Division One
Castle Hill Golf Club has emerged at top of Pool 1 entering this weekend’s Srixon Metropolitan Major Pennant finals after a number of dramatic final results.
The ‘Hill demolished North Ryde 7 matches to nil in a lop sided affair with Stephen Bevan and Samuel Nashaar recording big 6&5 wins.
Their opponent in next week’s semi-final at Glenmore will be Concord Golf Club, who grabbed a 3 ½ match all draw against Avondale Golf Club at Avondale on Sunday. The half point was enough for them to take first place in the pool. Brandan Biddle for Concord was the team’s big winner with a 3&2 result.
The other semi-final will see Bonnie Doon taking on Moore Park after Moore Park whitewashed Cabramatta 7 matches to nil at Moore Park. The standout for Moore Park was Joshua Collins with a big 7&6 result.
Moore Park was helped in their almost impossible cause by Pymble who defeated the Australian Golf Club at Pymble 4 matches to 3. The final table had Moore Park and The Australian tied on wins, however Moore Park progressed by the slimmest of margins – a solitary extra match won.
A heavily depleted Bonnie Doon side went down to Liverpool 4 matches to 3 at Liverpool. Bonnie Doon’s Greg Bell had a couple of reasons to smile despite the defeat; he kept his 2016 undefeated record in place and saw his son Joshua take his place as a team mate for the day.
Division Two
Monash Country Club and Macquarie Links will face off in semi-final one of Division Two this Sunday at Ryde-Parramatta.
Macquarie Links grabbed a hard fought win against Oatlands last Sunday to clinch their Division. James Richards and Darren Cummins had good 3&2 wins for Macquarie Links.
Monash kept their perfect win record in place with a 4 matches to 3 win over Royal Sydney at Royal. Nathan Barbieri was a big winner for Monash, recording a 6&5 result.
Pennant Hills and The Lakes will face off in the other semi-final after both teams stunned their respective hosts with away wins. Pennant Hills shocked Killara with a 5 matches to 2 win, while The Lakes accounted for New Brighton 4 ½ to 2 1/2 .
Benjamin Clapham was the standout winner for Pennant Hills with a 4&2 win, while The Lakes’ Samuel Best was his team’s big winner with a 4&2 result also.
Division Three
Cromer will face Penrith in semi-final one, and Dunheved will face Twin Creeks in semi-final two of Division 3 this Sunday at Riverside Oaks Golf Resort.
Cromer took out their pool with a 5 matches to 2 win against Manly at Manly on Sunday, with Chris Neville the big winner, 6&4.
Penrith won its pool on a count back from Kogarah after the mountain club beat Cumberland 4 matches to 3. Andrew Moon was the big winner for Penrith 8&6.
Dunheved defeated Camden to take out it’s Pool, with Cain Fitzsimmons recording the team’s best result with a 6&5 win.
Despite being unable to get the better of Wallacia on Sunday, Twin Creeks took out it’s pool by half a point.
Division Four
Richmond and Marrickville will meet in semi-final one, while Eastlake and Roseville face off in the other semi-final this Sunday at Glenmore.
Eastlake were particularly impressive recording consecutive 6 matches to 1 wins over Kareela to oust Northbridge from top spot by half a point. Keiran Birchall for Eastlake was the big winner with a 6&4 result last Sunday.
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