Pandora Charity Day - 30th April 2010

The Pandora Charity Day was a huge success with many supporters turning up to support in spite of the inclement weather. There were in excess of 100 starters with about 20 or so players who opted not to chance the weather.

As it turned out the weather cleared to a very comfortable day with cloud cover but no rain so we were all able to enjoy a lovely day out on the course. There were some great scores come in today which indicates that the course is recovering well from the recent maintenance of the greens. A lot of the guests stayed back at the clubhouse for Presentation & dinner which was good to see.

Our playing partners today were Helen Stuart & Yvonne Cumming and we had a great day with both Yvonne & Peter scoring 40 individual points each. Our team score was 93 points which was not that far behind the pace. We had a very enjoyable day with many highlights.

RESULTS:

TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Bruce Binns, Leanne Binns, Fraser Bates and Lyn Bates - 96 points

RUNNERS UP: Peter Green, Lance Richardson, Graeme Mooney & John Erikson - 95 points on a countback

MEN'S SINGLE STABLEFORD RESULTS:

WINNER: John McGeaghie - 46 points

LADIES SINGLE STABLEFORD RESULTS:

WINNER: Michelle Collyer - 44 points

OVERALL BEST SCORE AND TROPHY WINNER: John McGeaghie

NEAREST THE PINS:

5TH HOLE:

MEN: John Adams

LADIES: Lean Knight

12TH HOLE:

MEN: Alf Salter

LADIES: Jill File

LONGEST DRIVE 11TH HOLE:

MEN: Steve Goodwin

LADIES: Jill File

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE HARD WORKING LADIES OF THE PANDORA COMMITTEE FOR PUTTING ON SUCH A GOOD DAY!

We hope a good amount of money was raised on this Charity Day as it was for a very worthy cause.

Golf - Friday 30th April 2010

The morning golf event was a Single Stableford for Men and Ladies and we had 36 starters with one visitor.

The morning started out overcast early morning and then settled into a steady drizzle which discouraged a lot of starters and the fact that Pandora had a Charity Day starting with a shot gun start at 12.30 depleted the field. There were insufficient players for a Ladies competition.

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES EVENT:

WINNER: John Clark - 40 points

RUNNER UP: David Ward - 38 points

3RD: Michael Upton - 37 points on a countback

4TH: Reg Pearce - 37 points


NEAREST THE PINS MEN'S 12TH:

WINNER: Michael Upton

BALLS WENT TO : 34 points neat

AMCR MEN: 70 (37 points)

Golf - Thursday 29th April 2010

The Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stroke - Over the Field and we had 27 starters.


RESULTS:

OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Silvia Lee - 67 nett

RUNNER UP: Margaret Mackie - 69 nett

3RD: Wendy Stapleton - 71 nett on a countback

4TH: Val Anderson - 71 nett


BALL COMPETITION:

Silvia Lee
Margaret Mackie
Wendy Stapleton
Val Anderson
Lorraine Linnert
Lea Southon


NEAREST THE PIN 14TH:

0 TO 30: Lea Southon

31 TO 45 - SECOND SHOT: Val Scott

BALLS WENT TO: 74 nett

AWCR LADIES: 73 (73 nett)

Golf - Wednesday 28th April 2010

Photo attached is from the proud grandparents Duncan & Rosalie Dyer of the newest edition to their grandchildren.

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

We had 195 starters with visitors from Everglades, Howlong, Morisset, Newcastle, PGA, Sussex Inlet & Terrigal

RESULTS:

TEAM EVENT RESULTS:

WINNERS: John Witherall, Warren Gray, Neil Hancock & Bob Thomas - 54 points

RUNNERS UP: Eric Flood, Peter Ray, Mike Geary & Greg McGill -53 points on a countback

3RD: Anthony Morton, John Webster, Derek Thompson & Ian Hamilton - 53 points on a countback

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Greg McGill - 44 points

RUNNER UP: Bruce Gittoes - 42 points on a countback

3RD: Anthony Morton - 42 points

4TH: Mark Stimpson - 41 points on a countback

5TH: Col Matterson - 41 points

SCRATCH WINNER: Mark Stimpson - 33 points

NEAREST THE PINS 8TH

A GRADE: Terry Bowditch

B GRADE: Victor Hocking

C GRADE: Russ Davidson

BALLS WENT TO : 35 points neat

AMCR: 70 (37 points)

Golf - Tuesday 27th April 2010

We had perfect weather for golf today - the cloud cover helped keep the humidity down. My playing partners were Georgina Lamb and Dawn Cook & we had a very pleasant day made all the better for bringing home a winner with Georgina winning the 3rd division with Plus 7 and Dawn & I coming in square.

