Today was a good practice day for our golf holiday coming up this September when we play the famous Barnbougle course in Tasmania (twice). The wind was blowing at knotts all day & it is the first day for a long time that I have kept on all my layers of protective wind shields all day. The wind was unrelenting.
Incidently there are still some spots for anyone interested in the Tasmania Tour in September.
See me for details.
My playing partners today were Cheryl Davison (my playing partner in the 2-ball), Allison Guthrie and Susan (Jenny) Bourne. We struggled with the elements but managed to have some good highlights & they were great company.
The event of the day was a single stableford with a 2-BBB team (best of two scores) for a bit of fun. This was the last game for the ladies this financial year. As there were some ladies not rejoining for the following financial year we had a BBQ lunch after the game to farewell them.
There were various reasons for the changes & we wish all of those players well in the future & hope they come back to Gosford for our visitors and social days and may eventually return again to Gosford.
I had the pleasure of sitting with two of our very long standing members at our BBQ who are retiring after many years of golf and much of that with the Gosford Club. One was Wyn Hogan (in her 85th year) who played today in all that wild wind. The other is Pat Wilkinson who is also retiring today. We chatted about the years they had spent playing golf on all the courses around Australia and overseas. Wyn told me that she tried to count up all the courses that she has played over the years and lost count at 80 something. Both Wyn & Pat said they spent many hours practicing their chipping at home over the years to the frustration of their husbands. Pat said her husband put up a "please fill in your divots" sign on their lawn. I can only hope and dream that I will still be at the club at age 85 & regretting that the time has come to pack away the golf clubs. They are players that are such an inspiration to all of us and will be sorely missed.
We had 48 brave players today & I have to say that as uncomfortable as the wild wind was, it was doing a super job in drying up the course. There are still some muddy patches & a lot of machinery & tyre damage on the fairways. It was still a big improvement from Tuesday and the previous week.
RESULTS:
DIVISION ONE:
WINNER: Sue Suters - 38 points
RUNNER UP: Sheena Asken - 33 points on a countback
3RD: Jan Martin - 33 points on a countback.
DIVISION TWO:
WINNER: Margaret Nichols - 34 points
RUNNER UP: Lynn Puiatti - 32 points
2BBB TEAM WINNERS: Lynn Puiatti & Norma Cubis - 42 points.
NEAREST THE PINS:
Division One - 14th Hole: Ronda Jordon
Division Two - 14th Hole: Carmen Fitzgerald
CCR: 73 (36 points)
Highlights of the day as reported to me (not too many as we were too busy chatting at the BBQ)
Susan (Jenny) Bourne had a 3/4 on the 8th; Cheryl Davison had 3/3 on the 8th; Allison Guthrie had a 5/3 on the 3rd; my highlight was 4/3 on the 16th; Wyn Hogan on the 11th - after hitting her ball straight towards the workmen on the side of the fairway - was totally unfazed and did a beautiful chip onto the green just to show them that she still 'had it' - Good on you Wyn! We are going to miss you.
Images attached: With my playing partners today - Cheryl Davison, Allison Guthrie & Susan (Jenny) Bourne; trees on the course being twisted & blown by the fierce winds; Peter Martin on the 'rough' mower -( the F-Troop workers roster themselves on to take a turn on the mower to keep our rough under control - Thanks guys!); Wyn Hogan and Pat Wilkinson at today's BBQ;
Wyn Hogan, Cheryl Davison, Pat Wilkinson, Val Scott & myself enjoying a wine & a chat at the BBQ (Jenny Bourne in the background); the girls on duty at the BBQ - run by Di Beechey, Anne Burgess and Judy Hughes (our in house BBQ experts); the girls enjoying the BBQ facility area;
the replacement frog in the water feature ( I cannot believe that someone could be so miserable as to have stolen our other frog - pitiful person); Sue Suters - winner of todays event; Yours truly & trophy with Di Beechey ( came in 3rd but got in the photos anyway ); Norma Cubis & Lynn Puiatti - winners of the 2BBB event today.
As an aside from the Ladies golf - it came to my attention this week that some of our male members achieved some great scores yesterday.
A-Grade - Tony Starbuck scored 44 points off a handicap of 3 ( 5 under par)
B-Grade - John Castronova scored 41 points off a handicap of 18
C-Grade - Duncan Dyer scored 46 points off a handicap of 20 (his best game ever I understand)
Congratulations! Great scores guys!
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