In a slight adaptation to the cult film sharing a similar name Smokey was the Bandit on Saturday with Garry “Smokey” Von Duve taking the win in the Stableford competition.

Von Duve continued his lucky streak after picking up a win in the social club competition at the Bistro on Friday night he then finished three points clear on Saturday to scoop the outright win.

Playing off 14 Von Duve got off to a solid, if unspectacular start, following up his par on the first with three successive bogeys to be equal with his handicap after the first four holes.

But from then on he reeled off eight consecutive pars, all but two of them worth three points apiece.

His first bogey for some time on the 13th still earned him two points, the only time he looked like faltering was the dog leg where he scored just the one point.

Another eight points over the last two holes saw him home with equal splits of 20 points.

Anthony Riddoch continued his good form of late by taking out the A Grade competition with a neat 36 points.

Getting his round off to the best start with three points on the board already it was then a bit of a struggle, posting bogeys over the next five holes before stringing together a run of pars to turn level with 18 points.

It was a similar story over the inward nine, a birdie on the 13th for four points but too many one point holes towards the end, to post another 18 points but still good enough to take the win.

Deciding the place getters for the minor prizes kept the scorers busy with no less than eight A grade players all recording thirty-four points.

To complicate things even further four of those had eighteen points over the back nine necessitating a further count back over the last six holes which saw Rob Ellis (11) pinch second place thanks mainly to his birdie on the 15th but he almost gave it away with consecutive one-point holes to finish.

There was a sprinkling of birdies between all the players, luckily for former club captain Matt Jennings (12) his was on the 13th to see him safely to third place.

It was a lot clearer in B grade with David Gould (17) being a clear winner with 39 points.

Off to a rough start Gould battled back well over the latter stages of his front nine to scramble to 19 points.

Just the one wipe out on the 16th saw that total increased by another 20 points thanks to five pars on the inward nine.

Veteran Tony Morandin had the win in his sights, but his ambitions got slightly ahead of him over the last two holes.

With 20 points in his pocket after nine, Morandin built on that with two three-point pars and had 16 points with two holes to play.

Unfortunately, two double bogeys to close with saw the win slip from his grasp, finishing one point behind Gould.

Wayne Dunford (14) saw off Shaun Phillips in a count back for third, both finishing on thirty-six points, the former getting the nod thanks to his 19 points on the back nine.

The golfing gods rewarded Alan Stewart for all of his volunteering work at the club, granting him first place in C Grade with 41 points.

One of the gentlemen on the course and always found with a trailer attached to his car hauling off fallen branches Stewart made the most of his generous twenty-one handicap.

A workman-like 20 points on the front nine was improved on over the back nine, keeping the red ink off his scorecard and adding three three-point holes saw him home with 40 points and a leader in the club house for some time.

Second place getter Brian Dunn might be another who attracts the attention of the handicapper, his two pars on the back nine earning him seven points over just two holes.

Having scrambled to seventeen points on the front nine Dunn came motoring home with 23 points and claim bragging rights over his playing partners.

Peter Mikelsen (22) took third but would be ruing the 17th where he picked up no points, having splits of 21 and 16.

Relative new comer to the game, Karen Panagopoulos continued her improvement, this time taking out the win in the Ladies Stableford competition.

Always with a smile on her face and a story to be told to her friends, almost chucked her round away early with her only scrub for the day being on the second hole.

She managed to hold it together over the rest of the nine to turn with seventeen points and like a good goalie in soccer she defended the rest of her round well, managing to score on every hole from then on.

As her round went on the talking got less and the scoring got more, her three pars earning her a massive 10 points.

Her splits of 17 and 21 saw her finish two points clear of Cherryl Hill in second on 36.

Hill had almost set up a win, opening her outward nine with 19 points and an early par on the eleventh had her quickly to twenty-four.

From then on it was two-point territory until a messy finish, scrambling just the solitary point over each of the 16th and 17th for a 36 total.

Helen Stratford took third in a count-back.

In Tuesday’s midweek stroke competition Tony Steen displayed some cold hard steeliness to take the win with his round of 78-13-65.

Having recently dropped out of A grade Steen was out to finally put a round together and fight his way back into the premier division.

All quickly looked on track with a pair of opening pars but a double bogey on the third was evidence of some rust in his game.

Another couple of pars saw him eke out a respectable forty-one but a superb birdie on the 14th was enough to bring his game home strongly, closing with a neat 37 points to take the win.

It was a welcome return to the winner’s circle for the mild-mannered Steen.

Second place getter Chris Hoggan has the game that any aspiring golfer would do well to emulate, embracing timing and power and both of those were evident on Tuesday.

An opening birdie had him out of the blocks quickly but he gave that back on the eighth with an unexpected double bogey.

His forty off the stick still had him under his handicap and he went one better on the inward nine with the help of five consecutive pars.

While there were no fireworks Hoggan possesses the game that will not get him into any serious trouble.

After a scratchy finish to his front nine the last thing Milton Bignell was thinking was being involved in a count back for a podium prize, even more so with another triple bogey on the 10th.

But he showed the fortitude he is renowned for and knuckled down, bouncing straight back with a birdie on the 11th.

From then on the only other hole to give him any trouble was the par three 16th but he still managed to close five strokes under his handicap on that nine, ending up with a 90-1-23-68.

Any time a scratch golfer finds himself in a count back they know they are going to struggle to get the chocolates and that’s the exact situation Dan Christian found himself in.

The head greens-keeper could be found back at the bar shaking his head in disbelief, shooting a two under the card splits of 34 and not featuring in the prize list.