There is a huge week ahead at Deniliquin Golf Club, both on and off the course.
It starts tonight with the Blind Footy Tipping dinner, which is one of the biggest social events on the annual calendar.
A big crowd will gather in the main function room, where participants in this popular competition will eagerly await the countdown to the winners.
The courtesy bus will be available tonight, and to secure your ride phone (03) 5881 1325 or 0419 460 559.
The golfing action starts tomorrow when players tee off in the SunRice Spring Classic.
The fourball best ball stableford event will be played on Saturday and Sunday, with 18 hole events each day, and a combined 36 hole event.
Excellent trophies are on offer, so good luck to all players.
Throughout the week there will be a string of stableford events – 9 holes on Tuesday, then medley stableford on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Then next Sunday, September 22 we have the Navorina Charity Day, which is the usual charity day format of four-person ambrose.
Assembly is 11.30am for a 12 noon shotgun start.
The prize for the winning team is $400, and $200 for runners-up, with a ball competition and nearest the pin on all par three holes.
The $30 entry fee includes golf and a sausage sizzle.
Raffle tickets will be available for $2 each, or three for $5.
Also, not far away is the Veterans’ Week of Golf, from October 13 to 18.
Entry forms are on the club website.
There was also plenty of golf over the past week, starting with a stroke event and the ladies monthly medal last Thursday.
The medal went to Prue Grant with net 68.
The A-grade winner was Troy Grant net 68 from runner-up Carol Hardman 69, and B-grade winner was Prue Grant from runner-up Anita Gorsuch 70.
Saturday’s men’s monthly medal went to Jimmy Poka jnr with a superb sub-par round of 68 off the stick, for a net 66. He also won A-grade from Leigh Chappell net 69.
B-grade winner was Graeme Rothwell 72 from runner-up Sarah Aitken 73, and C-grade Wendy Pekin 69 from runner-up Noel Graham 70.
The men’s foursomes championships were played on Sunday, with the best net score recorded by Ross Taylor and Gary Stephens on 73, and the best scratch score was Jimmy Poka jnr and John Radeski with 78.
Net runners-up were Vince Kelly and Geoff King on 73.5.
In Wednesday's stableford event, the A-grade winner was Peter Joice scoring 39 points from runner-up Phil Hodgkinson 38, and B-grade went to Rob Sobolewski 37 on countback to Warren Bull.
Last week’s results:
Thursday, September 5, stroke and ladies monthly medal:
Medal winner: P Grant 68. A-grade T Grant 68, r/u C Hardman 69; B-grade P Grant 68, r/u A Gorsuch 70.
Ball comp: J Choice, V Seely, K Leetham, S Aitken, R Lawrence, J Radeski, S Butcher, R Begg, c/o 74.
NTP: 9th J Hood, 11th V Brunker. Golden hole R Pogonoski.
Saturday, September 7, stroke and men’s monthly medal:
Medal winner: J Poka jnr 66. A-grade J Poka jnr 66, r/u L Chappell 69; B-grade G Rothwell 72, r/u S Aitken 73; C-grade W Pekin 69, r/u N Graham 70.
Ball comp: M Radeski, F Milward, G Stephens, D Ring, V Kelly, G Rodda, G Maddison, R Begg, R Rajki, G Howe, J Glowrey, P Joice, P Hodgkinson, G Corboy, R Armytage, O Marshall, R Turner, T Grant, K Leetham, c/b 75.
NTP: 2nd J Radeski; 5th G Maddison, J Glowrey; 9th P Joice, S Aitken; 11th J Poka jnr, W Pekin; 13th J Poka jnr, R Armytage. Golden hole N Boswell.
Sunday, September 8, men’s foursomes:
R Taylor and G Stephens 73, r/u V Kelly and G King 73.5. Ball comp: J Poka jnr and J Radeski.
Wednesday, September 11, single stableford:
A-grade P Joice 39, r/u P Hodgkinson 38; B-grade R Sobolewski 37, c/b Warren Bull.
Ball comp: G Corboy, G Maddison, J Radeski, P Beckton, B Biggs, K Leetham, G Willoughby, F Milward, P Higgins, P Locke, M Atley, D Ramsey, D Maraldo, P O’Brien, P Seely, R Bolton, B Giblett, c/b 33.
NTP: 9th N Purtill, J Armytage. Golden hole K Leetham.