DAVID Millard and Graham Robinson posted the rounds of the day in last Thursday’s stableford competition at the Mount Gambier Golf Club with 41 points apiece.
Millard claimed the win on a count-back, after nines of 18 and 23 points, while Robinson posted 21 and 20.
Visitor Peter Howard from Bribie Island in Queensland finished third on 40 points, with Peter Miller fourth on 39.
The ball rundown extended to 36 points, with Mark Forster taking the last one.
Nearest the pins went to Howard on the eighth hole and Peter Berkefeld on the 16th, with only Howard able to make his putt for a two.
On Saturday players vied for the honour of the monthly medal, plus the second round of qualifying for the club championships.
A big field of 120 players teed off in all divisions, with Zac Shanks having the round of the day with a nett 64 and 75 off the stick.
A solid front nine of 3-over par 39 saw the 11 marker in good position to beat his handicap, but his round really came alight on the back nine.
After solid pars on the 10th and 11th holes, Shanks holed out for an eagle-two on the par 4 12th to get back to just 1-over the card.
Bogeys on the difficult 14th and 17th holes are not unusual, but a bogey on the short par 5 15th would have disappointed him greatly.
However, he came straight back with a birdie-two on the par 3 16th hole, then a par on the last saw a square-with-the-card 36 on the back nine for a 75 total and an easy three-shot win in A Grade.
Sam Letizia claimed second place with an impressive 67 nett and 77 off the stick, with Kent Comely third on nett 68.
Max Tollner also posted nett 67 to claim C Grade winning by the slimmest of margins from Riley Parsons on nett 68. Archie Milich third on nett 69.
Terry Janeway claimed the B grade honours with nett 70 winning by two from Simon Tulak on nett 72, with John Miles (nett 73) taking third place.
Nett 75 was good enough to claim a ball in the rundown except for the very unlucky Mike Griffiths and Archy Arch who missed out on count-back.
Nearest the pins went to Jeff Olafsen on the eighth hole and Zac Shanks on the 16th.
Both players were good enough to roll in their respective putts for a birdie twos.
The club championships are divided into 4 divisions and decided by their gross scores over the last two weeks.
Division 1 handicaps of 7 or less, Division 2 handicaps 8 -12, Division 3 handicaps 13 – 16 and Division 4 handicaps 17 and above.
The top eight qualifiers from each division then meet in a knock-out match-play format of 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6 and 4 v 5.
Quarter and semi-finals will be held on March 12 with the final on March 26 of over 36 holes.
Qualifiers – Division 1 (gross scores): Darren Bilney 77, 70; Darren Coxon 76, 74; Jason Shanks 79, 77; Mathew Knowles 81, 76; Joel Mann 81, 77; Andrew Stark 80, 80; David Pick 84, 77; Jim Leane 80, 82.
Division 2: Sam Letizia 84, 77; Zac Shanks 89, 75; Adrian Ballintyne 85, 79; Kent Comley 88, 79; Bryan Hunt 81, 86; Nick Black 86, 82; Tony Revill 84, 84; Tim Driver 87, 83.
Division 3: Damian Smith 85, 89; Matthew Bowering 85, 89; Leigh McCracken 84, 90; Nathan Taylor 86, 94; Neal Doody 92, 90; Simon Tulak 97, 86; Graham Greenwood 93, 91; Mike Griffiths 95, 90.
Division 4: Max Tollner 98, 86; Nick Seager 93, 92; Darren Earl 91, 94; Robert McLellan 90, 95; Chris Gabriel 93, 93; Stephen Stott 95, 92; Ian Ewart 94, 93; Michael Rookas 96, 92.
