Bathurst Pennants 2023

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Jacob Lamb                                       Mick Stanford                                     Justin Sutton                                     Jacob Lamb

Pennants 2023 Report

Division 1 Bathurst vs Forbes  at Forbes

Bathurst 5/0 loss

The Forbes Golf Club is to be commended for their club spirit, as we all know the golf course has been under water twice in the space of 6 months and when talking to Steve Betland the last flood was over the railway line, standing on the second fairway it really is hard to imagine. So, on the day there were 2 temporary greens in play but the rest of the course was in perfect condition.

Jacob Lamb led the team out and while he played ok never really got going eventually losing to J Bernardi 5/3

Steve McDonald played the ever green Pete Dawson both players put on a real show which at time looked like pro golf Steve rallied being 2 down for most of the day he made a nice par on the 17^th and then hit his tee shot on 18 to 2 feet for an easy birdie forcing extra holes but a wild tee shot on the 19^th and Pete Dawson seized his chance closing out with a nice par. Just a side note Kris Satathopoulos from Mudgee had the best start to a Pennants match I’ve ever seen with 3 birdies and an eagle in the first 6 holes to be 6 up after 6, it was good to watch

Justin Sutton was up against the ever-steady Shane Sallaway and their match went all the way to the last hole 1 up loss

Reece Hodson played Steve Betland and this match went all the way to the 18^th for a narrow 1 up loss

Mick Stanford made a welcome return to Pennants but came up against a red-hot John Betland who made a lot of birdies, a loss 4/3

I watched all the action and all the lads played well but Forbes came out firing as I thought they would, after not having a course to play on, well done to the Forbes boys who always play the game in great spirit and humour.

Division 2

Bathurst 3/2 loss

Thanks for a great effort today. Unfortunately, a 3/2 loss makes things a little trickier, but we’ll get on with it next week and see what happens.
Team results from position 5 to 1
5 – Rory Elphick- 1 down. Lost on 18th – didn’t see much of Rory as his match was just a 2 ball and he finished 45 mins ahead of everyone else, but told me he played well and was unlucky at the final hole.
4 – Trev Simm – won on the 1^st extra hole Great match. Tough opponent. Really solid back nine. Deserved the win, with a putt taking a hard lip out early on that surely would have dropped 9 out of 10 times and seen him finishing earlier otherwise.
3 – Tony Forster- Won 5/3. Tough going early, but able to pull ahead mid round, birdies on our 11th & 15th holes, closing the match out
2- Matt Bennett – lost one down. In the match all day, square for most of it. Great par at the last not quite enough to peg back a lucky birdie made by his opponent on the 17th.
1 – Tony Wilds- lost 3/2 – battled the grainy greens and a lack of luck with the bounce.

Dubbo at Bathurst next week

Tony Forster
Bathurst

Division 3

Bathurst 3/2 loss

Match 5

David Clews 3/1 up

A back-and-forth match until the 12th hole when David won 3 straight holes and held off his opponent to the end

Match 4

Mick Lesberg 1/3 down

Another back-and-forth match with Mick holding a one-hole advantage with 7 holes to play the. His opponent went on a strong par run pulling away in the end.

Match 3

Jason Woodyatt 3/1 up

Jason got off to a flyer

Getting out to 6 up then he took the pedal off and his opponent pulled a few back but Jason held his nerve and finished off on the 17th

Match 2

Jim Schumacher 1dn

Probably match of the day seesawing. With 5 to play Jim was 3 down and pulled it back going down the 18th with a 2ft putt to send it to a play off. Unfortunately, the putt lipped out.

Match 1

Matt Lester 1/3dn

Matt staged a comeback towards the end of his match but when his opponent nailed a 20ft putt for birdie with 3 to play and Matt lipped the next hole for a win the horse had bolted. Report David Clews

Division 4 Team                                                            Dylan Sargent

Division 4 Team

Bathurst 3/2 win

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Division 4 Report.  Dylan Sargent had a great result on debut 6/5 as did Adrian Urban 5/4.  I played very steady while my opponent had trouble off the tee and with the greens. Simon Dundon had a bit of bad luck breaking a club in an endeavour to get back in his match 3/2 loss and Rob Haines lost the last couple of holes after a very tight match up until that point 3/1. A narrow win for Division 4.  The elusive division 4 pennant is still alive go the lads

Report Martin Everett

The Next Round will be at Bathurst with an 8:30 tee off time sharp registration 8:00 so get there early, the President will have the BBQ on so feel free to give him a hand.

