Off the Tee

A warm August morning greeted the 37 golfers competing in the ladies’ event on Saturday. The course was in great condition and some fantastic prizes were on offer for the winners, including a $500 hole-in-one sponsored by Cofield & Co Plumbing.

The competition forms part of the Heather Eggleston Sandgreen Championships, with the team’s event sponsored by A J Francis, and the Ladies Event sponsored by Chandler Builders.

The eventual A-Grade winner was Heather Thompson, and the runner-up was Libby McCrystal, who also took out the longest drive and nearest to the pin on the 4th.

Ladies’ winners: A-Grade - Heather Thompson 35 pts (R/Up Libby McCrystal 33 pts)

B-Grade – Macie Thomson 40 pts (R/Up Kristy Chandler 38 pts)

C-Grade – Chris Zerbst 34 pts (R/Up Liz Van Der Sluis 32 pts)

Longest Drive: A-Grade – Libby McCrystal

B-Grade – Kristy Chandler

C-Grade – Liz Van Der Sluis

NTP: 4th Libby McCrystal, 5th Hollie Goodwin, 8th Glenda Hoskin

Men’s event

A huge turnout on Sunday for the men’s event saw 73 golfers from around the North East compete for the Rutherglen Championships, sponsored by J & M Steel Erections.

The forecast thunderstorms held off until the afternoon, allowing some impressive scores on the day and competitive golf. Winners took home engraved barrels provided by Timber, Steel & Stone, N&K Designs, and Stanton & Killeen Wines. The Rutherglen Golf Club would like to thank all sponsors over the weekend and the players who contributed to a successful tournament.

Men’s winners: A-Grade – Nathan Thomas 64,

A-Grade Net – Bill Black 67 (R/Up Damien Howard 67)

B-Grade – Peter Griffin 75

B-Grade Net – Hugh McCrystal 62 (R/Up Andrew Boxall 63)

C-Grade – Trevor Whelan

C-Grade Net – Alex Duursma 58 (R/Up Jack Chandler 63)

Longest Drive: A-Grade – Warren Furlong

B-Grade – Jakeb Meyer

C-Grade – Greg Doughty

NTP: 4th Andrew Lawson, 5th Frank Baring, 8th James McCalman, 14th Mark Cottee

Corowa Golf Club

Men and Women Stableford August 18

Women

W inner with 39 Pts Jo Mackenzie

Runner-up with 38 Pts Tam Lavis

Ball Rundown: Bernie McLean 37, Marilyn Walford 36

NTP 4 th Bernie McLean

NTP 12 th Bernie McLean

Men

A Grade winner c/b with 36 Pts Kai Tafft

Runner-up with 36 Pts Marcus Osborne

B Grade winner with 42 Pts Dylan Hanley

Runner-up with 38 Pts John Backhouse

Ball Rundown: Adrian Smith 37, Wayne Shaw, John Coghill 36, Nicholas Clifton 35, Nathan Thomas, Geoff Cargill, Nathan Rhodes 34

NTP 4 th Greg Lee-Conway

NTP 12 th Marcus Osborne

Mad Monday, August 19

Winner with 30 Pts Phil Turnbull

Ball Rundown: Ian Kavanagh 29

Cheap Tuesday, August 20

Winner c/b with 36 Pts Andrew Scott

Runner-up with 36 Pts Tim Purtil

Third with 35 Pts Brian Filliponi

Ball Rundown: Gary Chappell, Adrian Smith, Chris Perks 35, Ian Grimes, Adrian Heritage 34, Taj Smith 33

NTP 12 th Tim Purtil

NTP 18 th Phil Willcoxson

Eagle on 1 st Andrew Scott

Women's 2 Person Ambrose August 21

Winners with 67 Jeannette Aylward and Debra Eason

Runner-up with 69.25 Selina Barkley and Marlene Stuart

Third with 70.25 Anne Snith and Paula Wilson

Ball Rundown: Gay Richards/Jan Mills 73.25, Bernadette Delahunty/Conni Clifford 73.5, Jacque Lawler/Marg Bradford 74.75, Lesleigh Holloway/Tessa Merritt 75

NTP 4 th second shot 30-54 Lorraine Evans and Marjorie Dykes

NTP 12 th Anne Smith and Paula Wilson

Thursday Super Comp August 22

A Grade winner c/b with 40 Pts Lindsay Seymour

Runner-up with 40 Pts Phill Dunning

Third c/b with 38 Pts Nathan Thomas

Fourth with 38 Pts James Gordon

C Grade winner c/b with 38 Pts Russell Laycock

Runner-up with 38 Pts Mark Komiazyk

Third with 37 Pts Michael Knowles

Fourth with 37 Pts Neville Tait

C Grade winner with 37 pts Terry Johnstone

Runner-up with 36 Pts Mark Cook

Third with 35 Pts Chris Perks

Fourth with 35 Pts Joe Carnovale

D Grade winner with 42 Pts George Stefanides

Runner-up with 37 Pts Neil Washusen

Third with 36 Pts John Kostiw

Fourth with 33 Pts Bill Knott

B all Rundown: Steve Carrick 37, tim Hicks, Sonny McKenzie, Ben Playford 36, Andrew Tatterson, Neville King, Roy Monte, Phil Willcoxson, Peter Tait, Terry Davidson, Gary Patterson 35, Ian Grimes, Ethan Palmer, Frank Clifford, Michael Hooper 34, Neil Caulfield 33

NTP 4 th Steve Carrick

NTP 12 th Taj Smith

NTP 18 th James Gordon

NTP 3 rd 2 nd shot Tim Hicks

NTP 9 th 2 nd shot Tim Patton

Hidden Holes winner Steve Carrick

Friday Medley Stableford August 23

Winner with 45 Pts Nathan Rhodes

Runner-up with 35 Pts Tim Hicks

Ball Rundown: Darren Matthew 34

Eagle on the 11 th Tim Hicks

Lady Niners

August 26. Well, we finally had enough ladies out for a wee comp.

1st: Maxine Cole Net 46

NTP: Helen Ralston Starr.

Well done ladies.

Next Monday is 9am for 9:30am start.