ROSSDALE
Sunday, 22nd January, 2017
Format: Matchplay/stableford
First game back after the Christmas/ new year break. Rossdale the venue.
A late scratching from Biggsy, who phoned in with another farmyard accident. Back injury to go with the leg skin shave prior. This scratching would see the 3rd quarter final bye administered in the Matchplay competition, this one to Joe who’d slide through to join Colin and Taffy in the semis. This would leave Barra v Koala as the only live tie to battle it out on the day.
Stableford competition was also running for the masses alongside the Matchplay. The course was in fine nick and perfect weather meant there could be no excuses.
The Matchplay was a tight affair for much of the day until Barra eventually pulled away to win 4 and 3 to advance to the semis.
Before tee-off Clayton was quick to bring to the members attention that he was up for winning 3 jackets in a row, a feat not achieved before in the club, should he be successful today. However, things didn’t seem to go Clayton’s way and at the turn he appeared to be out of the running, as he’d amassed 4 points for his first nine holes. The golfing Gods did manage to improve things for the battling Welshman, as he boosted his tally by 5 to lodge a 9 point card for his 4 ½ hours work. Unfortunately, this wouldn’t be enough to don the Tweed for the 3rd time in a row, but it did get him a twirly bunnet to wear next time out, along with the take home ‘dog of a day’ trophy.The Matchplay event proved to be a springboard for Barra to go on and record a personal best 45 points in the stableford comp to be wearing the Tweed.
Nearest the pins; Ryan (3rd and 12th), Hubba (9th), Joe (16th).
Handicap adjustments; Barra cut 2 from 21 to 19, bottom 4 slide 1 shot each, Clayton 33 to 34, Alan 30 to 31, Winker 25 to 26, Billy Mac, pushing the boundaries again, 37 to 38.
Nice to have the club return back to the Striker’s clubhouse following the much anticipated renovations.
Thanks to Taffy, Ryan and Tich for event management on the day.
Group 1: Barra 21 v Koala 35 Joe 12 v Biggsy 28 Winker 25
Group 2: Taffy 29 v Snappy Tom 18, Red 17, Billy A. 22 v Colin 18, Tich 27
Group 3: Deeks 15, Baby Koala 28, Hubba 22, Clayton 33
Group 4: Andy Mac 24, Macca 28, Sutho 28, Christophe 7
Group 5: Joe jnr. 22, Sammy 21, Mitch 22, Tim 35
Group 6: Ryan 24, Nick 28, Billy Mac 37, Alan 30
All 24 players will play a Stableford competition. The first group will also host a quarter final round of the annual Matchplay event.