Golf - Wednesday 30th June 2010

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

We had 194 starters with 9 visitors from Everglades, PGA, Ryde Parramatta, Terrigal, Tuggerah Lakes & Wyong.

RESULTS:

2 BALL TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Grant Williams & Michael Wilson - Plus 11

RUNNERS UP: Leonard Sargant & Trevor Way - Plus 9

3RD: Ray Stapleton & Neville Walker - Plus 8 on a countback

4TH: John Anstice & David Bowe - Plus 8


MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Grant Williams - Plus 6

RUNNER UP: Wayne Kennedy - Plus 3

3RD: John Anstice - Plus 3

4TH: David Boyd - Plus 3

5TH: Ray Stapleton - Plus 2 on a countback

SCRATCH WINNER: Tom Ballard - Minus 5

NEAREST THE PINS 8TH:

A GRADE: Grant Binns

B GRADE: T. Vandeleur

C GRADE: G. McKay

BALLS WENT TO: Minus 2 on a countback

AMCR: 70 (Plus 1)

Golf - Tuesday 29th June 2010

The Event of the day was a Single Stroke -WGNSW & Club Medal.

We had 77 starters including one visitor from Taree.

My playing partners today were Linda Rogers and Tania Burt. Linda was our star of the day winning our division with a nice 72 nett. It was still wet underfoot in some parts from recent rain but is improving with a batch of sunny days ahead. It was a very cold night last night & the chill remained for the early part of the morning.

RESULTS:

DIVISION 1: 0 TO 22

WINNER: Dianne Thomlinson - 71 nett

RUNNER UP: Judy Ruitenberg - 77 nett

GROSS WINNER: Dianne Thomlinson - 88

PUTTING: Debbie Grinham - 31 putts

DIVISION 2: - 23 TO 32

WINNER: Linda Rogers - 72 nett on a countback

RUNNER UP: Sharon Anderson - 72 nett

3RD: Lesley Gregory - 74 nett

GROSS WINNER: Linda Rogers - 95

PUTTING: Leonie Casey - 30 putts on a countback

DIVISION 3: 33 TO 45

WINNER: Lorraine Bignall - 69 nett

RUNNER UP: Lynn Puiatti - 75 nett

3RD: Rae Brown - 76 nett

GROSS WINNER: Lorraine Bignall - 105

PUTTING: Nerida Hancock - 32 putts

NEAREST THE PINS:

A GRADE:

5TH HOLE: C. Shaw

12TH HOLE: Not won

B GRADE:

8TH HOLE: Bev Adams

14TH HOLE: Leonie Casey

C GRADE:

8TH HOLE: Lorraine Bignall

14TH HOLE: not won

BALLS WENT TO: To be advised

AWCR LADIES: 73 (73 nett)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY reported to me: Sharon Anderson parred the 2nd and the 10th; Lea Southon produced a hot water bottle at the 5th hole to warm their hands from the morning chill; Claire Hastings had a fantastic gobbler at the 15th from out of long grass off the green & into the hole; Kay Frewin parred the 15th; Bev Adams scrambled a shot along the ground from 100 meters to score a par; Mary Beard had a birdie on the 12th; Margaret Davidson had a birdie on the 7th; Leonie Casey had 3 pars and a birdie; Linda Rogers had a gobbler par on the 18th.

Another highlight for this week comes from Leonie & Richard Casey who are celebrating the birth of their grandson William George Raymond Casey - born Saturday 26th June 2010 - 8 lbs 4 oz. (Photo attached) Congratulations Leonie & Richard. If you are not already aware Leonie & Richard are part of our Adopt-a-Garden Scheme & they look after the front street gardens which you will notice stay beautifully manicured since Leonie & Richard have taken responsibility. Thanks Leonie & Richard

Introducing your new Pro Shop Team

The new Pro Shop Team has been announced and will commence duties on Thursday 1st July 2010.

As previously advised Scott Cubis is our Director of Golf & the successful applicants for the Pro Shop Team were Gavin Godwin, Michelle Toth and Tom Ballard.

Gavin Godwin and Tom Ballard are well known to us, being club members, and very proficient golfers.

