GOLF
Tuross Head Men
Saturday, November 14: A close competition in the Tuross Head men's Saturday stableford event this week resulted in a win for Stephen O'Shea with 39 stableford points.
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Stephen relegated Allan Langford to second on a countback.
Matthew Minehan won third place, also on a countback, with 38 points.
Scott Henman and Rodger Chappell both returned cards of 38 points. Rodger, according to our course reporter, has put a lot of time in on the practise greens.
PGA golfer Rob Green, operating from the newly established Golf Pro Shop, is available to provide valuable golfing tips to improve member's scoring ability.
Some members seem to think going into the trees and the rough is a shortcut.
It is not, the most direct line is from tee to green, but it is permitted to go off course to visit the Pro Shop.
Thursday's medley match was won by Warren Hodder, who also scored an eagle on the difficult par 4 eighth hole.
Warren had a card of 40 points, ahead of Dorothy Madden, Paul Israel and Beverley Theobald with 39 points. Wendy Schmid followed with 38 points.
The last men's Saturday competition for the year will be held on December 19.
There will be a lucky draw for those present.
20 hams will be available to some lucky golfers.
Also a Callaway golf bag donated by PGA golfer Brendan Jones will be raffled.
Another important date is the THCC Annual General Meeting to be held on Sunday December 13th.
Members must register to attend by Friday 27th.
Tuross Head Vets
Wednesday, November 25: Players came out in force at the Tuross Head Veteran golfers' Single Stableford event with 65 players registering. Winner on the day, with what is possibly his best-ever 9 hole round at Tuross, was Ian Manton with a 1 over par round of 36 strokes to record an outstanding 28 Stableford points. Ian beat home Julie Barningham with 26, Blaise Madden on 25 and Mike Birks who scored 24 points. Great scores by all players.
Minor prizes went to Tony Crook, Robin Green, Kevin Dukes, and Ken Brown with 22 points, Ann Ware, Rick Brake and Peter McRae on 21, Barry Hoban, Allen Lee, Paul Pereira and Gail Rogers on 20, Henry Anderson, Andrew Gordon, Paul Green, Chris Wratten, Noel Downie all on 19, and finally Richard Kelly, Ann Challender and Ross Hendy on 18. David Williams struggled all morning and took out the Bradman award.
Tuross Head women
On Tuesday, November 24, 22 ladies enjoyed a Stableford competition where some high scores were achieved.
Winners were: A Grade: Leonie Doolan with a score of 37 points with Teri Swanbury the runner-up on 34 points
A mother and daughter took out B Grade - who would have thought!
Shirley Quinlan had 37 points, just pipping her daughter, Samantha Dryden on 36 points.
C Grade: Margaret Downey had an excellent 37 points (with three wipes!). The runner-up was Dianne O'Shea on 30 points.
A special surprise on the day was a gift of almond cake and rocky road for everyone, beautifully presented by Annette Manton to celebrate her birthday.
