Kapunda Golf Club

Thursday Stableford Comp

Captains Trophy Nett and Gross winners.

Helen Day & Carolyn Koch.

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Happy Monday to you, Kapunda!

Trivia this week, bring your brainiest mates and see if you can snap up a prize. Even if you don't come out on top, we promise plenty of laughs!

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Have a wonderful week.... and keep warm!

Kapunda Golf Report

The cold weather continued during the week for those who get a chance to play mid week with a good field of 13 fillies out on Wednesday braving the chilly conditions. The par round saw Carolyn Koch win the day and Div 1 with a great score of +3. Pam May was second in the top division with -1. The Div 2 winner was Carole Molloy in a countback with Jan Owen after both carded +1’s. Marg Browne played well to come in square.
Carolyn and Jan took the NTP honours and Helen Day and Marg had the longest drives in their respective divisions.
Phill Paynter’s spinning wheel prize went to Pammy.
The girls will play a stroke round this week for the Monthly Medal combined with the 5th and final round of the Captain’s trophy, hopefully in slightly warmer conditions.
The forecast rain did the right thing and held off for the Thursday lads and 53 players made the most of the dry but chilly conditions.
Steve Watson had the best score for the second week running and his 41 points won him the B grade cash. Rob Denti carded 36 points for the A grade win. Paul Watson (no relation) and Ronnie Allen also carded 36 points and Pauly won the C grade in the countback. Mick Hennessy, Pete Edwards and Fids all played well for 35 points with Fids doing a great job of getting out of trouble during the round.
Steve Watto had a fat day, winning the NTP’s on the 15th and 18th holes and also the front and back nines with 21 and 20 points respectively. Ian Dickie picked up the other NTP on the 6th. The most senior player in the field, John Semmler, picked up the encouragement award with his 23 points.
Saturday’s weather forecast of plenty of rain showed we are a bit soft with just 46 players remaining in the field across the day. After a wet Friday night the weather (apparently) turned out to be not too bad for those who took the punt. After a couple of early morning showers the brollies remained in the bag. With the smaller field there was no third dividend paid and just two grades.
Sal Hambour starred on the day with a magnificent return to form, winning the day with a fantastic score of 42 points. Thirty six points was the next best score carded by a handful of players with three A graders vying for the podium spots. Neil Morrison was the winner of a very tight count back with a double bogey on the 17th not helping Mingy’s cause. Michael Day had his best nine on the front with just one over the card and he took third place. Riley Graham only just missed a spot in the count back with 35 points.
The B grade also came to a count back on 36 points and as was the case for Mingy, another leftie, Boo Menzel also doubled the 17th to force him into runner up spot. Visitor from West Croydon GC, Kym Semmler, took third spot with 32 points.
Kym collected the Prince of Wales NTP on the 6th and Griggy the 15th. Tim Scheer was the closest on the 18th for the Clare Castle cash. Paul O’Reilly had the best approach for the Reilly’s Wines prize and Von Altus had the best third shot into the par five for a win.
Long drives went to Kiwi in the A grade, Pete Collins (again) in the B grade and Bo Lambert for the C graders. Jan Owen had the best drive of the fillies.
Stableford comps for Thursday and Saturday with Doc Carson sponsoring the 4th round of the Hayward Memorial Trophy on the weekend.
It might be a case of suck it and see with the weather this week with showers of varying intensity predicted across the week.
Whatever the case, happy golfing to those who get out for a hit.

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