Portarlington 22/08/2010
In contrast to recent tournaments, sumptuous conditions greeted the players at the immaculate Portarlington golf course for the second round of the Ivan Marks Memorial. The early leaders on the course were Anthony Ivelja and Steven Smilovic who was on fire early being 5 up after 5 holes. Sadly for both players the flames went out and they languished back in the middle of field at the end of the day.
The winner was (again) Chris Tyquin. With only a few tournaments left he now has a healthy lead in the MVP race. Although not over, Chris has jumped away from the rest of the pack including Ante Stosic, Josip Peretin Junior, Steve Kunovic and Ante Medved. My only concern is has Chris gone to the whip too early.
Second was Manners and third was Josip Peretin Senior. By virtue of both Chris and Manners already qualifying, Josip Peretin Senior has now qualified for the final at Barwon Heads. Just remember Mr. Peretin the final is at Barwon Heads and not Barwon Valley.
Matt Carroll may have to urinate in a cup given he easily took out both longest drives, while it is back to the drawing board for Anthony Pavlicevic who took out NAGA (and nearly our president with one of his drives). Anthony now has the ‘honour’ of being the outright leader in the NAGA category.
The next tournament is the Cro Open at 13th Beach on the 12th September.
Kind regards
Lonsdale 01/08/10
An arctic blast greeted 16 hard core members with scores reflecting the conditions on a very tough golf course. Winning on a score of 34pts was Anthony Kunovic , second was Ante Stosic with 32pts and rounding out the top three was Ive Medved with a whole 31pts . The MVP continues to be the closest fought competition in the history of our club with five players with genuine chances of taking out the much sort after crown . Chris Tyquin is just holding on to his slim lead 4pts in front of Ante Stosic and Josip PINGA Peretin jnr breathing down both their necks just 12pts off the lead , Steve Kunovic continues his consistent year whilst Ante Medved is stalking the leaders just off the pace only a win away from joining the fray . On the other end of the spectrum Manners has achieved quite a unique double by both qualifying with a win and also picking up a NAGA award in the same year thus joining an exclusive club ( no need to mention that other persons name ) .
Once again , happy swinging everybody and we hope to see you at Portarlington on the 22nd Aug .
East Geelong 18/7
RED ALERT , RED ALERT the monkeys of the back . In what may be a warning to the rest of the field , Josip Peretin jnr has broken his long standing drought and saluted at East Geelong . His 40 pts was good enough to hold out a fast finishing Miro Kurtovic on 39 pts with Steve Smilovic finally producing a round of some substance and finishing on 38 pts . The MVP is proving to be a real battle royal with 20 pts covering the top 4 and with some tough rounds to come at Lonsdale , Port , 13th and Colac , the MVP should be a very interesting contest to watch .
Last chance to nominate yourself for the Cro open at 13th must be done by our next round at Lonsdale with full payment to be made .
Happy swinging all and hope to see you at lonsdale on the 1st of Aug 0700
Barwon Valley 6/6
Once again we were greeted with a cold crisp morning which didn,t seem to deter the scoring on a much improved track than we have played in recent times due to the dry weather . The winner on 41 pts was Manners followed by Josip Peretin jnr on 40 pts and the ever consistent Steve Kunovic rounding out the podium with 38 pts . They say that the 3rd round of a tournament is moving day , well our 6th round of the year has produced a moving day with Chris Tyquins once huge lead in the MVP gone in the space of one round . You can throw a blanket over 5 players at the moment with Steve Kunovic currently leading on 128 pts , but as they say in the classics , you can,t win a premiership in June .
Once again a reminder to all players that green fees for the CRO OPEN at 13th Beach is due no later than the 2nd of Aug .
HAPPY GOLFING and see you all at East Geelong on the 18th of July
Queens Park 16/5
Once again the handicapper was waiting in great anticipation , for in recent years Queens Park has been a haven for high scoring and Sunday proved to be no different . What started as a cold crisp morning blossomed into a magnificent day with scoring reflecting the excellent conditions . Winning with a score of 44pts was Vlado Tomasevic , 2nd with 43 pts was Josip Peritn snr and 3rd with 42 pts was Ante Stosic . In probably the biggest shock of the day Miro Kurtovic stunned the rest of the field with a rather uninspiring 22pts to take out the Naga award for probably the first time in his illustrious career (thats ok Miro , these things happen to all of us at same stage in our careers chin up mate i,m sure you,ll bounce back ).
Just a reminder to all members that $70 for the 13th beach round is due by the 1st of August due to the booking of the numbers . No late entries will be accepted so we would appreciate your co-operation if we want to play on these types of course again .
Cheers everybody and happy swinging
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