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*ROUND 5*
PLAYER	PTS	NEW H'CAP
BEAN	45.5	35.0
GOOEY	43.0	17.4
QUINNY	40.5	26.7
HENRY	38.5	9.2
MIKE	31.5	35.1
SCHIMMA	31.5	14.8
MURF	31.0	7.2
GLENN	27.0	17.4
ROBBO	24.5	18.1
WALLY	23.5	37.7
JIMMY	23.0	22.6
TUBBSY	14.0	13.8

MATCHPLAY

*STANDINGS*
*after ROUND 5`*
PLAYER	HOLES UP	PTS
*POOL A*
QUINNY	7	14.0
GOOEY	8	9.0
MURF	2	8.0
SCHIMMA	3	4.5
TUBBSY	2	4.5
JIMMY	2	3.0
*POOL B*
HENRY	13	13.5
BEAN	10	7.5
MIKE	4	7.5
ROBBO	4	7.5
GLENN	3	5.0
WALLY	3	3.0
SEMI FINALS
Q v Bean
Henry v Gooey
GRAND FINAL
WSF1 v WSF2

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** Round 6 - 12.36pm February 21 @ RICH RIVER GC - MOAMA**

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ROUND 6 & 7 PREVIEW
RICH RIVER GC - 12.36PM FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY - STABLEFORD & MATCHPLAY SEMI'S (Inc 6 v 6 4ball/Bestball)
RICH RIVER GC - 8.04AM SATURDAY 22 FEBRUARY - STABLEFORD (Inc 6 v 6 - Aggregate Pairs)
RICH RIVER GC - 7.32AM SUNDAY 23 FEBRUARY - 6 v 6 MATCHPLAY SINGLES & MATCHPLAY FINAL!

The "Massey Final's Super Weekend" rounds are for the first time ever to be held at Rich River GC on Friday 21 Feb @ 12.36pm and Saturday 22 Feb @ 8.04am playing stableford.

I believe that on Sunday 23 Feb @ 7.32am also at Rich River will be the "matchplay singles" day of the proposed "all weekend" 6 v 6 (Ryder Cup style) matchplay teams event which will also include The Matchplay Final! The groups for Friday & Saturday will be drawn to reflect the 6 man teams, being represented by 2 v 2 in each group and will be playing a fourball/bestball on Friday for "all weekend" team points and Fourball/Aggregate Pairs on Saturday in conjunction with the Massey & Matchplay events. (Refer to Murf's post on The Forum).

Murf will have it all sorted - just shut up and listen very carefully for thirty seconds!!! (That will be like trying to herd cats).

The Matchplay semi finalists will be in the last group on Friday & the finalists also in the last group on Sunday.

Sundays playing groups including the all important singles match ups will be selected by the Team Captains on Saturday arvo/night.

Massey Recap:-
Beano, chasing his third Massey crown, last won when he completed his self acclaimed "Triple Crown" in 2011/12 has a 2.5 pt lead over Gooey (chasing his 4th, last won in 2018/19). Meanwhile Q has slumped to third and now 5 pts behind following two very disappointing rounds, clinging on in hope for a 5th title (last one was 2020/2021), but the real smoky currently in 4th who has been thereabouts all year without causing much fanfare is Henry (who last won in 2015/16) is within striking distance (7.5 pts) and chasing a precious "10th" Massey with no word of "It's in the Bag!" this year, could he have something more to say? Schimma & Mike head up the rest of the field, trailing by 14 points plus!

The Matchplay semi finals are Q (4 Semis, 3 Finals for 1 Win) v Bean (10SF,3F,3W) and Henry (2SF,2F,1W) v Gooey (6SF,3F,2W).

All four semi finalists are a chance to achieve the Massey & Matchplay "Double" with The Mighty Bean also earning an opportunity of picking up yet another "Triple Crown" after winning Scoot's VB Classic earlier this season at Flinders.
I reckon he is already working on his acceptance speech where he will probably try and tyre lever in some sort of "Grand Slam" after winning the much lesser and highly overrated competition I think they call The Beaver or something - otherwise known as the Massey qualifying school! If he does then I will be first in line for another signed napkin...

