Golf
18 May, 2025
New golfer wins first trophy
A three-person ambrose was played at the Warracknabeal Golf Club last Saturday and the team of Ryan McKenzie, Brenton Cheney and newcomer Dalton Jaensch won the event with a net 60.5 off an 8.5 handicap.
Runners up were Andrew Bell, Caleb Powell and Nick Germano with a 61 5/6 net (hcp 13 1/6). These are also relatively new names/new members in the winning circle.
Twenty one men and seven ladies competed in their respective events.
The mens event was sponsored by John Peters and Daryl Mackay, thank you to these two golfing sponsors.
Other good scores were Gary Krahe, Dennis Murphy and Kym Stepney with 62 1/3 and Dean Gunn, Daniel Kearns and Ryan Smith on 62 5/6.
Tomorrow’s mens event is a stableford event with Derek Picken and Peter Schilling on the draw.
Ladies winner was Casey Phelan (12) with 32 stableford points. Runner-up was Corrine Heintze (17) with 31 points.
Nearest the pin second shot ninth hole was Gary Krahe. Closest on the fifth hole was Casey Phelan, on the seventh hole was David Flannery and Corrine Heintze and on the 13th hole was Gary Krahe and Sue Sanford.
The Palace Hotel Meal Run last Thursday was won on the first nine holes by Terry Sanders with an excellent 23 points followed by Gary Krahe also with a very good score of 22 points.
The back nine holes was a continuation of the first nine from Terry Sanders with another 21 points. Runner-up was Wayne Chivell with 19 points.
Needless to say the winner of the 18 hole event was Terry Sanders with a total of 44 points (say goodbye to that handicap Terry).
Nearest the pin 13th hole was Gary Krahe.
Joke of the week.
Two sisters, one blonde and one brunette, inherit the family ranch. Unfortunately, after just a few years, they are in financial trouble. In order to keep the bank from repossessing the ranch, they need to purchase a bull from the stockyard in a far town so that they can breed their own stock.
They only have $600 left. Upon leaving, the brunette tells her sister, “When I get there, if I decide to buy the bull, I’ll contact you to drive out after me and haul it home.”
The brunette arrives at the stockyard, inspects the bull, and decides she wants to buy it. The man tells her that he will sell it for $599, no less. After paying him, she drives to the nearest town to send her sister a telegram to tell her the news.
She walks into the telegraph office and says, “I want to send a telegram to my sister telling her that I’ve bought a bull for our ranch. I need her to hitch the trailer to our pickup truck and drive out here so we can haul it home.”
The telegraph operator explains that he’ll be glad to help her, then adds, “lt’s just 99 cents a word. “Well, after paying for the bull, the brunette only has $1 left.
She realises that she’ll only be able to send her sister one word.
After a few minutes of thinking, she nods and says, “I want you to send her one word: comfortable.”
The operator shakes his head. “How is she ever going to know that you want her to hitch the trailer to your pickup truck and drive out here to haul that bull back to your ranch if you send her just the word “comfortable?”
The brunette explains, “My sister’s a blonde. The word is big. She’ll read it very slowly ... com-for-da-bull.”
Oh My!! How funny!