Golf - Thursday 1st March 2012

Many thanks to Wendy & Ray Stapleton for the above photos from the Barrenjoey Week of Golf in Sydney.




The Golf Event of the day was a Ladies Single Par - Over the Field.
Thankfully we had no rain today.

We had 15 starters.

RESULTS:


WINNER:  Michelle Laylor - Plus 3

RUNNER UP:  Leanne Moore - Plus 1

NEAREST THE PIN 14TH:


0 TO 30:  Norma Cubis

31 - 45 SECOND SHOT:  Leanne Moore

AWCR LADIES: 73 (Square) 

Golf - Wednesday 29th February 2012

The weather held off just long enough for the golfers to finish today.  Let us hope that tomorrow we can be 'between showers" while the golf is on.

A reminder to Members that the "Men of League" are sponsoring a day for Garry Wilkinson at the Gosford Golf Club this coming Saturday 3rd March from 3.00 pm to 6.00pm.  All of Garry's friends are welcome to attend.  Garry will be unable to be there but will be receiving visitors at Gosford Hospital in controlled volume. Contact Trevor Andrews for further enquiries.

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

We had 153 starters with 6 visitors from Cypress Lakes, Everglades, Morisset, Riverside Oaks, The Colonial - Qld. and Windsor.

RESULTS:


2 BALL TEAM RESULTS:


WINNERS:   Paul Smith & Gary Hawkins - 47 points

RUNNERS UP:  Michael Geary & Peter Ray - 46 points on a countback

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:


WINNER:  David Flanigan - 43 points

RUNNER UP:  Alex Pitty - 41 points

3RD:  Victor Hocking - 40 points

4TH:  John Shine - 39 points on a countback

WINNER SINGLE SCRATCH:  Alex Pitty - 42 points

NEAREST THE PINS 8TH HOLE:

A GRADE: Michael Upton

B GRADE:  Nathan Broadbent

C GRADE:  Lindsay Anderson

EAGLES NEST 12TH:

WON BY:  Ian Witt - point 14 of a metre - 46 Balls

BALLS WENT TO:  34 points (neat)

AMCR MEN:  70 (37 points)

Golf - Tuesday 28th February 2012

We had a sweltering day for golf but no rain.  It was pleasant at the start of the day but it soon warmed up as the forecast had promised.

My golf partners today were Rosalie Dyer and Doon Jansen and we had a lovely day on the village green.  We did have some good highlights with some near misses for good scores and they were great compnay.

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

We had 76 starters.

RESULTS:


DIVISION 1 - 0 TO 22:


WINNER:  Anne Burke - 42 points

RUNNER UP:  Anne Burgess - 37 points

3RD:  Debbie Wright

DIVISION 2 - 23 TO 32:


WINNER:  Lorraine Bignall - 37 points

RUNNER UP:  Kathy Small - 35 points on a countback

3RD:  Kath Payn - 35 points

4TH:  Jan Fitzgerald - 33 points

DIVISION 3 - 33 TO 45:


WINNER:  Dot Camp - 34 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Berry Hanley - 34 points

NEAREST THE PINS:


8TH HOLE:


DIV 1:  Judy Ruitenberg

DIV 2:  Margaret Davidson

DIV 3:  Not won

14TH HOLE:


DIV 1:  Anne Baker

DIV 2:  Felicity Mead

DIV 3:  Not won

BALLS WENT TO:  33 points on a countback

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me:  Lorraine Linnert had a birdie gobbler 3/4 on the 1st; Anne Baker had a birdie 4/4 on the 18th; Alice Collett was happy to be back at golf; Judy Ruitenberg had a birdie at the 8th and won nearest the pin; Michelle McGrath had 3 birdies narrowly missing an eagle at the 11th; Susan Bourne had a par on the 15th; Pam Witt had a par on the 16th; Joyce Bosley is on a roll - improving each game; Christine Cayley had a 5/4; Yvonne Cumming had a gobbler birdie at the 8th; Sharon Anderson parred three of the four Par 3's;  I nearly had a highlight on the 10th when my putt for a par (4 pointer) hovered at the edge of the hole and refused to drop in.

F-Troop - Monday 27th February 2012

We had a small crew on duty today so we had to focus in on the important tasks of the day.

