18 COLLIE RIVER VALLEY BULLETIN, MARCH 23, 2023
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Rockingham's Van Eldik is 2023 Riverside champ GOLF
ROCKINGHAM’S Marty Van Eldik is the Collie Golf Club’s 2023 Riverside Open champion. Van Eldik had rounds of 36 and 34 for a gross total of 70 points over the 36 holes in the event sponsored by the Coverley family and Bendigo Bank last Saturday and Sunday. Runner-up, with rounds of 32 and 35 for a total gross score of 67, was Aron Jones from Bunbury, just ahead of Evan Sewell, from Busselton, with a gross total of 66 followed by Greg Golinski on 62. Saturday’s 18 hole gross winner was Grant Dhu, from Pinjarra, with a 33 total. Runner-up was Collie’s Danny Cheng, with 30. Sunday’s 18 hole gross winner was Warren Hann, from Bunbury, with 30. Runner-up was Ross Wheeler, from Dunsborough, on 29. The 36 hole nett winner was Simon Boccia, from Bunbury, with rounds of 40 and 37 for a total of 77 stableford points. Runner-up was Bill Wagner, from York, with nett rounds of 40 and 36 for a 76 total. Ken Oung from Platinum was third with 73 and Collie’s Logan Giblett was fourth on 72. Saturday’s 18 hole nett winner was Dayle Hamilton, from Harvey, with 40. Runner-up was Rory Cowan, from Greenbushes, with 38. Sunday’s 18 hole nett winner was Jim Hine, from Katanning, with 40, with Denmark’s Steve Westbrook on 38 the runner-up. Bunbury’s Jo Jones was the 36 hole gross winner in the ladies’ competition. She had rounds of 24 and 27 for a 51 point total. Runner-up, with rounds of 24 and 24 for 48 was Karan Murray from Katanning. Melville Glades’ Helen Constable, with 42 finished third, while her compatriot, Shirley Van Der Brugghen, also had 42. Saturday’s 18 hole gross winner was Busselton’s Gail Kneale, with 24. Runner-up was Stacy Dhu, from Pinjarra, on 21. Sunday’s 18 hole gross winner was Corinna Rudler, from Rockingham, with 21, with Katanning’s Tracey Lamont runner-up on 19. Winner of the 36 hole nett was Jean Bates, from Esperance, with rounds of 36 and 36 for a 72 total. Runner-up, with rounds of 38 and 29 for 67 was Gaye Hayes from WAGC. In third place was Boyup Brook’s Jann Mead with 65 while fourth place went to Dee Devenish, from Perth Golf Network, also with 65. Saturday’s 18 hole nett winner was Lenore Brazenor from Mount Lawley with 32 points from Peninsula Golf Club’s Jennifer Judd on 32. Sunday’s 18 hole nett winner was Yvonne Bower from Pinjarra with 33. Jodie Allison, from Collie, was run-
ner-up, on a countback, also with 33 points. THE weekend’s Riverside Open competition was preceded by Friday’s four-ballbest-ball stableford event, sponsored by Henderson Hardware. Beau Wright and Jarrad Miller were the outright nett winners with the sensational score of 54 points (an average of three points a hole!).They were six shots clear of Matt Burek and Daniel Simpson on 48. Corina Rudler and Stacy Dhu finished third, on a countback from James Abbott and Greg Bell, with both pairings finishing on 47. Ian Edwards and Charlie Buemi, together with Corey and Gary Old plus Warren Hann and Jamie Pitchers, finished with 45. Rounding out the ball allocation, with each pairing scoring 44 were the combinations of Phil Savarese-Gordy Riggir, Wayne Barnett-Andrew Young, Ron Annandale-Eric Annandale, Michael Camp-
ing-Nick Dwyer, Jean Bates- Neil Wilson and Paul Moyses-Joel Simmonds. Winners of the gross trophy were Simon Tuckey and Brant Sachse with 37 points. LAST Thursday’s nine-hole scroungers competition was won by the evergreen Phil Warburton. “Warby” finished with 22 points, two better than Gary Old, on 20. Bruce Jackson, Jay Robinson and George Newlands each received a voucher for their returns of 19. Bruce Jackson and John Jackson each had the day’s best gross - 40 off-the-stick. Novelty winners were Graham Williams (No. 1), Peter Coombs (4), Kevin Ireland (6), Ian Stewart (7) and David Laird (9). LADIES’ Wednesday nine-hole event last week was won on a count back by Peta Ellery. Her score of 17 points was matched by Donna Smith, while Kerry Dye finished third with 15. Receiving a ball each for