Catalina
November 19 - Veterans 9 Hole Stableford
A Grade: 1st Brian Marsden (15) 20, 2nd Mark Simpson (19) 19, 3rd Allan Cameron (15) 18
B Grade: 1st Peter Louttit (31) 20, 2nd Ron Winter (24) 20, 3rd Rob Allwell (26) 20
Ball Prize to 16
Veterans 18 Hole Stableford
Overall Winners: 1st John Rogan (9) 39, 2nd Danny Smith (24) 38, 3rd Thomas Purcell (5) 37
Ball Prize to 29
Womens 9 Hole Stableford
Overall Winners: 1st Pamela Gannon (45) 19, 2nd Letitia Baz (41) 19, 3rd Akemi Fukuda (37) 18
Ball Prize to 14
November 21 - Medley Stableford
A Grade: 1st Chris Wilson (10) 38, 2nd John Rogan (10) 37, 3rd Steve Potter (7) 37, 4th Rob Devonald (10) 36
B Grade: 1st Michael O'Malley (14) 41, 2nd Terry Mclean (15) 39, 3rd Peter Higgs (15) 38, 4th Gerry Aherne (15) 38
C Grade: 1st Wayne Wilson (19) 42, 2nd Steve Cowling (21) 39, 3rd Peter Edwards (21) 39, 4th Allan Dean (23) 38
D Grade: 1st Matt Pollock (24) 39, 2nd Tom Davis (26) 37, 3rd Sam Shaw (25) 37, 4th John Donlevy (36) 36
Ball Prize to 33
Womens Stableford
Overall Winners: 1st Jenny Scullin (18) 38, 2nd Dianne Gill (26) 36, 3rd Marian Byrnes (21) 35
Ball Prize to 32
November 22 - Mens Stableford
A Grade: 1st Gerry Martin (12) 40, 2nd David Jenner (16) 38, 3rd Steve Potter (6) 38, 4th David Lowes (9) 38
B Grade: 1st Ben Hasler (17) 40, 2nd Graham Flynn (19) 40, 3rd Craig Eppelstun (22) 40, 4th Ian Robinson (17) 39
Ball Prize to 34
Womens Stableford
Overall Winners: 1st Cathie Flynn (20) 42, 2nd Marian Byrnes (20) 41, 3rd Colleen Day (18) 41, 4th Oroya Mitchell (13) 41
Ball Prize to 32
November 24 - Mens Mid-Week 9 Hole Stableford
A Grade: 1st Scott Campbell (9) 24, 2nd Dale Walton (6) 22, 3rd Chris Wilson (10) 21
B Grade: 1st Peter Higgs (15) 21, 2nd Mark Powell (15) 20, 3rd Peter Hyam (16) 19
C Grade: 1st David Craswell (21) 23, 2nd Don Saville (19) 22, 3rd Alan Boyce (20) 21
D Grade: 1st Alan Loudon (35) 22, 2nd Peter Hutchinson (25) 22, 3rd Chris Gowing (24) 21
Ball Prize to 17
BROULEE RUNNERS
Wednesday, November 25: This week's event attracted 35 competitors with 16 virtual runners timing themselves over one of the 3 distances. Strong winds confronted the 19 actual runners over 5 kilometres. It is outstanding to see young boys Tino Lopresti, Selby Johnston and Will Corkin tackle this distance. It was Will's first attempt, and he ran strongly. Tino managed a top 5 place against very experienced runners, for a 11-year-old he shows outstanding promise.
Personal best times were hard to come by in the conditions, nevertheless Bernie Lambert, Richard Scholes, and Tori Hennig managed to improve. Tori backed up strongly after competing in the Stromlo Running Festival in Canberra last weekend over 30 kilometres and where she finished a creditable 3rd in her age group.
2km: Richard Fisher 17.59; Maureen Searson 20.20; Roz Hayward 20.32; Victoria Fleming 20.45; Aiden Johnston 22.47.
3.5km: Paul Searson 24.05; David McCann 29.35.
5km: Daniel Beby 18.33; Matt Lambert 20.30; Matt Johnsen 21.41; Loren Chambers 23.30; Tino Lopresti 23.54; Gary Ashton 24.32; James Reilly 24.53; Selby Johnston 25.45; Paige Connaughton 25.46; Andrew McPherson 25.48; Prue Bartlett 26.21; Stephen Seidel 26.40; Michael Lambert 26.41; Bernie Lambert 26.51; Richard Scholes 27.47; Deb Connaughton 28.30; Dave Connaughton 28.33; Jason Domeny 28.55; Eliza Milenkovic 28.59; Tori Hennig 29.12; Andrew Greenway 30.29; Nev Madden 31.54; Jill Brown 34.32; Simon Wall 34.55; Will Corkin 35.02; Annie Johnsen 40.52; Mike Kennedy 41.23; Robyn Kennedy 45.12.