For the first time in quite a while the Wednesday competition was played in pleasant weather conditions.  The day saw the Romsey round of the Doris Chambers Foursomes with the winners  going on to play in the Golf Australia (Vic) final at Sanctuary Lakes later in the year. The scores were close for quite a while but over the final holes Beryl and Lorraine, with straighter hitting, were able to draw away from the field.
The day’s results were:
1st.    Beryl Cole/Lorraine Robb(35) – 39pts.
2nd.   Jenny Hartley/Pam Drummond (29) – 34pts.
3rd.    Elaine Scanlon/Wendy Gosden (30) – 27pts.

A large field assembled on another almost perfect day for golf.  The Monthly Medal was up for all and the final round of the 2020 Summer Cup  saw seven players with a reasonable chance of “taking home the chocolates”.  The growing number of motorised buggies made it easier to spread the field; many groups teed off well away from the rooms.  Whilst there were still a few large cracks on a few fairway they did not interfere with the play.  Occasional wind from the east and the south had little effect on balls in the air and the greens, apart from a few who had been chewed up a little, putted very true so there were few excuses for poor scoring.  On a beautiful late summer’s day the results were;

Winner and January Medalist – Hugh Drummond – 88/21/67, from Mitch Atlas – 80/10/70, Pat Chisholm – 83/13/70 and Jim Patton – 90/18/72

NTP’s: 1st – Les Gaunt, 15th – Ron Walker & 16th – Mitch Atlas

Least Putts; 29 – Mitch Atlas C/B Mal Mottram

The Dalhousie Women were out in force today as 57 players journeyed to Alexandra Golf Club for their annual bowl including four women from Romsey.
Players enjoyed perfect late summer weather with lots of run. Greens were true with tricky pin placements. On the par 3 fifth hole, one player missed her up hill birdie putt by one ball width only to see ball roll back off the green.
The winners of the Alexandra Bowl were Healesville with 107  Stableford pts.
The RGC team was second with 102 points –  Darlene Baker 34 pts, Beryl Cole 32 pts and Elaine Scanlon 36 pts.  Wendy Gosden was an individual entry and had a creditable 33 pts
Elaine gained 3 Player of the Year Pts.

On a day of changeable weather, from bitterly cold,  driving rain to sunny cloudless skies scoring was particularly close with only one stroke between the first three golfers. Results were;
1st         Jenny Hartley         97/24/73
2nd       Lorraine Robb        117/43/74     C/B
3rd        Darlene Baker         95/21/74

Least Putts      Beryl Cole   27 putts
Social Golf
1st      Jan Harver     2nd     Colleen Duller

After a week of cool weather the conditions for the Charity Golf Day were almost perfect.   Bright sunshine and the occasional gust of wind swinging between  east and all the way around to the west.  16 teams teed up with many vying for the “Best Uniform” award.  The course was very busy with motorised carts heading up the fairways or into the trees looking for the odd errant ball.  There were plenty of cheers as long birdie putts dropped or groans of despair when they just missed.  Players were even able to back themselves on the short Par 3 10th hole however  the westerly wind really played havoc pushing many balls well wide of the green..  To have any chance of taking out the top prize teams had to be at least two under the card.  After the round everyone headed to the rooms for  wonderful lunch.  All funds raised,  on the day, ~$2,500.00, went to “Puddles’ Team” and will be added to all other monies raised at the 2020 Lancefield & Macedon Ranges Relay For Life. The day was sponsored by Romsey Hardware.   The day’s results were;

Winners; The Runners Up – Daniel, Mitch, Savey & Trent – 41/5.5/35.5

Nick from Romsey hardware congratulates winning team captain Mitch Clement.

Second; Laing’s Belligerents – 43/7.25/35.75

Clive Mensforth, Andrew Laing, Ron Walker, Nick & Scott Williams

NTP winners; Ron Walker, Mitch Clement, Daniel Wright & Wendy Tottenham

Best Team Uniform; Bananarama

Meanwhile, back in the kitchen, “Puddles’ Team” members were kept very busy serving the

delicious lunch and desserts.

The beautiful mid summer day drew a good field with number of players taking advantage of the early tee-off times.  Conditions were excellent with a gentle zephyr of a breeze from the SE and generally good cover on the fairways.  Players got got value from well struck drives, the surrounds were in top nick and the greens putted very true so it was quite a surprise to read the scores at the groups came in.  Only one player was ably to beat his handicap with the next best four over.  Given the conditions quite surprising scores.  On a wonderful summer’s afternoon the results were;

Winner; Hugh Drummond (21) – 37 pts from Ron Walker (25) – 32 pts

NTPs; 1st – Les Gaunt, 15th – Mal Mottram, 16th – Anthony Lakey

What a day over at Hidden Valley where the course was in great condition and the greens fast and true. Corellas have visited this course too but the damage seems to be confined to the fairways. A flock of over two hundred birds could be seen feasting on one of the fairways during the round.  Recent heavy rains have created puddles in the bunkers; some were designated “Ground Under Repair”.  The temperature for the day didn’t rise above 17°C with the wind chill factor making it uncomfortable for most of the round.
The Romsey Team of Wendy Gosden (27 pts)/Jenny Hartley (32 pts)/Darlene Baker(34 pts)  were the very excited overall winners of the Hidden Valley Bowl and were thrilled to take home the trophy.

Kaylene Cruise (Lancefield) had a wonderful day with the top score in the field of 30 players. Her 36 points earned her 5 points in the Player of the Year awards with Darlene Baker 4, Jillian Chandler 3, Jenny Hartley 2 and Lisa Caines 1.

Quite a large field took to the course for the third Wednesday round of the Summer Cup. The weather was challenging with drizzle, rain, and steady wind from the Sth.  To add more to the day’s challenge the chill factor belied the fact that we were still in summer!  The course was in tip top condition although the corellas have been up to no good again with extended damage to one of the greens. The day’s results showed that scoring was tough;
Winner; Jenny Hartley (24) – 37points from John Freestone (19) – 33 & Steve Wilkins (19)32

The 9 hole comp winner was Connie Cecys with 12 points

48 players from 14 clubs assembled at Seymour for the DDGA Women’s 2019 Player of the Year 4BBB presentation.
The field was fortunate to miss the electrical storm which went around us. The fairways were lush, the heavy atmosphere and unusually limited summer run  scoring was a challenge.
Ricky Rickman was the proud winner of the DDGA Women’s 2019 Player of the Year. Glenda DDGA Captain enjoyed outlining Ricky’s rise to the top over the past 9 years.
A Grade winners; Marysville Gail Leigh and Margaret Blair with 38 stableford from a four way c/b including RGC pair Darlene Baker/Wendy Gosden.
B Grade winners; Chris Doherty (Trentham) Maureen Warrener (Woodend) with 42 points.

RGCs other representative scored well; Jenny Hartley/Elaine Scanlon  – 40 points and Beryl Cole/Lorraine Robb – 38 points

36 players assembled for the 4th annual mixed 4BBB at Euroa. It was lovely to see beautiful green grass.
Winners; Jenny ale Cref (Seymour)/Chris Hanson ( Broadford) – 45 pts from Kathy Keating (Trentham)/Mick Keating (Woodend) – 44 points.
RGC was represented by Elaine Scanlon who teamed up with past RGC member Rod Campbell (Broadford) to be mid field with 40 points.