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 PTS NEW
H'CAP
 GMART  64.0   *14.9
 GOOEY  54.5     15.5
 HENRY  54.0       8.6
 MURF

 48.5

       7.2
 SCHIMMA  45.0     14.7
 QUINNY  44.5     26.6
 TUBBSY  42.0     14.9
 ROBBO  41.5     18.0
 BEAN  39.0    38.6
 JIMMY  38.5     24.2
 MIKE  37.5    31.2
 WALLY   0.0    38.7
MATCHPLAY
STANDINGS
after FINAL

 PLAYER

 HOLES
UP		 PTS
POOL A
QUINNY 5 9.5
TUBBSY 9 9.0
MURF 1 8.5
ROBBO 7 5.0
BEAN 6 5.0
WALLY   0.0
POOL B
MIKE 17 10.5
GOOEY 14 10.5
HENRY 9 7.5
JIMMY 5 6.0
GMART 3 6.0
SCHIMMA 8 4.5
 
SEMI FINALS
SF1   MURF d TUBBSY 4 & 3
SF2   HENRY d GOOEY 4 & 3
PRELIM FINALS
PF1         HENRY d Q 1up
PF2         MURF d MIKE 1up
GRAND FINAL
MURF d HENRY AS (Conceded/Total Capitulation)He Gave Up Jimmy!!
 
 
 
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 ROUND 6 & 7 PREVIEW
 YARRAWONGA MURRAY - 12.15PM FRIDAY 6 MARCH - STABLEFORD & MATCHPLAY SEMIS
 YARRAWONGA LAKES - 10.00AM SATURDAY 7 MARCH - STABLEFORD & MATCHPLAY PRELIMS
 BLACK BULL GC, YARRAWONGA - 8.40AM SUNDAY 8 MARCH - MATCHPLAY FINAL
YARRAWONGA MURRAY YARRAWONGA LAKES
                          
The "Massey Final's Super Weekend" is at Yarrawonga Murray and Lakes Course on Friday 6 Mar @ 12.15pm and Saturday 7 Mar @ 10.00am respectively, playing stableford.

As we did last year I believe that on Sunday 8 March @ 8.40am at Black Bull will now be the "matchplay singles" day of the proposed "all weekend" 6 v 6 (Ryder Cup style) matchplay teams event which will also include The Matchplay Final! The groups for Friday & Saturday will be drawn to reflect the 6 man teams, being represented by 2 v 2 in each group and will probably be playing a fourball/bestball on Friday for "all weekend" team points and maybe Fourball/Aggregate Pairs on Saturday in conjunction with the Massey & Matchplay events

Murf will have it all sorted.

The Matchplay finalists will probably be in the last group on each day.

Playing groups and Team v Team matchups will be selected by the Team Captains (Matchplay Pool Winners) on Thursday & Friday evenings.
Sundays playing groups including the all important singles match ups will be selected by the Team Captains on Saturday evening.

Massey Recap:-
Glenn, chasing his sixth Massey crown, last won in 2022/23 when The Yellow Breasted Cock Sucker was first sighted has a 2 pt lead over Gooey (chasing his 4th, last won in 2018/19). Meanwhile Henry has jumped to third but is 8.5 pts from the lead hoping to "Not" win The Massey for an 11th time (last one was 2024/2025). Bean is not far behind him in 4th while Mike has crashed to 5th and 13.5 pts to make up.

The Matchplay semi finals are Pool A - Tubbsy (0 Semis, 0 Finals for 0 Win) v Murf (5SF,3F,1W) winner to play Mike (4 Semis, 4 Finals for 1 Win) in Prelim Final and Pool B - Gooey (7SF,4F,3W) v Henry (3SF,2F,1W). winner to play Q (4SF,3F,1W) in Prelim Final.

Mike is still an outside shot at achieving the famed "Massey Triple Crown" after winning Scoot's VB Classic at Montuna.
The Massey & Matchplay Double is still a possibility for Gooey, Henry and to a lesser extent Mike & Murf.

CHART FORM:
 Note: High, Low & Avg scores do not include "Stroke" Round

MURRAY COURSE
Player Tubbsy Jimmy Mike Gooey Glenn Murph Mark Ray Q Bean Wally Westy Robbo
Starts 1 12 8 11 12 9 2 3 11 11 1 11 2
Wins 0 2 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2nds 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
3rds 0 1 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1
Last 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0
High Score  30 44 36 33 40 41 33 39 28 35 25 37 34
Low Score 30 28 26 31 28 27 33 29 23 26 25 32 34
Avg Pts 30.0 34.8 30.7 32.0 35.5 32.7 33.0 35.0 25.3 30.0 25.0 34.3 34.0


LAKES COURSE
Player Tubbsy Jimmy Mike Gooey Glenn Murph Fussy Ray Q Bean Wally Westy Robbo
Starts 0 13 7 13 13 7 5 7 12 10 1 10 5
Wins 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
2nds 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 1
3rds 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 0 2 0
Last 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
High Score  N/A 42 39 38 36 39 35 39 43 39 18 40 39
Low Score N/A 33 33 26 31 34 31 34 31 25 18 33 27
Avg Pts N/A 37.5 35.8 31.5 33.3 35.5 31.0 35.7 34.3 30.5 18.0 36.4 33.8
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 ROUND FIVE WRAP - DROUIN GC
Hot & steamy with a top of around 30deg and no wind to speak of. Wally was the only one missing and Twat once again filled in.

Tubbsy had a sudden return to form to belie his rising handicap with an excellent score of 42 (20 out / 22 in) and Gooey (22/15) & Bean (18/19) came in equal 2nd with 37pts each.

Other scores were:

GMart 36 (20/16), Henry 35 (18/17), Q 35 (19/16), Murf 33 (16/17), Jimmy 33 (19/14), Twat 32 (15/17), Schimma 31 (15/16), Robbo 31 (18/13) & Mike 28 (15/13).

Glenn, chasing his sixth Massey crown, last won in 2022/23 when The Yellow Breasted Cock Sucker was first sighted has a 2 pt lead over Gooey (chasing his 4th, last won in 2018/19). Meanwhile Henry has jumped to third but is 8.5 pts from the lead hoping to "Not" win The Massey for an 11th time (last one was 2024/2025). Bean is not far behind him in 4th while Mike has crashed to 5th and 13.5 pts to make up.

PERSONAL MASSEY BEST: Stableford - A.Cameron 42 (prev 40)

The Nancarrow's Cup match play results were as follows:

Pool A - Tubbsy d Bean 5 & 4; Q v Murf AS; Robbo d Wally by Forf.
Pool B - Jimmy d Schimma 3 & 2; Gooey d GMart 3 & 2; Henry d Mike 5 & 4.

The matchplay semi finals are Pool A - Tubbsy (0 Semis, 0 Finals for 0 Win) v Murf (5SF,3F,1W) winner to play Mike (4 Semis, 4 Finals for 1 Win) in Prelim Final and Pool B - Gooey (7SF,4F,3W) v Henry (3SF,2F,1W). winner to play Q (4SF,3F,1W) in Prelim Final.

The final rounds are at Yarrawonga (Murray) on Friday 6 March at 12.15pm and Yarrawonga (Lakes) on Saturday 7 March at 10.00am. Then on Sunday 8 March at 8.40am at Black Bull will be The Matchplay Final.

Stand by for the Final Weekend preview:

|Full Massey Score Details|

[full matchplay details/results] 
 
 ROUND 5 PREVIEW -  DROUIN GC - 12.08pm SUNDAY 1 MARCH 2026 - STAB 
  
 
         
The next round is at Drouin Golf & Country Club on Sunday 1 March from 12.08pm playing stableford.

The playing groups with matchplay pairs are as follows:

Group 1                                     Group 2                                   Group 3
Bean v Tubbsy (Pool A)             Q v Murf (Pool A)                    Robbo v Wally (Pool A)           
Schimma v Jimmy (Pool B)       Gooey v GMart (Pool B)          Henry v Mike  (Pool B) 

In Pool A - Murf & Q are playing for top spot and a direct route to a Prelim and have secured a place in the semi, win lose or draw. While Tubbsy & Bean are playing for the other spot in the semi. Then Robbo.....well Robbo is fucked! Unless Tubbsy & Bean are no shows.

In Pool B - Mike is in prime position to go straight to a Prelim. Glenn needs to win or hope Schimma, Henry & Jimmy all lose. Schimma & Henry need to win & win bigly if Gooey loses to Glenn. While Jimmy is still a "mathematical" chance if he beats Schimma and Henry & Glenn both lose!

BBQ & beers in the car park after the game.

No chart form, as we have only played two rounds at "The Track".
COURSE: DROUIN PAR: 71
GAME: DATE: 19-Jan-25
1
A.SAWYER 41
37.5 35.0
12.0
45.5 1
2
S.LAMEY 39 87 18.9 17.4
11.0
43.0 2
3
M.ROBINSON 37 89 18.6 18.1
9.0
24.5 9
3
P.WEST 37 80 9.7 9.2
9.0
38.5 4
3
R.WISEMAN 37
15.3 14.8
9.0
31.5 5
6
D.MURPHY 36
7.2 7.2
7.0
31.0 7
7
M.O'CONNOR 35
25.3 25.4
6.0
8
G.MARTIN 33
17.1 17.4
4.5
27.0 8
8
M.HALL 33
34.8 35.1
4.5
31.5 5
10
I.QUINTON 32
26.3 26.7
4.0
40.5 3
11
M.BEARDMORE 37.7 37.7
0.0
23.5 10
11
A.CAMERON 13.8 13.8
0.0
14.0 12
11
J.GRIFFITHS 22.6 22.6
0.0
23.0 11

COURSE: DROUIN PAR: 72
GAME: STAB DATE: 19-Oct-08
1
K.BAXTER 46
43.9 38.9
12.0
12.0 1
2
G.MARTIN 41
21.1 18.6
11.0
11.0 2
3
J.GRIFFITHS 37 96 24.9 24.4
10.0
10.0 3
4
M.HALL 36 98 24.3 24.3
8.0
8.0 4
4
M.O'CONNOR 36
25.3 25.3
8.0
8.0 4
4
I.QUINTON 36
27.6 27.6
8.0
8.0 4
7
A.SAWYER 35 103 30.4 30.5
6.0
6.0 7
8
D.MURPHY 34
14.4 14.6
5.0
5.0 8
9
S.SOUTAR 32 120 43.2 43.6
4.0
4.0 9
10
R.WISEMAN 31
11.9 12.4
3.0
3.0 10
11
S.LAMEY 29
19.6 20.3
2.0
2.0 11
12
P.WEST 28
3.7 4.5
1.0
1.0 12

 
 THE ROUND FOUR WRAP - BERWICK MONTUNA GC (SCOOT'S VB CLASSIC)

Warm and sticky conditions with a cool change whipping through on the front nine, then back to 30 deg again on the back for our return to Montuna. Wally was our only scratching and was replaced by David (Twot) Twite, who was also present at our only other round at Montuna in Sept 1991.

