VISITORS stole the limelight at Pakenham Golf Club’s tournament on Saturday with Peter Brown from Trafalgar winning the men’s day 27-hole open scratch event and June Woznica from Moe taking out the 27-hole open scratch event for the ladies.
The club hosted their annual event last week with the ladies playing four-ball-best-ball and stroke on Wednesday and Thursday and the men four-ball-best-ball on Friday and stroke on Saturday.
Sunday hosted the mixed Canadian event.
Nearest the pins for the duration of the tournament winners were:
Second hole: Rob Nobelius, ladies 14th: Karen McGregor, men’s 16th: Bryan Delaney.
Jean and David Hoare and Les and Kay Jones were thanked for the trophies.
RAFFLE WINNERS
Al Campbell, set of tyres from Kumo Tyres and Pakenham Tyrepower.
Maria Warburton, settee courtesy of Mr Furniture Pakenham.
Maureen Wraight: $200 voucher from Hardy’s Retravision, Pakenham.
Peter Dempster: two nights at Adam Street Lodges Tocumwal courtesy of Owen and Kathy Bruton.
MEN’S 4BBB DAY
Winners were Alex Green and Mick Boyd with 45 points on a countback from Ray Barnes and David McArthur.
Tristan Kreymborg and Peter Slockwich 41 won the 18-hole visitor’s trophy.
The best nine out went to Scott Phillips and David Horne 27 and the best nine in saw Ken McIntyre and Colin Crowle the winners with 24 points.
Nearest the pin on the second hole went to Rob Nobelius and the fifth to Ivan Katta. Ray Barnes took out the eighth hole, C. Proctor the 14th and Les King (Garfield) the 16th.
Down the line: Tasi Taito/A. Suemai 45, Max Craig/Stojko Kresojevic 44, Nik Hock/Ian Neason 44, Martin Spurway/Rob Wedlock 44, Bob Morrison/Stuart Hare 44, Dean Jones/Angie Peluso 43, Bernie Gramc/Dan O’Loughlin 42 and Jack Jackson/Keith Massey 42.
MEN’S STROKE DAY
Men’s 27-hole Open Scratch: Peter Brown, Trafalgar, 110 gross.
Men’s 27-hole B-grade scratch: Andrew Trivett, Pakenham, 130 gross.
Men’s 18-hole C-grade scratch: Robert Morley, Pakenham, 90 gross.
Men’s 27-hole A-grade handicap: Clint Walker, Pakenham, 103 nett.
Men’s 27-hole B-grade handicap: Doug Law, Pakenham, 107 nett.
Men’s 18-hole C-grade handicap: Jeff Paterson, Pakenham, 71 nett.
Men’s 18-hole A-grade handicap: AM: Dan Cameron, Pakenham, 69 nett.
Men’s 18-hole B-grade handicap: AM: Michael Hildebrand, Pakenham, 70 nett.
Men’s 9-hole A-grade handicap PM: Mick Boyd, Pakenham, 31 nett.
Men’s 9-hole B-grade handicap PM: John Hutcheon, Pakenham, 32 nett.
Men’s best nine out C-grade handicap: Stuart Scott, Pakenham, 35 1/2 nett.
Men’s best nine in C-grade handicap: Ross Stewart, Pakenham, 35 1/2 nett.
Ladies 18-hole handicap AM visitor’s trophy: Mick Neylan, Garfield, 72 nett.
Nearest the pin – second hole: Martin Spurway, Pakenham, fifth hole: Rob Wedlock, Pakenham, eighth hole: Mick Neylan, Garfield, 14th: Ken McIntyre, Pakenham, 16th: Bryan Delaney, Pakenham.
LADIES DAY WEDNESDAY
On Wednesday, 9 November the Pakenham tournament began with ladies four-ball-best-ball Stableford.
Blustery conditions prevailed, but the 42 ladies managed very well.
Winners: Marg Turner and Faye Barnes, 43 countback.
Runners-up: Lyn Murray and Liz Garvey, 43 countback.
Visitor’s trophy: Dot Wood and Vi Harrison (Moe), 43.
Best nine out: Shirley Roberts and Leanne Barker, 23.
Best nine in: Loretta Stewart and Kathy Garratt (Garfield), 20.
Nearest the pin – second hole: Irene Walker, Pakenham, eighth: Pam Morris, Garfield, 14th: Shirley Roberts, Pakenham.
Down the lines: Muriel Mills/Ann Bell 42, Viki Kelly/Pam Morris 42, Bev Goodwin/Marg Purcell 41, Robyn Jenner/Maree Stephenson 41 and Rose Gallagher/Bev Long.
LADIES DAY THURSDAY
The CCR was 73 with 40 competing.
Winners
Ladies 27-hole open scratch: June Woznica, Moe, 124 gross.
