Buggies are buggered

The Karratha Country Club has been left reeling after 12 of their golf buggies were stolen and taken for joy rides. Police are investigating the incidents that took place on June 19 when four golf carts and a lawnmower were stolen from the club before 12 hire buggies were stolen overnight on June 21. Karratha Country Club board member Bodie Broun said the offenders stole six of the carts before getting them stuck in the mud near Millers Well. “They came back to the club and stole the remaining six,” he said. Mr Broun said five carts had been recovered by police, while the club removed the six bogged carts. “There’s three to four with badly damaged steering from their escapades on Sunday night. “They used them as dodgem cars in the mud and a couple of the carts are wrecked.” Mr Broun said the club was working out the cost of the damages and working with insurers to get an estimate. “The steering is $400-$500 a set, and I know the windscreens we have are a couple of hundred each,” he said. Mr Broun said the buggies provided crucial income for the club. “They allow us to have another way of getting our people around, and they’ve been booked out every day,” he said. “The three to four carts that were damaged will be out of action for a month. “Through COVID-19 the country club and golf club were one of the only places folk could go and enjoy themselves. For people to wreck the carts without a care in the world is disappointing.”