Golf - Wednesday 31st August 2011

We had a beautiful day for golf today and the winning scores will indicate the standard of the course - and that is while it is still under the effects of recent maintenance.  September is very promising and we can look forward to some brilliant golf on a great course.

CONGRATULATIONS TO LIAM WALKER FOR A HOLE-IN-ONE AT THE 8TH.

WELL DONE LIAM!

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

We had 179 starters with 13 visitors from Cooma, Emmaville, Everglades, Gold Creek, Magenta Shores, Morisset, Oberon, Shelly Beach, South West Rocks, Terrigal, The Colonial Qld, Wyong.

RESULTS:

2 BALL TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: John Farncomb & John Anstice - 51 points

RUNNERS UP:  Reg Pearce & Raymond Matthews - 50 points on a countback

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Jeff Rogers - 46 points

RUNNER UP:  John Anstice - 45 points on a countback

3RD:  Bert Jordon - 45 points

4TH:  Nicky Basson - 44 points

NEAREST THE PIN - MEN'S 8TH:

A GRADE:  Graeme Cunningham

B GRADE:  Liam Walker (Hole in One)

C GRADE:  Rob Baker (Shelly Beach)

BALLS WENT TO:  38 points (neat)

AMCR:  70 (37 points)

Golf - Tuesday 30th August 2011 - Fun Day

F-Troopers Peter Martin, Jan Martin, Di Beechey and Anne Burgess were working overtime today as we had a very small window of opportunity to pick up some badly needed garden mulch that was donated to our club by John & Julie Hazzard (via Julie's son).  The trick was that we needed to get there before anybody else did as it was first in best dressed arrangement.  We managed to get three trailer loads for our gardens which took us all morning to pick up & distribute over the gardens.  We also received a plant donated by Bev Adams which we planted out on the 6th - Thanks Bev - your donation is much appreciated.   Anne Burgess worked in a supervisory role only as she had an arguement with a stick in the gardens yesterday ( and lost) suffering an injured leg.  Julie Hazzard has donated some lovely tree orchids which were placed at the 18th garden. Thanks Julie!  We rely heavily on these types of donations to keep our gardens beautiful.

Because the course is under maintenance the Golf Event of the day was a Ladies "Fun Day" Team Stableford - two scores to count.

We had 51 starters.

RESULTS:

TEAM WINNERS NETT:  Yvonne Wilson, Lorraine Bignall, Kath Payn & Lynn Puiatti - 93 points

TEAM RUNNERS UP NETT:  Julie Hazzard, Yvonne Cumming, June Hayes & Sharon Anderson - 88 points

BALL COMPETITION:

Judy Ruitenberg, Lesley Gregory, Marianne Lanham & Carol Farrell - 87 points on a countback

Rosemary Cohen, Margaret Nichols, Dawn Tromp & Evelyn Dixon - 87 points on a countback

Margaret Pratt, Jan Fitzgerald, Annette Dunk & Ronda Jordon - 87 points

Norma Cubis, Judy Verlander, Debbie Grinham & Rhonda Robertson - 85 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PIN:

DIV 1:  Judy Verlander

DIV 2:  Lynn Puiatti

DIV 3:  Lyn Wilson

NO HANDICAPPING TODAY (course was under maintenance & the same 9 holes were played twice.)

Op Shop Ball has been cancelled

I am sad to say that the Op Shop Ball set down for this coming Saturday Night  3rd September 2011 has been cancelled through lack of interest.  That is a shame because last year's Op Shop Ball was  great night that everybody really enjoyed the evening and joined in the spirit of the event.

This cancellation (as with the cancellation of the New Year's Eve Events)  is further justification that the club cannot survive on Member support alone.

F-Troop - Monday 29th August 2011

We had an action packed F-Troop morning being the first day that we have been able to get vehicles out on the course for maintenance tasks for some three weeks.

We had on hand Duncan Dyer, Des Wilson, Garry Trigg, Fred Middleton, Bruce White, George Foster, Warren Gray, Peter Martin, Jan Martin, Georgina Lamb, Anne Burgess and Yvonne Wilson.

The biggest task of the morning was bringing down some of the Coral Trees on the left hand side of the 2nd Fairway.  Coral Trees are weeds in the same line as Camphor Laurels & are no value to a golf course.

The Tree Gang this morning was Duncan Dyer, Des Wilson, George Foster, Garry Trigg, Bruce White & Fred Middleton.  Everything went smoothly when the first couple of trees came down & then havoc broke out when the F-Troopers were attacked by a swarm of bees that had set up a nest in a big tree that was laying down across the 2nd fairway.  Several F-Troopers suffered bee stings the worst being Des Wilson who got multiple stings.  In order to be able to remove the tree from the fairway the bees nest had to be eradicated so that the tree could be cut up and removed.  Duncan Dyer with the help of George Foster & Des Wilson managed to take care of the problem while the rest of us stayed a very safe distance away in our vehicles ready to run if necessary.  The boys worked hard & did a great job cutting up and removing the timber.

