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GOLF EUROA GOLF CLUB THE February monthly medals were also the first round of the honour board events of Ladies Summer Cup and the Nolan Trophy for the men and both medals were won by the current club champions, Melissa Eddy and Ed Carracher. Amazingly it is Ed's first ever monthly medal at Euroa, with his only previous medal won as a junior at Avenel. In the ladies, Melissa Eddy won division one with 89–17 Net 72 while Dee McMartin took division two with a Net 76 and Maudie Ingram won the B scratch event with the same score. Balls down the line went to Justine Collins 73, Gail Allen 74, Michelle Grady and Levina Redfern 76. 44 men have played the first round of the prestigious Nolan Trophy. Brendan Redfern, who won the event last year, is like the boy with the barrow with his work in front of him if he wants to be in the mix this year, having given up 20 strokes on the leader. You can't win the three day events in the first round, but you can lose it. Ed Carracher's two under the card 70 – 0 – 70 has him in the lead, one shot in front of Laurie McMartin 71, Glen Burton and Matt Mills both had 72, Matt having just 26 putts along the way. Dick Farmer and Peter McMahon both had 72 with Bill Wright, Paul Robinson, John Gilbert and Andrew Cullen all with 73. Ash Pedder and S Brooks defeated Marcus Steers and Andrew Cullen to win a spot in the Murphy Motors four ball semi–final against Chris Burke and Lucas Paul. Gail Allen was at her very best in the ladies Wednesday event with a massive 40 points in division one while Deb Cox also had a great day to win division two on 39 points. Ball winners were Gay Mitchell, Robyn Lied & Annette Smith. On Wednesday, Stableford had a good field of 22 players. Men's Captain Ross Wishart had his first win as an Australian citizen with 37 points on countback from Bill Wright also 37. Friday night twilight continues to be popular with 24 players despite some ordinary weather brewing for the 8th round of the Kinross Farms Shootout. The event also played as the first round of the Keith Seeber Twilight event which needed a three way countback to separate event winner Owen Robertson from Tony Walters and M Creeley who were all on 20 points. Next Saturday is the second round of the Nolan and the Summer Cup stroke events. Members are reminded to check their handicaps on the Golf Australia website to be sure everyone is playing on their correct handicap noting that you could be on a different handicap on the front and back 9s. NAGAMBIE GOLF CLUB REGULAR summertime weather returned just in time for Sunday's February monthly medal. There were 10 female and 28 male players for the Monthly Medal. Ronda Richards won the women's contest with –2 and also the winner of the Monthly Medal. David Sudhloz won the men's with a net of 69 and Joe Labawas not far with his net score of 70. The women's Par competition was enjoyable for all. Eighteen hole balls were won by Ronda –2 and Sue Verge –3 was runner up. Nine hole balls down the line were won by Jane Bow –1 (on countback) and Annette Mills was runner up. The nearest the pin prizes were all hotly contested with Des Phelan tickling the hole on the narrow third, Gary Bow blasting it up to the long eighth, Joe Labas showing some class and touch on the 13th. Greg Baldwin always likes to go home with a prize when he visits. Chicken Run had a good showing over the past two weeks with a friendly competition. There were 16 players for a round of Par on January 26 and the winner was Michael Kleinig. On February 2, there were 26 players playing a round of Stableford on the back 9. The winner with 22 pts was Joe Labas and runner–up was Irene Keogh with 20 pts. Shaun Bryant took out both N/P's on the 13th and 16th. There were 13 players for a fun round of 4BBB Stroke on February 1, with partner selection from a draw. The winners were Bev Brown and Carol Wallis with 69 net. The runner–up's were Irene Keogh and Marg Harrison with 70 net on a countback from Moz Fowler and Karyn Thompson. The 9 hole winners were Bev and Carol with 34 net on a countback from Moz and Karyn with 35 net on a countback from Irene and Marg. Balls down the line for 18 went to Bev and Carol and Irene and Marg. Nearest the pin on the 3rd was Moz and on the 16th Karyn. Next week's golf will move to Saturday to make way for the Nagambie golf club to host a Summer pennant round normal tee with continue 8.00 to 8.30 a par event is scheduled with G. Bow on office duty and D. Phelan in the bar. BOWLS AVENEL BOWLS CLUB MIDWEEK PENNANT Division five AVENEL had a terrific win against ladder leaders Shepparton Park 13 – 42 to 1 – 30. The win on the synthetic at Shepparton Park saw Avenel jump up one place on the ladder to third. Scores were even on the tenth end for Marg Harrison, Marion Gittus, Glen Bell, Graham Lewis (s). A 'we can do better attitude' saw them win six of the last eight ends to claim a convincing 12 shot victory 22 – 10 shots. Robyn Hyland, Ron Harrison, Charlie Kemp, Rob Kemp (s) was six down on the 15th end. With sheer determination they won the last six ends, each by one shot which was enough to draw the game 20 all. The next game for Avenel is at home against fourth placed Rushworth. Division three Avenel played Numurkah at home with the visitors going home with a win 14 – 73 to 2 – 60. Ruth Underwood, Rusty Schwab. Spud Furletti, Dennis McGregor (s) led from the fourth end building on the lead with each end. Ten up on the 21st end, Numurkah staged a mini comeback scoring six in two ends. But Avenel were not going to let this game slip away and held on to win 23 – 19. Winning only six of the seventeen ends played, Nyoli Bell, Jenny Furletti, Pam Pedder, Geoff Hateley (s) were well down. They then won the last eight ends to reduce the deficit somewhat losing the game 18 – 32. Fay Hateley, Kate Donovan, Grace Kenworthy, Noel Slater (s) had a perfect start being up 13 zip after the first eight ends. Numurkah chipped away after the lunch break to draw even on the second last end at 19 all. The last end belonged to Numurkah scoring a three to win the game 22 – 19. WEEKEND PENNANT Division seven Avenel travelled to Violet Town with the hosts winning the match 12 – 52 to 2 – 43. Mike Dibben, Marion Gittus, Charlie Kemp, Rob Kemp (s) propelled themselves into the lead on the third end with a seven. From there they never relinquished the lead for the rest of the game to win 23 – 20. Kyle Pedder, Ron Harrison, Ross Sinclair, Glen Bell (s) was ten down after the first six ends. Try as they did, they were unable to make a dent on the scorecard going down by the same margin 30 – 20. The next game for division seven is away against Rushworth. Division three A home game against Shepparton Park last Saturday had the visitors successful with a 16 – 116 to 2 – 76 win. A gutsy effort from Nyoli Bell, Howard Geldard, Dennis McGregor, Jake Wall (s) for a six–shot win over their opponents. In a seesawing game, the scores were even at 15 all on end 19. Eight scoring shots to two in the remaining ends saw Avenel victorious for a well–deserved win. Pam Pedder, Jenny Furletti, Spud Furletti, Geoff Hateley (s) were involved in the closest finish of the day. With no more than three shots separating the two teams for a big part of the game, Avenel had slipped to five down with one end to play. In a nail–biting finish, Avenel just fell short of stealing a win with a four on the last end therefore losing the game by one, 24 – 25. James Wall, Rusty Schwab, Josh McDonald, Brett McDonald (s) were four up on end 18. But Shepparton Park weren't done and scored two fives in the remaining ends for a 12 shot win. Fay Hateley, Kate Donovan, Grace Kenworthy, Noel Slater (s) were simply out bowled by a classy opposition going down 44 – 11. The next game for Avenel is home again against Shepparton Golf.