Newlywed Brent Hetaraka (right) ensured Cam Venables (left) had to settle for bridesmaid honours when he recorded a thumping +9 scorecard to claim Saturday’s par event at Cooktown Golf Club. Photo: Facebook (Cooktown Golf Club).
Hetaraka unstoppable on course
Newlywed Brent Hetaraka had no problem with the full lagoons at Cooktown Golf Club on 22 March when he laid waste to the field in a par event.
Hetaraka returned to the clubhouse with +9 to earn himself a big slice of wedding cake, with Campbell Venables (+2) settling for bridesmaid honours and Wal Welsh (+1) bagging third place.
Welsh took the pin prize on 2/11, while Ryan Sperring (14th) and Venables (9/18) also impressed with their iron work.
In the 10th anniversary Race to the Bay, Welsh now leads on 1,870 points, narrowly ahead of Hetaraka (1,850 points), with Graham Burton in third spot on 1,620 points.
Golfers will contest a white tee Stableford on 29 March.
Cooktown social bowls
Anyone interested in the sport of bowls now has a chance to test themselves on the green in a relaxed environment at Cooktown Bowls Club.
The club is offering three social events a week, starting with social bowls at 1:30pm each Wednesday, followed by barefoot bowls at 6:30pm.
On Sundays, players will go head to head in social bowls from 9:30am.
Game fees are $7 for barefoot bowls and $10 for social bowls.
Names must be in 30 minutes before the first roll and the club has bowls available for use.
For more information, check out the club’s Facebook page.
Wackers crown for newbie
A field of 20 Wackers took on a modified eight-hole round in Weipa on 19 March.
Despite the first hole at Carpentaria Golf Club being somewhat waterlogged, new player Dan from Smit Lamnalco embraced conditions to card a gross 45 for a nett 27 to grab the winner’s chocolates from the unlucky Richard Dawe, who hit 40 off the stick for his nett 27.
Dan made the most of his maiden Wackers outing by claiming the pin prize on the 15th hole.
Scott Andrews was the weekly Bradman’s recipient.