Michelle Toth has an enviable golf record. Although not currently playing, Michelle has had a lot of experience overseas in USA & has a wealth of knowledge about golf. You can google her career statistics which are impressive.

We look forward to being able to benefit from their golfing knowledge.

F-Troop - Monday 28th June 2010

We had plenty of work on for the F-Troopers today. We had Martin Gallagher, Duncan Dyer, Geoff Bridge, Noel Fenning & Des Wilson working on the timber, taking down & removing dangerous trees. Warren Gray, Bruce White & Peter Martin worked on loose timber and rubbish pick up as well as removing old poor soil from the garden at the 1st tee and replacing it with good quality garden soil.

I busied myself with tidying up the putting green, wedding garden and the 1st tee area as well as starting some shrub trimming at the garden at the front of the clubhouse.

Morning tea this morning was fruit scones, jam & cream which was enjoyed by all. Thanks to Chef John for his efforts.

You should have all noticed that the table and bench seats have been returned underneath the clubhouse after being rejuvenated by F-Troopers Duncan Dyer & Martin Gallagher. Thanks Duncan & Martin - the setting looks great!

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Golf - Sunday 27th June 2010

Lois is back & the last week's results are all posted up to date.

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

We had 83 starters with 6 visitors from Beverley Park, Everglades, Gold Coast, PGA & Taree.

RESULTS:

2 BALL TEAM RESULTS:

MENS:

WINNERS: Bruce Binns & Des Wilson - Plus 8 on a countback

MIXED:

WINNERS: Des Wilson & Yvonne Wilson - Plus 8

WOMENS:

WINNERS: Rae Brown & Judy Ruitenberg - Plus 6

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Des Wilson - Plus 5

RUNNER UP: Spencer Walklate - Plus 3

3RD: Col Adams - Plus 2 on a countback

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Lauren Matterson - Plus 2

RUNNER UP: Rae Brown - Plus 1

3RD: Vicky Morris - Minus 2 on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: Des Wilson

LADIES 8TH: To be advised

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: Square (neat)

LADIES: Minus 4 Neat

AMCR MEN: 70 (Plus 1)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (square)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Kay Adams had a birdie on the 17th chipping into the hole from 100 metres; Bruce Binns had birdies at the 12th and the 15th; Yvonne Wilson had a par on the 5th & combined well with Des to score when needed for the team; Col Adams had 2 birdies on the first 4 holes; Anne Stimpson played nice steady golf; Nigel Asken had 5 plus' on the back 9; Jan Van Den Berg, Ellie Van Den Berg, Spencer Walklate & Tania Burt all had 4/4's on the 17th; Rae Brown chipped in on the 10th; Lorraine Bignell had a birdie on the 8th and was a contender for nearest the pin; Duncan Dyer sank a lovely putt on the 17th for 4/4; Lauren Matterson had plus 5 on the front 9.

Golf - Saturday 26th June 2010

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



We had 165 starters with 4 visitors from Gold Creek, Penrith, PGA and Taree.



RESULTS:



TEAM EVENT RESULTS:



WINNERS: Victor Hocking, Stephen Tobin, John Griffin & Malcolm Angus - 93 points on a countback



RUNNER UP: Col Matterson, Jim Johnston, Jeff Rogers & Geoff Leonard - 93 points



3RD: Robbie Whyte, Greg Mackay, Greg Skilbeck & Paul Smith - 91 points





MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:



WINNER: Sam Bagala - 42 points on a countback



RUNNER UP: Robbie Whyte - 42 points



3RD: John Griffin - 41 points on a countback



4TH: Brad Binns - 41 points



5TH: Graham Brown - 40 points on a countback



SCRATCH WINNER: Robbie Whyte - 38 points



NEAREST THE PINS 12TH:



A GRADE: To be advised



B GRADE: To be advised



C GRADE: To be advised



BALLS WENT TO: 35 points neat



AMCR: 70 (37 points)

Golf - Friday 25th June 2010

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

We had 92 starters with 10 visitors from Charlestown, Emmaville, Everglades, Karuah, Mangrove Mountain, Moss Vale & PGA.

