SUNDAY saw the running of the first event of the eagerly awaited Inter-District Golf Competition that summer heralds. The Scott Fuller Shield is a great opportunity to catch up with old mates from neighbouring clubs, meet new friends and make the most of summer golf.
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Harden hosted its pool of Tumut and Cootamundra and a massive 94 players hit the course in pairs of men’s, ladies, mixed and juniors in the 4BBB stableford format. Harden being the home club, brought players out of the woodwork and put an enormous field of 20 pairs out, boosting our eight team average chances massively.
HARDEN RESULTS
- Winners: Tom Poole & Craig Henman, 52, runners up Craig Filmer & Nathan Hawkins, 49, balls: Matt Minehan & Ashley Hall, 48, Brian Wales & John Hawkins, 48, Tim Beveridge & John Croxson, 45, Ian Bruce & Bernie Parker, 45, Robert Bates & Darrell Cassidy, 44. Harden points: 374 divided by eight teams, no travel bonus, 46.75.
COOTA RESULTS
- Winners: Jim Smith and Peter Skillen, 46, runners up R Peck and C Goodman, 45, balls G Bass and R Adams, 45, B O'Malley and G Tozer, 44, D Browning and G Rudd, 43, J Lienesch and B O'Callaghan, 43. Cootamundra points: seven divided by 12 teams 43.085 + travel 1.5, 44.583.
TUMUT RESULTS
- Winners: Dean McDonald and Ian McDonald, 47, runners up Rob Worsnop and Scott Doyle, 42, balls Larry Larder and Steve Fisher, 41, Bob Preston and Sue Bristow, 39, Brian Toole and Tom Arragon, 39. Tumut points: 388 divided by 10 Teams 38.8, travel 1.0, 39.8.
NTP: 5th Men Robert Bates, 1.44m. 10th Men Nick Fuller, 1.23m. 10th Women Jeanette Elliot, 89cm.
Heading into the next round in February 2019, Harden holds almost a 2.2 lead before entering the visiting and travel points phase where we need to send well more than our minimum eight pairings to achieve higher averages chances and claim the bonus points.
It’s a commanding lead but the shield does run over three rounds, and we are not home yet.
