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
GUEST BLOGGER
Curlewis 11/4
As with the weather conditions , the golf on show varied from terrible to the sublime . Nevertheless , it was another successful day for thr GCSGC as the club continues to go from strength to strength .
Playing in one of the early groups , Rob Cosic finished with a score of 38 pts . Sitting in the clubhouse enjoying the 19th , he must have felt confident with the weather conditions turning for the worse . However , scratching the final hole was to prove costly ( if not for the win it was costly as he missed out on a bottle of scotch and got a bottle of wine instead ) .
As the players finished , nobody was getting close to 38 pts until Ante Stosic handed in his card with a score of 39 pts . With very few groups left on the course , the smile on his face was from ear to ear and thoughts of playing at Barwon Heads in the Champ of Champs were on his mind . However , in scenes that only the GCSGC could provide , the final card handed in meant the smile had turned upside down , qualification had slipped through his fingers and the handicap got chopped for nothing .
Following his muched publisized choke from the last tournament , Chris Tyquin finished with a magnificent 40 pts . In what can only be described as sublime golf , Chris showed the poise , talent and character to exorcise his demons from the last month . Congratulations to Chris as he has not only qualified for the end of year final , but also has a healthy lead in the MVP .
The next round is at Queens Park on May 16th and tee off is at 7:30 am . This also happens to be the home course for one of our new sponsor,s Aaron Rayson and we hope to see you all there . I know the handicapper is licking his lips in anticipation at this one .
All the best
Guest Blogger
Queenscliff 14/3
Welcome back everybody and due to unforseen technical reasons we apologise for the recent temporary loss of our web page . Beautiful weather greeted us at Queenscliff which reflected in some excellent scoring for the majority of the players and the winner with a score of 41 pts was Marinko Pausak , 2nd with 40 pts was Zoran Krstevski , 3rd with 39 pts was Chris Tyquin . Playing the back nine first Chris had a rather impressive 24 pts than decided to have a good old fashioned choke with 15 pts on the front . Don,t worry Chris we,ve all had days like that and the only way to fix it up is to get back on the course and exorcise those demons with a win in the next round .
Have a happy Easter everyone and we hope to see you all at Curlewis on the 11th of April at 7-30 am .