By Casey O'Connor
Stanthorpe Golfers are recovering after a busy weekend on the course.
The usual Saturday competition was followed by the club’s foursomes championships on Sunday.
Saturday’s stroke event was played for the Newley family trophy, the Laurie Newley Memorial Trophy.
Laurie Newley was a keen golfer, a club member and looked after the course and greens at the club.
Matt Burgess returned nett 72 to win the Men’s division.
A countback determined the runner after David Burgess and Max Hunter each returned nett 74.
The countback went in favour of David Burgess over Max Hunter.
The final result was a son getting the better of the father in the nett event however the tables were turned in David’s favour, in the gross event.
David managing to beat Matt 79 to 80.
Lisa Stuart played another consistent round returning nett 68 to wrap up the Ladies comepitition.
Nikki Waterworth collected the runner up prize with a nett 72.
The Men’s pin shots were claimed by David Burgess at three, Mick O’Brien at 12 and Chris Binge at 17.
Meanwhile the Ladies’ pins went the way of Marie Cook at 12 and Kay Webb at 17.
Pro-pins were won by David Gianini at 1/10, Chris Binge at 5/14 and Rob Reeves at 9/18.
The Birdies nest was unclaimed.
Players backed up on Sunday for the Ladies and Men’s Club Foursomes Championships.
The competition attracting some very competitive teams, although there were a few favourites in the field.
In the Men’s ‘A’ division the team of Nathan Stibbard and Jason Hatton had a five shot lead on the field returning a winning score of 114.
In ‘B’ grade the winners with a score of 129 were Richard Reardon and Keith Jones Mick O’Brien and Matt Waterworth returned the Best nett but not before a a three way countback was needed to find a winner.
In the ladies event it was a win for Racheal Hendry and Marie Cook.
They streeted the remainder of the field with a score of 139, 10 better than the rest.
The Best nett result in this division went to Margie Locke and Mei Bell with nett 110.
Although the event was a gross stroke event, nett score were fairly close with only 10 shots between first and last in both men’s and ladies’ divisions.
The mixed foursomes are due early next month, so players should start looking for a partner for this event.
Saturday is the Peter Howard Memorial Day and members will play a Canadian Foursome.
As it is the last Saturday of the month (where has September gone, I hear you ask) play will commence with a shot gun start at noon.
There is a time sheet on the board at the clubhouse for this event.
