Sport
7 November, 2025
Eccles wins at East Fram
JOHN Eccles finished on 87-20-67 to win the A grade competition at East Framlingham Golf Club last weekend.
Eccles won A grade on countback from runner-up Bruce Knee 86-19-67.
Third place was Greg Lenehan 88-19-69 followed by Ayden Bosse 81-11-70 and Murray Drake 79-8-71.
B grade was won by Murray Smith 91-21-70 on countback from Henry Waugh 96-26-70, Jim Lewis 95-24-71, Peter Sanderson 99-26-73 and Glenn Tracey 99-26-73.
Nearest the pins: 3rd Murray Drake, 6th Reily Kelly, 7th Ben Lee and 9th (super pin) Jayden Romein.
Romein was also the social winner while John Eccles took out the monthly medal.
Next week will be stableford.
The twilight series continued last week, with Wednesday’s competition attracting 74 players.
George Beasley won the scratch with 35 points while Ethan Wyss on 41-8-33 was the winner of the men’s handicap.
The men’s non-handicap scratch was won by Ben Woodwood on 43 while the non-handicap winner was Darren Hansford 51-16-35.
Julie Kenna won the ladies scratch on 52 while the handicap was won by Gwenda Malseed 53-11.5-41.5.
In the junior under 14s scratch, L. Spicer won on 44 while Liam Kenna took out the handicap event with 53-18-37.
The longest drives went to Rhys Raymond and Thelma Inverarity.
Nearest the pins: 1st George Beasley, 2nd Fred Beasley, 3rd Matt Jewell, 4th Jordan Cashion, 5th Ross McLeod, 6th Willis Johnston, 7th Troy Zimbable, 8th Rhys Raymond and 9th Fred Beasley.
Fred Beasley also won the raffle.
Twenty ladies played Melbourne Cup Pinehurst Pairs on Tuesday.
This was reduced to nine holes due to the weather conditions.
The winners were Robyn McLeod and Anne Grenfell on 47-9.75-37.25 while the runners-up were Marg McKellar and Julie Kenna 47-9.62-37.38.
Nearest the pin on the 8th (super pin) was Marg McKellar.