ROUND FIVE WRAP - DROUIN GC

Hot & Dry with a top of 32deg for our return to Drouin. Where we had three scratchings, which included Jimmy, Wally & Tubbsy and it was great to see the return of Fussy in a fill in role.

The Bean backed up his win at Flinders with another resounding result of 41 pts (20 out / 21 in) to go back to back and rocket to the top of the leader board. Gooey also compiled a very respectable score of 39 (18/21) to propel him to 2nd overall. While a 3 way tie for third occurred between Henry 37pts (17/20), Schimma 37 (21/16) and Robbo 37 (17/20).

Other scores were:

Murf 36 (17/19), Fussy 35 (16/19), Mike 33 (16/17), Glenn 33 (17/16) & Q 32 (16/16).

Beano, chasing his third Massey crown, last won when he completed his self acclaimed "Triple Crown" in 2011/12 has now jumped to a 2.5 pt lead over Gooey (chasing his 4th, last won in 2018/19). Meanwhile Q has slumped to third and now 5 pts behind following two very disappointing rounds, clinging on in hope for a 5th title (last one was 2020/2021), but the real smoky currently in 4th who has been thereabouts all year without causing much fanfare is Henry (who last won in 2015/16) is within striking distance (7.5 pts) and chasing a precious "10th" Massey with no word of "It's in the Bag!" this year, could he have something more to say? Schimma & Mike head up the rest of the field, trailing by 14 points plus!

The Nancarrow's Cup match play results were as follows:

Pool A - Fussy (sub for Jimmy) d Murf 1 up; Gooey d Schimma 2 up; Q d Tubbsy by Forf.
Pool B - Bean d Robbo 6 & 5; Glenn d Wally by Forf; Mike v Henry AS.

The matchplay semi finals are Q (4 Semis, 3 Finals for 1 Win) v Bean (10SF,3F,3W) and Henry (2SF,2F,1W) v Gooey (6SF,3F,2W).

The final rounds are at Rich River GC, Moama on Friday 21 February at 12.36pm and Saturday 22 February at 8.04am. Then on Sunday 23 February at 7.32am, which I am now hearing is to be the "matchplay singles" day of the proposed all weekend 6 man (Ryder Cup style) matchplay teams event set to bring an almighty climax to our "Finals Weekend Spectacular".

Stand by for the Final Weekend preview:

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ROUND 5 PREVIEW - DROUIN GC - 12.10pm SUNDAY 19 JANUARY 2025 - STAB

The next round is at Drouin Golf & Country Club on Sunday 19 January from 12.10pm playing stableford.

The playing groups with matchplay pairs are as follows:

Group 1                                Group 2                                        Group 3
Murf v Jimmy (Pool A)          Schimma v Gooey (Pool A)          Q v Tubbsy (Pool A)
Bean v Robbo (Pool B)         Glenn v Wally (Pool B)                 Mike v Henry  (Pool B)

BBQ & beers in the car park after the game.

No chart form, as we are back at Drouin for only the second time since round 1 of season 2008/09. The results of that day are shown below.

COURSE: DROUIN - B & G PAR: 72
GAME: STAB DATE: 19-Oct-08

1
K.BAXTER 46
43.9 38.9
12.0
12.0 1

2
G.MARTIN 41
21.1 18.6
11.0
11.0 2

3
J.GRIFFITHS 37 96 24.9 24.4
10.0
10.0 3

4
M.HALL 36 98 24.3 24.3
8.0
8.0 4

4
M.O'CONNOR 36
25.3 25.3
8.0
8.0 4

4
I.QUINTON 36
27.6 27.6
8.0
8.0 4

7
A.SAWYER 35 103 30.4 30.5
6.0
6.0 7

8
D.MURPHY 34
14.4 14.6
5.0
5.0 8

9
S.SOUTAR 32 120 43.2 43.6
4.0
4.0 9

10
R.WISEMAN 31
11.9 12.4
3.0
3.0 10

11
S.LAMEY 29
19.6 20.3
2.0
2.0 11

12
P.WEST 28
3.7 4.5
1.0
1.0 12

ROUND FOUR WRAP - FLINDERS GC (SCOOT'S VB CLASSIC)

Another full field on another fine and mild day by the ocean (23deg moderate winds).

