Weekly Golf Results – June 23, 2025

On Saturday Dusty Powter’s Advice 4 Life were the sponsors of our 18 Hole Stableford event doubling as the 3 rd round of Handiskins. Dusty has been both a long time member, staunch supporter and promoter of Parkes golf and we are most appreciative of his support. Dusty knows nearly every blade of grass personally on the course as he runs the holes each day to freshen up before work. There were 67 players out for day of testing themselves and the course.

Ten players were par or better in the stableford format with the best being again from those early starting groups. Trevor Chatman had been congratulating his playing mates of recent times as they finished on top of the pile but this week his 41 point haul couldn’t be caught by the chasing players. Trevor had a 4 over 40 on the front 9 converting that into 22 points and was beginning to formulate the acceptance speech as he teed off the 10th . Highlight on the front was an eagle on the par 5 8 th hole which came with lifelong bragging rights. Down the back 9 a birdie on the 12th made Trev think anything was possible, but a rough patch in the middle curtailed his back 9 to 19 points. Luckily, he hung in there as Brendan Hill finally got some reward for rounds played and managed to gather 40 points with 24 points on the front 9 with a miss. Unfortunately, as all golfers do, he underestimated the course bite-back and only compiled 16 on the back nine. Michael Riley was also proving a threat turning with 20 points in the bag he faced that back 9 which was bringing the others down. Michael held his nerve recording another 20 point 9 holes to also fail by a point. The dynamic father and son duo of Ian and James Ward and Richard Hutchison all recorded 38 points. James had a 1 over round with 1 bogey and the rest pars, a great round.

Leading after round 3 of Handiskins Col Breaden is on 101 with Aaron Gaffey 1 point back and a herd chasing with Trevor Chatman now on 98 with Lindsay Elliott and Gordon Pritchard on 97 points. There are some dark horses such as Richard Hutchinson who is only on 76 points but has only completed 2 of the 3 rounds required to qualify. So the event still has plenty to unfold with 2 rounds remaining prior to the final 4 being chosen.

The Nearest The Pins winners were – Bridgestone Mining 1 st Michael Dellaca at 12m, Griffins Leading Edge by Scott Winter at 34cm, Parkes Ready Mixed Concrete 9 th by Phill Smith at 33cm, the Westlime 11th by Peter Magill at 224cm, the Gulf Western Oil 17th by Blake Parker at 236cm. The lucrative money hole was won by Blake Parker at 236cm.

Ball winners were Michael Riley, Brendan Hill 40, James Ward, Richard Hutchinson, Ian Ward 38, Anthony Jackson, Peter Kaden 37.

This week is a 4 person stableford where the best and worst scores count on each hole.