In the bottom eight Dirt Diggers defeated Studs two up, Puppies defeated Bogeymen three up, CCC Golf defeated Old Fellows three up and Stagg’s Tiling defeated Barmen three up.

Tomorrow’s draw in the top eight are: Daffy’s Ducks v Goodsorts, Printer’s Devils v Montefiores Maulers while Westrac and Federal have byes.

In the bottom eight Puppies play Studs and CCC Golf play Barmen with Stagg’s Tiling and Dirt Diggers having byes.

Last week’s match play was a mixed affair including the final appearance of Wellington’s divisions one and three team and others affected by rain.

Division one was against Duntryleague played at Dubbo. Joe Ryan played Robert Payne and was six down after nine holes and reportedly declared due to rain.

James Cusack lost five and four, John Donnelly lost five and four, Ben McCarthy lost three and two and Darren Whiteley lost seven and six. That’s the end of the season for division 1.

Division 2 played Blayney at Cowra. David Naveau won three and two, Mitchell Cusack won on the 20th and Kurt Cusack won two up.

Division 3 played Dubbo at Wentworth, Orange. The event was called off due to rain. After eight holes Tim Parker was in front while Robert Ridely, Rodney Cunynghame, Bill Bright and Mitchell Spradbrow were all losing. Division three is over for Wellington for the year.

Division 2 play Dubbo at Orange Ex Services on Sunday with a 9.30am tee off.

Many thanks go to XXXX Gold for their sponsorship.

The draw for the first round of the Kiss Trophy to be played on or before April 17 is Pat Everingham v Stephen McCarroll, John Hunt v Kevin Reid, Gary Cusack v Darb Richards, Clinton Ridley v Chris Woolfrey, David Wilson v Ben McCarthy, Lance Noakes v Ab Towney, Lewis Payne v Robert Ridley, Ben McCarthy v Alan McMahon, Wayne Lang v Rod Irwin, James Armstrong v Darren Whiteley, Barry Jeffery v Mitchell Spradbrow, Harrison McMahon v Norm Royal, David Ryan v Bill Bright, Rod Pedron v Reid Armstrong, Paul West v Gary McCArroll, Robert Baker v Colin Sheridan, Neil Miller v Mitchell Cusack, Kurt Cusack v Ron Cowan, Lewis Stanley v Russell Gersbach, Peter Payne v Vic Payne, Joe Mason v Bob Watts, John Donelly v Tim Parker, James Cusack v Paul Hannelly, Rodney Cunynghame v Ashley Bullock, Garth Watts v Joseph Ryan, Luke Brydon v John Southwell, David Burke v Alan Ritchie, Neil Hollow v Kevin Whale, Ian Manning v Peter Cornish, David Naveau v Rod McMahon and John Gersbach v Malcolm Payne.

At the time of going to press Col Arnold is believed to be seeking a partner and if anyone else has missed out contact David Naveau to gain a place in the draw.

Will Michael Cassidy make a return perhaps?

The first round of the match play championships is to be played on or before May 1.

For those who find time is passing too quickly, that’s this year.

The A grade draw is Joe Ryan v bye, Robert Baker v Darren Whiteley, Colin Sheridan v David Ryan, Gary Cusack v bye, John Donnelly v James Cusack, Malcolm Payne v Gary Holding, John Gersbach v Garth Watts and Ben McCarthy has a bye.

The A reserve draw is Clinton Ridley v Kevin Reid, Peter Payne v Ab Towney, Kurt Cusack v Luke Brydon, Mitchell Cusack v Ashley Bullock, Gary McCarroll v David Naveau, Ron Cowan v Ian Manning, Stephen Kiss v Peter Cornish, Russell Gersbach v Paul West.

The B grade draw is Rod McMahon v Simon Barton, Robert Ridley v Rodney Cunynghame, Vic Payne v Joe Mason, Mac Harvey v Paul Hannelly, Mitchell Spradbrow v Geoff Walker, Pat Everingham v Tim Parker, Neil Hollow v Bill Bright and Stephen McCarroll v Rod Pedron.

The C grade draw is David Wilson bye, Bob Watts v Stephen Whittaker, Warren Williams bye, Reid Armstrong bye, John Southwell bye, Kevin Whale v Allan McMahon, Peter Bryant v Ron Frappell and Col Arnold has a bye too.

Prospective entrants for the Cornish Trophy are invited to write their names on the board and a draw will be done during the next few days.

Welcome back to Alan McMahon and David Ryan who have not played for a while. A big thanks to those who volunteered to help with the cooking at the Vintage Fair on Sunday.

With Alan Ritchie attending to catering duties for a function back at the clubhouse, the multi-skilled Maurie Lay stepped back from the hot plate this year and co-ordinated activities on the cooking side of things at the vintage fair.