16th December, 2023.
Stableford.
Today we played for the traditional Christmas Hams.
It was a fine Saturday, with temps. in the high teens. A fairly strong “breeze” blew from the west, to help with interest for the field of 29 players.
The course is holding up well, but still hard with plenty of run. We seem to have missed most of the recent of rain thru the week. The greens are still excellent however.
A few visitors from Colac and Geelong were welcomed to the competition this week. Great to have them along, and we appreciate the positive reviews they convey to us. (They didn’t escape with the Christmas Hams however).

RESULTS. A Grade (+2 to -14).
Winner – Murray Lucas (6), 37 points.
Runner-Up – David Regan (10), 36 points. (C/B).

B Grade (15 to 38).
Winner – Peter Skene (15), 41 points.
Runner-Up – Rick Carr (16), 37 points. (C/B).

NEAREST THE PINS.
2nd – AIRR COUNTRY ROAD FARM SUPPLIES – Tom Moran.
7th (2nd shot) – MOLAN PLUMBING & CIVIL – Jake Clissold.
9th – PREMIX CONCRETE – Cameron Stokes.
15th – Monk & Son Ag Services – Vacant.
17th – SLM LAW – Jeff Collins.

Birdie Hole – 3rd, Par 4.
Hayden Rogers; Troy Stephens; Dave Absolom.

Balls DTL.
Norm Tonks 37; Andrew Burrows 37; Col Keane 36;
Tom Moran 35; Dale Evans 35; Geoff Webber 35.

Encouragement Award.
Mr. Tony Cronin (Richo) – 25 points. (Photo attached).

Next Saturday is a “Mulligan’s” day. You will be able to buy “free” shots for a dollar each, to use to substitute a stroke for those moments of “brain fade” or other un-fortunate events. (The Shots are not the type that one would throw down the throat however, as Ros Brauer thought!)

J.C.