Golf - Wednesday 1st December 2010

Unfortunately there was no golf competition today as we have had rain for the majority of the day and quite heavy at times which was enough to put off most of the players who would have been contemplating a game today.

We have had something like 46 mms so far which the gardens would have appreciated especially those that have just been fertilized in the last week.

The forecast for the next couple of days is for further rain but much less than today & then seemingly back to showers so let us hope that this rain band gets a move on so we can get back on the course. The fairways have been draining well and quickly so a small amount of further rain will will not have too much effect on the playing quality of the course.

Golf - Tuesday 30th November 2010 - Closing Day

It was difficult to show off our Christmas Spirit while golfing in the rain but we did have a good splash of red and green out on the course when the rain jackets came off.

We had 88 starters which was great for a wet day and most people did make an effort to dress in Christmas mode which was good to see and at least it did not rain on us all day - just some of the day.

It was our Ladies Tuesday Closing Day and we have been rained on every year for the last three years. It is pleasing to see our lady Members supporting these days and entering into the spirit of the event regardless of the weather. My playing partners today were Lorraine Bignall, Yvonne Wilson & Shirley Daly, thankfully I played with some good golfers who kept up the scores while I kept the card. It was hard work out there but still some of the players came in with great scores.

The Event of the Day was a Team Stableford 1 x 2 x 3 and we had 88 starters in a 8.00am shotgun start.

RESULTS:

TEAM WINNERS: Helen Broadbent, Carmen Fitzgerald, Rae Brown & Pauline Norman - 89 points on a countback

TEAM RUNNERS UP: Faye Levenspiel, Ros Singleton, Elizabeth McNamara & Sue Scobie - 89 points

3RD: June Bowen, In Lee, Georgina Lamb & Margaret Nichols - 88 points

SCRATCH WINNERS: Lyn Douglas, Di Thomlinson, Rhonda Robertson, & Debbie Grinham - 51 points

BALL COMPETITION:

Anne Burgess, Judy Hughes, Jacqui Davidson & Doon Janson - 87 points

Jan Walker, Julie Hazzard, Dot Camp & Kerry Williams - 85 points

Annette Dunk, Bev Adams, Jan Fitzgerald & Di Beechey - 84 points

Yvonne Wilson, Jan Martin, Lorraine Bignall & Shirley Daly - 83 points

Lyn Bates, Leanne Binns, Michelle McGrath & Maggie Minjoy - 83 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

8TH HOLE:

DIV 1: Lyn Douglas

DIV 2: Kathy Small

DIV 3: Judy Hughes

14TH HOLE:

DIV 1: Annette Dunk

DIV 2: Lorraine Bignall

DIV 3: June Bowen

ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD: Rosie Judd and Michele Kennett

BALLS WENT TO: 83 points (neat)

NO HANDICAPPING TODAY.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Shirley Daly played a nice steady game & scored a gobbler par on the 12th hole; Yvonne Wilson parred three out of the four par 3 holes; Tania Burt scored four 4 pointers (but scored no trophies); Christine Drakeford scored on every hole & had a personal score of 46 points (but scored no trophies); my highlight was being one of the Christmas Fairies spreading goodwill to all and being able to contribute a 3 pointer on a one score to count hole.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL THE TUESDAY LADY GOLFERS & LET'S KEEP THE SPIRIT ROLLING INTO 2011.

F-Troop Monday 29th November 2010

For a day that started out to be a wet one, it cleared very quickly. We were lucky to have 14 F-Troopers who braved the weather & managed to achieve a lot of tasks.

Today I saw Duncan Dyer, Geoff Bridge, Fred Middleton, Warren Gray, Garry Trigg, Des Wilson, Sam Knox, George Foster, Richard Casey, Yvonne Wilson, Di Beechey, Georgina Lamb & Jan Walker.

Jan, Georgina, Yvonne & Di worked around the front of the clubhouse, cleaning the walkway & furniture, front gardens, wedding garden, front carpark & all points nearby.

George did a long shift on the roughcutter.

Warren & Garry did pick up of loose timber & rubbish around the course.

Duncan, Geoff, Des & Fred were on the "Tree Gang" duties and worked their way through the fairways.

Richard did a great job hedging at the 2nd, 7th, 12th & the gardens at the front street in addition to helping Di with the Bamboo structure in the BBQ area.

Sam Knox worked all morning on wood splitting for our firewood sales.

I worked on the Ladies Garden at the 13th planting out more Gazanias, fertilizing & weeding. After morning tea Georgina helped me to finish off the weeding and trimming at the 13th, check the olive trees & daintree pine at the 15th & marking out the new garden area on the 15th to 16th pathway.

It was a big day and we all really appreciated a delicious morning tea with fresh fruit pastries still warm from the oven. Thanks Chef John !

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Golf - Sunday 28th November 2010 - Results of the 58th Nagger's Cup

We had one of our most popular days today being the 58th Annual Nagger's Cup and it was well supported by our Members. The weather held fine for most of the day with just the lightest of showers towards the last few holes. The course was in great condition the the greens were a putter's delight. I did not play today because my nagger was away but I did get a lot of happy reports from the couples with most marriages still intact at the end of the day. A lot of players stayed for dinner & the presentation and enjoyed the light dance music at the end of the evening.

