Golf - Tuesday 1st April 2008

This week the greens were cored & sanded which made it an interesting day for a par match. It certainly didn't worry some of our members who came in with exceptionally good scores. Because of the course maintenence program it was necessary for us to play the first nine holes twice and as a result there was no handicapping today.

We had 72 starters which was a good number considering the conditions.

RESULTS:

DIVISION 1:

Winner: Anne Geer +2

Runner up: Trish Goulding +1

DIVISION 2:

Winner: Elizabeth McNamara +6 C/B

Runner up: Julie Hazzard +6

3rd: Sharon Anderson +5

DIVISION 3: Doris Morris -1 C/B

Runner up: Susan Bourne -1

Nearest the pins: Division 1 : Fay Bailey - 8th

Division 2 : Pam Witt - 8th

Division 3: June Bowen - 8th

I did not play today and I was not there early enough to get any highlights however I am sure there would have been some.

The Pennants teams were announced today & the Pennants shirts presented to each of the players. Photo attached of the players that were present at the presentation: left to right - back row: Doon Jansen, Michele Martin, Bev Adams, Lorraine Linnert, Fay Bailey, Rosalie Dyer, Di Beechey, Di Thomlinson; front row: Robin Incoll, Ronda Jordon, Lesley Gregory, Julie Hazzard.

Images attached: Pennants girls after the presentation of their shirts; Elizabeth McNamara winner of Division two today with president Ronda Jordon.

F-Troop at work - Monday 31st March 2008

F-Troop had a terrific day on Monday with a good turn up of troopers to spread the workload. There was a lot of tree trimming & rubbish removal done as well as mowing of the rough. Clyde Cruickshanks was ably supported by Martin Gallagher; Des Wilson; Duncan Dyer; Spencer Walklate; Garry Trigg; Doug Incoll; Bruce White; Ray Presdee; Peter Martin; George Foster; with Arthur Haviland & Mark Stimpson on the mower. In the garden department Wendy Stapleton did some good hours on the 2nd & 4th; Des & Yvonne Wilson worked on a new garden edge for the bush toilet area; and I did some work on the practice putting green garden & the 13th.

WELL DONE TROOPERS!

Images attached: New garden edge at the bush toilet garden; F-Troopers at work, Peter & Clyde resolving a problem (or trying to).

There will be no F-Troop work next Monday because there is a Vets event programmed.
F-Troop work will resume the following Monday.

F-Troop work on the 6th fairway

Congratulations once again to our F-Troop workers. What a huge difference they are making to our course maintenance. The rough has improved out of sight with regular mowing by our troopers & the course in general is looking much tidier.

There are a lot of projects in place on the fairways & in the gardens & in general it will be a long term effort to get our course to its top potential - but it can be done. If you feel you can contribute even a small amount of time & become an "F-Trooper" your efforts would be appreciated. Contact Clyde Cruickshanks (Captain) if you are interested in Course maintenance & myself (Jan Martin) for garden work.

I am also looking for people who would like to "Adopt-a-garden". This involved choosing just one garden & keep that garden weeded & watered for 12 months. I am currently looking for someone who would be prepared to look after the garden around the practice putting green. The garden is finished & just needs regular weeding & watering. (water is available at this garden- so no buckets required)

Just one example of the F-Troop work is tree trimming work that was done last week. Check out the "before" & "after" photos from work done by the F-Troop on the 6th.

Images attached: 6th fairway before the trim; 6th fairway after the trim; some of our happy ducks on the fairway. Photos sent to me by our hardworking F-Trooper Martin Gallagher.

Golf - Tuesday 25th March 2008

Today was a lovely day for golf. The promised stormy weather held off until late this afternoon and the course must have been playing well as there were some good scores in. I did not make it to golf today but eighty others did.

The event of the day was a single stableford with vets in conjunction and was also the first round of the CCWGA Brooch.

RESULTS:

DIVISION 1 :

Winner: Sheena Asken 39 points
Runner Up: Glennis English 35 points C/B

DIVISION 2:

Winner: Margaret Davidson 37 points
Runner Up: Georgina Lamb 35 points
3rd: Alice Collett 33 C/B

DIVISION 3:

Winner: Elizabeth McNamara 41 points
Runner Up: Leanne Moore 40 points


Nearest the pins:

Division 1: 8th hole - Wendy Stapleton; 14th hole - Bev Adams
Division 2: 8th hole - Di Beechey; 14th hole - Sharon Anderson
Division 3: 8th hole - Yvonne Cummings; 14th hole - Leanne Moore

CCR : 73 (36 points)

Balls went to 32 on a count back.

