{"id":12101,"date":"2025-10-05T21:25:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T21:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/headland.miclub.com.au\/cms\/?p=12101"},"modified":"2025-10-05T23:07:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T23:07:44","slug":"headland-headlines-6-10-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headland.miclub.com.au\/cms\/2025\/10\/05\/headland-headlines-6-10-25\/","title":{"rendered":"HEADLAND HEADLINES 6-10-25"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Tony Durkin<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

ADAMS TO CLASH: <\/strong>Club Champion Adam Richards is 36 holes away from his golfing dream \u2013 winning the Headland Men\u2019s Championship trifecta in the same year. Adam will meet former Champion Adam Rydwanski in next Saturday\u2019s 36-hole Men\u2019s Match Play Championship following an epic struggle in Sunday\u2019s semi-final, going to the 21st hole before eliminating fellow A Grade Pennant team member, Jack Hourn. The previous day the holder of 23 Honour Board titles beat Glenn Walker 3&2 in the quarter final. Adam Rydwanski, who won back-to-back Match Play titles in 2014 and 2015, won through to the final after beating Ash Reck (3&2) and Shane Muller (1-up) over the weekend. Adam Richards, who has already won the Men\u2019s Championship and the Foursomes (with Shane Muller) this year, has six previous Match Play titles on his CV, but says a win in 2025 will be the highlight. \u201cI have never won the three men\u2019s Championships in the one year, and that is what I am now chasing,\u201d he declared before teeing off in the quarter-finals at the weekend. \u201cNeither of us played that great today,\u201d he said after sinking a par putt to win the 21st hole, and the semi-final. \u201cI only lost two holes, so that indicates how close the match was.\u201d In the B Grade final, Geoff Bland will play Druce Fielding, also over 36 holes, while former Club Captain, Peter O\u2019Brien, lines up against Anthony Larchin in C Grade.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

IRONED OUT: <\/strong>A self-confessed \u2018victim\u2019 of You Tube swing changes, Clint Adams recently decided to seek professional help from Club Pro Adam Norlander and \u2013 as the cliched maxim goes \u2013 the proof of the pudding was in the eating. \u201cI decided to buy some new \u2018weapons\u2019,\u201d explained Clint after he returned the best score in Saturday\u2019s Medley Single Stableford event. By \u2018weapons\u2019, he meant irons \u2013 Srixon ZXi5 irons, to be exact. \u201cThey are superb, and make the most magnificent sound when I get them out of the middle,\u201d he said. And get them out of the middle the retired Corporate Accountant certainly did on Saturday, scoring 41 points to win B Grade. He started well \u2013 three pars and three bogeys \u2013 and finished even better \u2013 four pars and two bogeys \u2013 to tally 82 strokes in a \u2018consistent\u2019 round of 10 pars, six bogeys and two doubles. But while the win was a boost to his confidence which has taken a hit recently from a gradually sliding handicap, the greatest enjoyment came from his new clubs. \u201cI am rapt in them. They have given me a new-found confidence,\u201d he confessed. A Headland member for five years, Clint disclosed that Saturday\u2019s win had come in the nick of time because his Pie (House) Account was running low. \u201cI only play so I can justify having a Beefy\u2019s pie at the halfway mark,\u201d he jested. Rob Van Delft (39 points) won A Grade, Phil Thistlewood (also 39) won C Grade and Kate Wilkie continued her recent run of good form by winning the Women\u2019s event, with 37 points.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

GREAT TEACHING: <\/strong>Inspiring education advocate Colleen Wilcox is best known for her much-used quote \u2018teaching is the greatest act of optimism\u2019. And optimistic is what four retired teachers were before playing Thursday\u2019s Women\u2019s Irish Foursomes at Headland, an event \u2013 ironically – they jointly sponsored. Each of Marion Dennis (37), Norma Hobson (36), Althea Mclean (28) and Pam Vincent (35) took healthy handicaps into the competition and, according to Norma, produced a \u2018really good\u2019 team effort. \u201cWhen we seemed to be in trouble, someone always came to the fore,\u201d said Norma after the quartet had scored 94 points to win the annual competition, tagged the Teachers\u2019 Irish Foursomes, and sponsored by a group of 15 ex-school teachers. Of the victorious quartet, Marion Dennis (37) penned the highest individual score, with the best two scores on each hole contributing to the overall result. On a high-scoring day, the trio of Mouna Humzy, Roz Brandt and Ellen Bloxsome scored 40 points apiece to head the individual list.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

