WALCHA has five more state golf champions following the NSW Veteran Sandgreen Championship at Walcha last weekend.
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Scratch winners Tim Beaumont and Vic Coulter (142) finished three strokes clear of Darling River pair Richard Maclean and Peter Hutchinson who counted out Gary Richardson (Tamworth) and Graeme George (Newcastle).
Nett winners Tim Fenwicke and Bill Fletcher accumulated 93 stableford points (45, 48) to scrape home by a single point from stablemates Crichton Barr and Barry Hoad (43, 49).
In the ladies’ division, Jill Burnell teamed up with former Walcha resident Linda Ison, who now resides in Wauchope, to notch up a winning score of 92 (45, 47) stableford points.
Runners up were 2014 Ladies State Champion Cheryl McDonald and Jeanette Wark, a point away on 91 (46, 45).
Day 1 winners in the scratch were Cobar duo Roy Bennett and Max Phillips on 71, a stroke clear of Gary Richardson and Graeme George on 72 while on Day 2 Col Berry and Simeon Cross won with 73, four shots ahead of Lee Hunt and Les Gardoll from Boggabri.
Nett winners on Day 1 were Owen Presnell and Phil Perry after they racked up 45 stableford points while the runners up on Saturday were Uralla pair Albert Egli and Ian Douglas.
Second day nett went to Bill Heazlett and Andrew Robertson after they compiled 44 points, one point clear of Doug McDonald and Col Higgins.
In the ladies’ division, Rose Baumer and Julie Presnell won the nett event on Day 1 after notching up 46 points one point clear of Sally McCormack and Vicki Szpitalak.
Visitors Sue Green (Bourke) and Sue Phillips (Cobar) were the Day 2 winners with a very good score of 49 points, three points in front of Lorraine Rennie and Bev Forbes.
Sharpest shooters at the pins were Graeme George (3), Richard McLean (9), Tony Asmus (16) and Bill Fletcher (3) during the opening round while Phil Eather (3), Lee Hunt (9), Michael Sykes (16) and Vicki Szpitalak (18) were the most accurate with their tee shots on the second day.