Golf - Tuesday 29th April 2008

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More blue sky & sunshine today with a brisk little breeze in the morning to keep us alert.

I was very happy to be back out on the course after a few weeks break and had a lovely day with my playing partner Dawn Tromp & our opposition team of Fran Maclean & Helen Stuart. They were great company & we had some laughs along the way. I finished with a just 'respectable' score after turning at the half way with 17 points. My highlight being the seventh hole when I was on the green for 3 and sunk a thirty foot putt to score 4 points after Helen encouraged me by commenting that I should putt like Adam Scott did yesterday. That caused a lot of noise and distruption for a while.( I get excited about moments like this).

We saw some great features of nature out there today with some 'magic fairy mushrooms' on the 17th; and some tiny white flowers growing naturally behind the 17th green; and where else would you see fresh flowers on the loo in the "Bush toilet"; and we spotted the owl back in the tree on the 18th fairway.

It was still quite damp in places & it was hard to find balls in the 'rough' at times. I lost one ball today and found three others - so that was an added bonus. I understand that Gosford was the only Golf Club closed last Sunday which shows just how much the water effects our course.

It was a special day for us today being our Annual playoff against Wyong which is always a popular event. This year we won the 'Cup" with a 6 1/2 to 2 1/2 win over Wyong.

The event of the day was a single stableford with 2BBB team in conjunction.

We had 97 players with visitors of course from Wyong.

RESULTS:

2BBB winners:

Wyong : Marion Patchett & Carol Clausen with 41 points

Gosford: Carmen Fitzgerald & Helen Broadbent with 46 points on a countback.

Single Stableford results:

Division 1:

Winner: Rhonda Robertson 37 points

Runner Up: Helen Broadbent 36 points

Division 2:

Winner: Lyn Cruickshanks 38 points

Runner Up: Kathy Small 35 points on a countback

Division 3:

Winner: Tania Burt 37 points

Runner Up: June Bowen 35 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

Division 1: 8th: Bev Adams; 14th: Margaret MacLachlan

Divsion 2: 8th: Di Beechey; 14th: Yvonne Wilson

Division 3: 8th: Tania Burt; 14th Lyn Puiatti

CCR: 70 (Par 71) and balls went to 31 on a countback.

Highlights today as reported to me: Kathy Small had a birdie on the 14th scoring 2/4, also had a great chip shot onto the 15th to score par after two rather ordinary shots previously; Helen Stuart had 3/4 on the 5th; Yvonne Wilson had a birdie on the 14th and also won nearest the pin; Lyn Cruickshank and Norma Cubis both had birdies.

Images attached: With my playing partners Dawn Tromp; Helen Stuart & Fran Maclean at the 1st tee; Fresh camelias in the Ladies 'Bush Toilet"; Mushrooms growing on the 17th; Natural flowers on the back of the 17th; Owl in the tree on the 18th; Di thomlinson accepting the Club Challenge Trophy today on behalf of the Gosford Club; Winners of the Stableford event - Rhonda Robertson - Div 1; Lyn Cruickshanks - Div 2; Winners of the Gosford 2BBB event - Carmen Fitzgerald & Helen Broadbent.