I was happy to be able to plant out our replacement white iceberg rose this afternoon at the putting green which was donated to us by Sue Hutton. The whole area there is now complete & is flowering beautifully. I often think back to three years ago when that area was not much better than a dust bowl with nothing at all in the wedding garden area except for a weedy paddock to practice chip in. A big THANK YOU to Sue Hutton for providing us with a high quality rose that hopefully will live through to maturity & give us a lot of viewing pleasure in years to come. I always get a warm fuzzy feeling when generous donations like this come in from Members & it certainly makes all the effort of putting gardens together worthwhile.

The Event of the day was an American Foursomes - Mixed and was our 58TH NAGGER"S CUP which makes it a very special event. The trophies today were donated by the Pro Shop.

The day was well supported with 134 Members participating.

RESULTS:

NAGGER'S CUP RESULTS:

WINNERS: Jim Johnston & Barbara Johnston - 57 1/2 points

RUNNERS UP: Ron Dekker & Chris Dekker - 60 points

3RD: Mark Stimpson & Anne Stimpson - 60 1/2 points on a countback

4TH: Dick Bosley & Joyce Bosley - 60 1/2 points

DE FACTO RESULTS:

WINNERS: Col Kelly & Alice Diamond - 57 1/2 points

RUNNERS UP: Mark Buckley and Lauren Matterson - 61 points

ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD: Rob Brann & Robin Brann

NEAREST THE PINS:

5TH HOLE:

MEN: Johnathon Homer

LADIES: Mary Bromwich

8TH HOLE:

MEN: Steven Cross

LADIES: Debbie Grinham

12TH HOLE:

MEN: Warren Flanigan

LADIES: Lorraine Bignall

14TH HOLE:

MEN: Clyde Cruickshanks

LADIES: Lyn Bates

EAGLES NEST 12TH:

WINNER: Warren Flanigan - 6 balls

BALLS WENT TO: 64 1/2 (neat)

NO HANDICAPPING TODAY

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Rae Brown chipped in out of the sand for a birdie on the 15th; Sandra Laybutt putted well for a par on the 15th; Des & Yvonne Wilson had a birdie on the 8th hole (which was their 1st hole) with Des chipping in off the green and on the 2nd hole another birdie with Yvonne's drive, Des's 2nd shot & Yvonne's putt; George Foster's highlight was playing with his lovely wife; Rhonda & Wally Robertson enjoyed a 1/2 birdie on the 6th; Lynn Puiatti & Michael Tessoriero had a birdie on the 8th; Ron Puiatti and Jan Harrison had a birdie on the 16th; Brian Gregory still had the brand new golf ball that Lesley gave him at the beginning of the match; Bob & Robin Brann had a birdie on the 14th and it was their 43rd consecutive Nagger's Cup made even more special as Bob is now playing with a prosthetic leg ( and I hasten to say he is playing remarkably well regaining his golfing skills with amazing ease);

Peter & Margaret Davidson chipped in on the 5th for a birdie & also had a birdie at the 10th ;

John & Julie Hazard had a birdie on the 8th after a lovely drive to the green by Julie; Doug & Robin Incoll had a birdie on the 5th and were still happy friends at the end of the match; Michael & Pauline Norman had a birdie on the 16th; Christine & Ron Dekker sank some great long putts; Ron & Di Beechey parred the first two holes; Leanne Binns had the most elegant of air swings displaying an expert swing unfortunately not connecting with the ball; Lauren Matterson & Mark Buckey had a great hole on the 16th with some good shots from both of them; Warren Flanigan & Debbie Grinham had their best game together with Warren winning the Eagles Nest at the 12th at 51 cms, they also birdied the 8th and the 17th;

Arthur Verlander hit an accidently great shot to the right of the 17th that carried over the pond, rebounded from two separate trees and landed in front of the green; Jan & Neville Walker had pars on the 8th and the 9th narrowly missing a birdie on the 9th; on the 12th hole a crow took one of the golf balls; Peter Laybutt hit his ball at the 18th into a palm tree and Sandy had to elect to take a penalty shot for an unplayable ball ( photo attached of the palm tree & ball position).

My thanks to Rae Brown for the photo taken on her mobile phone of Peter Laybutt's ball in the palm tree. These action photos are always good to get as they show the true grit we golfers have to show to cope with the end results of what should have been a great shot.

In all, it was a great day enjoyed by all the Members.

Golf - Saturday 27th November 2010

Our purple patch with sunny weather has continued and we are loving it. The course is in great condition and the good golf scores are still coming in.

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

We had 188 starters with 3 visitors from Lakelands, Trundle & Uphall Golf Club.

RESULTS:

TEAM EVENT RESULTS:

WINNERS: Keith Dawson, Nicholas Tucker, Robert Emblem & Terence Flynn - 99 points


MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Ray Hall - 44 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: John Richards - 44 points

3RD: Brent Frewin - 41 points on a countback


NEAREST THE PINS 12TH:

A GRADE: Bruce Binns

B GRADE: John Griffin

C GRADE: Steve Gillham


BALLS WENT TO: 36 points on a countback

AMCR: 70 (37 points)

Golf - Friday 26th November 2010

Another wonderful day for golf and some good scores coming in from our players.

