Perryman makes the best of tough conditions

New facility unveiled at Mundulla

Blue Lake Golf Club ladies battle wild weather to tackle 3rd round of Metro Silver Salver

The 3rd round of the Metro Bakery and Cafe sponsored Silver Salver was held at the Blue lake Golf ClubWednesday.

One could say the weather of cold, wet and windy was firstly not conducive to good scores being recorded but add a par competition and it was not every golfers way to spend a day on the fairways

Numbers were down and kudos to the 17 that fronted up especially the winner in Division1, Dianne Perryman (pictured) off a 20 handicap signing for 2-down, went out in style paring the 1st and 3rd

April 29 Results

with handicap plusses on the 6th and 7th turning to the 10th 3-up.

The back nine proved to be a lot harder to score having 5-down.

Trudy Herbert off 28 signed for 5-down after having that on the front-nine that included 2-plusses and a consistent back nine of square and helped her win a countback with Sue Agars also 5-down.

The struggles were very obvious in Division 2 with most finding scoring very hard and it was Carol Melhuish coming home with 6-down to collect the first prize voucher. The front nine was the most difficult for Melhuish turning 6-down but was able to add three plusses on the back- nine for all square score.

Lesley McPherson would probably like to forget her day, not faring well with 12-down but at least she was out there doing it and collected a voucher for her tenacity.

Most the special event prizes went to Josie Ashby for nearest to the pin on the 16th after a birdie resulting from a chip-in ferret and winning the pro-shot on the 5th.

Another to have chip-in ferret were Bev Pascoe 8th and 15th

The 4th round in stroke format of the Jetts Fitness Mt Gambier summer trophy was well attended by 17 women on April 29 and winning the accolades was Kate Hommelhoff with a resounding nett 68.

Kate’s card of 96/28 included four pars in the 46 strokes on the outward nine and a par on the 12th and birdie on the 13th with 50 strokes on the inward nine, winning her not only the Jetts prize but also a sleeve ofSrixon balls and the Blue Lake Golf Club voucher.

The second Jetts prize went to Ronda Edwards 90/15/75, splits of 47/43 included five pars and she also won the putting competition.

A four way countback was required with Lyn Annand 108/33/75, Helen Stratford 94/19/75, Josie Ashby 97/22/75 and Dianne Perryman 95/20/75 and it was Annand taking 3rd place on the podium

The long drive on the 6th was won by Josie Ashby

Sharp shooter Kent continues to lead the way

Ninety-two competitors nominated for the second South Australian Field & Game state team qualification of the 2023 season. Sponsors for the day included O.G. Roberts & Co, Millicent Tyre Centre & Cocky`s AutoPro.

Ken Atkin and his hard working crew set some challenging targets to test the shooter`s skills at Burrungule Park in perfect Autumnal weather conditions. Jacqui Doloughan and her hard working crew kept all competitors well fed serving delicious home cooked fare.

Jeremy Kent shot 71/75 to claim the Gambier Shooting Supplies

High Gun and continue his rich vein of form. Jamie Dunn claimed honours in AA Grade after a shoot off with Danny Bellinger with both having shot 70/75 Tony Sellars also shot 70/75 to win the Seniors category. Next Sporting Clay Shoot at Burrungule park English Sporting Nationals May 27 and 28 (200