Sunday March 17th – Dalhousie’s District Country Teams, Euroa G. C.

Three Romsey teams played in the DDGA Country Teams Fundraiser at Euroa in near perfect conditions for golf.   The fairways were lush and the greens were in excellent condition.  The best performing Romsey team were the overall  “off the beater”  Runners-up;

1st; Seymour – Greg Pell/Dave Pearce/Matt O’Sullivan/Luke Rogan – 55, (pretty tough to beat 17 birdies!)

2nd; Romsey – Steve Wilkins/Scott Williams/Shaun Scales/Zac Scales67

NTPs; 8th  – Craig Zotti & Barb Doyle, 12th – Daniel Payne & Andrea Boland, 18th–  Glenn Wright & Darlene Baker

Runners-up from Romsey – Steve Wilkins, Zac Scales, Shaun Scales & Scott Williams. 

 

Saturday March 16th – Stroke

Play began with a NNE wind in the mid 30sKph fortunately, while the wind moved around quite a lot it died down as the round continued.  With good cover on the fairways players got great run and many found themselves closer to the green than usual.  A larger group of  Corellas have returned to the park and done some damage to the greens but nowhere as serious as in previous years.  The day was decided over the back nine with two players returning excellent cards, both just over par.  On a warm and inconsistently windy afternoon the results were;

1st; Scott Williams – 83/16/67  C/B

2nd; Mick Squire – 73/6/67

3rd; Sherif Abdel-Sayed – 101/32/69  C/B Deal Kohler

NTPs; 1st – Toby Clement, 15th – Rob Rea, 16th – James Carrol, Best 2nd shot 3rd – Dean Kohler, Longest Drive 4th – Dylan Harris

Wednesday March 13th – RWH 4BBB

A good field of players contested the 4BBB competition held in conjunction with the Royal Women’s Hospital four ball. The format and the great condition of the course allowed for some very good scoring across the board. Daily results were;
1st.     Steve Wilkins (15)/Rob McDonald (16) – 45 points
2nd.    Elaine Scanlon (33)/Beryl Cole (31) – 43  – Winners of the Royal Women’s Hospital 4BBB
3rd.    Ron Cole (34)/Chris Manktelow (32) – 42

NTP; 15th – Rob McDonald

Tuesday March 12th – Euroa Autumn Tournament – 4BBB Stableford

As part of the Euroa Golf Club Autumn Tournament Sophie Banon and Darlene Baker played in their 4BBB.  The course was in very good condition with great grass cover on the fairways and true greens.  The weather was extremely hot with only a little breeze offering slight relief from the heat.
The Romsey contingent played well and scored 42 points to become runners up to a local pairing in the women’s comp.

Saturday March 9th – 4BBB Stableford Ic Royal Women’s Hospital 4BBB

With a predicted temperature of over 33C the club’s “Extreme Heat” policy was  activated and play began at 9.00am.  At the beginning of the round the greens were a little slow and a wind that moved from NW to NE  made for some tricky approache shots.  As the morning warmed up the greens were back to their best.  On a windy, warm morning the results were;

1st; Mick Squire (6)/Rob Rea (18) – 43 pts

2nd; Luke Lyons (7)/Davey Kenney (13) – 42 pts

3rd; Keith Hocking (25)/Mick Nicholls Snr (23) – 41 pts C/B Mitch Atlas (6)/Anthony Lakey (23)

NTPs; 1st – Luke Lyons, 15th – Simon Donovan & 16th – Luke Lyons, Best 2nd shot 3rd – Rob Rea

Thursday March 7th – Seymour Bowl

Elaine Scanlon and Darlene Baker journeyed to Seymour for their annual Bowl. The weather was rather warm and the course very challenging as most visiting golfers found scoring difficult.
The winning team on the day was from Seymour with a combined total of 105 points. The next best team score was 86.

Wednesday March 6th – Stableford, Inc Rd 2 Silver Spoon

A great return to form by Lis Manktelow who won the 2nd Round of Silver Spoon with a fine 34 points.
Winner on the day however was David Jones who continues his recent bout of beaut scores with 40 stableford points.   Nearest the pin was awarded to Hugh Williams

Results
1st.        David Jones       (21)  40 points
2nd.      Steve Wilkins     (14)  35
3rd.       Lis Manktelow   (30)  34

Saturday March 2nd – Stableford Inc 2nd Rd Silver Spoon

Play began on a cool, windy afternoon.  The SW wind moved from the NE to the SE and then the W before settling back at the SE.  Its sat mostly sat at about 25Kph but did often gust up to 30Kph.  The whole course had weathered the hot week well and the club was really seeing the benefits of Santa Ana couch on the fairways.  The greens and surrounds were in great condition, for the 1st time the corellas had moved on in mid-February and much of their damage was well on the way to being repaired. Despite the wind a number of players were able to post scores well under their handicaps.  On a cool, windy afternoon the resists were.

1st; Davey Kenney (14) – 42 pts

2nd; Zac Scales 938) – 39 pts

3rd; Simon Donovan (10) – 36 pts

NTPs; 1st – Bob McLennan, 15th – Mal Mottram & 16th – Dylan Harris

Wednesday February 28th – 4th RD 2024 Summer Cup – February Medal, stroke & putts

4th Round Summer Cup and Women’s Monthly Medal Results
Daily Competition results;
1st       David Jones           90/21/69
2nd     Chris Manktelow    103/31/72
3rd      Darlene Baker         92/19/73

Monthly Medal results;
1st       Darlene Baker         92/19/73
2nd     Jenny Hartley          95/21/74
3rd      Beryl Cole                106/31/75

Least Putts –  Robert McDonald  29
NTP     3rd.  Sherif Abdel- Sayed, 15th.  Beryl Cole

Saturday February 24th – 2024 Summer Cup, Rd 3A – February Medal – stroke & putts

Another strong field took to the course for the February medal, play began under clear skies with a gusting wind from the S/SE of between 30 and 35+Kph.  The wind  was particularly challenging over front nine with balls moving sharply in the air and even deviating on the green.  Later in the round the wind quietened but still blew up now and then.  The generally good cover on the fairways saw consistent bounce and the softer green held well played approach shots.  On a sunny, windy afternoon the results were.

1st & February Medalist – Davey Kenney – 85/15/70

2nd; Mitch Atlas – 77/6/71

3rd; Scott Williams – 89/17/72 C/B – Shaun Scales & Rohan Stott

NTPs; 15th – Anthony Lakey, 16th –  Mick Squire, Best 2nd shot 3rd – Shaun Scales

Least Putts; Mitch Atlas – 28 C/B Toby Clement & Luke Lyons

RGC February 2024 Medalist –