Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Golf - Tuesday 31st August 2010 - Spring Carnival Fun Day































































































































































































What a perfect day to pick to have a Spring Carnival Fun Day.....and what a fun day it was!
Wendy Stapleton with the help of Kay Adams did a wonderful job of organising the fun day.
Starting with the straightest drive on the 1st; nearest the "pot plant" at the 2nd; nearest the flags on the 3rd; a flower garden hazard in front of the green at the 4th; a "zigzag" driver to hit off the 5th tee; a racing hurdle barrier at the 6th; only able to use one club plus putter at the 7th; drive with putter & putt with driver at the 8th; and everyone allowed a "Mulligan's" shot on the 9th. That was for the first Novelty 9 hole stableford which was followed by a normal 9 hole stableford. The course was under maintenance & all of the greens had been sanded so it was a hit & hope on the greens.
The potted plants on display were supplied by Narara Valley Nursery & Members are reminded that you can have 12 1/2% discount off all items that are not already discounted at Narara Valley Nursery by showing your Membership card.
My playing partners were Elizabeth MacNamara and Shirley Daly & we did have a fun day. We somehow managed to play the first Novelty 9 holes better that the second Stableford 9 holes. We had some really good highlights & Shirley & I won a ball for our efforts.
The Event of the day was a SPRING CARNIVAL FUN DAY with no handicapping as we had to play the same 9 holes twice due to the greens being under maintenance.
We had 63 starters.
RESULTS:
NOVELTY 9 HOLE STABLEFORD:
WINNER - OVER THE FIELD: Mary Ellis - 23 points
RUNNER UP: Nerida Hancock - 22 points on a countback
3RD: Judy Mulheron - 22 points
1ST HOLE STRAIGHTEST DRIVE:
0 TO 32: Claire Hastings
33 TO 45: Susan Bourne
2ND HOLE NEAREST THE POT PLANT:
WINNER: Maggie Minjoy
3RD HOLE NEAREST THE FLAGS ON THE FAIRWAY:
0 TO 32: Leonie Casey
33 TO 45: Rosemary Cohen
9 HOLE STABLEFORD RESULTS:
WINNER: Di Beechey - 27 points
RUNNER UP: Annie Brink - 25 points on a countback
3RD: Yvonne Wilson - 25 points
NO HANDICAPPING TODAY.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Annie Brink had a birdie 2/5 on the 5th; Sharon Anderson had 5/4 on the 2nd; Shirley Daly scored 40 points & had 4/4 on the 7th; Lyn Douglas hit a super drive on the 9th; Di Beechey on the second 9 scored 3/5 on the 1st, 6/3 on the 2nd, 4/4 on the 3rd, 4/4 on the 4th and 3/3 on the 5th scoring over the 9 holes 27 points (Wow!); Elly Van Den Berg scored 22 points on each 9 holes with 5/4 on the 2nd and 4/4 on the 9th; Yvonne Wilson parred the 1st for 4/4 and scored 25 points on the back 9; Mary Ellis had a par on the 5th; Leonie Casey had nice steady play; Bev Walker putted much better with her cataract removed & tomorrow celebrates her birthday (Happy Birthday Bev); Pam Cowin had a gobbler at the 9th; Nerida Hancock had 40 points, had 5/4 on the 7th and did a better drive with her putter at the 8th than she can do with her driver; Claire Hastings had 4 pointers at the 1st and the 8th; Rosemary Judd came back to her first game at Gosford after playing all the sand golf courses in WA only to find that the Gosford Greens had been sanded for today's golf; Jan Fitzgerald was a good golfer out of luck; Jacqui Davidson had a birdie on the 8th; Felicity Mead reached the green with the Zigzag driver; my highlight was winning a ball.
Another highlight this week is news of Tania Burt & Spencer Walklate's wedding this coming weekend. All the best Tania & Spencer - we hope the day is perfect for you!

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