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Another week and another 3 way tie for the win. With only 12 punters there was ample opportunity to score points. The course conditions were generally a little tougher than last week due to a bit of rain during the week, however the greens are on the improve and the ball was witnessed to be running a bit truer and a bit faster than what has been accustomed to over the winter months.

SOS and Ryan were grouped together and both played to their handicap coming in with 36 stableford points. Not to be outdone, Rod White showed a turn of form and followed them in with the same score and a share of first place. Rumour has it that some recent lessons has helped Rod with his ball striking and with more to come things could be looking up for him.

Mehmet ended up the bridesmaid again coming in second with a 35. He now is in second behind Ryan in the points table even though he hasn’t had a win this year. It could be strategic planning on his behalf as he seems to be racking up the points without the handicap penalty. Noods and Vinni were not far behind in 3rd place, although by some of Nood’s body language on the course it sounded like he was going a lot worse.

Pepsi ended up in 4th place tied with Dennis Tiernan, who playing his first game in quite a while. Hopefully there are more to come. Chrispy was quite surprised and happy with himself after a 5th place with 28 points. Some thought 28 points may not have deserved a point but nevertheless it stands. He was none too happy with the new clubs he was trialling either so he could be foxing before the next major tournament coming up.

There were 7 birdies scored and no eagles which means the eagles nest jackpots yet again, it is currently at 5 balls which is almost worthwhile going for. The pro pin was on the 12th and with a very tough pin position it has gone to a jackpot. Likewise the pin on the 18th was right up the back tier, the only person to land it on the green was Pepsi who took out the ball prize, although Ryan had overshot the green and his ball ended up just on the fringe quite close to the pin, and was close enough to sink the birdie putt too.

Second last week of the IGL league and it was down to the Hawks playing off against the Magpies to find a place in the grand final. The hawks were only represented by Andrew P who ended up with a score of 62 (31+31). Meanwhile the Magpies were represented by Ryan (36) and Edddie (26) who ended up with 62 also. The rules committee (Harry) will have to advise who will go through to play the Tigers next week, the rules about a drawn final, extra time, putt off have not been disclosed (or decided).

A shout out to Bill who is celebrating a birthday this week. A reminder that with the AFL grand final in the coming weeks, this week coming is Octobers’ monthly medal, held in September while the last day in September (AFL GF) is held in October this year.

 

Results for Saturday, 19 September 2015
1st Ryan Porker(36) 1st Stephen O’Sullivan(36) 1st Rodney White(36) 2nd Mehmet Akdag(35) 3rd Stephen Butterfield(32) 3rd Chris Vinecombe(32) 4th Andrew Petricola(31) 4th Dennis Tiernan(31) 5th Chris Priems(28)

Cold, wet, wintry weather. Damp course. Long fairways. Preferred lies. All things which are now in the past (at least in the short term) as spring is finally here and mid 20’s temperatures were embraced by all. The fairways had been freshly cut too but meant finding balls was now easier, however this did not correlate to high scoring. Maybe it was the omission of preferred lies or the freshly sanded greens but not a single soul beat their handicap.

There were 3 however who played to their handicap and shared the win. Rob Priems, Dennis and Ryan all came home with a square card. Not far behind was damo who handed in a score of -1, followed by Craig Cameron who was a further shot behind again. Damo was especially grumpy following his footy sides loss the night before, missing out on the win by 1 and after putting it to 2.25m on the 18th for the money hole, was beaten in the last group by Ryan who put it to 1.87m. Such a shame it was a jackpot from last week too! All well.

A very popular score was had on -3, with Mehmet, Mark, Blighty, Taner and Targe all ending up tied for 4th spot. Not to be outdone, Chrispy ended up with -4 and on his own in last spot. The less than spectacular scores meant only 8 birdies were had on the day.

The yellow ball teams event was also a highlight, with only 1 team losing their ball. We had a tie on -3 with 2 teams, so well done to Noods, JQ, Zimmer and Mehm followed by porks, blighty and vinni. For those of you who study the championship table day and night, you will notice that the bonus points have not been awarded for this week. Apologies as there was an error when running the handicapping and will have to be rectified when Harry gets back.

The IGL continued with week 2 of finals and results are as follows;

Blues -4 (Rob 0, ChrisP -4) lost to Magpies -3 (Ryan 0, Targe -3).

Tigers -2 (Dennis 0, Craig -2) defeated Hawks -6 (Taner -3, Blighty -3).

This means Blues have been kicked out, Tigers progress to the final in 2 weeks and next week the Hawks and Magpies play off for a place in the final. Interesting, after being on the bottom of the ladder for most of the year, Magpies are in the final 3.

Happy birthday to Alan for this week.

 

Results for Saturday, 12 September 2015
1st Ryan Porker(□) 1st Robert Priems(□) 1st Dennis Ward(□) 2nd Damien Lee(-1) 3rd Craig Cameron(-2) 4th Mehmet Akdag(-3) 4th Mark Berthelsen(-3) 4th Andrew Blight(-3) 4th Taner Kemal(-3) 4th Targe Mifsud(-3) 5th Chris Priems(-4)

September’s medal was up for grabs and with 17 punters taking the field it was a count back ultimately deciding the result. Some very solid  scoring was had by a lot of the field which means that course conditions are improving, or the first event of the month brings out the best in some of us.

Bob handed in a very impressive score of 63 which was also matched by Johnny Q. Both score 1st place wins for the championship however after careful analysis Bob ended up with the medal after countback. Fair to say their handicaps have taken out a fair chunk.