Groups for Scoot's VB Classic were .... RW/MR/GM/IQ, SL/JG/MH/AS & DM/PW/AC/MB

At the half way mark the scores were: Bean & Gooey 20, Henry & Mike 18, Murf & Tubbsy 17, Robbo 16, Jimmy 15, Schimma 14, Glenn & Q 12,& Wally 11.

After a slow start in round 1, The Bean has finished top four in the last three rounds including this one to take out his third Scoot's VB Classic with a dashing final score of 39 Pts (20 out / 19 in) edging out Murf (17/21 - 3 Birdies in a row on 14,15 & 16) & Mike (18/20) who finished with 38 pts each.

Other scores were:

Gooey 36 (20/16), Henry 34 (18/16), Jimmy 34 (15/19), Tubbsy 33 (16/17), Schimma 29 (14/15), Q 29 (12/17), Robbo 28 (16/12),Wally 27 (11/16) & Glenn 24 (12/12) first ever last placing at Flinders, severely hampered by a very sore eye.

The Scoot's VB Classic Team results were:
SL/JG/MH/AS - 34pts (brought ball home).
RW/GM/MR/IQ - 22pts (brought ball home)
DM/PW/AC/MB- 5pts (Lost ball on 4 - The Coffin)

PERSONAL COURSE BEST: Stableford - D.Murphy 38 (= prev 38)
PERSONAL COURSE WORST: Stableford - M. Robinson 28 (prev 30); M.Beardmore 27 (prev 40); G.Martin 24 (prev 27).

The Nancarrow's Cup match play results were as follows:

Pool A - Q d Schimma 2/1; Gooey d Jimmy 4/3; Murf d Tubbsy 1up;
Pool B - Robbo d Glenn 2/1; Mike v Bean AS; Henry d Wally 4/3.

Henry & Q have now clinched Semi Final berths.

Round Five is to be played at Drouin GC on Sunday 19 January at 12.10pm.
Followed by beers & BBQ in the car park (inc. announcement of match play finalists!) - Standby for groups and the all important last round matchplay pairings....

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ROUND 4 PREVIEW - FLINDERS GC - 3.00pm SUNDAY 15 DECEMBER 2024 - STAB

SCOOT'S VB CLASSIC

The next round, is the coveted Scoot's VB Classic at Flinders Golf Club on Sunday 15 December from 3.00pm playing stableford.

The matchplay pairs and Scoot's Classic Teams are as follows:

Group 1                                         Group 2                                   Group 3
Schimma v Q (Pool A)                   Gooey v Jimmy (Pool A)         Murf v Tubbsy (Pool A)
Glenn v Robbo (Pool B)                 Mike v Bean (Pool B)              Henry v Wally  (Pool B)

After match drinks at the Flinders Pub.

CHART FORM:
Note: High, Low & Avg scores do not include "Stroke" Rounds

Player Wally Jimmy Mike Gooey Glenn Murph Ray Quinny Bean Tubbsy Westy Robbo

Starts 1 26 16 26 27 17 9 28 17 0 24 4

Wins 1 0 2 6 5 2 0 5 2 0 1 0

2nds 0 4 4 3 4 3 2 4 3 0 2 1

3rds 0 1 4 3 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 1

Last 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 0

High Score 40 41 46 44 40 38 38 44 41 NA 39 36

Low Score 40 24 27 28 29 24 27 18 22 NA 30 30

Avg Pts 40.0 31.1 37.9 35.0 34.4 33.7 33.4 31.8 31.1 NA 33.7 33.0

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THE ROUND THREE WRAP - DEVIL BEND GC

Sunny day 20 deg and stuff all wind for round three of the 40TH edition of The Massey and a full book of players for the first time this season.

Q characteristically wiped the first but managed to consolidate and end with a chip-in on the last for 5 points to snatch a win with 40 pts (18 out / 22 in), Wally compiled a great round (inc. a putting master class!) for a 38 (21/17) for second, while Gooey was the only other to break par with a 37 ((19/18).

Other scores were:
Henry 35 (17/18), Jimmy 35 (17/18), Bean 35 (14/21), Murf 31 (14/17), Tubbsy 31 (19/12), Glenn 31 (17/14), Robbo 31 (16/15), Schimma 30 (16/14) & Mike 28 (13/15).

