Hunt takes out A Grade at Mount Gambier

Ken Whitehead had the round of the day on February 23 posting 40 points and 75 off the stick to win by one point from Shane Brooks on 39 points, also shooting 75 off the stick.

Gary Wilson, Matt Bryant and Stephen Herbert all posting 38 points, with Chris Lynch, Craig Foster, David McPherson and Michael Foran on 37 points.

The ball run down extended to 35 points with Peter Dempsey taking the last one.

Nearest the pins went to Nic Clayton on the 8th and Ross Bond on the 16th, unfortunately only Clayton was able to sink the putt for a birdie.

February 25 saw the first round of qualifying for The Barn Mount Gambier Golf Club Championships and as such was a stroke round for all competitors with 105 players in the men’s field with Bryan Hunt (pictured) and Craig Torney sharing the round of the day with nett 69 and winning their respective grades.

Hunt claiming A grade and Torney C grade.

In A grade Hunt pipped Darren Coxon by a single stroke on nett 70 and Bailey Letizia on 71.

While in C grade Torney finished 2 stokes clear of Robert McClelland on 71 with Archie Milich third on 74.

In B Grade Leigh McCracken took the honours posting a nett 70 with Mathew Bowering and Damian Smith posting nett 72, Bowering taking 2nd place by virtue of countback. The ball rundown extended to nett 76 with Ken Whitehead claiming the last one.

Nearest the pins went to Jordan Stark on the 8th and Michael Cutting on the 16th with only Stark able to roll his ball truly for a birdie two.

The Club Championships qualifying continues with only the top eight qualifiers and ties, on gross scores, from each division, moving on to the match play phase.

CURRENT SCORES: Div 1 Hcp 7 or less: Darren Coxon 76, Darren Bilney 77, Richard Gosling 78, Joe Clements 78, Jason Shanks 79, Nic Clayton 79, Jayden Eldrige 79, Jim Leane 80, Andrew Stark 80.

Div 2 Hcp 8-12 : Bailey Letizia 80, Bryan Hunt 81, Matt Bryant 81, Blake Schroder 82, Bryce Cutting 83, Stacey Parsons 83, Peter Dempsey 84, Ross Bond 84, Tony Revil 84, Jason Millhouse 84, Sam Letizia 84.

Div 3 Hcp 13-16: Leigh McCracken 84, Mathew Bowering 85, Damian Smith 85, Nathan Taylor 86, Jordan Stark 90, Peter Collie 90, Peter Berkefeld 90, Daniel Long 91.

Div 4 Hcp 17-45: Craig Torney 90, Robert McLellan 90, Darren Earle 91, Chris Gabriel 93, Nick Seager 93, Ian Ewart 94, Darryl Hutchins 94, Kevin Lennon 94.