Golf - Friday 1st June 2012

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

We had 77 starters with 16 visitors from Everglades, Kurri, Mangrove Mountain, Shellharbour Links, Shelly Beach, Tamworth, The Springs and Wyong.

RESULTS:


MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:


WINNER:  Graham Anderson (Wyong) - 43 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Peter Verhoek - 43 points

3RD:   Richard Marks - 40 points on a countback

4TH:  Greg Harrison - 40 points on a countback


WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:


WINNER:  Rhonda Austen - 30 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:  30 points (neat)

AMCR MEN:  69 (38 points)

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)

Golf - Thursday 31st May 2012

Another fine day to help to dry the course up after the recent rain.

Today we have planted out some orchids that were donated by Bert & Annie Brink & these are in the new garden at the 2nd green. Our thanks to Bert & Annie for their generous donation.  The old grasses at the 2nd green garden have been removed and replaced with some more succulent plants.

The garden at the back of the clubhouse has been used to plant out some varieties of herbs for the kitchen staff to use (should the plants be allowed to reach maturity).  We have got some Rosemary, Thyme, Garlic, Basil, Chives, Coriander. Italian Parsley, Oregano, Parsley Afro and Parsley Continental.  We cannot control what the local low life can do however Members are requested to respect the garden for what it is - and that is for fresh herbs for our club kitchen. The rewards for the Members will be in the food.

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

We had 26 starters including visitors from Everglades.

RESULTS:


WINNER:  Christine Drakeford - 37 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Maggie Minjoy - 37 points

3RD:  Sheena Asken - 36 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PIN 14TH:


DIVISION 3 - 33 - 45 SECOND SHOT:  Val Anderson

BALLS WENT TO:  35 points

BALL COMPETITION:


Christine Drakeford

Maggie Minjoy

Sheena Asken

Lynn Puiatti

Beulah Cant

Rosemary Judd

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)

Golf - Wednesday 30th May 2012

Gosford Golfers had a fine day for golf today which was good after all the rain of yesterday.

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

We had 160 starters with 7 visitors from Cooma, Duntry League, Everglades, Virginia Qld.

RESULTS:


TEAMS EVENT RESULTS:


WINNERS:  Michael Crookes, Jeff Nash, Geoff Leonard & Graeme Wright - 95 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:


WINNER:  Arthur Haviland - 43 points

RUNNER UP:  Michael Crookes - 41 points on a countback

3RD:  Glenn Cheetham (Everglades) - 41 points

WINNER OVERALL SCRATCH:  Alex Pitty - 35 points

NEAREST THE PINS 8TH:


A GRADE:  Lindsay Morgan

B GRADE:  Des Wilson

C GRADE:  Gus Macdonald

BALLS WENT TO:  35 points (neat)

AMCR:  69 (38 points) 

Golf - Tueday 29th May 2012 - Ladies Foursomes Championships

2012 LADIES CLUB FOURSOMES CHAMPIONS

DIVISION 1 SCOREBOARD

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DIVISION 2 SCOREBOARD

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2012 LADIES FOURSOMES CHAMPIONSHIPS

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2012 CLUB CHAMPIONS : MICHELLE McGRATH & LYN BATES.

The weather turned on us just on the day of the club Foursomes Championships when we are all playing 27 holes of golf.  We had light showers early in the day and then it fined up to be not a bad day until the afternoon when the skies closed in and the late players got drenched. ("not happy Jan")  We had a lot of rain overnight and the course was very wet to start with so the going was tough at times.

My playing partner was Rosemary Cohen and we played with Lorraine Bignall & Chris Cayley.  We did have a lovely day (apart from the wet) with some good highlights the best of which was Lorraine's drive to the 5th green where she won nearest the pin  Rosemary & I were astounded to find that we had won the nett in Division 2 when we came into the clubhouse and that was the cause of much celebration.

The Golf Event of the day was the Ladies Foursomes Championship 2012 - Division 1 Handicaps 0 to 26 1/2; Division 2 Handicaps 27 to 45.

We had 68 starters.

RESULTS:

DIVISION 1 - 27 HOLES SCRATCH:

CLUB CHAMPIONS:  Michelle McGrath & Lyn Bates - 130 points

RUNNER UP:  Rhonda Robertson & Ann Baker - 138 points

DIVISION 1 - 27 HOLES NETT:

WINNERS:  Michelle McGrath & Lyn Bates - 110 1/2 points

RUNNERS UP:  Debbie Grinham & Lorraine Linnert - 114 1/4 points

DIVISION 2 - 27 HOLES SCRATCH:

DIVISION 2 CHAMPIONS:  Ros Singleton & Jan Walker - 163 points

RUNNERS UP:  Di Beechey & Dawn Tromp - 164 points

DIVISION 2 - 27 HOLES NETT:

WINNERS:  Jan Martin & Rosemary Cohen (Hooray!) - 118 3/4 points on a countback

RUNNERS UP:  Ros Singleton & Jan Walker - 118 3/4 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

5TH HOLE:

DIVISION 1:  Not won

DIVISION 2:  Lorraine Bignall

12TH HOLE:

DIVISION 1:  Sandy Laybutt

DIVISION 2:  Not won

BALLS WENT TO:  81 Nett

NO HANDICAPPING TODAY. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR WINNERS!

