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Alan Ball has Hole in 1

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Alan Ball celebrating his third hole in one at the 4th at Crown Golf and Country Club,  Hunter Valley. At the Sydney Vets Hunter Valley Tour (day 2)  playing off 4 hcp today.   Alan was going ok but then wiped a couple of easy holes.   Last hole of the day, 140m Par 3 4th hole, w ater to the left and into a light breeze, ]t ough Par 3, and after getting a measly total of 1 point in the previous 2 holes Alan was thinking ‘4 a 1’ gets him 30pts, but he got ‘1 a 4’ and finished with 33pts.   He hitt a pure 6 iron, pitched 2 inches right of hole and spun in! Well done Alan 

Pennant Results

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Senior Pennant report  A grade WIN again   On Sunday 2nd March we faced a tough Mangrove Mountain team at Gosford GC, the course not looking its best with a few issues on a couple of the greens.  Great wins for Greg Swanson and Phil Carter, both winning 4 and 3, Alan Ball and Dean Osbourne our other 2 winners.  Very close games for Nick Merritt and Brad Stewart. Both losing at the 18th.  That is now 3 wins for A graders. Final score 4 – 2 to Breakers. Next week we travel to Magenta Shores and take on Everglades. Well done Nick and his team, lets hope we can make 4 wins.  B Grade win a close Match   Wayne Fuller and his team had a tough match against the Mangrove B grade side.  Mark Chilvers and Scott Blackmore winning the first two matches respectfully. Andrew McSwan losing a close match.  It was left to Captain Fuller to secure the half point for the win. 2 down with 2 to play, Wayne was determined to not loose his match. He managed to win t...