It was Vets Day so we had restricted access to the course - fortunately there was plenty to do in safe areas today.

We had Duncan Dyer, Geoff Bridge, Rob Benson, Nigel Asken, Peter Martin, Garry Trigg, Sam Knox, John Coddington, Jan Martin and we welcomed a new starter today - Trevor Harrison.

The tree gang of Duncan Dyer, Geoff Bridge, Sam Knox and Trevor Harrison took the chain saws to the large sections of timber that needed to be cut down to a size that Sam & Trevor could feed through the wood splitting machine.  It was a job well done & increases our firewood supply.

Rob Benson & Garry Trigg took care of timber and rubbish pick up around the course & assisted me with the planting of some Strelitzia plants.

Nigel Asken continued his attack on the crabgrasses on the 15th & worked right through morning tea to get the job done.

Peter Martin & John Coddington took care of some repair work inside the clubhouse including fixing the step strips, door hinges etc.

I was working on my own today & got the Lavender Way garden back under control after we lost a lot of plants due to wet weather. (Unfortunately there is more bed weather due which will not help to get the plants established.)  After that I worked around the wedding garden area & the practice nets cleaning up that corner of the course.  I was able to use the wood shavings and saw dust accumulated by the tree gang to use as very good mulch on the wedding garden.

We have received some excellent donations this week which will kick us along.

Club Director Col Adams has donated a blower to F-Troop so that we can better manage the state of the area underneath the clubhouse.  That was a very generous donation and much appreciated.  Thanks Col!

Another very generous donation was received from the RSL Social players - $200 towards F-Troop projects.  Thank you RSL Club social members.  I can now order some more plants for the new garden.

Don Nicholls donated an advanced Agavi plant today which was very much appreciated as they are ideal plants for the golf course.  Thank you Don!

Bruce Binns donated a good supply of indoor/outdoor plants which will be very useful to us - giving us a good choice of plants to swap over inside the club when the existing plants get oxygen/light deprived which happens with indoor plants.  Bruce went to a lot of trouble to deliver the plants over to us in good order & that was very much appreciated.  Thanks Bruce!

Annette Dunk has donated a big supply of succulent plants which are waiting for us to find enough time to plants out.  Thanks Annette!

Lea Southon has donated a large supply of old carpet for us to use as weed matting.  We have not had sufficient manpower on hand to collect the carpet yet but it will be well used when we do get it.  Thanks Lea!


THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR BEING SO SUPPORTIVE TO F-TROOP.   All donations are put to good use and make life easier for the F-Troopers.

Morning tea this morning was fruit pastries and mini muffins which was appreciated by the troopers as it was very hot work around the course today.  Thanks Chef John!


After morning tea we had an inspection of the stone wall at the Men's 10th tee which has been weakened by heavy rain.  That is another task for F-Troop to consider rather than waiting for the wall to collapse from water pressure.

In all today we did some good work with a very small crew.

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Golf - Sunday 26th February 2012

We had a beautiful day of SUNSHINE today which made it a very enjoyable day for golf.
The course is in great condition after all the really continuous bad weather.  The course recovers remarkable well after heavy rain thanks to the drainage work being put in place by our greenstaff.

Our playing partners today were Doug & Robin Incoll and we had a great day playing with no pressure at the end of the field.  There were large groups of Pennants Players on the course starting prior to our competition so it was a big day at Gosford.

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

We had 75 starters with 4 visitors from Everglades, Shelly Beach & Terrigal.

RESULTS:


2 BALL TEAM RESULTS:


MEN:  Ron Puiatti & Wally Robertson - 48 points on a countback

MIXED:  Bob Morriss & Vicky Morris - 48 points

WOMEN:  Alice Diamond (Shelly Beach) & Rosalie Dyer - 46 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:


WINNER:  Col Matterson - 43 points

RUNNER UP:  Ron Puiatti - 41 points on a countback

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:


WINNER:  Vicky Morris - 39 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Anne Forrester - 39 points

NEAREST THE PINS:


MEN'S 12TH:  Craig Ward

LADIES 8TH:  Lynn Puiatti

BALLS WENT TO:


MEN:  36 points (neat)

LADIES:  35 points (neat)

AMCR MEN:  69 (38 points)

