David Millard and Graham Robinson posted the rounds of the day with 41 points apiece in the Mount Gambier Golf Club’s Thursday Stableford.
Millard took first place by virtue of countback, having nines of 18 and 23 points while Robinson posted 21 and 20 points.
Saturday Monthly Medal
Earlier this month was the Saturday monthly medal and the second round of qualifying for the club championships.
There were 120 players teeing off in all divisions with Zac Shanks having the round of the day with a nett 64 and 75 off the stick.
A very 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 four 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 but he came straight back with a birdie two on the par 3 16th.
A par on the last saw a square with the card 36 on the back nine for a 75 total and an easy 3 shot win in A grade.
Sam Letizia finished second with 67 nett and 77 off the stick.
Max Tollner also posted nett 67 to claim C grade winning by the slimmest of margins from Riley Parsons on nett 68.
Terry Janeway claimed the B grade honours with nett 70 winning by two from Simon Tulak on nett 72..
Club Championship Qualifiers
The club championships are divided into four 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 8 qualifiers from each division then meet in a knock-out matchplay format of 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6 and 4 v 5.
The qualifiers in order and with their two gross scores are:
Division 1 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 and 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 and 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 and Michael Rookas 96, 92.