The Event of the day was a Single Par.

We had 77 starters with visitor Lenore Hammersly from WA.

RESULTS:

DIVISION 1 - 0 TO 20

WINNER: Di Thomlinson - Plus 4

DIVISION 2 - 21 TO 30

WINNER: Bev Adams - Plus 3

RUNNER UP: Linda Rogers - Plus 1

3RD: Soo Chun - Square on a countback

DIVISION 3 - 31 TO 45

WINNER: Georgina Lamb - Plus 7

RUNNER UP: Anne Cropley - Plus 6

3RD: Elizabeth McNamara - Plus 5 on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

8TH HOLE:

DIV 1: Wendy Stapleton

DIV 2: Leanne Binns

DIV 3: Dawn Tromp

14TH HOLE:

DIV 1: Not won

DIV 2: Mary Beard

DIV 3: Annie Brink

BALLS WENT TO: To be advised

AWCR LADIES: 73 (Square)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Dawn Cook did a lovely chip shot to the pin on the 3rd; Georgina Lamb scored 8 plus holes; Barbara Stratford had a birdie on the 16th; Elizabeth McNamara had a plus 5 score including a birdie chip into the hole at the 14th; Mary Beard had a gobbler on 8th; Di Thomlinson had birdie gobblers on the 7th and the 15th; Merran Adams had a gobbler par on the 13th; Sharon Anderson had 3 pars; Bev Adams played a steady round with her new clubs scoring plus 3; my highlight, after just skimming across the dam at the 3rd, was sinking a long one putt to save the hole and not having any 3 putts.

Golf - Monday 26th April 2010- Public Holiday

The Event of the day was a Single Stableford for Men and Ladies.

We had 62 starters with 8 visitors from Byron Bay, PGA, South West Rocks, Terrigal,
Tuggerah Lakes and Wyong.

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Craig Ward - 43 points

RUNNER UP: Joshua Parr - 40 points

3RD: Brad Binns - 39 points on a countback

4TH: Graham Brown - 39 points on a countback


WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Lynn Puiatti - 36 points

RUNNER UP: Kim Cardiff - 35 points on a countback

3RD: Pam Bourne - 35 points


NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: To be advised

LADIES 8TH: Not won

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 36 points neat

LADIES: To be advised

AMCR MEN: 70 (36 points)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

F-Troop Monday 26th April 2010

It takes more than a Public Holiday to stop F-Troop work. We have so much to do and so little time. Today we had six volunteers which was great to see, given that most people have other commitments on such long weekends.

Duncan Dyer, Geoff Bridge, Martin Gallagher & Des Wilson took care of some more nuisance & dangerous tree removal at the 17th fairway.

Peter Martin did some sand bagging at the garden at the 1st tee. The soil in this garden is almost pure sand. At the 15th fairway we are going to try sand bagging the top of the bunker on the left hand side as a temporary measure to stop water from pouring down from the hill into the bunker until such time as we can get some grasses established to do the job. We are taking the loamy soil from the garden at the 1st tee for the sand bagging and will replace it with some good quality garden soil so that a new garden can be established at the 1st.

Rosalie Dyer helped me to clean up around the putting green area and the gardens in this area,

I hedged the Little Gem Magnolia Garden & the small hedge around the putting green. Rosalie cleaned up the garden behind the Men's 10th tee and we did the magnolia garden and the putting green as well - cleaning out the gardens, raking & cleaning out the gutters around the putting green.

Martin, Geoff, Duncan & Peter helped to clean up the gutters & removed all the rubbish that we had collected. Would you believe a full ute load of rubbish just from this small area.

Many thanks to chef John for leaving us some morning tea cakes for our public holiday work when the kitchen was closed for the day.

It was a Stirling effort from our F-Troopers today.

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Golf - Sunday 25th April 2010

We had some good steady rain overnight & also into the early morning which turned a lot of our Members off of golf today which was unfortunate as the weather cleared by mid morning with just a few showers later in the day. At the end of the day it turned out to be an alright day for golf & a lot of us missed out on a good day.

