On their way to watching Josh coast to a seven-shot victory with a net 65 in the April Monthly Medal, his playing partners Brendon and Targe were cheered by the banking of an early free beer on the third when Josh’s drive didn’t make the red markers.
Fresh off the back of free drinks from Nalin’s hole-in-one the previous week, Brendon was in good drinking form, but later disappointed.
Dashing off to his next sporting appointment before he had time to pay up (or get a fresh photo taken for the blog) the ever-generous Josh instructed to “put it on the old man’s tab”.
Trailing Raj in solo second (72) the ‘old man’ in question, Matt joined a five-way dead heat for third on 73 with Gordo, Brendon, Marc and JQ. Craig and Porks shared fourth on 74 and the all-important fifth placed championship point (and third in the seniors) went to CJ with 75.
Three match play rounds provided some tight finishes and a few memorable shots, especially Peps off the tee on the second (draughty topped into the water, with drinks bill fully paid up after the round to two thirsty and happy Priems brothers) and 12th (power shank). Peps opponent Rob also had his moments off the tee, but managed to hang in there, battle through to a chip off and take the win.
Marc vs Matt was a classic. Marc was 3 up after 10, then 2 down after 15 but came through to win 1 up after a big last three holes including a long par putt on 18.
Raj managed to sneak past Adam 2up after being behind most of the day. Along the way Raj’s shot to 1 metre on the 15th earned him the Propin and the birdie was handy for his match play comeback.
The ball pin on the 7th jackpots and there are conflicting reports about who won the ball on the 18th, but the scoreboard below says CJ. Or was it Matt and he’s been robbed again?
Gordo pulled the greatest AGM attendance trick of all time with a captive audience attending the AGM, with BBQ cooking delayed after a dash to refill the gas bottle. As per follow-up emails to club members from Craig (Secretary) and Rob (President) the AGM went well. Big thanks to Craig for organising the AGM and for everybody who stayed and participated in the business of the day.
Earlier Gordo had been asked to accept some extra weight in his saddlebag. Having been told by the clubhouse that white markers had accidentally not been put out on one hole (but it was not known which hole) he lugged a spare pair of markers around the course for 18 holes. It turns out there was none missing. It is not known if he put them out either side of the BBQ on the 19th hole after the cooking finally got going with gas supply secured.
Gordo’s other trick of the week was to get Nailn’s hole-in-one trophy organised and presented. In just his 6th game with the club the previous week, an 8 iron into the 4th produced the perfect result. It was Gordo on hand then too. While it wasn’t possible to see the ball go in from the tee, as they approached the green Gordo declared, “if that’s not on the green I bet it’s in the hole” and it was. Congratulations again Nalin!
I always forget the birthdays but not this week. Happy big ones to Rod Grant and SoS.
Also, congratulations to Harry and his lovely wife who celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary recently.
Results for Saturday, 05 Apr 2025
1st Josh Hunt (65) 2nd Rajesh Mahto (72) 3rd Gordon Hill (73) 3rd Matt Hunt (73) 3rd Brendon Mitchell (73) 3rd Marc Phillips (73) 3rd John Quinlan (73) 4th Craig Cameron (74) 4th Ryan Porker (74) 5th Chris Priems (75)
Seniors Results: 1st Gordon Hill (73) 1st Matt Hunt (73) 2nd Craig Cameron (74) 3rd Chris Priems (75)
Nearest the Pin Results: ProPin – 15th Rajesh Mahto BallPin No 1 – 7th Jackpot BallPin No 2 – 18th Chris Priems