Deniliquin Golf Club’s Division One pennant team will have a home course advantage when they contest the Western Riverina District Golf Association Western Zone final on Sunday.
Deniliquin will play Murray Downs for the 2023 pennant after claiming a narrow win against Rich River, at Rich River, in the semi final on Sunday thanks to wins by Troy Grant, Vince Kelly and Jimmy Poka jnr.
Deniliquin’s Division 2 and 3 teams have played well throughout the season but narrowly missed the finals, both having 3/2 losses on Sunday.
In Division 2 the winners were Lyn O’Brien and John Radeski, while in Division 3 the winner was Ginny Lange, while Margaret Radeski and Gary Stephens squared their matches.
The club thanks everyone who participated in pennant this year and extends best wishes to the Division 1 team for Sunday.
Last week we played our monthly medals.
On Thursday the ladies Evolve Medal winner was the consistent Kerran Leetham with net 70, by a shot to runner-up Prue Grant.
In the men’s Allclean Medal on Sunday, Ken Maher took the prize on countback from both Geoff Corboy and Mark Thomas, all finishing on 71.
Corboy won the day’s A-grade event from runner-up Darren Mitchell 74, Maher and Thomas were B-grade winner and runner-up respectively, and Jason Jennings had 74 to win C-grade from Jane Glowrey 76.
In Wednesday’s stableford event the A-grade winner was Neil Boswell with 40 points on countback to runner-up Peter Oddy, and B-grade winner was Ron ‘Moot’ Turner on 38 from runner-up Bryan Bennett 36.
Coming up we have a stableford event tomorrow, nine holes par for the ladies on Tuesday, stableford on Wednesday, and versus par on Thursday.
Next weekend is the men’s Keno 2 person ambrose event on Saturday and men’s foursomes on Sunday.
Registrations are being accepted for the Pro-Am tournament, which will be held on Wednesday, September 6.
Members can enter as a team of three, or as an individual, at $80 per player.
Sponsorships for the Pro-Am are also available, in various categories.
Registration forms have been emailed to members, or you can contact the club for further information.
Entry forms are also now available for the Spring Classic, on the weekend of September 16 and 17.
This popular annual four ball event will again be 18 holes on Saturday and Sunday, and 36 holes overall.
Get your partner organised early and an entry submitted.
The club is currently promoting junior and sports membership categories.
Junior membership is only $60 per year, and there are cadet membership and sporting membership categories for $480.
These provide an affordable way to play golf on a regular basis, with all its sporting and social attributes.
Don’t forget the raffle draws tonight from 7pm, happy hour 6pm to 7pm and meals are available tonight and tomorrow night.
Last week’s results:
Thursday, August 3, stroke and ladies medal:
K Leetham 70, r/u P Grant 71.
Ball comp: M Rothwell, J Swainger, C Hardman, A Gorsuch, L O’Brien, S Aitken, P Davis, c/b 77.
NTPs: 9th M Rothwell; 11th P Lloyd. Golden hole P Grant.
Saturday, August 5, stroke and men’s medal:
A-grade G Corboy 71, r/u D Mitchell 74; B-grade K Maher 71, c/b Mark Thomas; C-grade J Jennings 74, r/u J Glowrey 76.
Ball comp: J Loy, C Thomson, G Bessell, P Locke, M Aitken, C Hardman, R Taylor, G Willis, J Swainger, K Leetham, R Campbell, J Poka jnr, F McCalman, L O’Brien, P Joice, S Townsend, J Penna, D McQuie, S Aitken, V Lange, c/b 78.
NTPs: 2nd K Leetham; 5th B Bourke, K Maher; 9th M Aitken, A Liebenberg; 11th Mark Thomas, K Maher; 13th G King, K Maher. Golden hole B Bourke.
Wednesday, August 9, single stableford:
A-grade N Boswell, P Oddy; B-grade R Turner, B Bennett.
Ball comp: F Conallin, G Corboy, B Dixon, K Maher, T Grant, L Pattinson, G Rothwell, G Davies, C Thomson, A Erickson, K Pearce, G Willoughby, I Campbell, c/b 33.
NTPs: N Boswell, P Beckton. Golden hole T Grant.