Golf - Tuesday 1st February 2011 - Opening Day 2011

The Event of the day was a 7.30 am Shotgun start - 3BBB vs Par - OPENING DAY 2011.

We had 69 starters.

RESULTS:

3BBB TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Judy Mulheron, Kerry Williams & Shirley Daly - Plus 12 on a countback

RUNNERS UP: Sandy Laybutt, Sue Hutton & Marianne Lanham - Plus 12

BALL COMPETITION:

Rhonda Robertson, Debbie Grinham & Lynn Puiatti - Plus 10 on a countback

Norma Cubis, Lorraine Linnert & Lyn Cruickshanks - Plus 10

Yvonne Cumming, Doreen Vines & Robyn Krahe - Plus 10

Kathy Small, Margaret Pratt & Cheryl Davison - Plus 9

Robyn Johnston, Fay Bailey & Vicky Morris - Plus 8 on a countback

Christine Drakeford & Kay Adams - Plus 8 on a countback

Allison Guthrie, Susan Bourne & Pam Witt - Plus 8 on a countback

BALLS WENT TO: Plus 8 on a countback

NO HANDICAPPING TODAY.

F-Troop Monday 31st January 2011

The F-Troop report has not come through at this time so this posting will be edited when the information comes to hand.

Golf - Sunday 30th January 2011

The Event of the day was a Medley Teams Event - 2 scores to count + Single Stableford for Men and Ladies.

We had 91 starters with 4 visitors from Emerald Lakes Qld, Oatlands, Shelley Beach & Terrigal.

RESULTS:

MEDLEY TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Steve Spalding, Mitchell Spalding, Jason McLeod and Phil Robson - 104 points


MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Mitchell Spalding - 45 points

RUNNER UP: Frank Smith - 44 points

3RD: Luke McGlynn - 43 points


WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Robyn Johnston - 42 points

RUNNER UP: Kay Adams - 41 points

3RD: Lauren Matterson - 40 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: To be advised

LADIES 8TH: Vicki Foster

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 38 points (neat)

LADIES: 37 points (neat)

AMCR: 70 (37 points)

AWCR: 73 (36 points)


I was sorry to hear that Peta Bone is leaving to pursue a career elsewhere. Peta is a much loved and respected staff member and I wish her all the best in the future and thank her for her efforts while she was with our club.

Bridal Expo - Sunday 30th January 2011

My thanks to Krystal Day, our Functions Manager, for the following report on the Bridal Expo held at the club on Sunday :

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This year Gosford Golf and Function Centre held it's biggest Bridal Expo yet with over 65 suppliers in attendance.

Brides had a great opportunity to meet all of the people that they needed to make their special day PERFECT!

Some of the people that brides were able to meet and book included celebrants, photographers, florists, DJ's, MC's, cake makers, live music, make up and hair artists, stationery experts and of course travel agents for that perfect honeymoon.

From the Club's perspective we had a very successful day. We had consistent traffic all day and a lot of interest and enquiries.

Generally we do not take bookings on the day, with brides taking the time to come in around a month after the expo to make their wedding dreams come true.

Many thanks to Alvin, Sally, Lucy, Peta, Wendy & our other staff who helped make the day such a success.

......looking forward to next year's expo already!

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I have also heard that one of the attending wedding celebrants was very impressed with the Expo and complimented Alvin and the staff on the management of the day.

Golf - Saturday 29th January 2011

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

We had 210 starters with 8 visitors from Oatlands, Shelley Beach, St George's Basin, Terrigal, Tokyo, West Wyalong & Wooollahra.

RESULTS:

TEAM EVENT RESULTS:

WINNERS: Geoff Bridge, Paul Brown, Norm Parker and Martin Gallagher - 95 points on a countback


MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Mitchell Spalding - 45 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Neil Mulvaney - 45 points

3RD: John Richards - 44 points

NEAREST THE PINS 12TH:

A GRADE: Chris Pearce

B GRADE: Matt Shanahan

C GRADE: Neil Mulvaney

BALLS WENT TO: 36 points (neat)

AMCR: 70 (37 points)

F-Troop - Monday 24th January 2011

While Peter & I were having some R & R t Byron Bay F-Troopers carried on regardless achieving some great work in our absence.

