Hi
All,
We
early risers from the Coast arrived at Atherton today to be greeted
by a brisk, very cool southerly wind which the people from the
Tablelands were relishing although even some of them were well rugged
up. Once the clouds dispersed and the sun climbed higher in the sky,
the day turned out to be very pleasant.
As
stated before, the Championships were funded by a generous
sponsorship by CAIRNS GOLF WORLD through the efforts of Leigh,
the Manager. We again would like to express our gratitude for the
largesse of this organisation in the support shown by it to the
F.N.Q.V.G.A.
Once
again the course was in excellent condition and, if anything, the
greens were faster and the pins in more treacherous positions than
the first week of our Championships. Brendan, the Course
Superintendent, must be very proud of the way the course has been
presented over the past two weeks. Not only for our Championships,
but also the Atherton Open, which was held over the weekend
attracting about 150 competitors each day. Our thanks once again go
to Kylie and Cheryl who worked hard to provide our nibbles on the
first day and the platters of sandwiches for each group on the second
day. Their efforts were very much appreciated by everyone.
We
had one visitor today from Waburton, Victoria, Alan Johnston.
Apparently Warburton is a town which has produced one of our other
visitors, John Hall and our Vice-Captain, Russ Gill.
Seventy
seven players took to the field today as 67 men and 10 ladies battled
for the honour of being crowned Champion Golfer in their respective
Divisions. The Daily scores today were indicative of the of the
difficulty of the course and the competition for the titles., The
best net score in Division I was 69 with three players, Robin Tonks,
Marcus Morse and George Studham having that score with Robin winning
the day’s competition on a countback.
The
efforts of these three players, whilst noteworthy, paled into
insignificance with the score returned by one of our veteran Vets,
Brian Norris. Brian who is 86 years young, had an 88 off the stick
today for a 61 net, a score he has never achieved before in his
golfing lifetime. It won the Daily Division II event by 8 shots.
Congratulations, Brian a fine effort.
Captain
Russ will be endeavouring to have the results of the Championships
published in the next 24 hours or so after their confirmation.
See
you all at Gordonvale next Tuesday.
Take
care,
Greg.
“El
Presidente”.
TODAY’S
RESULTS
MEN
DIVISION
I
Winner: Robin
Tonks, 69 net C/B.
Runner
Up: Marcus Morse, 69 net C/B.
DIVISION
II
Winner: Brian
Norris, 61 net.
Runner
Up: Neil Stubbin, 69 net.
BALL
RUNDOWN
69
net: George Studham.
70
net: Darryl De Clifford, Peter Edmonds, Tom Stager, Dennis Lankester,
Bruce Jenner, Tom Finch.
71
net: Peter Doherty, Bill Eden, Ross White, Peter Clarke.
72
net: Vaughan Smith, Neil Sharkey, Mark Buckle.
73
net: Keith Sanderson, John Richards, John Gregan, Ron Blake, Bob
Billingham, Ron Blake, Dave Morrison, Don McHardie.
74
net: Gary Tudehope, George Cooley, Russel Lawrence.
N,T.P.’s: 3rd
John Famularo, 11th John Tolhurst, 13th Darryl
DeClifford, 18th Peter
Steventon.
LADIES
Winner:
Margaret Finch, 70 net C/B.
Runner
Up: Kay Bergiel, 70 net.
BALL
RUNDOWN
71
NET: Gail O’Shea.
72
net: Kay Cleland, Andrina Wilson.
73
net: Liz Edmonds.
75
net: Tessa Meyer.
N.T.P.’S: 3rd
Tessa Meyer, 11th Andrina Wilson, 13th Lois
Tait, 18th Liz Edmonds.
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