Golf - Wednesday 30th September 2009

The Event of the day was a Men's Singles Stableford - 3 grades.

We had 198 starters with 6 visitors from Everglades, New Brighton & Terrigal.


RESULTS:

A GRADE:

1ST: Mark Stimpson - 42 points

2ND: Peter Bowen - 41 points

3RD: James Williams - 39 points on countback

4TH: Tom Ballard - 39 points on a countback

5TH: Clyde Cruickshanks - 39 points

SCRATCH: Mark Stimpson - 34 points on a countback


B GRADE:

1ST: David Ward - 43 points on a countback

2ND: Michael Upton - 43 points

3RD: John Allen - 41 points

4TH: Ross Bryant - 39 points on a countback

5TH: Ron Gowing - 39 points on a countback

SCRATCH: Michael Upton - 29 points


C GRADE:

1ST: Chris Dick - 45 points

2ND: Bill Hales - 43 points

3RD: Cyril Daly - 42 points on a countback

4TH: Brad Place - 42 points on a countback

5TH: Rod Fell - 42 points

SCRATCH: Rod Fell - 24 points


NEAREST THE PINS 8TH:

A GRADE: Mark Stimpson

B GRADE: Terry Coyle

C GRADE: A. Clark

BALLS WENT TO: 37 points neat

MENS CCR: 69 (38 points)

Golf - Tuesday 29th September 2009

Today we were blessed with perfect weather for our very important MARK CHURCHER DAY.

This popular day is always looked forward to and is keenly contested for the honour of winning the "Mark Churcher Day" trophy which is a tradition originally started years ago when Mark's father, Peter Churcher was professional at our club. Trophies on the day were donated by Mark Churcher. Today we had 79 starters with visitors from Everglades, Terrigal and Tuggerah Lakes.

The rules this year were :

for Division one: Playing stroke off the "Blue" markers.

for divisions two and three: playing stableford from the "White" markers.

My playing partners were Margaret Maclachlan and Judy Ruitenberg & we had a lovely day. It was very interesting hitting off from the "Blue" markers & actually good fun to do something different. Some of the holes were more challenging than others, the 'water' holes especially challenging. It bought the best out in a lot of our players as you can see by the results.

RESULTS:

DIVISION 1 - STROKE

WINNER: Di Thomlinson - 71 nett

RUNNER UP: Linda Rogers - 74 nett on a countback

GROSS WINNER: Di Thomlinson - 84 gross

DIVISION 2 - STABLEFORD

WINNER: Annette Dunk - 37 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Barbara Stratford - 37 points

3RD: Soo Chun - 36 points

4TH: Margaret Pratt - 35 points on a countback

DIVISION 3 - STABLEFORD

WINNER: June Bowen - 34 points

RUNNER UP: Leanne Moore - 33 points on a countback

SPECIAL TROPHY: Nola Hilbert (Terrigal) - 38 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

DIVISION 1:

5TH HOLE: Deborah Wright

12TH HOLE: Vicki Morris

DIVISION 2:

8TH HOLE: Bev Adams

14TH HOLE: Rosemary Judd

DIVISION 3:

8TH HOLE: Not won

14TH HOLE: Nola Hilbert (Terrigal)

BALLS WENT TO:

DIVISION 1 : 77 nett

DIVISION 2: 33 points

DIVISION 3: 34 points

NO HANDICAPPING OR ECLECTICS TODAY

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Di Thomlinson had an Eagle on the 11th; Soo Chun had a birdie on the 17th; Sharon Anderson had 4/4 on the 17th; Judy Ruitenberg had birdies on the 5th & 6th; Margaret Maclachlan parred the 14th and 15th holes; Yvonne Wilson had a gobbler on the 10th and parred the 5th & 6th holes; Julie Hazzard had a birdie on the 12th; Doreen Vines had 3/4 on the 8th and parred the 6th; Kath Small had 4/4 on the 17th; Ronda Jordon had a 4 pointer on the 13th; Leonie Wheeler (Everglades) hit over a bunker on the 10th and into a rabbit hole; Fay Bailey only put two balls in the water at the 3rd; Linda Rogers attributes her good score to her new Callaway driver that always hits straight; A player that shall remain unnamed had a great day - Lost a ball, hit the wrong ball, broke the seat on the golf buggy, buggy broke down, had balls in the water on the 3rd and the 10th; my highlights were getting over the water at the 13th from the blue markers and getting pars on 14th, 15th and 16th.