The aftermatch bbq was hosted by the GMart at Martin Manor nearby in "Portsea East". Well done and thank you Glenn for an enjoyable afternoon which included a nice catch up with Fusspots.

PERSONAL COURSE BEST: Stableford - I.Quinton 40 (prev 39); M.Beardmore 38 (prev 25).
PERSONAL COURSE WORST: Stableford - A.Cameron 31 (prev 38)

The Nancarrow's Cup match play results were as follows:

Pool A - Gooey d Murf 2 & 1; Schimma v Tubbsy AS; Q d Jimmy 1up.
Pool B - Henry d Glenn 5 & 3; Mike v Robbo AS; Wally d Bean 3 & 2.

The next round is at Flinders Golf Club on Sunday 15 December at 3.00pm for Scoot's VB Classic - Standby for groups/teams...

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ROUND 3 PREVIEW - DEVIL BEND GC - 1.00pm SUNDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2024 - STAB

The next round is at Devil Bend Golf Club on Sunday 10 November from 1.00pm playing stableford.

The playing groups with matchplay pairs are as follows:

Group 1                                Group 2                                        Group 3
Murf v Gooey (Pool A)          Schimma v Tubbsy (Pool A)         Q v Jimmy (Pool A)
Glenn v Henry (Pool B)         Mike v Robbo (Pool B)                  Bean v Wally  (Pool B)

BBQ & beers at the sheds after the game.

CHART FORM:
Note: High, Low & Avg scores do not include "Stroke" Rounds

Player Tubbsy Jimmy Mike Gooey Glenn Murph Ray Q Bean Wally Westy Robbo

Starts 1 22 20 25 25 20 10 23 23 2 19 6

Wins 1 3 1 3 5 2 0 2 2 0 3 1

2nds 0 1 2 5 6 1 2 3 3 0 2 0

3rds 0 2 4 2 2 2 1 5 3 0 2 2

Last 0 3 2 1 0 2 0 2 5 1 2 1

High Score 38 38 36 38 42 41 35 39 43 25 38 43

Low Score 38 16 24 26 23 27 28 25 13 23 23 22

Avg Pts 38.0 29.2 31.2 31.9 32.9 33.1 31.4 31.1 30.7 24.0 30.8 32.3

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THE ROUND TWO WRAP - LANG LANG GC

Sunny 20 deg with stuff all wind for round three of the 40TH edition of The Massey saw a full book of players for the first time this year.

Q characteristically wiped the first hole but consolidated to finish with a chip in on the last for 5 points to win the day on 40pts (18 out / 22 in) while Wally also had a great day (a putting master class!) to come in 2nd with a 38 (21/17), Gooey was the only other to beat par with 37pts in third place (19/18).

Other scores were:
Henry 35 (17/18), Jimmy 35 (18/17), Bean 35 (21/14), Murf 31 (14/17), Tubbsy 31 (19/12), Glenn 31 (17/14), Robbo 31 (16/15), Schimma 30 (16/14) & Mike 28 (13/15).

PERSONAL COURSE BEST: Stableford - I.Quinton 40 (prev 39); M.Beardmore 38 (prev 25)
PERSONAL COURSE WORST: Stableford - A.Cameron 31 (prev 38)

The Nancarrow's Cup match play results were as follows:

Pool A - Gooey d Murf 2 & 1; Schimma v Tubbsy AS; Q d Jimmy 1up.
Pool B - Henry d Glenn 5 & 3; Mike v Robbo AS; Wally d Bean 3 & 2.

The next round is at Flinders Golf Club on Sunday 15 December at 3.00pm - Standby for groups...

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ROUND 2 PREVIEW - LANG LANG GC - 12.30pm SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2024 - STAB

The next round is at Lang Lang Golf Club on Sunday 20 October from 12.30pm playing stableford.

The playing groups with matchplay pairs are as follows:

Group 1                                 Group 2                                   Group 3
Schimma v Jimmy (Pool A)   Q v Murf (Pool A)                      Gooey v Wiggy (Pool A)
Henry v Robbo (Pool B)         Mike v Wally (Pool B)                Bean v Glenn (Pool B)

Robbo & Wiggy are unfortunately scratchings and we will see the return of Tubbsy and another sub from the Beaver's in "Boxy".

