John Boyle watches his tee shot intently.
The Saturday Men’s competition was a 4BBB Par event, sponsored by Highlands Design and played by 56 players. Conditions really helped good scoring and the pairing of Les Little and Barry Parker won with a score of +9, ahead of runners-up Mark Watts and Doug Churchill on +7 and getting the count back nod ahead of Dan Bayley and John Boyle.
The ball sweep went to +4 on count back: +7 – D Bayley/ J Boyle; +5 – D Rhodes/J Zannes, R Borger/P Barnes; +4 – G Webb/R Besgrove, A Currey/C Hurford, D Kenendy/G Falvey, R Scott/B Slack-Smith.
The Sunday Stableford Medley was played by a good field. Barb Drabsch finished on top with her 34 points, but closely followed by Ray Taylor on 33 points.
On Sunday the Club’s Pennants teams played at Cowra GC. The course brought some variable results for our guys. Our Division 1 team lost to Bathurst 4-1. Shane Sallaway (2 up) was the only Forbes player to manage a win, but the others were close. The Division 2 team lost 3-2 to Wellington. Winners were T West (19th) and C Dwyer (3-2). The Division 3 team were winners over Wellington by 3-2. R Borger (2 up) and I Brown (4-2) had returns to form while B Hodges powered to a 4-3 win.
The Summer Super 6’s comp is now in its final two weeks of general play before the Finals series begin. Teams are to note that under the 2-Pool system the top-5 will participate in the Finals series. Do not forget to pick up your copy of the Programme book from the Pro Shop.
This weekend the Men have an Individual Stroke, sponsored by Ian Simpson Real Estate, with 18-hole Stableford Medley on Sunday. The Pennants for Divisions 1-4 are at Wellington.
– By Short Putt