F-Troop - Monday 1st September 2008

Today was the first day of spring and what a magic day it was. We had a great turn up for F-Troop including a welcome to first day as an F-Trooper to Gary Sammons. Our troopers included Clyde Cruickshanks, Martin Gallagher, Des Wilson, Bert Brink, Warren Gray, Peter Martin, Doug Incoll, Spencer Walklate, Neil Hancock, Noel Fenning, Duncan Dyer, Gary Sammons, Garry Trigg, Yvonne Wilson, Mary Bromwich & myself.

We got a lot of work done which included tree trimming, mulching, fertilizing, weeding, filling in of trenches.

It was reported to me that the frog on the water feature in the BBQ garden has been stolen yet again and also this week some mindless person put detergent in the water of the water feature.

Make sense of that!

On a positive side we have had a lot of complimentary comments directed to F-Troop members which is appreciated. It is nice to know that our work is not going un-noticed.

F-Troop will be on again next Monday for anyone who has a few spare hours. Meet at the Greenkeepers shed at 7.30 am or whatever time you can spare. There is a lot of raking up to do (among other things) so bring a rake if you have one. Monday is a Charity Day (Kidney Foundation Golf Day) so there will be players on the course. Work will be reduced to working in areas that do not interfere with the golf day.

Images attached: Gary Sammons receiving his "green F-Troop shirt"; Duncan Dyer attempting to remove the seed pods from the palms on the 14th before they fall & make a mess everywhere; palm trees & seed pods on the 14th; Azalea garden weeded & mulched today; putting green garden - treated with seasol today; the wedding garden treated with seasol today;

the Orchids and pansies still intact & flowering; the new hedge garden on the first tee - mulched today; pink shrubs now coming into colour on the 13th - note the "Girlie" colours; local bird enjoying the nectar from the "Peaches & Cream" Grevillea on the 13th; The Ladies garden fertilized and weeded today; first flowering of the butterfly iris on the 14th; refreshed camelia garden on the 14th; Anne Burgess & Judy Hughes working on repainting the wall in the Pro Shop for Mark.

NOTE TO MEMBERS: NEW BLOG SITE

I have created another blog to record club daily events which will be for the benefit of non-members as well as Members. The events are basically the same as what is in our programme of Events book but also includes social events in the clubhouse & other items of interest (eg Golf Clinic days). The benefit of keeping events on the blog is that it can be edited and updated at any time for changes that may occur from the written Programme of Events book. To view this blog there are several alternatives. If you are already logged onto one of my blogs you only need to click on "view my profle" which will take you to a page that lists all of my blogs at the bottom of the page. Just click on the blog you wish to view. Alternately you can type into your top "http" address line in your internet Explorer http://www.gosfordgolfclubeventslist.blogspot.com/ Once there you can 'right' click your mouse and add that blogsite onto your favouries or create a short cut from your desktop if you think you will use the site regularly.

To go there directly now you can click on the blue highlighted link above.

Golf - Thursday 28th August 2008

I took a break from golf today to rest my "tennis elbow" problem which seemed a very good idea when the rain started this morning. It seemed that others thought the same thing as there were only 19 brave starters today to play in our Team Stableford Event. Thankfully the day cleared and it was not too bad in the finish.


RESULTS

TEAM WINNERS: Julie Hazzard & Marianne Lanham - 47 points

RUNNERS UP: Yvonne Wilson & Christine Drakeford - 43 points

BALLS TO: Evelyn Dixon & Margaret Nichols - 41 points
: Rosemary Judd & Kath Small - 41 points


NEAREST THE PINS: 0 - 30 14th Hole : Rosemary Judd
: 31-45 14th Hole : Carol Farrell


I was not at the club in time to get photos or highlights of the day but I am sure there would have been some.



A big thank you to Jakob from Narara Valley Nursery who made his time available to us by giving us some good horticultural advice regarding the trees and gardens throughout the course.
Jakob spent the best part of three hours today inspecting parts of the course with us where we needed some urgent advice and also gave us some recommendations for suitable trees, plants and shrubs. It is very important that we get the right selection for the golf course so we can have a properly structured plan to get our course eventually to top class. It is also equally important that we do not select trees and plants that will cause future problems.



I would also like to acknowledge the members who have gone out of their way to compliment the F-Troop for their contributions towards the beautification of the course. Our F-Troop are doing an exeptional job and their efforts are becoming evident.

Thank You! It is very nice that there are members out there that do notice and appreciate the difference.

Golf - Tuesday 26th August 2008

A lovely hot day at last for the lady golfers and especially so as today was our very special "Grandmothers Day" that everyone looks forward to playing.

My playing partners today were Yvonne Wilson & Robin Incoll - as none of us were yet grandmothers we participated in the event of the day which was a Single Stableford event and we had 82 starters.