Peter Martin & Warren Gray did the next biggest task being the rubbish pick up around the course which has accumulated for the last three weeks.  It was a huge job & well done by Peter & Warren.

Peter went on to secure a pole at the Ladies 13th garden so that we can add a "Teapot" feature to this garden. 

Georgina Lamb & I chipped around the Limelights on the 7th, the Blue Ice Conifers on the 12th and managed to get half of the Lomandra Grasses on the 15th free of weeds. 

Anne Burgess cleaned out the garden behind the Men's 10th tee.

Yvonne Wilson did some TLC on her gardens including fertilizing.

Morning Tea was very welcome after all that hard work & we enjoyed some chocolate pastries fresh from the oven.  Thanks Chef John!

The Water Feature in the new garden at the first is now working well. It is a pity that we had yet another careless "Bigfoot" stepping on one of the new hedge plants in this garden.  After going to the trouble to replace the broken hedge plant at the front steps last week I found that yet another hedge plant had been carelessly stepped on.  (Very disappointing after all the effort that has gone into creating these gardens) - However we will persevere as we believe the effort is worthwhile.

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!  

Golf - Sunday 28th August 2011 - 2nd Round of the Team Series

MIXED TEAM SERIES SCOREBOARD

AFTER ROUND 2

We had wonderful weather for golf today and the course had substantially dried out with just a few muddy spots in inconvenient places.   The course is undergoing maintenance over the next two days which will bring it up to top class condition in September.

Our playing partners were John Homer and Wendy Stapleton & we had a very enjoyable day with Wendy & John playing some great shots to give us some good birdies and highlights.

The Golf Event of the day was the Second Round of the 27TH ANNUAL MIXED TEAM SERIES SPONSORED BY "SRIXON"     

RESULTS:

WINNERS:  Rob Brann, Robin Brann, Brent Frewin & Helen Stuart - 109 points

RUNNERS UP:  Ian Witt, Pam Witt, Mick Wilson & Judy Hughes - 106 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Wal Robertson - 42 points

RUNNER UP:  Duncan Brown - 39 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Pam Witt - 39 points

RUNNER UP:  Robin Brann - 38 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

5TH HOLE:

MEN:  To be advised

WOMEN:  Michelle McGrath

8TH HOLE:

MEN:  Michael Bowditch

WOMEN:  Georgina Lamb

12TH HOLE: 

MEN:  Mark Stimpson

WOMEN:  Wendy Stapleton

14TH HOLE:  Warren Gray

WOMEN:  Di Beechey

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN:  34 points on a countback

WOMEN:  30 points on a countback

AMCR MEN:  70 (37 points)

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me:  Joyce Bosley had four 4 pointers; Dick Bosley had a 4 pointer on the 7th; Wally Johnston had a 4 pointer on the 7th; Robyn Johnston did win a ball even though she was the only one in her group not to get a 4 pointer; Wally Bailey had a 4 pointer on the 11th; Neville Walker had 3/4 on the 16th; Debbie Grinham had a 50 foot chip into the hole at the 11th; Wally Robertson had a nice steady 42 points including a birdie on the 15th and no wipes; John Homer had three birdies; Wendy Stapleton had birdies at the 8th & the 12th; Michelle McGrath had a birdie on the 10th; Col Adams had a  4 pointer on the 10th; Mark Stimpson had a 4 pointer at the 12th; Pauline Norman made a 30 foot putt for a birdie 2/5 on the 5th; John Hazzard had no wipes; Duncan Dyer holed a 25 foot putt for a birdie at the 12th; Doug Incoll had a birdie at the 5th; Duncan Brown had birdies at the 10th; 8th; 15th and 1st; George Foster beat the girls for the keno ticket; Des Wilson birdied the 16th; Lynn Puiatti had 4/4 on the 4th and a par on the 5th; Lynda Hartley was glad to be back playing; Elizabeth McNamara had 4 pointers on the 1st and the 14th; Keith Potter lost control of his remote control buggy and put it in the drain at the 8th; Bert & Annie Brink found a duck's nest under a bush near the 4th green with a golf ball snuggled up with the eggs (photos attached); my highlight was being an improved player from the first team series match & finishing with the same ball I started with. 

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS:  Michael Bowditch (Representing the District Side) won the Regional Seniors Championship held Saturday & Sunday of last week at Toronto over 36 holes. CONGRATULATIONS MICHAEL!  

