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GERRIES GOLF
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Double for King
Last week the Gerries weekly competition was moved to Tuesday because of the forecast rain.
Sixteen players turned up for the event played on the front nine. The course was I great condition thanks to greens staff who were preparing for the week-end Championships.
Winner on the day was Ross King who returned a wonderful score of 24 points to win comfortably from Charles Burrowes on 22 points.
No doubt the handicapper will deal with these good scores whilst checking the cards. Nearest the pin went to Tiger Berryman. The NAGA prize for this week went to Peter Haseler with 11 points.
After the presentation of golf prizes attention turned to the pool table where the opening game was won by Tiger Berryman and Chris Harding who defeated Terry Willis and Bill Burke.
Mal Richardson and Ross King defeated Gus Smith and Bob Fletcher. The final was and interesting tussle which resulted in a win for King and Richardson who defeated Harding and Berryman. Congratulations to Ross King on a fine double, golf and pool.
Remember our last Wednesday competition is on September 29 and the first Saturday competition is on Saturday October 1.
This afternoon the competition will be a stableford on the back nine with the hit off at 2.30pm.
See you on the tee this arvo.
LADIES GOLF
Wednesday 14th September 21 players attended 2nd and final round of Bootle-Browning 4BBB on very dubious day weather wise. Rain it did during the second 9 of play, which brought the majority of the field scampering into the club house converting 2nd round to a 9 hole comp.
Bootle-Browning winners over 27 holes were Terese Haley & Joan Collins 59 points.
Runners-up over 27 holes were Carole King & Marie Houghton 57 points congratulations both teams.
Second round 9 holes Bootle-Browning ball winners were first Terese Haley & Joan Collins 20 pts. 1st Opp ball Loyalty Roberts & Wendy Jeffery 19 pts, 2nd Heather Bootle & Dale Harding 18 pts, 3rd Maida O’Mally & Marj Kelly18 pts winning on a count back from Vicki Gainsford & Jean Richardson 18 points Drawn card went to Leonie Crawford & Bev Woods.
Nearest pin 9th Terese Haley, 17th Betty Green.
Raffle kindly donated by Heather Bootle won by Wendy Jeffery.
Saturday September 17 saw approximately 4 Narromine ladies play an Individual Stableford comp along with visitors from other towns lady golfers, these results will be included in Men’s Veterans Fourball Sand Greens Championships results.
Many thanks to the ladies who worked hard in the kitchen and scoring table on this day. All went off very well until Sunday.
Those few who were looking forward to a game of golf had their aspirations scrunched once again by relentless rain.
Albert Open Tournament was also cancelled prior to Sunday, because of closed wet roads.
All Lady Members will look forward to a dry day today for Veterans’ Championships A, B, C Grades with Geriatrics kindly donated trophy. Supervet’s Trophy (Best nett score 75+ yrs) kindly donated by Joan Collins.
Saturday September 24 will see a 4BBB event with drawn partners and opponents. Anne Harmer & Jeanette Redden’s kindly donated Trophy.
Wednesday September 28 will be 6th round Monthly Medal Stroke event with Joyce McCutcheon’s kindly donated Trophy.
Saturday October 1 (long weekend) will be a Par event with Gail White’s Trophy. Wednesday October 5 will see an A, B, C Scratch Score event with Nadia McCulloch’s kindly donated Trophy.
Weekly Ponder: The only limitations are the ones we put on ourselves. Granny Golfing Guru
JUNIOR LEAGUE
UNDER-12 JETS
St John’s holds off Jets
Shawn Townsend hopes St John’s can discover the next Isaah Yeo and there appears to be talent aplenty at the club following the under-12s side’s 22-16 grand final win over Narromine.
St John’s product Yeo has become an NRL regular at the Penrith Panthers but it was the club’s current youngsters whose names were up in lights during the Dubbo and District Junior Rugby League grand final day at Caltex Park on Saturday.
The under-12s decider was an entertaining clash and St John’s managed to hold off a determined and fast finishing Jets side.
“It’s a good brand of footy to watch,” victorious coach Townsend said.
“There’s no real structures, they just get out and play so it’s pure footy and good to watch.
“They all love it and that’s what it’s all about.”
Keaton Butterworth scored a double in the win for St John’s while Rory Madden and Doug Foley also crossed.
Madden and Nik Seton also chimed in with a conversion each.
Aidan Bermingham, Michael Kent and the impressive Hunter Gillespie scored for the Jets but St John’s centre Will Malloy was a standout and was named man of the match.
Townsend was pleased with the performance of all his players and said his club was determined to keep on developing talent.
“We’re trying hard and trying to put things in place to get the next superstar or Isaah Yeo to play in Sydney,” he said.
“Hopefully we can keep developing them and get another Isaah Yeo playing in a semi-final down at Sydney in a couple of years.”
RACING
Simpson Desert Racing Carnival
Col Hodges
Making hay while the sun shines was the course followed when Nyngan trainer Rodney Robb led a recent expedition to the Simpson Desert Racing Carnival in outback Queensland.
During his time away, many meetings were washed out in NSW including Parkes, Mendooran, Mudgee, Collarenebri, Grenfell and Walgett in the local region.
Hosting the meetings were Betoota, a ghost town where the hotel closed 20 years ago), and the small towns, Birdsville and Bedourie.
Those remote towns are on the border of the Simpson desert which stretches through Queensland, Northern Territory and South Australia and is the largest desert of parallel sand dunes in the world.
Average rainfall, per annum, for the arid region is about 125mm yet ironically the 2016 Birdsville races were nearly abandoned when around 50mm flooded the track during race week.
“The committee at Birdsville did an incredible job to drain the water from the track and repair the racing surface and likewise at Betoota," Rodney Robb said. (The scheduled meetings on Thursday and Friday at Birdsville were transferred to Sunday with a mammoth 11 races).
Over the carnival the Robb stable had five winners and with several placings picked up over $50,000 prize money plus a $3000 bonus for Jen See See being the leading horse (3 wins) and $1000 for Rodney Robb being leading trainer.
Ridden by Dubbo jockey Kody Nestor for Rodney Robb and the owner Hunter Valley publican Wayne Brown, Jen See See came from behind to win at Betoota as a $2.80 chance.
Jen See See (Kody Nestor) started the $2.40 favourite when leading all the way to win at Birdsville and completed the hat-trick when starting at $2.80 eq.fav. and finishing strongly after a slow getaway to win at Bedourie when ridden by Robb's apprentice Clayton Gallagher.
Gaining good experience from his trip away Clayton Gallagher also rode the Robb trained winners Nordic Red ($2.00 fav.) and Miss Mellencamp at Birdsville and Bedourie, respectively.
Owners of Nordic Red include Jim Hampstead from Nyngan and Moree bookmaker Terry Picone while Miss Mellencamp is raced by Wendy Robb from Nyngan.