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JUNIOR AND COLTS CLASSIC YOWANI 13/1/2012

Despite magnificent weather, with ideal playing conditions, the golf course was the overall winner at Yowani on Friday 13/1/2012, as none of the 23 low handicap juniors managed to beat the 72 par (ACR 74) for the course.  RCGC’s Charlie Cameron, who plays off a 2 h/c won the Division 1 event with a Gross Score of 74.  Charlie’s score could well have been sub-par, but the birdie on the first hole and four birdies on the back nine were somewhat spoilt by double bogies on 9 and 13.  Charlie’s playing partners -- Dylan Wallace (Yowani CC) with 80, Lewis Schenk (Federal GC) with 83 and Patrick Maher (Fairbairn GC) with 92 all struggled with the course where firm greens, which appeared a little slow, caused many problems.  Twelve year old Josh Armstrong (Gold Creek CC) who also plays off a 2 handicap, played a strong game to secure 2nd place with a gross score of 76.  Having dad on the bag must be a positive influence and it probably helped Josh to play his steady round -- his worse scores were bogies (on five holes) with just the one birdie on the par 5 10th hole.  Mathew Temple from Catalina (h/c 4) was one shot behind Josh in third place.

The major prize in Division 2 – for players with handicaps above 14 -- was a hard fought contest. Tahj Ackling (h/c 35) from Tura Beach Golf Club just ‘shaded’ Chris Ting (Fairbairn GC, h/c 25) on a count back, as both finished on 42 points.  Both players should justifiably lose a stroke or two off their respective handicaps with such good scores on a tough course.  Callum Williams (Gungahlin Lakes, h/c 17), who finished 3rd, was looking good early on with his 37 points, as the next best scores that had been returned were a 34 points and several 33 points. That is until Tahj and Chris’s penultimate group arrived back at the club house with their impressive score cards. 

The prize for the best girl’s score was won by Grace Hallinan (Yowani) who scored a gross 84 (nett 76) by beating Mackenzie Rice from Federal on a count back.

The DGA and all of the players in the total field of 47 thank Yowani Country Club for the use of their course, which was in excellent condition. I also thank Gail Goiser (Queanbeyan Golf Club) for her assistance throughout the day with the running of the event. 

Some of the prizes awarded - golf umbrellas and Pro V golf balls -- were supplied by one of our sponsors, Titleist.   

Report by  M J Jackson (JPO)
      

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