The course had a lot of run on it and we had some fabulous scores in as you can see by the results.

RESULTS:

GRANDMOTHERS DAY RESULTS:

GRANDMOTHER:

WINNER: Lesley Gregory - 40 points on a countback

GREAT-GRANDMOTHER:

WINNER: Pam Bourne - 37 points

EVENT OF THE DAY RESULTS:

DIVISION 1:

WINNER: Sue Hutton - 36 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Wendy Stapleton - 36 points

DIVISION 2:

WINNER: Lesley Gregory - 40 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Lyn Bates - 40 Points

3RD: Pam Witt - 39 points

4TH: Pam Bourne - 37 points

DIVISION 3:

WINNER: Margaret Nichols - 35 points

RUNNER UP: Bev Walker - 37 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

DIVISION 1: 8th Hole: Rhonda Robertson; 14th Hole: Judy Verlander

DIVISION 2: 8th Hole: Elizabeth McNamara; 14th Hole: Sharon Anderson

DIVISION 3: 8th Hole: Lynn Puiatti; 14th Hole: Dawn Tromp

BALLS WENT TO 34 points on a countback.

CCR: 73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Michele Martin had birdies on the 7th and the 11th; Dawn Tromp shanked her tee shot at the 7th at right angles narrowly missing Linda Rogers and got her buggy ( incidently it was Dawn's birthday today); Lesley Gregory got 40 points and played a very steady game; Margaret Davidson parred the 10th hole; Lorraine Linnert was at the side of the 18th green for 3 shots. Her chip shot onto the green hit Sheena Askens ball that was already on the green and stopped her ball from going further - then she proceeded to sink the putt in one - Lorraine says thank you to Sheena Asken, the gallery on the balcony suggested to Lorraine that her putting was great but that she should practice her chipping; Doris Morris had a birdie on the 14th; Bev Walker had 37 points today having just come back from a two and a half months break; Wendy Stapleton had birdies on the 9th and the 18th; my highlight today was getting a gobbler on the 13th to score 7/1 and not wiping any holes.

IMAGES ATTACHED: With my playing partners today Yvonne Wilson and Robin Incoll; Three generations - Christine Dekker, Haley Krahe (wearing her "I love my Nan" shirt) and "Nan" Doreen Vines; Lesley Gregory accepting her Grandmothers award from President Norma Presdee; Pam Bourne accepting her Great-Grandmothers award from President Norma Presdee; Sue Hutton winner of Division 1; Lesley Gregory - winner of Division 2; Georgina Lamb with her gorgeous granddaughter Amelia; Clyde Cruickshanks getting birthday congratulations from the girls : Debbie Grinham, Norma Cubis, Judy Verlander, me, Kay Frewin and Yvonne Wilson - HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLYDE!

F-Troop - Monday 25th August 2008

We had an excellant turn out of workers for F-Troop this morning. We had 16 helpers in all which was fantastic to see. Those workers included Clyde Cruickshanks, Warren Gray. Martin Gallagher, George Foster, Garry Trigg, John Coddington, Doug Incoll, Des Wilson, Duncan Dyer, Peter Martin, Di Beechey, Neil Hancock, Ray Presdee, Jan Martin, Bruce White and Spencer Walklate.

We got a huge workload done today including tree trimming, path cleaning, fairway raking, fairway leveling, garden watering and a huge collective effort in creating a new hedge along the left side of the first tee. As you can see by the photos - many hands make light work and the new hedge is in place ready to be mulched.

The hedging plants for this first tee garden were donated by Barry Robertson - Thank you Barry!

With help of our volunteer members of F-troop and the generousity of members donating the appropriate plants we can make a big difference to "our course".

If you would like to help us "make a difference" and wish to make a contribution in your own way then please contact Clyde Cruickshanks or myself and we would be more than happy to talk with you.

The board and our club manager Alvin expressed their appreciation to F-Troop today by providing a lovely lunch at the club for all the F-Troop members that could attend. (photo attached)

Next Monday F-Troop will be "ON" again. There is heaps of work to be done including repairing the fairways and raking loose timber. We will be meeting at the greenkeepers shed at 7.30 am. Bring your own rake if you can. New members are very welcome!

The club was a busy place today with social players on the course, seminars & exercise classes in the clubhouse along with a good number of members of the public enjoying lunch. It is good to see the club being fully utilized.

Images attached: Before and after the tree trimming on the 15th; looking back the 11th after a clean up; Duncan Dyer on a tree trimming mission; the F-Troop group enjoying a relax and a beer in the sunshine;Workers at the first tee creating a new hedge to enhance the first tee; our workers at lunch out on the club balcony; Gosford Rugby Club members playing social golf at our club today.

Thanks to Martin Gallagher and Clyde Cruickshanks for their contributions to the photos from today's F-Troop action.