The Telescope Tyres & Batteries March Monthly Medal was contested in ideal conditions last Saturday. Excellent scores were turned out with Mitch McGlashan firing a brilliant 3 under par round of 68 to take the A grade scratch by seven shots. In the handicap section Robert Cheney showed his potential with a blistering 66 nett.
In the minor grades Dub Rodgers recorded a double in taking out the B grade scratch and handicap after firing an impres- sive 82 for a 67 nett. In the C grade Dale Stait recorded a blistering 86 for an equally impressive 67 nett.
In other awards Paul Thomas fired a solid 68 nett to take out the veterans division while Denis Howard required just 24 putts in winning the Griffins Leading Edge putting competition.
Ball winners from Saturday’s competition went to 68 Mitch McGlashan & Paul Thom- as, 70 Peter Picker, Luke Clarke, Richard Hutchison and Tim Burke, 71 Reg Davi- son, Brent Timmins, Sam Turner, Brian L. Hogan, Peter Bristol, Wayne Powter and John Pearce and surviving the countback on 72 were Lachlan Buesnell, Tony Evans, Troy Thomson and Mark Job.
Nearest the Pin awards: Matthew Ste- phenson 544cm – Idlerite Tyrepower 1st hole; Michael Dellaca 306cm – Griffins Leading Edge 4th hole, Robert Cheney 67cm – Dirt Doctor Landscaping 6th hole, Tim Burke 174cm – Harvey Norman 11th hole, Lachlan Buesnell 16cm – Westlime 15th hole, Peter Bristol 113cm – Parkes Ready Mixed Concrete 9th hole and Mi- chael Smith 128cm – PJL Group18th hole. Saturday’s 18 hole Stableford event also saw the first round of the Ethel Kenyon on a countback.