It is not every day you get to shake hands with “The Don” but that privilege was what awaited Ron Annandale after he had amassed 40 points in the Mafia Group’s 18-hole stableford at Collie Golf Club last Saturday.
“Don” Fred Garofano did the honours on behalf of the eight-member Mafia Group at the presentation of trophies.
Annandale, despite a wipe on the 16th, had a comfortable two-point win over a quartet of golfers on 38.
Second place trophy winner, on a countback, was Fred Bronickis, with hardy veteran Phil Warburton third, Narrogin country member Tom Hardie fourth and sweet swinging lefty Chris Bliss fifth.
Colin Naysmith and Ian Shannon finished on 37 while Joe Italiano and John Wray were grouped together on 36.
Colin Giblett and David Broadbent had 35, with Stephen Farquhar’s 34 also getting him a voucher.
The sponsors also provided spaghetti, tomato sauce and wine novelties which were won by Peter Coombes (No. 4), Jan Van Volenstee (6), Garry Old (7), Mun Lye (9), Neil Motion (14), Graham Williams (15) and Colin Naysmith (18).
Jeff Crowe beat Graham Williams on a spin-of-the-wheel to take last Thursday’s nine-hole scroungers event after both had finished with 19 points.
They were one point better than the 18 returned by Ken Tate, Denis Cocker, Dave Farr and Joe Italiano and two better than Jim Hine, Michael Jack, Ray Alp and Steven Ireland who all finished on 17.
Joe Italiano (No. 4), Dave Farr (6) and Darren O’Brien (9) won the novelties.
It was AK’s day when Alan Kent took top spot with 38 points in last week’s Tuesday leisure day stableford.
Kent finished just one ahead of Colin Giblett, on 37, with Graham Williams, Alby Hunter, Jim Hine and Chris Stewart also in the vouchers with 34. Best vet Terry Reeves also had 34.
Neil Motion had the best second shot on No. 7, while Charlie Buemi (7) and Colin Giblett (14) had the best tee shots on the other par threes.
George Newlands and Graham Williams, sporting a fat grip on his putter, had the longest putts on Nos 9 and 18 respectively.
The club’s signature event, the Coverley family and Collie Community Bank Riverside Open, will be played over 36 holes this weekend.
The event will be preceded by the Henderson Hardware four-ball-best-ball par tomorrow (Friday). Other events this week will be nine-hole scroungers (Thursday) and an 18-hole stableford on Tuesday.
