Fires and strong winds couldn’t stop another successful Open Championship. Visitors from Grafton and Maclean helped make the weekend an excellent competition.

Results for Round 1 are as follows:

A Grade nett – Kris Thomsen 67, r/up – Garry Freeman 70 c/b.

B Grade nett – Joel Power 64, r/up – George Schymko 66 c/b.

C Grade nett Brian Kay 66, r/up – Doug Turner 69.

A Grade gross – Fraser Marsh 75, r/up – Geoffrey Grayson 76.

B Grade gross – Mathew Campbell 81, r/up – Greg Speirs 84.

C Grade gross – Geoffrey Cowen 96 c/b, r/up – Peter Gleeson 96.

NTP’s: 1/10 Geoffrey Cowen, 6/15 Adrian Smith, 8/17 Fraser Marsh. James Pritchard Bradman Prize Chris Speirs and ball run down went to 74.

The 2nd and final round of the Open saw similar conditions with the following results:

A Grade nett – Jon Bellamy 65, r/up – Neil Grady 66.

B Grade nett – Mark Andrew 68, r/up – Jim Lowe 69.

C Grade nett – James Pritchard 71 c/b, r/up – Danny Mortison 71.

A Grade gross – Geoffrey Grayson 75, r/up Peter Mc Curtayne 77.

B Grade gross – Frank Poore 86, r/up – Joel Power 88.

C Grade gross – Peter Gleeson 92, r/up – Brian Kay 97.

NTP’s: 1/10 Gordon Farrell, 6/15 Jeff Hackett, 8/17 Joel Power.

James Pritchard Bradman Prize – Brian Kembrey and Ball R/Down went to 74.

36 hole results:

A Grade nett – Kris Thomsen 134, r/up – Paul Mitchell 138.

B Grade nett – Mark Andrew 137, r/up – George Schymko 142.

C Grade nett – Doug Turner 140, r/up – James Pritchard 148.

A Grade gross – Geoffrey Grayson 151, r/up – Fraser Marsh 154.

B Grade gross – Jole Power 169, r/up – Frank Poore 175.

C Grade gross – Peter Gleeson 188, r/up – Jack Palaszczuk 207.

C Grade Champion – Brian Kay.

B Grade Champion – Mathew Campbell.

Iluka Open Champion – Jon Bellamy from Grafton with a fine 148 – congratulations.

We also contested the Toohey’s Shield on Sunday between Iluka, Maclean and Grafton with Iluka breaking a long drought to record a narrow win. This event has been going for 26 years. Thank you to all our volunteers that made the weekend a roaring success.

Next Saturday is Monthly Medal with the Medal of Medals play off sponsored by Iluka Quality Meats, Col Kempshall and Anchorage Holiday Park.

Adam Cazalet