Division 3 & 4 travel to Cowra tee off is at 9:00 sharp registration at 8:30

Round 2

Division 1

Bathurst vs Mudgee at home

Bathurst 5/0 win

Steve McDonald

Don’t underestimate a home course advantage with Bathurst defeating the Andrew Best led Mudgee

Reece Hodson who was beaten on the 18th last week continued his good form with a comfortable win over Andrew Best 3/2

Steve McDonald accounted for Josh Knott 3/1 in a seesawing match which saw Steve surge home on the last few holes

Mick Stanford had a tight tussle with power hitting Dallas Kelly winning 2/1 Mick was under an injury cloud but soldiered on for the win (beware the sick golfer) well done

Justin Sutton Mr pennants played Josh Campbell and looked in control all day running away for 3/2 win

Phil Campbell versed Kris Satathopoulos hope I spelt that right, Kris couldn’t replicate last weeks hot start. What a luxury to have Phil playing at 5 the control over his ball flight would make Gavin Coles smile. Up early in his match and never looked troubled 4/3 win

So where does that leave Bathurst, with a convincing win next week and with some favourable results, the finals are still possible (go team)

Division 2

Bathurst vs Dubbo

Bathurst loss 3/2

Great efforts from all team members today. Unfortunately not the result we wanted losing 3/2 to Dubbo, with all 3 losses going down to the 18th. I can’t fault the play of the team as selected, everyone playing to their ability or better which is all you can ask.
Individual results.
Number 5 Rory Elphick led the team well today. Played some excellent golf with steady straight driving and great skills around the greens. I was able to watch his last few holes. He had quite a gallery on 18 as his birdie just burned the edge and his opponent bashing his 15 foot birdie into the back of the cup to steal the result away from Rory. Great effort from our youngest team member.
No 4 – Andrew James. Nervy start for our debutante, but was up at the turn, only to have his opponent go bananas on the back nine, both players effectively shooting in the low 70’s and another tough loss on 18 for our team.
No 3 – Trev Simm, backing up from his win last week, Trev took on the challenge at no 3 and was well in his match all day. His Dubbo opponent made 2 miracle escapes on the last few holes to pinch it from Trev, again on the 18th hole. A pattern developing of heart breaking loses at the death.
No 2 – Tony Wilds. Didn’t see much of Tony’s match as he had it in hand with an awesome 6/5 win. Great team spirit shown as he kept around the guys still battling until the end.
No 1 – Tony Forster. Solid game knocking off his opponent 5/4. Cheered on Rory and Andrew to the final hole after finishing his match.
Big thanks to Glyn Daunt, spending time on the course today, cheering the guys on and feeding updates back to the team captain. Great club spirit Glyn

Last round next week at Wentworth GC in Orange. Let’s find a win and finish with a bang

Report Tony Forster

Division 3 Peter Morgan

Bathurst vs Wellington

Bathurst loss 3/2

Martin EverettAlex Gale Greg Malligan

Doug Masters playing at 5 led the team out and looked really rusty being 4 down at one stage, but he hung around all day winning a hole every so often flashing me the thumbs up and by the 16th hole the match was all square, then Doug holed a nice putt on there 17th and he was 1up with one to go. Maybe it was nerves but his tee shot on the 18th was well, the less said the better, all square extra holes the 19th was halved and then in a moment of redemption his tee shot on the 20th sailed straight and true just short of the green, he chipped up to 15 foot and 2 putted for as it turned out, his and the teams win, well done young man.

Greg Malligan came into the team at 4 and looked steady early but also found himself  2 down, but then on the back 9 started to find his groove winning on the 17th 2/1 a much needed point

Martin Everett at 3 was coming off a good win last week but his opponent was a quarter of his age and a 100metres longer off the tee but Martin chipped and putted nicely all day to keep himself in the match much to the bemusement of his rival who got a bit testy at times. Martins match went to the 17th where length was a deciding factor great effort and good viewing.

