Wellington sporting news

Saturday, Round 3 of the Club championships is moving day and some players moved in the right direction and others put themselves out of it. A Grade leader Kurt Cusack will take a five shot lead into round four with his brother James his closest challenger and Gary Cusack is sitting next and would need a perfect round to probably challenge.

B Grade saw young Lewis McCarthy holding a one shot lead after the leaders from last weekend faulted, Luke Milgate holds a three shot lead over Tim Parker. C Grade saw David Wilson come back to the field and now only holds a two shot advantage over Jack Baker and Geoff Walker sits a further five shots back.

Sunday’s weather was windy. A Grade saw Kurt Cusack take a five shot lead in to Round 4 and on a day that could have gone better for him, he hung on to claim a one shot victory over James Cusack who tried had all day to close the gap and he just fell short. Handicap winner in A grade was Robert Baker.

B Grade saw Lewis McCarthy take a one shot advantage into Round 4 over Luke Milgate and Lewis kept that advantage throughout the day to take the title, it was David Naveau that came home the best to also only finish one shot back as well. Handicap winner was Ron Cowan.

C Grade saw Geoff Walker come home the best to win the title after Jack Baker looked the winner with only two holes to play and he would love to forget the 17th hole where he put his claim for the title out of bounds a couple of times which was all it took. Handicap winner was David French. Wade Cup winner which is given to the player with the best last 36 hole scratch score was Gary Cusack and runner up was James Cusack.

Veterans champion was Gary Cusack and the Junior champion was Lewis McCarthy.  McLeod Cup winner which is given to the player with the best last 36 hole handicap and this was won by Kieran Baker on a count back from Robert Baker and Ben McCarthy.

Match play Championships which are kindly sponsored by Harold Baker Bookmaking begin this Saturday. A Grade Kurt Cusack takes on Malcolm Payne, James Cusack takes on John Gersbach, Gary Cusack takes on John Donnelly, Ben McCarthy takes on Robert Baker. B Grade Lewis McCarthy takes on Neil Hollow, David Naveau takes on Kieran Baker, Luke Milgate takes on Ron Cowan, Wayne Lang takes on Tim Parker.

Saturdays results and sponsored by Wok`s Catering services and many thanks to him saw Luke Milgate win with a great round of golf to take the prize with a 67 nett. Runner up was Jack Baker who finished with a good score of 68nett.

Sunday’s results and kindly sponsored by Grass Land Poultry and many thanks to them saw Doug Ney take the prize with a 70 nett with Kieran Baker being the runner up with a 71 nett. Ball competition winners over the weekend were; Luke Milgate 67 nett, Jack Baker 68 nett, David French 69 nett, Doug Ney 70 nett, Garth Watts 71 nett, Robert baker 72 nett, Kurt Cusack 72 nett, Ben McCarthy 73 nett, Wayne Lang 73nett, Ben McCarthy 73 nett, Gary Cusack 73 nett, Peter Cornish 73 nett, Fletcher Ivey 73 nett, Bill Bright 73 nett, Gary Cusack 74 nett, Wayne Lang 74 nett, Darren Whiteley 74 nett and Geoff Walker 74 nett.

Ron Stubberfield Toyota Terrific tee shots on the third Gary Cusack 6.5mts, Robert Baker, on the 8th Geoff Walker, Robert Baker, on the 14th David Seers 7.94mts, Robert Baker, on the 16th Barry Jeffery 4.69mts, Robert Baker 2.83mts. Gersbach’s Mechanical nearest the pin in two shots on the 12th went to Gary Cusack. McDonalds Biggest Whack in A grade went to Garth Watts and in B grade it went to Liam Brien. Brent’s NFI award went to Peter Bryant who wasn`t on hand to collect his prize. Raffle winner was John Donnelly and the schooner winner was Peter Cornish.   

