Troy Sneaks in the Win

The later starting time at Carbrook revealed some fine weather, just what we needed for the second round of the championships. 17 people arrived, including two locals to this course, plus the van Dyk clan and Ian Davidson. The ninth hole construction was nearing completion, but was still out of play, so the 12th remained bifurcated into 12A par 3 and 12B par 4, setting the course par to 70. Since we set off the first tee, the longest drive would remain on the usual 13th.

At the commencement of the presentations, no one had beat their handicap, so the winning prize was given to President Dennis Hogan with his 70. Just one stroke back on 71, the treasurer Steve Friedrichs was briefly awarded the runner up. That’s when Troy van der Haar piped up claiming he scored a 69. Checking back through the cards confirmed this, so the other prizes were shuffled leaving the treasurer with nothing.

No one got the pin shot on either 7 or 12A, so the remaining ones went with Tony Armbruster getting on the second, Josh van Dyk getting on 11 and the 14th going to Dennis Hogan. Longest drive was won by captain George Young.

Sister club Klover will be playing Carbrook the following Tuesday, so the Rocklea Sparks can brief them on the layout. They get to return the favour, since they play Windaroo Lakes the next Tuesday, five days before our trip there. That game is the third round of our championships and is also to be played at Windaroo Lakes. That’s a 6:54 tee off on May 19th.

Oxley Not a Handicap for Allan

An unprecedented seventeen people arrived at Oxley for the first round of the championships. The numbers were bolstered by the usual van Dyk suspects, but out of the blue turns up Ian Davidson, who last played with us December 1, 2019 at Wolston Park and before that March 4, 2018 at Gailes.

Being the first championship round it was Stroke with Putting as the format, and the weather was a pleasant autumn morning which was a nice change from recent washouts here. Par on this course is 71.

No one beat their handicap, but the winner got within one, with 72 enough for Allan Gillam to win the day. Only one back from him on 73 was Omar Hewedy getting the runner up for his second podium with us.

No one got the pin shot on 13, but all the front nine ones were won, with the third going to visitor Josh van Dyk, the fifth going to Phil Dacey and Ian Davidson getting on seven, to show that while he doesn’t play with us often, he always wins something when he does.

Next game is in two weeks’ time at Carbrook on May 5 for the second championship round. That has an amended starting time of 7:24. That’s only 21 minutes later than previously advised, so even if you arrive for the old time, you won’t be late.