Thursday 22nd January 2009

It was planting of the Blue Ice Conifers Day today as I did not want to leave the trees in pots during hot weather while I will be away. Martin Gallagher agreed to help me plant out and water in the trees. The timing was perfect after this big rain storm we had last night. I believe we received something like two inches of rain which was wonderful for the fairways and not to mention the topping up of the dams. Another couple of repeats of that storm would be appropriate followed by some nice slow drizzle - perfect!

The camphor Laurel tree that was crowding the trees along the dam has been removed & the rest of this garden area has our priority.

The purchase of these trees was made possible by the generous donation received from Nigel & Sheena Asken who have donated towards our garden projects. Another tree purchased was the "Little Gem" Magnolia Tree that has been placed near the front entry to the 1st and 10th tees. Thank you Sheena & Nigel. I hope you enjoy watching these trees grow to maturity for everyone to enjoy. The rest of this garden area is ear marked for refreshment - this work will be carried out as soon as our work program and finances will allow. Watch this space for reports of new work.

Other donations that I know of this week have been for the purchase of Chinese Box plants for the 6th tee area. Generous donations have been received from Bert Brink, Renee Dekker & Clyde Cruickshanks for this purpose & our sincere thanks go to them.

We plan on having a F-Troop notice board placed somewhere at the front area of the club on which we will place a selection list of all the plants that are required to complete our garden projects. Anyone wishing to donate towards our projects can select which of the plants/shrubs/trees they would like to give support to. We will also be placing F-Troop news there to keep everyone up to date with our projects.

Golf - Wednesday 21st January 2009

The event of the day was a Men's Single Par + 2 Ball Irish Multiplier. We had 189 starters with 13 visitors from Dunheved, Everglades, Long Reef, Mangrove Mountain, Morisset, South West Rocks, Colonial, Toukley and West Wyalong.


RESULTS:

2 BALL RESULTS:

WINNERS: Tom Ballard & Josh McGowan - 94 points

RUNNER UP: Fred Watkins & Tom Ballard - 91 points on a countback

THIRD: Neil Orr & Zac Stoltz - 91 points

FOURTH: Craig Goy & Anthony Baffis - 90 points


MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Craig Goy - 44 points

RUNNER UP: Wayne Jennings - 42 points

3RD: Kerry Cubis - 41 points on a countback

4TH: Tom Ballard - 41 points on a countback

5TH: Bill Quin - 41 points

SCRATCH WINNER: Kerry Cubis - 36 points


NEAREST THE PINS:

A GRADE: Jim Johnston

B GRADE: John Allen

C GRADE: Ray Matthews

BALLS WENT TO: 36 points on a countback

CCR: 69 (38 points)

Golf - Tuesday 20th January 2009

I have found some time to do a couple of additions before the holiday break.



The Event of the day was a Single Stableford and we had 44 starters with visitors from The Lakes.





RESULTS:



WINNER: Lyn Puiatti - 41 points



RUNNER UP: Julie Craig - 38 points



3RD: Leanne Moore - 37 points



4TH: Leonie Casey - 36 points on a countback



5TH: Norma Cubis - 36 points



BALLS WENT TO: 34 points neat





CCR: 73

PAR: 73

F-Troop - Monday 19th January 2009

We certainly did a lot of cleaning up around the course today with F-Troopers involved in tree trimming, tree removal, clearing along the fairways, rubbish removal & timber cutting, placing of new hazard stakes on the 17th, weeding of the putting green edging, magnolia garden, putting green rear garden & front gardens, raking & picking up of loose timber & bark at the front entrance, around the wedding garden and first tee areas, rough cutting and watering of gardens at the front of the club, 18th green gardens and camelias & new grass gardens.

They were jobs all well done by the F-Troopers involved. Those that I saw today were Martin Gallagher, Clyde Cruickshanks, Duncan Dyer, Des Wilson, George Foster, Doug Incoll, Arthur Verlander, Bert Brink, Garry Trigg, Yvonne Wilson, Anne Burgess and Robin Incoll. I appologise if I have missed anyone - I was a late arrival today and worked away from the mainsteam work so it is quite possible that someone else was there that I have not remembered. It was quite hot by the middle of the day - so jobs well done troopers! Keep up the good work while I am away!