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me:  Lyn Bates had a birdie gobbler for 3 on the 7th; Rhonda Robertson & Ann Baker had a birdie; Jan Martin & Rosemary Cohen had a nice par on the 3rd and played the 7th hole well on the second time around; Lorraine Bignall and Chris Cayley had some nice pars on the par 3's including the 5th hole when Lorraine hit a magic drive. 

As we were in the latter groups to come in (the wet bedragled ones) I did not have time to gather any more highlights - however,  if there were any they would have faded into insignificance after Rosemary & I won the Nett in our division.

F-Troop - Monday 28th May 2012

We had twelve F-Troopers on hand to share the load today.  Duncan Dyer, Geoff Bridge, Martin Gallagher, Bruce White, Trevor Harrison, Richard Casey, Rob Benson, Peter Martin, Garry Trigg, Di Beechey. Anne Burgess and Jan Martin managed to get some good projects done.

Duncan, Martin, Geoff, Garry & Bruce were the tree gang today and did a great job of removing dangerous branches around the course.

Rob & Richard had the daunting task of picking up loose timber and rubbish from around the course after last weekend's wild wind.

Trevor Harrison put his building skills to work repairing the roof support on the F-Troop Shed and replacing broken path boards at the 13th ladies tee.

Peter Martin was supervisor and gofer for everyone including a run to Wamberal to collect a trailer full of succulent plants for our gardens and delivering them out to the gardens and set up a watering hose.

Di Beechey & Anne Burgess cleaned up the car park and BBQ area, 10th tee garden.
Di and Anne both helped me to plant in all of the succulent plants and get them watered in.

Morning tea of Gigantic Muffins were appreciated by the F-Troopers after a hard morning's work.
Thanks Chef John!

We had two more donations of plants for our gardens this week.  One was multiple orchid plants from Bert & Annie Brink.  Thanks and appreciation  Bert & Annie.   The second donation was from Bev Reynolds who has given us a full trailer & boot load of succulent plants.  These plants will be a great enhancement for our gardens and brighten up otherwise very dreary and untidy areas.  Our thanks & appreciation to Bev who has donated the plants in memory of her late husband - Peter Reynolds.

We are very appreciative of all the donations that we get and we can produce very attractive areas for zero cost to the club. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL OUR MEMBERS WHO HAVE DONATED PLANTS TO OUR GARDENS.

Members please note that the garden at the 2nd green along the fence line is now a designated garden.  There have been two drop zones marked at either end of the garden.

YES!  WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!



 

Golf - Sunday 27th May 2012

There were many comments today regarding the good condition of Gosford Golf Course and we were lucky to have blue sky and sunshine all day as an added enhancement.

Our playing partners were Ron & Lynn Puiatti and we had a good day out on the course with the boys producing two birdies however the girls did beat the boys for the keno ticket on the last hole with a nice three pointer from Lynn. We welcomed back Cyril & Shirley Daly and their daughter Natasha, who were visiting after extended break from golf and we had dinner with them after golf at the clubhouse.

The tables were jam packed tonight with the golfers enjoying a social evening after golf (see attached photos) and many of whom stayed on for dinner.

The Golf Event of the day was a Single Stableford for Men and Ladies + Team Stableford - 1 X 2 X 3.

We had 85 starters with one visitor  from Georges River.

RESULTS:


MEDLEY TEAM RESULTS:


WINNERS:  Doug Incoll, Robin Incoll, Dick Bosley and Joyce Bosley - 89 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:


WINNER:  Michael Brown - 40 points

RUNNER UP:  Dick Bosley - 39 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:


WINNER:  Annette Cross - 39 points

RUNNER UP:  Terry Kay - 38 points

NEAREST THE PINS:


MEN'S 12TH:  Graham Brown

LADIES 8TH:  Yvonne Wilson

BALLS WENT TO:  


MEN:  35 points on a countback

LADIES:  34 points (neat)

AMCR MEN:  69 (38 points)