Highlights of the day as reported to me: Elizabeth McNamara scored a lovely 41 points to win Div 3 encouraged by her playing partners Alice Collett (3rd Div 2) & Georgina Lamb Runner up Div 2) - what a good combination; Glennis English had 2/4 on 3rd par 3 and 4/4 on the 13th; Leonie Casey had 4/4 on the 7th; Allison Guthrie had two 3 pointers; Sheena Asken had a great 39 points playing off 12 handicap; Robyn Johnston had a nice 35 points after her big win on Sunday; Margaret Mackie had a gobbler on the 1st; Margaret Davidson had 2/4 on the 5th; Sandra Coyle had a birdie on the 16th; Sharon Anderson birdied 14th; Elly Van Den Berg parred the 15th for 4/4; Tania Burt had 3/4 on the 14th; Leanne Moore had a gobbler on the 15th; Lyn Puiatti had 3/4 on the 8th; Judy Verlander had a gobbler on the 7th.

Another highlight reported to me was a big win by our Kath Small while she was overseas in Thailand. Kath played over six matches on five different courses & came out the overall winner & had to carry her big trophy home in her hand luggage. Well done Kath! (Photo of Kath attached)

More Talent in our club was displayed at Orange in the Vets competition there. Carmen Fitzgerald had a big win along with others & I will put in a full report when I get all the playing details from Carmen. Congratulations to Carmen & the rest of the winners.

Images attached: Winners today presented with their trophies by President Ronda Jordan: Sheena Asken - winner of first division; Margaret Davidson - winner of second division & Elizabeth McNamara - winner of Third Division; Kath Small at a previous presentation - overall winner of golf event in Thailand.

Monday 24th March 2008

Some sad news just to hand. John Wharton a long standing member of the club passed away last night. John had been in illhealth for some time. The older members would remember John being in charge of Dad's Army.

Golf - Tuesday 18th March 2008

Everyone went way out today to celebrate St Patrick's Day as you can see by the photos - everyone looked great in green. I did not play today as I had other priorities but made it in time for the all important presentation.

The event of the day was a single stableford + 2 Ball Irish Multiplier in conjunction. We had ninety starters which made it a really good day.

RESULTS:

Division 1:

Winner: Di Thomlinson - 35 points
Runner Up: Annette Dunk - 34 points on a count back.
Encouragement award: Lyn Douglas


Division 2:

Winner: Helen Broadbent - 36 points
Runner Up: Margaret Davidson - 35 points
Encouragement award: Evelyn Dixon


Division 3:

Winner: Lyn Puiatti - 37 points
Runner Up: Margaret Nichols - 34 points
Encouragement award: Pauline Norman

Team:
Winners: Norma Presdee & Alice Collett - 67 points
Runners Up: Georgina Lamb & Doreen Vines - 65 points

Nearest the pins:
Division 1: 8th - Jackie Davidson; 14th - Margaret McLachlan
Division 2: 8th - Norma Presdee; 14th - Julie Hazzard
Division 3: 8th - Elizabeth McNamara; 14th - not won

CCR: 36 points

Balls went to 32 points.

Highlights of the day as reported to me: Elizabeth McNamara got two 4 pointers; Rhonda Robertson had a gobbler on the 2nd; Lyn Cruickshank had a gobbler on the 16th for a par.

Images attached: Michele Martin and Debbie Grinham - winners of the "best dressed" for today's "Irish Day"- "To be sure, To be sure"; Maryanne Lanham & Sue Hutton Winners of the team encouragement award; Pauline Norman & Mary Bromwich; Norma Presdee & Alice Collett Winners of the team event; Di Thomlinson - winner of Division 1 trophy presented by Di Beechey;

A NEWS FLASH FROM NORMA CUBIS! Norma & Kerry are to be grandparents again about the 10th of October - and guess who? Young Scotty of course! Congratulations to the Cubis family - great news!

Golf - Tuesday 11th March 2008

I did not play golf today unfortunately, however there were 96 that did & I am sure they had a great day - it was the first of our Monthly Medals for the year & would have been hotly contested.