Golf - Saturday 27th August 2011

The course has improved with the fine weather and the high scores abound.  43 points may have only won you a ball today.  We did not have much sunshine but there was no rain which is good.

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

We had 174 starters with 9 visitors from Everglades, Mangrove Mountain, New Brighton, PGA, Riverside Oaks and Toukley.

RESULTS:

TEAM EVENT RESULTS:

WINNERS:  Gary Sammons, Kerry Cubis, Ron Puiatti & Graeme Wright - 95 points


MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Shane Leidich - 46 points

RUNNER UP:  Ron Puiatti - 43 points on a countback

3RD:  Graeme Wright - 43 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PIN MEN'S 12TH:

A GRADE:  To be advised

B GRADE:  To be advised

C GRADE:  To be advised

BALLS WENT TO:  36 points on a countback

AMCR MEN:  70 (37 points)

Golf - Friday 26th August 2011

Now this weather is more like it - perfect blue sky and sunshine that we would want for our golf game and the course will recover quickly with some more weather like this.  The course is happy, the gardens are happy & bursting into spring colour, the ducks are happy and most importantly the golfers are happy.

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

We had 91 starters with 16 visitors from Arundel Hills Qld, Everglades, Mangrove Mountain, Moss Vale, Oberon, Terrigal, The Springs, Toukley and Trundle.

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Phillip Carter - 44 points

RUNNER UP:  John Mazaroli - 42 points on a countback

3RD:  Richard Henry - 42 points

4TH:  John Marshall - 41 points on a countback

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Helen Potter - 36 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH:  Les Puckeridge

LADIES 8TH:  Lorraine Bignall

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN:  36 points (neat)

LADIES:  30 points (neat)

AMCR MEN:  70 (37 points)

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)

Golf - Thursday 25th August 2011

There are definite signs that spring is on it's way.  A lovely, warm and sunny day was appreciated by all of our golfers today and even the duck family seemed happy enough to have a day without rain.  The course still has some very wet patches but is improving every day.  Some August winds could do the trick & dry out the excess water.  More good weather is due in the next few days so pull out the golf clubs and get out there while you can.

The Golf Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stableford - Over the Field and we had 21 starters.

RESULTS:

SINGLE STABLEFORD - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER:  Leanne Moore - 38 points

RUNNER UP:  Judy Verlander - 37 points

3RD:  Annette Cross - 35 points

NEAREST THE PIN 14TH:

0 TO 30:  Sharon Anderson

31 TO 45 SECOND SHOT:  Evelyn Dixon

BALLS WENT TO:  32 points

BALL COMPETITION:

Leanne Moore

Judy Verlander

Annette Cross

Felicity Mead

Beulah Cant

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)

Golf - Wednesday 24th August 2011

Today brought us some lovely warm sunshine which was welcomed by everyone and especially the golfers.

The course was open for play but was still very wet.  We have several days of warm sunshine on forecast so we can look forward to that.

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

We had 121 starters with 11 visitors from Cooma, Morisset, Port Kembla, Shelly Beach, Tamworth, Terrigal and Toukley.

RESULTS:

2 BALL IRISH MULTIPLIER RESULTS:

WINNERS:  Tony Starbuck and Chris Bundy - 78 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Keith Bourne - 40 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Ross Bryant - 40 points on a countback

3RD:  Tony Starbuck - 40 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

A GRADE:  Greg Whitworth

B GRADE:  David Robertson

C GRADE:  Graeme Elliott

BALLS WENT TO:  36 points

AMCR:  70 (37 points)

Golf - Tuesday 23rd August 2011

I think we all looked in disbelief when we woke up this morning to find that more rain had fallen overnight and further small showers happened through the day.  We are all "Not Happy Jan" as the fairways were wet enough as it was. 

We were supposed to be having a "Presidents Vs Captains" day which is always a popular event.  The Course was open but no carts were allowed on & the course was very wet.  That was enough to put off all of our lady golfers - so there was no golf event today.

I filled in my day in the gardens & did see a few social golfers having a hit but it would have been hard going.

A protective rope has had to be put around the new hedge at the front entrance to the club as we have some very careless bigfeet stomping on one of the new plants & snapping it off at ground level.  This meant the purchase of a new plant - Not happy Jan.

The last of the tibouchinas for the water feature garden at the 1st has arrived and has been planted.  We have a little bit more fussing to do & this garden will then be complete.  The water feature is up and running & hopefully will add some "welcome" atmosphere at the entrance to the 1st & 10th tees.

 We are all well and truly "over" all this wet weather so let's hope there is some lovely warm sunshine and a brisk breeze around the corner so our course can snap back into top condition.  The greens are in great shape so some "dry" weather is all that is required for the rest of the course.