By DENNIS FULLER
AT EMERALD Golf Club last Saturday the fair dinkum stuff was about to begin. This was the first round of three in the Club Championships, so there was much practising and sledging before a ball was hit. I am not sure which of these golf pastimes young Broc Reynolds (15) took part in, but whatever it was, I want to do it next week. He rolled into the clubrooms with an off the stick score of 76 to register a nett 61. This means that he won the October Monthly Medal and leads in the A Grade ranks both in the gross and handicap scores. Graham White (14) is nearest in his quest for the top gong with his gross 82 followed by Ken Hill (15) with 83 while they are square in the handicap section on 68.
In B Grade, it was Leigh Morison (18) who generally saves up his best for such an occasion and leads in both gross and handicap scores. He carded 84 off the beater for a net 66 to lead in the B Grade crew. Nearest to him in the both the championships is Allan Ecclestone (19) on 90 and a nett 71. It is hard to see that anybody else can make up the difference in the next two weeks but as someone once said, “Golf is a funny game.” That person must have had a helluva sense of humour because some of us were struggling for anything nearly resembling a mild guffaw.
Once again it was a tight tussle for the ladies title on the first round but the usual suspects turned up to play with Brianna leading Joanne Carvill.
Wednesday’s Onerously Fractured Golf (OFG) using OFG handicaps, saw a win for Sepp Krummenacher (22) with 43 stableford points to end a run of seconds. Next came Dennis Fuller (13) with 39 from Mick Petrie (320 and Graeme Fergus (23) who both carded 37. So next Saturday it is on with the club championships with some more sledging and missed putts stirred in with a generous spoonful of luck, both good and bad.