A red bellied snake was seen near the concrete path at the 18th - so beware!

F-Troop Monday 28th September 2009

When we arrived for F-Troop duty early this morning the troopers were already hard at work sharpening the chain saws for a busy day cleaning up fallen branches and trees. We had two ute's and a tractor & tray in full use for four hours picking up loose timber & fallen trees. The troopers worked hard all morning. We could not get around the whole course but the volume we did pick up was awesome.

We had 11 troopers on duty today and those that I saw were Duncan Dyer, Geoff Bridge, Martin Gallagher, Des Wilson, Spencer Walklate, Garry Trigg, Peter Martin, Warren Gray, George Foster & Julie Hazzard.

Duncan Dyer, Spencer Walklate, Martin Gallagher & Geoff Bridge took care of the tree lopping & some pick up while Des Wilson, Peter Martin, Warren Gray, George Foster & Garry Trigg did the loose timber pick up. Julie Hazzard repotted some of the indoor plants.

I managed to sort out some of the watering systems & got the gardens at the 12th, 13th & 17th well watered with the big hoses connected to the ringmain.

Martin Gallagher identified some of the nuisance camphour Laurel trees & tree stumps that should be removed in the future.

Peter Martin completed the water system set up at the 18th tee garden so that we can now use the system to both run a hose to the bouganvillias & camelias & to the garden sprayer system for Bev Way's garden. Anne Burgess and Judy Hughes will be happy that they can now run a hose to their shrubs which previously they have had to water by bucket. That will give their gardens some chance of survival this summer.

Members would have noticed the damage done to the new garden at the Ladies 3rd tee by the resident cockatoos. It looks like we will need to get hold of some bird netting to protect this garden until it matures. The wild winds also brought down the big tree fern at the back of the Men's 10th tee and we lost a tree in the garden at the back of the 6th tee. It has been a rather damaging week all around for our grounds.

The Presentation for the Garden Competition will be held this Thursday Evening so it will be nice if we get a mention.

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Golf - Sunday 27th September 2009 - Mixed Team Series

Today was one of the most popular golf events of our programme being the Final Round of the Mixed Team Series which has been held over a 3 month period. It is a keenly contested event with the 3rd round event being sponsored by "Harris & Adams Smash Repairs" Col and Kay Adams.

The weather was not kind to us with wild winds predominating the day but at least we did not have to contend with dust. Anyone with great scores today deserved their accolades as the wind hardly let up all day. As you can see by the results there were some good scores and highlights during the day. During the match a large tree came crashing down between the 7th and 13th fairways. We heard the noise and saw the dust fly up from several fairways away. Thankfully no one was underneath at the time. (photo attached)

We were one short in our team as Ian Mitchell was recovering from eye surgery so today Iris Talbot was our support crew and we did the best we could - but not good enough to catch the leaders who streaked home with daylight behind them.

RESULTS:

54 HOLE TEAM EVENT:

WINNERS: Spencer Walklate, Tania Burt, Garry Trigg and Doreen Trigg - 336 points

RUNNERS UP: Wally Robertson, Rhonda Robertson, Steve Phillips & Debbie Grinham - 316 points

54 HOLES MEN'S SINGLES:

WINNER: Garry Trigg - 114

RUNNER UP: Graham Brown - 108 on a countback

54 HOLES - WOMEN'S SINGLES:

WINNER: Doreen Trigg - 108

RUNNER UP: Vicki Foster - 107 on a countback

DAILY EVENT RESULTS:

MIXED TEAM EVENT: (108 starters)

WINNERS: Spencer Walklate, Tania Burt, Garry Trigg and Doreen Trigg - 115 points

RUNNERS UP: Ross Drakeford, Christine Drakeford, Doris Morris and Lance Bryant - 110 points on a countback.