Images attached: Removal of a camphor Laurel tree at the 12th green; new hazard markers at the 17th; Doug Incoll trimming azaleas at the putting green garden; Robin Incoll weeding and mulching at the putting green garden; Des & Yvonne Wilson working at the front gardens; Doug Incoll clearing & mulching at the putting green garden; Robin Incoll watering the Mondo Grass area at the practice nets.

THIS MAY BE THE LAST BLOG REPORT FOR A FEW WEEKS AS I AM ONLY HOME FOR ONE DAY IN THE NEXT THREE WEEKS - SO STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT EXCITING REPORT ( WHENEVER THAT MAY HAPPEN TO BE).

Golf - Sunday 18th January 2009

It was a super day for golf today - quite a hot day but it was nice to be out there. Our partners today were Yvonne & Des Wilson & we had a good day especially after having won the Keno Ticket from the boys by one hole.

The Event of the day was a 2 Ball Team plus Singles Mixed men and Ladies. We had 112 starters with 9 visitors from Ashlar, Branxton, Lithgow, Magenta Shores, PGA, Trundle, and West Wyalong.

RESULTS:

2 BALL TEAM MENS:

WINNERS: Bert Brink and Laurie Bentlin - 49 points on a countback

2 BALL MIXED:

WINNERS: Ian Hartley and Lynda Hartley - 50 points

2 BALL WOMENS:

WINNERS: Carmen Fitzgerald and Helen Broadbent - 48 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Ian Hartley - 43 points

RUNNER UP: Bert Brink - 42 points

3RD: Ben Carter - 40 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Helen Broadbent - 39 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Tania Burt - 39 points on a countback

3RD: Robin Incoll - 39 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: Peter Davidson ; LADIES 8TH: Tania Burt

BALLS WENT TO: MEN: 35 Points on a countback; LADIES: 35 points on a countback

CCR MEN: 69 (38 points); AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Pauline Norman put her 5th shot on the 18th into the bunker. Her 6th shot out of the bunker and into the hole to score 6/3; Michael Norman played to his handicap for the first time for a while; Peter Davidson had three birdies and did not get one kiss; Clyde Cruickshanks had 3/4 on the 9th; Bert Brink was using his new driver today and did not miss one fairway and he also scored back to back 3/4's on the 15th and 16th having 24 points on the back nine; Ian Hartley had birdies on the 2nd and the 14th and scored 43 points; Ian & Lynda had a team score of 50 (good enough to win the day); Tania Burt nearly had a hole in one on the 8th - missed her putt and scored 3/4; David Hando from Lithgow scored 35 points and his wife Tina scored 38 points; The girls beat the boys in the Davidson/Walklate-Burt group; Doon Jansen had birdies on the 14th and 16th; Bob Knox scored 2 birdies; Wally Johnston had 33 points and showed patches of brilliance; Vicky Foster & Kay Frewin beat the boys by two strokes; George Foster had 5 pars in a row; Bruce Bins and Steve Laing beat Leanne Binns and Lyn Bates for a Keno Ticket and they were one number off $1,800; Robin Incoll and Sandra Coyle beat the boys by three shots.

Other news I heard was that Paul Casey yesterday played in a purple shirt identical to our three noteable players last Sunday and did not get harrassed.

Images attached: With our partners Yvonne & Des Wilson; Doreen & Garry Trigg with today's winners Lynda & Ian Hartley; Bert Brink & Laurie Bentlin - winners of the men's team; Ian & Lyda Hartley - winners of the mixed team; Ian Hartley - winner of the Men's Singles.

Golf - Saturday 17th January 2009

The Event of the day was a Men's Single Stableford - 3 Grades. We had 224 starters with 13 visitors from PGA; West Wyalong; Gunnedah; Morisset; South West Rocks; Taree; Terrigal and Tuggerah Lakes.


