Sport
Hitting the gap
Clarkie comes back from the golf wilderness
Saturday’s Men’s Golf competition was an individual Stableford with 11 players contesting, and then 12 turned up to play on Sunday. There are however still a few golfers away, gone fishing “down the Cooper where the western drovers go”. Bill Fugar was back out on the course in his first game since having his knee operation and he managed to score a credible 33 points. (The new knee will make him slice the ball more so he will have to compensate for that.) The winner of the day, and by a margin of three points, was Greg Clark, with a good round of 40 points. Just maybe, ‘Clarkie’ is on his way back from the golfing wilderness where he has been stagnating these past two years. Garry Wilkin edged out Scott Mayne for second place and Steve Manns came in 4th. Manns cleaned up the Nearest the Pin prizes, taking the prize on the 3rd, 7th and 11th Roosterettes dummy half, Jezebel Hitchins (with the ball) looking for a gap in the holes while Mark Martin won the prize on the Coonamble defence in Saturday’s League Tag game. 8th. The 15th was not won. Sunday’s Captain’s Trophy game was a dreaded Stroke event. It was however no problem for former Cobar golf champion Andrew Bartlett, who Cobar Senior Netball’s Round 11 games The Divas’ defence was bolstered on Sunday thrives on the pressure, and he scored a par on Sunday at Ward Oval were played in with the return of Amie Hill from injury. very warm conditions. Hill shared in the game’s B&F points along 71 (and is still playing off a handicap of All three scheduled games went ahead how- with JKM players Sarah Nicholson and Molly eight). Second was Jason Foster, two shots further ever the Tooth Fairies needed to be helped out Broughton. by two fill-in players so they would have Sarah Nicholson also collected her team’s back, and Brad Bannister also finished on 73. enough players to take the court. Sportsmanship award with Amanda Fugar Bian Smith came 4th on 75. Nearest the Pin prizes were won by Bian Pumpettes were big winners in their match earning the award for Divas. with Pink Galahs finishing with a 63-22 victo- The third game was also a one-sided affair Smith on the 3rd hole, Foster on the 8th, ry. with the Nymagee Magpies beating Tooth Fair- Greg Clark on the 11th and Peter ‘China’ Brien won on his favourite hole, the 15th. Best and Fairest points were shared by Pum- ies 69-14. pettes’ Sosie Barton and Neve Carter along The game’s B&F points went to Nymagee Bannister Day, one of the oldest sponsored with Pink Galahs’ Cairo Haronga. Magpies’ Brianna Watson (3) and Peta Woods events on the Cobar golfing calendar, will be The team Sportsmanship awards went to (2) along with Tooth Fairies fill-in Cairo Ha- held on Saturday. Jayme Francisco (Pumpettes) and Ashley Place ronga (1). Sunday’s game is a Four Ball Aggregate. (Pink Galahs). The team Sportsmanship awards went to Next Saturday is the Inter Mine Golf ChalDivas also had a big 56-12 win in their Brianna Watson and Shannon O’Reilly (Tooth lenge, one of the biggest golfing events of the Round 11 match with JKM. Fairies). year.—Out of Bounds
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