MEN'S SINGLES EVENT:

WINNER: Col Adams - 38 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Spencer Walklate - 38 points on a countback

WOMEN'S SINGLES EVENT:

WINNER: Elizabeth McNamara - 39 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Rhonda Robertson - 39 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN:

5TH HOLE: Russ Davidson

8TH HOLE: Bob Morris

12TH HOLE: Brent Frewin

14TH HOLE: Clyde Cruickshanks

WOMEN:

5TH HOLE: Norma Cubis

8TH HOLE: Norma Cubis

12TH HOLE: Leonie Casey

14TH HOLE: Rosalie Dyer

BALLS WENT TO: Women: 42 points; Men: 33 points on a countback

MENS CCR: 70 (37 points)

WOMENS CCR: 73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Christine Drakeford had 4 four pointers in her 37 points and had a birdie on the 18th; Doris Morris had 2 four pointers; Ross Drakeford had 6 3 pointers on the back nine; Elizabeth McNamara had a nice steady game for her 39 points; Norma Cubis had nearest the pins on the 5th and the 8th; Clyde Cruickshanks had a birdie and nearest the pin on the 14th -130 cms; Steve Craven had a birdie 3/4; Vicki Morris had a birdie on th 6th and had 2 four pointers; Rhonda Robertson had a birdie on the 15th and Debbie Grinham had a birdie on the 6th - both Rhonda and Debbie did the cockroach dance to celebrate (the boys did not get any birdies); Steve Phillips did a monster drive on the 7th (heading for Qld said partner Wally Robertson); Julie Hazzard was on the 18th green for 3; Sheila Williams had a nice 39 points (which she attributes to her new driver); Jan Walker parred the 9th; Rosalie Dyer had 18 points on the back 9; Nigel Asken hit off an ordinary drive on the 17th, followed that up with an out of bounds shot, he refired from about 220 metres from the green and hit Arthur Haviland (on the 17th green) just clipping his shoe from which the ball rebounded into the hole; Steve Laing on the 2nd sank a forty foot shot from off the back of the green for a birdie and then followed up on the 14th where he sank a 6 metre putt for a birdie; Tania Burt hit the 3rd green for 2 and scored 4/4; Doreen Trigg had no wipes; Robin Brann had 3/4 on the 15th; Anne Forrester had a 4/4 pn the 9th being on for 2; Glennis English had 3/4 on the 3rd; my highlight was scoring 5/2 on the 15th after a penalty water shot.

Golf - Saturday 26th September 2009

The Event of the day was a Men's Single Stableford + Team 2 scores to count.
We had 195 starters with 5 visitors from Branxton, Mangrove Mountain, Moore Park, South West Rocks and Terrigal.

RESULTS:

TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: James Fahey, Roy Hammond, John Dever and Gary Keys - 103 points

RUNNERS UP: Wayne Metti, David Scott, Mark McFadyen and Michael Connors - 98 points on a countback

THIRD: Neil Hancock, John Witherall, Tony Holmes and Robert Oyston - 98 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Keith Bourne - 44 points

RUNNER UP: Don Bush - 43 points on a countback

3RD: John Harris - 43 points

4TH: Mark McFadyen - 42 points on a countback

5TH: Ron Hammond - 42 points on a countback

SCRATCH WINNER: Keith Bourne - 34 points on a countback

CCR MEN: 69 (38 points)

CCDGA CHALLENG CUP QUALIFERS : To represent Gosford at Toukley on Sunday 22nd November 2009)

