By Casey O'Connor
It is time to catch up with Warwick Sporters news now that Christmas mayhem and the odd belting from Huey is behind us.
Sporters hit the fairways for the first round in 2022 Wednesday 5 January. The normal stroke round was deferred to the following week as 68 members teed off in the competition sponsored by Sam Eaves. Lawrie Hewson and thee sartorial Mark Paroz returned 38 points and after the countback Hewson got the prize ahead of Paroz.
Collecting in the rundown were Sam McLennan and Paul Dautzenberg (37), Greg Carey and Kris McLennan (36), and Justin Sneath, Ian Skillen and Robin Farrell (35).
NTP’s: Ian Skillen (fifth), Keith Clarke (seventh), Diamond Pete (ninth), Troy Alsford (16th). The Pro pin on 11 went the way of Chain Saw Al (3), Kris McLennan (2), Wayne Walters (1). Tasting success at the Pro pin on 13 were Wayne Walters (4), Tim Sutton (3) and Kris McLennan (2).
Another big field were on course on 12 January to play the deferred stroke round. Mark Thomas blitzed the field of 70 when he returned 58 nett off his 14 handicap. Next best was Darrell Bain who returned nett 61.
Scott Mills a visiting player from the Belmont GC returned 65 and figured in the rundown along with local protagonists Mort Henderson (65), Mal Crawford 66, Chainsaw Al (66), Troy Alsford, The Loin King and Clive Pulley (67) and Greg Wallace (68).
As we moved further into January another 70 plus field teed off on the 19th playing the Hawker Road Function Centre January trophy.
Don Ledema claimed the honours with 40 points just edging out The Loin King (39 points).
Mal Crawford (39), Lawrie Hewson and Charlie Morrison (37), Troy Alsford (36), Chainsaw Al (35), Yeppoon visitors Peter Lowry (35) and Ian Skillen and Darrell Bain (34) al featured in the rundown.
The following players featured in the NTP’s:- Peter Farrell (fifth), Peter Lowry (seventh), Mark Thomas (ninth) and Paul Dautzenberg (16th). Collecting balls at the Pro pin on the 11th were Greg Carey (4), Craig Burgess (3) and Doug Wilson (2) Shane Reid (4), Warren Maudsley (3) and Peter Farrell (2) all had success at the Pro Pin on the 13th.
A reminder to Sporters members in the shootout there are four more games remaining to qualify for the shootout; the last, Wednesday 23 February.
The shootout will be held a month later on Wednesday 23 March, so get cracking.
Sporters Members will be pleased to learn of the ongoing financial contribution to the parent club by Sporters. The committee recently authorising the donation of circa $2.8K for a mobile spray unit. The unit will be used by greens staff to control the kikuyu grass on the green surrounds.
