Scoring was unusually hot in Saturday’s Monthly Medal round at the Blue Lake Golf Club with every grade winner needing to shoot mid 60s or better for the win.

Sponsored by JT Profile the stroke event attracted a large field and while the A and B graders stole the show with some fantastic golf it was C grade’s Brodie Dixon who took the outright win.

Playing off a very generous 35 handicap Dixon was like a trail bike rider with trainer wheels, unable to put a foot wrong.

Even bogeys on the first and third holes meant he was already playing under his handicap and throw in a par on the fifth he was quickly on his way to the win.

An opening 49 at the turn equated to ‘4 under’ and he played well enough to keep the blow out scores off his card.

Another ‘three under’ 49 over the inward nine saw his return of 98-35-63 and clinch the win.

Anytime a player with a handicap of mid-30s breaks 100 is a good round of golf and he deserves all the accolades.

The A grade players chased hard and put on a show of their own, Michael Dedonatis sitting in the clubhouse as the overall leader for some time with his round of 69-5-65.

With just the two bogeys on the front nine he was unable to get any of his birdie putts to fall, making the turn with a very creditable 37.

Those birdie putts did eventually find the bottom of the cup on the inward nine, no less than four birds, with three consecutive threes from the 10th.

The only blot on the back nine score card came on the 14th where he walked off with a bogey but that was rectified with another birdie on the 17th for a superb 32 and the win.

Derek Sargeant returned to form with a second-place finish.

His opening 36 had him eyeing off a bigger fish but two double bogeys to open the back nine put him out of step.

Further disaster was waiting for him on the 17th where he found trouble, adding another double bogey on a hole he would normally score par or better.

Perhaps the round of the day belonged to Anthony Williams.

Playing off plus, one is little incentive to get out on the course but he does every week and with no room for error, he may have thought his round was shot after a bogey on the second hole.

But, with an almost professional handicap, the rest of his round was praiseworthy.

Even after the bogey he still managed to turn with 34 and three birdies and no bogeys on the back nine saw him come in with 66-+1-67 and perhaps lose another stroke off his handicap.

Williams needed all those birdies to survive a three way count back from Greg Cooper and Zach Westwick who all returned the same nett 67.

Since only recently taking up the game competitively Adrian O’Donnell has taken to it like a fish to water.

Every round has seen an improvement and that continued on Saturday with his round of 86-20-66 and a win in B grade.

O’Donnell got off to a see-saw start, a birdie on the opening hole causing a mini celebration.

But perhaps his ambitions got a bit carried away as a seven on the par 3 second hole ceased any merriment.

With an opening 46 threatening a return to C grade O’Donnell put his head down and proved what he is capable of with four pars to open his back nine, finishing with a 40.

Barry Humphries had all his ponies pulling in the right direction from the get-go on Saturday with three consecutive pars to open his round.

It was all pretty well easy motoring from there with the only speed bump coming on the 16th hole which he double bogeyed but once again he finished on the podium, this time in second with his nett 67.

Third place went to Jacob Reed who also continues to show improvement in his game, a birdie on the 8th highlighting his ability.

When he can add a little more consistency to his game he’ll elevate those podium placings.

C grade winner Robert Lindner almost snatched the outright win with a closing 42 on the back nine helping him to a superb round of 86-22-64.

He finished 6 strokes clear of his nearest rivals Dieter Rostig (100-30-70) and Tom Drenthen (95-25-70) who tied for second.

Rostig was awarded second place thanks to his better back nine.

Zeick Dalton eagled the 17th to clear out the Eagles Nest while the rest of the novelties were nearly all won by the red-hot Williams who took out the Pro Shot on the fifth, A grade NTP and Least Putts.

Other prizes went to Gavin Coon for his shot on the 16th and Russell Lingham taking out the B grade NTP.

It’s always great to see perseverance rewarded and that was certainly the case on Saturday with Geraldine Scott taking home the win in the Ladies Stroke competition.

Scott is very generous with her time and is a stalwart of the club, often seen volunteering at the course or serving on a committee, so any time the game can ‘give back’ to her then there is nothing but praise.

In her ‘spare’ time Scott even helps out with some advice and coaching to up and coming lady golfers.

Scott’s round of 93-21-72 was not all plain sailing and she would have been muttering under her breath after some of the holes she played but there were more good holes rather than bad ones, consecutive pars on the fourth and fifth holes testament to that.

Another par on the 14th was vital in her count back against Fiona Punton who also finished on net 72 but destroyed the 17th that cost her a chance at the victory.

Either player would have been deserved of the victory as both devote a lot of their spare time to helping out on the course but Scott was just a little too strong over the last five holes.

At the other end of the experience scale up and coming Kate Hommelhoff underlined her continued improvement in the game by taking out third place with her round of 105-32-73.

Hommelhoff had a rough start to her round but shaved seven strokes off her front nine with a sub 50 inward nine.

Karen Panagopoulos took out the long drive on the 18th while Scott can thank her putter for the win, taking out the novelty prize of least putts.