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Col Matterson had  a par round which included three birdies; Peter Martin had a birdie on the 1st; Wally Johnston had a 4 pointer; Rosalie Dyer & Alice Diamond beat the boys for the keno ticket; Des Wilson had 21 points on the back nine including 6 pars; Jan Walker had 4/4 on the 1st; Yvonne Wilson had a gobbler on the 4th; Lynn Puiatti got nearest the pin on the 8th & got the putt; Ron Puiatti had birdies on the 7th, 8th, 10th & 15th holes; Wally Robertson had 5/3 on the 18th to win the keno ticket; Vicki Foster had 4/3 on the 3rd; Graham Brown had 5/3 on the 17th after having his first three shots were in and around the garden at the dogleg; Bob Morris birdied the 15th; Vicky Morris had two pars; Pauline Norman almost chipped in on the 10th; Lorraine Bignall parred the first two holes & combined well in the 2 Ball with Kevin O'Brien; Clyde Cruickshanks had 4 birdies - 11th, 18th, 4th and the 5th; John Hazzard had a good back 9 having four 3 pointers in a row; my highlights were winning a ball and scoring 4/4 on the 4th and of course beating the boys for the Keno Ticket.

PENNANTS RESULTS:


A, B and C Grades had a bye and the Juniors had a very successful day winning 5 - 0. 

Golf - Saturday 25th February 2012

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

We had 188 starters with 7 visitors from Kooindah Waters, PGA & Shelly Beach.

RESULTS:


2 BALL TEAM RESULTS:


WINNERS:  John Doolan & Nicky Basson - 48 points on a countback

RUNNERS UP:  Greg Mickel & Lloyd Lawler (Kooindah Waters) - 48 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:


WINNER:  Lloyd Lawler  (Kooindah Waters) - 43 points

RUNNER UP:  Malcolm Munday - 42 points

3RD:  John Potter - 41 points on a countback

4TH:  Craig Ward - 41 points


SCRATCH WINNER:  Nicky Basson - 33 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH:


A GRADE:  David Boyd

B GRADE:  Les Puckeridge

C GRADE:  John McIvor

BALLS WENT TO:  34 points (neat)

AMCR:  70 (37 points)

Friday 24th February 2012

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

We had 96 starters with 13 visitors from Everglades, Magenta Shores, Mangrove Mountain, Moss Vale, Muirfield, Riverside Oaks, Rosnay, Tamworth, Terrigal and Toukley.

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Bob Harrison - 40 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Scott Tarrant ( Moss Vale) - 40 points on a countback

3RD:  Stephen White - 40 points

4TH:  Ian Craig - 39 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Suzanne Waugh  -  40 points

RUNNER UP:  Dianne Voss (Everglades) - 37 points


NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH:  To be advised

LADIES 8TH:  To be advised

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN:  33 points (neat)

LADIES:  29 points (neat)

AMCR MEN:  69 - White (38 points)

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)


  

Golf -Thursday 23rd February 2012

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

We had 32 starters with three new members attending - Bernadette Kirkman, Helen Darkes and Michelle Lalor.

RESULTS:


WINNER:  Michelle Lalor - 52 points

RUNNER UP:  Helen Darkes - 35 points

3RD:  Leanne Moore - 34 points on a countback

4TH:  Glennis English - 34 points

5TH:  Sue Scobie - 33 points

NEAREST THE PIN 14TH:


0 TO 30:  Julie Hazzard

31 TO 45 SECOND SHOT:  Leanne Moore

BALLS WENT TO:  32 points on a countback

BALL COMPETITION:


Michelle Lalor

Helen Darkes

Leanne Moore

Glennis English

Sue Scobie

Margaret Maclachlan

Lynn Puiatti

Annette Dunk

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)

Golf - Wednesday 22nd February 2012

The Golf Event of the day was a Men's Single Stableford + Teams Event 1 X 2 x 3

We had 178 starters with 13 visitors from Cumberland, Everglades, George's River, Morisset, Rockhampton, Shelly Beach, Tamworth & Terrigal.

The course recovered from yesterday's rain to the point that carts were allowed on the course today but it was still wet in places.  We have some good scores in so it did not worry any of our good players.