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Chris Cox - 41 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Gus Macdonald - 41 points on a countback

3RD: Chris Bundy - 41 points

4TH: Wayne Jennings - 40 points on a countback

5TH: Michael Norman - 40 points on a countback


WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Leonie Casey - 35 points

RUNNER UP: Helen Broadbent - 34 points


NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: To be advised

LADIES 8TH: Anne Cropley

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 37 points neat

LADIES: 32 points neat

AMCR MEN: 70 (37 points)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

Golf - Thursday 24th June 2010

The Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stableford Over the Field.

We had 23 starters.

RESULTS:

WINNER: Lynn Puiatti - 35 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Silvia Lee - 35 points

3RD: Georgina Lamb - 34 points

BALL COMPETITION:

Annette Dunk
Judy Verlander
Pam Bourne

NEAREST THE PIN 14TH:

0 TO 30: Not won

31 TO 45: Lynn Puiatti

BALLS WENT TO: 32 points

AWCR LADIES: 73 (73 nett)

Golf - Wednesday 23rd June 2010

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



We had 180 starters with 10 visitors from Byron Bay, Everglades, Mangrove Mountain. PGA, Terrigal & Tuggerah Lakes.



RESULTS:


A GRADE:


WINNER: Anthony Hanna - 39 points on a countback


RUNNER UP: Zach Churcher - 39 points


3RD: Terry Bowditch - 38 points on a countback


4TH: Chris Bundy - 38 points on a countback

5TH: Jeff Nash - 38 points

SCRATCH WINNER: Zach Churcher - 35 points


B GRADE:

WINNER: Jeff Rogers - 41 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Warren McLean - 41 points

3RD: Ross Bryant - 36 points on a countback

4TH: Matt Shanahan - 36 points on a countback

5TH: Geoff Douglas - 36 points on a countback

SCRATCH WINNER: Jeff Rogers - 25 points

C GRADE:

WINNER: Ronald Schulz - 43 points

RUNNER UP: Ryan Masters - 41 points

3RD: Wayne Jennings - 40 points

4TH: Bruce White - 39 points on a countback

5TH: William Benden - 39 points

SCRATCH WINNER: Ryan Masters - 19 points

NEAREST THE PINS 8TH:

A GRADE: To be advised

B GRADE: To be advised

C GRADE: To be advised

BALLS WENT TO: 35 points

AMCR: 70 (37 points)

Golf - Tuesday 22nd June 2010

The Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stroke - WGNSW & Club Medal Round.

We had 60 starters.

RESULTS:

DIVISION 1: 0 TO 22

WINNER: Sheena Asken - 70 nett

GROSS WINNER: Sheena Asken - 85

PUTTING: Fay Bailey - 30 putts on a countback


DIVISION 2 : 23 TO 32

WINNER: Helen Stuart - 70 nett

RUNNER UP: Christine Dekker - 76 nett on countback

GROSS WINNER: Chris Dekker - 99

PUTTING: Lyn Cruickshanks - 29 putts


DIVISION 3: 33 TO 45

WINNER: Dawn Tromp - 75 nett

RUNNER UP: Doris Morris - 77 nett

GROSS WINNER: Ronda Jordon - 110

PUTTING: Ronda Jordon - 32 putts

NEAREST THE PINS:

5TH HOLE:

A GRADE: Rhonda Robertson

12TH HOLE:

A GRADE: Not won

8TH HOLE:

B GRADE: Sandy Laybutt

C GRADE: Elizabeth McNamara

14TH HOLE:

B GRADE: Lesley Gregory

C GRADE: Lynn Puiatti

BALLS WENT TO: 77 on a countback

AWCR LADIES: 73 (73 nett)

Golf - Sunday 20th June 2010

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

We had 113 starters with 2 visitors from Taree and Muree.

RESULTS:

MEDLEY TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Kay Frewin, Arthur Collien, Arthur Haviland & Garry Wilkinson - 115 points

RUNNERS UP: Lyn Cruickshanks, Clyde Cruickshanks, Rae Brown & Graham Brown - 114 points


MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Des Wilson - 42 points

RUNNER UP: Trevor Way - 39 points on a countback

3RD: William Stafford - 39 points


WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Annette Cross - 37 points

RUNNER UP: Pam Witt - 36 points

3RD: Rhonda Robertson - 35 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: Craig Ward

LADIES 8TH: Leanne Binns

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 33 points on a countback

LADIES: 32 points neat

AMCR MEN: 70 (37 points)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

Golf - Saturday 19th June 2010

The Event of the day was an American Foursomes.