The event of the day was a Single Stableford for Men and Ladies.

We had 36 starters with 1 visitor from Terrigal.


RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Kyle Thacker - 40 points

RUNNER UP: Doug Incoll - 39 points

3RD: Ron Puiatti - 38 points


WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Rhonda Robertson - 36 points on countback

RUNNER UP: Rae Brown - 36 points

3RD: Kay Adams - 34 points on a countback


NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: To be advised

LADIES 8TH: Rae Brown


BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: To be advised

LADIES: To be advised


AMCR: 70 (37 points)

AWCR: 73 (46 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: I do not have any highlights as we did not play today & missed presentation which normally allows me to gather highlights for the day.
I did hear one rumour that one of our Members, who shall remain undisclosed because she is shy, suddenly disappeared from the course before she was due to hit off as she had left some soup cooking on the stove. Well, that is better than finding the house burnt down after golf!


PENNANT MATCH RESULTS:

GOSFORD HAD A BYE

MATCHES PLAYED AT GOSFORD:

MORISSET def EVERGLADES : 4 matches to 3 1/2

TOUKLEY def TERRIGAL : 5 1/2 matches to 2



MEMBERS PLEASE NOTE: HARVEY WORLD TRAVEL VOUCHERS

Members who have participated in the Harvey World Travel vouchers competition that have been distributed to Members purchasing meals from the club bistro please note that the winning ticket will be drawn this coming Sunday night 2nd May 2010 at Presentation.

The IMPORTANT THING TO BE AWARE OF is that the winning Member must be present at the time of the draw. If you have participated in this competition then next Sunday evening is a MUST DO for you. GOOD LUCK!


CCDGA MIXED FOURSOMES:

The CCDGA Fixed Foursomes will be held this year at Everglades Country Club on the 30th May 2010.

To enter this competition you must fill in an entry form available at our office & pay $20 each entry fee. The Office at Gosford Golf Club will process the entry and CCDGA will do the draw.
It should be noted that as the competition is being held at Everglades Country Club Gosford 5 day Members would be eligible to play as the competition is not at their home course.

Golf - Saturday 24th April 2010

The Event of the day was a Mens Single Stroke - Monthly Medal.

We had 221 starters with 6 visitors from Commercial Albury, Cromer, Everglades, NZ & Trundle.


RESULTS:

A GRADE:

WINNER: Stephen Phillips - 63 nett

RUNNER UP: Brett Liddell - 66 nett

3RD: Brad Binns - 67 nett

4TH: Shane Leidich - 68 nett

5TH: John Irvine (Albury) - 69 nett on a countback

SCRATCH WINNER: Gavin Godwin - 72 on a countback


B GRADE:

WINNER: Peter Ne'roi - 65 nett on a countback

RUNNER UP: Stephen Hogan - 65 nett

3RD: Leigh Phillipson - 67 nett

4TH: Robert Dwyer - 69 nett on a countback

5TH: Malcolm Munday - 69 nett on a countback

SCRATCH WINNER: Leigh Phillipson - 80


C GRADE:

WINNER: Timothy Elbra - 60 nett

RUNNER UP: John Connolly - 64 nett

3RD: Stephen Tobin - 65 nett on a countback

4TH: Frank Smith - 65 nett

5TH: David Lee - 66 nett

SCRATCH WINNER: Roy Hammond - 87


NEAREST THE PIN 12TH:

A GRADE: To be advised

B GRADE: To be advised

C GRADE: To be advised


BALLS WENT TO: 72 nett on a countback

AMCR: 70 (70 nett)

Golf - Friday 23rd April 2010

The Event of the day was a Single Stableford for Men and Ladies.

We had 76 starters with 12 visitors from Everglades, Muree, Terrigal, Toukley & Wyong.


RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: David Connerton - 46 points

RUNNER UP: Fred Packhouse - 44 points

3RD: Paul Beaven - 42 points

4TH: Wayne Snead - 41 points

5TH: Michael Norman - 40 points on a countback


WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Shirley Daly - 37 points


NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: Phil Carter

LADIES 8TH: Not won


BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 36 points neat

LADIES: 36 points neat

AMCR MEN: 70 (37 points)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

Golf - Thursday 22nd April 2010

F-Troopers put in some more hard yards today delivering firewood which is one of the projects to raise money to contribute towards the beautification of the course. To date we have raised $1,425.00 from the sale of timber with full credit going to our F-Trooper men for the effort that they have put into this work. We also managed to do a clean up at the front entrance to the club and raked up along the gutters of the side entrance road. The greens staff put in a great effort today trimming the major hedge which now looks sensational.

