BRG Handicap Day - July 18 2008 - Gallery & Results
The sixth Bushranger Golf Handicap Day for 2008 was held on the President's Course at the Tocumwal Golf Club in overcast conditions with a few drizzles of rain passing through to keep the field on their toes. A small but cosmopolitan field took to the course - being in such an exotic location it was one of the most exclusive tickets on the BRG Event Schedule with only 8 Bushrangers making the trek. Those that got there did their BRG Player of the Year chances no harm as everyone collected points.
When the dust settled, we had a three way tie on our hands with 'Big' Mick Van Raay, Wade 'Sleepwalker' Jones and David 'Ham' Regenspurger all tied on 35 stableford points. The presentation of the booty for the podium prizes was seperated by countback, but the three gents shared the winning glory and the 10 Player of the Year points on offer. In fourth place was Roger 'Arbeige' Brown who was able to console himself with victory in both the Nearest the Pin and the Longest Drive. The final results are below and the standings for the BRG POY have been updated.
Placing
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Player
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Score
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Placing
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Player
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Score
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= 1st
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Mick Van Raay
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35
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5th
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Matthew Thomas
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30
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= 1st
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Wade Jones
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35
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6th
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Matthew Pitt
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27
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= 1st
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David Regenspurger
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35
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7th
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Shane Morris
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26
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4th
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Roger Brown
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32
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8th
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Rob Lugton
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24
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Longest Drive: 7th hole
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Roger Brown
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Nearest the Pin: 15th hole
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Roger Brown
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1st Place Prizes:
A bottle of Bushranger Shiraz
Three Bushranger golf balls
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2nd Place Prizes:
Three Bushranger golf balls |
3rd Place Prizes:
A Bushranger golf ball |
Nearest the Pin & Longest Drive Prizes:
A Bushranger golf ball |
The next BRG event is the 7th Handicap Day for the year at Waterford Valley Golf Course on Saturday August 9 from 10:00 am. This event is a warm up round for the 2nd Victorian Social Golf Club Championships Qualifier for 2008 at the same venue one week later. For more info, watch out for news items and keep an eye on the Event Schedule and the Handicap Day page. Below is a small gallery of images with some of the special highlights of the day at Tocumwal.
Roger shows his class and sticks it up Matt Thomas after pipping him on the long drive on the par five 7th hole.
Roger punching his ball out of the loose stuff after a wayward drive on the par four 12th.
The sun comes out as Arbeige departs the par three 15th green where he jagged the NTP but was disappointed after missing the birdie putt.
Da King, aka Big Mick, smashes his approach to the par four 17th hole.
Rob Lugton smacks his drive away on the difficult par four 18th on the Presidents Course.
Arbeige loads up another monster on the final tee shot of the day.
Da King, driving on 18 and looking like a real golfer on his way to winning the bikkies.
The sun sets over the 18th as King lines up his putt, with MattThomas, Shane Morris, Wade Jones and David Regenspurger looking on.
Wade Jones is pretty happy with his equal first place. It seems his special new friend Pw Jones is just as pleased.
Dave Regenspurger delighted to have jagged equal first place and more valuable points in the 2008 BRG POY.
Da King, Mick Van Raay, takes out his 2nd Handicap Day win for 2008 and don't he just love it.
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