Pleasant Valley was the venue for the first round of the 2025 Olde Rogues Club Championship. It was a sunny but windy day that greeted our 32 starters of which 25 were in our Club Championship which included last year`s winner and runner-up in Tony Browne and John Coetzee. It was also a welcome back to Peter and Mandy Trotter.
As well as our Club Championship, we also played in our normal stableford competition which was played with 2 flights. Glen Elsworth hit the first tee shot of the Club Championship at the 360-yard par 4 and his wind assisted drive was 40 yards short of the green! Despite the strong wind, there were still some astonishing scores with John Reps leading the way with what equated to a 2 over par round which saw him score 46 points. Standing with 42 points on the par 5 18th tee, John played his second shot onto the front edge and calmly rolled in a 18 foot putt for an eagle 3.
All told, 9 of the 32 players returned scores in the 40`s. Two shots behind John was Soren Hansen to take runner-up in `A` flight. The remaining places went to Garry Chrystal and Vito Cirelli. Garry Lyon roared to the top of `B` flight with 41 followed by Mal Foord, John Coetzee and Tony Browne. John holds a very useful 5 shot lead going into the 2nd round which will be a Bang Pakong where more high scores are expected.
Round 2 will be at Bang Pakong on December 3 with the 3rd round at Pattavia on December 8. The final round will be at Greenwood on the 12th of December.
RESULTS:
Flight `A` 0 – 17
1st Place John Reps (12) – 46
2nd Place Soren Hansen (17) – 43
3rd Place Garry Chrystal (16) – 41 c/b
4th Place Vito Cirelli (14) – 41
Flight `B` 18+
1st Place Garry Lyon (18) – 41
2nd Place Mal Foord (18) – 40 c/b
3rd Place John Coetzee (23) – 40 c/b
4th Place Tony Browne (19) – 40
Near Pin # 8 Tony Browne
Near Pin # 17 Lee Smith
Best Front 9 NW Steve Mabbett – 20 c/b
Best Back 9 NW Jim Miller (14) – 23
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER BOARD
1st 46 John Reps
2nd 41 Garry Chrystal
41 Garry Lyon
4th 40 Jim Miller
40 John Coetzee
40 Tony Browne
7th 39 Kevin LaBar
8th 37 Glen Elsworth
37 Steve Mabbett
37 Lee Smith
37 John Fallon
NEXT
Dec 1 Crystal Bay
Dec 3 Bang Pakong (Round 2 Club Championship)
Dec 5 Mountain Shadow
Dec 8 Pattavia (Round 3 Club Championship)
Dec 10 Plutaluang NW
Dec 12 Greenwood (Round 4 Club Championship)
PLAYERS ARE REQUESTED, IF POSSIBLE, TO USE THE SIGN-UP SHEETS ON THE LINE GROUP OR, CALL BILLY ON 098-469-6216