returns of 14 were Margaret Whipp, Lee Massara, Patti Law and Val Riley. Novelties went to Jodie Allison (No. 4) and Sue Earnshaw (6). LAST week’s Shep’s Super March leisure day 18-hole stableford competition on Tuesday was won by Fred Bronickis. His great score of 40 points won him the carton on offer while Phil Rabjones, with 38, was the runner-up. Gary Old and Kevin Ireland each finished with 37 points, followed, on 36, by Corey Slater and Trevor McCormick. Chris Shea and Alan Kent received vouchers for their return of 35, as did Jay Robinson with his 34. Novelty winners were Chris Shea (Nos. 4 and 6), Logan Giblett (7), Matt Reuben (14) and Jim Larsen (18). THIS Saturday’s event is an 18-hole all in stableford sponsored by the Collie River Valley Bulletin. Scroungers is on today (Thursday) and will be off full handicaps, with leisure day next Tuesday and ladies’ day next Wednesday.
at 9am. Nominations close at 10am on Monday. The Cheeky Squirrel event will be played on April 4 and 6. A nominations sheet will be put on the notice board. The inter-league round robin championships event is scheduled for Monday, April 3, at Eaton. This will be contested by all the winners from the country leagues - Blackwood, Leeuwin, Murray and the South West. THERE was another good turnout for last week’s Wednesday’s meat pack. There were two games played with a change of partners for the second. Only two players won both games. Rose Colgan won with 4 plus 14 from Jock Davidson on 4 plus 7 and in third was Tom Edwards with 2 plus 10. THE usual suspects rocked up for the seventh week of community bowls when the spider was won by Rachel from Ball Breakers. The ladies’ “touchers” went to Vicki from Retired Miners, Linda from Senior Cits and Rachel from Ball Breakers. The men’s “touchers" went to Wayne from Retired Miners, Geoff from Ball Breakers and Troy from Numbnuts. The overall winners for week seven were the Dockers.
THE men played their last pennant games before the finals last week. The first division played Dunsborough at home. Wayne Simmonds, Kevan McKenzie, Ron Guilfoyle and Trevor Welsh lost 16 to 25; Ray Colgan, Jeff Crowe, Brian Bass and Rob Ferris lost 16 to 18. Collie nil to Dunsborough 4 points. Fourth division played Dunsborough, at Dunsborough. Neil Roberts, Barry Lowe, Jamie Godfrey and Ian Bushell lost 19 to 23; George Saggers, Peter Kaurin, Jim McElroy and Tom Gale won 21 to 16. Collie 3 points to Dunsborough 1 point. The fourth division finished on top of the ladder. The finals started yesterday and conclude next Wednesday in Collie. Spectators are welcome. THE men’s championship singles, sponsored by Collie River Valley Medical Centre, started last Sunday and will be finalised this Sunday. There were 16 players in a knockout last Sunday, with the eight winners playing in the major and the losers going into the plate. There have been some tight games so far with more to follow.
Ladies compete in league event BOWLS
COLLIE Bowling Club was well represented at the South West League championships played in Bunbury last week. The fours team of Penny Valli, Karina Snow, Anj Boulton, Eileen Hindle and Bev Old won two games, while in the triples, Vicki Daniel, Kath McElroy, Rose Godfrey and Rose Colgan won four games. The pairs team of Kerry Scott and Cheryle Brown were very competitive without recording a win and in the singles Heather Gibbs won one game, and Glenice Kaurin won four games in the veteran singles. Players were up against first division bowlers from the other clubs and results indicate they would need to improve to go up to division one for next season. The major singles title was won by Busselton’s Karen Gaglia with 18 plus 46. Runner-up was Gail Eccelston (Bunbury) with 15 plus 46. The shield winner was Busselton on 39 points from Eaton 37 and Bunbury 35. Locally, the Global Auto Electrical championship pairs will start next Tuesday with drawn pairs, starting
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