The final two rounds of Narrabri Golf Club’s 2021 club championships were contested at the club’s immaculate 18-hole course across the weekend and the winners were crowned on Sunday.

Defending champion Adam Taylor is the men’s club champion for 2021, while Louise Penberthy claimed her first club championship in what was her maiden A-grade appearance.

The 72-hole event was once again contested across four rounds. The first two were played on Saturday and Sunday, February 5 and 6, followed by rounds three and four on Saturday and Sunday, February 12 and 13.

Taylor scored a four-over-par 75 in rounds one and two. Those were the best scores on both days, but he was forced to settle for the gross second-place finish in round one after he was defeated by a fellow former club champ, Josh Orman, on a countback.

Taylor finished the day as runner-up in round three after she shot a seven-over-par 78, and Luke Flood shot a four-over-par 75.

Taylor was runner-up again in round four on Sunday after he finished with a five-over-par 76, three behind Troy Nott who scored a two-over-par 73.

That saw ‘Tubby’, as Taylor is well-known as around the club, finish the four-round event with a combined score of 304, which was 10 off his best club championships score of 294.

He went into the final day’s play five shots clear of second-placed Flood.

However, Flood had reduced that to just one shot after both golfers had completed the third hole.

Taylor kept his composure and an impressive run across the back nine saw him outscore Flood by seven shots on the overall leaderboard to claim his sixth club championship.

The 2021 club champion, who also won the event in 2000, 2003, 2009, 2013 and 2020, told The Courier he was proud to have won it again.

“It feels really good,” Taylor said.

“Sunday was a challenging day but it was a good result.

“I’m pretty proud to have six now and hopefully I can continue.”

Taylor said days three and four both provided much better conditions to play in.

“Days one and two were pretty bad conditions with the wind,” he said.

“It wasn’t the most pleasant of weather to play golf in.

“But the other two were pretty good days.

“I had a good back nine [on Sunday] and for Luke, it definitely wasn’t a bad back nine for him, I just fortunately made a few more putts and that was the day.

“It was a very enjoyable day with the three guys (Luke Flood, Shane Hartog-Smith and Josh Orman). It was a very good group to go out there with.”

Taylor also commended the format of the club championships as well as the condition of the course.

“It’s always a good format to play, the Narrabri champos,” he said.

“I always look forward to playing it.

“The course is in good nick at the moment thanks to the hard work of Mark Campbell and his team.

“I’d also like to thank the committee for running the event.”

Meanwhile, for first-time A-grade ladies player Penberthy, winning the club championships came as quite a shock.

Penberthy shot 96 and 97 in rounds one and two, respectively, and then followed those up with her best score on the Narrabri Golf Club’s 18-hole course in round three on Saturday when she shot a 93.

She followed that up with a 105 on Sunday, which saw her finish the 72-hole four-round event with 391.

That saw Penberthy edge out the A-grade gross runner-up Lyn Shearer by just two shots. Shearer shot 109, 91, 99 and 94 to finish with 393.

“It was a very big shock. I never went in expecting I’d win it,” Penberthy said.

“I’m pretty pleased with my efforts.

“This year was only my second club champs. I played in 2020 in B-grade.

“I’ve only sort of just started going under 100 and 93 is definitely my best score ever.

“I got a 96 last year but generally I’ve only just started going under 100.

“I was really hoping to keep all four scores under 100 but I wouldn’t have a clue what happened [on Sunday].

“I actually thought I’d lost it. I didn’t think I’d won until the cards were in.”

Penberthy, who was the A-grade ladies’ gross winner in round one and the nett winner in rounds two and three, said that her chipping and putting have both improved of late, which helped her keep her scores down across the four rounds and win the 2021 ladies club championship.

A full list of winners and runners-up for each grade is as follows:

Men’s:
Club champion – Adam Taylor, A-grade gross winner – Adam Taylor, A-grade gross runner-up – Luke Flood, A-grade nett winner – Terry Lennox, A-grade nett runner-up – Josh Orman (countback), B-grade gross winner – Paul Hulbert, B-grade gross runner-up – Adam Hatton, B-grade nett winner – Melvyn Sammuelsson, B-grade nett runner-up – Blake Brown, C-grade gross winner – Linton Grumley, C-grade gross runner-up – Peter Greenaway, C-grade nett winner – Will Brooks (countback), C-grade nett runner-up – Rod Rees, veterans champion Terry Lennox, veterans nett winner – Peter Greenaway.

Ladies:
Club champion – Louise Penberthy, A-grade gross winner – Louise Penberthy, A-grade gross runner-up – Lyn Shearer, A-grade nett winner – Robyn Smith, A-grade nett runner-up – Jane Lennox, B-grade gross winner – Robin Ford, B-grade gross runner-up – Yvonne Findley, B-grade nett winner – Kate Pitman (countback), B-grade nett runner-up – Joy Baker.

