Federal Wellington Open

The John Deere Ride-on Lawn Mower which has been kindly donated to the Wellington Golf Club is now being raffled and will go to one lucky winner. Tickets are really selling quickly and you can purchase a ticket for just $5 at the Wellington Golf Club or there are plenty of golf club members around town selling tickets with this great prize to be drawn on the June Long Weekend.

The 18 hole Federal Hotel Wellington Golf Club Amateur Open will see A, B and C Grades being played this Sunday with Stroke and Stableford events to be played on the day and all it only costs $40 to play on the day and there are plenty of great prizes up for grabs for the lucky winners of the many events on the day. A signup sheet is available now with tee off times being 8am to 10am with lunch included in the price for the days golf; just ring the Wellington Golf Club to grab a starting time.

The G.S.O.H are going on a golf trip to Narromine Golf Club on the 26th of April, if any golfer would like to go on this trip please just inform John Gersbach and if you require any more information John will assist you in that as well.

Al`s Men`s Thursday and Ladies Sunday golf competitions have come to an end and now it`s time for all the winners to collect there prizes which will be on the 29th of May at the Wellington Golf Club commencing at about 6.30pm, so get your money in and please let Al now your shirt size if you think you may have won a shirt.

Coming events for April are 25th 4Ball Aggregate plus round 2 Cornish Trophy.

Coming events for May are 2nd Wellington Soldiers Memorial Club Monthly Medal in A and B Grades, round 6 of the Pointscore Trophy, round 6 of the John Gersbach Putting Competition, round 1 of the David Naveau Earthmoving Trophy, 9th round 2 of the David Naveau Earthmoving Trophy, 16th round 2 of the Kiss Trophy, round 1 of the Barmen Trophy, 17th Qualifying round of the N.S.W Mixed Fourball, 23rd round 3 of the Cornish Trophy, 30th round 1 of the Cusack’s Butchery Men’s Foursomes, 31st round 2 of the Cusack`s Butchery Men`s Foursomes.

Previous Saturday’s results with a 2 Person Ambrose being played saw David Naveau and Luke Milgate claim victory with a 64nett just beating Clint Ridley and Lewis Payne who finished with a 661/4nett.

This Saturday’s event is a 2 Person Ambrose with the wellington Golf Club sponsoring the day.

Ron Stubberfeild Toyota Terrific Tee Shot on the 3rd Norm Royal, on the 8th David Naveau, on the 16th Steven McCarroll.

McCarthy-Staggs Tiling nearest the pin in 2 shots on the 15th hole went to David Naveau.

McDonalds Biggest Whack winner in A Grade was Lewis Payne and in B Grade it was Luke Milgate.

Brent`s N.F.I award winners were the Kevin’s, that`s Reid and Whale and they will probably never play together again after the terrible day they had.

Next Saturday`s events are a 4Ball Best Ball Stableford with Kevin Reid kindly sponsoring the day`s event.

Last Saturday saw the April Monthly Medal being played in A and B Grades with the Wellington Soldiers Memorial Club kindly sponsoring the day also played on the day was round 5 of the Wellington Soldiers Memorial Club Pointscore Trophy plus round 5 of the John Gersbach Putting Competition.

A Grade Monthly Medal winner last Saturday was Josh Bullock who had the round of golf of his life time with a 2 under par, 70 off the stick which equated to a 61nett, great round Josh.

A Grade runner up on a count back was Garth Watts who finished with a 70nett.

B Grade Monthly Medal winner was Peter Cornish who put together a great round of golf himself to finish with a 66nett.

B Grade runner up was Peter Payne who finished with a 68nett.

Ball competition winners were Josh Bullock 61nett, Peter Cornish 66nett, Peter Payne 68nett, Brent Eather 69nett, Garth Watts 70nett, Malcolm Payne 70nett, Gary Holding 70nett, Luke Milgate 70nett, Vic Payne 70nett, John Gersbach 72nett, Neil Hollow 72nett, Lance Noakes 72nett, Reid Armstrong 72nett, Brian Kiss 73nett and Geoff Walker 73nett.

Ron Stubberfeild Toyota Terrific Tee Shot on the 3rd Reid Armstrong, on the 8th Josh Bullock, on the 14th Brian Kiss, on the 16th Jim Armstrong.

McCarthy-Staggs Tiling nearest the pin in 2 shots on the 13th hole went to Peter Cornish.

McDonalds Biggest Whack winner in A Grade went to Elton Keeffe and in B Grade it went to Brian Kiss.

Brent’s N.F.I award winner this week went to David Wilson who put together an absolutely horrible round of golf to finish with a 101nett, and yes his clubs did sleep well that night as they were worn out.

Draw for round 2 of the Cornish Trophy which must be played by the 25th of April see`s John Donnelly-Norm Royal v Kevin Reid-Garth Watts, Allan Ritchie-Gary McCarroll v Lewis Payne-Clint Ridley, John Gersbach-Bob Watts defeated Joe and David Ryan 1up, Robert Baker-Gary Holding defeated David King-Rod Pedron, Gary Cusack-Darren Whiteley v Doug Ney-Craig Brien, Peter Cornish-Neil Hollow v Steven McCarroll-Malcolm Payne, Wayne Lang-Ron Cowan v Geoff Walker-Ab Towney, Fletcher Ivey-Mac Harvey v Bob Ridley-David Naveau.

Draw for round 2 of the Kiss Trophy which must be played by the 16th of May see`s Vic Payne v Craig Brien, Steven McCarroll v Malcolm Payne, Mitchell Cusack v Tony Cowan, Ab Towney v Robert Baker, Lewis McCarthy v Gavin McDonald, Matt Redfern v Josh Bullock, Liam Brien v David Wilson, Rod Irwin v Brian Kiss, Bill Bright v Bob Watts, Reid Armstrong v Garth Watts, Peter Payne v David Naveau, Norm Royal v Geoff Walker, John Donnelly v Wayne Lang, Kevin Reid v David Ryan, Darren Whiteley v Barry Jeffery, Doug Ney v Jim Armstrong.

Top 5 in the Wellington Soldiers Memorial Club Pointscore after 5 rounds see`s Garth Watts leading the way with 119pts, James Cusack 105pts, Luke Milgate 91pts, John Gersbach 87pts and Clint Ridley 81pts.

Top 5 in the Maurie Lay Memorial Pointscore sponsored by Twin Rivers Printing and the Presidents Pointscore see`s Steven McCarroll 515pts, John Gersbach and Geoff Walker 510pts, David Naveau 494pts and Malcolm Payne 492pts.

Top 5 in the John Gersbach Putting Competition after 5 rounds see`s James Cusack 136putts, Garth Watts 143putts, Malcolm Payne 152putts, Geoff Walker 153putts and David Naveau 156putts. Best Putters this round were Brent Eather and Josh Bullock who tort everybody a lesson on how to putt, there final score was 25putts, so next month the prize will jackpot.

A special mention to Jim Armstrong who somehow left a 2 inch putt short of the hole, and yes this is a true story as he did protest his innocence.

Handicap changes from last Saturdays golf were Josh Bullock 9 to 8, Peter Cornish 13 to 12, Brent Eather 27 to 26, Neil Hollow 15 to 14, Vic Payne 21 to 20, Peter Payne 14 to 13, Col Arnold 32 to 33, Barry Jeffery 22 to 23, Elton Keeffe 2 to 3 and David Wilson 22 to 23.

Raffle winner last Saturday was Peter Frappell and the lucky schooner winner was John Gersbach.

19th Hole