A glorious autumn day was enjoyed by all the golfers playing at Broadford for their annual tournament.
Winner; Helen Dennett – Kilmore; 82/11/71.
In C Grade Romsey’s Wendy Gosden came third after a three way countback and received 2 Player of The Year points for her efforts. Wendy also had nearest the pin on the 16th. Jenny Hartley and Darlene Baker also represented Romsey on the day .
The Doris Chambers qualifying round was played in chilly autumn weather that promised sunshine but failed to deliver. The wind was brisk and gusty affecting club choice on many holes. Foursomes is a challenging format with the alternate shot requiring concentration and consistency from both players.
Winners; Jenny Hartley (19)/Wendy Gosden (28) – 30 points from Lorraine Robb (33)’Kath Jekabsons (29)
Jenny and Wendy will represent the club later in the year for the finals of The Doris Chambers Foursomes.
Round 2 – Scratch Division 2
The team travelled to Kilmore to take on Strathbogie. A beautiful, still autumn day and while the greens and surrounds were in good in nick the ongoing lack of rain had seen the fairways and rough dry out considerably. The RGC team came very close to notching their first win in the season with two matches going down to the final hole, in the end we went down 5/2. RGC results were ; Les Gaunt – L1Dn, Andrew Clement – L1Dn, Andrew Evans – Sq, Bob McLennan – W4/3, Pat Chisholm – L2Dn, Mick Nicholls Jnr – L6/5 & Scott Williams – Sq. Over-all results were;
Strathbogie D Romsey – 5/2
Broadford D Seymour – 4/3
Round 3 – Handicap Division 3
The team travelled to Euroa to take on Kilmore. Again a beautiful, sunny autumn day. The front nine greens have been scarified so putting was more than usually tricky. The back nine greens were untouched causing many players to either over or under hit leaving longer than usual second putts. It was great to so IPC Tony Freeman (on his way to Echuca from Albury?) drop in to see the team hit off. The RGC team also came very close to picking up their third win of the season. RGC results were; Anthony Lakey – L4/3, Heath Rae – W1Up, Rob Rea – Sq, Mick Nicholls Snr – L1Dn, Chris vanDerVliet – L2/1, Ron Walker – W6/5 & Keith Hocking – Sq. Over-all results were;
Kilmore D Romsey – 4/3
Woodend D Hidden Valley – 5/2
Mt Macedon Sq Trentham – 3.5/3.5
Another beautiful mid autumn afternoon, warm sunshine and nary a breath of wind. The greens were back to their best and the surrounds were in top nick. Fairways were still patchy but there was new growth across the whole course. The Relative Pairs, a RGC Shield Event, was tightly fought with only one point separating the top two teams, the men’s pairs also saw only a one point difference between winners and runners-up while the mixed pairs was a bit more open. On a beautiful afternoon the results were;
Relative Pairs; Jim Patton (19)/Chris Lingard (1) – 42 pts from Roger (19)/Darlene Baker (18) – 41 pts.
RGC Captain Scott Williams with 2019 Relative Pairs winners Chris Lingard & Jim Patton
Men’s Pairs; Mick Nicholls Snr (22)/Keith Hocking 29) – 39 pts.
Mick Nicholls Snr & Keith Hocking
Mixed Pairs; Peter (32)/Elaine Scanlon (30) – 35 pts.
Peter & Elaine Scanlon
NTPs; 1st – Mitchell Clement, 15th – Andrew Clement & 16th – Darlene Baker
2019 Romsey Golf Club Women’s Challenge Bowl was held on Thursday April 4th with 52 players, from 16 surrounding and District clubs.
Players were welcomed by Club Secretary Elaine Scanlon and Captain Lorraine Robb.
The day was sponsored by TJ Scott & Son and representative Kelly Scott attended lunch and presented prizes to the winning Bowl Team and individual winners. Romsey Golf Club is very appreciative of TJ Scott & Son’s support for women in sport across the district.