Results from each round are as follows:

Saturday, February 5 – Round One:
A-grade gross winner – Josh Orman with 75 (countback), A-grade gross runner-up – Adam Taylor with 75, A-grade nett winner – Brendan Kramel with 71 (countback), A-grade nett runner-up – Wayne Saunders with 71, B-grade gross winner – Blake Fielder with 86, B-grade gross runner-up – Paul Hulbert with 87, B-grade nett winner – Richard Miller with 72 (countback), B-grade nett runner-up – Andrew Stieger with 72, C-grade gross winner – Linton Grumley with 88, C-grade gross runner-up – Peter Greenaway with 89, C-grade nett winner – Rodney Rees with 67, C-grade nett runner-up – Glenn Stanford with 69, ladies’ A-grade gross winner – Louise Penberthy with 96, ladies’ A-grade gross runner-up – Gail Richardson with 104, ladies’ A-grade nett winner – Robin Smith with 87, ladies’ A-grade nett runner-up – Fiona Campbell with 89, ladies’ B-grade gross winner – Myra Joseph with 104 (countback), ladies’ B-grade gross runner-up – Maree Taylor with 104, ladies’ B-grade nett winner – Di Parish with 72, ladies’ B-grade nett runner-up – Kate Pitman with 74.

Nearest to pins: Fifth – Justin Orman, eighth – Andrew Steiger, 12th – Will Cameron, 16th – Luke Flood.

Sunday, February 6 – Round Two:
A-grade gross winner – Adam Taylor with 75, A-grade gross runner-up – Shane Hartog-Smith with 76 (countback), A-grade nett winner – Lawrence Walford with 72 (countback), A-grade nett runner-up – Terry Lennox with 72, B-grade gross winner – Adam Hatton with 81 (countback), B-grade gross runner-up – Paul Hulbert with 81, B-grade nett winner – Tony Nott with 68, B-grade nett runner-up – Blake Hilderson with 71, C-grade gross winner – Terry Joseph with 91, C-grade gross runner-up – Bob Taylor with 92, C-grade nett winner – Drew Penberthy with 72 (countback), C-grade nett runner-up – Michael Wilson with 72, ladies’ A-grade gross winner – Lyn Shearer with 91, ladies’ A-grade gross runner-up – Robyn Smith with 96, ladies’ A-grade nett winner – Louise Penberthy with 74, ladies’ A-grade nett runner-up – Gail Richardson with 91, ladies’ B-grade gross winner – Joy Baker with 100 (countback), ladies’ B-grade gross runner-up – Robin Ford with 100, ladies’ B-grade nett winner – Yvonne Findley with 75, ladies’ B-grade nett runner-up – Jenny Kirk with 80.

Nearest to pins: Fifth – John Fenton, eighth – Pat Legg, 12th – Josh Orman, 16th – Josh Orman.

Saturday, February 12 – Round Three:

A-grade gross winner – Luke Flood with 75, A-grade gross runner-up – Adam Taylor with 78, A-grade nett winner – Mark Fielder with 71, A-grade nett runner-up – Steven Richardson with 72, B-grade gross winner – Adam Hatton with 84, B-grade gross runner-up – Kenny Nolan with 85, B-grade nett winner – Andrew Stieger with 69, B-grade nett runner-up – Melvyn Samuelsson with 71, C-grade gross winner – Glenn Stanford with 87, C-grade gross runner-up – Brian Munro with 88, C-grade nett winner – Will Brooks with 63, C-grade nett runner-up – Rodney Rees with 70, ladies A-grade gross winner – Zoe Tomlinson with 85, ladies A-grade gross runner-up – Lyn Shearer with 99, ladies A-grade nett winner – Louise Penberthy with 71, ladies A-grade nett runner-up – Chrissy Southwell with 78, ladies B-grade gross winner – Robin Ford with 104, ladies B-grade gross runner-up – Joy Baker with 104, ladies B-grade nett winner – Maree Taylor with 75, ladies B-grade nett runner-up – Sandra Nott with 78.

Nearest to pins: Fifth – Mark Fielder, eighth – Mark Fielder, 12th – Megan Hartog-Smith, 16th – Blake Hilderson.

Sunday, February 13 – Round Four:

A-grade gross winner – Troy Nott with 73, A-grade gross runner-up – Adam Taylor with 76 (countback), A-grade nett winner – Geoff Artis with 73, A-grade nett runner-up – Mark Fielder with 74 , B-grade gross winner – Melvyn Samuelsson with 81, B-grade gross runner-up – Andrew Steiger with 83, B-grade nett winner – Fred Atherden with 70, B-grade nett runner-up – Tony Nott with 72 (countback), C-grade gross winner – Blake Brown with 84, C-grade gross runner-up – Brian Munro with 91, C-grade nett winner – Bill Cameron with 73, C-grade nett runner-up – Graham Cameron with 74, ladies A-grade gross winner – Lyn Shearer with 94, ladies A-grade gross runner-up – Chrissy Southwell with 101, ladies A-grade nett winner – Jane Lennox with 75, ladies A-grade nett runner-up – Robyn Smith with 82, ladies B-grade gross winner – Robin Ford with 96, ladies B-grade gross runner-up – Joy Baker with 100, ladies B-grade nett winner – Lauren Baguley with 64, ladies B-grade nett runner-up – Kate Pitman with 73.

Nearest to pins: Fifth – Terry Lennox, eighth – Jane Lennox, 12th – Josh Orman, 16th – Peter Dewsbury.

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