The wild winds caused havoc today turning our neat and tidy course into a mess of leaves, sticks, branches and timber debris over which we had no control. We have so many trees that have grown & matured over the years that it is inevitable that in blustering winds there was going to be a lot of damage caused with falling timber. Amazingly nobody was hurt or injured during play & as the winds died a little in the later afternoon it was quite pleasant & warm out on the course & the scores were reasonable considering the debris we had to avoid during play.
Further to the end of play it was reported that we had once again been invaded by vandals who caused substantial damage to the 10th and 17th greens. This is very, very disappointing as the greens staff have had the greens to superb condition & have just completed maintenance on them this week. Shame on these vandals who have caused this unnecessary damage.
We had a wedding celebration in the wedding garden today which went ahead as scheduled as we had some blue sky and sunshine for a bonus and the Bride and Groom chose to ignore the windy weather & enjoy their special day. The wedding garden area was in pristine condition yesterday awaiting the wedding so it was good that the Bride & groom went ahead with their garden wedding regardless of the wind and damage caused. The Magnolia Room was beautifully decorated for the wedding celebrations later that evening (photos attached) by which time the wild winds would have been forgotten
The Golf Event of the day was a Single Stableford for Men and Ladies + Team 1 x 2 x 3.
Being Father's Day we had reduced numbers of players and the wild winds put off a lot of others.
We had 51 starters with 5 visitors from Everglades, Terrigal & Toukley.
Our playing partners were Graham & Anne Smith ( my brother and sister-in-law) & we had a really good day regardless of the wild winds. We played the back 9 first & spent a lot of time chasing our buggies and hats when they were taken off by the wind. We had a lot of highlights with Graham scoring a lovely 40 points and Anne playing a really good round of golf considering she had not picked up her clubs since last January.
RESULTS:
TEAM RESULTS:
WINNERS: John Hazzard, Julie Hazzard, Neville Walker & Jan Walker - 89 points on a countback
MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:
WINNER: Graham Smith - 40 points on a countback
RUNNER UP: Scott Vincent (Everglades) - 40 points
3RD: Ian Skinner - 39 points on a countback
WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:
WINNER: Rae Brown - 39 points on a countback
RUNNER UP: Jan Martin - 39 points (Hooray!)
3RD: Julie Hazzard - 36 points
NEAREST THE PINS:
MEN'S 12TH: Wayne Tomkinson
LADIES 8TH: Julie Hazzard
BALLS WENT TO:
MEN: 35 points on a countback
LADIES: 34 points on a countback
AMCR MEN: 70 (37 points)
AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Julie Hazzard won nearest the pin at the 8th; Neville Walker had 4/4 at the 17th; Jan Walker had a gobbler 5/4 at the 18th and 3/4 at the 8th; Brett Frewin was attacked by a hornet after trying to do the right thing by removing rubbish that was on the green; Joyce Bosley had 4/4 on the 16th; Dick Bosley had 4/4 on the 4th and 4/4 on the 16th; Rae Brown had 3/4 on the 14th and 4/4 at the 15th and the 16th; Elly Van Den Berg had 4/4 on the 15th; Jan Van Den Berg had a respectable score; Fraser Bates had 4/4 on the 7th; my highlight was getting 39 points and no wipes.
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