Can the Dolphins stage a comeback?

NTP’s: Hole 4 Di Benghamy, Hole 7 Sue Navie, Hole 14 Linda Urquhart, Hole 16 (2nd shot) Suzanne Vallely

Red Course Winner: Carol McKenzie

76, 2nd Robyn Harper 77 cb, 3rd Toni Grossmann 77

NTP’s: Hole 4 Dianne Hayward, Hole

7 Toni Grossmann, Hole 16 (2nd shot) Judith Umlauft

Yellow Course Winner: Mary Barbeler

73, 2nd Jude Dorhauer 75, 3rd Jennifer McKay 78

NTP’s Hole 4 Mary Barbeler, Hole

14 Mary Barbeler, Hole 16 (2nd shot) Angela Jordan

6/6/23 - 2 Person Aggregate Stableford

Overall Winners: Carol Williams & Magrit Pearce 74, 2nd Angela Roberts & Val Smith 70, 3rd Gaby Bennett & Louise Keleher 69

NTP’s: Hole 4 Chris Tomalin, Hole 7 Toni Grossmann, Hole 14 Sue Graham, Hole 16 (2nd shot) Gill Lee, Hole 7 (Div 3 2nd shot) Kate Brown

8/6/23 – Single Stroke

A Grade Winner: Debra Dunn 70, 2nd Judith Umlauft 72, 3rd Vicki Jones 73

B Grade Winner: Mary Barbeler 71, 2nd Lyn Cockerell 73, 3rd Anna de

C Grade Winner: Sonia Ferrante 74 cb, 2nd Angela Jordan 74, 3rd Jennifer

NTP’s: Hole 4 Linda Urquhart, Hole 7 Sandra Smith, Hole 14 Jo McCowan, Hole 16 (2nd shot) Kris Tomalin, Hole 7 (Div 3 2nd shot) Angela Jordan

13/6/23 – Single Stableford

A Grade Winner: Lyn Ball 38, 2nd Kris Tomalin 36, 3rd Abby Driver 34 cb

B Grade Winner: Christine Pronk 40, 2nd Maureen McGlone 37, 3rd Ailsa Lauchlan 36

C Grade Winner: Angela Roberts 33 cb, 2nd Louise Keleher 33, 3rd Lulu Drew 32

NTP’s: Hole 4 Rita de Bondt, Hole 7 Vicki Jones, Hole 14 Lulu Drew, Hole 16 (2nd shot) Lyn Ball & Magrit Pearce, Hole 7 (Div 3 2nd shot) Angela Jordan

Accuracy Drives: Div 1 – Kris Tomalin, Div 2 – Beverly Isaksen, Div 3 – Sonia Ferrante

A few lacklustre performances from the competition newbies has seen them unceremoniously fall out of the top eight as we head into the tail end of the 2023 season. Going down to the Warriors in Auckland (30-8) in early June, was just the beginning of their downward spiral. Round 15 against the Sea Eagles in Sydney was an even bigger loss, going down 58-18. Coach Wayne Bennett highlighted in the post-game press conference that there were still some games ahead for the Dolphins to put a few more points on the board and hopefully up their chances at making it to finals.

“I don’t think there’s a team in the comp that doesn’t have a bad day or game,” he said following the loss to Manly. “We had ours tonight and I just hope it’s our last one and we’ll do everything we can to

“The reality of the competition we’re in is you’re going to be up for a bit, then you can find the scoreboard going against you and everything going against you. We just need to regroup right now and a week off will help us do that.”

Following a bye, diehard Dolphins fans are still ‘Phins up’ with a handful of games left in the draw for them to redeem themselves. The pressure will be on when they come head-to-head with fellow Brisbane team, the Broncos at The Gabba on Saturday July 1. The last time these two faced off in Round 4, the Dolphins were sent packing by their ‘bigger brother’ with just six points in it. Will this game see a change in the end result?

The Dolphins will stay in Queensland for their next few rounds. Following the ‘local’ clash with the Broncos, they’re up against the Titans on the Gold Coast on July 9 before heading back to their home base in Redcliffe on July 16 to take on Penrith, who are sitting very comfortable towards the top of the points table.