We had 178 starters with 10 visitors from Gunnedah, Lonsdale Vict., Terrigal, Trundle & Tuggerah Lakes.


AMERICAN FOURSOMES RESULTS:

WINNERS: Duncan Brown & David Flanigan - 62 nett on a countback

RUNNER UP: Ian Jackson & Des Wilson - 62 nett

3RD: John Allen & David Small - 62 1/2 nett

4TH: Gary Frost & Steve Spalding - 63 1/s nett

5TH: Peter Bowen & David Lenihan - 63 1/2 nett

6TH: Cameron Darby & Michael Crookes - 64 nett

SCRATCH WINNERS: Duncan Brown & David Flanigan - 68 gross

NEAREST THE PINS 12TH:

A GRADE: Jim Forrester

B GRADE: Steve Scheffer

C GRADE: S. Sharpe

BALLS WENT TO: 69 1/2

NO HANDICAPPING TODAY.


RESULTS OF THE MATCHPLAY FINAL:

A GRADE: Phillip Watson Defeated Zac Churcher 7/6

B GRADE: Brian Purcell Defeated John Griffin 8/6

C GRADE: Gary Fuchs Defeated Malcolm Angus 2/1

Saturday 26th June 2010 - Heading for home

The final day of our week we were all up early for disembarkment from the ship at the dockside.

We were all off the ship by 8 o'clock & waiting on our golf clubs to arrive by road transport.

We collected our clubs & all set off on our separate ways home by 8.30 am. Some of us are spending more time in Brisbane or the Gold Coast - others are flying or driving straight home

or part thereof.

Our choice was to spend a night in Brisbane to refresh ourselves for the trip home on Sunday. We had chosen a special deal at the Medina Apartments which are right at the foot of the Story Bridge & proved to be a great choice. Our apartment had a washing machine & dryer & all the comforts for a one night stop over and in fact we wished we had booked an extra day. The apartment is walking distance from the city & waterfront restaurants. We chose a Hop-On/Hop-Off bus tour around Brisbane & had a good tour of the city & the main highlights. The bonus was that we arrived at the Medina at 9 o'clock in the morning & the apartment was available to us immediately which was fantastic.

Tomorrow we are back to reality & Lois will be back on the job reporting all the current local golf results including the backlog of last week.

Friday 25th June 2010 - Last day of the cruise

Another relaxing day with some decent sunshine to work up a suntan. Today we took charge of a couple of luxury lounges on the back deck of the ship & soaked up the sun for most of the day.

It has been hard work to get through this week of research on your behalf but it has been worth the effort even though the weather interfered with our golfing programme.

We all spent the day doing our own thing and met up at 5.00pm to have a group photo taken with the 150 other members of the "Go Golfing"" group. From there we went to dinner at the Palm Court Restaurant where the drinks were on "Go Golfing".

After that we had some after dinner drinks at the Piano Bar and then followed up with some late night dancing at the Bengal Bar to celebrate the end of the tour.

The week has finally drawn to an end and it is back to reality tomorrow when we disembark from the ship first thing in the morning and we all head our separate ways home.

I will be putting a detailed report, more photos and a review of the tour on my travel blog in due course. I will advise you when it has been posted so you can judge for yourself the value of the tour.

The golfing blog will recommence with local golf results from Sunday 27th June 2010 which will include back dates of the competitions of the past week.

Thursday 24th June 2010 - relaxing on board ship

It was good to get back into calmer waters of the Whitsundays. The seas at the Barrier reef were far too rough and many people suffered from sea sickness including eight of ours last night at dinner.

Everyone was looking much better today and we spent the day relaxing doing our own thing. Peter & I took possession of a couple of deck chairs at the back of the ship as we sailed through the Whitsunday Islands. The weather was changeable having the odd shower come over but mostly it was sunny if a little breezy. Others of our group played deck games and it was reported to me that the girls beat the boys.

We met at dinner that night & then went to see a floor show & then to the Champagne Fountain & laser show.