We could only manage eight full members on the tees today although the numbers were bolstered a little by dint of a guest brought along by Steve and a return by Ken Watson, after quite a long break, to put in his second handicap card.
As it turned out, bringing his mate along was lucky for Steve as he managed to play out of his skin and accumulate a very fine total of 42 points for the round.
Now that the Jarrod Lyle day is done and dusted, Simon has been able to concentrate on his golf (so he says) and, despite putting in a good one on Thursday, he lined up again and repeated the performance today to garner 39 points.
Breathing right down Simon’s neck with 38 points was the ‘good looking’ Priems followed ever so closely by Michael with 37. This is the first time we have seen Michael for a while so he could easily have been a bit green but he started off with a couple of birdies. A short term fade out later in the round probably prevented him from gaining some ground on the reigning Seniors Champion though he is on record as having an aim to win the event in his inaugural year in the category.
Meanwhile, Targe continued to accumulate points even though he was a little way behind the main pack with only 34 points. Five players in the points meant that only three missed out on a day that could easily have proved easy to present. Big Joe was back for the first time in a while but he had to make a hurried departure to deal with some family matter. Simon also had to rush off to hear somebody sing ‘Don’t cry for me, Marge and Tina!’
The small numbers meant that we only managed to post 4 birdies for the day but there were still some improvements in Eclectic scores to be had. The BallPins were on the 12th and 18th and both fell to the disgustingly consistent Michael but, surprisingly, the ProPin on the 15th resisted all attempts and will jackpot to next week. Noodles has a birthday to celebrate later in the week.
As for the rest of the Club…..at least eighteen took off on Friday and winged their way to King Island to try their hand at handling the fine courses at Cape Wickham and Ocean Dunes. Reports are pretty thin on the ground although a few roosters did stick their heads up and at least one displayed some fine style off the tee.
Results for Saturday, 16 February 2019
1st Stephen Kelly(42) 2nd Simon Powell(39) 3rd Robert Priems(38) 4th Michael Gourlay(37) 5th Targe Mifsud(34)
Seniors Results: 1st Simon Powell (39) 2nd Michael Gourlay (37) 3rd Targe Mifsud (34)
Nearest the Pin Results: ProPin15th Jackpot BallPin No 1 12th Michael Gourlay BallPin No 2 18th Michael Gourlay