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Ossie Ratford Shield Weekend
The Ossie Ratford Shield weekend against the ACT division was held 5th and 6th March in the Southern Highlands.
On the Saturday we played for the coveted jacket.
i.e. Best left handers score and the shawl best right hander at the Moss Vale course which proved challenging to most.
A total of 15 players teed off and the winners were.
Jacket Craig McHatton NSW 32 points – this will be the second time Craig has won this event – see photo.
In a hotly contested field of 1, Vic Lupton – NSW won the shawl – score withheld. Vic departed early to avoid being photographed with the shawl and in case it got back to the membership at Pennant Hills Club.
On the Sunday we played at Highlands Club Mittagong for the shield with a field of 19 players. The winning team is based on the average score of the players from each division.
The result was very close with the average score for the ACT 24 points and NSW just slightly ahead with 25.2. John Longmire from the ACT had the privilege of presenting the shield to NSW- see photo.
Individual winners were.
Warwick Stanwell NSW 35 points
Runner up John Longmire ACT 34
Third Clem Tozer ACT 30 points
NTP on 18th Ken Norris ACT
This was an enjoyable weekend including socialising at dinner on the Saturday night.
ACT will host next year’s event.
Tony Barr point score following the weekend i.e. 3 events so far for 2025.
Craig Green 21
Mike Simon 16
Warwick Stanwell 14
Rex Langthorne 12
Craig McHatton 12
Col Aldrick 10
Jeff Gill 7
Eric Whalan 4
Next Event
Our Next event is scheduled for Asquith Golf Club on Thursday May 15th with an 11.00am 1 tee start.
Details will be on the website shortly.
National Championships.
Registrations are starting to roll in for our National Championships to be held at Forster/Tuncurry from November 9th to 14th.
Entry forms are available on our website www.nalg-nsw.org.au
Good golfing
Rex Langthorne AM
President