Today see's the 2016 Ladies Golf Season wrapping up with their Presentation Day. Proceedings will begin with a "nine hole" fun event followed by the Luncheon/Presentation Christmas Party. The season has been a very successful one despite losing a number of weeks to wet weather and a shorten course due to the floods. Many thanks to President Denise Haesler and Captain Sue Martin for being great leaders, the Club's Board under the great leadership of Robert Baker and the Course Greenkeepers Damien Bell, Mitchell Cusack and all the many volunteers for making it look spectacular.

Open Tournament: 62 players played in the Wellington Open Tournament last week, a great role up considering this event was put back two weeks due to the Course only being fully opened one week from the original date because of the floods and associated damage.

Players came from Orange, Dubbo, Mudgee, Canowindra, Narromine, Warren, Gulgong, Dunedoo, Forbes, Molong and Cumnock as well as many local players.

The winner was Chantelle Greaves (Dunedoo) with 82 off the stick. Chantelle is an Australian Deaf representative player, playing off a handicap of eight, not a bad effort from the nine hole "sand greens" of Dunedoo. Runner Up was our own Marie Cornish on a countback from Julie Headley (Mudgee) both with 88, with the Mudgee Club taking home most of the day's event prizes.

These tournaments cannot be held without exceptional help from lots of people. Thank you to Robert Baker (Starter), Peter Bryant, Col Arnold and Rex England for doing Card Duties, Pauline Potts (Bar), Kathy Martin (Tickets), Sue Martin, Bev Brien, Noella Baker (Kitchen Crew), Green Keepers (Damien/Mitchell) and their helpers along with every other Wellington player that assisted to make the day a great success. 

"12" Hole Wednesday Summer and the "9" Hole Twilight Competitions. The :12" Hole Competition will begin shortly, taking a week's break before it will start.  This is usually a 8am start but whilst the weather is remaining cool, might be 8.30am. The "9" Hole Competition commenced in October and runs till the end of March when daylight savings finishes. 

A number of players are already participating and remember this year, you can play either Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday as long as playing with a Club member or someone else who is playing in this competition.

Men’s Champions: Congratulations to Kurt Cusack (baby brother and son) on winning the Club's 2016 Championships, no doubt it was a nervous last two rounds playing along side Dad and James, maybe if Mitchell had played it could have been a family affair. Well done also to young Lewis McCarthy for picking up B Grade and Junior Champion along with Geoff Walker in C Grade and Veterans.

100 year Birthday Celebrations: Jeanie Mostyn recently celebrated her 100th Birthday with nieces (Gae Drew, Noela Baker, Tracey Parker), son Peter and her immediate family. Congratulations from everyone at Wellington Golf Club.

- Dimples 

Wednesday Bowls: ​Inclement weather prevented Wednesday bowls being played. Jackpot Bowls are on again today (Wednesday) names in by 1pm for 1.30pm start. Jackpot stands at $240

Tuesday night business house bowls competition:

Results, Round 3: Winners on the night were Reid’s Mowing No 2 who defeated Burrendong Pastoral. 

Other results were: Repco defeated Federal Hotel, Wellington Bussiness Services No1 defeated Council, Musgrave Tinting defeated Wellington business Services No 2, Keirles Pharmacy defeated AAA, Harvey Partnership defeated Wellington Vet and Reids Mowing No1 defeated Brien Bros. The fourth round was played last night with results next week.

Club Championships. Results last weekend. Mixed Pairs: Robyn Hinton and Trevor Messenger versus Rene Hannelly and Mick Buttsworth (To be played by November 19). Caroline Temessl and Dave Stace defeated Dot Heath and Kevin Arnott,  20-15. Regina Last and Garry King defeated Myrtle Lee and Allan Manning,  27-11. Robyn Baxter and Barry Smith defeated Tracey and Scott Reid, 21–15. Matches scheduled November 19 at 1pm. Regina Last and Garry King versus Carolyn Temessl and Dave Stace. Sue Manning and Peter Baker versus Winner of rescheduled match.

Men’s Triples: Congratulations to Mick Buttsworth, Kevin Stanley and Barry Smith on winning the Club’s Triples Championship last Sunday defeating Roger Wall, Ron Oxenham and Richard Carpenter in windy conditions.