November 2011 - Kangaroo Valley Golf Club
Saturday September 24 was a cool, overcast day as we teed off for our two person Stableford aggregate teams event with also a singles Stableford competition held in conjunction.
Within an hour it started to drizzle rain which continually changed the pace of the greens, so putting became extremely difficult.
The teams event was won by Keith Van Klink and Karen Stasukaitis with a combined total of 72 points, Gordon Thomson and John Rose were second with 68 points beating Mike Hinton and Dinny Mandalis on a countback. Gordon Thomson won the individual with 39 points, beating Keith Van Klink, on a countback and Dinny finished in third spot. Our Club Championships and September Medal round were planned for the October long weekend and although rain was forecasted for the whole weekend, Saturday, although cloudy, was a great day for golf.
The Medal was won by Steve Atkins with a great Nett 67 (82 off the stick) with Dinny Mandalis finishing second with a Nett 69 and Brad Innes third with a Nett 70, beating Ron Bower on a countback.
The Championship’s Semi-final qualifiers were: Women; Suzie Wright, Suzanne Greer, Joan Edwards and Shelia Young.
Men’s “A” Grade; David Cochrane, John Seyffer, and Michael Owen. “B” Grade; Steve Atkins, Toto Mesiti, Rick Donaldson and Dinny Mandalis. “C” Grade: Ron Bower, Mike Hinton, Bill Clemens and Rod Ashbolt. The morning round was followed by a BBQ at Rod Ashbolt’s cabin, thanks Rod.
Fortunately the rain held off and we all had a great time discussing the ‘What ifs’ etc. Saturday night the rain came and by 11 a.m. on Sunday the course was closed with only a few managing to complete their Semis.
This threw us completely and although Monday was without rain, the course was extremely wet and some of the semis were played and we expect the finals to be completed by the end of October.
The following Saturday 8 October the Stableford comp was won by Dinny Mandalis with 37 points beating Hugh Atkinson into second spot on a countback while Steve Atkins finished third with 36 points.
Saturday 15 October saw seven players finishing with +1 or better in the Par event and Suzanne Greer was outstanding with her score of +5. Ray Michelsons was second with another great score of +4 and Peter Hughes was third with +3.
Until next time Seventy Plus