Parramatta GC - July 26th Update

It's Semi Final time at the Parramatta Golf Club...

In the Featon League, Dirty Half Dozen + a Pom have finished on top of the ladder after a comprehensive 82 - 69 win over Lucky 7. Wild Things have also qualified for the finals after an easy 73 - 0 win over Range Sluggers. Odd Fellows managed to finish their season on a good note, with a win over The Probians 67 - 65, although failed to make the finals, finishing in seventh spot on the ladder. The Domain Dodgers won their last match of the season to knock out Phuckers 79 - 74. Both teams went into the match tied on 10 competition points. The Domain Dodgers got the support of all 7 team members for the match with Phillipa Wares (21), Allan Skinner (20), Bernard Sivyer (19) and Yolanda Gacho (19) the best four. The were countered by the best four scores for Phuckers of Mark Williams (21), Sonia Molina (20), Michael Jamieson (19) and Daryl Travers (14).

In the Muggleton League Cousin "IT" and family have finished on top of the ladder, even after being defeated in their last round match by Band of Brothers 76 - 69. No such problems for second placed Curley and the Bell Ringers as they demolished the third placed The Gotcha's 78 - 57. Hog Boys will also find themselves playing in the finals after they finished in fourth position, defeating Masters last week 65 - 35. Fabio's easily accounted for Parratactics 61 - 19 in the last match of the round.

Individually over the past two weeks;

Round 11 - 122 scores were returned with 22 balls rewarded to players scoring 19 points or better. Chris Curley registered the best score for the week with 22 points. Mark Li, Garry Smith and George Oakes all had very good games to finish one behind on 21. Rhondalynn Aldridge, Julie Outzen and Kristine Baker were the best of the women, all finished with 20 points.

Round 12 - 138 scores were returned with 42 balls rewarded to players that scored 18 points or better. Mark Li, George Oakes and Allan Reade all produced rounds of 22 points to finish at the top of the leaderboard. Carol Wilding and Phillipa Wares both scored 21 to be best finishers for the ladies.

Player of the Year

Male - Ken Farley has taken out the Player of the Year Trophy for 2010 after surviving a countback for the title after finishing the season tied with David Helliwell on 66 POTY points. The player with best final round was declared the winner with Farley's 19 points edging out Helliwell's effort of 17 in Round 12.

Female - Sonia Molina has won the female Player of the Year Trophy after finishing the 12 week season on 59 POTY points. Kristine Baker finished as the runner-up on 53 POTY points in what was a very close contest all season.

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 - Bigyan Chand leads on an 11 shot reduction in handicap. Derek Everton is in second spot on a 10 shot reduction. Close behind and looking to make a late rally over the final two weeks will be James Williams and George Oakes who both sit on a 9 shot reduction in handicap.

Female - Janice Quintas leads on a 7 shot reduction with Elaine Wellard in second spot on a 6 shot reduction. Two rounds still remain in this event.

Semi Final Draw:

Muggleton League
15 - Cousin "IT" & Family vs 13 - Hog Boys
14 - Curley & the Bell Ringers vs 10 - The Gotcha's

Cousin "IT" & Family are coming off a loss last week and will play Hog Boys.This promises to be a very close match which may come down to just one or two points. Curley & the Bell Ringers will play The Gotcha's in a rematch from last week. The Gotcha's will need to improve on that effort if they are to have any chance of winning the match.

Featon League
7 - Dirty 1/2 Dozen + a Pom vs 1 - The Domain Dodgers
8 - Lucky 7 vs 2 - Wild Things

The Domain Dodgers are down one player who failed to play enough games to qualify, but it shouldn't affect their scoring prospects too much. This will be a typical finals game, very close, but look for Dirty Half Dozen + a Pom, who are also minus one player for the finals, to finish on top. Wild Things showed some good form last week in scoring 73 points and if they can do that again, will be in for a very good chance against thier more highly rated opponents Lucky 7. Wild Things are short one player who failed to register the five scores needed to be eligible to contest the finals.

Good Luck to all teams over the next two weeks, and don't forget that the individual weekly ball competition continues during the Semi and Grand Final weeks, as does the Biggest Loser competition.