‘Curtis Sticks It to Them While Cardinal Nets the Cup’
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October 2002: The annual Shanka
Invitational Tournament was held at Cape Shank in October 2002. While a
somewhat smaller event than in previous years, the twelve invited players
(which included a disappointing one South Australian – Pitte Man), exhibited outstanding dedication to the traditions
of the event. Roving Referee and photographer Íron-Guts Crossinski, maintained strict control and all players
made it through the tournament relatively unscathed. While there was some
debate over the ‘nobbling adjustment factor’ to be applied on the day,
Íron-Guts was able to
contain any outbreak of violence and the game went relatively smoothly. While the competition was hot, Curtis prevailed with 89 to win
the off-the-stick competition. However, his handicap of 13 (15 with a
nobbling adjustment factor of 2 strokes), was not enough to displace the
Cardinal’s net 71 (98 off the stick and handicap of 27 – what a gift!),
making The Cardinal the Shanka Invitational
Tournament Champion for 2003. “I’ve never been so insulted in all my
life!” said The Cardinal as he was presented with the trophy. The Cardinal also won the nearest the pin competition making it almost
a clean sweep. He has agreed to defend his title at the 2003 event. Five strokes back were Rubber Man, Curtis and the Pitte
Man in equal second. Pitte Man’s performance
was particularly notable, strongly representing the South Australian
Brotherhood. The rest of the field lagged some strokes behind (although Steff was
only 3 behind), but were in good spirits (or drank some). The final results
are shown in the following table: |
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Results:
The Shanka Invitational Tournament 2002
Course |
ACR |
Date |
Player |
Score |
Hcp |
Net |
Cape Schank |
69 |
05/10/02 |
Cardinal |
98 |
27 |
71 |
Cape Schank |
69 |
05/10/02 |
Rubber Man |
94 |
18 |
76 |
Cape Schank |
69 |
05/10/02 |
Cutis |
89 |
13 |
76 |
Cape Schank |
69 |
05/10/02 |
Pittman |
113 |
37 |
76 |
Cape Schank |
69 |
05/10/02 |
The Bloke |
109 |
30 |
79 |
Cape Schank |
69 |
05/10/02 |
Markus Octavious |
118 |
34 |
84 |
Cape Schank |
69 |
05/10/02 |
The Hanging Judge |
105 |
20 |
85 |
Cape Schank |
69 |
05/10/02 |
The Captain |
129 |
42 |
87 |
Cape Schank |
69 |
05/10/02 |
Gordon |
114 |
26 |
88 |
Cape Schank |
69 |
05/10/02 |
Stavros the Greek |
118 |
30 |
88 |
Cape Schank |
69 |
05/10/02 |
Nurse Min |
122 |
32 |
90 |
Cape Schank |
69 |
05/10/02 |
Freddie Five Iron |
127 |
28 |
99 |
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