Sport
16 August, 2026
Golfing numbers light on this week
WITH many of golfers either gone north to get warm, playing football or on the tournament circuit St Arnaud numbers were down on Saturday.
WITH many of golfers either gone north to get warm, playing football or on the tournament circuit St Arnaud numbers were down on Saturday.
A small field tried something different by playing off the red markers.
This effectively meant playing off the ladies tees making the course shorter.
Handicaps were adjusted accordingly so everyone was playing off a much lower handicap giving the illusion that players were much better than reality states.
Three players handled their gender reassignment better than rest returning some very good scores.
Trevor Stewart won the day with a very good 36 points.
Bill Knights and Chris Campbell came in one shot behind with 35 points respectively.
Nearest the pins in the sixth was Ms Scott Wright and Bill Knights on the 18th.
All players enjoyed the day getting a different perspective of the course suggesting that it should become a permanent on the calendar.
Some even thought they should play off the ladies tees on a permanent basis only to be voted down by the ladies saying that their standards were a lot higher than that.
Goodbye Bill
THIS week the club lost long-time member and everywhere clubman Bill Amos.
Condolences go to the Amos family.
Bill’s contribution over the years will be sadly missed.
Works around club
THIS will be a busy week with raffle ticket sellers required at Weirs IGA for most of the week.
There will also be a working bee on Thursday to tidy up the club rooms after the major renovations.
St Arnaud ladies golf
ANOTHER stableford round was played last Wednesday with Chris Goode the victor of the Physio voucher with 40 points.
Runner-up was Jenny Lanyon with 33 points.
Nearest the pins were:- 6th and 8th Lyn Freeman and 18th Carmel Weir. Brenda Proctor won the nine hole event from Chris Batters.
The club has been saddened by the news of the passing of past member and friend Bill Amos ,who spent a lot of time helping out around the club which he loved.
His wake will be held at the club on Friday after his funeral at 11am.
Charlton golf
FIFTY players took on Charlton’s ambrose pairs Sunday tournament last weekend.
Results: Winners, Zac Mayberry and Zac McIntosh (Boort) 78/62 1/2.
R/up Terry Bates and Murray Ennis Geelong 73/64 1/2.
3rd Ian Jenkins and Eily Rosewall 79/64 1/3
NTP 2nd Clinton Olive, 7th Wendy Laffin, 14th Chris Jones.
Vale of Avoca best 2nd shot on 17th Jeff Cox.
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