Last Saturday’s winners at the Parkes Golf Club were David Stevenson with 40 points in the men’s competition. He was also the Handiskins winners. In the women’s competition Anita Medcalf was the winner with 41 points.
Hey And Guise Retain Crown
Robert Hey and Lynne Guise retained their crown as the Parkes Golf Clubs Mixed Foursomes Champions with a narrow one-shot victory over Ian Phipps and Kaye Jones on Sunday.
In the Consolation Division junior lady golfer Kasey Fay-Rice made it back-to-back titles when she teamed with Peter Bristol to take the title on 146, some 9 shots clear of Vince Kelly and Sue Holman.
In the Liz Matthews-sponsored handicap section Ian Phipps and Kaye Jones finished on 109.25, which were 2.75 shots clear of the runners-up Steve Simpson and Cathy Kelly. In the consolation section Tim Burke and Margaret Stone spreadeagled the field after returning a great 104.50 nett, some 10 shots clear of the eventual runners-up Vince Kelly and Sue Holman.
Ball winners on the day went to 112 Steve Simpson and Cathy Kelly; 113.25 Phil Bar- nard and Glynis Conroy; 113.50 Robert Hey and Lynne Guise; 114.50 Vince Kelly and Sue Holman and on 116 were Peter Bristol and Kasey Fay-Rice.
Golfers Win First Championship
Peter Dixon and John Green recorded a double win on Sunday when they took out their fifth Men’s Foursomes Championship as well as the Dixon Physiotherapy Handicap section. The triumphant pair first won the championship in 2007 and have had further success on another three occasions. They will travel to Campbelltown to tackle the NSW Men’s Foursomes Championships in November.
Runners-up were Cameron Butler and Lachlan Buesnell who finished on 161, some 8 shots behind the victors.
In the consolation division Tony Hendry and Peter Bristol spreadeagled the field to take their first championship title by 10 shots from Michael Smith and Wayne Parker. Like the winners they also had success in the handicap section.
The Ladies Foursomes Championships also on Sunday saw sisters Lynne Guise and Kaye Jones blitz the field in convincing fashion with Cherrie Phillips and Glynis Conroy in the runner-up position. Consolation winners Colleen Staples and Dawn Wakefield proved too consistent in taking out their inaugural championship event with Lesley Fisher and Denise Charlton filling the runner-up position.
Both Guise and Jones, and Staples and Wakefield also snared the events handicap divisions which were sponsored by Network Video and Parkes Betta Home Living.
By Paul Thomas