Around the clubs

A field of 68 players competed in Wednesday’s Men’s Stableford.

A Grade was won by Wayne Bowd with an excellent 41 points, ahead of Mark Griffiths on 40.

In B Grade, Terry Perus prevailed on a countback with 42 points, with James Tullberg also finishing on 42.

C Grade went to Graeme Budd with 41 points, with Norm Cook runner-up on 38.

Nearest the Pins:

1st - Terry Perus - Benalla Grocers

3rd - Ben Van Den Akker - Crothers Joinery

8th - Mark Beers - Golf Shop

12th - Wayne Hocking - Ray White Real Estate

13th - Terry Perus - Fruits n Fare

The Bear Trap winners were Glenn Wittingslow and Adam Levy, while Peter Houghton received the Mick Smith Encouragement Award.

Balls down the line went to Brian Hubble, Phil Conway, Adam Levy, Ian Simmons, Melvyn Hall, Ian Foletta, Glenn Wittingslow, Geoffrey McKinnar, Ben Van Den Akker, Craig Macklan, Adrian Osborne, Anthony Mort, Brian Hollins, Michael Polwarth and Kevin George.

Thursday - Women’s 27-Hole Foursomes

Thursday saw the women contest the 27-Hole Foursomes, proudly sponsored by Suzanne Noble and Pat Claridge.

The 27-hole nett was won by Margaret Felmingham and Gay Morton, with Christine Ogden and Jenni O’Brien runners-up.

The gross winners were Marsha Watson and Hazel Briggs, ahead of Nola Jensen and Stacey Emms.

Placegetters were Pat Claridge and Beth Dobson, and Sally Sykes and Sue Oakley.

The 18-hole nett competition, sponsored by Pat Claridge, was won by Pat Mitchell and Lucy Long Mitchell.

Nearest the Pins went to Pat Mitchell on the 8th, sponsored by Benalla Golf Club, and Marsha Watson on the 13th, sponsored by the Golf Shop.

Thank you to Suzanne Noble and Pat Claridge for their generous sponsorship and continued support of women’s golf at Benalla Golf Club.

Saturday - October Monthly Medal

Saturday saw 102 players contest the October Monthly Medal, with 86 men and 16 women taking to the course.

In the men’s event, Timothy Symes produced the round of the day with a superb nett 64, winning both the October Monthly Medal and A Grade. Ross Allan was A Grade runner-up with 67.

B Grade was won by Terry Perus with 69, ahead of Sam Symes on 72 c/b.

C Grade went to Olli Symes with 70, with Steve Kjar runner-up on 72 c/b.

The men’s gross winner was Adrian Squires with 71.

Men’s NTPs went to James Arendt on the 1st, sponsored by Benalla Grocers; Luke Macfarlane on the 3rd, sponsored by Crothers Joinery; Glenn Wittingslow on the 8th, sponsored by the Golf Shop; and Alan May on the 13th, sponsored by Benalla Secured Storage.

Timothy Symes and Alan Moore collected the Celebrations 9th-hole prizes, while Steve Kjar and Luke Macfarlane collected the Benalla Secured Storage 17th-hole prizes. Daniel Symes found the Eagle’s Nest, and Paul Hossack received the S.C.M. Award.

In the women’s competition, Denise Shanks won the October Monthly Medal with a nett 70, also taking out B Grade. Di Fitzpatrick was B Grade runner-up with 73.

A Grade was won by Stacey Emms with 72, with Christine Perus runner-up on 73. Stacey also claimed the gross prize with 80.

Women’s NTPs went to Naomi De Winne on the 8th, Anne Brown on the 13th and Stacey Emms on the 14th.

Balls down the line went to Naomi De Winne, Poppy De Winne and Hazel Briggs.

Congratulations to our October Monthly Medal winners Timothy Symes and Denise Shanks, and to all of this week’s winners and placegetters.

Benalla Golf Club thanks all of our sponsors for their ongoing and valued support of our weekly competitions and events.

Benalla Bridge Club

Our numbers of Bridge players were down a little last week, but with members returning from holidays in the coming weeks, we will expect a return to our usual attendances.

Christine and Peter had an excellent score of 75 per cent on Monday, while Kay and George, and Tige and Margie had wins on Wednesday. It was good to see Lachie back playing and he teamed up with Michele on Monday for a second place.

Any readers who would like to learn how to play Bridge, please contact us (benallabridgeclub@gmail.com or by text to 0438 625 638) to register your interest.

Bridge is recognised as perhaps the best card game, and combines the elements of communication (through making the bids) and problem solving and memory training (through playing the cards). We offer a series of six basic lessons, followed by a number of supervised play sessions, to get you started on your Bridge journey.

Results

Monday, September 28

1. Christine and Peter Holmes 75.0%

2. Michele Aldous and Lachie Waddell 60.7%

3. George Wagner and Marg Richards 52.3%

4. Jeanette Lambell and Hans Bruitzman 51.9%

Wednesday, September 30

North-South

1. Kay Smith and George Wagner 57.2%

2. Christine and Peter Holmes 52.8%

3. Helen Peters and David Jamieson 51.9%

East-West

1. David Morton and Marg Richards 62.7%

2. Helen Price and Coral Day 58.9%

3. Bill Parris and Geoff Rintala 55.5%

Swanpool and District Table Tennis

The Swanpool and District Table Tennis competition held a presentation night recently to recognise the winners of its most recent season.

The A grade champions Paul and Wesley Shea received their trophies alongside runners up Melissa Mounsey and Colin Exton, as did A Reserve premiers Jim Renkin, Shaun Murphy and Hennessy Wilkinson ahead of the runners up in the Marriotts, Adam, Andrew and Mark.

Mackenzie Wilkinson also received the Most Improved Player award, donated by Chris Seeley and presented by president Shaun Murphy.