Stewart double wins McCarthy Shield day

MITIAMO Golf Club’s annual McCarthy Shield was contested on Sunday by 25 pairs.

The event was well attended by competitors from the local football club and also attracted interstate players.

Shaun McCarthy represented the family and presented trophies while also organising a bus from Bendigo for some competitors.

Handicap winners with 50 points was Don Stewart and Jed Stewart.

Runners-up with 44 points were Jamie Lister and Dale Anderson.

Winners of the non-handicap were Jake Price and Bryce Laird with a 53 points.

Runners up were Chris Lloyd and Brett Holmes 46 points on countback from Kenny Bell and R Bell.

Nearest the pins were Matty Miles and Kenny Bell.

Long drive in division one was Matty Miles and division two was Bryce Laird.

PYRAMID HILL

TEN golfers contested the single stableford event at Pyramid Hill on Sunday. Winner: John Kennedy (25) 38 points.

The semi final of the single knock out event was conducted in conujnction with the day and saw Wayne Maxted beat Rod Wilkinson on the last hole.

Wayne will now play Dave Mann in the final.

The club’s annual tournament starts today with the men’s fourball best-ball stableford.

The men’s 27-hole stroke will be played on Saturday along with 18-hole stroke for men and women and the ambrose on Sunday.

Boort

ANDREW Kane has completed a hat-trick of Kara Kara tournaments by winning the Charlton event.

After taking honours at Boort and Wedderburn, Kane took our the division one 30-hole Charlton event with 47-71-118.

There had been no competition play at Boort for a fortnight as players attended district tournaments.

However, last Saturday saw four members enter the stableford comp and also battle it out for the Privilege cup. Upon his return after holidaying interstate, it was Kevin Linehan who made a triumphant return to the winner’s circle with his solid 38 points.

It was then left up to Damien Lanyon to claim the only ball up for grabs in the ball comp with his reasonable 34 points.

Damien also picked up a host of minor prizes when he not only took out the nearest the pins for the 1st and 8th but also struck his drive onto the green on the 1st hole to pick up the bonus prize. Scott Rollinson was nearest the pin on the 15th and Sally Kedeble on the 9th.

Results - Kevin Linehan 18-38, Damien Lanyon 10-34, Scott Rollinson 29-32, Peter Eicher 27-27.

TARNAGULLA

TARNAGULLA will holds its annual championships on Saturday with tee-off between 9.30am and 10am.

Members have the option of playing 18 holes in a single session of nine holes in the morning and afternoon.

A social nine-hole event will also be played in the afternoon Clubs across the Loddon have all reported the excellent condition of their courses as the season begins to wind down.

All courses were well-prepared by club volunteers for annual tournaments with special working bees held.

Pyramid Hill

THE Boort quartet (from left) of Ian Potter, Allen Stringer, Aileen Morris and Alister McDougal took at the North Central Bias Bowls Association rinks title in St Arnaud on Sunday. Boort defeated Charlton in the semi-final 17-5 and then accounted for St Arnaud in the grand final 11-7. Sunday’s competition completed the association’s 2023 championships with St Arnaud winning the triples contested at Wedderburn last Wednesday.

Extra race meeting

KERANG Turf has gained a transferred TAB Race meeting from Mildura.

Saturday’s seven-race program is expected to start at 11am.

Racing Victoria said: “Mildura Racing Club is currently undergoing repair works to their amenities which were required following the flooding earlier this year.

“While the track is progressing well in its recovery from flood damage, the racecourse facilities are still being repaired with the construction works not due to be completed in time for the club’s August meeting.”

Bowls division allocations

BENDIGO Campaspe Goldfields bowls division has confirmed team allocations for the new season.

Inglewood will be in the newly-named premier division for the men’s competition. Inglewood will also enter a team in division four as will Dingee and Calivil.

Serpentine is again in division three while Bridgewater has been allocated to the two-rink division seven competition.

In Monday’s “midweek” competition, Inglewood is again in division one and division five. Calivil and Serpentine will combine in division four also to be contested by Dingee.

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Annual Tournament

11th to 13th AUGUST 2023 Entries