RESULTS:

A GRADE:

WINNER: Kerry Cubis - 43 points

RUNNER UP: John Shine - 42 points

3RD: Michael Connors - 40 points on a countback

4TH: Robbie Whyte - 40 points

5TH: Shanon Hardgrave - 39 points on a countback

SCRATCH WINNER: Kerry Cubis - 37


B GRADE:

WINNER: Blair Sunderland - 43 points

RUNER UP: Greg Skilbeck - 39 points on a countback

3RD: Bob Knox - 39 points on a countback

4TH: Ron Brown - 39 points on a countback

5TH: Craig Elton - 39 points on a countback

SCRATCH WINNER : Blair Sunderland - 30


C GRADE:

WINNER: Howard Ainsley - 44 points

RUNNER UP: Chris Myers - 40 points on a countback

3RD: Luke Wilby - 40 points

4TH: Arthur Haviland - 39 points

5TH: Warren Phelps - 38 points on a countback

SCRATCH WINNER: Chris Myers - 21 points on a countback


NEAREST THE PINS 12TH:

A GRADE: Michael McLaren

B GRADE: Mark McCormack

C GRADE: D. Thompson


EAGLES NEST won by: Michael McLaren - 54 cms. (60 balls)

CCR: 70 (37 points)

BALLS WENT TO: 35 points on a countback.

Golf - Friday 16th January 2009

The Event of the day was a Single Stableford for Men and Ladies. We had 87 starters with 15 visitors from UK; Castle Hill; Dunheved; Everglades; Griffith; Magenta Shores; Terrigal; Toukley; Tuggerah Lakes and Wingham.



RESULTS:


MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Soon Lee - 44 points

RUNNER UP: Dennis Hardwick - 42 points

3RD: Rod Tromp - 40 points on a countback

4TH: Kevin O'Brien - 40 points on a countback

5TH: David Thompson - 40 points on a countback


WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Denise Bentlin - 37 points



NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: To be advised ; LADIES 8TH: To be advised


BALLS WENT TO: MEN: 36 points neat; LADIES: 34 points neat.

CCR MEN: 69 (38 points); AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

Golf - Thursday 15th January 2009

We had extremely high temperatures forecast for today which caused a lot of drop outs in the field. I was at the Hunter Valley at the time and it was very hot there - enough to keep me in front of the air conditioner.

The event of the day was a Single Stableford and we had 15 starters with 3 visitors.


RESULTS:


WINNER: Georgina Lamb - 42 points

RUNNER UP: Sally Hopkins - 39 points

3RD: Lynn Puiatti -33 points

4TH: Judy Hughes - 32 points


AWCR: 73

PAR: 73

CCR: 73



I think everyone who turned up should have got a prize just for being out there in such high temperatures & congratulations to the winners who scored so well.

Golf - Wednesday 14th January 2009

The Event of the day was a Men's Single Stableford + 2 Ball Team. We had 209 starters with 16 visitors from UK; Everglades; Gloucester, PGA; Riverside Oaks, The Colonial, Tuggerah Lakes; West Wyalong & Wyong.


RESULTS:


2 BALL TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Graham Chee & Chris Fuchs - 50 points

RUNNERS UP: Barry Robertson & Gary Steele - 48 points

3RD: Martin Gallagher & Darren Wotherspoon - 47 points on a countback

4TH: Leonardo Burn & Duminda Siriwardhane - 47 points


MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Darren Wotherspoon - 43 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Barry Robertson - 43 points

3RD: Andre Stolz - 42 points on a countback

4TH: Garry Fitch - 42 points

5TH: Ron Gowing - 41 points

SCRATCH WINNER: Barry Robertson - 33 on a countback


NEAREST THE PINS:

A GRADE: Bob Knox

B GRADE: Brian Cahill

C GRADE: Terry O'Dea


BALLS WENT TO: 34 points neat


CCR: 69

Golf - Tuesday 13th January 2009

The weather was quite hot but that did not stop some of our good golfers coming with great scores. My partner today was Judy Verlander. Our golf scores were not fantastic but the company was good. We made good time around the course & were happy to get into the airconditioning at the clubhouse after the event. I was not able to stay long enough for presentation so I have no photos of the winner for today.

My appologies for the late publishing of the blog this week. I have had places to go & things to do this week which included two nights at the Crown Plaza Hunter Valley and golf at Kooindah Waters & Crown Plaza Hunter Valley. Life is full of priorities as we all know.....and somebody has to do it! This will be happening again shortly when I go to Riverside Oaks next week for two days and Byron Bay for two weeks at the end of next week. The results will be published ASAP.

