Cowpats surrender their lead but good news elsewhere.
by Dave Ransom.
Our White Horse Cup Section 2 team, otherwise known as the ‘Cowpats” suffered their first loss of the season against Sussex Inlet today at Gerringong. The final score was 6 -1 against.
Some of our matches were tight but the Sussex Inlet team managed to win each of these. Shane Townsend, Andrew Ransom and Peter Francis all lost on the 17th, and Noel Laman lost on the 18th.
Phil Gosling and Peter Young also lost narrowly.
A highlight was the impressive 4/3 win by Matt Tedeschi which included an eagle 2 on the par 4, 9th hole.
Only a win next week will see the team qualify for a semi-final berth.
C Pennant ambush the Grange at the Grange.
by Larry Kent.
Today’s game ended with a great team win 3/2 over the home team, the Grange.
Alan Jones was always in front matching his opponent, win for win, on the front nine. Applying the pressure on the back nine, Alan finally won 4/3.
Les Skarratts led early but lost his lead and trailed by 1 hole after losing the 16th. He won the 17th to square the match and closed it out to win it on 18.
Mal Hoy, clearly confused by the location of the venue, travelled to Port Kembla by mistake. He turned up 1 minute before hit off after discovering his error and with no time to warm up. He surrendered 6 holes on the front nine but fought back to be dormy 3, eventually going down 4/2. Ken Bradley was chasing all day, eventually trailing 3 down at the turn, finally losing the match 4/3.
The ‘old fox’, Tom Zimmermann, worked to a 2 hole lead after 16 holes, then promptly lost the 17th. His tee shot found the water on the tough par 3 18th where his opponent carried over the green with his tee shot. After taking his penalty stroke Tom’s next shot finished just short of the green. His opponent was over the green in 1 with the advantage, but proceeded to muff two chips. Tom chips in for a 4. His opponent has a putt to square, misses & then misses again. So Tom wins 2 up.
To wrap it up it was a great team win. I am a very happy & proud captain pleased with the move to play Les at number 2 which paid off.
Magpies peck Kiama at Kiama.
by Don Thompson, team Captain.
Our section 4 White Horse Cup team faced the difficult task of playing Kiama at Kiama. A very close encounter ensued with the match finishing with a 3.5 matches each draw.
No fewer than 3 of the matches finished as all square on the 18th. Pat Paris, Warren Joannou and Leon Polestico managing this feat.
Matt Ross won his match 4/3 and Rob McLean 3/2 in excellent performances.
Peter Hackett, down by 2 holes and Brian Bennett were unsuccessful today but played with determination.
B Pennant away against the Links at Moss Vale.
by Chris Leckey, team Captain.
A strong effort by our B Pennant team today but the Links Shell Cove proved too strong on the day, 3.5 matches to 1.5.
A great performance was recorded by team Captain Chris Leckey winning 7/5 and Joel McIntosh continued his good pennant form squaring his match.
Lee Haywood and Anthony Smith tried hard but both narrowly lost 3/2 and 2/1 respectively.
Kyle Van Woerkom found the going tough against his very low handicapped opponent losing 4/3 despite breaking his handicap.
Overall a gallant peformance against strong opposition.