By Dennis Fuller
IT WAS the day that two avid Melbourne supporters won the ambrose competition at Emerald Golf Club the same day Melbourne Football Club won.
It’s the first game the football team has won in over 280 days and last Saturday Ben Balfour and Allan Ecclestone (9.25) won in a canter with a net score of 58.75 that very same day.
In second place were Leigh Morison and Pater Jones (9.25) on 60.75, followed by Ken Hill and Steve Town (6.75) on 62.25.
Travis Gerbes won the Stockdale and Leggo nearest the pin on the fourth, Allan Ecclestone won on the seventh and the 13th, Steve Town on the 12th and also picked up the pro pin dough on the 18th.
The ladies event saw run-away winners in Irene Cranston and Davina Mackey who showed the other women how to handle the ambrose format.
On Wednesday for the Overly Foppish Golf (OFG) game, it was a three man ambrose event.
After the computations had been completed it emerged that the team on Ian Scott, Mike Litchfield and Travis Gerbes were on top of the crowded podium with a net 59.2.
Second were Bob Kennedy, Graeme Fergus and Mick Petrie on 60.5 followed by John Piggott, Ken Hill and Sepp Krummenacher on 61.5.
The OFG pennant team were at home to Eastern Sward and were the winners 6/5 while the handicap team, also playing Eastern Sward at their course, went down 10/4 and a solid but unrequited fight.
Next Saturday members play a peaceful round of stableford.
