NEWS

MT BARKER-HAHNDORF 27 HOLE AMATEUR OPEN The 27 hole amateur open was played last Sunday in fine conditions and a field of 59 participated in their respective grades. The open was won by well known Mt Barker play-er, Phil Chapman, with a score of 3 under the card of 101. Runner up on a count back was local player Brad Altmann with 114 off the stick. The B Grade was won by Jody Har-denberg from The Vines with 129 while the runner up was Rob Ferrall from Mt Barker with 133. The C Grade victor was local Ray Ell with 138 followed by Echunga player, Lee Stibbs, with 142. The nett 27 hole winners all came from Mt Barker - A Grade Tim McDermot 1051/2, B Grade Deane Brock 110 and C Grade Bill Ker 1111/2. The ladies gross winner with 98 for 18 holes was Joy Page from The Stirling club. Of the total field, 28 players came from visiting clubs with the balance from Mt Barker-Hahndorf.

TWILIGHT GOLF SEASON FINISHED Twilight golf concluded last Friday after a successful sea-son. To wind up the season presentations were made for ‘the Twilight Players of the Year’ with the men’s winner being Les Liebelt, followed by Richard Timmins and Peter Few. The ladies winner was Rae Judd. Each of these win-ners received Pro Shop vouchers.

The season was sponsored by ‘Mitre 10’ and the ‘Weber’ BBQ that was donat-ed by them was drawn at the presen-tations and was won by Ian Hunt (pictured left receiv-ing the BBQ). The winning ticket was drawn from all the twilight cards re-ceived during the season. There were just over 100 differ-ent players that par-ticipated in the Fri-day twilight golf.

BUNKER SAND For many years getting the best sand in the bunkers at Mt Barker has been an on going problem. Consequently, the club is currently trialling 2 types of bunker sand in the left hand bunkers on the 12th hole, one type in the front left and another in the rear left bunker. In the interests of im-proving the course quality, any member feedback compar-ing these two bunkers would be welcomed, but only be-tween the front and rear left bunkers on the 12th.

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LAST WEEK’S RESULTS THURSDAY 30th March MEN (Stableford) Winner - Bill Van Den Berg c/b 39 pts Runner up - Rob Ferrall 39 pts Third Place - Manfred Hurt c/b 38 pts Fourth Place - Peter Wade 38 pts LADIES Winner - Marg Bessen 34 pts Runner up - Chris Barnwell 33 pts PRO SHOP MIDWEEK COMP - MEN 26th Mar to 31st Mar Winner - Mike Dunn 38 pts LADIES Winner - Maura Pottrell 28 pts FRIDAY 31st March (Twilight 9 holes) MEN (Stableford) Winner - Ray Ell 22 pts Runner up - Les Liebelt c/b 20 pts LADIES Winner - Yvette Percy 20 pts SATURDAY 1st April MEN (Stroke - Medal Round) Medal Winners

A Grade - Brad Altmann 68 gross B Grade - James Dean 83 gross C Grade - Adrian Daniel 86 gross

Overall Nett Winner - Luke Liebelt 65 nett A Grade Winner - Connor Chant 68 nett Runner up - Josh Pegler c/b 70 nett B Grade Winner - Paul Knight 67 nett Runner up - Gordon Goodwin c/b 70 nett C Grade Winner - Adrian Daniel 67 nett Runner up - Bradley Richards c/b 69 nett NTP 2nd - Trevor Johns NTP 4th - Lesley Perrin NTP 12th - Wayne Smith NTP 15th - Doug Pottrell LADIES Winner - Maura Pottrell c/b 74 nett Runner up - Sylvia Evans 74 nett MONDAY 3rd April MEN (Retirees Stableford) Winner - Lloyd Thomas 40 pts Runner up - Andrew Wajwoda c/b 35 pts Third Place - Ray Ell 35 pts TUESDAY 4th April LADIES (Stroke - Championship Qualifying A Grade Winner - Anne Meakins 69 nett Runner up - Denise Knape 75 nett B Grade Winner - Bev Baylis c/b 75 nett Runner up - Shirley Brock 75 nett C Grade Winner - Cheryl Brooks c/b 77 nett Runner up - Kay Gale 77 nett WEDNESDAY 5th April MEN (Stableford) A Grade Winner - Justin Percy 42 pts

Runner Up - Keith Barnes 35 pts B Grade Winner - Deane Brock 43 pts

Runner up - Bruce Martin c/b 37 pts C Grade Winner - Peter Garner c/b 36 pts

Runner up - Stan Hawkins 36 pts NTP 2nd - Ian Martin NTP 4th - Ian Martin NTP 12th - Bruce Martin NTP 15th David Waters

Newsletter (Page 1)

Thurs 6th April 2017

COMING GOLFING EVENTS Saturday 8th April - Stableford Tuesday 11th April - Ladies - Stableford Wednesday 12th April - Stableford Friday 14th April - Good Friday Club House Closed Saturday 15th April - Stableford

Newsletter (Page 2) Thurs 23rd March 2017

THE PRO’S CORNER—BEN TRAEGER

ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS FOR 2017-18 The Entertainment Books for 2017-18 have arrived at the golf club, and if you have per-ordered, they can be collect-ed from the office during office hours 9 to 4 Monday to Fri-day. To collect outside of office hours please make arrange-ments with Rachel. If you have not already ordered one yet, this can be done through the Club by emailing the office at admin@mtbarkergolf.com.au These books are excellent value, and 20% of the sales go to the Golf Club as a fund raiser.

BIRD DAMAGE TO THE COURSE The little corellas that invade the course during warmer months can be very destructive to the greens and natural fauna. To this effect the members of the club should recognise the great work being done by John Paech in “discouraging” the thousands of Corellas from damaging the course, and in

particular the greens. This process means that occasionally there is a considerable noise, which may cause some play-ers a fright, but rest assured ‘Paechy’ is doing the club a great service with this “discouragement” and keeping the damage and noise to an absolute minimum.

“HOW THE HELL DO I PLAY THIS”? Kay Gale (pictured right) contemplating how to play the shot from the hazard, is being given some advice from Chris Bock. We are not sure if she took the advice or what the result was, but it makes a good pho-to!

LADIES OPEN DAY A HUGE SUCCESS The biggest event on the ladies calendar was held last Fri-day 31st March - it was the Ladies Open Day which attracted a full field of 128 players from 17 club's. (29 players came in convoy from the Tea Tree Golf Club.) Prior to the start of play morning tea was on offer, our sponsor Villies supplied party quiches and Cherie Mason and Cheryl Brooks ran an amazing trading table that fetched approximately $1300. You name it - they sold it from chut-neys, sauces, to cakes and muffins. The day was a roaring success which included volunteer spotters on the course, hearty bunker rakers, and a delicious two course meal was served at the 19th. A very special guest was Charley Jacobs who hails from Ardrossan, plays at Glenelg and plays off a 1.7 handicap. The day ran like clock work due to a huge team effort and won high praise from our visitors - all involved can be very proud. A Full Trading Table Winners of the Day (L to R) Janet Petherick (C Grade), Penny Mathews (A Grade), Mary Schumann (B Grade)

IT ALL EVENS OUT! Every time a golfer makes a birdie, they must subsequently make three double bogeys to restore the fundamental equilibrium of the uni-verse.

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