We had 13 F-Troopers working hard all morning. Martin, Gallagher, Duncan Dyer, Geoff Bridge, George Foster, Garry Trigg, Warren Gray, Bruce White, John Coddington, Noel Fenning,Mark Stimpson, Di Beechey, Anne Burgess and Jan Walker all earned their morning tea.

Di Beechey, Jan Walker and Anne Burgess cleaned up the BBQ area through to the wedding garden. Anne Burgess and Di Beachey cleaned out the ponds at the wedding garden.

Noel Fenning with the help of John Coddington did a fantastic job re-marking the parking spots (twice) in three of the car parks and this time thankfully we did not have any rain to wash it off.

Warren Gray did a morning shift on the rough cutter.

Garry Trigg and Bruce White did the rubbish pick up around the course.

Martin Gallagher, Duncan Dyer, Geoff Bridge, Kerry Cubis and George Foster did tree trimming on the second fairway.

I believe that the weather has been very hot at home - so well done F-troopers - you have all earned a gold star.

We have done the last of the rogue grass poisoning for the season to give the course time to recover before winter. Our thanks to everyone that has volunteered their time for this project and many thanks to Mark Stimpson for supervising the teams.

There is no wonder we can say with confidence.....

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

My thanks to Martin Gallagher for details and photos for the report..

Golf - Friday 28th January 2011

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

We had 101 starters with 16 visitors from Everglades, Howlong, Mangrove Mountain, Oberon, Pennant Hills, Shelley Beach, Tamworth, Terrigal, Toukley & Wyong.


RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS;

WINNER: Michael O'Brien (Oatlands) - 43 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: David Wilson - 43 points

3RD: Brad Anderson (Wyong) - 42 points

4TH: Garry Montgomery - 41 points


WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Judy Ruitenberg - 43 points

RUNNER UP: Leanne Moore - 35 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS: To be advised

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 34 points (neat)

LADIES: 35 points (neat)

AMCR MEN: 70 (37 points)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

Some news that has just come to my attention:

JUDY RUITENBERG scored an EAGLE on the 11th today. What a great effort! CONGRATULATIONS JUDY!

Golf - Thursday 27th January 2011

I believe it has been very hot at Gosford which would account for the low number of players today.

The Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stableford - Over the Field and we had 15 starters.

RESULTS - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Di Beechey - 37 points

RUNNER UP: Michele Kennett - 36 points


BALL COMPETITION:

Bev Adams - 35 points on a countback

Kath Small - 35 points on a countback

BALLS WENT TO : 35 points on a countback

AWCR: 73 (36 points)

Golf - Wednesday 26th January 2011 - Australia Day

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

We had 165 starters with 11 visitors from Armidale, Everglades, Northbridge, Shelley Beach, Trundle & West Wyalong.

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Russell Andrews - 45 points

RUNNER UP: Leigh Kay - 42 points on a countback

3RD: Phil Smith - 42 points on a countback

4TH: Ken Ongley - 42 points on a countback

5TH: Reg Pearce - 42 points on a countback


WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Vicki Foster - 39 points

RUNNER UP: Chris Dekker - 36 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: Geoff Hall

LADIES 8TH: Kay Bailie

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 37 points on a countback

LADIES: 32 points (neat)

AMCR MEN: 70 (37 points)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

Golf - Tuesday 25th January 2011

The Event of the day was a Ladies Stroke - Over the Field - Summer Competition.

We had 53 starters with visitors from Terrigal.

RESULTS - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Cheryl Davison - 64 nett

RUNNER UP: Bev Adams - 68 nett on a countback

3RD: Debbie Grinham - 68 nett

4TH: Di Beechey - 70 nett on a countback

5TH: Chris Dekker - 70 nett

6TH: Margaret Nichols - 71 nett on a countback

7TH: E. Major - 71 nett on a countback

BALLS WENT TO: 73 nett on a countback

AWCR: 73 (73 nett)

Golf - Sunday 23rd January 2011

The Event of the day was a 2BB Team Event and Single Par.

We had 127 starters with 32 visitors from Belmont, Bus load from Palm Beach and Terrigal.

