One fella’s frustration index edged past furious and he threw his driver skyward in disgust and annoyance. Whatever his reasoning the club remained lodged high up in a pinus radiata so for the remainder of his round he had to find another club to blame.

Players from Bermagui to Moss Vale and Mollymook to Canberra completed in a very successful open. The club thanks all the sponsors and volunteers, especially Ray White Real Estate. Royal Canberra dominated A grade and Braidwood players dominated B and C grades. Josh Heyforth 87/79 is this year’s junior champion.

The Open champion is Quentin Hodkinson(0) who hit 76, scratch runner up, Rod Berry also plays off 0 and recorded 77. John Mihaljovic 77/75 beat Shane Seaton 76/75 on a countback to win A grade nett. The statistically minded may be interested to know the range of scores in A grade was 76 to 93 with the mean, median and modal scores: 84.4, 83 and 83.

Andy Poulos 89/74 won B grade scratch from Rod Coady with Mike Rawson and Alan Anforth picking up the nett awards. The B grade range was 89 to 107 with 97.5 the mean, 97 the median and 102 the most popular score.

C grade scratch winner was Ian Cutler from Les Hart with The Platypus and Keith Ferguson the nett winners. The range was 92 to 128 with 103.3 the mean, 100 the median and 97 the mode. It was a great day!

There has been a lot of golf in this paper lately so in anticipation that recent scores will appear elsewhere here is something different. Most Saturday competitions are sponsored and most of these are current people who continue to play or have recently retired. A few are sponsored by the relatives of people long gone with Isabella Mutton, Vic Young, Jim Lindwall and Vic Jones coming to mind.

Last Saturday’s Vic Jones memorial afternoon and Legacy fundraiser donated over $330 to this charity but who was the man whose memory is perpetuated each year by the golf club.

He first arrived in Braidwood in late April 1950 with one thing on his mind: marriage. Two weeks earlier, after 10 years in the Royal Navy, where he met many, many women, he fell in love at a dance in Nerriga and he was here to press his claim.

The object of his affection thought him a bit of a bore and a showoff. Fancy showing me photographs of his family the first time we met! Nevertheless his perseverance paid off and, if he was alive, yesterday he would have celebrated his 64th wedding anniversary to the former Betty Gourlay.

He returned to Braidwood in the 1990’s, a life member of the RSL, a Legatee and a keen supporter of the Braidwood Servicemen’s Club, the RSL, golf and bowls clubs.

Monkittee Platypus.