Saturday was one of those days and Jeff Newham was more than up to the challenge, winning B-grade and the day with a brilliant round of 41 points in the stableford event, two ahead of his nearest rival Darryl Johnston who was runner-up in B-grade with 39 points.
Jeff doesn't play that much golf these days, but didn't let that get in the way of his top round.
He will find he has a shot less to play with next time he takes to the course.
The ever-reliable John Fuller was the A-grade winner with 38 points.
Such is his consistency that his handicap barely changed.
Bruce Brown was the runner-up in A-grade with 35 points.
Ball winners were Phil Savage and Craig Doherty, while Darryl Johnston easily accounted for the chook shed challenge with 12 points.
Nearest the pins were won by Tony Borrelli on the ninth, Russell Dunn on the jackpot 12th and Phil Savage with a fantastic shot on the 14th, which must have looked in for all money from the tee, but finished just behind the hole for a tap-in birdie.
Last Thursday's twilight competition was also played in the wind and was a night for much of the Doherty clan.
Once again the last group syndrome hit with a vengeance, not only producing the winner and runner-up, but shifting the two-point cut boundary somewhat.
Craig Doherty took the honours with a good round of 45-9-36, while Michael Doherty was the runner-up with 49-11.5-37.5 and also won least putts with 15.
No nearest the pins went off in the wind, so there will be a jackpot on the ninth this week.
The two-point cut was 42.
Tuesday's Cup Day four-ball best-ball stroke event was something a little different, being played from the red tees.
It was a closely fought contest with three pairs finishing on 58 nett.
Rod Newham and Phil Savage were the winners after the countback, with Andrew Wood and Phil Barca finishing as runners-up.
John Sullivan and Bill Bray were relegated to the also-rans, but won the chook shed challenge with 13 nett for the four holes.
Nearest the pins were won by James Campbell on the sixth, John Sullivan on the ninth, Cory Berghofer on the jackpot 12th and Bruce Brown on the 14th.
This Saturday's events are a mixed pairs Ambrose as well as an unmixed pairs Ambrose for the men without a partner for the mixed event.
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