The event of the day was the first round of the WGNSW Medal and we had 76 players including one visitor (Eileen Mayor).

RESULTS:

DIVISION 1:

Winner : Robin Incoll 70 points
Runner up: Debbie Grinham 72 points
Gross Winner: Di Thomlinson 87
Putting: Lyn Rogers 28 putts


DIVISION 2:

Winner: Julie Craig 70 points C/B
Runner up: Cheryl Davison 70 points C/B
3rd: Faye Levenspiel 70 points
Gross Winner: Helen Broadbent 94
Putting: Rosalie Dyer 30 putts


DIVISION 3:

Winner: Lyn Puiatti 71 points C/B
Runner Up: Margaret Nichols 71 points
Gross Winner: Lyn Puiatti 106 C/B
Putting: Susan Bourne 30 putts


NEAREST THE PINS:

Division 1: 5th - Margaret McLachlan; 12th - Trish Goulding

Division 2: 8th - Margaret Pratt; 14th - Rita Gilmour

Division 3: 8th - Jan Walker; 14th - not won


CCR: 71

Balls went to 75 on a count back.

I did not make the 19th hole in time to collect up any highlights however images attached are of today's winners: Robin Incoll winner of 1st Division with President Ronda Jordon; Julie Craig winner of 2nd Division with President Ronda Jordon; Lyn Puiatti winner of 3rd Division (scratch & net) with President Ronda Jordon.

News Flash! Pennants Team

GOSFORD GOLF CLUB HAS WON THE STERLAND SHIELD!

(ie: overall best result of the CCDGA clubs in 2008 pennants series)

PENNANTS FINALS ARE BEING HELD ON THE 16TH MARCH 2008

Why not come along and show your support to our players who have made such a good effort this year.

B GRADE plays Magenta Shores at Wyong on 16th March 2008 at 10.45 am.

C GRADE plays Morriset at Wyong on 16th March 2008 at 11.00 am.

A GRADE & the JUNIORS await results from Everglades & Terrigal matches being held on the 9th March 2008 to see if they make the final.





As of this current week the status of the A pennants team is as follows:

IF: EVERGLADES looses or wins - 4 - 3 1/2 GOSFORD A IS IN THE FINAL.


IF: EVERGLADES wins 4 1/2 - 3 playoff between Everglades and Gosford is necessary.



IF: EVERGLADES wins 5 - 2 1/2 or better then Everglades makes the final.

Golf - Tuesday 4th March 2008

Another great day for golf - just enough breeze to keep it pleasant. I had very good company today with my playing partners Pam Witt & Priscilla Webster as we battled through the dreaded par match. We did have a few highlights along the way but I seemed to spend an awful lot of time in the 'rough' today making it very hard for myself to score.

The match today was a single par. We had 85 starters including two visitors.

RESULTS:

DIVISION 1:

Winner: Norma Cubis - minus 3 on a C/B
Runner up: Jackie Davidson - minus 3 on a C/B
3rd: Rosalie Dyer - minus 3 on a C/B


DIVISION 2:

Winner: Kath Small - plus 6
Runner up: Julie Craig - plus 2
3rd: Judith Ruitenberg - plus 1


DIVISION 3:

Winner: Carmen Fitzgerald - square
Runner up: Jan Walker - minus 1
3rd: June Bowen - minus 2 on a C/B

Nearest the pins:

Division 1 : 8th hole - Robyn Johnston; 14th hole - Jackie Davidson
Division 2 : 8th hole - Pam Bourne; 14th hole - Frances Maclean
Division 3 : No winners

CCR: Square

Balls went to minus 3 on a countback.

Highlights of the day as reported to me: Rosalie Dyer had a gobbler on the 10th to score a plus; Carmen Fitzgerald had a gobbler on the 15th; Jan Walker had two gobblers - one on the 1st to par the hole and one on the 5th; for me the highlight of my day was scoring a plus on the 2B 3 par (after putting it into the water last week).

They say all things come in threes...Pam Cowin today broke her buggy; had her water retriever fall apart & dropped her watch & broke it - all before the first hole. A good start to the day one could say.

Images attached : With my playing partners Pam Witt & Priscilla Webster; Norma Cubis - winner of Division 1 with President Ronda Jordon; Kath Small - winner of Division 2 with president Ronda Jordon; Carmen Fitzgerald - winner of Division 3 with President - Ronda Jordon.