Groups for Scoot's VB Classic were .... SL/MR/JG/IQ,  DM/PW/RW/AC & DT/GM/MH/AS

At the half way mark the scores were: Twot & Tubbsy 22, Mike 20, Robbo 19, Gooey, Glenn & Q 17, Henry 16, Jimmy & Bean 15, Schimma 14 & Murf 11.

Mike powered home to compile a massive 25 pts on the back nine and take out his maiden Scoot's VB Classic with a total of 45 (20 out/25 in). A consistent Robbo came in second with 37 (19/18) while David "The Real Difference" Twite was 3rd on 36 (22/14) . GMart & Gooey maintain 1st & 2nd spots overall while Mike has rocketed to 3rd with a bullet.

Other scores were:
Henry 35 (16/19), Gooey 35 (17/18), GMart 35 (17/18), Tubbsy 35 (22/13), Schimma 34 (14/20), Murf 33 (11/22), Jimmy 33 (15/18), Q 33 (17/16) & Bean 27 (15/12).

The Scoot's VB Classic Team results were:
DM/PW/RW/AC - 34pts (brought ball home).
DT/GM/MH/AS - 22pts (lost ball in water off 10th tee)
SL/MR/JG/IQ- 17pts (lost ball in water off 10th tee)

The Nancarrow's Cup match play results were as follows:

Pool A - Q d Robbo 1 up; Tubbsy d Murf 3 & 2; Bean d Wally by Forf.
Pool B - Gooey d Jimmy 4 & 3; Henry v Schimma AS; Mike d GMart 6 & 5.

The next round is at Drouin Golf Club on Sunday 1 March at 12.08pm. Followed by beers & BBQ in the car park (inc. announcement of match play finalists!) - Standby for groups and the all important last round matchplay pairings....

|Full Massey Score Details|

[full matchplay details/results]
 
 ROUND 4 PREVIEW - BERWICK MONTUNA GC - 12.30pm SUNDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2026 - SCOOT's VB CLASSIC 
         
The next round is Scoot's VB Classic to be played at another blast from the past, the Berwick Montuna Golf Club on Sunday 8 February from 12.30pm playing stableford. First time back at the track since round 1 on 29 Sept 1991!

The playing groups with matchplay pairs and Scoot's Classic Teams are as follows:

Group 1                                 Group 2                                    Group 3
Q v Robbo (Pool A)               Murf v Tubbsy (Pool A)             Bean v Wally (Pool A)                  
Gooey v Jimmy (Pool B)       Henry v Schimma (Pool B)       Mike v GMart (Pool B)                 

Snags & "Neville Wrans" at the Beaconsfield Football Ground in Holm Park Reserve off Beaconsfield-Emerald Road.  Same spot as last round.

Records show that we have had only one previous round at Montuna. Which makes "Jimmy The Griff" the reigning champ, where he shed 6 shots from his handicap and half the field breaking par! Have a look at some of those handicaps....

NAME      NET STROKES H'CAP
NEW H'CAP    POINTS         TOTAL  

YEAR: 1991-1992 ROUND: 1
COURSE: MONTUNA PAR: 69
GAME: DATE: 29-Sep-91
1
J.GRIFFITHS 56 83 27.0 20.5
12.0
12.0 1
2
S.LAMEY 59 86 26.7 21.7
11.0
11.0 2
3
D.MURPHY 60 82 22.0 17.5
10.0
10.0 3
4
G.MARTIN 64 86 22.4 19.9
8.5
8.5 4
4
D.TWITE 64 84 19.9 17.4
8.5
8.5 4
6
C.RICHARDSON 66 84 18.3 16.8
7.0
7.0 6
7
A.SAWYER 70 103 32.9 33.1
6.0
6.0 7
8
B.GOODWIN 71 106 34.8 35.0
4.5
4.5 8
8
P.WEST 71 91 20.4 20.8
4.5
4.5 8
10
M.HALL 72 93 21.0 21.6
3.0
3.0 10
11
K.BAXTER 77 106 29.1 30.7
2.0
2.0 11
12
I.QUINTON 79 106 27.2 29.2
1.0
1.0 12

 
 
 THE ROUND THREE WRAP - BEACON HILLS Country Club

Strong easterly winds and a warm 27 degrees greeted us for our first sojourn in Beacon Hills since 1988. Wally was our only scratching and was replaced by Ross (Rossco) Newman.

A welcome return to form for Robbo saw him win the day with a score of 38 (18 out / 20 in). Murf also climbed the Massey table finishing 2nd scoring 36pts (20/16) and Gmart (3rd) consolidated with another good score of 35 (15/20) his lowest score this season and takes the overall lead!

Other scores were:
Henry 34 (18/16), Gooey 34 (19/15), Rossco 34 (20/14), Schimma 32 (15/17), Mike 32 (13/19), Bean 32 (13/19), Q 29 (16/13), Jimmy 24 (8/16) & Tubbsy 22 (7/15).

MASSEY COURSE BEST: Stableford - M.Robinson 38 (prev N/A)
MASSEY COURSE WORST: Stableford - A.Cameron 22 (prev N/A)
 PERSONAL MASSEY WORST: Handicap - A.Cameron 17.1 (prev 15.7)

The Nancarrow's Cup match play results were as follows:

Pool A - Murf d Bean 1 up; Q d Wally by Forf.; Robbo d Tubbsy 7 & 6.
Pool B - Mike v Gooey AS; Henry d Jimmy 4 & 2; Gmart d Schimma 1 up.

