The 7:30 Report — Wednesday 5th January.

A misty morning greeted 21 players for the Gisborne Peak Winery January Mug o' the Month stableford. A welcome to guests Andrew Starkey, Andrew Helstrup and Don Bubeck.

Don had an interesting start to the round as his cart short circuited on his second hole but with the help of a little bush mechanic know how, was able to limp the vehicle back to the clubhouse before continuing on.

Winners:
A grade (0-18) Mike Hoiles (15) 37 points
B grade (19+) and Mug of the Month, Sean Bassett (25) 42 points

Runners up:
A grade-Rob Devereux (18) 36 points on countback from a gallant Walrus (11)
B grade-Mike Gorman (20) 36 points cb

Other scores:
Andrew Helstrup (22) 36 points
Jeremy Clare (20) 34 points
Bubba Watson (23), Kevin Taylor (18) and Mick Doyle (6) 33 points
Tony Carter (13), Oils Flannery (15), Joggers Andrew (12) and Jim Hynes (1) 31 points
SoT (28) 30 points
Gary Liddy (18) and Patrick Doyle (4) 29 points
Don Bubeck (14) 28 points
Andrew Starkey (21) 27 points
Tiger Penney (37) 24 points
Shooter Dawson (13) 21 points and the dishes. John made the observation that he washed as many dishes as the points he returned.

NTPs
A grade-Mike Hoiles, B grade- Andrew Helstrup

Birdie balls
Liddy, Hynes and M Doyle-17th, Hynes-10th, Gorman-11th

Balls for handicap or better
Ward, Devereux, Bassett, Helstrup, Hoiles and Gorman

This Saturday is the John Lowe Memorial 4BBB pairs stableford. Assemble at 8:30 for a 9am shotgun start. Currently just 11 pairs have registered.

Next Wednesday is a Par event.