Thank you to all who entered the Mick Snell Cup - Handicap Matchplay. The draw/results can be found on the Members portal - My Information>Matchplay. Each round needs to be completed by the dates listed. Good luck!
Autumn Eclectic
The Autumn Eclectic has commenced, ending on Saturday 27th May. The eclectic is the sum of the best score recorded on each hole throughout the season with 50% of your final handicap deducted. The handicap to determine the Grade will be the players handicap on the last day of the event. Results will be updated weekly on the Members page.
Saturday 18th February
As promised, we have changed a few Par events of late to stableford. Last Saturday we played a 'Waltz team stableford'. The game is stableford points scoring in teams of 3 or 4 - Best score on 1st hole, best two scores on 2nd hole, best three scores on 3rd hole, then back to best score on 4th hole, best two scores on 5th hole and so on. It was well received by all and we look forward to introducing more events into our fixtures.
Wednesday 22nd February
What a storm we had last night! We faired better than most only receiving just over 50mm of rain. Terrey Hills received over 130mm! Well done to the 56 players who braved the conditions!
Major Pennant
After two heavy away defeats, we needed to make home advantage pay off on Sunday (19th February) against Twin Creeks to remain in contention in our division.
Innes Maclennan came into the squad for his first Pennant match for Long Reef and in a match that proved very tight all day, won as Reserve on the 18th.
The two youngest players from each side squared off in match number 7 and they got to the turn all square but Harry McKerihan won a couple of early holes on the back nine and went to the 15th 2up. An excellent 4m birdie putt to half the hole proved pivotal as it maintained his two-hole lead and he eventually saw out the match, 1up.
Matt Hunter and Cam Gillespie were both behind for most of their matches and couldn't get any momentum behind their chase and both lost on the 16th.
Kristian Hooker and his opponent exchanged holes early but when Kristian lost 6 holes in a 7 hole stretch from the 5th to 11th and found himself 4 down, the overall match was looking precarious, not just his own one. However, in this see-saw match, he then proceeded to wipe out the deficit by winning four holes in a row and he narrowly missed putts to win both the 17th and 18th and had to settle for a halved match.
Luke Shahmatov won a couple of quick holes early and never let his opponent get into the match and a great birdie putt on the 12th put him in complete control and he went on to win 4&3.
Luke Edgell was all square after 5 holes but birdies at 6 and 7 (to a really tricky back left blue pin!) saw him move two up and from there he cruised to a 3&2 victory.
Chun-Ta Wu birdied the first two holes but then 4 putted the third - there's hope for us all!!!! He never looked in any danger of losing his match but by his high standards, he struggled to get the pace right on the greens and that kept his opponent hanging into the match. He maintained his 100% record so far this season when he closed out his match 3&1 and that meant we won the tie 4.5 to 2.5.
In a very close division, all results are still possible but our final position is within our control because away and then home wins over Stonecutters Ridge will see us top our division and head to a promotion play-off.
Thank you to the Members that came out to support the Team - very much appreciated!
Our next home game is on Sunday 5th March at 7am.
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