Golf - Thursday 31st March 2011

Today we drove from Albany to Bunker Bay in the Margaret River Region WA- via Denmark, The Tingle Forest, stopping at Pemberton for lunch. We enjoyed stop offs at the Chocolate Factory at Denmark and viewing the Tree Top Walk and Land of the Giants at the Tingle Forest. We have had another lovely weather day.

I understand that the weather has been on the wet side at home which has been great for the gardens but not good for golf.

The Event of the day at Gosford was a Ladies Single Stableford - across the Field.

We had 8 starters after rain fell all morning.

RESULTS:

WINNER: Kath Small - 34 points

NEAREST THE PIN 14TH:

WINNER: Anne Burgess

BALL COMPETITION:

Dawn Tromp - 33 points

Anne Burgess - 29 points

Di Beechey - 25 points

Lea Southon - 23 points

BALLS WENT TO : 23 points

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

Golf - Wednesday 30th March 2011

We had a lovely weather day at Albany WA and the boys enjoyed their game in the local competition and met with a few of the local players at presentation after the match.

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

We had 178 starters with 7 visitors from Ballina, Morisset, Muree, Scotland, Shelly Beach, Susex Inlet and The Colonial Qld.

TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Michael Reinhard, Geoffrey Tolson, Ian Hartley & Shaman Singh - 98 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Shaman Singh - 44 points

RUNNER UP: Alan Graham - 42 points on a countback

3RD: Ian Hartley - 42 points

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH:

A GRADE: To be advised

B GRADE: To be advised

C GRADE: To be advised

BALLS WENT TO: 36 points (neat)

AMCR: 70 (37 points)

Golf - Tuesday 29th March 2011

The course was still under maintenance at Gosford today. The Ladies fun day was cancelled and 40 of the girls went to play at Kooindah Waters. The girls had a great day & said that the course there was beautiful.

RESULTS:

DIV 1:

WINNER: Wendy Stapleton - 33 points

DIV 2:

WINNER: Debbie Grinham - 35 points on a countback.

LADIES PENNANTS RESULTS:

1ST DIVISION DEFEATED TERRIGAL 5 1/2 to 1/2

2ND DIVISION DEFEATED TOUKLEY (LAST YEAR'S CHAMPS) 4 1/2 TO 1 1/2

CONGRATULATIONS GIRLS - WELL DONE!

The weather at Albany WA was cloudy but fortunately no rain which was good for us as we spent the day playing tourists. We had a look at the Wind Farm, Whale World, The lookout where there was a ANZAC memorial, the lookout over King George III where the Australian & New Zealand troop ships assembled prior to leaving for Gallipoli. In the afternoon we called into the Albany Golf Course to check it out. Mark & Peter were able to book into the Men's Comp. tomorrow so they are looking forward to that. Anne & I will have some retail therapy while we are waiting for them.

F-Troop - Monday 28th March 2011

We had 8 F-Troopers on duty today getting some good work done. We had Geoff Bridge, Des Wilson, Duncan Dyer, Warren Gray, Fred Middleton, Georgina Lamb, Anne Burgess and Martin Gallagher.

Georgina Lamb did a great job of cleaning up the side and front car park. Anne Burgess worked on the camellias i "Camellia Way"and picked up rubbish along the 18th fairway.

The boys took care of some smaller low branches along the 4th and dead wood on the 6th fairway.

The course was being rated today and the greenstaff have commenced maintenance on the greens so the place was very busy.

We need some extra volunteer workers on the 18th & 19th April for 4 hours either in the morning or the afternoon to assist with the stump removal program that F-Troop working on.

Please contact Martin Gallagher or myself if you have time to assist.

We are currently at Albany WA. We travelled from Mandurah on an alternative route via Boddington and Wagin which took us through farmland & bushland that had blackboy plants growing naturally by the hundreds on the roadside. The weather has clouded over which is not a problem as we are not golfing today.

Golf - Sunday 27th March 2011

This has now been edited to include Gosford Sunday results.

I have attached some photos of our golf today at The Cut Golf Course WA. It was another magic day with absolutely perfect weather. We cannot believe that we have had a whole week of great weather for our golf part of the tour.