For Member's information regarding Garry Wilkinson.  Garry has taken a turn for the worse and has been hospitalised.  As it currently stands the mates get together day planned for Garry on Saturday 3rd March at 3.00pm at the Gosford Golf Club is still going ahead.  Watch this space for updates.

RESULTS:


TEAM EVENT RESULTS:


WINNERS:  Arthur Haviland, Guy Moss, Brent Frewin & Bob Martin - 90 points.

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:


WINNER:  Peter Ray - 45 points

RUNNER UP:  Nathan Broadbent - 43 points

3RD:  Richard Henry - 41 points

SINGLES SCRATCH WINNER:  Richard Henry - 35 points


NEAREST THE PIN 8TH:


A GRADE:  Graeme S. Wright

B GRADE:  Nathan Broadbent

C GRADE:  Tony Bolter?

BALLS WENT TO: 34 points on a countback

AMCR:  70 (37 points)

Golf - Tuesday 21st February 2012

There is not too much to say about golf today as we have had nothing but rain overnight and right through the morning.  The course was originally open - but no carts were allowed - but then it continued to rain.

As it stands at the moment the course will be open tomorrow if there is no more rain - a decision will be made in the morning regarding the course and use of carts.

My photo graveyard is my rainy day job and it is something that I avoid as much as I can.  We have had so many rainy days that I cannot ignore it any longer so I managed to put a small dent in the pile today.  Thank heavens for digital cameras & computers so the hard copy paper war can cease.   I have got 50 years + of hard copy photos that have to be dealt with and my scanner and shredder have been running hot all day.
I am the hoarder from hell and I am trying to reform.

The forecast for tomorrow is not wonderful but we may get some glimpses of sun tomorrow & hopefully some golf.

F-Troop - Monday 20th February 2012

Another huge day for F-Troop with some good tasks being achieved.

We had 15 Troopers on hand to lighten the work.

Martin Gallagher, Geoff Bridge, Des Wilson, Duncan Dyer, Rob Benson, Richard Casey, Bruce White, Warren Gray, Peter Martin, Nigel Asken, Di Beechey, Anne Burgess, Georgina Lamb & Jan Martin made up today's hard working team.

There was a big Social Day of golf with an 8.30 shotgun start which kept us off some parts of the course however we had plenty to do at the 1st & 10th tees which meant that we could work off the course.

Our tree gang of Duncan, Martin, Geoff & Des removed a dead pine tree at the back of the 11th green that was a full mornings work cutting down the tree and removing the timber.

Rob & Richard did some clean up work around the course before golf started & then worked at the 1st & 10th tees removing the hedge stumps to make room for the relocating of the club signs; removed the signs from the bubbler garden & set them into their new positions; assisted in loading new soil into the garden for the hedge plants.

Warren & Bruce did some good pick up around the course before golf started and then assisted us at the 1st & 10th tees.

Peter collected some new garden soil for the Bubbler Garden, repaired some pots, dug out the old soil from the garden and replaced it with new soil, placed the old loamy soil out onto the path at the 10th.

Di Beechey, Anne Burgess, Georgina Lamb helped me at the 1st and 10th tees preparing the garden, removing and relocating old plants; planting in new hedge plants;spreading out soil on the 10th path

Nigel continued his work on the 1st and 10th tees removing rogue weeds.

It was a busy day and we appreciated morning tea of Bacon Rolls (compliments of the Avoca SLSC BBQ breakfast) and some iced cakes compliments of Chef John.  Thank you from the F-Troopers!

We were able to make headway with the new garden at the 1st and 10th tees because we had received sufficient donations and sales of firewood to enable us to commence to purchase the plants that we need.
We have received funds from Wood Sales to Ian Anderson (thank you Ian) and donations from the Central Coast Leagues Club Social Golfers, June Bowen, Doon Jansen's Art Exhibition donations, Members Donations to our donation box in the Pro Shop : totalling approximately $500.  We have also received some good donations of plants from members over this month which have been appreciated.  We have also received a donation of a lot of old carpet that we can use on the gardens as weed matting  Yes! Members can make a difference!

After the huge electrical storm that we received overnight we did not know what to expect the course to be like.  Fortunately we did not have any major damage and carts were allowed on the course for golf and we were able to get our vehicles out to work.

.YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!