Saunders, Groves in close four ball golf win

IT TOOK a good score and a favourable count back at the Gloucester Golf Course on Saturday 16 August for Stacey Groves and Dave Saunders to take home the Yates Family sponsored trophies.

The weather started kindly but play was interrupted by a thunderstorm which halted play and delayed finalising the results until quite late in the afternoon.

The event was a Four Ball Better Ball Stableford and the winning pair were Stacey Groves and Dave Saunders with their 44 points excellent score in the conditions.  They were a count back ahead of runners up,  Mark Stone and Matt Peters also scoring 44 points.

The top individual score was turned in by Matt Peters with 38 points. Balls were won by Stacey Groves and Dave Saunders and Mark Stone and Matt Peters 44, visitors Mark Grey and Brian Tull, 43 with the last two balls to Bill Murray and Peter McIntyre 41.

The Nearest-to-the-Pin trophies at the 4^th and 13^th holes were won in the three grades by Paul Blanch, Paul Garland and Steve Benson who finished 420 cm, 1120 cm and 420 cm from the hole respectively. At the 6^th and 15^th holes Paul Blanch, 200 cm, Paul Garland, 564 cm, and Graeme Marsh, 776 cm, were closest off the tee.

The long drives at the 8^th and 17^th holes were won by the sharp shooting duo Paul Blanch and Paul Garland; visitor Jennifer Hetherington was the longest off the tee for the women golfers in the field.

The winner of the Super Sevens for the week ending Friday 15 August was Rob Moore with a monster 20 points.  This score was 4 points ahead of the nearest ball winners Craig McLeod and Jim Dunn 16 who were followed, only after a countback from the field by Brian Osborne and Wayne Maddalena, 13.

Next Saturday 23 August the Bowden Family will be sponsoring a Four Person Ambrose, weather permitting, and the following week there will be an Individual Stableford sponsored by Elders Real Estate.

By Peter WILDBLOOD