RICH RICHARD<\/strong>: Results of Wednesday\u2019s winning Medley Fourball score may show Richard Reiterer scoring just 24 points, but that was merely the fringe of his success. Richard joined occasional playing partner Wyndham Tibbitts for the event, and the pair accumulated 44 points to win the low-scoring fourball by two points in a field of 202. And while each banked $110 in their respective House Accounts courtesy of regular sponsors Brendan Southey and Bevan Horsnell of Prime Property, Richard\u2019s overall collect was $201. He added an additional $91 because of his two birdies \u2013 the first for the NTP at the fifth ($35) and the second at the 12th, where he snared the Pro Pin, and $56. \u201cYes, it was certainly a day out,\u201d said the former Townsville resident who moved south a dozen years ago, and joined Headland in October 2024. \u201cWyndham and I shared it around, and our handicaps certainly helped.\u201d Richard, who described himself as a \u2018lifetime hacker and social golfer\u2019 before joining Headland, started on a handicap of 30, which has since been lowered to 22, from which he played on Wednesday. The victory was his second at the club after he penned 42 points to win a Tuesday Stableford back in June. NOTE<\/strong>: Will Millroy, playing alongside Ken Reed, scored his fourth eagle as a Headland member, but it was by far his most spectacular. After smashing his drive at the par-five tenth hole, he thinned a three-wood, which skimmed the water four times, and finished just over the dam. He then holed a lob wedge from 75 metres.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

PETER SPRINGS<\/strong>: With his past three wins at Headland scored during the month of October \u2013 albeit spread over a five-year period \u2013 Peter Moodie suggests his success may be related to spring. \u201cBut it\u2019s not because I\u2019m a spring chicken,\u201d quipped the decade-long retired school teacher after winning Thursday\u2019s Single Stableford for Men. \u201cWith spring comes the warmer, drier weather, and as a result the golf course gives us long handicappers more run. And any advantage out there is readily accepted.\u201d Peter scored 40 points to win on Thursday, somewhat lower than the 44 points garnered in his first victory as a member, back in 2020. But it was the \u2018steadiness\u2019 of his round that pleased him most, with one four-point hole, four threes, 11 twos and two singles on his card. \u201cPretty steady is how I usually play, and sinking a few good putts boosted my score today,\u201d he said. As fate would have it, the teacher who cut his teeth in the Queensland bush before a two-decade stint at Rockhampton Grammar, won the Men\u2019s event the same day a group of ex-teachers sponsored the Women\u2019s Irish Foursomes.<\/p>\n

PUTTS DROPPED: <\/strong>Mike Williams had one major focus for Sunday\u2019s Medley Single Stableford \u2013 no three-putt greens. And not only did he achieve his aim, but in doing so scored 42 points from his18 handicap to win the event by three points. \u201cIn the past three weeks I have tried three different punters,\u201d he revealed after his round of seven pars, 10 bogeys and one double. \u201cBut I realised it wasn\u2019t the putters, but the bloke on the end of them.\u201d Tentative on the quick greens, the semi-retired International Freight Executive said he had been guilty of leaving his putts short, so decided on Sunday to be more aggressive. \u201cEven though the greens are fast, they are in great condition, and are rolling true.\u201d The win was the second individual victory for Mike, who has just entered his second year as a Headland member after moving from Singapore to the Sunshine Coast five years ago.<\/p>\n