The next round is at Montuna Golf Club on Sunday 8 February at 12.30pm for Scoot's VB Classic - Standby for groups/teams in the Preview...

|Full Massey Score Details|

[full matchplay details/results]
 
 ROUND 3 PREVIEW - BEACON HILLS GC - 12.20pm SUNDAY 18 JANUARY 2026 - STAB 
   
         
The next round is a welcome return to Beacon Hills Golf Club on Sunday 18 January from 12.20pm playing stableford. First time back at the track since 1988!!

The playing groups with matchplay pairs are as follows:

Group 1                                 Group 2                                    Group 3
Q v Wally (Pool A)                Bean v Murf (Pool A)                 Robbo v Tubbsy (Pool A)                  
Henry v Jimmy (Pool B)        Gooey v Mike (Pool B)               Schimma v GMart (Pool B)                 

Snags & "Neville Wrans" at the Beaconsfield Football Ground in Holm Park Reserve off Beaconsfield-Emerald Road.  See map below.
We will drive past it on the way to the course.....

All previous scores at the track found on file are listed below. Note: There are quite a few scores missing from the first two seasons but I have all scores recorded from season 1987/88 onwards. So this is definitely our first game there since 11 December 1988. Which makes "Bonecrusher" the reigning champ!

NAME      NET STROKES H'CAP
NEW H'CAP    POINTS         TOTAL  

YEAR: 1985-1986 ROUND: 2
COURSE: BEACONHILLS LAKES PAR: 69
GAME: DATE: 24-Nov-85
1
K.BAXTER 69 104 35.0 35.0
5.5
7.5 4
1
R.BRADSWORTH 69 104 35.0 35.0
5.5
8.5 1
3
I.QUINTON 77 112 35.0 35.0
4.0
8.0 2
4
J.GRIFFITHS 80 103 23.0 25.0
3.0
8.0 2
5
G.MARTIN 83 118 35.0 35.0
2.0
3.0 5
6
S.LAMEY 22.0
1.0
7.0 6
YEAR: 1988-1989 ROUND: 3
COURSE: BEACONHILLS LAKES PAR: 69
GAME: DATE: 11-Dec-88
1
B.GOODWIN 66 100 34.7 33.2
10.0
21.5 2
2
C.RICHARDSON 68 87 19.0 18.3
8.0
20.0 4
2
M.WEST 68 104 36.2 35.7
8.0
16.0 7
2
I.QUINTON 68 102 33.7 33.2
8.0
20.5 3
5
P.WEST 69 99 29.7 29.7
6.0
19.5 5
6
K.BAXTER 71 95 24.4 24.8
5.0
24.0 1
7
G.MARTIN 74 100 26.1 27.1
4.0
13.5 8
8
S.LAMEY 78 102 23.7 25.5
3.0
16.5 6
9
J.GRIFFITHS 82 108 26.2 28.8
2.0
7.0 9
10
M.FREEMAN 38.0 38.0
1.0
6.5 10

 
 
 THE ROUND TWO WRAP - LANG LANG GC

A very windy 35 to 45 km/h with gusts to 60km/h made scoring difficult for most. Wally was our only scratching.

No problems though for GMart (17 out/ 21 in) and The Bean (21/17) who came in with a pair of 38's to share the big points. While Henry (17/19) & Schimma (20/16) shared 3rd place with 36 pts each. They were the only ones to manage par or better.

Other scores were:
Tubbsy 30 (13/17), Mike 30 (18/12), Gooey 26 (13/13), Robbo 26 (14/12), Jimmy 26 (14/12), Q 25 (14/11) & Murf 23 (14/9).

PERSONAL COURSE BEST: Stableford - G.Martin 38 (prev 36); P.West 36 (=prev 36)
PERSONAL COURSE WORST: Stableford - A.Cameron 30 (prev 32); S.Lamey 26 (prev 27); M.Robinson 26 (prev 27); I.Quinton 25 (prev 28)
 PERSONAL MASSEY WORST: Handicap - A.Cameron 15.7 (prev 15.1)

The Nancarrow's Cup match play results were as follows:

Pool A - Murf d Wally by Forf.; Bean d Robbo 6 & 5; Tubbsy d Q 1up.
Pool B - Mike d Jimmy 5 & 3; GMart d Henry 2 & 1; Schimma d Gooey 8 & 7.

The next round is at Beacon Hills Golf Club on Sunday 18 January at 12.20pm - Standby for groups in the Preview...

|Full Massey Score Details|

[full matchplay details/results]
 
 ROUND 2 PREVIEW - LANG LANG GC - 12.15pm SUNDAY 14 DECEMBER 2025 - STAB 
         
The next round is at Lang Lang Golf Club on Sunday 14 December from 12.15pm playing stableford.

The playing groups with matchplay pairs are as follows:

Group 1                                 Group 2                                    Group 3
Q v Tubbsy (Pool A)            Robbo v Bean (Pool A)               Murf v Wally (Pool A)                  
Mike v Jimmy (Pool B)        Henry v GMart (Pool B)               Schimma v Gooey (Pool B)                 

BBQ & Beers in the car park after the game.

CHART FORM (Never Lies!):
 High, Low & Avg scores do not include "Stroke" Rounds
Player Jimmy Mike Gooey Glenn Murph Tubbsy Ray Q Bean Wally Westy Robbo
Starts 16 14 14 15 14 1 4 16 14 2 12 3
Wins 3 3 4 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0
2nds 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
3rds 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 3 1
Last 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
High Score 39 37 38 36 35 32 40 36 39 29 36 34
Low Score 24 24 27 29 21 32 28 28 30 22 24 27
Avg Pts 30.8 32.8 31.0 32.2 30.3 32.0 33.8 31.3 32.8 25.5 31.4 31.3


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 THE ROUND ONE WRAP - BAY VIEWS GC

We returned for another go at kick starting the 41st edition of The Massey. This time in beautiful warm & sunny conditions around 26 degrees and I think for the very first time a midweek round on a Wednesday. Wally, Tubbsy & Robbo were unavailable and Dickie filled in one of the spots for us..

