The annual Northparkes Mines charity golf day last Saturday was a huge success with 119 players contesting the 3 Person Ambrose event for the benefit of CanAssist.

Mitch McGlashan, Ben McNaughton and Dave Chambers recorded the day’s best scratch score of 11 under par 60 to make them clear winners.

In the handicap events Allan Sharpe, Craig Dillon and Michael Dellaca dominated with a great 58 nett, while the ladies team event went to Lesley Fisher, Colleen Staples and Glynis Conroy successful on 68 nett.

Toby Webb, Sam White and Aaron Buesnell with 60 5/6 nett took out the event restricted to teams with a mixture of handicapped and non-handicapped players.

The novelty events saw wins to Troy Thomson, Kaye Jones and Toby Webb in long drive competitions, while nearest the pin awards went to Richard Hamilton, Steve Edmonds, Ian Ward, Denis Howard and Ben McNaughton. The ladies’ awards went to Janelle Thompson, Colleen Staples, Frankie Cock and Margaret Hogan.

Tomorrow the men will contest the opening two rounds of the annual championships and the ladies will play an 18 hole Stableford.

By Paul Thomas

The annual Lachlan Valley District Golf As- sociation’s Championships and Pennants will be played at the Forbes Golf Club on Sunday.

The Parkes Golf Club has named a strong A Division Pennant team of Justin Sutton, Mitch McGlashan, Robert Hey, Peter Dixon, John Green and Steve Edmonds. The club will also field three B Division sides. The Parkes Veteran golfers will field two teams in that division. The club hopes it will con- tinue to dominate winning 18 of the past 19 years. The No 1 team consists of Robert Hey, Peter Dixon and Ian Phipps.

In the A Division Pennant a close tussle is expected between the district’s two heavy- weight clubs Forbes and Parkes, while the Condobolin and West Wyalong teams will be watched with interest.

In the individual championships played in conjunction, major interest will centre around the Betland brothers John and Ste- ve from Forbes and the Parkes duo of Mitch McGlashan and reigning Parkes champion Justin Sutton.

Despite extreme weather conditions a good field contested last Sunday’s Westlime/Ro- tary Charity Golf Day with 85% of the field completing the 18 holes battling strong winds and a deluge.

Major winners on the day were Robert Hey, Dean Powter and Warren Gardiner in the open scratch award surviving a count- back after recording a great 6 under par 65.

In the men’s 18 hole handicap victory went to Brian Hogan, Peter Picker and Ian Phi- pps on 56 5/6 nett. Runners up were Warren Blatch, Tim Burke and Tim Baker on 59 2/3 nett. The Ladies 18 hole handicap saw Sue Holman, Colleen Staples and Ann Jennings get the verdict after recording a 60 5/6 nett. The handicapped and non-handicapped section had Paul Thomas, Finni Latu and Brendan Chambers take the spoils just ahead of runners-up Brad Blanchard, An- thony Riach and Steve Nicholson, and third place going to Mick Smith, Robert Simp- son and Eddie Alexander. The final division strictly limited to non-handicapped players saw Glendon Hooper, Pat O’Connell and Ian Coombs get the spoils, while runners- up were Kap Pili, Matthew Wright and Phil

Wennerbom. By Paul Thomas

The highlight of last Saturday’s S & K Mann Carpet Cleaning April Monthly Medal was the consecutive monthly scratch and handi- cap victory by Veteran B Grade member Dub Rodgers.

He returned a very impressive 81 off the stick for a nett score of 69 – good reward for Dub who spends a lot of time at the club either playing or cleaning up the course.

In the A Grade scratch Mitch McGlashan also won back-to-back awards. He is a sure favourite in the Club Championships at the end of the month.

Tim Lasserre recorded the best handicap score of the day with a 65 nett.
In C Grade Laurie Wakefield returned a solid 90, while Finne Latu recorded 66 nett taking the grades handicap award.

Robert Cheney with a 71 nett took out the Veterans Medal, and John Green survived a countback from Dub Rodgers to win the Griffins Leading Edge Putting Edge Putting competition after both players recorded just 26 putts.

