Darwin & Jabiru GC - July 12th Update

Darwin and Jabiru Golf Club's 2010 season hits Round 12 of 20 and the question at this point is, can anyone stop the rapidly improving games of Noel Murtagh & Nicole Curtis?

In Division 1, Bawombats are doing everything they can to try and lift themselves from the bottom half of the ladder, but they unfortunately came up against a very committed Wacka Packas side who are leading the competition, and Bawombats fell just three short of victory 78-75. Darren Chidgey led the way for Bawombats with 20 points and was backed up by Peader Byrne with 19, Matt Jong with 19 and Ba Nyunt with 17. Competition leaders Wacka Packas countered with thier best four players in Ian Lonnie 21, Diane Oxton 20, Juancho Irabon 19, and George Oxton 18. Fair Cracks are finally starting to have one at the halfway point of the season with what is probably their best total for the season in an 81-70 victory over Kantrimin. Dave Richardson was the best for Fair Cracks with 24 points and their total also featured scores from Greg Broadfoot 22, Hugh Richardson 19, and Alois Kissling 16. Trailer Park Boys continue their winning ways with a 76-69 win over Seven Up, while Load of Croc 34 were too good for DGC Grasscutters 0.

In Division 2, Kakadu Golf Tours produced the best team score of the round to defeat Kakadu Hackers 81-69. The win also propelled Tours above Hackers on the ladder, sending a clear message to their rivals heading into the latter stages fo the event. Kakadu Golf Tours rise to the top has coincided with the run of form enjoyed by Nicole Curtis, who is quickly proving to be the teams MVP as she led the side home with a 23 point score. Terry Collins 21, David Curtis 20, and John Bray 17 made up the rest of their 81 total. 40 Love have themselves entrenched in the Top 6 after a solid 78-49 win over The Rubbles with Antonio Senga topping the scoresheet with 23 points. Sexy Seven did well to win their match over NT Terror 58-31 and hold down fourth spot, while The Worm Burners and The Second Hole both won their matches after the opposition failed to score.

Individually over the past two weeks;

Round 10 - 91 scores were returned with 23 balls rewarded to players on 18 points or higher. Noel Murtagh again featured at the top of the leaderboard with 27 points. Nicole Curtis is making massive inroads into her handicap of late and returned a fine score of 25 points to take second. Mathew Daley shot his best round of the competition so far and finished with an excellent score of 24.

Round 11 - 88 scores were returned with 29 balls rewarded to players on 19 points or better. Noel Murtagh has been almost untouchable over the past month to again finish at the head of the field with 25 points. He didn't have it all his own way thought with Jo Thom producing her best round to score 25 points also. Dave Richardson must have felt he had done enough with his brilliant effort of 24, but it was to fall just one short.

Player of the Year

Male - Noel Murtagh continues to lead the way after 11 rounds 67 POTY points. Leigh Butler is in seond spot on 34, followed by George Oxton on 32 and Geoff Morris on 31.

Female - Nicole Curtis has hit a stunning purple patch of form to lead on 35 POTY points. Former leader, Diane Oxton sits in second position on 31, followed by Julie Lynch on 29, and Tess Hennessey on 26.

POTY Points will be awarded as follows: Based on the players best score for the week only. The highest individual score each week is awarded 10 POTY points, for every shot scored below the highest individual score, 1 point is deducted. i.e. Best individual score for the week is 26 – every player with 26 as their best score earns 10 POTY pts, 25pts – players earn 9 POTY pts, 23pts – players earn 7 POTY pts…….. 17pts – players earn 1 POTY pt, 16pts and below – zero (0) POTY pts. Pre-Season, Mid-Season and Finals Rounds are excluded from the Player of the Year calculation.

Biggest Loser

Male - Daniel Van Ras retains the lead in the biggest loser standings on 18 strokes reduced, with James Revie on a 17 stroke reduction close behind. Noel Murtagh continues to impress during the middle stages of the competition and has improved to a 15 stroke reduction in handicap.

Female - Nicole Curtis has lopped a further 10 shots from her handicap over the past fortnight, adding to the 9 she had lost the two weeks previous to sit atop the leaderboard with a total of 19 strokes reduced. What a fantastic month of golf Nicole has had! Tess Hennessey continues to impress also, and she has maintained an 8 shot reduction in handicap over the season so far.

Round 12 Draw:

This weeks match of the round in Division 1 is between the sixth placed Kantrimin and eighth placed Bawombats. While both sides are both languishing in the bottom half of the ladder, it shapes to be an important game for Bawombats especially who are three points shy of the Top 6 and need a win at this point to give themselves a chance later in the season.

In Division 2 the match of the round will see first place Kakadu Golf Tours play fifth place 40 Love. Both sides are coming off big totals last week and would love to back it up this week with another 80 point haul.

Division 1
1 - Wacka Packas vs 15 - The Managers
4 - Seven Up vs 6 - Load Of Croc
2 - Fair Cracks vs 10 - DGC Grasscutters
Bye vs 11 - Trailer Park Boys
19 - Bawombats vs 13 - Kantrimin *** Match of the Round ***

Division 2

5 - The Second Hole vs 9 - Sexy Seven
18 - The Rubbles vs 12 - Mystery Men
17 - Kakadu Hackers vs 14 - Misfits
3 - Kakadu Golf Tours vs 16 - 40 Love *** Match of the Round ***
7 - The Worm Burners vs 8 - NT Terror

Good Luck to all teams over the next two weeks.