By Colin Hindson
The Shield competition, for players with a medium handicap, is continuing and the Noosa team the team travelled to Headland/Buderim on 14 July and did not do so well, going down 8-2. Sally Stopps and Mike Studley each had one win. On 28 June the team had a good 6-4 win against Caloundra, with James Martin winning all three games – well done James. On 26 July the team played Bribie Island at Noosa and won 6-4. James Martin had a good day, winning both his singles and the doubles. The Shield team will now be second on the ladder.
On Monday 24 May, the Plate team (high handicaps) played Coolum Club at Noosa. The result was a very close. Games were level at the end of play, and a countback showed both teams had the same number of hoops, so a tie was declared and the points shared. Teresa Martin, Susie Locke and Lorry Ryan all had two wins each for Noosa. On 19 July, the Plate team visited Bribie Island, and had a solid 7-3 win, with Susie Locke winning all three of her games and dropping her handicap – well done Susie. The Plate team is now level first on the ladder, behind by just a few hoops on percentage.
The Pennant team of low handicappers played Headland at Headland and lost 6-4. Niven Gugich, John Dark and Rob Moncrieff each won one singles game, and Niven Gugich and Rob Moncrieff also won their doubles game. On 19 July, the low handicap team had a good win against Bribie Island at home, winning 7-3. Niven Gugich and John Dark both had good wins. They are now second on the ladder, and it looks like the final game against Headland coming up will be the decider for the pennant championship.
The Jan van der Linden Division 2 Handicap Golf Singles is a club competition for members in the 9-12 Handicap range. Three preliminary rounds were played in February, April and June. The winner and runner-up from each round, Cher Boyd, Charlie Younger, Sally Walker, Mike Studley, Sheila Moncrieff andTeresa Martin, competed in the finals played on 17 and 24 July, with Sheila Moncrieff emerging as the winner – a great effort. This means the JvdL Shields for Divisions 1 and 2 have been won by Rob and Sheila Moncrieff – a family affair.
The Noosa Association croquet team (combined with Coolum as “Cooloosa”) played at the Maleny courts on 14 July and had a narrow loss to the Range 2-1. However, this team sits on top of the ladder with a good hoop advantage.
An honorary mention to Richard Bawden who managed to score the elusive two hoops in one shot achievement in golf croquet. Noosa has its own medal for such an achievement and Richard was allowed to wear the medal for a fleeting moment.
