Monday, March 30, 2026

F-Troop - Monday 30th March 2026

 

                                

                                     Some nice colours in the garden at the back of the 10th tee



Approach to the black tees at the 10th hole tidied up

                         10th Tee Gardens weeded and trimmed

                                               10th tee gardens tidied up and trimmed


F-Trooper Kevin O’Brien working wonders at trimming back the climbers at the 10th tee


F- Trooper Laurelle Freeman tidying the gardens at the chipping green

F-Trooper John Hollebon making good headway on the hedges in front of the clubhouse and gardens


          Bromeliads showing off at the back of the 10th tee - they have been flowering for months


We had an action packed day at F-Troop today - working around the arborists who came to cut down trees along Racecourse Road near the Practice Putting Green and removed large branches around the course that had fallen down in the recent high winds.

On hand we had Sam Knox, Duncan Dyer, Trevor Harrison, Kevin O’Brien, John Hollebon, Ray Cheal, Rob Benson, David Medcalf, Don Nicholls, Peter Martin, Laurelle Freeman, Carolyn Buttsworth, Lyn Bates and Jan Martin.

Projects worked on today were loose timber and rubbish pick up around the course (and there was plenty of it due to the high winds); assisting the arborists wth the tree removals - some more firewood for us; rubbish picked up from the garden weeding and hedging; firewood delivery; trimming the overgrown climbing vine at the Men’s 10th tee; tidy up of garden at the 8th tee; tidy up and watering garden at the Ladies 2nd tee; weeding and trimming the 10th tee gardens; removal of crab grass at the 2nd pathway; tidy up of gardens at the practice chipping green; poisoning weeds at the practice nets garden paths; weeding practice net gardens. 

We enjoyed morning tea of fresh sandwiches while we watched the window cleaners working on the clubhouse. I was remiss in not taking a photo of our team at morning tea.Apologies to all.

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! 


Golf - Monday 30th March 2026

 There were no competition golf today due to course renovations.


Congratulations to Conor Moran - Peter O’Malley Junior Masters on the weekend at Bathurst

 


Sunday, March 29, 2026

Golf - Sunday 29th March 2026

 


Our friendly owl is back at the 18th fairway 
His/her family come back to the same tree every time 

Some good sunshine today and the course is slowly drying out. There is still a lot of wet patches and a lot of branches and loose timber down on the course from recent high winds.

The council workers have moved in and have erected safety fences along the 5th, 6th, 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th holes. We are playing 1ST, 2A and 2B, 3RD, 4TH, reduced 5TH, Reduced 6TH, 7TH, 8TH, 9TH, 10TH; 11A, Reduced 11B,,12TH; 13TH, 15A, 15B and the 18TH reduced hole.

The 14TH, original 15TH, 16TH and 17TH are out of play.

Our playing partners today were Grant and Kerry Williams who were great company. We had some good highlights along the way with Grant and Peter getting some pars. Kerry and I were excited about getting over 15B for our second shots which was good for our first attempt at this hole.

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

We had 57 starters with 2 visitors from Shelly Beach.

RESULTS:

A GRADE:

WINNER: Joshua Reid - 45 points

GROSS STABLEFORD WINNER: Jack Tabone - 36

B GRADE:

WINNER: Lynn Puiatti - 40 points

NEARES5 THE PINS:

11A HOLE: Shane White - 72 cms

8TH HOLE: Clyde Cruickshanks - 280 cms

BALLS WENT TO: 35 points on a countback


Saturday, March 28, 2026

Golf - Saturday 28th March 2026

 The Golf Event of the day was a Single Stableford + 2BBB team.

SINGLE STABLEFORD RESULTS:

We had 138 starters with 5 visitors from Kooindah Waters, Everglades, Toukley and The SGA.

A GRADE:

WINNER: Graeme Wright - 36 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Daniel Rogers - 36 points on a countback

GROSS STABLEFORD WINNER: Greg Brien - 34 on a countback

B GRADE:

WINNER: Andrew Flick - 38 points

RUNNER UP: Tom Kerslake - 36 points on a countback

C GRADE:

WINNER: Grant Smith - 39 points

RUNNER UP: Ryan Bush - 37 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

8TH HOLE: Sam Flick 

12TH HOLE: Stanley Eaton - EAGLES NEST : 39 cms

BALLS WENT TO: 33 points on a countback 

2BBB TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Barry Robertson and Graeme Wright - 47 points



Friday, March 27, 2026

Golf - Friday 27th March 2026

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

We had 75 starters with 7 visitors from Wauchope, Magenta Shores, Everglades and Kooindah Waters.

RESULTS:

A GRADE:

WINNER: Duane Winslade - 38 points

RUNNER UP: Eddie Rogers - 37 points on a countback

GROSS STABLEFORD WINNER: Eddie Rogers - 34

B GRADE:

WINNER: Tim Connors -34 points

RUNNER UP: Christine O’Shea - 32 points

BALLS WENT TO: 31 points on a countback

NO NEAREST THE PINS.


Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Golf - Thursday 26th March 2026

 The course was still drying out - so no carts were allowed on the course today.

The Golf Events of the day were a Ladies Single Stableford + Ladies 9 Hole Single Stableford.

LADIES SINGLE STABLEFORD RESULTS:

We had 16 starters

OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Kim Cardiff - 32 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

11A HOLE: Robyn Krahe - 460 cms

8TH HOLE: Barbara Frost - 428 cms

BALLS WENT TO: 30 points

LADIES 9 HOLE SINGLE STABLEFORD RESULTS:

We had 10 starters.

OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Julie Attwooll - 18 points