{"id":4030,"date":"2026-02-22T16:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T05:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmga.org.au\/cms\/?p=4030"},"modified":"2026-02-22T16:34:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T05:34:51","slug":"fourball-pennant-to-hill-top-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmga.org.au\/cms\/2026\/02\/fourball-pennant-to-hill-top-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourball Pennant to Hill Top Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In what has been a remarkable season Hill Top (HT) Tatura set the standard for all Goulburn Murray clubs by fielding three teams in the Fourball Pennant season.\u00a0 It what could be even more remarkable HT Gold topped division one and HT Blue topped division two.\u00a0 The resultant step saw Gold and Blue play each other in the final on Sunday (22 February).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The final was played at Hill Top so a club win was inevitable, and a grudge match loomed while neither team could claim home track advantage! \u00a0And like all good finals it went to the wire.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Captain Travis Worm and partner Scott Perry fought back from being down early and stole the win from Josie DeIeso and Peter Caldow on the 19<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0\u00a0 Club champion Ray Nicholoson and Jono Kerrins (who by all accounts played well) posted a big 6\/5 win for Blue over Gold\u2019s Nike Miller and Gavin Thomas.\u00a0 So, the first two results on the scoreboard had Blue in front.<\/p>\n<p>Darryl Phillips and Tanz Dellar lifted the hopes for Gold with a 3\/2 win over John Dellar and Tim Balfour.\u00a0 (wonder if dad cooked dinner for Tanz).\u00a0\u00a0 Gold team captain Glenn Newton and partner Club Captain Mick Keen registered a 2\/1 win over Linc Wellington and Joel Brooks and while they were returning from the 17<sup>th<\/sup> green, Gold pair Julie Donaldson and Col Barlow were heading up the 18<sup>th<\/sup> where they sealed the win 2 up over Bryce Wellington and Rhylee Morrow.<\/p>\n<p>The final team result was a 3\/2 win to HT Gold. \u00a0A repeat of the 2025 result.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>GMGA Secretary David Roberts was in charge of presentations and highlighted the great season and publicly thanked Barry Cryer and David Love from Nagambie golf club for their work with the draw and recording of results each week.\u00a0\u00a0 Hill Top was thanked for not only contributing three teams to the competition by also for hosting the final and making a big effort to mow all greens before the start of play and for the wonderful catering for all players during he season and the final.<\/p>\n<p>Gold team Captain Glenn Newton, in accepting the pennant thanked all HT players and players from all clubs for making the competition a great one and emphasised to all HT players \u201cthe great honour to represent our club\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The cry of <em>two in a row<\/em> rang out.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4031 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmga.org.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Pennant-Fourball-win-2026-480x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmga.org.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Pennant-Fourball-win-2026-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.gmga.org.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Pennant-Fourball-win-2026.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Winners are grinners:\u00a0 Back row from left Col Barlow, Josie DeIeso, Gavin Thomas, Niki Miller, <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Glenn Newton, Darryl Phillips, Peter Caldow.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Seated front:\u00a0 Mick Keen, Wayne Duffy, Julie Donaldson and Tanz Dellar.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In what has been a remarkable season Hill Top (HT) Tatura set the standard for all Goulburn Murray clubs by&#8230;<\/p>\n<div 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