Ladies 27-hole B–grade scratch: Leesa Matthews, Garfield, 139 gross.
Ladies 18-hole C-grade scratch: Faye Barnes, Pakenham, 103 gross.
Ladies 18-hole D-grade scratch: Adele Mahony, Pakenham, 106 gross.
Ladies 27-hole A-grade handicap: Shirley Roberts, Pakenham, 112 ½ nett.
Ladies 27-hole B-grade handicap: Meg Robertson, Warragul, 113 nett.
Ladies 18-hole A-grade handicap AM: Lorna Hoskins, Drouin, 76 nett.
Ladies 18-hole B-grade handicap AM: Maria Warburton, Pakenham, 67 nett.
Ladies 18-hole C-grade handicap: Marg Turner, Pakenham, 74 nett.
Ladies 18-hole D-grade handicap: Liz Garvey, Pakenham, 69 nett.
Best nine out: Jeanette Mitchell, Garfield, 33 nett.
Best nine in: Loretta Stewart, Pakenham, 37 nett.
Ladies 18-hole handicap AM visitor’s trophy: Pat Brook, Warragul, 75 nett.
Nearest the pin – second hole: Lorna Hoskins, Drouin, eighth: Lyn Murray, Pakenham, 14th: Lyn Murray, Pakenham, 16th: Phyl Warne, Garfield.
Teams event winners: Leesa Matthews, June Woznica, Shirley Roberts, 219 nett.
Down-the-line balls were awarded to Lyn Murray 75, G Sinclair 75, Wendy Wightman 77, Jan Creagh 78, Joan Rawson 78, Val Carroll 78, Robyn Jenner 78 and J Elder 78.
MIXED DAY
This saw many visitors from other clubs playing in perfect weather.
Winners
18-hole A-grade scratch: Jason McQualter/Marg Blake, Pakenham, 76 gross.
18-hole B-grade scratch: Rob Sandiford/Viki Maxwell, Pakenham, 84 gross.
18-hole A–grade handicap: Graham Geisler/Sharon Jamison, Trafalgar, 70 ½ nett.
18-hole B-grade handicap: George and Geraldine Sinclair, Garfield, 73 7/8 nett.
18-hole A-grade runner-up: Norm and Wendy Carter, Pakenham, 70 3/4 nett.
18-hole B-grade runner-up: Ray and Faye Barnes, Pakenham, 75 1/8 nett.
18-hole handicap visitor’s trophy: Rob and Pan Morris, Garfield, 71 3/8 nett.
Mixed Canadian family trophy: Ron and Val Carroll, Pakenham, 72 3/8 nett.
Ladies nearest the pin – second: Maree Stephenson, 14th: Karen McGregor.
Men’s nearest the pin – second: Angie Peluso, 16th: Deiter Ruprecht.
Down the lines: David Halkett/Shirley Roberts 71, Graeme Boyd/K Brown 71 3/4, Glen Laity/Jeanette Mitchell 73, Dieter Ruprecht/Karen McGregor 73 1/2, Gordon Graeme, Wendy Gervass 74 5/8, Gavan and Maria Warburton 74 5/8, Mal McKenna/Marg Andrews 74 3/4.
Tournament managers Jean and David Hoare, together with Kay and Les Jones were thanked for the success of the tournament.
COMING EVENTS
The competition for the men this coming Saturday is now Stableford – not the monthly medal.
The November monthly medal will be played in conjunction with the first round of the championships.
MEMBERSHIP OFFER
Any member who introduces a new full adult member will receive 20 per cent off their membership renewal.
MONDAY RESULTS
The morning Stableford competition saw Leo Cester the winner with 42 points. Noel Bonne came in with 40 points to be the runner-up on a countback.
Down the lines went to Peter Lawlor 40, Ken Marker 39, Brian Doherty 38, Stanley Gilbert 38, Nik Hock 38, Glenn Charles 38, Stuart Hare 38, Angie Peluso 37 and Tasi Taito 37.
Nearest the pin on the eighth went to Ron Thouliss and no one was in sight on the 14th hole.
TWILIGHT COMPETITION
Even though the ladies had their four-ball-best-ball tournament day, the twilight competition was held from 3pm and many men who had missed out on a round of golf took advantage of the twilight round.
Winner was Peter Butcher with 23 points from Rob Wedlock with 22.
Tony Sheahan 21, Brian Webster 21, Mark Bell 21, Al Campbell 20, Colin Crowle 20, David Jack 20, Martin Spurway 19, Bryan Delaney 19, Peter Korteman 18, Keith Barrot 18 and Don Towan 18 were down-the-lines winners.
The social winner was David McDonald.
Nearest the pin on the 11th (second shot) went Rob Wedlock and Bill Toogood was the winner on the 14th.