Paula Drew showed me some photos from her garden today & I could not help putting this photo on the blog to show you Paula's beautiful anthurium which astounded me. I wish I could grow these plants so well. This is the most beautiful anthurium I have seen and it is looking spectacular on Paula's patio.

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

We had 84 starters with 17 visitors from Everglades, Howlong, Magenta Shores, Mangrove Mountain, South West Rocks, Shelley Beach, Wakehurst & Wyong.

RESULTS

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Brendon Martin - 45 points

RUNNER UP: Denis Freyer (South West Rocks) - 40 points on a countback

3RD: Mark Smith - 40 points on a countback

4TH: Tom Ballard - 40 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Pauline Norman - 36 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: To be advised

LADIES 8TH: Not applicable

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 36 points (neat)

LADIES: 35 points (neat)

AMCR MEN: 70 (37 points)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

Golf - Thursday 25th November 2010

It was a beautiful hot day with clear blue skies - just right for golf I would think & the scores today say that as well. I did not see much blue sky as I was Christmas shopping in Sydney & made my annual treck to see the Queen Victoria Building Christmas Tree. I was not disappointed. The tree was beautifully decorated with thousands of swarovski crystals and 60,000 lights. This year the base of the tree was totally covered with crystals as you can see in the attached photos. The new Westfield Shopping Centre is in action and can be accessed from Myer's Store via the overhead bridge that has now been restored. The shopping Centre leads into David Jones and all that action took me most of the day. I would not have got my feet wet if it had been raining. If you have not already done so be sure to make an effort to pay a visit to the QVB especially if you have grandchildren old enough to appreciate the magnitude of the 24 metre high tree which is once again spectacular.

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The golf Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stableford - Over the Field and we had 35 starters.

RESULTS:

WINNER: Michele Kennett - 41 points

RUNNER UP: Robin Incoll - 40 points on a countback

3RD: Maree Gledhill - 40 points on a countback

4TH: Lesley Gregory - 40 points

5TH: Norma Cubis - 39 points

BALLS WENT TO: 36 points (neat)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY: I was not there today to gather highlights but there is one very obvious highlight for Michelle Kennett for scored 40 points on Tuesday and 41 points today. A nice purple patch for Michele!

Golf - Wednesday 24th November 2010

We had another beautiful day for golf and we attracted a good lot of players to enjoy our course which is in great condition. That is backed up by the great scores that came in today.

The Event of the day was a Men's Single Stableford + 2 Ball Aggregate.

We had 206 starters with 9 visitors from Bowen, Everglades, Shelley Beach, South West Rocks & Toukley.

RESULTS:

2 BALL AGGREGATE RESULTS:

WINNERS: Ian Hartley & Sharman Singh - 85 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Ian Hartley - 46 points

RUNNER UP: William Clarke - 43 points

3RD: Gilbert Sullivan - 42 points

4TH: Chris Bundy - 41 points

NEAREST THE PIN MEN'S 8TH:

A GRADE: Terry Bowditch

B GRADE: Geoff Watson

C GRADE: Spencer Walklate

BALLS WENT TO: 35 points (neat)

AMCR: 70 (37 points)

Golf - Tuesday 23rd November 2010

We had a great day for golf today with blue skies and sunshine & a nice breeze to keep us cool.

My playing partners were Tania Burt & Michele Kennett & we had a lovely day bringing in Michele as a winner on the day.

The Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stableford and we had 78 starters.

RESULTS:

DIVISION 1: 0 TO 22:

WINNER: Rhonda Robertson - 39 points

RUNNER UP: Wendy Stapleton - 36 points

DIVISION 2: 23 TO 32:

WINNER: Faye Levenspiel - 40 points

RUNNER UP: Doon Jansen - 37 points on a countback

3RD: Linda Rogers - 37 points on a countback

DIVISION 3: 33 TO 45:

WINNER: Michele Kennett - 40 points

RUNNER UP: Genie Rutledge - 37 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

8TH HOLE:

DIV 1: Chris Dekker

DIV 2: Sandra Laybutt

DIV 3: Michele Kennett

14TH HOLE:

DIV 1: Michelle McGrath

DIV 2: Kath Payn

DIV 3: Genie Rutledge

BALLS WENT TO: 34 points on a countback

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Michele Kennett had 4 pointers at the 17th & the 8th and won nearest the pin at the 8th; Tania Burt putted in a beautiful gobbler shot at the 17th at least 30 foot & into the hole; my highlight was a nice par at the 14th & I was hoping to win the raffle to make my day but that did not happen. I did not have enough time to gather more highlights today as we had a later hit off time which bought us home towards the end of the field.

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What really did make my day today was a donation from Sue Hutton who has offered to buy us a new standard white iceberg rose for the putting green to replace the one that was destroyed by vandals last week. THANKS SUE! As you are all aware we rely heavily on donations for our gardens & we very much appreciate the support we get from our Members.

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