Golf - Thursday 14th August - Day 2 Championships

Today it was a magnificent day for golf - blue sky and sunshine. The course is getting much more run on it now that it is drying out and the greens were very slick.

My playing partners today were again Margaret Pratt and Lyn Bates. We had some good holes with Margaret showing us the way by playing steady golf. Lyn played and parred the 10th hole beautifully & scored a gobbler and Margaret also had a gobbler on the 13th for a par and followed up by parring the 14th and 15th - some great inspiration for me.

The Event of the day was a stroke round and it was the second round of the 2008 Ladies Championships. We had 70 Starters.



RESULTS:


DIVISION 1:

GROSS WINNER: Dianne Thomlinson - 88 strokes
WINNER: Christine Dekker - 73 nett
RUNNER UP: Lorraine Linnert - 75 nett on a countback
3RD: Dianne Thomlinson - 75 Nett



DIVISION 2:


GROSS WINNER: Leonie Casey - 91 Strokes
WINNER: Lesley Gregory - 69 Nett
RUNNER UP: Kathy Small - 70 Nett on a countback
3RD: Pam Cowin - 70 Nett on a countback


DIVISION 3:


GROSS WINNER: Margaret Nichols - 103 Strokes
WINNER: Margaret Nichols - 70 Nett
RUNNER UP: Susan/Jenny Bourne - 75 Nett
3RD: Lynn Puiatti - 76 Nett



NEAREST THE PINS:
DIVISION 1: 5th Hole: Chris Dekker; 12th Hole: Rhonda Robertson
DIVISION 2: 8th Hole: Rosalie Dyer; 14th Hole: Christine Drakeford
DIVISION 3: 8th Hole: Not won; 14th Hole: Pricilla Webster


CCR: 73


BALLS went to 76 on a countback.



HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Rosalie Dyer came in with 21 points improvement from her previous match and included 6 pars, birdies on the 5th and 8th holes and included two 8 pointer holes; Leonie Casey had a gobbler on the 10th for a par and had a net 70 for the day; Margaret Pratt had a gobbler on the 13th and parred 14 and 15; Yvonne Wilson had a gobbler on the 8th, parred the 3rd hole and had 9 putts that sat on the lip of the hole; Michele Martin drove off the 10th tee hitting her ball backwards over the hedge and nearly hit Yvonne Bean; Robyn Johnston improved from her previous game by two shots; Carol Farrell had a gobbler on the 8th; Sharon Anderson improved her putting this time & only had one three putt;
Cheryl Davison parred the 14th; Christine Drakeford parred 14,15 and 16; Julie Hazzard birdied the 15th hole by sinking a 12 foot putt; Lesley Gregory played a nice game to score 69 nett after hitting a shot on the 5th that hit a stump and another of her shots went into the water on the 18th; Clare Hastings chipped in on the 10th; Kath Small played a nice steady game to score 70 nett.


We had some proud new grandparents showing off their new grandchildren this week: Cheryl Davison announced her new grandson - Zachary Eugene Davison (photo attached) and Bev Adams was proudly showing off her new granddaughter Charlotte at the club today (photos attached). These are first grandchildren for both of them. Congratulations to Cheryl & Bev.


Images attached: Updated scoreboard for the championships; with my playing partners today Lyn Bates and Margaret Pratt; Lyn Bates taking first hit off honours on the 6th (her first honour for the day); Lesley Gregory - winner of Division 2 today; Cheryl Davison with grandson Zachary; Bev Adams with granddaughter Charlotte; Bev Adams showing off her granddaughter; Peter Martin & George Foster painting the back wall of the putting green today; Alan on his way to cut the hedges; Alan hard at work on the hedges at the 10th; the bubbler garden work in progress now complete with pansies thanks to Di Beechey and Ann Burgess. You may have noticed how clean, neat and tidy the BBQ area is these days - you can thank Di Beechey and Ann Burgess and Judy Hughes for that.


Tomorrow is final preparation day for the Pro-Am weekend. Any members with a few hours to spare tomorrow morning ( Friday 15th August ) would be very welcome at the club to assist the F-Troop with raking and cleaning up around the course.


A reminder about the skins match to be held at approximately 2.00pm tomorrow afternoon between the pro's Andre Stoltz, Peter Senior, Anthony Payntor, Mark Churcher and Ricky Schmidt. Come along and walk the course with them. It is a very entertaining afternoon and of course the usual Friday night raffles and entertainment is on.

The Pro-Am Dinner for Saturday night still has tickets available for a good nights entertainment. Book your tickets with the golf office tomorrow.