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me:  Ron Puiatti had a birdie on the 15th; Peter Martin had a birdie on the 12th; Lynn Puiatti sank a lovely long putt  on the 2nd to square the boys and had a three pointer on the 18th to win the keno ticket for the girls; Duncan Dyer had 2/4 on the 14th; Rosalie Dyer parred the 8th, 11th and the 16th; Lorraine Bignall had two 4 pointers at the 7th and the 9th and a good long putt on the 6th; Col Matterson had a birdie gobbler on the 2nd; Lauren Matterson had a spectacular putt on the 18th; Terry Kay had a birdie on the 6th and was impressed by finishing their match in 4 1/4 hours; Brent Frewin had a birdie on the 7th with a good putt; Georgina Lamb had 3/4 on the 8th; Dick Bosley had two 4 pointers; Joyce Bosley had 2/5 at the 5th; Julie Hazzard outdrove Steven Cross on the 7th; Annette Cross had 4 pointers at the 9th and 10th; John Hazzard had 4/4 on the 17th; The girls beat the boys in the Bates ad Binns group; Sandy Laybutt had 4/5 birdie on the 10th; Graham Brown had a birdie on the 2nd; Wally Johnston had a 4 pointer at the 10th; Yvonne Wilson won nearest the pin on the 8th; my highlight was scoring a 3 pointer on the 14th to square the boys for hole after they both had 3 pointers.
We have welcomed back Shirley Daly to golf this week after an extended break and it was good to see Cyril Daly in the clubhouse tonight catching up with all the Members.

Golf - Saturday 26th May 2012

The Golf Event of the day was a Men's Single Par - over 3 grades.

We had 167 with 2 visitors from Mangrove Mountain & Woollahra.

CONGRATULATIONS TO STEVE McGUCKIN FOR A HOLE IN ONE AT THE 12TH HOLE.
WELL DONE STEVE!


RESULTS:


A GRADE:


WINNER:  Greg Whitworth - Plus 4 on a ountback

RUNNER UP:  Graeme Wright - Plus 4

3RD:  David Boyd - Plus 3

B GRADE:


WINNER:  Chris Myers - Plus 4 on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Neil Mulvaney - Plus 4

3RD:  John Potter - Plus 2

C GRADE:


WINNER:  Sam Bagala - Plus 3

RUNNER UP:  Martin Van Hees - Plus 1 on a countback

3RD:  Ted Jones - Plus 1 on a countback

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH HOLE:


A GRADE:  Steve McGuckin (Hole in One)

B GRADE:  John Jackson

C GRADE:  Keith Dawson

EAGLES NEST 12TH HOLE: sponsored by "CENTRAL COAST MAZDA"


WINNER:  Steve McGuckin (Hole in One) - 17 Balls

BALLS WENT TO:  Minus 1 (neat)

AMCR:  70 (37 points)

Golf - Friday 25th May 2012

We have been very fortunate this week to have donations of multiple plants for our gardens which will some good enhancements to our garden areas.  We have received a very generous donation of 100's of Agavi plants and succulents from Bev Reynnolds who has donated the plants in memory of her late husband Peter Reynolds who was one of our local heroes in swimming history and also a well known local solicitor.   These plants are in the process of being planted at the ladies garden at the 3rd tee, the 2nd green garden and behind the clubhouse to replace the fallen pine trees.  Also planted out today were 50 more Rhoeos at the Tranquility garden at the 6th which were propagated from donations from Robin Incoll.

We had a very good attendance at Friday Night Raffle and Badge Draw considering it was a very cold winters day.  The Badge draw tonight was not won and will now jackpot to next week which will be approximately $1,4000.   And remember you have to be present at the clubhouse at the time of the draw to win.

Friday Night Raffles and Badge Draw have had a new innovation that has proved popular with the Members  and that is table cloths on the tables for those Members wishing to enjoy dinner at the club on the night.

Tonight was the last Friday Night of the Month when the Natrad Monthly Award is drawn for $100 prize.
This draw is taken from the barrel where tickets from the previous Month's Friday nights  are stored (Members place their raffle tickets from each Friday night in the Barrel to qualify for the draw).
Tonight's draw was won by Paula Drew who is a regular on Friday Nights.  Congratulations Paula!
Congratulations & thanks to Graeme Wright for his continuing support to the club.

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

We had 42 starters with 2 visitors from Emmaville and Everglades.

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:


WINNER:  Les Puckeridge - 43 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Peter Miller - 43 points

3RD:  Neil Mulvaney - 40 points

NO LADIES RESULTS


NEAREST THE PIN 12TH HOLE:


WINNER:  Rob Benson

BALLS WENT TO:  


MEN:  36 points

LADIES:  n/a


AMCR MEN:  69 (38 points)

Golf - Thursday 24th May 2012

The wet weather did not bother any of our good golfers today with some great scores coming in.

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

We had 27 starters.

RESULTS:


WINNER:  Ros Singleton - 42 points

RUNNER UP:  Margaret Maclachlan - 41 points

3RD:  Mary Beard - 40 points

NEAREST THE PIN 14TH HOLE:


0 TO 32:  Margaret Maclachlan

33 TO 45 SECOND SHOT:  Ros Singleton

BALLS WENT TO:  34 points on a countback

BALL COMPETITION:


Lyn Cruickshanks - 38 points

Annette Dunk - 36 points

Michelle Lalor - 35 points

Dawn Tromp - 34 points

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)