GARFIELD GOLF
The week got off to a bright and sunny start at Garfield Golf Club on Sunday with Peter McNeish having a day out by finishing second with his 34 points.
No, he didn’t win, but it was how he got to his score which was the impressive part.
Playing off his mark of five, McNeish eagled the par-five 10th and scored three nearest the pins for his round of which he converted just one.
The next day Darren Allen shot 75/nett 40 points to win the A Grade event whilst Tom Fowler also scored 40 points to win the B Grade competition.
The great sunny weather continued on Thursday with a field of 112 lining up for a game of single stableford where a countback round of 31 points was good enough to finish in the money.
The scoring on Thursday was below average, similar to last week.
This time just one golfer, Brett Nowlan, winner of B Grade with his 37 points, was able to play to or better their handicap for the day.
Andrew Went got the job done for A Grade winning by a countback from Frank Hyett with a round of 34 points.
Simon Fay, a new name, won the C Grade event with his round of 35 points.
In line with the below average winning scores, just a total of 12 birdies were scored for the day on the par threes with the 9th giving up four of those.
Harry Matthews had a pair of nearest the pins on the 8th and 16th holes.
Saturday’s event, once again played in balmy sunny late autumn weather, was the first of two rounds for the 2025 Four Ball Best Ball Par Championship and attracted a field of 74 pairs.
A final round of +5 was required to finish in the money.
Best in for the day and setting the round-one pace was Howard and Hayden MacDonald with a nice round of +10.
The MacDonald’s were closely followed by David Garnepudi and Naveen Davala on +9 and Daniel Blake and Pat MacDonagh on +8.
Ominously lurking in fourth spot is Greg and Damien Needham on +7.
The ladies played a game of single par where Kerrie Davey finished in front after a nice score of -1 playing of her mark of just 10.
The rainfall for April came in at just 31mm which was way short of last year’s total for April at 121mm and was the driest April for the last six years.
This Saturday is the second and final round of the 4BBB Par Championship.
RESULTS
• Sunday/Single Stableford/Field Of 27
Winner: Mark Delaney (14) 38, second Peter McNeish (5) 34 C/B, third Andrew Hale (12) 34.
Down the lines went down to 32 points (4).
Eagle: 10th Peter McNeish.
Nearest the pins went to 4th, 13th and 16th Peter McNeish, 8th Andrew Hale, 9th Stephen Barrett and 11th Mark Delaney.
• Monday/Single Stableford/Field Of 71
A Grade: Darren Allen (10) 40, second Jim Dimtsas (12) 38, third Josh Ferguson (12) 37.
B Grade: Tom Fowler (18) 40, second Stuart Kent (22) 37 C/B, third Ray Phillips (18) 37.
Down the lines went down to countback of 34 points (13).
Nearest the pins went to 4th Jim Dimtsas, 8th Tom Fowler, 9th Jason Hoghton, 11th Peter Ryan, 13th Darren Allen and 16th David Churchill.
• Tuesday/Ladies/Monthly Medal/Field Of 14
Winner: Yvonne Barrot (26) 70, second Yvonne Tisdale (32) 73 C/B, third Leesa Matthews (14) 73.
Nearest the pins went to 4th Bernie Clark, 8th Karli Van Der Horst, 11th and 16th Yvonne Tisdale and 13th Leesa Matthews.
• Thursday/Single Stableford/Field Of 112
A Grade: Andrew Went (5) 34 C/B, second Frank Hyett (5) 34, third Andrew Rose (10) 33 C/B.
B Grade: Brett Nowlan (14) 37, second Jim Accettura (14) 35, third Reg Beyer (18) 34 C/B.
C Grade: Simon Fay (22) 35, second Nigel Goldsworthy (28) 34 C/B, third Alex Green (25) 34.
Down the lines went down to countback scores of 31 points (20).
Nearest the pins went to 4th Clinton Smith, 8th and 16th Harry Matthews, 9th Graeme Martin, 11th Ron Parsons and 13th Andrew Went.
• Saturday/1st Round/4BBB Par Championships/74 Pairs
First Place: Howard and Hayden MacDonald +10, second David Garnepudi and Naveen Davala +9, third Daniel Blake and Pat MacDonagh +8, fourth Greg and Damien Needham +7 C/B.
Down the lines went down to +5 (17 pairs).
Nearest the pins went to 4th Steve Kohut Jnr, 8th and 11th Ben Barrett, 9th Allan Milkins, 13th Stephen Barrett and 16th Michael Jeffs.
Second Shot: A Grade: Steely Mateariki. B Grade: Brian Webster. C Grade: Rob Murphy.
• Saturday/Ladies/Single Par
Winner: Kerrie Davey (10) -1.
Nearest the pins went to 4th and 8th Karli Van Der Horst, 9th and 13th Kerrie Davey and 16th Amanda McLure.
-Terry Webster-
