Thursday, March 6, 2025

Nelson Bay Tourists - Day 3 Thursday 6th March 2025

 


Winners today Greg Skilbeck (Professor) and Michael Crookes (Doc)


The Nelson Bay Tourists played at Nelson Bay Golf Course

RESULTS:

WINNER: Michael Crookes - 41 points

RUNNER UP: Greg Skilbeck - 40 points

Hopefully the weather will hold for the next day or two.

Golf - Thursday 6th March 2025

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

We had 40 starters.

RESULTS:

A GRADE:

WINNER: Bev Way  - 37 points

RUNNER UP: Glennis English - 36 points

B GRADE:

WINNER: Vicki Owens - 38 points

RUNNER UP: Sandy Whitehill - 34 points

NO NEAREST THE PINS.

BALLS WENT TO: 29 points on a countback

WOMENS SR: 73.0


LADIES 9 HOLE SINGLE STABLEFORD RESULTS:

We had 9 starters.

OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Kathy Conn - 22 points

WOMENS SR: 37.0


Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Golf - Wednesday 5th March 2025

 The Golf Event of the day was a Single Stableford + Team 1x2x3.

We had 154 starters with 1 visitor from Wyong.

RESULTS:

A GRADE:

WINNER: Michael Upton - 40 points

RUNNER UP: Justin Roberts -39 points

B GRADE:

WINNER: Bradley Lawless - 38 points

RUNNER UP: Maxwell Bridgman - 35 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

5TH HOLE: Olli O’Keefe - 165 cms

12TH HOLE: Paul Brennan - 81 cms

BALLS WENT TO: 32 on a countback

MENS SR: 69.0

WOMENS SR: 75.0

TEAM 1x2x3 RESULTS:

WINNERS: Justin Roberts, Michael Smith, Matt Rayner and Chris Connor - 82 points



Nelson Bay Tourists - Day 2 Tuesday 4th March 2025

 


Eddie Rogers and Michael Crookes - Winners at Horizons


Day 2 of the Nelson Bay Tour was held at Horizons.

RESULTS:

WINNER: Michael Crookes - 42 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Eddie Rogers - 42 points


Golf - Tuesday 4th March 2025

 


Ruth Ireland - Winner AGrade, Dawn Tromp - Winner C Grade, Denise Bentlin -Winner B Grade



Carolyn Buttsworth and Lynn Puiatti enjoying the 19th Hole


The Golf Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stroke - 1st Round of the WGNSW Medal + 9 Hole Ladies Single Stableford.

RESULTS:

LADIES SINGLE STROKE RESULTS: 

We had 34 starters.

A GRADE:

NETT WINNER: Ruth Ireland - 75 nett on a countback

SCRATCH WINNER: Soo-Young Hams - 91

B GRADE: 

WINNER: Denise Bentlin - 75 nett

SCRATCH WINNER: Kim Cardiff - 103

C GRADE:

WINNER: Dawn Tromp - 75 nett

SCRATCH WINNER: Dawn Tromp - 110

NEAREST THE PINS: 

5TH HOLE: Soo- Young Hams 

12TH HOLE: Helen Potter

BALLS WENT TO: 78 nett

WOMENS SR: 73.0

LADIES 9 HOLE SINGLE STABLEFORD RESULTS:

We had 14 starters with 12 visitors from Everglades.

OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Shona Tough - 17 points

RUNNER UP: Barbara Pillans - 13 points on a countback

WOMENS SR: 37.0









Monday, March 3, 2025

Nelson Bay Tourists - Monday 3rd March 2025

 


Day 1 Tour at Newcastle Golf Club



Day 1 of the Nelson Bay Tour - Newcastle Golf Club.

The Golf Event of the day was a Single Stableford.

RESULTS:

WINNER: Snake (Ian Rutherford) - 37 points

RUNNER UP: Clags the Junior (Tony Callaghan) - 36 points

Fingers crossed for some good weather for you for this coming week.


Sunday, March 2, 2025

F-Troop - Monday 3rd March 2025

 


F-Troop -Morning Tea - Dave Medcalf, Bev Way, Carolyn Buttsworth, Leeanne Binns, Peter Martin, Trevor Harrison, Rob Benson, Don Nicholls, Duncan Dyer ( Frank Potter, Kevin O’Brien, Lyn Bates, Jan Martin, John Hollebon, Laurelle Freeman)


Hedge maintenance at the 18th Hole by F-Troopers John Hollebon and Carolyn Buttsworth



Garden at the Ladies 3rd Tee tidied up by F-Troopers Leeanne Binns and Lyn Bates



The little yellow machine piled up with garden rubbish today



Just some of the rubbish picked up from the gardens and course
Do you think F-Troop make a difference?


We had 15 volunteers today which allowed us to get a lot of work done on the course.

On hand we had Duncan Dyer, Trevor Harrison, Kevin O’Brien, Rob Benson, John Hollebon, Dave Medcalf, Don Nicholls, Peter Martin, Frank Potter, Bev Way, Carolyn Buttsworth, Leeanne Binns, Lyn Bates, Laurelle Freeman and Jan Martin.

Projects worked on today were tree maintenance; Rubbish and loose timber pick up around the course; trimming of the climbing vine at the 10th tee; hedge maintenance; clearing of the garden rubbish bins; removal of rogue camphour Laurel trees growing in the hedges at the chipping green; poisoning weeds on the pathway of the Practice nets garden and pathways of the front gardens; Watering and tidy up of gardens at the Ladies 2nd Tee garden, 3rd ladies tee and the 5th tee; tidy up of the weeds underneath the hedges surrounding the putting green; dead heading the iceberg roses at the putting green and front garden; weeding the front of clubhouse gardens; tidy up of the 18th gardens including addition of plants and mowing of the grass at the back path on Camelia Way.

We enjoyed our morning tea of fresh sandwiches after a hard mornings work.


YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE !