Once again we have had consistent showers making it impossible for the course to drain and dry out.
I thought we had just had the big wet - but not according to the weather forecast. Apparently we are just about to get the BIG WET.
It may be inside sports for a while.
JOur Junior Pennant Team had a tough day at Toukley Golf Club last Saturday. We battled rain, deep puddles, killer mosquito's and club eating lakes. Connor was first away having a terrific match against Jesse. It was neck and neck all the way ,with Connor winning the last hole to halve his match. He is still undefeated 👍. Aidan played well,and hit some nice shots in terrible conditions. Kiedis played a great game against Kiara. He unfortunately lost grip of his driver,and watched it fly majestically into the middle of the dam on the 15th. The SS Callaway sank to the bottom overnight, never to be seen again☹️. Alisha was playing some of her best golf taking Ryan all the way to the 16th. Seb was splashing his way all over the course battling his opponent. He always fights hard.Our Wyong friends were a pleasure to play against,and a great wet day was had by all.
Bob Thomas
F-Troop Morning Tea - Duncan Dyer, John Hollebon, Kevin O’Brien, Peter Martin, Don Nicholls, Ron Gowing, Di Beechey (Jan Martin)
Two drowned rats.
The greenspace garden at the bush toilets - toilets cleaned, paths raked and weeded, shrubs trimmed, gardens tidied.
Another showery day to hold us back with our projects. The course is very wet and we could not take any heavy vehicles onto the course. Luckily we had loaded a Ute load of firewood last week ready for today’s delivery.
On hand we had Duncan Dyer, Kevin O’Brien, Peter Martin, Don Nicholls, Ron Gowing, John Hollebon, Di Beechey and Jan Martin.
Projects worked on today were Firewood delivery, Hedge and garden maintenance, clean up at the front of the clubhouse including paths to the 1st and 10th tees, wedding garden and practice nets, gate maintenance, cleaning of the bush toilets and trimming of shrubs.
The heavy rain set in at 9 o’clock to we had an early morning tea.
YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
The course is extremely wet and no carts are allowed on the course.
The continuing showers is preventing the normal good drainage to happen and course maintenance is difficult.
Social golf only today for the keen golfers.
Mens’s Pennants Results: Gosford played Everglades at Toukley.
Great wins today in B grade 2/1 and C grade 3 nil. A grade were off their game and lost 7/0
I cant believe we actually played. The course was extremely wet and there were puddles everywhere but they still allowed carts. Thank God for that as I had to play at late notice and managed to make it to the 17th before losing 2/1. Could have been worse without a cart. It was great to see one of Juniors Greg Brien step up onto the big stage. Greg lost his match but I’m sure he will be a big part of the team next year. Thanks Greg.
B grade remain undefeated and now look to be a serious threat to go back to back. Well done to Bill Ballard who has managed the team exceptional well and his team selection strategy today went a long way to getting the team home against a formidable foe.
C Grade won well and with a few more close results going their way would have been right in contention for the title. Heydon Ellis had a blinder today and with George steering the ship they were back in the sheds early with an 8/7 win.
No golf again today - the course is very wet and no carts were allowed.
There is more rain forecast for this week so it will be a day by day assessment of the course.
Check the club website for current conditions of play.
Rain, rain and more rain as predicted. There were no carts allowed on the course today + all bunkers out of play except for the left hand side of the 3rd.
The Golf Event of the day was a Single Stableford.
We had 4 starters.
RESULTS:
WINNER: John Haines - 34 points
NO NEAREST THE PINS.
MENS SR: 65/69
WOMENS SR: 75
The course was open today but no carts allowed on the course - Bunkers were all GUR except the left side of the 3rd green.
RESULTS:
We had 7 starters with 1 visitor from Everglades.
OVER THE FIELD:
WINNER: Grant Wilson - 35 points
NO NEAREST THE PINS.
MENS SR: 69
WOMENS SR: 73
Rain, rain and more rain.
We did drive by the Golf Course today and there were a few golf tragics out there. I hope they had a good day before the heavy rain set in.
There were zero on the leaderboard for competition golf which is not surprising.
Check with the Pro Shop tomorrow regarding tomorrow’s golf.
Pathway around the second green washed out
5th fairway - water right across
3rd dam - full to the brim
And this was just all we could see through the fence.
I was not surprised to see zero players on the leaderboard for today’s golf. The course would be very wet. Hopefully it will drain quickly and repairs are able to be done.
Golf was a non event with 150 mls falling on the course leaving all the bunkers out of play and a very wet course.
Tomorrow no carts will be allowed on the course and all bunkers will be out of play.
More showers to come but hopefully not as heavy as today.
Pennants Results:
Our B grade pennant team marches on with another strong 3 nil against Shelly Beach. We now face Everglades at Toukley next week with the winner the favourites to win this years Pennant. Go Gosford.
C Grade fought hard again this week but could only manage another square. This is their third square for the year and with a few more wins they would have been right in contention to win the Pennant. Well done boys
A grade went down 5.5/1.5 to a strong Shelly Beach team. Special mention to Zac Duffy who called a penalty on himself after he believed he may have caused the ball to move after clearing debris around the ball. Zac had come back to be 1 down at the time I and said to him I am sure things will go his way from now and he will win the match. Zac lost the next 3 holes to go down 4/3. Sorry Zac. Also special mention to Tony van den Kolk who just keeps on winning.
Well done to all our teams and lets finish strongly
Bob Thomas
F-Troop Morning Tea - Di Beechey, Ron Gowing, Trevor Harrison, Nigel Asken, Rob Benson, Kevin O’Brien, Peter Martin, Don Nicholls, Sam Knox, (John Hollebon , Frank Potter and Jan Martin)
Rubbish removed from the drain at the 7th
We had a huge day at F-Troop today with many projects to work on.
We had twelve volunteers which was very helpful for our heavy tasks.
On hand we had Sam Knox, Trevor Harrison, Kevin O’Brien, Rob Benson, Frank Potter, Peter Martin, Don Nicholls, Nigel Asken, John Hollebon, Ron Gowing, Di Beechey and Jan Martin.
Projects worked on today were tree maintenance, hedge maintenance, rubbish and loose timber pick up around the course, clean out of the drains on the 7th and the 6th and 14th fairways, tidy up underneath the clubhouse, paths to the 1st and 10th tees, wedding garden and practice nets, clean up of gardens at the 2nd, 3rd, 5th and bike garden, removal of wire fence between the 3rd and 5th Mens Tee, loading up for firewood deliveries next week, cleaning of the bush toilets, tidy up of greenspace gardens at the 14th.
Morning Tea was very welcome after a hard mornings work.
YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
The Golf Event of the day was a Medley Single Stableford.
We had 38 starters with 1 visitor from NTPGC.
RESULTS:
OVER THE FIELD:
WINNER: Grant Henry - 41 points
RUNNER UP: Jim Power - 40 points on a countback
3RD: Rob Arthur - 40 points
NO NEAREST THE PINS.
BALLS WENT TO: 35 points on a countback
MENS SR: 69
WOMENS SR: 73
Our Gosford Junior Pennant Team had a fun day against Toukley at Wyong Golf Course on Saturday.
We welcomed Seb and Greg back this week.
Seb’s putter was hot sinking long putts on the 9th and 10th.
Greg hit many good shots as well as many many trees.
Harlan played a great shot on the 2nd over a bunker and onto the green.
Alisha fought hard against a tough opponent.
Blayne played well smashing his tee shot on the 1st. He also escaped a deep bunker on the 8th with a great shot.
Kiedis was the star of the day taking his opponent all the way to the 16th hole.
Thanks to the Toukley team for an enjoyable day.
Richard Brien
The Golf Event of the day was a Single Stableford for Men and Ladies + 2BBB Team Event.
RESULTS:
MENS SINGLE STABLEFORD RESULTS:
We had 43 starters.
OVER THE FIELD:
WINNER: Clyde Cruickshanks - 37 points on a countback
RUNNER UP: Michael Brown - 37 points
NEAREST THE PINS:
5TH HOLE: Peter Burke - 415 cms
12TH HOLE: Clyde Cruickshanks - 420 cms
BALLS WENT TO: 33 points on a countback
MENS SR: 69
LADIES SINGLE STABLEFORD RESULTS:
We had 19 starters.
OVER THE FIELD:
WINNER: Jan Walker - 37 points
NEAREST THE PINS:
12TH HOLE: Soo-Young Hams - 6 metres.
BALLS WENT TO: 30 points
WOMENS SR: 73
2BBB TEAM RESULTS:
We had 66 starters.
OVER THE FIELD:
WINNERS: Neville Walker and Jan Walker - 45 points
Hello from beautiful Gosford - we are home after our week’s golf escape to Batemans Bay and the highlands.
Meanwhile at Gosford…..
The Golf Event of the day was a Single Stableford.
RESULTS:
We had 204 starters with 5 visitors from Kooindah Waters, Leonay, Mangrove Mountain and Breakers.
A GRADE:
WINNER: Raymond Cheal - 42 points
RUNNER UP: Luke Barnier - 40 points
3RD: John Shine - 39 points on a countback
GROSS WINNER: Col Matterson - 31 points on a countback
B GRADE:
WINNER: Keith Potter - 41 points on a countback
RUNNER UP: Neil Mulvaney - 41 points on a countback
3RD: Brett Liddell - 41 points
C GRADE:
WINNER: Jeffrey Rogers - 39 points on a countback
RUNNER UP: Matthew McNamara - 39 points on a countback
3RD: Craig Perrau - 39 points on a countback
NEAREST THE PINS:
5TH HOLE: Clint Drew - 150 cms
12TH HOLE: Jerry Gulpers - 500 cms
BALLS WENT TO: 34 points on a countback
MENS SR: 65/71
WOMENS SR: 76
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Hello from beautiful Mittagong.
We had some more magic weather for our week of golf parade today.
Today our course of choice was Bowral which was a user friendly course that we all enjoyed.
We played in beautiful sunshine and the vista was there to be enjoyed.
This is the last day so we will be sorry to say goodbye to a great week of golf and relaxation.
Meanwhile at Gosford……
The Golf Event of the day was medley Single Stableford.
We had 131 starters with 5 visitors from NTPGC, Caloundra, Mangrove Mountain and Everglades.
RESULTS:
A GRADE:
WINNER: Tim Verduci - 41 points on a countback
RUNNER UP: Shanon Hardgrave - 41 points
3RD: Kelvin Price - 38 points on a countback
GROSS WINNER: Matthew Buckley - 70 points on a countback
B GRADE:
WINNER: Steve Reeve - 36 points on a countback
RUNNER UP: Grant Wilson - 36 points
3RD: Blair Glass - 35 points
C GRADE:
WINNER: Rickard Andrews - 37 points on a countback
RUNNER UP: Warren Dunkel - 37 points
3RD: Allan Adolphson - 35 points on a countback
NEAREST THE PINS:
5TH HOLE: Phillip Baker - 344 cms
12TH HOLE: Brendan Martin - 185 cms
MENS SR: 65/69
WOMENS SR: 73
A beautiful photo of Gosford Golf Course from the Club Balcony
My thanks to Peter Cruden for this photo.
Kangaroo Valley Golf Course where we played today in 39 degree heat.
Hello from beautiful Mittagong where we are staying for a couple of days.
We have moved on from Batemans Bay and today we played the Kangaroo Valley Golf Course which proved to be very challenging for all of us. The course is not designed to be friendly to C Graders but if you are an A Grader this course would be very enjoyable. The country views are delightfull, it was very grassy and green with water challenges plus very tricky slopes and ravines. Our Winner of the Mens was Mark Stimpson with Alice Diamond winning the ladies.
Meanwhile at Gosford…..
The Golf Events of the day were a Ladies Single Stableford + Medley Single Stableford.
RESULTS:
LADIES SINGLE STABLEFORD:
We had 41 starters.
A GRADE:
WINNER: Lyn Cruickshanks - 38 points
RUNNER UP: Marilyn Carmichael - 37 points
B GRADE:
WINNER: Jihyoun Kassal - 35 points
RUNNER UP: Kay Walker - 33 points on a countback
NEAREST THE PINS:
8TH HOLE: Robyn Krahe
BALLS WENT TO: 34 points on a countback
WOMENS SR: 73
MEDLEY SINGLE STABLEFORD RESULTS:
We had 12 starters with 3 visitors from Breakers, Long Reef and Riverside Oaks
OVER THE FIELD:
WINNER: Pawel Otrebski - 38 points
NO NEAREST THE PINS:
BALLS WENT TO: 33 points
MENS SR: 69
WOMENS SR: 73
Hello from beautiful Batemans Bay.
We had a great day for golf today in beautiful sunshine. This is our last day here and then off to Kangaroo Valley for our next game tomorrow.
Meanwhile at Gosford…..
The Golf Event of the day was a Single Stableford + Golden Ball Team Event.
RESULTS:
SINGLE STABLEFORD RESULTS:
We had 198 starters with 4 visitors from Caloundra, Pennant Hills, NTPGC and Nudgee.
A GRADE:
WINNER: Frank Potter - 39 points
RUNNER UP: Mitch Coombs - 37 points on a countback
3RD: John Rowley - 37 points on a countback
B GRADE:
WINNER: David Von Kotze - 38 points
RUNNER UP: Paul R Smith - 37 points on a countback
3RD: Michael Upton - 37 points on a countback
C GRADE:
WINNER: John Vandy - 43 points
RUNNER UP: Christopher Wiffen - 39 points
3RD: Mitchell Rogers - 38 points on a countback
NEAREST THE PINS:
5TH HOLE: Dennis Cox - 88 cms
12TH HOLE: Frank Potter - 245 cms
BALLS WENT TO: 32 points on a countback
MENS SR: 69
WOMENS SR: 75
GOLDEN BALL TEAM RESULTS:
WINNERS:
Russell Tuckerman
Chris Tarrant
Brian Rand
Stephen Gittoes