Just remember that the lowest handicapper of the guests is the sub for the lowest handicapper of the scratchings ie Wiggy!

BBQ & Beers in the car park after the game.

CHART FORM:
High, Low & Avg scores do not include "Stroke" Rounds

Player Jimmy Mike Gooey Glenn Murph Wiggy Ray Q Bean Wally Westy Robbo

Starts 15 13 13 14 13 1 3 15 13 1 11 3

Wins 3 3 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0

2nds 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0

3rds 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 2 1

Last 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

High Score 39 37 38 36 35 22 37 33 33 29 35 34

Low Score 24 24 27 29 21 22 28 28 30 29 24 27

Avg Pts 30.0 32.2 30.8 32.0 29.4 22.0 31.7 30.4 31.3 29.0 30.3 31.3

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THE ROUND ONE WRAP - BAY VIEWS GC

Very windy (25 to 45km/h) and mild conditions (below 20deg) for the opening round of the 40TH edition of The Massey.

Wiggy was a scratching and was backed up by David "Tobes" Jones as guest for the day.

Glenn had only one wipe for the day (on the 2nd) and claimed victory by shooting 37 on the back, putting 12 pts in the bag with a super score of 43 (18 out / 25 in) his highest ever Stableford score. Q enjoyed a much needed return to form for 2nd with 42pts (16/26) while Gooey (18/19) & Wally (17/20)were a distant third with 37pts each.

Other scores were:
Robbo 36 (15/21), Tobes 34 (16/18), Mike 34 (18/16), Henry 33 (19/14), Schimma 31 (17/14), Murf 30 (15/15), Bean 30 (18/12) & Jimmy 29 (16/13).

PERSONAL MASSEY BEST:  Stableford - G.Martin 43 (prev 42 @ Devil Bend 2000/01 off 21.2);
PERSONAL COURSE BEST:  Stableford - G.Martin 43 (prev 41); M.Beardmore 37 (prev 35);
PERSONAL COURSE WORST:  Stableford - R.Wiseman 31 (prev 32); J.Griffiths 29 (prev 33);

The Nancarrow's Cup match play results were as follows:

Pool A - Murf d Schimma 1up; Jimmy d Tobes (Wiggy) 2 & 1; Q d Gooey 3 & 2.
Pool B - Henry v Bean 3 & 1; Glenn d Mike 3 & 2; Robbo d Wally 2 & 1.

The next round is at Lang Lang Golf Club on Sunday 20 October at 12.30pm - Standby for groups...

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FIRST ROUND - BAY VIEWS - 12.30pm SUNDAY 6 OCTOBER 2023 - STABLEFORD

The following courses/dates are confirmed for season 2024/25.- Well done Jimmy!

Round 1   Sunday    6 October at 12.30pm - BAY VIEWS
Round 2   Sunday    20 October at 12.30pm - LANG LANG
Round 3   Sunday    10 November at 1.00pm - DEVIL BEND
Round 4   Sunday    15 December at 3.00pm - FLINDERS (SCOOT'S VB CLASSIC)
Round 5   Sunday   19 January at 12.10pm - DROUIN
Round 6   Friday       21 February at 12.36pm - RICH RIVER
Round 7   Saturday   22 February at 8.04am - RICH RIVER
Stabrose   Sunday    23 February at 7.32am - RICH RIVER

All these dates / courses will be listed in "SCHEDULE" tab if you need to find them again.

The starting handicaps are shown to the left (in the FINAL SCORE table) and starting groups are determined by the crossing over of the matchplay tables ie 1st, 3rd & 5th of Pool A are re-pooled with 2nd, 4th & 6th from Pool B and the previously set Matchplay schedule using player numbers 1 to 6 sets the groups - ie no draw required.

The playing groups with matchplay pairs are as follows:

Group 1                                   Group 2                                  Group 3
Schimma v Murf (Pool A)        Jimmy v Wiggy (Pool A)          Gooey v Q (Pool A)
Henry v Bean (Pool B)             Mike v Glenn (Pool B)             Wally v Robbo (Pool B)

Note: *Murf's starting handicap has been adjusted to 7.0 after the 10% (min 1 stroke) Walter Lindrum rule is applied.

