A modest but hardy crew turned up to support the charitable will of the local Deep Hole Fishing Club in their annual sports outing. Last year it was a successful bowls day and this year it was an Ambrose event.
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Run on a Scramble type format in a 3 person team, as opposed to the Scramble's 4 person setup, this was always going to be a tough task. The fairway elimination stipulation for the golfer whose shot is chosen, still managed to baffle a few, yet the experienced campaigners were all over it like a bad fitting shirt.
Our winners were two regulars and a wildcard who had a whale of a time on the course. Nathan Hawkins, John Hawkins and Craig Cooper lit it up with their very tidy score of -4 and a solid sized handicap meant they were always a chance if they fired. Claiming some fantastic fishing-related prizes, the boys were very happy campers.
A great barbecue was on offer manned by Stan Wales and his family and thanks goes to Rodney at Coopers Choice Cuts for his support. The secret birdie hole went to the team of Toni Filmer, Tam Kennedy and Craig Filmer for their efforts on the first hole, while longest drive on 17 went to Club Champion Ben Glover.
NTPs: 5th Tam Kennedy 7.12m, 8th Harry Sachs 8.1m, 10th Kevin Hoppe 2.6m, 16th Herb Manwaring 3.43m, 18th Matt Minehan 3.24m.
All up the Deep Hole Fishing Club raised over $1500 on the day and in keeping with their tradition, the winners nominate the charity. This year that charity I believe was Harden Murrumburrah CanAssist. A worthy and popular choice.
HERBY GOES AGAIN MIDWEEK
Not Herby Goes to Monte Carlo, just Herby Goes to the winners' dais ... again. Making a habit of his consistency and appearing on the leader board, our very own Maurice Manwaring has taken out back-to-back midweeks. Losing handicap each week is a mere hurdle with our overachieving boy from McMahon's Reef.
Doing it all by mere millimetres, Herby has again only just recorded a par round of 24 Stableford points on the 12 hole layout, but again its was enough to claim the lollies.
On a countback, our unlucky second place-getters with the same score were Lexa Preston, Ron Kerr and David James. It appears Herb has finished a tad stronger to claim the day.
Our random mystery ball draw went to Maureen Watts who has been out whacking away of late and it is so good to see her join the ranks.
- ALBY