RESULTS:

GOSFORD DEFEATED PALM BEACH 8 MATCHES TO 7

2BBB TEAM RESULTS:

MEN'S:

WINNERS: Bob Morris & Josh McLean - Plus 13

RUNNERS UP: Walter Loschi & Phillip Watson - Plus 12

MIXED:

WINNERS: Bruce Binns & Leanne Binns - Plus 12 on a countback

RUNNERS UP: Walter Loschi and Kim Cardiff - Plus 12 on a countback

WOMEN'S:

WINNERS: Pauline Norman and Rae Brown - Plus 12

RUNNERS UP: Jan Walker and Ronda Jordon - Plus 8 on a countback


MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Josh McLean - Plus 5 on a countback

RUNNER UP: Wal Robertson - Plus 5 on a countback

3RD: Chris Koutsellis - Plus 5 on a countback


WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Annie Brink - Plus 6

RUNNER UP: Denise Bentlin - Plus 5 on a countback

3RD: Anne Forrester - Plus 5

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: Bob Morris

LADIES 8TH: Bev Way

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: Square on a countback

LADIES: Square (neat)

AMCR MEN: 70 (Plus 1)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (Square)

A BIG WELCOME TO ALL THE PLAYERS THAT TRAVELLED FROM PALM BEACH FOR THE CHALLENGE DAY, WE HOPE YOU HAD A VERY ENJOYABLE DAY.

My Thanks to Anne Stimpson for the photos

Golf - Saturday 22nd January 2011

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

We had 199 starters with 15 visitors from Branxton, Everglades, Gold Creek, Morisset, PGA, St George's Basin, Terrigal, Tokyo, Toukley and Wyong.

RESULTS:

TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Garry Frost, Phil Robson, Steven Spalding and Sam Bagala - 131 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Terry Bowditch - 44 points

RUNNER UP: Norm Parker - 43 points

3RD: Phil Robson - 42 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

A GRADE: Jim Johnson

B GRADE: Phil Rouke (Gold Creek)

C GRADE: Jack Bree

BALLS WENT TO: 37 points (neat)

AMCR: 70 (37 points)

Golf - Friday 21st January 2011

My apologies for the delay in posting the results. I left my most important wireless connection at home - however all is well now and results will flow.

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

We had 95 starters with 8 visitors from Bathurst, Everglades, Morisset, Toukley, Shelley Beach, PGA and Wyong.

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: John Clark - Plus 8

RUNNER UP: Graham Chee - Plus 6

3RD: Steve Gillham - Plus 5 on a countback

4TH: Bill Broadbent - Plus 5 on a countback


WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Carmen Fitzgerald - Plus 1 on a countback

RUNNER UP: Anne Baker - Plus 1


NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: Tony Starbuck

LADIES 8TH: Ann Baker

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: Plus 1 (neat)

LADIES: Minus 1 (C/B)

AMCR MEN - 70 (Plus 1)

AWCR LADIES - 73 (square)

Friday 21st January 2011

Lois will be away having some R & R so the results for Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be delayed for a day or so until I am able to pick up the results by email.

Keep watching this spot for the updates which will appear spasmodically over the next couple of weeks.

Happy golfing!

Golf - Thursday 20th January 2011

I could not resist sharing some of my photos from my babysitting efforts yesterday with Joel.

The Golf Event of the day was a Single Par - Over the Field Summer Competition.

We had 25 starters.

RESULTS - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Jan Walker - Plus 5

RUNNER UP: Di Beechey - Plus 4

3RD: Lynn Puiatti - Plus 3

BALL COMPETITION:

Jan Walker - Plus 5

Di Beechey - Plus 4

Lynn Puiatti - Plus 3

Julie Hazzard - Plus 2

Pam Cowin - Plus 2

Judy Verlander - Square

Lorraine Linnert - Square

BALLS WENT TO: Square

AWCR LADIES: 73 (Square)

Golf - Wednesday 19th January 2011

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

We had 216 starters with 6 visitors from Everglades, Gold Creek, Palm Beach, PGA & Shelley Beach.

