It was clear yet blustery conditions that greeted us on our last club day outing of 2023. 23 players showed up to tackle the gold layout (including a couple of strong contingents from Jindy and Camden), while 9 opted for the white layout.
With season prizes on the line, there were a few close races across the 3 grades going into the round:
- Dan Frost led Aaron Curtis by 1 point in A grade.
- Shane Bailey led Ian Warren by 3 points in B grade.
- Alex Marshall led Carol Hartley by 2 points in C grade.
Would it stay that way? Read on to find out!
After the round, the club hosted a BBQ, which club legend Monir Farhadi agreed to organise. Incredible patties, soft potatoes, juicy snags, a wide selection of Kirks beverages, plus melted ice creams – Monir did an amazing job to both organise everything and also find time to play a half decent round of his own. Thanks Monir, you truly lived up to the hype!
A few shoutouts on the day:
- Adam Rigby for taking out A grade on the day, shooting a handy -3 on the golds (41 points above his rating)
- Shyam Bhatia with the win in B grade, shooting a fantastic -8 on the whites (67 points above his rating)
- Tim Potter for crushing C grade, shooting +32 on the golds (a whopping 81 points above his rating)
- CTP winners Jade Brady (A grade), Tom Rugg (B grade) and Baz Heath (C grade).
- Jade Brady for taking out the scratch win with a very solid -8.
- Steven Khoupongsy (+76 pts) and Carol Hartley (+52 pts) for putting in some fantastic rounds, but not quite enough to get the handicap win.
- The Jindy contingent Adam, Julie, Margaret and Baz, and the Camden contingent Dave, Troy and Josh, for coming all the way from their respective regions!
- Gold holes 5, 6, 12, 13, 14 and 23, and white holes 10, 15 and 18, for remaining unbirdied all day ❌🐤 (I’ll be honest, that was more holes than I was expecting when I started typing this sentence).
- Gold hole 12 for taking everyone’s lunch money.
2023 Season 2 results
Down to business!
As the results came in, and the sausages went down, the gears of the spreadsheet were turning, and our dear President Adam Stewart finally took to the makeshift pulpit to put us out of our misery.
- In a huge twist, Jade’s final round was good enough to leapfrog both Dan and Aaron to take out A grade.
- Shane held off Ian and Monir to take home the B grade choccies.
- Carol was untouchable in C grade over Alex and Angelo, who had fantastic seasons in their own right.
I also want to shout out some players who had huge increases to their ratings over the course of the season.
- Jackson Leckie went from 730 to 784 (+54)
- Angelo Arcidiacono went from 819 to 869 (+50)
- Alex Marshall went from 771 to 817 (+46)
- Carol Hartley went from 693 to 734 (+41)
Those are gargantuan numbers! Well done all, the grind is clearly paying off 💪
2024
Casting our eyes forward to next year, you can find the club day schedule here. Of note is the inclusion of the new Athllon Park course, and the change to Weston Park club days, where we will now run golds and whites at the same time.
If you haven’t already, consider purchasing a club membership for next year. We’ve made some tweaks to give you more choice in how you want to support the club, based on the ways you interact with the club. Early access to club shirts (at a discounted price) is open until the end of January for Platinum members. After this, the shirts will be made available to Gold, Silver and Bronze members, then to the wider public after that.
Merry Christmas!
If you’ve made it this far down the page, well done! Thanks to everyone who has read my ramblings since I started these wrap-ups back in September. I hope everyone has a relaxing break with their loved ones, and comes back in the new year, repping the club shirt and raring to go in 2024!
📰 MONIR CAPTURES HEARTS, FISH 📰
