Whiteman claims A Grade honours in Gunnedah Saturday competition

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D Whiteman has claimed A Grade honours at Gunnedah Golf Club’s Saturday competition, winning on a countback in a closely contested round of the single stableford – round six shootout qualifier on 25 October.

Whiteman finished with 40 points to edge out S Jones, who also scored 40 points, while D Grosser finished third with 39 points.

Z Wheatland topped B Grade with 41 points, ahead of W McIntosh, who recorded 39 points on a countback, and G Hardy with 39 points.

In C Grade, W Mason took the honours with 36 points, followed by D Perrett on 35 points and N Bartlett on 34 points.

The ladies’ competition was won by M Elbourn with an impressive 42 points, ahead of S Sutcliffe, who finished runner-up with 40 points.

The ball competition went to players scoring 35 points.

Nearest-to-the-pin prizes were awarded to D Bard in A Grade on the second hole, F Herring in B Grade on the second hole and R Turner in C Grade on the second hole.

Other nearest-to-the-pin winners were T White on the seventh hole, J Hall on the 12th and M Sutcliffe on the 16th.

The second-shot competitions went to S Jones in A Grade, with 250cm, and R Robinson in B Grade, with 616cm.