Wet conditions greeted the field of 30 players for Saturday’s stableford competition.

The score of the day come from Shane Anderson, who seemed more relaxed after being voted out as president at the recent AGM. He fired a 39 off the stick on the back 9 to give him 23 points which he then followed up with 19 points on the front. The 8 pars in his round were exceptional and with no double bogeys on the card he was always going to be hard to beat.

Runnerup with another usual boring round was the ever reliable Peter Walker who carded 38 points with a birdie on the 12th being a highlight. The other minor placegetters were Tyson Ploenges and Stump Murray, fresh from his victorious Presidential Campaign.

In the B grade John “Horrie” Foggo made a long awaited return to the winners circle with a well compiled 38points. The only hiccup in his round was on the long 14th hole where he failed to score. A shot behind was Shane McFlanders with 37 points.

A countback was needed for the next positions with Ant Mathys having a little better back nine to beat Blue Kuhl. The nearest to the Pin winners were Leo Price on the 7th and Brett Williams on the 9th with Chris Holden having the best 2nd on the 11th.

The prized chocolate went to the re-elected Captain who must be thinking that the curse has finally struck after 2 years. Congratulations also to Dean Moore who defeated Allen Meyer in a close contest to win last season’s Top Dog .

This week will see a par round before the holding of the Katnook Monthly Medal the week after with twilight golf still on Friday with tee off around 5, non golfers are also more than welcome to come for a hit and a feed.

SMOOTH AS SILK.

With spring finally making a rare appearance a field of 28 took to the course for a leisurely stroke round.

The standout golfer was John Wilkinson who finally played a round that was worthy of a thumbs up but still left him speechless at presentation. He fired a blistering nett 67 which was aided by a 42 off the stick on the back 9 to all but guarantee the B grade win and score of the day. This was an unusually indifferent card in which he still managed to find a way to put in 6 double bogeys.

The runner-up was Blue Kuhl with a nett 68 who found a little patch of form with 2 consistent nines with a birdie on the 17th a highlight.

The other 2 places were Steven Skeer and Ant Mathys who both fired nett 73 with Skeer winning on countback, although with a nine on the 14th due to a pine cone that travelled a good distance further than the ball that was resting behind said cone, still being enough.

The A grade was won by the old reliable Don ’Massey’ Ferguson who each week just seems to get the job done. His nett 70 got him the trophy and a few extra side bets which hopefully one day he may just invest in a buggy that will see a full round of golf out.

Once again Peter Walker made a podium finish with a well compiled nett 72 even after his cart returned from the crash repairs after his regular playing partner found a novel way of servicing it by parking it upon the ladies tee marker on the 10th. It can be said the ‘Pope’ does usually ride aboard the Pope Mobile and not steer it.

The other minor places were Jock Agnew with nett 73 and Andrew Hutchesson with a nett 75.

The trick shot winners were Leo Price on the 7th and Matt Stephenson on the 9th with Peter Walker having the best 2nd on the 11th. The chocolates were a hotly contested prize with 4 players vying for the Naga. Max Skeen got the nod as he is still coming to terms with the tight Penola layout but a few more rounds will see his scores improving.

With the show in full swing a dedicated bunch of golfers headed to the course for the Prince of Wales Monthly Medal.