Weekly Golf Results – July 21, 2025

On Saturday we played an 18 hole Stableford event sponsored by Max Keith and Michael Thomas. The 2 young guns have been supporting their club for a number of years via this event and other activities, and we are grateful for their ongoing association. The player numbers have been on the up over the last few week and this Saturday there were 71 players out and about searching for those elusive birdies.

Best on the day was Dave Brown with a tearaway 42 points. His round included 2 birdies, and 39 off the stick on the front nine plus 2 misses on the back. There would have been some lamenting over what could have been after handing that card in. But good to see Dave at least getting somewhere near to his summer scores. Michael Dellaca is lucky he got those rickety footballers knees fixed as he is having to climb the podium on a regular basis now. His 39 point haul also included a birdie and a 39 on the back 9. That 18 handicap that he played off will be a distant memory once the handicapper visits. Mel Matthews was next in with a 38 as she also recaptures some form with Phill Smith and Robert Hey also breaking stableford par for the event with their 37s.

The Handiskins preliminary event draws to a close this weekend with the top 4 players set to play off in the final later in the year. It is a tight run affair with the scores a little down on past years so there are opportunities to still make the final. Typically 3 par rounds is sufficient to get a spot in the fab 4 at the end but this year Trevor Chatman on 106, Mel Matthews 104, Richard Hutchinson 103 and Col Braeden 101 are the final 4 leading into the last round. The other contenders still with a chance if the leaders falter are Aaron Gaffey, Lindsay Elliott, Gordon Pritchard, Brendan Hill, Ron Hetherington, Aaron Wilkie, Craig Matthews and Ian Phipps. This will make for an exciting finish with probably only Trevor assured of a spot in the final at this stage.

The Nearest The Pins winners were – Bridgestone Mining 1st Jack Elliott at 560cm, Griffins Leading Edge by Justin Middleton at 154cm, Parkes Ready Mixed Concrete 9th by Phil Smith at 53cm, the Westlime 11th by Phil Bishop at 580cm, the Gulf Western Oil 17th by Rod Luyt at 220cm. The lucrative money hole was won by Phil Bishop at 580cm. Ball winners were Melissa Matthews 38, Michael Haydon, Phill Smith, Rob Hey 37, Wayne Powter, Phil Bishop, John Green 36.

This week is a Stableford event which doubles as the last round of Handiskins.