What a day it turned out to be at Portarlington for our Round 2. 

32 Members came out in force again continuing record participation, to welcome our Naming Rights sponsor ECO Waste Services

and take part in 1st round of Ivan Marks Shield. It was a spectacular sight on a beautiful summer morning with a golf course as a backdrop for a group photo (attached), followed by 8 groups of 4 taking off on a 4-hour golfing journey. There was a usual mixture of happy & frustrated faces out on a golf course and later in the club house, and plenty of “could have been” stories, but no one complained about the experience. It is also pleasing to see a crop of next generation golfers joining the club, which all goes well for the future of our Club. Welcome to all our new members and we sincerely hope you’ll find the atmosphere enjoyable & well worth being a part of.

As for the scoring on the day, it didn’t reflect the perfect playing conditions with large number of players scoring in the high 70’s and up to mid 80’s. Of course there always are exceptions and first round after receiving his club handicap, John Kindtner came in with a 61 net score to leave a wide gap between himself & the rest of the field. Couple of other players shot in the 60’s which was a great effort on their part.

The round winners were as follows:

 NTP 2nd Hole

Phil Sprague

 NTP 5th Hole

Rob Cosic

 
NTP 17th Hole

Miro Kurtovic

 LD 6th Hole

Mark Tomasevic

 LD 14th Hole

Rob Cosic

 Drive & Pitch 17th Hole

John Kindtner

 Winner & Qualifier

John Kindtner

 Runner Up

David Matijevic

 3rd Place

Mitch Smilovic