Alex Gale at 2 came into the side after being overseas and looked rusty with tee shots going left and right, to his credit he tried hard all day but succumbed on the 16th

Dylan Sargent at 1 looked a class above making lots of pars and keep his foot down and never let up basically ignoring his opponent and just playing the course finishing 6/5 I saw all the action and was delighted with the never say die attitude, that said lets keep winning and see what happens. (see at training.)

Rd 3 the teams travel to Wellington 3/4s and the 1/2s go to Orange it will be hot don’t forget the sunscreen good luck.

Reece flexing muscles                       Phil ( hurry up you guys I’m finished)

Bathurst vs Wentworth Bathurst win 5/0 at Wentworth

It was panic stations Saturday afternoon with the news that Jacob Lamb would be unavailable for Sunday having injured his hand during the day and was unable to hold a club let alone swing it. Darryn Bruce entered the team at 5.

The teams situation was win 5 zip and hope that Mudgee beat Forbes at least 3/2 then we are Finals bound

At 5 Darryn Bruce got off to a hot start hitting the flags on the first 2 par 3s and was 2 up after 9, then a 2 foot birdie on the 10th had Scott Kennedy chasing the game, Darryn with a comfortable win 2/1

At 4 Phil Campbell accounted for Tyler Mendham with Wenty suiting Phils accurate game Tyler tried hard but was never a match Phil winning 6/5

At 3 Justin Sutton defeated the ever chatty Nathan Atkinson whose wayward driving allowed Justin to have full control over his opponent 3/2 win for Bathurst

At 2 Steve bulldog McDonald came out cold and was 2 down until the back nine, then came a good rally and Graig Sugden couldn’t answer Steve’s birdies 3/2 win

At 1 Reece got word that everyone else was winning their matches and with a masterful display of putting put the hammer down to victory against Jordan Clark 5/4

Word was that Forbes had lost 2 matches already, Shane Salaway won his match on the 18th making it 2 all, and John Betland and Andrew Best were playing the 19th But Andrews 3 putt on the first extra hole sunk the Bathurstians hearts and we were out just like that, it was all very exciting towards the end of the day but alas division 1 pennants is hard. Congratulations to Forbes who will play in the finals and a special thanks to all of Justin Suttons team who played with great spirit and tenacity, close again, next year.

The Tale of two Tonys  Tony Wilds and Tony Forester

Division 2 Bathurst wins 3/2

And the season ends for Division 2. While we fell short of finals, we definitely made our presence known. A win over Cowra 3 matches to 2 was a great way to finish the season.
Thanks to all the boys who played this year.
From 15 matches we won 7 and lost 8.  7 of those losses were on the 18th green, showing we were more than competitive all through the season. Can’t wait to see how we get on next year!
Match results
Number 5 Glyn Daunt-
First match for the year for Glyn and he set off with a great shot on his opening hole, the par 3 fifth at Wenty.
Caught him on his 11th hole and was just one down, but a strong finish, winning his 17th & 18th holes to win 2 up and Irish eyes were smiling!
Number 4 Andrew James – Another cracking shot on the 5th to start his day and AJ was away. I didn’t see AJ again until he was sitting enjoying a beer in the clubhouse following a strong 3&2 win. The match play/pennant bug has bitten AJ hard and he’s already talking up next year!!
Number 3 Matt Bennett – A good win to end the campaign for Matt. Was happy with his play and finished strong, winning 4&3. Kept the ball on the fairways and made sure he finished close to the clubhouse!!
Number 2 Tony Wilds – A tough final day for Tony. In the match all day, back and forth, one down playing his 18th hole, trying to take it to extra holes. Halved his last hole (Wenty’s 4th) to lose 1 down.
Number 1 Tony Forster – Grinding match all day. 1 up early, 2 down mid round. Back to square playing the last, but a poor, poor chip in front of Wildsy and it was done, 1 down. With the two Tony’s then sharing the long walk back to the clubhouse from the fourth green.

Tony Forster
Bathurst

Division 3 Bathurst win 3/2

Greg ,Simon and Doug starting on the 16th at Mudgee Greg Malligan