The Event of the day today was a Single Stableford. We had 62 starters with 3 visitors from Muswellbrook, Terrigal and Tuggerah.

RESULTS:

WINNER: Lesley Gregory - 39 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Rosemary Cohen - 39 points on a countback

3RD: Margaret Nichols - 39 points

4TH: Judy Ruttenberg - 38 points on a countback

5TH: Christine Drakeford - 38 points on a countback

6TH: Doon Jansen - 38 points

7TH: Norma Cubis - 37 points

8TH: Linda Rankin - 36 points on a countback

9TH: D. Bragg - 36 points on a countback

BALLS WENT TO: 33 points on a countback

CCR: 36 PAR 73

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Judy Verlander had a par on the 13th; Rhonda Robertson had birdies on the 18th and was 4" off an eagle on the 4th (wow!) ; Norma Cubis played a nice steady round to score 37 points; Rosemary Cohen tossed in a nice gobbler on the 2nd to score 5/4 and on the 15th a great shot in over the trees to score 5/3; Carol Farrell had 4/4 on the 1st; my highlight of the day (and there was only one) that was a 4/4 par on the 17th.

IMAGES ATTACHED: With Judy Verlander on the first tee; the 3rd dam water in progess; Ray Presdee on duty rough cutting at the 5th tee (between chatting up the ladies).

The latest news on the water situation as I understand it is that we can get Bore Water from the Council. It does have some salt content, but that can be treated - so it is looking a lot more promising that our water situation can get under control.

F- Troop - Monday 12th January 2009

We had another very successful "F-Troop" day today getting a lot of work done around the course. Led by Martin Gallagher today the troops did some tree trimming, loose timber and rubbish pickup & removal, raking, planting of new native and Mondo grasses recently donated to the club. We had about 15 workers & those that I saw were Martin Gallagher, Peter Martin, Garry Trigg, Gary Sammons, John Coddington, Peter Murphy, Geoff Bridge, Warren Gray, Arthur Verlander, Di Beechey, Anne Burgess, Yvonne Wilson, Des Wilson & Noel Fenning.

The rough cutters were out of action today so Garry Trigg applied himself as a good raker & cleaner around the course helping Peter Martin pickup with the tractor.

Yvonne Wilson pruned & deadheaded the Hydrangeas on the 3rd tee.

John Coddington arrived late and was immediately put on the job of digging in the grasses with me on the path leading to the practice nets and under the trees nearby. John did a fantastic job & with the help of Di Beechey we managed to get all the grasses in place & watered in by morning tea. A task that I thought would be impossible judging by the amount of grass we had to deal with. Di & I planted a little more of the Mondo grass on the second tee after morning tea & that dealt with all of the grass.

I had earlier planted the "Little Gem" Magnolia in the small garden near the entrance path to the first tee. It will grow beautifully there & is just about to come into flower (Large white flowers).

Anne Burgess watered the bourganvilleas at the back of the 10th.

Later I finished trimming , fertilizing & watering the azaleas in the front car park.

I did not get out to the rest of the course until later but I believe that there was some cleaning up done on the 6th and some tree trimming done around the course.

The promised "King Tide" was not as big as I had anticipated. The gardens at the 15th were still intact with no water damage & the tide was going back out at 12.30pm.

We had a look at the new watering system from the Council Bore which is to be fed into the 3rd dam. When I left today it was all hooked up and ready to go - so I hope we have some water happening in the 3rd dam tomorrow if all went well. (photos attached).

Images attached: The new "Little Gem" Magnolia; planting of the grasses with the help of John Coddington & Di Beechey; Garry Trigg & Peter Martin doing a rubbish pickup at the practice nets; various photos of the bore water connection to our old fairway watering system so that it can be filtered into the 3rd dam & put to good use on our fairways.

Golf - Saturday 10th January 2009

The Event of the day was a Men's Single Par + 2Ball Team. We had 228 starters with 9 visitors from Hawks Nest, Massey Park, Moore Park, PGA, Taree, Terrigal, Tuggerah Lakes; Wee Waa & West Wyalong.


