Yearly Archives: 2023

Elaine Scanlon, Jenny Hartley and Darlene Baker represented Romsey Golf Club at the annual Kilmore Bowl.   40+ players from Dalhousie District and beyond played in very chilly conditions. Top score of the day was Jenni Vennell from Lancefield with 36 Stableford points.   
Two teams had the best combined score of 97 points with Seymour winning a very close count back from Gisborne.
Players enjoyed a lovely lunch after the round, appreciated the warmth of the clubhouse and chatted amicably about their round of golf.

2nd Round of Club Championships and the Daily Competition were held in perfect Autumn weather once again. Not a breath of wind bothered the players as they made their way around the course.   As always the course was in great condition and the greens were receptive to the incoming high ball.
Darlene Baker had the round of the Championships, improving by 9 shots from the previous week and also winning the day’s putting comp. The Nett Handicap event after two rounds is a closely contested affair. Daily Competition results;
1st.      Darlene Baker.      92/18/74
2nd.    Rob Slade.             91/15/76
3rd.     Beryl Cole.             111/33/78
Least Putts; Darlene Baker – 29 

Round 2 2023 Women’s Club Championship Results.

Scratch results;  Darlene Baker – 193, Jemmy Hartley – 200

Handicap results; 159 – Darlene Baker, 162  -Jenny Hartley, 166 – Kath Jekabsons, 167 – Lorraine Robb

Sitting on top of the ladder (by percentage) going into the final round of Pennant, with both Marysville and Yea sitting on the same number of wins, we all knew it was going to be an important and tough round.    We were keen to get another win on the board but Lancefield proved to be too strong on the day.   

RGC results were; Darlene Baker – W7/6,  Jenny Hartley – L, Shirley Shelton – L, Beryl Cole– L, and Elaine Scanlon– L, all hard fought losses.  

Lancefield D Romsey 4/1   

Thanks to all those who played during the competition and good luck to Yea and Marysville in the final.

The second round of the 2023 Men’s Club Championships got under way on a beautiful autumn day; clear skies, just the slightest puff of a wind and a temperature in the mid to high teens.  The round was also the May Stableford round for the 2023 Bruce Robb Medal.   The fairways were again in top nick and the greens and surrounds were a pleasure to play on allowing the groups of three to move smoothly around the course.  The benign conditions saw some excellent golf with numerous players breaking their handicaps.  On another top day to out on the park the results were;

Stableford Results;

1st; Simon Donovan (15) – 41 pts

2nd; Luke Lyons (12) – 39 pts

3rd; Davey Kenney (13) – 37 pts C/B Mal Mottram (9), Mitch Atlas (6)

NTPs; 1st – Mal Mottram, 15th – Dean Kohler & 16th – Mick Nicholls Jnr

Round 2 2023 Men’s Club Championship Results.

A Grade;

Scratch; Mitch Atlas – 151, Mick Squire – 155 

Handicap; Mitch Atlas 137

B Grade

Scratch; Simon Donovan – 164

Handicap; Simon Donovan – 132

C Grade

Scratch; John Freestone – 200, Craig Sandy – 206

Handicap; John Freestone – 150

A heavy fog transformed into a lovely day at Yea for their Challenge Bowl.  The locals took best advantage of the well prepared course to win the event with Sharon Grogan, Karen Sangster and Miranda Gill scoring a total of 94 points.
Romsey was represented by Darlene Baker and Jenny Hartley. Darlene managed to win NTP on the 14th and both players enjoyed the hospitality of the Yea members.

The reigning club champion, Jenny Hartley, has a one shot lead over Darlene Baker after the first round of Club Championships. Conditions were quite heavy underfoot although there was still some run on the fairways.  The greens were slick having been cut early in the morning and we thank the green keeper, Steve, for his preparation for the championships. He and his team have the course looking very good.  Lorraine Robb played consistent golf to win the daily competition. The day’s results were;
1st; Lorraine Robb   127/46/81    C/B
2nd; Jenny Hartley    100/19/81
3rd;.  Darlene Baker    101/17/84
Least Putts: Darlene Baker – 29

The women’s pennant team travelled to Seymour to play the undefeated Yea team on a chilly but sunny Autumn day. This fourth round match turned out to be quite a tussle with all matches going to the 16th hole or further.The course was in very good condition and a lovely lunch of soup and slices was served after the match.     RGC results were;

Jenny Hartley – L 1Dn, Beryl Cole – L 1Dn, Darlene Baker – W, Elaine Scanlon – W and Kath Jekabsons – W .

Romsey D Yea – 3/2

After steady rain fell over most of Friday afternoon, evening and into the early hours of Saturday fairways, surrounds and greens were softer than in recent weeks and players faced a far longer course for the 1st round of the club championships;  While the rain held off for most of the round there was a SW wind pushing into the mid 20’sKph that gave all players pause to think carefully about club selection.  As always at Romsey, accuracy off the tee and when approaching the greens, was going to be the key.   However, despite the conditions there was some excellent scoring.    Results of the 1st round of the Men’s 2023 Club Championships were;

Daily Competition

1st; Simon Donovan – 82/16/66

2nd; Mitch Atlas – 74/7/67

3rd; Michael Squire – 74/4/70

A Grade          

Scratch; Michael Squire & Mitch Atlas – 74

Handicap; Mitch Atlas – 74/7/67, Michael Squire – 74/4/70, Mal Mottram – 80/9/71

B Grade        

Scratch; Simon Donovan – 82

Handicap; Simon Donovan – 82/16/66, Davey Kenney – 87/13/74

C Grade          

Scratch; John Freestone – 101

Handicap; John Freestone – 101/25/76

The 3rd round of The Silver Spoon was held in very windy conditions with intermittent rain squalls and the temperature hovering around 12 degrees.
Results
1st      Jenny Hartley.        (19)     34 points c/b
2nd     Kath Jekabsons    (37)     34 pts
3rd      Lis Manktelow       (30)    30 pts

The Romsey Women had a good win against Trentham in the third round of pennant held at Kilmore.

RGC results were; Darlene Baker -W, Elaine Scanlon  -W Lorraine Robb –W, Jenny Hartley -L and  Beryl Cole -L

Romsey D Trentham – 3/2