A GRADE: Keith Bourne

B GRADE: John Harris

C GRADE: Don Bush

Judy's 70th and multiple celebrations of Gosford Golfers

Friday 25th September 2009 was a big day for celebrations at Alexander's Restaurant with Judy Verlander's 70th, Lyn & Clyde Cruickshanks 40th Wedding Anniversary & birthdays for Arthur Verlander and Debbie Grinham. Earlier in the evening we attended the Central Coast Post School Options Annual concert at the Laycock Theatre in which Louise Stimpson starred along with all her group by putting on a very entertaining show. Among other things a big, big day.

Golf - Friday 25th September 2009

The Event of the day was a Single Par for Men and Ladies and we had 89 starters with 11 visitors from Everglades, Moore Park, Morissett, Toukley, Tuggerah Lakes and Wyong.

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Brian Zimmerli - Plus 7 on a countback

RUNNER UP: Raymond Green - Plus 7

3RD: Jack Bree - Plus 6 on a countback

4TH: Col Kelly - Plus 6 on a countback

5TH: Duane Winslade - Plus 6


WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Sheila Williams


NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: Dean Wilson

LADIES 8TH: Norma Cubis

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: Plus 1 on a countback

LADIES: Square (neat)

CCR MEN: 69 ( Plus 2)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (Square)

Golf - Thursday 24th September 2009

It was a lovely day for golf today after yesterday's wild dust storms that caused havock everywhere. (F-Troop will be busy on Monday)

The Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stableford and we had 23 starters (the rest were at Asquith) with one visitor Flora Nolan from Tuggerah Lakes

RESULTS:

WINNER: Norma Cubis - 42 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Dianne Beechey - 42 points

3RD: Sharon Anderson - 38 points on a countback

BALLS WENT TO: 37 points on a countback

CCR: 73 (36 points)

NEAREST THE PIN 14TH:

DIVISION 1: Di Beechey

DIVISION 2: Michele Kennet

I arrived too late to get any highlights today - sorry!!

Gosford Golfers at Asquith Thursday 24th September 2009

A group of 18 Lady golfers from Gosford participated in the Asquith Vets Open Day. We were fortunate enough to get perfect weather (after yesterday's wild dust storms) & we had a very pleasant day finding our way around the course (with difficulty at times) as the course is not too clearly marked especially for cart use. It was a challenging and interesting course and our hosts were very friendly and welcoming. The club put on an excellant light lunch for about 130 guests

and had plenty of prizes on the day. We had mixed fortunes with our golf but the company was great. My playing partners today were Julie Hazzard, Christine Drakeford & June Bowen & we had a very enjoyable day.

Golf - Wednesday 23rd September 2009

The wild dust storm caused havock across the Central Coast today throwing most outdoor activities into chaos. That did not stop some of our diehard players from getting out on the course and to come in with some good scores.

I was out on the course today planting out some agapanthus plants in our gardens (photos attached) and saw the damage the wild dust storm was doing including the destruction of our large tree fern at the back of the Men's 10th tee.(photo attached)

The Event of the day was a Men's Single Stableford + Teams Event.

We had 76 starters and 4 visitors from Everglades.

RESULTS:

TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Dave Robertson, Darren Wotherspoon, Clyde Wyborn and Wayne Jennings - 92 points

RUNNERS UP: Mick Wilson, John Haines, Geoff Coulson and Jeff Nash - 89 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Trevor Palmer - 43 points

RUNNER UP: Trevor Way - 42 points

3RD: Keith Bourne - 40 points on a countback

4TH: Fred McGlynn - 40 points on a countback

5TH: David Robertson - 40 points

SCRATCH WINNER: Alex Pitty - 34 points

NEAREST THE PINS 8TH:

A GRADE: Keith Bourne

B GRADE: Paul Beaven

C GRADE: not won

BALLS WENT TO: 36 points on a countback

CCR: 69 (38 points)