By Casey O'Connor
It was a big weekend for Stanthorpe golfers with a single Stableford played on Saturday and the club’s mixed foursomes championships played over 27 holes of alternate shot format on Sunday.
The winners of the 2021 mixed foursomes champions are David Reeves and Racheal Hendry after the pair returned the best score of the round (127).
Runner’s up Nikki and Matt Waterworth finished hot on their heels with 131.
Richard Reardon and Lynette Ludlow returned the best nett scores.
Linda Kelly and Aaron Simmers were the nett runners up.
Congratulations to the winners and to all teams and players who participated in the event.
Thanks also to Trevor for his input. The event was sponsored in part by the golf club.
The club extends a special thank you to David Gianini for his sponsorship contribution for the event.
David a former member of the club now plays at Tenterfield.
Unfortunately, due to the ongoing restrictions has been unable to play his home course.
The Stanthorpe club is pleased to welcome him back to his former home.
Saturday’s competition individual stableford sponsored by Todd Wilshire and Wilshire and Co
Scores were very close but, in the end, it was veteran Keith Allen who claimed the win with a score of 38 points.
It that long ago Keith was on crutches, and it is great to see him fit and well and firing. Keith’s front nine was average with 16 points on the card but an excellent back nine off 22 points secured the win.
Travis Burton and Darryl Boekholt both finished one shot back.
Burton just nudged Boekholt into the run down following the countback to determine the runner up.
Kay Webb produced one her better rounds to win the ladies event she also finished with 38 points.
Nikki Waterworth had another steady round of 34 and finished runner up.
Pin shots went the way of Kev Rowling at three, Scott Constable at 12 and Matt Waterworth at 17.
Helen Jones held the ladies’ pin at 12 and Nikki Waterworth at 17.
Pro-pins were won by David Gianini at 1/10, Ivan Juriss at 5/14 and Keith Barnett put his second shot in close at 9/18.
In the run down it was a ball to Kev Rowling, Richard Reardon, Santo Cavallaro and Linda Kelly.
The time sheet for the Open day (24 Oct) is almost full and only a few places remain. Players should get in quick for a preferred tee time.
This week Saturday’s round is an individual stableford sponsored by Dep’s Beautiful Nails.
The Time sheet for the day’s event is on the board at the club. A reminder that we are back to the summer start time of 11.30 am.
