Golf - Sunday 31st August 2014

Blue sky and sunshine was very welcome today after what seems to be weeks of rain.

The Golf Event of the day was a Single Stableford + 2 Ball Team Mixed, Men and Ladies.

We had 48 starters with 1 visitor from Everglades.

RESULTS:

2 BALL TEAM RESULTS:

MEN:  Col Matterson & Phil Hunt - 45 points

MIXED:  Col Matterson & Lauren Matterson - 46 points

LADIES:  Di Beechey & Linda Rankin - 43 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Col Matterson - 38 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Phil Hunt - 38 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Linda Rankin - 38 points

RUNNER UP:  Lauren Matterson - 37 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH:  Arthur Collien

LADIES 8TH:  Annette Cross

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN:  36 points

LADIES:  30 points

DSR MEN:  70

DSR LADIES:  74

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me:  I was not there today to collect highlights but I think I can speak for everyone and say the highlight of the day was to be play in very pleasant spring temperatures and beautiful sunshine with good company

Golf - Saturday 30th August 2014

We still had some annoying showers but not enough to stop our Men's Saturday Competition.

The Golf Event of the day was a Men's Single Stableford + Teams Event 1 X 2 X 3.

We had 90 starters with 6 visitors from Bonnie Doon, Goulburn, GSM Golf Club, Nelsons Bay and Terrigal.

RESULTS:

TEAM EVENT RESULTS:

WINNERS:  Chris Connor, Lindsay Morgan, Lindsay Freeman & Graham Chee - 88 points on a countback

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  John Haines - 42 points

RUNNER UP:  Paul R. Smith - 40 points on a countback

3RD:  Peter Allen - 40 points

SINGLE SCRATCH WINNER:  Anthony Hanna - 30 points

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH HOLE:

A GRADE:  David Boyd

B GRADE:  Neil Mulvaney

C GRADE:  David Baldwin

NEAREST THE PIN 8TH HOLE - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER:  Peter Randal

BALLS WENT TO:  37 points (neat)

DSR:  69

Trivia Night - Friday 29th August 2014

It was wonderful to see so much Club support from Members and Guests for our Trivia Night which included Wine Tasting from McWilliams Wines, and our normal Friday Night Raffles and Badge Draw with many people enjoying dinner from the Bistro as well.

Scott Cubis was the Master of Ceremonies and ran the night well.  The evening saw many Members and guests with prizes from the meat raffles as well as the lucky door prizes so all was not lost if the Trivia night questions were not spot on.   The Badge Draw was not won and will jackpot by $50 next week.   Members need to be in the Clubhouse on the night to win the draw.  Also there is a monthly draw from the tickets that were sold - drawn from the barrel for a $50 prize.  Tonight was my lucky night for this draw - so I was a grinner as well.

The Trivia Questions were answered by each team and adjudicated by the Trivia Master - Scott Cubis. It was a hard fought battle with not a lot of points difference in the scores.

A good time was had by all and it would be great to see that many people support our Club for our social Friday Nights.  Coming up in September we have Mexican Night where there will be a $1000 travel voucher up for grabs.  You need to swipe your card at the Members kiosk and print your ticket which you then need to place in the Wishing Well in the Club Foyer.

Meanwhile our normal Friday nights are well worth attending for the meat raffles and badge draw which will continue to jackpot until we have a winner in attendance on the night.  

Golf - Friday 29th August 2014

We had a mixed bag of weather today but were able to hold a competition  No carts were allowed on the course as the fairways were very soft.

The Golf Event of the day was a Medley Single Stableford.

We had 45 starters with 4 visitors from Everglades, Howlong, Manilla and Morisset.

RESULTS:

MEDLEY SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Ben Patterson (Manilla) - 42 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Michael Norman - 42 points on a countback

3RD:  Wayne Sneade - 42 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH:  To be advised

LADIES 8TH: To be advised

BALLS WENT TO:  35 points (over the field)

DCR MEN: 68

DCR LADIES:  72 

Golf - Thursday 28th August 2014

The on/off rain has continued with more rain overnight which was enough to close the course for the Ladies Golf this morning.

Later in the morning the course was opened again but the on/off rain continued which has kept the numbers right down.

The forecast is a little more promising for tomorrow so hopefully tomorrow's competition can be played as scheduled.

Golf - Wednesday 27th August 2014

All I can say is there are die hards and DIE HARDS!   We had on/off rain all day today and the course was soaking wet from very heavy rainfall overnight.  No carts were allowed on the course which would have cut the numbers down - but really - you would have to have been a desperate to go out today - but look at the scores - not bad for a pathetic day of weather.

The Golf Event of the day was a Men's Single Stableford (Team Event cancelled due to small field)

We had 42 starters with 2 visitors from Moore Park & Manilla.

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Wayne Cotter - 40 points

RUNNER UP:  Glen Bainbridge - 38 points

3RD:  Graham Chee - 37 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH HOLE:

A GRADE:  David Boyd

B GRADE:  Richard Casey

C GRADE:  Not won

MEN'S 8TH HOLE - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER:  Geoff Johnson

BALLS WENT TO:  37 points (neat)

DSR:  69

Golf - Tuesday 26th August 2014

No golf results from the Ladies Golf today. Not surprising given the on and off rain and the course being under maintenance.

Being wet and putting through sand does not sound like much fun.

Hopefully the rain will move on and get us back to business as usual tomorrow!

F-Troop - Monday 25th August 2014

We had another busy day at F-Troop and thankfully we had good weather to work in.

Today we had nine volunteers to share the load - Duncan Dyer, Geoff Bridge, Trevor Harrison, Don Nicholls, Rob Benson, Warren Gray, Peter Martin, Anne Burgess and Jan Martin. The planned tree trimming with the cherry picker was postponed due to the recent bad weather - to be re-sheduled at a later date. The planned stump removing went ahead with a contractor working his way around the course removing stumps in order of urgency.

The Tree Gang of Duncan Dyer, Geoff Bridge, Trevor Harrison & Don Nicholls undercut at the 17th and the 17th out of bounds line.

Rob Benson & Warren Gray had the daunting task of rubbish pick up around the course and fixed up the rope border and post at the 17th green. (later painted white by Peter Martin).

Peter Martin was rouse about and picked up rubbish from the garden clean outs at the back of the 5th and the 8th and 12th tees.

Anne Burgess cleaned up at the BBQ area and worked on the new grass and camellia garden at the back of the 10th green.

I cleaned up at the bush toilets and fertilized the camellias there, trimmed and weeded the garden at the back of the 5th green, planted in new Gazanias at the Ladies 13th tee, trimmed and weeded the garden at the 12th & 8th tees, planted in three new Vireya shrubs and added fertilizer in the Front Street Garden, tidied up the Lavender garden after the rabbit damage.

We all enjoyed morning tea of croissants and jam - Thank you Chef Brad!

After morning tea ( I was slack and forgot to take a photo) it was all hands on deck to erect a small picket fence around the hedge plants at the front entrance to prevent further damage to the hedge plants that have been struggling to take off because of the constant branch damage by careless by passers.

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Golf - Sunday 24th August 2014 - 2nd Round of the Mixed Team Series

We had great weather for golf today - not a hint of rain and some nice warm sunshine.  The course underfoot was very wet with many puddles waiting to trap unsuspecting golf balls and overall the course was very soft. Given past years history it was a credit to the staff that the course was still playable after all the recent rain.

Our playing partners today were John & Julie Hazzard and they were great company.  We did have some good three pointers and other highlights  - the best of which was Peter's birdie on the 14th where a Hole in One was not out of the question when the ball was rolling to the hole and finished up just behind.

The Golf Event of the day was Round 2 of the 30th Annual Mixed Team Series proudly sponsored by "SRIXON"  - 3 scores to count + Single Stableford.

RESULTS:

ROUND 2 TEAM SERIES RESULTS:

WINNERS:  Graham Brown, Rae Brown, Peter Laybutt & Sandra Laybutt - 105 points

RUNNERS UP:  Col Matterson, Lauren Matterson, Duncan Dyer & Rosalie Dyer - 100 points on a countback

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Mark Stimpson - 41 points

RUNNER UP:  Brent Frewin - 38 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Sandra Laybutt - 35 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Leanne Binns - 35 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

5TH HOLE:

MEN:  Col Matterson

WOMEN:  Robyn Krahe

8TH HOLE:  

MEN:  Steven Cross

WOMEN:  Sandra Coyle

12TH HOLE:  

MEN:  Ron Puiatti

WOMEN:  Helen Potter

14TH HOLE:

MEN:  Bruce Binns

WOMEN:  Sheena Asken

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN:  31 points (neat)

WOMEN:  28 points (neat)

DSR MEN:  70

DSR WOMEN:  70

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me:  Mark Stimpson had birdies at the 2nd, 5th and 14th, parred the 8th and the 12th and was 2 under on the par 3's; Lorraine Bignall turned in 18 and had a near gobbler out of the sand at the 11th with the ball diving into the hole and just popping out again; Peter Martin had a birdie on the 14th; John Hazzard had a 3 pointer on the 7th; Julie Hazzard had two 3 pointers in a row at the 3rd and the 4th; Annette Cross had a 4 pointer at the 3rd and parred the 1st and the 3rd; Steven Cross had a birdie at the 5th; Kay Frewin & Carolyn Buttsworth both had a 4 pointer on the 8th; Kevin O'Brien had a good drive on the 8th; Rosalie Dyer played the par 3's well and had some good pars; Col Matterson played well for his 37 points; Lauren Matterson had 3/4 on the 8th; George Foster beat the girls for the Keno ticket; Lynn Puiatti sand a 40 foot putt on the 18th for a par; Ron Puiatti had a birdie on the 15th; Vick Foster was happy top finish with more than 30 points; Joyce Bosley improved her golf on the second 9; Sheen Asken had a good first 9; Nigel Asken had one birdie - but say no more; Richard Casey was happy to be back playing golf at Gosford; Glennis English had a Gobbler Birdie at the 12th; Anne Burke played steady golf without her partner Adrian who had to leave for medical call; Bruce Binns had a birdie at the 14th and won nearest the pin; Anne Forrester parred the 9th; Susan Bourne finished in one piece; Brent Frewin had a birdie at the 13th; Grahame Kingsmall's highlight was playing with Frewie and having a 3 pointer; Rae Brown had a 3 pointer; my highlight was a 3 pointer on the 14th and finishing with the same ball I started with.

Have you all got your teams organised and tables booked for next Friday night's Trivia Night?  I understand there is 110 booked so far so it should be a good night and the Membership Badge Draw is creeping up.

RESULTS OF THE MEN'S C GRADE PENNANTS HELD AT GOSFORD TODAY:

GOSFORD DEFEATED MORISSET   2 1/2 TO 1/2

WELL DONE GOSFORD BOYS!

Golf - Saturday 23rd August 2014

Once again we have have had on and off rain all day - fortunately not enough to cancel the golf and the course is holding up well under the onslaught of continuing showers.

The Golf Events of the day were the Holden Scramble - 6.45 am shotgun start and a Men's Single Stableford 11.45 am shotgun start.

I understand that we had 80 starters in the Holden Scramble.

In the Single Stableford we had 62 starters with 2 visitors from Terrigal.

RESULTS:

GOSFORD GOLF CLUB HOLDEN SCRAMBLE RESULTS:

To be advised.

MEN'S SINGLE STABLEFORD RESULTS:

WINNER:  Ben Lewis - 37 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Stephen McGuckin - 37 points

3RD:  Neil Hancock - 36 points on a countback

4TH:  Ken Kirkwood - 36 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH HOLE:

A GRADE:  To be advised

B GRADE:  To be advised

C GRADE:  To be advised

NEAREST THE PIN 8TH HOLE - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER:  To be advised

BALLS WENT TO:  36 points (neat)

DSR:  71

Golf - Friday 22nd August 2014

The continuing wet weather is having an effect on our playing fields with the numbers well down for the week.  We had some good scores in today so it cannot be too bad once the showers abate.

Next week's forecast is showing continuing showers - hopefully centered over somewhere else than Gosford Golf Club.  Monday and Tuesday are green maintenance days so perhaps light showers would be okay from the Green Keepers point of view.  Overnight would be good with blue sky and sunshine throughout the golfing hours.

The Golf Event of the day was a Single Stableford for Men and Ladies.

We had 21 starters with 2 visitors from Everglades and Nowra.  There were no ladies playing today.

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Peter Miller - 40 points

RUNNER UP:  John Haines - 38 points

3RD:  Insufficient starters

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH HOLE:

WINNER:  L.Morgan

BALLS WENT TO:  

MEN:  34 points (neat)

DSR:  71 

Golf - Thursday 21st August 2014

The rain held off long enough to give us a sunny morning for our ladies golf.  The heavy rain overnight made the course a bit heavy so it was good to see blue sky and sunshine this morning.

