QUEENSLAND number plates hitched with No.8 fencing wire to vehicles where indicator use is optional packed the carpark at the Nambucca Heads Island Golf Course.
Little panel damage was reported as golfers from far and wide made a beeline for the couch fairways and bent grass greens on one of the NSW North Coast’s best championship layouts.
The scroll of explorers included those from Bonnie Doon, Bexley, Singleton, Bankstown, Breakers, Brighton Lakes, Bayview, Brisbane, Bargara, Maryborough, Tamborine Mountain, Longyard and Emerald Downs.
Good things come in little chirpy packages as the can-play 10-marker Graham Weary capped a big 2025 with 41 points to sweep the Kempsey Toyota medley stableford Div 1 on Saturday, 27 December.
“I hit it really solid, and when I missed a green I was able to chip it close and save par,” said Weary, who had 11 of the buggers and a birdie on 15.
74 off the stick. Handicap in shreds and verbal recounts for Weary’s playing partners a bigger earworm than “Orana! Orana! Orana to Christmas Day!”
Daryl Ward (11 handicap) was runner-up on 39 points, flying home in two over par, including birds on 13 and 15.
Bonville’s Adrienne Smith (15) had 38 points – with birds on 4 and 15 – to salute in Div 2 on countback from Heather Gray (24).
45-marker Cindy Wall moosed the 11th and parred the 15th for 39 points to win Div 3 from the youngest Herbert, Maddox (41), on 37.
The ‘Ox’ celebrated his 14th birthday in the comp with 109 off the stick.
It was a bumper field of 111 and so good to hear club Head Professional Paul Habgood on the mic calling the groups to the tee.
The longest putt on the first – worth a stubbie and holder courtesy of Ecomist was claimed by Michael Ziebell. Pin botherers were Thomas McGilvray on 5, Karl Cooper on 7, Drew Glasson on 8, and Adrienne Smith on 15. Dan Wassens has a voucher for Kiwi humour and a gourmet meal to share from Pizza This Pizza That and Craig Haworth flea-d from the 18th with the $110 Pro Pin.
Young gun Harrison Lee (18) monstered with 43 points to win the Kempsey Toyota Div 1 medley stableford on Tuesday, 23 December.
Seven pars and a bird on the second saw Lee squeak home by a point from the smiling assassin Ken Klem (8).
Klemmy carded a two-over 71 off the stick, with birds on 4, 9, 11 and 17. Wowski.
Port Macquarie’s Patty Gardiner (21) smashed with 41 points to take Div 2 ahead of the in-form Heather Gray on 38.
Steve Doherty took the pin on 5, Liz Hobday on 7, Dean Riordan on 8 and Ashton Herbert on 15. Rod Kinnear pocketed the $50 Pro Pin on 18 and Deidre Fletcher boxed the frisbee on 13.
Catchya on The Island. New Year, new Youtube-inspired swing, fresh hopes and dreams. And if you’re hosting visiting friends and relatives, bring them down to the club for top notch restaurant food and gobsmacking views on the banks of the Nambucca.
By Chris KNIGHT
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