WEEKLY RESULTS:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday, Vets, <\/strong>Two-Ball Ambrose \u2013 sponsor, Perry and Oster Funerals \u2013 <\/em><\/strong>(80 players) \u2013 John Jones and Michael Phillips (65.25 nett), David Werner and John Halbert (67), Trish Marsden and Ted Banaszczyk (67.5), Peter Leggo and Dave Sims (67.5).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday,\u00a0<\/strong>no competition because of Golf Australia Connect transition\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday,<\/strong>\u00a0Medley Fourball Best Ball Stableford\u2013\u00a0sponsor Brendan Southey and Bevan Horsnell, Prime Property – <\/em><\/strong>(202 players) \u2013 Richard Reiterer and Wyndham Tibbits (44 points), Peter Barbour and Craig Driscoll (42), Matt Prince and Richard Senior (42), David O\u2019Mahoney and Tony Waddington (42), Ken Reed and Will Millroy (41).<\/p>\n

Thursday,<\/strong>\u00a0Teachers Day, Women\u2019s Irish Foursomes \u2013\u00a0sponsors, Kirsten Kaergaard, Norma Hobson, Will Sprake, Pam Vincent, Valerie O\u2019Brien, Kath Barford, Sue Bolton, Rhonda Biggs, Emilia White, Leigh Dorigo, Althea McLean, Denise Hutchinson, Sandy Whittle, Kaye Simmons and Marion Dennis \u2013\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(103 players) \u2013 Marion Dennis, Norma Hobson, Althea McLean and Pam Vincent (94 points), Ellen Bloxsome, Tracey O\u2019Connor, Odette Day and Marg Loughlan (92), Susan Flanagan, Barb Birks, Lesley Wilson and Denise Lawson (90).<\/p>\n

Men, Single Stableford (79 players) \u2013 Peter Moodie (40 points), Grahame Denovan (37), Andrew Gerrard (37).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday<\/strong>, Single Stableford, Women \u2013 sponsors,<\/em><\/strong> Leeanne Ptak, Cathy Roberts, Vicky Sheridan, Annabel Harris<\/em><\/strong> (25 players) \u2013 Kate Wilkie (37 points), Lyn Mansfield (35), Gwen Nancarrow (35).<\/p>\n

Men (186 players) \u2013 A Grade, Rob Van Delft (39 points), Brendan Duncan (37), Matt Fisher (36); B Grade, Clint Adams (41), Gary Clarke (40), Michael Phillips (38); C Grade, Phil Thistlewood (39), Ivan Fortmann (38), Ed Hoey (37).<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Match Play Championship, quarter-finals \u2013\u00a0A Grade, Adam Richards beat Glenn Walker (3&2), Jack Hourn beat Dan Diachkoff (2-up), Adam Rydwanski beat Ash Reck (3&2), Shane Muller beat Darryl Kong (1-up); B Grade, Gary Marr beat Terry Grogan (19th hole), Geoff Bland beat Matt Hetherington (walkover), Braden Anderson beat Darren Walters (3&2), Druce Fielding beat Rhett Charlton (walkover); C Grade, Don Caldwell beat Stephen DeKock (4&2), Peter O\u2019Brien beat Ian Harper (7&5), Mick Prince beat Rohan Burgess (5&4), Anthony Larchin beat Lindsay Olsson (4&3).<\/p>\n

Sunday<\/strong>, Medley Single Stableford (47 players) \u2013 Mike Williams (42 points), Michael Moore (39), Sam Fichera (38).<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Match Play Championship, semi-finals \u2013\u00a0A Grade, Adam Richards beat Jack Hourn (21st hole), Adam Rydwanski beat Shane Muller (1-up); B Grade, Geoff Bland beat Gary Marr (2&1), Druce Fielding beat Braden Anderson (3&2); C Grade, Peter O\u2019Brien beat Don Caldwell (1-up), Anthony Larchin beat Mick Prince (2&1).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Tony Durkin\u00a0 ADAMS TO CLASH: Club Champion Adam Richards is 36 holes away from his golfing dream \u2013 winning the Headland Men\u2019s Championship trifecta in the same year. Adam will meet former Champion Adam Rydwanski in next Saturday\u2019s 36-hole… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1911,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headland-headlines"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/headland.miclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/headland.miclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/headland.miclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/headland.miclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1911"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/headland.miclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12101"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/headland.miclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12105,"href":"https:\/\/headland.miclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12101\/revisions\/12105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/headland.miclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/headland.miclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/headland.miclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}