The 1st & 18th holes were under renovation and had temporary tees making the holes much much shorter than usual. 18 played as a 92m par 3! Gooey put on a master class to claim victory with a very high score of 46pts (22 out / 24 in - 79 strokes). Q also scored well with 44pts (21/23) for 2nd and Murf with a very handy 40 (22/18) came in 3rd.

Other scores were:
Jimmy 39 (21/18), GMart 38 (18/20), Mike 38 (21/17), Bean 38 (19/19), Schimma 31 (17/14), Henry 30 (15/15)  & Dickie 29 (14/15).

PERSONAL MASSEY BEST:  Strokes - D.Murphy 74 (prev 76 @ Bay Views 2005/06 off 14.6);
                                                              S.Lamey 79 (prev 80 @ Flinders 2010/11 off 19.1)
 PERSONAL MASSEY BEST:  Stableford - S.Lamey 46 (=prev 46 @ Cape Schanck 2015/16 off 21.2).
 PERSONAL MASSEY BEST:  Handicap - S.Lamey 13.6 (prev 14.1).
 PERSONAL COURSE BEST:  Strokes - S.Lamey 79 (prev 81 in 11/12); D.Murphy 74 (prev 76 in 05/06); I.Quinton 89 (=prev 89 in 16/17)
PERSONAL COURSE BEST:  Stableford - S.Lamey 46 (prev 43); D.Murphy 40 (prev 38);
PERSONAL COURSE WORST:  Stableford - R.Wiseman 31 (prev 31 last year)

The Nancarrow's Cup match play results were as follows:

Pool A - Q d Bean 4 & 3; Murf d Robbo by Forfiet; Tubbsy v Wally No Result.
Pool B - Gooey d Henry 7 & 5; Jimmy d GMart  2up; Mike d Schimma 6 & 4.

The next round is at Lang Lang Golf Club on Sunday 14 December at 12.15pm - Standby for groups...

|Full Massey Score Details|

[full matchplay details/results]
 
 "NOT"  ROUND ONE WRAP - BAYVIEWS GC - TOTAL WASHOUT!

There were two known scratchings for the day with Schimma & Wally out and Ol' Mate(s) Twat & Kenny were in as subs. While Robbo, well Robbo just didn't bother turning up at all.

The rain had well and truly set in and there was no end in site. It was unanimously decided to call the day off and postpone to another day.

So we all headed down to the BBQ area for a couple of hours to make use of the "supplies". The only action for the day was watching Q make 47 attempts at reverse parking his fogged up ute in the pouring rain. Many considered it to be more of a "look away" moment. What can I say! These days I get excited just thinking about parking in a tight space!!!

We were able to ratify that the top 3 players (total 6) qualify for the Matchplay Finals as proposed. It was also agreed that all forfeit's are worth only 2 points regardless of playing a sub. This resolves the problem of who gets to play for the extra point when there is only one sub and three scratching's. Lets face it, if you can't make the top 3 in your group with a free gift of 2 points for a forfeit in what would have been a 50/50 match then you don't deserve to get in.

Also discussed was the option of playing Canadian Pairs (alternative shots) on the Sunday of The Finals weekend. This would involve only 5 pairs plus the Matchplay Final pairing. We could hold the singles matches (6 team points) on the Saturday during The Massey final round bringing the 6 man team event to a close after 9 matches as Friday can still be the 4BBB pairs or Aggregate Stableford Pairs (3 team points) during round 6 of the Massey. (It was also mentioned that there should be no coaching of your team mate as The Massey points must come first to keep the integrity of the overall result - every point can make a difference!).

 Anyway, Round 1 has now been rescheduled to Wednesday 3 December at 12.30pm back at Bay Views with the after match BBQ at the foreshore reserve (see map in preview below.
 
 FIRST ROUND - BAY VIEWS - POSTPONED to  12.30 PM WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER 2025 - STABLEFORD
         
The following courses/dates are confirmed for season 2025/26.- Well done Jimmy inc some old favs!

Round 1   Sunday    26 October at 12.00pm - BAY VIEWS
Round 2   Sunday    14 December at 12.15pm - LANG LANG
Round 3   Sunday    18 January at 12.20pm - BEACON HILLS
Round 4   Sunday      8 February at 12.30pm - MONTUNA
Round 5   Sunday      1 March at 12.06pm - DROUIN
Round 6   Friday        6 March at 12.15pm - YARRAWONGA MURRAY
Round 7   Saturday    7 March at 10.00am - YARRAWONGS LAKES
Day 3       Sunday      8 March at 8.40am - BLACK BULL

All these dates / courses will be listed in "SCHEDULE" tab if you need to find them again.

The starting handicaps are shown to the left (in the FINAL SCORE table) and starting groups are determined by the crossing over of the matchplay tables ie 1st, 3rd & 5th of Pool A are re-pooled with 2nd, 4th & 6th from Pool B and the previously set Matchplay schedule using player numbers 1 to 6 sets the groups - ie no draw required.