It was a beautiful day for golf & the greens had been cut down one more level which made for easier putting.

The Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stableford and we had 29 starters.

RESULTS:

WINNER: Julie Hazzard - 40 points

RUNNER UP: Faye Levenspiel - 37 points on a countback

3RD: Rae Brown - 37 points

4TH: Kay Adams - 36 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS 14TH:

0 - 30: Faye Levenspiel

31 - 45 Second shot: Maggie Minjoy

BALLS WENT TO: 36 points neat

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

Golf - Wednesday 21st April 2010

The Event of the day was a Men's Single Par + 2 Ball Team.

We had 197 starters with 18 visitors from Botany, Everglades, Howlong, Mangrove Mountain, PGA, Sussex Inlet & Terrigal.

RESULTS:

2 BALL TEAM RESULTS:

WINNER: Paul Wallis & John Mazaroli - Plus 10 on a countback

RUNNER UP: Daniel Webster & Fred Parkhouse - Plus 10 on a countback

3RD: Derek Thompson & John Webster - Plus 10 on a countback

4TH: Ken Couchman & Laurie Steen - Plus 10 on a countback


MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Bob Frost - Plus 8

RUNNER UP: Chris Pearce - Plus 6

3RD: Peter Smith - Plus 5 on a countback

4TH: Ken Couchman - Plus 5 on a countback

5TH: Brian M'Crystal - Plus 5

SCRATCH WINNER: Zac Churcher - Minus 3 on a countback

NEAREST THE PIN MENS 8TH:

A GRADE: David Frazer

B GRADE: Ross Turner (Everglades)

C GRADE: Fred Parkhouse

BALLS WENT TO: Square (neat)

AMCR: 70 (Plus 1)

Golf - Tuesday 20th April 2010

We had a lovely day for golf today with the warm weather lasting well into April we have been fortunate to miss some of winter's early chills. My playing partners today were Kay Adams & Helen Stuart who were great company. We had a nice day on the village green with not a lot of highlights along the way as we struggled to get the ball to the hole on the slow greens. The bi -annual maintenance has been done recently & slow greens are usual at this time until the greens are ready to be slicked down.

The event of the day was a Ladies Single Stableford and we had 82 starters including visitor Lenore Brazoner from Hammersley WA.

RESULTS:

DIVISION 1: 1 TO 20

WINNER: Rhonda Robertson - 35 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Debbie Wright - 35 points

DIVISION 2: 21 TO 30

WINNER: Lyn Bates - 42 points

RUNNER UP: Soo Chun - 40 points

3RD: Robin Incoll - 39 points

DIVISION 3: 31 TO 45

WINNER: Pauline Norman - 38 points

RUNNER UP: Pam Cowin - 35 points on a countback

3RD: June Bowen - 35 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

DIVISION 1:

8TH HOLE: Debbie Grinham

14TH HOLE: Judy Verlander

DIVISION 2:

8TH HOLE: Robin Incoll

14TH hOLE: Lea Southon

DIVISION 3:

8TH HOLE: Annie Brink

14TH HOLE: Elizabeth MacNamara

BALLS WENT TO: 34 points on a countback

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Silvia Lee had a gobbler birdie on the 12th and 2 pars; Fran James parred the 5th and the 6th; Susan Bourne, Ros Singleton & Linda Rankin all had a par on the 8th; Sue Hutton had 7 pars; Bev Adams had 35 points using her new set of clubs; Pauline Norman had 3/4 on the 8th; Lynn Puiatti had 23 points on the back 9; Debbie Grinham had a birdie gobbler on the 8th; Merran Adams had a birdie gobbler on the 12th; Soo Chun had two 4 pointers, 4 pars to score 40 points.

Another highlight of the day comes from Rosalie Dyer who became a grandmother again with the birth of a brand new grand daughter this afternoon at 1.50 pm - Tahlia Jaye weighing in between 6 1/2 and 7 lbs with blond curly hair. Congratulations to Rosalie & Duncan who are very proud grandparents. I am sure I will have a photo to follow....