THE weather was unkind to a degree and “play the ball as it lies” introduced into play after a long stretch of “preferred lies” on fairways, so it was a trifle tough going for the mid-sized field that turned out on Saturday 12 October to watch Gary Peters turn in the top round of the day for a win in his grade.

The event was an Individual Stableford sponsored by “The Two Garrys”, Garry Randall and Garry Trevino. The winner in A grade on a count back was Paul Blanch with 34 Stableford points.
Brendon Murray came home clear at the top of B grade with 35 points. It was Gary Peters in C grade with the top Stableford score of the day of 38, although he did need a count back to credit him with the trophy.

Balls were won by Gary Peters and Paul Coote 38, Brendon Murray 35, Paul Blanch, Steve Macdonald and Brian Osborne 34, with the last two balls going to Murray Bowden and Stacey Groves each scoring 33 points.

The Nearest-to-the-Pins at the 4th and 13th holes were by Ben Veitch in A grade who finished 520 cm from home and by Bredon Murray, 497 cm, in B grade. Paul Blanch was closest among the A grade players at the 6th and 15th holes at 220 cm and Wayne Maddalena, 560 cm, did the job for the B grade players. The NTP trophies at both holes eluded the days’ C grade players despite their top scores overall.

The long drives at the 8th and 17th fairways went to Paul Blanch, Randall Buckley and Steve Bowden representing the three grades.

The Super Sevens for the week ending Friday 11 October was won by Stacey Groves with 18 Stableford points. Balls were won by Mark Stone and Ken Kelly 17, Doug Blanch 16, Rob Moore 15, and by Peter Buettel and Graeme Marsh, 14.

On Saturday 19 October the Gloucester Club will be staging its annual Town versus the Bush challenge, run in the form of an Individual Stableford and sponsored by Rawdon Vale. The following Saturday, Accom will sponsor a Four Ball Better Ball Stableford.

By Peter WILDBLOOD