Mens Pennants – Final preliminary Round.
by Dave Ransom.
An interesting day on the various courses played upon today. At the beautiful Shoalhaven Heads both our White Horse Cup teams were in action.
Cowpats show Grit.
The Section 2 team, also known as the Cowpats, were playing the very talented Vincentia team who had sent for reinforcements to challenge us and perhaps qualify for the finals. On our part we needed to win to cement our semi-final berth, holding a narrow games for and against margin over the Port Kembla team.
With two matches in the hatch it was one game apiece and we trailed in most of the remaining 5 games deep into the back nine.
In a determined effort, great play and a never-say-die attitude, saw the team reverse the proceedings and come out on top 5 matches to 2. This means the Cowpats continue the tradition of qualifying for the White Horse Cup semi-finals next weekend at Moss Vale.
Well played team.
Winners today were Stef Tinworth 2/1, Rob Young 4/3, Matt Tedeschi 2 up, Andrew Ransom 5/4 and Peter Francis 2 up. Phil Gosling almost pulled off a great comeback eventually losing on the 17th. Peter Young led early but some clutch putts from his female opponent saw the result go Vincentia’s way 3/2.
Good luck in next week’s semi-final.
Magpies end season flying high.
A terrific final match saw our section 4 WHC team snap a great 5-2 victory against Russell Vale to finish 2nd on the final table with more individual game wins than the leading team.
Winners today were John Auguston 7/6, Pat Paris 4/3, Phil Hahn 2 up, Warren Joannou 7/6 and Don Thompson 5/4. Peter Hackett and Matt Ross both played well but lost close encounters.
An excellent season by the Magpies.
B Pennants fall just short.
Our B Pennant team completed their season with a narrow loss to the Links Shell Cove 3-2.
Winners today were Lee Hayward 2up and Joel McIntosh 1 up. Dan Adams, John Anthony and Steve Rippon all lost with Dan losing on the last green unluckily.
Captain Chris Leckey was proud of the performance of our team over the season and looks forward to next year with the team gaining plenty of experience in this strong A grade division.
C Pennants suffer sad loss.
The C Pennant team could not sustain their late season charge and lost today 4-1 against a strong Grange team. A win would have seen the team progress to the semi-finals but it was not to be with the Grange overcoming playing at Jamberoo to qualify in our place.
Our winner today was Les Skarratts who continued his excellent form to win his match 6/5.
Other team members today were Bob Neilson, Ken Bradley and Mal Hoy and stand in captain, Tom Zimmermann. All played well but just could not match the determined Grange players.
Team and Club Captain, Larry Kent, was extremely pleased and proud of the team who came within a couple of holes of qualifying.
We look forward to next year.
Matt Tedeschi presented with 3 golf balls for his eagle in last weeks match.
Scoring an eagle 2 on the par 4 ninth hole at Gerringong, Matt earned the traditional prize presented to Jamberoo Members in competitions. Three golf balls.
I was lucky enough to witness the magnificent shot played by Matt from the middle of the fairway. The ball landed softly on the rock hard Gerringong green, released towards the hole and went in like a well struck putt.
Congratulations Matt.
