Alice Springs - Div 1 & 2 Grand Final Review

The Grand Final for Division's 1 and 2 has been run and won for 2010, Division 3 play their Grand Final this week...

Division 1 - Around the World 8 def 6 + Max 78.

A very high quality match as was to be expected for two teams at the peak of their powers in Division 1 resulted in Around the World making it back to back to back victories for the side, an unprecedented 3-peat in Sevens Golf. Inspirational leader, Lynda Galinat finished the season with a staggering 115 games under her belt while husband John managed 98 of his own. More importantly, Lynda scored 23 points for the team in the grand final to lead the scoring along with George Worrall (22), John Galiant (20), Richard Worrall (20) and Eric Lawson (20). John Graham top scored for 6 + Max in what was a valiant effort by the team to score 78, which would normally win more than a fair share of grand finals. Paul Letch scored 19 points, as did Mitchell Power and Georgi Winter.

In the consolation final, Lasseters Hotshots survived a very close match against Fairway Miners 71-68 with Allan Duffell top scoring for the third placed winners with 19 points.

Division 2 - Ruff Nuts 90 def Not as Reported 80.

There was fireworks in Division 2 as Ruff Nuts absolutely exploded in their Grand Final match against Not as Reported to take out the match 90-80. Ruff Nuts put up four scores of 21 points or better with Brad Tessman going deep to register 26 points. Barry Taylor scores 22 points for Ruff Nuts and was brought home by Ian Casltedine and Peter Thomson with 21 points each. Joshua Robinson top scored for Not as Reported with 21 points. Albert Tilmouth who has been a revelation for the team, again featured in the top four scorers with 20 points, as did James Nolan with 20 and Jim Einam with 19 points. Both teams should be applauded for their efforts over the season, particularly Not as Reported who led the competition at the end of the regular season and who were very good in the final, but unfortunately, just one good score short.

The consolation final between VAGS and HAS Hackers was won by VAGS 73-65. Stephen Morris produced the match winning score for VAGS with 22, while Helen Neave was again very consistent to score 18, and lead the scoring for HAS Hackers.

Division 3 Grand Final Match - The Golferoo's vs Hardly Normal.

How they got here - Hardly Normal produced a boilover against Ross Engineering in winning the match 80-69. Ross Engineering were unable to keep their rich vein of form going for two more weeks, as they ran out of steam in the Semi Final to produce what could possibly be their worst team score of the season. Paul Montefiore was in great touch for Hardly Normal to score 24 points and lead the side into the grand final match. He was joined by Kevin King (21), Greg Neck (18) and Tony Whitelum (17) as the top four scorers. Luke Richardson and Simon Nicol both shared the top honours for Ross Engineering with 19 points each, while Chris Kneebone (16) and Quinton Siddans (15) made up the top four.

Ben Fisher and Carmelo Golotta combined to put The Golferoo's into the grand final with both players scoring 24 points in the 91-70 victory over That's Gold. Not to be outdone, Jody Jong produced a superb round also to score 23. Ryan Joiner and Cameron Cole scored 20 points each with one included in the top four scorers making up their total of 91. Claire Young led That's Gold with an individual tally of 23 points, however, the rest of the team were struggling for form and never looked like wining the match.

How they line up - Hardly Normal trail the Golferoo's in the average team score 77.41 - 63.00 but earlier season form can all but be discounted, after Hardly Normal scored 80 last week to eliminate the favourites Ross Engineering. The Golferoo's will start the match slight favourites because of their consistency, but typically finals matches are decided by commitment by key team members more so than having players that can score 18 points regularly. The commitment comes in when a player returns a score of 18 or 19 and heads back out onto the course for another go. This can often lead to a capitulation in many players as they push themselves harder and harder to play well, only to see their ball striking head in the other direction, but some players can also thrive on it.

This match is likely to be decided by one of the higher handicappers, and The Golferoo's have a few of them in Ben Fisher (47 h'cp), Carmelo Golotta (41) and Giuseppe Spagnolo (50). Fisher and Golotta are both coming off rounds of 24 so we will wait and see if backing up two weeks in a row will be too much pressure or not. Cameron Cole is The Golferoo's main strike weapon, averaging 20.25 as his best weekly score during the season, while Hardly Normal will look to Paul Montefiore who has just rediscovered some form, and Chris Neck to lead thier campaign.

In the Consolation Final it will be Ross Engineering up against That's Gold for third place.

Individually last week;

Office National Div 1 & 2 Grand Final/Div 3 Semi Final - 176 rounds were returned with 44 balls rewarded to players on 19 points or better. Brad Tessman shot the lights out in scoring 26 points for the weekly winners prize. Ben Fisher, Carmelo Golotta and Paul Montefiore all played superb golf to finish with 24 points. Lynda Galinat and Claire Young were the best of the ladies in scoring 23 points each.

Lion Nathan XXX Div 3 Grand Final Draw:

37 - The Golferoos vs 27 - Hardly Normal
23 - Ross Engineering vs 34 - That's Gold