The Golf Event of the day was a Single Stableford - Over the Field + 3rd Round of the Singles Knockout.

We had 21 starters.

RESULTS:

RESULTS OF THE LADIES 3RD ROUND  SINGLES KNOCKOUT:

DIVISION 1:

Helen Potter defeated Sheena Asken

Jan Fitzgerald defeated Bev Adams

DIVISION 2:

Jann Henebury defeated Ronda Jordon on a forfeit

Rae Brown defeated Rhonda Austen

SINGLE STABLEFORD RESULTS:

WINNER:  Anne Forrester - 34 points

RUNNER UP:  Jann Henebury - 32 points

NEAREST THE PIN 14TH HOLE:

0 TO 32:  Carolyn Buttsworth

33 TO 45 SECOND SHOT:  Jann Henebury

BALLS WENT TO:  30 points on a countback

BALL COMPETITION:

Anne Forrester

Jann Henebury

Margaret Nichols

Margaret Maclachlan

Glennis English

DSR:  to be advised

2014 District Charity Day at Toukley - held on Monday 18th August 2014

Some of our Gosford Ladies played in the 2014 District Charity Day held at Toukley in support of Multiple Sclerosis which raised $11,300 for this worthy cause.

RESULTS:

Terrigal won (Best 6 scores from team of 10)

June Bowen won the Division 3 Stableford Brooch District held in conjunction.

The Golf Event of the day was a 18 Hole Stableford - Team of 10 Best 6 scores to count.

TEAM WINNERS:  TERRIGAL

Aiki Harrigan
Michelle Lee
Marnie L'Anson
Cheryl Ledger
Sally Hopkins
Judy Eaton
Janice Adlard
Peggy Searle
Chris Baddock
Colleen Henry

SINGLE STABLEFORD RESULTS:

WINNER:  Colleen Henry (Terrigal) - 37 points

RUNNER UP:  Donna Mitchell (Everglades) - 36 points on a countback

3RD:  Yvonne Boardman (Toukley) - 36 points

4TH: Meagen Auston (Morisset) - 34 points on a countback

STABLEFORD BROOCH PLAYED IN CONJUNCTION:

DIVISION 1:  Meagen Auston (Morisset) - 34 points

DIVISION 2:  Adrienne Robards (Kooindah) - 33 points

DIVISION 3:  June Bowen (Gosford) - 24 points

NEAREST THE PINS:


6TH HOLE:

DIVISION 3:  Not won

8TH HOLE:

DIVISION 1:  Emma de Vries (Shelly Beach)

DIVISION 2:  Sue Taylor (Toukley)

13TH HOLE:

DIVISION 1: Yvonne Boardman (Toukley)

DIVISION 2:  Marnie L'Anson (Terrigal)

17TH HOLE:

DIVISION 3:  Colleen Henry (Terrigal)

BALLS WENT TO:  27 points on a countback

My thanks to Lorraine Bignall for this report.

Golf - Wednesday 20th August 2014

Working on the course gardens today I came across damage caused by our natural predators - one being rabbits attacking the lavenders at the 16th digging large holes around the roots of the plants and at the Ladies garden at the 13th and the Camellias at the 14th some cockatoos had given the plants a complimentary trim which is rather frustrating when we have our garden inspection in a couple of weeks for the Gosford Council Garden Competition where we are competing for the Best Commercial Garden.

The weather held off today thankfully so many of our golfers got their game in with no rain at all.

The Golf Event of the day was a Men's Single Stableford + 2 Ball Irish Multiplier.

We had 114 starters with 6 visitors from Grange, Kooindah Waters, Morisset, PGA, Wollongong & Wyong.

RESULTS:

2 BALL IRISH MULTIPLIER RESULTS:

WINNERS:  Greg Thompson & Warren Guest - 84 points on a countback

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Greg Smith - 43 points

RUNNER UP:  David Small - 41 points

3RD:  Brad Storey - 39 points

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH HOLE:

A GRADE:  Garry Fitch

B GRADE:  Robert Twible

C GRADE:  Peter Yabsley

NEAREST THE PIN 8TH HOLE - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER:  Jim Ritchie

BALLS WENT TO:  36 points (neat)

DSR:  68