RESULTS:

2 BALL TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Paul Marlow & Jeff Rogers - 99 points

RUNNERS UP: Roger Hawkinson & John Haines - 87 points


MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Jeff Rogers - 46 points

RUNNER UP: Craig Guy - 44 points

3RD: Scott Salter - 43 points on a countback

4TH: Michael Clune (Everglades) - 43 points


NEAREST THE PINS 12TH HOLE:

A GRADE: David Frazer

B GRADE: Warren McLean

C GRADE: Michael Brown

EAGLES NEST 12TH: Grahame Cunningham (32 balls)

BALLS WENT TO: 35 points (neat)

AMCR: 70 (37 points)

Golf - Tuesday 18th January 2011

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

We had 62 starters.

RESULTS - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Denise Bentlin - 40 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Helen Stuart - 40 points on a countback

3RD: Jan Fitzgerald - 40 points

4TH: Mary Beard - 39 points on a countback

5TH: Pauline Norman - 39 points

6TH: Lorraine Linnert - 38 points on a countback

7TH: Doris Morris - 38 points



BALLS WENT TO: 36 points

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

F-Troop - Monday 17th January 2011

It was a blistering hot, humid day and our F-Troopers did well to get through their allocated jobs before the heat really set in.

We had 13 F-Troopers to share the load today which was great and we did get quite a lot of work done. On duty we had Geoff Bridge, Martin Gallagher, Kerry Cubis, Peter Martin, Peter Murphy, George Foster,Warren Gray, Sam Knox, Des Wilson, Yvonne Wilson, Di Beechey, Anne Burgess and Jan Martin.

Martin Gallagher, Geoff Bridge, George Foster were the "Tree Gang" and worked on the second fairway trimming overgrown trees.

Kerry Cubis and Peter Murphy did pick up duty - cleaning up large branches, sticks and rubbish from around the course.

Warren Gray did a long shift on the rough cutter.

Sam Knox did a long shift on the wood splitting for our firewood sales.

Des & Yvonne Wilson did some good watering of their gardens.

Di Beechey & Anne Burgess did a huge mornings work starting on tidying the front car park and entry to the Pro Shop, "Camellia Way' where they chipped and weeded, fertilized and mulched all of the camellias, The 1st and 2nd tees which they raked & watered the gardens, the putting green gardens and wedding gardens which they fertilized and watered, raking & cleaning the BBQ area and the walkways down to the 1st and 10th tees.

I worked on "Camellia Way" with Di and Anne then watered all the camellias, bouganvilleas & the garden at the 18th with Peter's help with the watering system which can be difficult to access at times. We also raked and tidied the paths and garden & took away a trailer load of rubbish.

After morning tea we did a pick up of the rubbish at the 1st & 10th tees and cleaned up behind the 1st tee.

Peter Martin spent a good bit of his day organising everyone else - being the 'gofer' for all the watering equipment and tools that were required by everyone and was assistant rubbish picker upper.

Morning tea was very welcome as we had exhausted ourselves working in all the heat. This morning we had fresh fruit pastries still warm from the oven thanks to Chef John.

We had a lovely surprise this morning when Trevor Blackburn arrived with the Utility vehicle that he has donated to F-Troop to assist us with our work. Many thanks Trevor! Your generosity is much appreciated by our workers and the club.

With all this help it is no wonder we can say....

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Golf - Sunday 16th January 2011

We had a bonus day at golf today having a very warm humid day that turned into a reasonably pleasant day for a brief period of cloud cover and cooling breeze. The clouds threatened at one stage but did not turn to rain so we were happy to settle for warm & humid rather than wet.

Our playing partners were Jan & Elly Van Den Berg and we had a lovely day out on the village green with some good highlights. The boys beat the girls for the keno ticket but Elly and I claimed that we were good players out of luck.

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

We had 103 starters with 11 visitors from Beverley Park, Concord, Mangrove Mountain, Massey Park, Shelley Beach, Terrigal & Woolooware.