The playing groups with matchplay pairs are as follows:

Group 1                                   Group 2                                  Group 3
Q v Bean (Pool A)                   Tubbsy v Wally (Pool A)          Murf v Robbo (Pool A)           
Mike v Schimma (Pool B)        Henry v Gooey (Pool B)          GMart v Jimmy (Pool B)

Note: *Henry's starting handicap has been adjusted to 7.3 after the 10% (min 1 stroke) Walter Lindrum rule is applied.


Now Gents, I have an idea to bring the Matchplay out of the VFL era & into the AFL era by not 4 but 6 out of 12 players in the finals ie "top 3".
The finals weekend would see A2 v A3 and B2 v B3 in semis on Friday with A1 and B1 straight through to prelims on Saturday vs crossover winners of Fridays semis. Then the winners of the Saturday prelims meeting in the Grand Final on Sunday.
If we continue with the Super 6's concept you would then have 3 players for each team already selected ie A1/B2/B3 and B1/A2/A3.
Thoughts??

Also, since we were instructed last year not to BBQ in the outside car park anymore we will now have our beers & sausages at the foreshore BBQ shelter. The Tom Salt Memorial Park Playground - See map below. The portable BBQ will be onboard in case it is busy.


CHART FORM (Never Lies!):
High, Low & Avg scores do not include "Stroke" Rounds
Player Jimmy Mike Gooey Glenn Murf Fussy Ray Q Bean Wally Westy Robbo Tubbsy
Starts 29 22 27 30 23 14 14 29 27 4 29 7 2
Wins 5 4 1 4 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 1 0
2nds 9 1 2 3 0 2 1 4 3 0 5 0 1
3rds 3 0 5 3 3 3 2 2 8 1 3 0 1
Last 3 2 1 4 1 0 0 3 2 0 5 0 0
High Score 49 49 43 43 38 47 41 46 43 37 40 46 40
Low Score 29 26 34 31 23 29 31 29 29 28 29 26 39
Avg Pts 39.1 34.8 37.3 36.4 34.2 38.2 35.8 37.2 35.6 33.0 34.5 34.3 39.5


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2024/2025 FINAL ROUND WRAP - RICH RIVER GC  ECHUCA - WEST COURSE
Another hot top of 39 deg expected so its is a bit of a relief to be playing in the morning.

Who will take out the historic 40th edition of the Massey. Gooey (51Pts) looking for Massey number 4, Beano (49.5) striving for his 3rd. Possibly an unprecedented 10th Massey for Paul "I've never won the Massey, everyone else loses it!" West (48.5). An unlikely number five for the floundering Q (43.5) or an overdue 2nd for Mike (also 43.5). Surely, they won't totally capitulate and help Henry "not" win another one.

The Groups were drawn in accordance with the Super 6 Captains choices..... AS/GM/MH/RW, IQ/DM/JG/PW & AC/MR/SL/MB. (The leading five in bold letters).

At the half way mark the scores were:

Jimmy 20, Schimma 20, Henry 19, Wally 19, Glenn 17, Robbo 16,  Bean 15, Gooey 15, Tubbsy 15, Mike 14, Q 14 & Murf 13.
The "live ladder" with 9 holes remaining would see Henry take the lead by 2pts over Gooey and 3.5pts over Bean. Schimma moves to 4th 7pts behind. While in the immortal words heard this time last year, Q & Mike need "to lift!!" would be 13pts adrift....
At the completion of the final round the scores were:
Robbo 40 (16 out / 24 in), Henry 38 (19/19), Schimma 38 (20/18), Jimmy 37 (20/17), Glenn 32 (17/15), Tubbsy 31 (15/16), Mike 31 (14/17), Wally 30 (19/11), Gooey 26 (15/11), Q 26 (14/12), Murf 25 (13/12), & Bean 23 (15/8). (Capitulation completed!)

After coming into the weekend 7.5pts from the leader, it is extremely disappointing to all but one, that, after the top three meekly surrendered in the heat, Henry has now officially "NOT" won a 10th Massey and the first time he "hasn't" won since 2015/16 and hopefully he does "not" win like that again.

A classic example of how everyone else literally fell over and let him "not" win again!!:  Watch - https://youtube.com/shorts/5nx24G6xTac?si=c1rUeykACqn51X-a


Super 6ixers; Teams were drawn before the final Massey round by the Captains Henry & Q.
The format for Day 2 is Four Ball Stableford Aggregate (Pairs).

The matches were called by the Captains as follows: AS/GM (A) v MH/RW (B); IQ/DM (A) v JG/PW (B) and AC/MR (A) v SL/MB (B).

Day 2  results were:
Match 4 - MH/RW (B) d AS/GM (A) 5 & 3.
Match 5 - JG/PW (B) d IQ/DM (A) 5 & 4.
Match 6 - AC/MR (A) d SL/MB (B) 5 & 4.

Team B now take an imposing 5 to 1 lead into Day 3 where there are 6 singles matches to be played..

More good fun was to be had on Saturday night as we mosey'd on over to the clubs' dining room for a well earned meal after consuming copious amounts off our refreshing ales to extinguish our dry palettes. While waiting for our meals, Tubbsy gave us an unforgettable re-enactment of Henry's impression of a beached whale after trying to run across a hot sandy beach and blowing a calf muscle just short of the waters' edge. The well refreshed Tubbsy lept from his seat and proceeded to the middle of the now full dining room while demonstrating how the stumbling Westy looked after apparently first breaking his thong while taking on the hot sand then in further desperation to get to the water he blows a calf ending up prostrate on the beach assuming the look of the stranded beast. All at the total bemusement of the confused diners. "Does anyone have the number for triple 0?" may have been heard or even "is anyone here a marine biologist?". Top stuff Tubbsy!!
One unanswered question still remains, why did yours truly wake up the next morning with the taste of ear wax in his mouth??