RESULTS:

2 BALL TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Mark Sorridimi & John Fulton (Tuggerah Lakes) - +14

RUNNERS UP: Ken Couchman & Paul King - + 12 on a countback

3RD: Zach Churcher & Scott Bowman - + 12 on a countback

4TH: George Lee & Michael Jackson - +12 on a countback


MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Scott Bowman - +8

RUNNER UP: Michael Tunny - +6 on a countback

3RD: Ken Couchman - +6 on a countback

4TH: John Fulton (Tuggerah Lakes) - +6 on a countback

5TH: George Lee - +6 on a countback

SCRATCH WINNER: Phil Watson - square


NEAREST THE PINS:

A GRADE: Peter Davidson

B GRADE: Steve Craven

C GRADE: Keith Dawson

BALLS WENT TO: +1 on a countback

CCR: 69 (+2)

Golf - Friday 9th January 2009

The Event of the day was a Single Stableford for Men and Ladies. We had 98 starters with 16 visitors from UK, Everglades, Gordon, Griffith, Magenta Shores, Moonah Lakes, Moore Park, Oatlands, Penrith, PGA, Terrigal & Toukley.


RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Ben Carter - 41 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Ricky Schmidt - 41 points

3RD: Peter Martin - 40 points on a countback

4TH: David Thompson - 40 points on a countback

5TH: Greg Mackay - 40 points


WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Anne Cropley - 43 points

RUNNER UP: Denise Bentlin - 38 points



NEAREST THE PINS:
MEN'S 12TH: Kevin O'Brien ; LADIES 8TH: Lorraine O'Dea


BALLS WENT TO: MEN: 36 points neat; LADIES: 35 points neat

CCR MEN: 69 (38 points) ; AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

Golf - Thursday 8th January 2008

The Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stableford.

RESULTS:

WINNER: Helen Stuart - 41 points

RUNNER UP: Janice Adlard - 38 points

3RD: Carol Farrell - 36 points on a countback.

BALLS WENT TO: 35 points

AWCR: 73
PAR: 73
CCR: 73

Golf - Sunday 11th January 2009

Today was a great day for golf ( for some). The weather was hot - but a little bit of breeze helped along the way. We had an enjoyable day with Vicky & Bob Morris even though the boys gave us a golf lesson - Bob coming in with 44 points and Peter with 38 points. It is always good to bring home the winner.

As most people are aware we have a huge water crisis happening at our course whereby the Narara Creek - during high tide - has back washed into our dam on the 13th causing our water supply to be salt affected. This in turn has browned off all of our fairways.

The only solution it seemed was to pump/drain the dams back into the creek & pray for rain. We have all been in panic mode as our course has been in it's best state for many years & this was a catostrophe. We only had a few days water supply left with at least another two months of hot weather ahead.

President Ron Puiatti was able to negotiate with the local Council and to the credit of the Council Employees and in particular to the Mayor Chris Holstein we have been rescued by the Council making available to us some water from the bore water outlet that is near our 18th tee.

We take out hats off to Chris Holstein for his time & effort he has taken to try & get things right for us. We are hoping for enough water to carry us through this crisis until natural rain kicks in.

It is raining tonight as I write this blog (prayers are being heard) & we hope the gardens and grounds get a good soaking to see us through until the dams are filled.

There is a "King Tide" due tomorrow that will test out all the theories on how we can keep the creek water from back filling into our dams. I will keep you posted on the results.

The Event of the day was a Single Stableford + Team 1 x 2 x 3 mixed Men and Ladies.

We had 116 starters with 3 visitors from Everglades and Tuggerah Lakes.

RESULTS:

TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Pricilla Webster, John Webster, Ian Mitchell & Iris Talbot - 99 points

RUNNERS UP: Keith Bourne, Susan Bourne, Ian Witt & Pam Witt - 91 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Bob Morris - 44 points

RUNNER UP: Bruce Binns - 42 points

3RD: Frank Smith - 41 points

WOMENS SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Sharon Anderson - 42 points

RUNNER UP: Jan Walker - 40 points

3RD: Doon Jansen - 38 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

MENS 12TH: Warren Flanigan LADIES 8TH: Elly Van Den Berg

BALLS WENT TO: MEN: 37 points neat; LADIES: 34 points neat.