Beers & sausages in the outside car park after the game. Inside car park closes 5pm!

CHART FORM:
High, Low & Avg scores do not include "Stroke" Rounds

Player Kenny Jimmy Mike Gooey Glenn Murf Fussy Ray Q Bean Wally Westy Robbo

Starts 27 28 21 26 29 22 14 13 28 26 3 28 6

Wins 4 5 4 1 3 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 1

2nds 2 9 1 2 3 0 2 1 3 3 0 5 0

3rds 3 3 0 4 3 3 3 2 2 8 0 3 0

Last 6 2 2 1 4 1 0 0 3 2 0 5 0

High Score 48 49 49 43 41 38 47 41 46 43 35 40 46

Low Score 19 33 26 34 31 23 29 32 29 29 28 29 26

Avg Pts 35.4 39.9 34.9 37.3 35.8 34.7 38.2 36.3 35.8 36.1 35.7 34.6 34.0

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2022-23 - FINAL ROUND WRAP - COBRAM BAROOGA - OLD COURSE

Another warm 28 deg forecast and not much wind to speak of, you might say perfect conditions for golf with absolutely, positively no fucking excuses. Some might even suggest that if you didn't do well today then you weren't trying!!!
More history to be made with either a 2nd Massey or Matchplay for Mike (50Pts),a 10th Massey for Paul "it's definitely in the fucking bag" West (48Pts) or number four for Murf (also 48 - even if he is more focussed on and apparently been training all year with a steely resolve to win his maiden Matchplay title) or can the longshot Bean (41.5) fuck their shit up for his 2nd title.

The Groups were drawn..... AS/GM/SL/Stoney, IQ/MB/JG/MR & DM/MH/Joel/PW. (The leading four in bold letters).

At the half way mark the scores were:

Robbo 20, Wally 18, Mike 16, Henry, Murf, Glen & Stoney 15's, Gooey & Joel 14, Beano 13, then came teammates in the leading "aggregate team" Jimmy "The Coach" 11 & Q 10 - Oh my, It was time for a half time pep talk from the coach "we need to lift Quinny!"
The "live ladder" with 9 holes remaining would see Mike extend his lead to 4.5 pts over Henry & Murf, while The Bean has drifted to 13.5 in arrears with a lot to do.

At the completion of the final round the scores were:
Robbo 41 (20out / 21in), Murf 38 (15/23), Jimmy the Coach 35 (11/24 - The Coach lifted the roof!), Joel 33 (14/19) & Glenn 33 (15/18), Stoney 32 (15/17), Gooey 32 (14/18) & Wally 32 (18/14), Mike 30 (14/16 Oh oh!), Henry 29 (15/14 - "in the bag"....NOTTT!), Beano 26 (13/13), Q 21 (10/11 - didn't lift a finger!).

And so, after commencing the final weekend 8.5 points from the lead, Murf ultimately wins his 4th Massey by 5 points overall after notching up 40 stableford pts on Friday (2nd place) then came home with 38pts on Saturday (also 2nd place). Which included 23pts on the back nine - 2 shots under the card (off the stick) if you don't mind..... In doing so he has broken a 24 year drought. Mike wasn't able to do enough to hang on for the win but it was enough to finish runner up for the 4rth time. Perhaps the forgotten story is the total capitulation from 9 time winner "it's in the bag" Paul Henry West who failed to get 30 pts on either day to finish the final weekend with two 10th placings to settle for 3rd overall 8 pts from the winner (a 16.5 point turnaround).

HANDICAP BEST: D.Murphy 8.0 revised to 7.0 after Walter Lindrum Rule (prev 9.0).

The Nancarrows Cup Matchplay Final: Mike v Murf
According to a source very, very familiar with the matter;

The Front 9: Giving Mike a 25 shot head start was always going to prove a tough ask - if he had a good day!
The match started with Mike putting one over the fence off the first tee to wipe and put Murf 1 up, The game settled in on the tough early holes with Mike chipping beautifully to take a 1 up lead after 5 holes (following a win and 3 halved holes). With the match all square after 9. (a win to Murf and 3 more halved).

