Caladenia Day Triples Sat 27/4/24

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS METHVEN MOOROOLBARK,
AND TO REGINA ATKINSON AND PATRICK DONKER, FROM THE PROFESSIONALS,  FOR PRESENTING PRIZES

FIRST PLACE – 4 GAMES  +46
Luke Lamont, Tim Wallace, Jessica Wallace (Lilydale)

Congratulations to all the participants and winners of our annual Caladenia Day tournament on Sat 27/4/24.   We had 38 teams of triples over 19 rinks and 3 greens.  With Mooroolbark’s 2 grass greens and 1 synthetic, all teams played at least 1 game on each green in perfect autumn weather.

It takes many hands to run tournaments of this size, so we have many volunteers to thank, and apologies if we’ve missed anyone as so many did lots of things behind the scenes.
Firstly our greenkeepers, Doug Agnew and his team, who worked diligently before and on the morning of the tournament to provide the best possible surfaces, to Alan Dans, our wonderful cook who prepared the roast and vegies, to all the many ladies who worked hard before the day prior peeling and chopping a mountain of vegies and preparing desserts and then again on the day in the kitchen – Beryl Turner, Glennis Brown, Di Johnson, Sue Lambrou, Joy Pears, Glenys Godkin.   The “boys” who do the heavy lifting and dishes – Peter Laird, Peter Brown, Neil Johnson.  Barmen – Bill Holowiuk, Helena Blundell, Gayle Falconer, Beryl for table decorations.     Umpire Pat Garden.
Not forgetting the tournament committee who plan and work  behind the scenes, before and on the day, Judy, Trish, Helen, David, Sue and of course tournament manager Jackie MacKay.    Apologies to anyone I may have  missed.

Thanks to your generosity we raised $898 for the Caladenia Dementia Care Centre consisting of $250 donation from Mooroolbark BC Board of Directors and $648 in raffle sales.

(Note:  The top four winners names have been submitted to BA for ranking points.   4th place overall winning team was Tim Grey, Darren Bellingham, Alan Clements from Berwick)

SECOND PLACE – 4 GAMES  + 39
Sean Gary, Mark Petty, Ray Morrell-Porter (North Balwyn)

THIRD PLACE – 4 GAMES +24
Rick Bennett, Henny Cortenbach, John Leitch (Composite)

1ST GAME +10 C/BACK
Luke Ingram and team (Lilydale)

2nd GAME +16 C/BACK
Frank Hargreaves, Larry Lambrou, Ian MacKay (Mooroolbark)

3rd GAME + 21
Daniel Carroll, Geoff Van Vugt, Nicole Carroll (Heathmont)

4th GAME +10
Hugh Robertson, Eric Butcher, Noel Spargo (Eltham)

HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL IN 2025