CCR MEN: 69 ( 38 points); AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Bob Morris had his 'best ever' score of 44 points which now brings his handicap down to 9.7 which is his 'best ever' handicap. ( he tells me that he can smell the single figure handicap now); Peter Martin had a birdie on the 16th for 3/4 (so my three pointer did not count for the team effort, being a one score to count hole); my highlight was a 4/3 gobbler off the green on the 16th; Vicky Morris had a nice three pointer on the 5th; Sharon Anderson had a great 42 points, getting 3 four pointers on 4th, 7th and 10th; Keith Morris had a four pointer on the 2nd; Ron Dekker had a four pointer - I was told his turning score was claimed to be 23 - however should have been 22 (not bad anyway); Robyn Johnston had a birdie on the 8th; Wally Johnston had a birdie on the 14th; Bruce Binns had three birdies on the back nine 3/4 on the 13th, 4/3 on the 18th and 4/3 on the 10th; Wally Robertson doubled his score from his last game; Judy Mulheron had 4/4 gobbler on the first; Michael Norman had 2/4 on the 8th; Warren Flanigan had 2/4 on the 12th and won nearest the pin; Ray Stapleton had 3/5 on the 4th; Jan Walker had a nice 40 points; Elly Van Den Berg had 4/4 par on the 1st and 2/5 birdie on the 8th and won nearest the pin; Annie brink had a very Happy Birthday and got 37 points including a 4 pointer on the 15th.

Other news reported to me: Ray Presdee scored an Eagle on the 16th at golf on Saturday. Immediately after he sank the putt the " Channel 7 News Helicopter" flew overhead. News travels very quickly apparently.

I was not able to get to the club this week to get the results for Thursday, Friday & Saturday - Sorry about that! I will endeavour to get hold of the results as often as possible to publish them on the blog.

Images attached: With Bob & Vicky Morris at the first; the next group waiting on Peter to hit off at the first - Sharon & Brad Anderson, Doris & Keith Morris; Bob Morris today's singles winner with Captain Mark Stimpson; Sharon Anderson - Winner of the Ladies Singles today; the boys in purple - Clyde Cruickshanks, Ron Puiatti & George Foster. The story goes that George & Ron conspired to defeat the ladies for the Keno ticket by agreeing to wear their matching purple shirts for luck - however they did not tell Clyde; The "club" vote on the shirts;

Annie brink's birthday cake & blowing out the candles; Ron Dekker received his long awaited "F-Troop" shirt tonight & could not wait to show it off.

THE EVENTS BLOG:

The events blog has now been updated with coming 2009 events up to December 2009. I will be updating January 2010 and February 2010 as we pass through 2009.

You can view these events by visiting the blog as detailed below:

There may be some changes prior to the fixtures book going to print next month however any changes will be updated on the blog as they occur.

You can visit the blog by three different methods:

Method 1: Click on the following hyperlink: www.gosfordgolfclubeventslist.blogspot.com

You can right click with your 'mouse' after you have opened the page and add it to your 'favourites' or to your desktop.

Method 2: Go to 'my profile' at the top of this page - click on more detail from my profile - that will take you to another page that details all my blogs right at the bottom. You can click on the "Gosford Golf Club Events List" there & you will be transferred between my blogs. This is the easiest way if you are a regular blog viewer.

Method 3: Go to the official website of the Gosford Golf Club :

www.gosfordgolfclubandfunctioncentre.com.au

click on 'enter'; click on 'Golf'; click on the hyperlink shown at the bottom of the page to take you to the 'events' blog.

All roads lead to Rome, there is more than one way to skin a cat when it comes to internet travel so choose the method that suits you best.

Golf - Wednesday 7th January 2009

The Event of the day was Men's Single Stableford + Team 1 x 2 x 3.

We had 213 starters with 13 visitors from UK, Everglades, Macquarie Links, Magenta Shores, Muree, Murrumbidgee, Oatlands, Riverside Oaks, Terrigal, Colonial Qld and Toukley.