The Back 9: A par on the 10th saw Murf lose the hole to a bogey from Mike (with 2 shots) - the task now seemed impossible with all the shots to come. 11 was the pivotal hole with Murf hitting a good drive into the left rough and Mike taking 2 to get to Murf's drive. Then a raking 6 iron from 150+ to a high green followed by a 20ft birdie for 4 points saw a win over Mikes 3 pointer to draw square in the match.
That proved to be the decisive hole with Mike losing the next 4 holes (2 to 3,1/2,1/2,-/3) for a 4 & 3 win to Murf. The match was much closer than the scores indicated and it was hard to see a way to beat Mike until he started missing those chips that he's so good at.
As mentioned earlier, The Mentonian Marvel actually played the back 9 in 2 under for a fine round that also secured the overall Massey and achieve the rare fete of The Massey/Matchplay double!

The Weekend Two Day Aggregate prize money went to the team of DM/GM/MR with 177pts beating a bitterly disappointed JG/SL/IQ (165), then Joel/Stoney/AS (160) & PW/MH/MB (157).

Stabrose Day was played at Black Bull GC in Yarrawonga. Gooey had returned home for Grandson's first birthday and Schimma had recovered just enough to be passed fit to play (under duress). The three teams were: Stoney/RW/MR/AS, DM/GM/IQ/MB & PW/Joel/JG/MH, min 4 drives each over 16 holes. DM/GM/IQ/MB scored just enough (115pts) to win thanks to a sensational 5 iron from Glenn on the 165m par 3 which finished 1.5 inches short of the hole enabling Wally & Q (both with 2 shots) to tap in for 5 pts each. Not far behind were PW/Joel/JG/MH on 112 and Stoney/RW/MR/AS with 110pts. The combination of Murf & Glenn do it again & again!!
This gives the Mentonian Marvel a never seen before total clean sweep of all the weekend events.

And now.....At the risk of a relapse and the reoccurrence of PTSD and possible irreparable damage, my Psych. has encouraged me to share the worst nightmares of Saturday's eventful round of aggregate team golf.

After 9 Holes - we need to lift Quinny! Watch - https://youtu.be/MBTqE2OgMB4

Wiped 10 & 14 (3 qtr time - Lift Quinny llllift!!) https://youtu.be/po8uWEJogPk

One point on 16 & 17 https://youtu.be/iMqOLj-kxjc

After putting out on 18 (21pts - 10 out / 11 in) https://youtu.be/jIltv89s7tw

Then much, much, much later on Saturday night at Sporties..... https://youtu.be/NKxfpcjTv8Y

Ya gotta luv the passion that The Massey (and a bottle of red) inspires.....

Until next year....... (Or next week even!!!!)

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2022-23 ROUND SIX WRAP - COBRAM BAROOGA - WEST COURSE

Off to a new destination for our final weekend away. Where Paul (It's in the bag!!) West, chasing an unprecedented 10th Massey title is the current leader 2.5 pts ahead of Mike and a whopping 8.5 pts ahead of Murf in 3rd place. With Beano 9 pts off the lead in 4th and 5th place Schimma some 13 pts off the pace and a late scratching after cracking a rib in a mishap at home in search of the Good FridayTrophy. Costing him a spot in the Matchplay semi. However, he will be in attendance to reprise the role of Mr Sguiggle with the return of Bean's now famous whiteboard. Gooey has been promoted to the semi after originally narrowly missing out.

Glenn, Murf, Jimmy, Mike, The Bean, Henry and "Wally" Beardmore arrived the prior day (Thursday) where everyone enjoyed (well at least two did) the Saints big win over the Pies to give the reigning premiers an "Owen 3" start to their season. Schimma, Robbo, Gooey and Q turned up at the golf course prior to tee off on Friday. Unfortunately, "Freddy" Wigg was unable to make the trip in his debut season and Joel Wiseman (Sat & Sun) and another local "Stoney" (Fri, Sat & Sun) helped fill the groups.

Groups for the round were drawn as follows.... PW/MR/IQ, GM/DM/MH/SL (Matchplay SF's), JG/MB/JG/Stoney.