Day 3 - Match Play Final between Gooey & The Bean (inc. The Super 6ers Matchplay Singles matches) is to be played at Rich River GC (East Course) Echuca / Moama on Sunday 23 February at 7.32am - 36deg with ominous dark clouds & possible storms.

The Groups/Super 6's matches as called by the Team Captains are....
Group 1 - Match 7 MR (A) v JG (B) & Match 8 AC (A) v RW (B)
Group 2 - Match 9 DM (A) v MH (B) & Match 10 IQ (A) v MB (B)
Group 3 - Match 11 GM (A) v PW (B) & Match 12 - The Matchplay Final AS (A) v SL (B)


The Nancarrows Cup Matchplay Final: Bean v Gooey

 As the day was designated for all matchplay conditions/games, the card was marked only as win/loss or half.
The Front 9: Bean won the first hole and the 2nd was halved. Bean wins again on 3 to be 2up. Gooey strikes back on the 4th and the next three were halved before Gooey goes bang bang on 8 & 9 to snatch the half way lead 1up. Looks like a tight one!

The Back 9: Not really much to write about as Gooey wins on 10,11,12,13 & 14 to win his third Matchplay Final 6 and 4.
Super 6ixers; The forrmat for Day 3 is Matchplay Singles.
Results were:
Match   7 - MR (A) d JG (B)   2&1.
Match   8 - RW (B) d AC (A)   2up.
Match   9 - DM (A) d MH (B)  1up.
Match 10 - GM (A) d PW (B)  3 & 2 - "I tore him a new one!"     ==>
Match 11 - MB (B) d IQ (A)    8 & 7 - *two new ones?!!!"
Match 12 - SL (B) d AS (A)    6 & 4 - Matchplay Final.

Team B win the Super 6ixers 8pts to 4.

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 2024/2025 ROUND SIX WRAP - RICH RIVER GC  ECHUCA - WEST COURSE

Off to another new destination for our Massey Finals Weekend. Beano, chasing his third Massey crown, last won when he completed his self acclaimed "Triple Crown" in 2011/12 has a 2.5 pt lead over Gooey (chasing his 4th, last won in 2018/19). Meanwhile Q has slumped to third and now 5 pts behind following two very disappointing rounds, clinging on in hope for a 5th title (last one was 2020/2021), but the real smoky currently in 4th who has been thereabouts all year without causing much fanfare is Henry (who last won in 2015/16) is within striking distance (7.5 pts) and chasing a precious "10th" Massey with not a word of "It's in the Bag!" this year.

The Matchplay semi finalists are Q (4 Semis, 3 Finals for 1 Win) v Bean (10SF,3F,3W) and Henry (2SF,2F,1W) v Gooey (6SF,3F,2W).
All four are a chance to achieve the Massey & Matchplay "Double" with The Mighty Bean also earning another opportunity of picking up the "Triple Crown" after winning Scoot's VB Classic earlier this season at Flinders.

Glenn, Murf, Jimmy, Mike, The Bean, Henry, Tubbsy and Wally arrived the prior afternoon (Thursday). Schimma & Robbo arrived on Friday morning after staying & having a round in Bendigo. While Gooey and Q rolled up just 10 minutes prior to tee off on Friday after taking a 5 hour "Cook's Tour" in an attempt to dodge peak hour traffic in Melbourne was diverted via Healesville, Toolangi, Yea, Seymour, Murchison & Rushworth due to unforseen road closures and other road works along the way.

Groups for the round were drawn in accordance with Murf's devised six man weekend teams event (Super 6's) as follows.... DM/MR/RW/MB, AC/GM/JG/MH, & IQ/AS/PW/SL (Matchplay SF's).

The weather was a hot top of 34deg.

At the half way mark scores were: Mike 21, Jimmy 20, Murf 20, Schima 19, Gooey 18, Henry 16, Q 16, Bean 16,  Glenn 14, Wally 13, Tubbsy 13 and Robbo 11.

At the conclusion of Friday's round Mike finished with an impressive 41pts (21 out / 20 in) to win the round easily, 2nd with a 36 was Jimmy (20/16). While everyone else was falling away, Henry got in for third on 35pts (16/19).

Other scores were: Murf 34 (20/14), Schimma 34 (19/15), Gooey 34 (18/16), Glenn 32 (14//18), Wally 32 (13/19), Bean 31 (16/15), Q 30 (16/14 ), Robbo 29 (11/18) and Tubbsy 28 (13/15).

Gooey has now taken 1st place overall with a 1.5 point lead over Bean who crashed heavily and Paul (I don't win the Massey everyone else looses it) West, was the big mover, now into 3rd just 2.5 off the lead. Meanwhile Q continues his downward spiral into equal 4th and 7.5 points behind with Mike. Schimma heads up the rest 11.5 pts off the lead.


 Nancarrow's Cup Match Play semi finalists were Q v Bean and Henry v Gooey.

The Front 9: Beano takes an early lead on the first with a 5 for 3 then wipes the 2nd to bring it back to all square. Another 5/3 and then a wipe on 3 & 4 keeps it at AS. Q has a 5/3 on the 5th to go 1up. 2pts apiece on the 6th then Q wipes the 7th and Bean goes 1up. Q has two strokes on the par 3 8th and registers a par for 4pts then casually wipes the 9th as Bean bounces back and it is all square.
Gooey got off to a flyer with a birdie for 4pts as Henry wipes the first. 3pts for Paul on the par 4 2nd squares it back up. The 3rd is halved then Gooey gets a 3 pointer on the par 3 4th hole. Paul hits straight back with 3 pts on 5 then Gooey replies with another 3 pts to go 1up after 6. 7 & 8 are halved with 2 pts then Gooey wipes the 9th as Henry scrambles in with 1pt to also turn all square.

