Golf Competition

Individual Stableford and 2B Medley – Saturday 22 July  

The eighth round of the season was held at Northbridge on Saturday, and there was not a cloud in the sky as the boys set off. Unfortunately, however, most boys recorded poor starts, and that quickly became the theme of their day. Special mention must be made of Flynn Duncan for winning ‘Nearest to Pin’ on the 15th hole with a distance of 39 centimetres and winning $8 in prizes. His tee shot lipped out of the hole, agonisingly close to being a shot to remember for all time. But the story of the day was Riley Meale, who combined with his partner for 50 points in the 2Ball and picked up $20 in prizes for his efforts. Despite another average week at the office for most of the boys, they will no doubt be looking to turn it around and put in a few good performances before the season finishes.  

Henry Collins
Captain of Golf

Golf Scores

Player	Stableford	2B
Henry Collins (9)	32	43
Zach France (5)	32	39
Flynn Duncan (15)	31	38
Tom Kennedy (7)	30	38
Riley Meale (24)	29	50
Tom Livingstone (10)	28	34
Luke Robson (15)	28	39
George Story (5)	27	30
Cameron Newton (11)	21	38
Oliver Graham (22)	21	37

Shore Strokeplay Championship

The blue ribbon event of the Shore Golf season, the coveted Strokeplay Championship, was played out in the first weeks of June. A non-handicapped event decided purely on the fewest strokes taken to complete 36 holes. 

The first round was played in conjunction with the June Monthly Medal at Northbridge Golf Club. With the nerves jangling, especially for the low handicappers with high expectations, simply playing to handicap is an achievement. TK Kennedy managed a very strong round, 8 over par, taking out a prize in the handicapped club competition. But he finished one stroke behind the consistent Zach France. Leon Li, the 2022 winner, started poorly but finished well to take the final place in making the “cut” of the top three golfers after round one.   

The second round was played two weeks later. With the three qualifiers all within three shots, it promised to be exciting. The first nine saw a seesawing contest of generally high-quality golf. Zach was reeled in on a couple of occasions but was never out of at least a share of the lead. On the second nine, he continued to play very steady par golf while TK and Leon made regular mistakes and started to fall behind. In the end, Zach ran out a comfortable winner, an outstanding result for a Year 7 boy in his first year of Shore Golf.   

Mr R J Ward 
MIC Golf

Golf Scores

Player	R1	R2
Zach France	71	72
TK Kennedy	72	79
Leon Li	74	78