Once again the Melbourne Cup weekend trip was a huge success especially for our well-deserved winner, the dark horse – Kenny Grist!! Ken was well in form in the first round with 32 points 3 clear of the field and despite Chris Priems charge with a 35 on Sunday, it was not enough to catch Ken. Ken’s second round was very steady and he managed to get points on all 18 holes which few of us could duplicate.
Rodger, who did his usual excellent job organising the whole weekend, had his xxth birthday and although not rewarded with a win had a good time and a nice speech from his presidential son.
Bobby McDonald won the Cox Plate this year with his excellent drive of minus 1 inch.
Allan and Rodger shared the CAD award which was really fitting as the A was missing in action.
Rich River was in excellent condition and we played the West course on Saturday and the East course on Sunday. All the water hazards were dry as bones but the fairways and greens were nicely looked after a green.
All in all it was a great weekend which everyone enjoyed with friends, good food, great golf and the occasional drink 🙂
The overall results for the two round aggregate stableford were
Ken Grist – Winner – 62
Chris Priems – Runner up – 60
Malcolm Adey – 3rd – 58
Damien Lee – 4th – 57