RESULTS:

TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Bill Quin, Tom Ballard, Bill Ballard & Carl Telford - 98 points

RUNNERS UP: John Burg, Michael Jorgenson Zygmunt Wloczek & Graham Calben - 94 points

THIRD: Rex Gardner, William Clarke, Kara Airas & Chris Myers - 93 points


MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Ray Hall (Toukley) - 45 points

RUNNER UP: Carl Telford - 44 points

3RD: Terry Bowditch - 43 points

4TH: David Rath - 42 points

5TH: Ian Skinner - 42 points

SCRATCH WINNER: Duncan Brown - 38 points


NEAREST THE PINS - 8TH

A GRADE: Terry Bowditch

B GRADE: Brian Cahill

C GRADE: Charles Christian (Riverside Oaks)

BALLS WENT TO: 35 points on a countback

CCR: 69 (38 POINTS)

Golf - Tuesday 6th January 2009

We had 37 brave starters on this very hot 35 degree day. That did not stop some of our good players who came in with great scores regardless of the heat. Thanks to Wendy Stapleton who carted around some ice to help out the players in stress. It worked for me - I got a birdie on the hole that I was playing after the extra cool down.

My playing partners today were Yvonne Wilson & Doreen Vines. We had a good day with some really fantastic highlights including birdies and four pointers. No photo unfortunately as we could not find a spare photographer at the time.

The event of the day was a Single Stableford with 37 starters.

RESULTS:

WINNER: Judy Verlander - 42 points

RUNNER UP: Lynda Hartley - 41 points

3RD: Robyn Johnston - 40 points

4TH: Sue Hutton - 39 points

BALLS WENT TO: 35 points neat

CCR: 73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Judy Verlander had 10 pars; Lynn Puiatti had a birdie on 15 and a gobbler on the 8th; Doreen Vines had a gobbler 4/4 on the 7th; Yvonne Wilson had a birdie on the 16th; I had a birdie on the 15th - Hooray!

IMAGES ATTACHED: Judy Verlander - today's winner; Ray Presdee working the rough cutter (no hands) on the 7th - doing his F-Troop shift in all the heat - Well done Ray!

F-Troop Monday 5th January 2009

I never cease to wonder on the generousity of our Members towards our F-Troop projects. We have received so much help with both donations of time ( a scarce commodity at this time of the year), cash and plant donations. I have been so impressed and today was no exception.

We had nineteen troopers that I saw today volunteering their time on such a hot day which helped us to achieve so much around the course. Today I saw Duncan Dyer, Rosalie Dyer, Martin Gallagher, Neil Hancock, Geoff Bridge, Warren Gray, Mark Stimpson, Des Wilson, Yvonne Wilson, Arthur Verlander, Peter Martin, Doug Incoll, Robin Incoll, Garry Trigg, Bruce White, John Cottington, George Foster, Di Beechey all working very hard in all the heat.

We received a very generous donation of Native grasses from Matt Snelson which included 100 Tanika grasses which we wanted for behind the bunker on the left hand side of the 17th green.

We also received a cash donation from Sheena & Nigel Asken for future work to be done at the 12th green. How good is that!

Matt delivered the plants today which meant we needed to plant the smaller plants straight away. Without hesitation I had Arthur Verlander & Peter on side for hole digging duties which was done very efficiently with great difficulty as we lacked all the correct tools for the job. Special thanks to Peter & Arthur for that hard toiling. The rest of the crew caught up later & helped with the planting and watering. We had 100 plants - so a job well done troopers.

Other work done today was cleaning, raking and watering at the club entrance by Di Beechey, clearing & weeding at the back of the 10th tee and Magnolia garden by Rosalie Dyer, weeding, watering at the 14th & 15th by Yvonne & Des Wilson, fertilizing, watering & mulching of the Azalia/Hydrangea garden by Doug & Robin Incoll, cutting down trees & removal of rubbish from the 2nd fairway by the F-Troop gang & general removal of loose timber and raking around the course, cutting of low branches of trees on the 4th, rough cutting by Garry Trigg (our other rough cutter was out of action today - so Ray Presdee got to have a holiday), watering of the plants in the Ladies Garden on the 13th, trimming azaleas in the front parking area, spraying and dead heading the roses on the putting green.

A fantastic effort today F-Troopers.

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!