Golf
13 November, 2026
Dovaston wins Naylor Agencies Monthly Medal
A good field of 36 players played the stroke round monthly medal last Saturday at Warracknabeal Golf Club.
Twelve ladies also competed in their stableford event.
It was the best field we've had for quite a while – just shows how the quality of the course is inviting to all golfers.
The winner of the Naylor Agencies Pty Ltd Monthly Medal was Wayne Dovaston, who had a net 70 score.
This was won on a countback from Paul Norris, also with 70 net.
Other good scores were Jake Jess 71 net, Richard Bett 72 net, Brenton Cheney and Russell Blandthorn 73 net and Stan Ryan 74 net.
The ladies' winner was in-form ladies golfer Sue Krause with 36 points.
The runner-up was Judi Armstrong with 35 points on a countback.
NTP: 5th men nil, ladies Leonie Saunders; 7th men Ross Laycock, ladies Judi Armstrong; 13th men Garry Krahe, ladies Leonie Saunders.
NTP second shot 9th hole: Dean Gunn
The bonus winner on the 13th hole was Gary Krahe.
Annual tournament
Next week's event is part of the annual tournament that is being played over four days: Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday November 12 to 15.
Thursday was an 18-hole 4BBB stableford for both men and ladies.
Friday is the very prestigious Nola Clark Memorial, which is a women's event of 4BBB versus par - no men on this day.
Assembly is at 9.30am.
Saturday is also the prestigious men's Golden Putter 36-hole 4BBB versus par.
It has a 7.30am assembly.
Sunday is the social event for a mixed field, an 18-hole pinehurst, along with an open event for all who wish to play stableford (both men and ladies).
Assembly is at 10.30am for both events.
Entries for both the Nola Clark Memorial and the men's Golden Putter need to be in the day before the event (before noon).
There is a sheet in the clubrooms for entry names.
It has been advised that there will be preferred lies up to one card length on fairways only during the tournament.
District championships
The Wimmera District Golf Association championships will be played at the club on Saturday November 21, with all entries required by the preceding Thursday (November 19) via the WDGA website.
If anyone requires help to enter through the site, contact club captain David Flannery.
Also, we're advising that there will be no Warracknabeal golf event on the Saturday of the Wimmera championships.
Therefore, if local members want to play golf on that day they will need to enter through the WDGA website.
Winners of this event must contact Kaye Picken for embroidering to be arranged.
The WDGA championships are 18- and 36-hole events.
Good old days
Geoff Hausler was telling me the other day that when he was a boy, his mum would send him down to Stan Vaughan's milkbar with $1 and he'd go home with five potatoes, two loaves of bread, three bottles of milk, a hunk of cheese, a box of tea and six eggs.
"You can't do that now," he said.
"Too many security cameras."
Competition standings
The Shearwater Road to Port Fairy Competition – standings at October 31:
Men: 57 Brenton Cheney; 49 Danny Kearns, Kym Stepney; 46 Russell Blandthorn; 43 David Flannery; 42 John Jess; 40 Dean Gunn; 38 Garry Krahe; 37 Alan Habel, Ryan Smith; 36 Dennis Murphy; 34 Mark Lovett; 33 Ryan McKenzie; 31 Jake Cheney; 30 Richard Bett, Nathan Holland, Jamie Weston; 28 Stan Ryan, David Trippett; 27 David Baxter; 24 Andrew Bell; 23 Paul Euvrard, Nick Germano; 20 John Barbetti; 19 Ross Laycock; 18 Tim Bryce, Ron Thouliss; 17 Derek Picken, Terry Sanders, Wayne Henderson; 16 Michael Cheney, Mick Marchment; 15 John Peters; 13 Alan McLean; 11 Brian Scott, Wayne Dovaston; 10 Caleb Powell
Ladies: 70 Debby Barling; 55 Julie Bayles, Leonie Saunders; 51 Kaye Picken; 50 Julie Koschitzke; 49 Cindy Marsh; 48 Lorraine Sleep; 44 Wendy Hewitt; 42 Karen Germano, Isabel Davison