The ladies contested the Central West Glass Company 18 Hole Stroke round with the first Golf NSW Medal and Club Medal in conjunction. Lynne Guise fired a great 87 off the stick for a nett 71 to be the voucher win- ner, while junior golfer Kasey Fay-Rice took out the medal with a solid 74 nett.

Ball winners on the day went to Barbara Donnelly and Kasey Fay-Rice on 74 nett while Margaret Hogan snared the final ball on 75.

The annual Westlime/Rotary Charity Golf Day is on Sunday. It is a 3 person ambrose with a 10am shotgun start. Cost is $90 per team, all proceeds to Rotary charities.

By Paul Thomas

Despite a large contingent of members travelling to Sydney to contest the annual Droughtbusters weekend of golf, a good field contested the Sportspower Parkes 18- hole Stableford last Saturday.

Renowned local sporting identity Wayne Tucker proved too strong for the field as he returned a solid 39 points to edge out Brent Timmins on a countback. Tucker came home the final 9 holes in a great 3 under par off his 19 handicap to record 21 points, while Timmins was equally impressive with 20 points.

The 2017 ladies golfing season started last Wednesday. Tomorrow the ladies will play an 18-hole Stableford for the Denise Charlton’s trophy.

The club and golf professional Daniel Newton will be conducting coaching class- es for ladies and senior men under Golf NSW incentives to encourage more ladies and men to get into golf.

Tomorrow members will contest the Tel- escope Tyres & Batteries March Monthly Medal in A, B and C grades with local ac- countancy firm Peter Woods & Associates supplying the trophies in the Handicap Sections. Griffins Leading Edge is spon- soring the putting competition, which will be played in conjunction.

By Paul Thomas

The Parkes Golf Club maintained its solid start to the Central West Golf Association’s Pennants series with three of the club’s sides recording convincing victories over Cowra last Sunday on a very hot and windy Bathurst Golf course.

The Division 1 side continued its winning way with a solid 3 and 2 victory. Justin Sutton, Mitch McGlashan and Robert Hey recorded victories, while Peter Dixon and Joey Van Opynen put up a courageous effort in going down narrowly.

Despite losing narrowly to Bathurst 3 and 2 in the first round, the Division 2 side bounced back with a convincing 4 and 1 win over arch rivals Forbes. Both Tim Burke

and Phil Barnard remained undefeated, while Steve Edmonds and Denis Howard also recorded convincing wins. Tom Casey suffered a narrow loss.

The talented no. 3 side completely up- staged Cowra with a convincing 4 and 1 victory with Colin Barker, Tony Hendry, Richard Hutchison and Peter Bristol all winning. Jake Hodge suffered his first loss. The no. 4 side suffered a whitewash loss, however hey have vowed to bounce back in this weekend’s clash with Duntryleague. The third round will be played on Sunday against Duntryleague at Cowra Golf Club.

The Division 1 side has a bye this week. By Paul Thomas

Extremely hot and humid conditions did not stop a good field of players to turn up for last Saturday’s S & K Mann Carpet Cleaning Monthly Medal.

In A Grade Mitch McGlashan continued his brilliant form when he fired a superb 3 under par 68 to record the day’s best scratch score, while Steve Simpson cleaned up in the handicap section with 76 off the stick for a 67 nett. He topped off a great day by also claiming the Griffins Leading Edge Putting competition with just 24 putts.

In the minor grades Colin Barker claimed the B Grade scratch award with a 12 over par 83, and in the handicap it was Mayor Ken Keith with a solid 68 nett. In C Grade for players on handicaps of 18 plus, Gordon Christie fired 90 off the stick, while John Pearce topped the leader board with a 70 nett. The veterans award went to Gordon Christie with a 71 nett.

The Ladies Leone Stevenson led home a small field with an improved 73 nett.

The Parkes Golf Club hope to continue its brilliant start to the Central West District Golf Associations Pennants when Round 2 matches will be played at Bathurst Golf Club against Cowra on Sunday.

Last week’s Round 1 matches saw the locals victorious in three divisions against Forbes, while the no 2 division went down narrowly to Bathurst.

By Paul Thomas