Women

Men

Some sun and wind but no rain for round 1 of the Club Championship.

Outstanding golf from Will Balakrishnan secured first round scratch lead with gross 70 – just 2 over par and best front and back 9s; well done indeed. Chasing him with superb 74s were Paul Kamerling and Raymond Esin (Paul just 1 over on back 9. In the junior division Paul Green established a 2 shot lead on 84 from Jim Deissler 86; the in-form Alan King and Adrian Wells had excellent 87s.

The senior handicap division shows Richard Inglis leading with a fantastic 63 playing off 13 -dropping just 1 shot on ba excellent 69 then Duncan TAck 9. James Deissler followed with Duncan Taylor 70.

A number of NRs with thick rough causing loss of balls etc.

Perfect conditions for the J.Q. Robertson trophy – sunny start with cloud building to stem the temp. and little wind.

This suited the clear winner on the day – Alan King 42 points – 21 out and 21 in (40 gross out and in) with reduction in HI. Another fine score from Will Balakrishnan of 40 captured 2nd place from Justin Bradford. Ben Dickey 39 beat Louis who as best of 37s from Henry Lindesay-Bethune and Peter Needham, Peter had best front 9 22pts and Ed Hall the back also 22 pts. Of interest 25 men played off white tees and 21 yellow.
Best woman was Reiko Hashimoto 33 pts.

This was 4th comp in the men’s Top Dog:
In Senior Division Will maintains his lead 28pts from Kerry Sargeant 16 ; In Junior Gunnar Sundberg still leads 18 pts from Richard Inglis 16.

A pleasant and warm day with a gentle breeze. Fortunately no rain for a change.

38 players competed and only 6 No Returns. Staying out of the long grass was definitely the order of the day. The early starter Raymond Esin set the early target of net 66 off 10 handicap and nobody could overtake him. Paul McGrath was just 1 off the pace with his net 68. There were 4 players with net 89’s. Among them was Gina Jillett who had the best female score on the day.

The forecast wasn’t great and no doubt everyone had rain at some point. Unfortunately as the women played the 18th there was an ominous clap of thunder. Shortly after they finished there was a cloudburst followed by some fierce thunder & lightning. Glendale then closed the course (the klaxon sounded) and as the men would have been unable to mark their balls to restart from the same place, their medal had to be abandoned.

Women

That was an interesting day on the course and perfect timing for our 2 games – we saw quite a few drowned rats eventually making their way into the clubhouse after the klaxon went. Undoubtedly the wind played a part in some of the scores recorded today and it certainly wasn’t what we’ve come to expect from conditions underfoot in July at the Park.

Congratulations to Sali who recorded a net 69 to win from Silvia with the comfortable margin of 4 shots and will get a small cut in her handicap tomorrow – as we know, not a given with WHS.

There were 2 birdies on the 16th par 3, 1 for Sali and 1 for Elisabeth whose shot your author saw and what a good one it was. Barely a 6″ putt required to slot away her 2, which had it been a stableford comp would have given her 5 points!! Sali’s may have been just as close but unfortunately I didn’t see yours.

A warm cloudy day with the odd quick shower. A choice for the men of White or Yellow tees which only really made a difference on 3 or 4 holes.
Division 1 winner is Gina Jillett and a net 69 followed closely by Sheena Harrington with a net 71 on countback with Kim Chaffart and Richard Owen.
Division 2 winner is Peter Harrington with a net 67 with Adrian Wells in second with net 69.
Dave Cato was in line to win until recording a 10 on the 11th hole but maintained his form to take 4th Place.

Gina and Peter each win a glass tumbler for July’s medal day.