won the C Grade gross championship with a total of 258; two shots to the better of Keith Edwards.
Hoare also made it a great championship by winning the veterans title with a three-round total of 201, three shots to the better of Evan Williams.
Tony Quinn was victorious winning the D Grade gross title defeating Daniel Blake.
The red-hot Paul Govaars, on the back of a three-week winning run, stormed to victory for the A Grade handicap title with a three-round total of 206.
Clint Williams finished runners up again, four shots behind Govaars.
Evan Williams kept his nerve to win the B Grade handicap title by a single shot to Naveen Davala finishing on 204.
Hoare made it the C Grade double, winning by eight shots from John Curtin in second place.
It was likewise for Tony Quinn, winning both D Grade titles, this time the handicap event defeating – once again – Daniel Blake.
The Ladies Saturday Club Championships also was completed on Saturday with Bernie Clark having a great win with a three-round total of 220; three shots in advance of Kim Pellatt.
Clark made it the golden double by also winning Tuesday’s A Grade nett event with a total of 221.
Five shots away was seven-time winner, Leesa Matthews.
Jeanette Mitchell made a successful month even better by winning the B Grade nett title on Tuesday with a three-round total of 215; five shots clear of Daphne Elleman.
Yvonne Barrot is a lady golfer in great touch, this time winning the C Grade nett event with a total of 209 as well as being crowned the Ladies veteran champ with precisely that score.
Kerrie Davey, playing off her low mark of eight, took out the Tuesday Gross title with a score of 242 by a 14-shot margin to Bernie Clark.
A better than average size field of 107 turned out on Thursday with a visitor from Trafalgar, Mark Robinson, having the day’s best result winning the B Grade event with 40 points, whilst Marcus Crossley took out the A Grade event with a nice round of 39 points.
Nick Gaal won the C Grade event with, once again, 39 points.
A final countback score of 34 points was the number needed to finish in the money.
Thursday’s twilight event was taken out by Lonnie Collins with a score of 25 points whilst 100 tickets at $5 each were sold for the huge cash $500 jackpot which was taken out by the recently married Alex Blanck.
This Saturday is the December Monthly Medal.
RESULTS
• 2024 Club Championships
GROSS
A Grade: Chris Thorn 211, second Clint Williams 222, third Harry Elyasie 232.
B Grade: Terry Garratt 248 C/B, second Curtis Duffy 248, third Evan Williams 249. (Play Off required to determine the winner).
C Grade: John Hoare 258, second Keith Edwards 260, third John Curtin 263.
D Grade: Tony Quinn 229, second Daniel Blake 284, third Rob Murphy 286 C/B.
NETT
A Grade: Paul Govaars (9) 206, second Clint Williams (4) 210, third Hayden Macdonald (7) 212.
B Grade: Evan Williams (15) 204, second Naveen Navala (15) 205, third Terry Garratt (13) 209.
C Grade: John Hoare (19) 201, second, John Curtin (18) 209, third Charles Vega (18) 212 C/B.
D Grade: Tony Quinn (26) 151, second Daniel Blake (26) 206, third Nick Pellatt (24) 214.
• Mens Veteran’s Championships/Nett
Winner: John Hoare 201, second Evan Williams 204, third Terry Garratt 209 C/B.
• 2024 Ladies Tuesday Championships
Gross: Kerrie Davey 242, second Bernie Clark 256, third Karli Van Der Horst 264.
Nett: A Grade: Bernie Clark (15) 221, second Leesa Matthews (14) 226, third Kerrie Davey (8) 227 C/B.
B Grade: Jeanette Mitchell (27) 215, second Daphne Elleman (27) 220, third Carol Beard (25) 221.
C Grade: Yvonne Barrot (31) 209, second Sandra Argentaro (30) 225, third Anne Donovan (38) 230.
Seniors nett: Yvonne Barrot (31) 209, second Jeanette Mitchell (27) 215, third Daphne Elleman (27) 220.
• Ladies Saturday Club Championships Nett
Winner: Bernie Clark (15) 220, second Kim Pellatt (33) 223, third Jeanette Mitchell (27) 226.
• Sunday/Single Stableford/Field Of 18
Winner: Peter Van Helmond (17) 41, second Mark Delaney (14) 39, third Russell Kerr (18) 38 C/B.
Down the lines went down to 37 points (3).
Nearest the pins went to 4th Matt Hogan, 8th Mark Delaney, 9th Robert Toth, 11th Peter Van Helmond, 13th Robert Taylor, 16th Mark Delaney.
• Monday/Single Stableford/Field Of 65
A Grade: Tony Mafodda (17) 40 C/B, second Ben Balfour (16) 40, third Bob Edwards (17) 39.
B Grade: Kel Trickey (22) 45, second Warren Arnott (21) 42 C/B, third Ben Barrett (20) 42.
Down the lines went down to countback scores of 36 (11).
Nearest the pins went to 4th Anthony Penney, 8th Rob Nobelius, 9th Darren Grayson, 11th Ben Barrett, 13th Geoff Roberts, 16th Kel Trickey.
• Tuesday/Ladies/Monthly Medal/Field Of 17
Winner: Sandra Argentaro (30) 75, second Jeanette Mitchell (26) 76 C/B, third Leesa Matthews (14) 76.
Nearest the pins went to 4th Leesa Matthews, 8th Margaret Andrews, 9th Karli Van Der Horst, 16th Carol Beard.
• Thursday/Single Stableford/Field Of 107
A Grade: Marcus Crossley (11) 39, second Lloyd Martin (8) 36, third Dean Jones (12) 35 C/B.
B Grade: Mark Robinson (15) 40, second Greg Noonan (17) 39, third Harry Huyskens (19) 38 C/B.
C Grade: Nick Gaal (33) 39, second Glenn Charles (25) 37, third Stephen Ferran (28) 37 C/B.
Down the lines went down to countback scores of 34 points (19).
Nearest the pins went to 4th Tim Pratt, 8th Paul Govaars, 9th Robert Harley, 11th Tony Mafodda, 13th Keith Edwards, 16th Marcus Crossley.
• Thursday/Twilight/Single Stableford/Field Of 53
Winner: Lonnie Collins (30) 25, second Jason McQualter (10) 23, third Wayne Westwick (13) 21 C/B.
Nearest the pins went to 13th Stephen Barrett, 16th Jason McQualter.
Cash Jackpot: $500 Alex Blanck.
-Terry Webster-