RESULTS:

2 BALL TEAM RESULTS:

MEN: Cameron Morgan & Neil Mulvaney - 54 points

MIXED: Laurie Bentlin & Denise Bentlin - 47 points on a countback

WOMEN: Louise Bush & Kerry Williams - 48 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Graham Aldcroft - 43 points

RUNNER UP: David Small - 42 points

3RD: Cameron Morgan - 41 points on a countback

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Rhonda Robertson - 39 points

RUNNER UP: Vicki Foster - 38 points on a countback

3RD: Denise Bentlin - 38 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: Col Matterson

LADIES 8TH: Mary Beard

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 37 points (neat)

LADIES: 35 points (neat)

AMCR MEN: 70 (37 points)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Kathy Small played a nice steady game for 37 points and had no wipes; David Small had a birdie on the 15th; Garry Trigg had a birdie on the 16th; Rob Brand had some nice par holes; Robin Brand had no wipes; Spencer Walklate had a nice 40 points; Tania Burt had two 3 pointers and a 4 pointer on the 8th; Nancy Incoll had two 4 pointers; Greg Incoll had birdies on the 1st and the 14th; Robin Incoll parred the 5th and the 8th; Doug Incoll had a FRAT (Failed to Reach the Associates Tee) on the 9th; Rhonda Robertson had 3/4 on the 4th; Rhonda Robertson and Lyn Douglas beat the boys for the Keno Ticket; Mark Douglas had 3/4 on the 3rd (hitting out of the trees); Kevin O'Brien had a birdie on the 5th; Tony Starbuck had birdies on the 17th and 18th; Daniel Steel had a birdie on the 16th; in the Bailey/Asken group the girls beat the boys for the keno ticket; In the Williams/Bush group the girls beat the boys for the keno ticket; Ron Dekker had a 3/5 on the 15th; Vicki Foster has achieved a peak in her handicap record reaching 19.7 for the 1st time ever; Bert Jordon scored three 3 pointers in a row; Mark Stimpson had birdies at the 2nd and the 17th; Col Kelly played a nice steady game; In the Kelly/Diamond/Wilson group the boys squared with the girls in a hard fought match; Clyde Cruickshanks had 8 pars; Kerry Cubis had a birdie at the 3rd; Laurie Bentlin had 3/5 on the 17th and 2/4 on the 8th; Denise Bentlin had a 4 pointer on the 16th and had no wipes; Col Matterson had birdies on the 10th and the 12th and won nearest the pin on the 12th; Lauren Matterson had two 4 pointers; Terry Bowditch chipped in for a biride on the 7th; Mary Beard had a birdie on the 14th; Peter Martin had a birdie on the 18th; Jan Van Den Berg had a 4 pointer on the 4th; my highlights were being an improved player, having no wipes and winning a ball.

Golf - Saturday 15th January 2011

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

We had 188 starters with 7 visitors from Everglades, Gunnedah & Tamworth.


RESULTS:

A GRADE:

WINNER: Robbie Whyte - 45 points

RUNNER UP: Leigh Phillipson - 43 points

3RD: Brett Liddell - 42 points on a countback


B GRADE:

WINNER: Geoff Leonard - 45 points

RUNNER UP: Colin Bean - 44 points

3RD: Ian Witt - 42 points on a countback


C GRADE:

WINNER: Chris Hatfield - 48 points

RUNNER UP: Barrie Hepworth - 44 points

3RD: Ray Hall - 43 points on a countback


NEAREST THE PINS 12TH HOLE:

A GRADE: To be advised

B GRADE: To be advised

C GRADE: To be advised


BALLS WENT TO: 38 points (neat)


AMCR: 70 (37 points)

Golf - Friday 14th January 2011

More wind equals more rubbish, bark, twigs and leaves down from our beautiful gum trees. Keeping the front entrances tidy is quite a challenge.

We received a donation of some sun hats for F-Troopers from Gary Sammons this week which is a bonus for our F-Troopers. Thanks Gary!

We had a beautiful hot, clear day for golf today with a nice little breeze to keep it comfortable.

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

We had 113 starters with 18 visitors from Mangrove Mountain, Marrickville, Morisset, Muirfield, Oatlands, Pennant Hills, PGA, St. Michaels, Taree, Terrigal, The Australian, The Lakes, Toukley and Wyong.

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Robin Benson - 43 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Michael Crehan - 43 points on a countback

3RD: Kyle Thacker - 43 points on a countback

4TH: Michael O'Brian (Oatlands) - 43 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Helen Broadbent - 38 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Denise Bentlin - 38 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: To be advised

LADIES 8TH: To be advised

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 36 points (neat)

LADIES: 38 points (neat)

AMCR MEN: 70 (37 points)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)