Great spring weather for our round at Victor Harbor this year. The course was in very good shape and the meals in the Clubhouse were excellent.
Bob Troubridge took out his second Trophy for the Season following his win at Tanunda ⏳⏳
1st Bob Troubridge 37
2nd Jim Day 35
3rd John Elliot 33
NTPS
3rd Stuart Cornell 3m
7th Martin Henderson tie John Elliot 3.5m
10th XXX
14th Carolyn Kernahan 6m
Next event is Clare on November 5th-8th
John Mortimer
Move over boys, one for the Ladies! Liz Wedge wins the day
25 Members enjoyed great weather and the Course was in excellent condition for our round at The Vines.
It’s a very well looked after golf course and has a great mix of challenging holes. Must comment on the Clubhouse food (considering the COVID restrictions) was very good .
1st Liz Wedge 36
2nd Wolf Engel 35
3rd Jim Day 34 c/b
NTPS
3rd Frank Topolnjak 45cm🔥
6th John Elliot 8.0 m
10th Bruce Clark 4.5m
14th Stuart Thompson 3.3m
Next Round Royal Victor 13th September
John Mortimer ⛳️🏌️
Thaxted Park 2020 – Benn Cox back to back Winner.
Course conditions were very testing for the 23 members who made the trip down South. After some heavy overnight rain the Course was a bit soggy making scoring difficult with no one playing to their handicap.
Ben Cox off a 6 handicap had a great round with 35 points. Benn is on a hot streak after winning at Flagstaff Hill.
A warm welcome to our new SAOGA Member Ewan McDonald.
Results
1st Benn Cox
2nd Al MacDonald 33 C/B
3rd Ryan Mancini 33
NTPS
3rd Frank Topolnjak 1.7 m
8th Mark Mancini 4.5m
11th James Lunnay 4.5 m
15th Wolf Engel 1.8 m
Next Round at the Vines on August 16th
John Mortimer 🏌️⛳️
Benn Cox had a sparkling day out with 75 strokes off the stick, finishing with 41 Points off a handicap of 8. Great golf Ben ! (And could have been better having missed an eagle putt on the tricky 8th hole!)
It was a miracle we even got to play with the forecast weather rain and wind. 20 members enjoyed a rain free round on this challenging course and with COVID Laws easing enjoyed a chat in the Clubhouse for only the 2nd time this Year
1st Ben Cox 41
2nd John Mortimer 38
3rd Al McDonald 37
NTPS
7th Al McDonald 2.0 m (Al nearly aced it hitting the pin, almost a hole in 1!)
9th Wolf Engel 7.0 m
13th Frank Topolnjak 8m
14th Bruce Clark 7 m
Next Round is Thaxted Park 12th July 🏌️⛳️
John Mortimer
The Pat 2020 – Mark Mancini the Winner
25 Members and 1 Guest lined up for our first game since the COVID Safe Restrictions eased. The Course was in excellent condition and it was great to see everyone enjoying a restart to our Season. Special mention to James Skewes for his 38 points, although not eligible for a prize did beat his dad Chris by 1 point!
1st Mark Mancini 41
2 nd Chris Skewes 37
3rd Bob Troubridge 36
NTPS
2nd Stuart Thompson 3.0m
5th Al McDonald 4.0m
12th Ben Cox 2.5m
16th Leon Mulder 1.1m
Note: prizes will be distributeed at our next game, Flagstaff Hill on 21-June-20
John Mortimer 🏌️⛳️
Tanunda Pines 2020 – Bob Troubridge breaks through for the Win.
Only 20 members made the trip up to the Barossa this year, not unexpected given the current situation we are in.
The course was as always a challenge with many of the field practising “social distancing” by steering clear of fairways via the trees and rough destroying their scores for the round!
Some good scores were achieved and results are:
1st Bob Troubridge 39
2nd Ryan Mancini 38
3rd Al McDonald on c/b 38
NTPS
6th Bruce Clark 4m
8th Wolf Engel 1.2m
11th Mike Willis 5m
16th Len Dewsnap 9m
Our next round is Victor Harbor on the 16th of April – lock downs permitting
John Mortimer
Mike Willis Magnificent,Wins with 40 big points.
Rated 59 in Australia’s best Courses, our first round for season 2020 at Mt Compass is a great test of your golf game. 26 Members teed up in great weather and some good scores were achieved. 8 Regulars were absent due to the Celebration of Carolyn Kernahan’s 60 th Birthday – Happy Birthday Carrie!
Results:
1st Mike Willis 40
2nd Kris Rodrigues 39
3rd Ryan Mancini 37 on c/b from Graeme Where 37
NTPs :
Hole 5 Ben Cox 7.5 m
Hole 9 Kris Rodrigues 1.0 m
Hole 12 Stuart Thompson 1.3 m
Hole 14 Bruce Clark 1.0 m
Some close ones there, hopefully will will have a hole in 1 this season!
See you at Tanunda on the 22nd of March for our next Round
John Mortimer
The Vines 2019 – Mark Mancini breaks through for a Win. In cold wet and windy conditions 20 Hardy Members teed off at The Vines Reynella.The Results, with no one playing to handicap, tells the story of a tough round of Golf. The Course was in great condition considering the amount of rain we have had.
Results
1 Mark Mancini 35
2 John Mortimer 34
3 Al McDonald 33
Ntps
3 Al McDonald 1m unfortunately Al 3 putted !
6 Frank Sampson 6.5m
10 Wolf Engel 1.8m
14 Mike Willis 6m
Our next round is on September 15th at South Lakes Golf Club at Goolwa.
John Mortimer
Thaxted Park July 2019 Ryan Mancini the winner.
25 Members made the trip down to Thaxted Park for our 6th round.Weather was great considering what it has been like during the week and once again we were lucky to have hardly a shower over 18 Holes.
Results
1st Ryan Mancini 40 pts
2nd James Lunnay 38pts
3rd on c/b Travis Reardon 38pts
NTPS
3rd Mark Duerden 3m
8th Wolf Engel .75m
11th John Mortimer 7m
15th Travis Reardon.5m
Next Round is at The Vines 18th August
John Mortimer
Flagstaff Hill 2019 – Rob Mulder Romps Home.
27 Members teed off in great weather for our annual visit to this testing layout. Rob Mulder on his old home Course blitzed the Field to win by 6 points! Rob was the only player to score more than 35 points.
Results
1st Rob Mulder 41
2nd Travis Reardon 35
3rd on countback Paul Chalk 35
NTPS
Hole 3 Paul Chalk 2.2m
Hole 7 🙏
Hole 9 Darren Griffiths 3.5m
Hole 13 Frank Topolnjak 0.25m
Hole 14 Mark Duerden 2.5m
Our next round is July 14th at Thaxted Park
John Mortimer