While the temperature may not have quite reached the predicted 42°C, it was just a horrible day to do anything other than sit in front of an air-conditioner so it proved to be a sensible decision.
Besides, a golf course was no place to be, as brief but violent winds tore through the district around 4 pm.
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Last Thursday's twilight competition was dominated by Bill Bray who almost made a clean sweep of everything that was up for grabs.
He won the event with a round of 42-5.5-36.5, took the two-week jackpot for nearest-the-pin on the ninth and won least putts with 17.
Tash Doherty was the runner-up with a score of 45-7-38 after a countback with Greg Hall who scored 47-9-38. Andrew Wood took the nearest-the-pin on the 14th and the two point cut was 41.5.
Merrigum's pennant side ventured to Valley View to take on Nagambie after a week off for the Australia Day holiday. It was a successful foray, with Merrigum taking the honours 4.5-0.5 in what was a must win round if we were to remain in contention for a finals berth.
Cory Berghofer and Jeff Parry led the way with a solid 6-5 win, while Simon Doherty and Gary Eden won 3-2. Ash Sanders and Bill Bray won 3-1, Andrew Wood and Phil Barca staged a late comeback to finish 1-up and James Campbell and Clint Prygoda halved their match.
Before Sunday's round Merrigum was reliant on other teams’ results to have a chance of playing finals. With just one round to play the ball is back in Merrigum's court thanks to Rushworth drawing with ladder leaders Hill Top.
A win on Sunday against Rushworth at Hill Top will secure a spot in the final against Tallygaroopna Cosgrove. Anything less will see Hill Top into the final. Hit-off is at 7.45 am.
Saturday's event is stroke. Players should be aware that changes to the handicapping system have been made and you may well find yourself playing off a different handicap than you are used to.