Not far off their heels was Rob who followed up his Nurmurkah form with an impressive 64, who was also not outdone by Dennis Ward coming in equal second. Pepsi was on his lonesome in 3rd with a score of 66 after murdering the course with 1 over off the stick.

Craig Cameron put in a solid round with a nett 67 who was following by 4 others who tied for 5th on even par 68; Mehmet, Noodes, Brenden and SOS. The high scoring correlated to 21 birdies total for the day. There were a number of improvements in the eclectic however Peps is still holding a solid lead.

The ball hole went to none other than Blighty who didn’t have his best round however an extra ball is a small constellation. The pro pin was left on the 19th hole, so next week goes to a jackpot.

The IGl finals have started and for those who are interested the finals follows a final 5 fixture. Hawks had the week off as they finished on top, which left 2 matches of 2v3 and 4v5. Blues(2) lost to Tigers(3) with scores of 133 for the blues (Rob 64 and Rod 69)  and 131 to Tigers (Dennis 64, Craig 67).** lowest score wins as the round was a stroke round.

Magpies(4) with a score of 133 (Bob 63, Targe 70) defeated Bulldogs(5) 138 (Mehm 68, Craig 70) to finish the round. Unfortunately Bulldogs have been booted and only 4 teams remain. This week the matches are Blues v Magpies in the elimination final and hawks play Tigers for a place in the GF.

Happy birthday to Blighty and Ed this week, have a good one!

 

Results for Saturday, 05 September 2015
1st Bob McDonald(63) 1st John Quinlan(63) 2nd Robert Priems(64) 2nd Dennis Ward(64) 3rd Andrew Petricola(66) 4th Craig Cameron(67) 5th Mehmet Akdag(68) 5th Stephen Butterfield(68) 5th Brendon Mitchell(68) 5th Stephen O’Sullivan(68)

Well it appears that Winter has not yet left us and a cold and miserable day was dished up by the powers that be. Not sure if it was the weather or extended hangover from the weekend away, but only 11 contenders rocked up to tame the at times wet Ivanhoe course. Of those who did fight the conditions there was plenty of points on offer, with 9 of the 11 scoring a championship point. (We won’t say who were the unlucky ones, hey Bob:P)

Three equal winners after a miscalculation on Ed’s card meant that he tied on 37 points with Pepsi and Blighty. The andrews both came home on fire on the back 9, Blighty with 23 points and Pepsi going around on even par. During Gordons round he was apparently talking himself up for the monthly medal as he was going alright. Too bad for him the medal is next week, although he did come in second place with 32 points. SOS held his nerve to hold onto 3rd place with 29 points.

Whitey and noods were quite excited to sneak into the points with 28 stableford points, unfortunately for the rest of us due to Ed’s improvement to 1st place they both come in 4th. Rounding out the places was Targe and Priemsy who take out 5th with 27 points. Hopefully the scoring improves next week although generally the scoring was better than at Nurmurkah (apart from Ryan who somehow did worse).

The money and ball went to Noodles today after slotting it close to the pin on the 18th and 12th. Spend that 11 dollars wisely Noodes.

Interesting results in the IGL competition today with two teams scoring zero points after ASADA issues (or a few did not shows). So wins by forfeit to the Blues and Magpies. The hawks had a win over the saints 74 to 57. This marks the end of the regular season and now finals are upon us.

Results for Round 20
Home Team	Player 1	Player 2	Score	Away Team	Player 1	Player 2	Score
Hawks	Andrew Blight	Andrew Petricola	74	Saints	Stephen O’Sullivan	Stephen Butterfield	57
Blues	Rodney White	Chris Priems	55	Tigers	DNP	DNP	-198
Magpies	Ed Kloprogge	Targe Mifsud	64	Bulldogs	DNP	DNP	-198

 

The IGL authorities (harry) have announced that the finals will consist of the McIntyre format with 5 teams playing off. Next week Hawks have a week off after finishing on top. Tigers (2nd) play Blues (3rd) and in the second match the magpies (4th) play Bulldogs (5th).  Unfortunately the saints miss out on a finals birth.  Final ladder is shown below;

Ivanhoe Golf League Ladder

Team						Wins	Losses	Draws	Forfeits	Points
Hawks						14	5	1	0	87
Andrew Petricola	Gordon Hill	Andrew Blight	John Quinlan	Taner Kemal	John Angelopoulos
Blues						11	9	0	0	66
Laurie Mannix	Chris Priems	Rodney White	Chris Vinecombe	Kazim Akdag	Robert Priems
Tigers						11	8	0	1	66
Keith Delzoppo	Brendon Mitchell	Craig Cameron	Stefan Belevski	Mark Berthelsen	Dennis Ward
Magpies						9	11	0	0	54
Ed Kloprogge	Bill Eastoe	Targe Mifsud	Ryan Porker	Bob McDonald	Malcolm Fleming
Bulldogs						7	10	2	1	48
Damien Lee	Mehmet Akdag	Craig Sharp	David Howard	Allan Davies	Paul Rowland
Saints						6	13	1	0	39
Harry Boughen	Rod Grant	Stephen Butterfield	Stephen O’Sullivan	Michael Gourlay	Trevor Jackson

 

 

Apparently Rob was quite pleased with himself with his win in the Country round last week.  So much so that the trophy went straight to the pool room for all to see.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Results for Saturday, 29 August 2015
1st Andrew Blight(37) 1st Ed Kloprogge(37) 1st Andrew Petricola(37) 2nd Gordon Hill(32) 3rd Stephen O’Sullivan(29) 4th Stephen Butterfield(28) 4th Rodney White(28) 5th Targe Mifsud(27) 5th Chris Priems(27)