The Cut Golf Course was great - with the most stunning ocean views. Our champions today were Col Kelly - 38 points and Lauren Matterson - 36 points.

Prior to going to golf we had a very interesting early morning - a fire alarm in the hotel at 4.00am and we were all evacuated from our rooms into the street outside the hotel, Apparently one of the guests in a 5th floor apartment left something cooking on the stove & caused the havoc. Nobody was injured thank heavens.

Tonight we had our farewell dinner for the golf part of the tour. We had dinner at Ruffino's on the Terrace - an Italian Restaurant followed by icecreams on the waterfront on the way home.

We celebrated a really great week of golf and are sorry that it has had to come to an end. We have thoroughly enjoyed Mandurah and the golf courses which will come highly recommended by us. All have the courses have been unique - each with their own appeal & we enjoyed them all. The overall champions for the week were Col Kelly & Alice Diamond who played very nicely all week.

The Event of the day at Gosford was a 2 Ball Team + Single Stableford Mixed Men and Ladies and NSW Mixed 4BBB qualifying.

We had 78 starters with 6 visitors from Emerald Lakes Qld, Holland, Morisset, Stanley Park

Camden.

4BB QUALIFYING RESULTS:

1ST: David Conyers & Georgina Lamb - 47 points

2ND: Wal Robertson & Rhonda Robertson - 45 points

3RD: Fraser Bates and Lyn Bates - 45 points

Qualifiers to play in the district finals at Everglades on Sunday 12th June 2011

2 BALL RESULTS:

MEN: Denis Powell & Clive Hartley -45 points

MIXED: David Conyers & Georgina Lamb - 47 points

WOMEN: Mary Bromwich & Doreen Trigg - 42 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: George Foster - 41 points

RUNNER UP: Spencer Walklate - 39 points on a countback

3RD: David Conyers - 39 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Georgina Lamb - 36 points

RUNNER UP: Doreen Trigg - 35 points on a countback

3RD: Jan Walker - 35 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: Don Bush

LADIES 8TH: Helen Broadbent

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 35 points (neat)

LADIES: 33 points (neat)

AMCR MEN: 70 (37 points)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

Golf - Saturday 26th March 2011

Now edited to include Saturday's Gosford results.

I have attached some photos of our magic day at Secret Harbour Golf Course in WA today. We have (once again) had perfect weather. The course was challenging but not impossible. Our champions today were Peter Martin - 39 points and Alice Diamond with 42 points.

Last night we had dinner at a local Chinese Restaurant followed by icecreams for dessert as we walked home along the waterfront to our hotel.

The Golf Event at Gosford was a Men's 2 Ball Team + Single Stableford also NSW Men's 4BBB qualifying.

We had 175 starters with 6 visitors from Camden Haven, Corowa, Muirfield. Terrigal & Wyong.

MEN'S 4BBB QUALIFYING RESULTS:

1ST: R.Hammond & James Fahey - 49 points on a countback

2ND: Andrew Henebury & Bob Hanley - 49 points

3RD: Michael Geary & Rob Galvin - 48 points on a countback

2BBB MEN'S RESULTS:

WINNERS: R. Hammond & J. Fahey - 49 points on a countback

RUNNERS UP: A. Henebury & B. Hanley - 49 points

3RD: M. Geary & R. Galvin - 48 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: James Fahey - 45 points

RUNNER UP: Rob Galvin - 42 points on a countback

3RD: Keith Dawson - 42 points

4TH: Gus McDonald - 41 points

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH:

A GRADE: K. Cubis

B GRADE: W. Campbell

C GRADE: K. Clark (Terrigal)

BALLS WENT TO: 36 points (neat)

AMCR: 70 (37 points)

PENNANTS RESULTS:

B GRADE PENNANTS PLAYERS WON & C GRADE LOST. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR PENNANTS PLAYERS FOR PUTTING IN SOME EPIC BATTLES ON BEHALF OF GOSFORD CLUB. WE HAVE NOT WON THE STERLAND SHIELD BUT WE HAVE WON A PENNANTS MATCH WITH OUR B GRADE PERFORMING VERY WELL THROUGHOUT. CONGRATULATIONS B GRADE ON A GREAT PERFORMANCE THIS YEAR.