A Win for PMGC Division 2 PENNANT
A fantastic effort by the Pambula Merimbula Golf Club Division 2 pennant team to defeat Mollymook 3-2 at Bega in the Far South Coast Pennant final on Sunday.
This is three Pennants in a row for Div 2 having previously won in 2023 and 2024. Zak Coustley has been a member of all three teams, but this year we changed things up with team selection adding David Pleyey, Dan Brown Liam Brown and Dominic Brown to the team. This combination proved a winning formula with the team only losing one of their six matches.
It’s pleasing to see the development in our younger players and the experience will hold them in good stead for the future.
Dan Brown was undefeated in his five matches, winning four and halving one. Dan was rock-solid at No 3 as was Dave Plevey at No 1, losing only one match during the season and always playing against the best player from the other teams.
Liam Brown performed extremely well in the qualifying rounds and Dom Brown won both his semi-final and final match to finish the season off in outstanding fashion. The improvement in Dom’s match play strategy was evident, and he was instrumental in getting the team over the line in for narrow but convincing wins in both their finals matches.
Zak Coustley won his first two matches this year to contribute to the team’s first two wins and in doing so, took his Pennant record to being unbeaten in 14 matches for the club. However, it’s impossible for anyone to sustain that level of success, and whilst I know Zak is disappointed with the back-end of his season, we couldn’t have won 3 in a row without Zak. He started out playing No 5 off hcp 16 in 2023 and finished playing No 2 off hcp 7 this year. I don’t think we’ll have Zak next year but whatever he decides to do after Year 12, I hope he continues with his golf.
The 6th member of Div 2 was Chilly Concannon who won his only match with the team.
Mention also to the Div 1 and Senior Pennant teams who both made it through to the semi-finals this year. We were the only Far South Coast club to make finals in all three Divisions.