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Giblett and Serra shoot 64 Ladies do battle in Heather in ambrose Gibbs fours championship GOLF
COLIN Giblett and Luke Serra formed a formidable combination when winning last Saturday’s two man ambrose event, sponsored by former cricketers in the Bullfinch v Railways Challenge at Collie Golf Club. “Gibbo” and Serra played a sensational round, shooting 64 off-the-stick, including two eagles, to finish with the great nett score of 60.75. Runners up were young members Baxter Miller and Cody Irvine who played well, finishing with a nett score of 64. Danny Cheng and Ash Seeber finished third with 64.75, ahead of Nathan Playle and Jake Timms on 66.25. Eric Annandale and Gary Old, together with Jim Larsen and David Broadbent each returned 67.5 followed by Graham Williams and Stephen Edwards on 68 nett. In the Bullfinch/Railways challenge, Ian Annandale and Dave O’Brien finished first with an impressive total of 61 nett. Equal runners up were the combinations of Blair Malatesta and Ricky Colombera together with Mark Williams and Ash Stewart. In the individual ladies’ stableford, Jodie Allison was the winner with 37 points, ahead of Jann Mead, on 34 and Peta Ellery 33. Besides the normal club novelties, the sponsors provided novelties on the remaining holes, a gesture well received by the winning recipients. GEORGE Dorozenko continued to enjoy a hot run on the fairways when winning last Thursday’s nine-hole scroungers event.
Getting extra distance off the tee, backed up by a solid short game, Dorozenko finished with 19 points, one better than Eric Annandale and John Jackson on 18. Completing the vouchers, each with 17, were Chris Shea, Bruce Jackson, Rodney Simmonds and Jim Larsen. Novelties went to John Jackson (No. 1), David Laird (4), Rodney Simmonds (6) and Phil Warburton (9). LAST week’s ladies’ Wednesday event resulted in another win for Terri Old who blitzed the field in the nine hole stableford when amassing 25 points. She looks set for a promising future on the fairways. Runner up, on 18, was Dot Sullivan, followed by Kerry Dye on 16. Jodie Allison, Bev Moyses and Shelley Barker-May each received golf balls for their returns of 14. Allison also won the novelty for the closest approach on the number 13 hole. COLIN Giblett’s red hot form was on display in Shep’s Super March 18-hole leisure day carton event on Tuesday of last week. He had a very impressive 41 points off his single figure handicap. Runner-up, on 38, was Boyup Brooks’ Chris Mead, ahead of Bruce Miller, in third place, on 37, on a count back from Ray Cooper. On 36 was Jake Timms, followed by Mun Lye, Eric Annandale, Fred Bronickis and Tony Barker-May with 35s. Rhonda Annandale was next, on 34, then came Neil Motion, Darren O’Brien and John Souter-Robertson on 33. Novelties were won by Peter Coombs (No. 4), David Broadbent (7), Eric Annandale (6 and 18) and Nancy Lynn (14).
Riverside Open this weekend THE annual Riverside Open, sponsored by the Coverley family and Bendigo Bank, will be contested this weekend at Collie Golf Club. It will be preceded by the Henderson
Hardware four-ball-best-ball stableford tomorrow (Friday). Scroungers nine-hole event is on, as usual, today with leisure day next Tuesday and ladies next Wednesday.
BOWLS
THE Collie Bowling Club’s ladies completed the Heather Gibbs sponsored championship fours last week. Games were played on three days and the eventual winners were Penny Valli, Glenice Kaurin, Kath McElroy, Estelle Johnsen and Kerry Scott. Runners up were Rose Colgan, Bev Old, Cheryle Brown and Heather Gibbs. After the South West League championships, country week pairs games will be played. Players are to be in attendance by 8.45am for the draw, with games starting at 9am. LAST week’s meat pack attracted a good field. There was a change of partners for the second game with all scores carried forward. Winner was Trevor Welsh with four plus 26 from Vicki Daniel on four plus 23 and Rob Ferris with four plus 11. THERE were some great bowls played by the community bowlers last week. The spider was won by Daniel from Derby Road, while the touchers went to Kellie from Bendigo Bank, Vicki from Miners and Anjee from Figjam. The men’s touchers went to Ian from
the Dockers, George from Senior Cits and Wayne from Retired Miners. Round six overall winner was Ballbangers. THE men’s pennant final games of the season were played last Saturday by Collie’s teams. First division played at Donnybrook where Trevor Welsh, Warrick Ferris, Rob Ferris and Ash Collins drew 22-all; Ron Guilfoyle, Ray Colgan, Brian Bass and Jamie Parker lost 15-23;. Rod Garner, Jeff Crowe, Tom Edwards and Garry Keep lost 12-21. Overall Collie lost half a point to five and a half points. The third division team played Busselton Black at home and got three of the four points. Paul Bebbington, Harley Johnston, Jim McElroy and Tom Gale lost 19 to 21; Jamie Godfrey, Kevan McKenzie, Hans Wiggers and John Waywood won 29 to 19. SUNDAY scroungers was determined after the four rink winners had qualified for the final. Jeff Crowe won from Jamie Godfrey, with Alan Bowers and John Magill tying for third in the well attended event. Max Cubic was the highest scorer and Rod Cordery consolation winner.
Duo crowned state champs Continued from back page. Breeah Wilson competed at her first state championships and performed well in the 200m Hurdles with a time of 34.22 seconds, finishing 10th in the state, which is an incredible achievement. Lilly Earl competed in four events and finished in the top 10 in all of them. Her best finish was fifth in the 200m hurdles with a time of 33.95 seconds. She also jumped in the triple and long jump events, finishing eighth and ninth. Mercades Ingram entered three field events and finished fifth in shot put, eighth in discus and 11th in javelin. Lilly and Mercades will join Devon Larkworthy-Darke and Kye Lasisz at the
Junior State Championships on March 17 to 19. Full results:
An-nè Pelser: Discus 40.05m (1st) Gold – State Champion; Shot put 12.43m (2nd); Javelin 35.50m (4th); Gemma Buckle: Javelin 46.11m (1st) Gold, State champion and new state record; Hammer throw 29.56m (2nd) Silver; Shot put 10.36m (5th); Discus 26.48m (6th); Max Earl: 400m 57.02sec (6th); 100m 12.24sec (14th); 200m 24.73sec (15th); Breeah Wilson: 400m 1:09:03 min (13th); 100m 14.26sec (24th); 200m Hurdles 34.22 sec (10th); 80m Hurdles 15.06sec (16th); Lilly Earl: 200m Hurdles 33.95sec (5th); Long jump 4.36m (9th); 80m Hurdles 14.73sec (9th); Triple jump 9.35m (8th); Mercades Ingram: Javelin 21.97m (11th); Discus 16.60m (8th); Shot put 7.60m (5th).