The Back 9: A halved hole on 10 before Bean goes 1up after 11 as Q wipes. Bean then wipes 12 & 13 to hand back the lead. Three pts each on 14 then the long walk to 16 (15 out of play) which is also halved. Q wipes 17 and it is all square again with just 18 & 19 to play. Q goes ahead with 3 pts on 18 but The Bean has 2 strokes on the par 3 19th. Bean bogies for 3pts as Q somehow wipes it and we have ourselves a play off!
Two points each for Gooey & Henry on the 10th before Paul birdies 11 for 3pts and another 3 pts on 12 to go 2up. Gooey's wins 13 2pts to 1. Both bogie the par 4 14th for 2 pts then both par the par 3 16th which sees Gooey tie it all back up with an extra stroke. Gooey then wipes 17. The 18th is halved (2pts each) and Henry goes to the last 1up but Gooey has an extra stroke on the par 3 19th hole. Henry pars it for 2 pts but Gooey answers with his own par and we have ourselves another playoff!!!

The Playoffs: The playoffs are to be staged on the par 3 19th hole where Gooey & Bean have an extra stroke over their opponents. First off is Gooey & Henry and both hit the green. Henry has two putts for a par and Gooey nails his two putts to secure the win and go through to his 4th Matchplay Final to bag his 3rd title.
Beano then tees off and is short of the green. Q's tee shot is on the lower front half of the green (flag at the back). Bean's 2nd shot stays on the lower half, Q then putts up to 1m and putts out for par. The pressure now on Bean as he putts up but not enough to get up and rolls part way back (an inch more and it could have rolled all the way off!). The Bean then steps up for a shaky 3-4m uphill put that stops at the lip for a second then drops in for the half - back we go again... but there is a very large group congregating at the tee to witness another playoff. So we decide to go back to the rooms with the others to have a "hard earned" and come back when it is quieter. A half hour later we saunter back to the hole and this group of Nimrods are still there - turns out they were having an 18 person sudden death shootout and had only just wittled it down to their final two. We stood at the tee ready to go as we watched them putt out, while the others were massed to the left of the green. Beano lands on the front of the green and Q is in the front bunker. As we approach the green the large group were still gathered there (heads on 'em like mice!) as two others head back to the tee again - they had halved the hole and were still going! Fucking great... anyway Q somehow manages to hit the llooong bunker shot to 1m and make par as Bean easily 3 putts and its back to the tee while we watch the other pair fucking halve it again....
The third playoff hole sees us halve it again with a par & bogey (I suddenly got the feeling Beano could bogey this hole all night long). Naturally, the other pair also halved again (did I mention that they were triple bogeying - seriously!!). On our 4th playoff hole  ("I SAID 4th JIMMY!!") Bean once again, from on the front of the green gets his bogey while after 3 consecutive pars I eventually (and predictably) 3 putt. As we patted each other on the back and made our way to the cart near the madding crowd another errant tee shot from the pair of Nimrods bounces and hits Bean right on the outside of his thigh instantly creating a lump the size of a golf ball, and so Bean "limps" into his 4th final chasing his 4th win. Thank fuck that was over.....  

Gooey d Henry   1st play off hole.
Beano d Q   4th play off hole.
The Match Play Finalists (to be played on Sunday) are Gooey v Bean. Both with a chance of achieving The Massey Double and the Triple Crown is also still alive for The Mighty Bean.
Friday evening was well spent with a very nice BBQ by the pool (meat expertly prepared by Jimmy) and plenty more BS throughout the night.

Super 6ixers; Teams were drawn before the round by the Captains Henry & Bean (standing in for the yet to be seen Q).
The format for Day 1 is Fourball Best Ball Pairs, Day 2 is Stableford Aggregate Pairs and Day3 Matchplay Singles.
The pairings for the matches are called "Ryder Cup" style by each Captain (Bean still standing in for the still to be seen Q!!)

The teams are Team A - IQ/AS/DM/MR/AC/GM and Team B - PW/SL/JG/MH/RW/MB

The FBBB matches were called by the Captains as follows: IQ/AS v PW/SL  (also the matchplay semi finals); DM/MR v RW/MB and AC/GM v JG/MH.

Day 1 FBBB Results were:
Match 1 - RW/MB (B) d DM/MR (A) 1up.
Match 2 - JG/MH (B) d AC/GM (A) 4 & 3.
Match 3 - PW/SL(B) d IQ/AS (A) 3 & 2.

Team B take a 3 Nil lead into Day 2.

The Final Round (inc. Stableford Aggregate Pairs matches) is to be played at Rich River GC (West Course) Echuca / Moama on Saturday 22 February at 8.04am.

The Groups/Super 6's matches are.... Match 4 - AS/GM (A) v MH/RW (B), Match 5 - IQ/DM (A) v JG/PW (B) & Match 6 - AC/MR (A) v SL/MB (B).

Coming soon to a computer screen near you.......
Will Gooey sweat it out and hold on for Massey number 4 or will "I've never won The Massey" Westy "not" win his 10th? Can The Mighty Bean  write another chapter of his Triple Crown Odyssey and sign some more napkins? Does Q steady the sinking ship and sail in for his 5th Massey (Oh stop laughing!). Or can Mike continue his fine vein of form to score a miraculous come from behind, albeit unlikely victory?

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