Fun week of golf at veterans’ event

It was another fun week at Gilgandra Golf Club, with games including a nine-hole Stroke event on Thursday afternoon with nine veterans competing.

Winner (on a countback) was Mark Barwick with a score of 33 nett with Gladys Harvey coming-in second on the same score as Mark and Geoff Lummis taking third place with a 35½ nett score.

Geoff won the nearest to the pin prize with Graeme Holland comingout tops on the average ball and Mark also winning the least number of putts for his round with only 11. On Saturday, we played an 18- hole 4BBB Stableford Multiplier with teams of two competing.

The winning pair were Bob Dwyer and Ken Williams with 73 points for their round. Coming in second, were John McWhirter and Bill Welsh with 72 points, with the Gilgandra Toyota nearest to the pin winner being Bill Welsh. On Sunday, we also played an 18- hole Stableford with a total of 10 golfers competing.

The winner was Rob Hay with 42 points, nine points ahead of the nearest other player, being Bob Dwyer in second place with 33 points.

The Gilgandra Toyota nearest-thepin prize went to John McWhirter with a putt that came within 3.8 metres of the hole.