The weather was fine & very warm approx. 27deg.

At the half way mark scores were: Jimmy 23, Murf 21, Q 20, Robbo 19, Stoney 16, Henry & Glenn 15, Gooey, Mike & Beano 13 and Wally 12.

At the end of Friday's round Jimmy finished with a supreme 44 (23 out / 21 in) to win the round easily, 2nd with a very solid 40 (21/19) was Murf while Stoney fought hard to finish on 38pts (16/22) in 3rd place.

Other scores were: Robbo 35 (19/16), Q 33 (20/13), Mike 33 (13/20), Wally 33 (12/21), Bean 31 (13/18), Glenn 29 (15/12), Henry 27 (15/12 WHAAAT!!!), and Gooey 27 (13/14).

A great fight back by Mike on the back nine now sees him out in front with a 2 point lead over "It's in the Bag" Henry who crashed heavily and an inform Murf, who's great round has enabled him to reduce an 8.5pt deficit to just the 2. Beano remains the only other (outside) chance, still in 4th place and 7.5pts from the lead.

HANDICAP BEST: D.Murphy 9.0 (prev 9.6).

Nancarrow's Cup Match Play semi finalists were Glenn v Murf and Mike v Gooey.

The Front 9: Glenn & Murf halved the 1st with 2pts each, then Glenn with a 3 pointer goes 1up, On 3 Murf bounces back with a 3 to square it up, then on 4 he drops a 1 pointer to go one down before making another 3 to even it up again after 5. Glenn then wipes 6 & 7 and Murf shoots 3's on 8 & 9 to win 5 on end to turn 4up.
Gooey takes an early lead in the other match with two soft wins to be 2up after 2. the 3rd is halved, another wipe by Mike and he is now 3 down after 4. Mike has now finished his warm up and fires 3 pointers on 5, 6 & 8. 7 & 9 were halved and it is all square after 9.

The Back 9: Another win on 10 and Murf is now 5up. Glenn hit back with a 3 on 11, 12 is halved with a pair of 3's. Glenn takes 13 to bring it back to 3 down. 14 & 15 are halved and it is Dormy 3! Glenn wipes 16 and it is a 4 & 3 victory to Murf, presenting him with his 3rd opportunity for a maiden Matchplay title and erase the demons of the previous two defeats.
Three points each for Gooey & Mike on the 10th followed by two more halved holes at 11 & 12 and it is still all square. On the par 3 13th both sink par puts but it's 4 pts to 3 Mikes way to break the deadlock. 14 is also halved then Mike takes 15 & 16 to score a hard fought 3 & 2 win to remain undefeated in semi's and advance to his 4th final looking for his 2nd title.

Murf d Glenn 4 & 3
Mike d Gooey 3 & 2.

The Match Play Finalists are Murf v Mike. (Both with a chance of achieving The Massey Double)

Friday evening was well spent with a very nice BBQ (meat purchased by Wally) and plenty of BS through the night culminating in Q & The Bean putting in the big ones until 1.30am. Who's idea was that Bean?? I have said it before and I'll say it again.... Never Again Bean, Never Never Never Again!!!

The Final Round (inc Matchplay Final) is to be played at Cobram Barooga - Old Course on Saturday 23 March at 8.13am.

The Groups were drawn..... AS/GM/SL/Stoney, IQ/MB/JG/MR & DM/MH/PW/Joel.

The four x 3 man teams for the Fri/Sat aggregate prize was also drawn (post Friday's game for added drama) where the best two scores would be counted from Fridays round and all three on Saturday. Teams (with Friday sub totals) are: JG(aka "The Coach")/SL/IQ (77), DM/GM/MR (73), Joel(absent)/Stoney/AS (69), PW/MH/MB (66) - Contributing scorers highlighted.

Will "It's in the bag" Westy steady the ship and pick up his 10th Massey or will Murf (desperate for his maiden Matchplay trophy and a bonus 4th Massey). Or does Mike take out the Massey Double for his 2nd Massey & Matchplay? Can The Bean have luck on his side to bring home an unlikely 3rd win? What does The Coach have to say? - Stay tuned folks.....

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