Golf - Sunday 17th January 2010

What a weather mixture we had today for golf. The day started off with clear blue sky and very hot. By lunch time the storm clouds had gathered, quickly followed by thunder, lightning and rain. The lightning brought us all off the course for an hour or so until the competition resumed at 2 o'clock. We did have a few showers and rumbles of thunder during the rest of the afternoon . Those of us that regathered at 2.00 pm to resume our golf did manage to finish and some with surprisingly good scores. Our playing partners today were Ross & Christine Drakeford & they were great company. Ross & Christine had a good front 9 & Ross gave us some highlights during the day with a sandy at the 8th for a birdie and and another sandy at the 17th for a par. The boys decisively beat the girls for the keno ticket.

The Event of the day was a 2 Ball Team + Single Stableford Mixed Men and Ladies.

We had 99 starters with one visitor from Terrigal.

RESULTS:

2 BALL TEAM MEN:

WINNERS: Richard Casey and Michael Norman - 51 points

2 BALL TEAM MIXED:

WINNERS: Cyril Daly and Shirley Daly - 47 points

2 BALL TEAM LADIES:

WINNERS: Shirley Daly & Rae Brown - 48 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Richard Casey - 41 points

RUNNER UP: Michael Norman - 40 points

3RD: Kerry Cubis - 38 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Shirley Daly - 38 points

RUNNER UP: Helen Broadbent - 36 points

3RD: Rae Brown - 35 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: To be advised

LADIES 8TH: Helen Potter

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 33 points neat

LADIES: 29 points neat

CCR MEN: 71 (36 points)

AWCR LADIES: 73 ( 36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Vicki Foster had 4/4 on the 13th; Kerry Cubis had birdies on the 4th, 13th and 18th; Judy Verlander contributed to her team with Kerry Cubis with a par on the 8th; Michael Norman had birdies on the 1st and the 8th; Richard Casey had a birdie on the 15th - at that time he and Michael Norman were neck to neck with the scoring (rumour has it that Richard kneecapped Michael at this point so that he wiped the next hole) and Richard beat him by one point at the end of the day; Pauline Norman had 3/4 on the 14th; Leonie Casey parred the 8th and the 14th & won a ball; George Foster & Des Wilson won a keno ticket from the girls; Wally Robertson had 4/4 on the 6th; Terry Bowditch had a birdie on the 13th; Garry Trigg managed to nail a rabbit near the dam on the 17th ( the rabbit survived); Tania Burt had 2/4 on the 8th and parred the 15th; Jan Walker had 2/4 on the 14th and parred the 4th; Rae Brown had a birdie on the 8th; Elizabeth McNamara parred the 13th; Robyn Johnston & Elizabeth McNamara beat Gwen White & Mary Ellis for a keno ticket on a countback; Christine Drakeford parred the 1st; Ross Drakeford had a birdie at the 8th with a sandy shot out of the right bunker and parred the 17th with a sandy shot out of the left bunker on the 17th; Peter Martin dropped in a 30 foot putt on the 15th for a birdie; my highlight of the day was helping Robin Incoll drink her glass of white wine during the storm weather break with six of us girls each with a straw (unfortunately I did not have my camera with me to record the moment)