Scoring on the day was inconsistent some finding the course challenging with the greens a bit faster than normal. The day’s results were;
2019 Romsey Women’s Challenge Bowl Winners; Marysville – Bev Bellman (29) 39 pts/Helen Howard (20) 36 pts/Jenny Coleman (21) 29 pts – 104 stableford points from Trentham with 95 points
Kelly Scott (from T. J. Scott & Son) with Bev Bellman, Helen Howard, Jenny Coleman (Marysville)
Individual Results
A Grade; Ricky Rickman Seymour (13) 33 points
RGC Capt, Lorraine Robb, Ricky Rickman & Kelly Scott
B Grade; Helen Howard
Lorraine Robb, Helen Howard & Kelly Scott
C Grade; Bev Bellman
Lorraine Robb, Bev Bellman & Kelly Scott
Nearest the Pins; 15th – Julie Hanson Trentham & 16th – Ricky Rickman
Teams event; Maureen Warrener Woodend (29) 32 points, Ricky Rickman, Bev Bellman with 104 points
Player of the Year Points; 5 Bev Bellman. 4 Helen Howard, 3 Sheena Carter Lancefield, 2 Lisa Caines Broadford & 1 Ricky Rickman
Fun was had by all with a quick nine-hole round of Foursomes before members spent time in the clubhouse preparing for the Romsey Challenge Bowl Tournament scheduled for Thursday 4th. Scoring was very consistent across the field as seen in the following results
Winners; Denise O’Meara/Jenny Hartley – 50/16/34, from Beryl Cole/Kath Jekabsons – 48/13.25/34.75 & Jan Harver/Darlene Baker – 51/15.75/35.25
The handicap team travelled to Trentham on an overcast afternoon with some misty rain to to take on Euroa . The course was tight with many branches poking well out into the fairway. Romsey had another good day. RGC results were; Scott Williams L5/3, Mick Nicholls Jnr L2/1, Rob Rea Sq, Mick Nicholls Snr Sq, Heath Rea W5/4, Chris vanDerVliet W2/1 & Keith Hocking W4/3.
Romsey D Euroa – 4/3
Kilmore D Hidden Valley – 4.5/2.5
Woodend D Mt Macedon – 4.5/2/5
The scratch team traveled to Seymour to take on Kilmore. Our first year back in Div 2 scratch so we knew things would be tough. RGC results were; Daniel Wright Sq, Mick Squire L2/1, Les Gaunt L2D, Andrew Clement L3/2, Shannon Wright L7/6, Andrew Evans L5/4 & Pat Chisholm W1Up.
Kilmore D Romsey – 5.5/1.5
Broadford D Strathbogie – 5/2
The March Medal field teed off with dark cloud looming and a gusting wind south-westerly wind. The round progressed and the wind moved from NW to NE causing problems with high approach shots often veering well off target. As the field turned for home a violent squall, with hailstones, moved across the park seeing players hiding behind trees or trying to control umbrellas in the wind. Despite the tough conditions two players were able to record scores well below their handicaps. Other were left to rue poor approach shots or putts that were hit a little too well and just rolled passed the cup. On a cold and wind afternoon the results were;
Winner and March Medalist; Pat Chisholm – 81/15/66 from Michael Squire – 76/7/69
NTPs; 1st – Ron Walker, 15th – Scott Williams & 16th – Les Gaunt. Least Putts; Pat Chisholm – 25
Final of the 2019 Algie Mitchell Shield
John Laing (7) D Mick Nicholls Snr (0) – 2/1 (Played earlier in the week)
The Seymour Golf Club Bowl was held in near perfect weather. There was not a puff of wind, the sun shone through intermittent clouds and the temperature hovered around 27°. The course was in very good condition with watered fairways and lovely greens.
With a field of 62 players the winning combination, with a total of 99 points, was a team from Seymour (D. Gratten/P. Jarvis/D. Byrne) The Romsey contingent scored 90 points which placed them 4th overall.
Elaine Scanlon had 32 points while Jenny Hartley and Darlene Baker had 29 points each.
The Monthly Medal was held in fine Autumn conditions. The course is holding up well considering how dry it has been and there was plenty of run on the fairways. Putting was tricky with a number of short putts just not falling.
Women’s Results Monthly Medal; Darlene Baker – 93/18/75 from Elaine Scanlon – 106/30/76, Lorraine Robb – 112/32/80
Men’s Results Stroke Event; Andrew Laing from Chris Manktelow & John Freestone
NTP; 15th – Chris Manktelow