The Sands Torquay – April 19, 2018

WEDNESDAY – Men’s Stableford (white tee)
There were 80 participants. A Grade with Larry Beaton (10) with 43 points over Mike Trickey (4) with 38 points. B Grade has Tom Nelson (14) on 43 points over Chris Coutts (15) sitting on 41 points. C Grade has been taken out by Bill Fawkes (21) with a whopping 45 points over Ray Chappell (27) on 41 points. Balls down the line to 37 points. NTP for hole 17 belongs to Chris Coutts and a very special mention to Bill Fawkes with a Hole-In-One on the 7th! Congratulations Bill.

Thursday – Ladies Par (gold tee)
There were 21 participants. Noelene Bray (37) grabbing top spot with +3 over Jan Swain (17.6) on +2. Balls down the line to 0. NTP for hole 7 goes to Sharon Stewart and for the 17th hole, Noelene Bray get the honours.

Saturday– Men’s Par off the Blue Tees
Gale-force winds and hail couldn’t stop some brave golfers from battling the course. In A Grade it was Luke Muller (5) who won on countback from Paul Sexton (11), with a score of -6. In B Grade, it was another close encounter, with Hayden Coles (22) coming out on top in a countback over Steve Troon (17), with a score of -3. The ball pool on the day ran down to -9. NTP on the 5th went to Luke Muller (7.50m), 7th was Stephen Sutcliffe (7.00m), 13th was Paul Sexton (2.90m) and 17th went to Chris Nunan (3.33m).

Sunday – White and Gold tee Stableford
Blustery conditions. Yesterday’s rain helped the course play, and look, beautiful. Today it was Paul Binyon (12) coming out on top with a great score of 36 points, with Matt Berry (7) not so far behind on 35. The ball pool today ran down to 34.

Coming events
Thursday April 19: Ladies Stableford
Saturday April 21: Stableford (white, gold)
Sunday April 22: Stableford Medley