Briggs and Casey make early running at Lang Lang

Frankie Chiu gets set to strike his first blow in the 2023 Club Championships at Lang Lang Golf Club. 372889 Picture: SUPPLIED

LANG LANG GOLF

It was a huge day at Lang Lang Golf Club on Saturday with the opening round of the 2023 Club Championships taking place and the November Monthly Medal also going up for grabs.

Richard Briggs and Rena Casey were the big winners on the day; leading the Men’s and Women’s Club Championships after round one and claiming medal honours as well.

Briggs and Casey were the best of a fantastic field of 186 players that teed it up for round one.

The leaderboards after round one is as follows:

Men’s A Grade

Richard Briggs 73, Darren Rooke 76, Casual Walker 78, Levi Maxwell 78, Wayne Kennedy 79 and Bart McDonald 79.

Ladies A/B Grade

Rena Casey 83, Jennifer Sullivan 90, Nicole Ellen 98, Megan Barker 106, Jennifer Boyd 107 and Maria Warburton 107.

Men’s B Grade

Josh Rietman 83, Rick Falcone 87, Will Mirtschin 87, Joe Kelly 88, Brendan Clarke 89 and Nav Pillai 89.

Men’s C Grade

Kevin Curtis 93, Les Rand 94, Noel Marsland 94, Timothy Miller 95 and Steven Walsh 96.

It was great to see so many players participating on Saturday and we saw some fantastic scores from the top runners.

Looking forward to the next two weeks, the competition looks to be a close one so far.

Congratulations to Richard Briggs and Rena Casey for being the Monthly Medal winners.

Fingers crossed for good golfing weather for the week.

Other results for the week:

• Cup Day Stableford (Tuesday) Field of 90

Division 1: Winner: John Johnson 42 points. Second place: Phil Conroy 41 points. Third place: Graeme Ottosen 39 points.

Division 2: Winner: Michael Maskew 40 points. Second place: Jeff Harrison 39 points by countback. Third place: Douglas Collins 39 points.

Nearest the pins: 5th Steve Bray, 9th Tim Purdy, 12th Troy Harrison, 15th Graeme Ottosen.

• Wednesday Ladies Monthly Medal – Stroke

Winner: Jodie Mays nett 74. Runner Up: Anne Wedlock nett 75.

Ball rundown to nett 77.

Nearest the pins: 9th Jodie Mays.

• Thursday 4BBB/Stableford. Field of 88

4BBB Winners: David Fahey and Brian Hall with 45 points by countback.

Runners Up: Vyv Bennison and Robert Walker.

Division 1: Winner: Stephen Rawlings with 39 points. Runner up: John Johnson with 38 points.

Division 2: Winners: Steve Dunn with 39 points. Runner up: Ray Dalrymple with 38 points.

Ball rundown to 34 points.

Nearest the pin: 5th Rod Cameron, 9th Vern Hall, 12th Levi Maxwell, 15th Russell Swan.

• Sunday Stableford

Winner: Aiden Gajanovic with 39 points. Runner up: Sharon Cox with 37 points.

-Jodie Mays-