It was rewarding to see some visitors from Geelong and Melbourne having a casual game on our course over the long weekend, and we hope they enjoyed their round and are able to return at some stage.

The conundrum for small golf clubs is the attraction and retention of members and to this end, the club is looking to introduce some new initiatives; stay tuned for some more updates.

Saturday

IT proved to be ladies day with the winners of the 4BBB stableford event being Mary McCallum and Heather Hay with a creditable score of 43 points.

Players played off the summer rating which sees handicaps reduced by varying amounts.

Runners-up were Bernie Cook and George Donaldson with 42 points, while filling third spot was Barry Oldaker and Alex Walter with 40.

Nearest the Pins went to Irene Box on the second and eighth, Oldaker on the fifth, Walter on the 13th and Stewart Turner on the 15th.

Longest putts were awarded to McCallum on the first, Donaldson on the 16th and 18th, with the 17th going to Mark Miller.

Birdies and ferrets was won by Steve Nattrass.

Friday

A STROKE event was played for the summer competition over nine holes, with the ever-consistent Alex Walter taking home the prize with a net 33 from Marie Cook on 34 1/2.

Nearest the pin on the 13th went to Walter.

Wednesday

TYPICAL autumn weather of sun, wind and rain faced the players, as they played a stableford event over 13 holes.

Coming out on top again was Barry Oldaker with 31 points to finish ahead of Bruce Taylor on 27 and Peter Irvin on 26.

Nearest the pin on the second was Les Pye, the fifth was won by Stewart Turner and on the 13th went to Irvin.

Longest putt on the first was by George Donaldson, while Oldaker won the birdies and ferrets.

Tuesday

ON a very cool and blustery day, a Canadian Foursomes event was played - enjoyable with the wind at your back, but not so pleasant hitting into it.

Winners by a very narrow margin were Heather Hay and Heather Wilkinson on a nett 79 3/8.

Nearest the pins were won by Marie Cook on the second, Sue Irvin on the fifth, the eighth went to Hay and Wilkinson won the 15th.

Wilkinson also won the longest putts on the first and 17th, while Hay putted truly on the 18th.

The longest, straightest drive on the ninth went to McCallum and Hay rounded off the day with the birdies and ferrets prize.

This week

GOLF will be played today, Friday and next Monday. Saturday’s event will be a stableford round with a noon for 12.30pm hit off.