Golf - Tuesday 31st July 2012

We were all grateful for the lack of rain today although there was an icy wind blowing all day to keep us on our toes.  My playing partners today were Leonie Casey and Glennis English and we had a good day on the village green trying our best to roll in the three pointers with some success.

The Golf Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stableford - "L'Oreal Day" (which we all look forward to)

Our thanks to L'Oreal for sponsoring this very popular day.

We had 66 starters with one visitor Elizabeth Graham from Griffith.  We also welcomed  a new lady member Nan Richards previously from Asquith.  We hope to see Nan playing in our competitions shortly.

Two "EAGLES" were scored today by DI THOMLINSON (at the 15th) and HELEN POTTER (at the 6th).  CONGRATULATIONS DI AND HELEN!

RESULTS:


DIVISION 1 - 0 TO 22:


WINNER:  Di Thomlinson - 35 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Lorraine Linnert - 35 points

3RD:  Wendy Stapleton - 34 points on a countback

4TH:  Michelle McGrath - 34 points

DIVISION 2 - 23 TO 32:


WINNER:  Julie Hazzard - 37 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Margaret Davidson - 37 points

3RD:  Maggie Minjoy - 36 points on a countback

4TH:  Judy Verlander - 36 points

DIVISION 3 - 33 TO 45:


WINNER:  Doris Morris - 36 points

RUNNER UP:  Dot Camp - 35 points

3RD: Chris Cayley - 33 points

4TH:  Rosemary Cohen - 29 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:


8TH HOLE:


DIV 1:  Lorraine Linnert

DIV 2:  Margaret Davidson

DIV 3:  Not won

14TH HOLE:  


DIV 1:  Debbie Grinham

DIV 2:  Maggie Minjoy

DIV 3:  Chris Cayley

BALLS WENT TO:  33 points on a countback

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me:  Leonie Casey parred the 1st and two of the Par 3's; Glennis English parred the 9th and the 14th and had 5/3 on the 3rd; Pam Witt had 4/3 on the 12th; Debbie Grinham had a birdie on the 14th; Carol Farrell and Rhonda Robertson had a good fun day; Judy Verlander had a gobbler on the 18th; Lyn Cruickshanks had a gobbler on the 4th; Margaret Davidson parred the 15th and the 5th; Doris Morris had 3/4 on the 14th; Julie Hazzard parred the 6th and the 15th; Margaret Nichols had a gobbler on the 11th; Lyn Bates hit her drive off the 14th straight towards the creek, the ball hit the cart sign, missed the right hand bunker and rolled up over the edge and into the middle of the green; Di Thomlinson had an Eagle at the 15th; Liz Graham from Griffith (Di's cousin) had a birdie on the 6th; Doreen Vines was an improved player; Helen Potter had an eagle at the 6th and a birdie at the 2nd; Robyn Johnston had three 3 pointers; Fay Bailey parred the 5th and the 11th; Lorraine Bignall had 4/4 on the 13th; Chris Cayley had a 3/4 and five 3 pointers; Anne Forrester had 4/4 on the 3rd; My highlight was parring the 5th and the 16th, having 5/3 at the 3rd and winning a ball.

F-Troop - Monday 30th July 2012

A sunny day for F-Troop at last which was a relief as the projects are piling up because we have either not been able to get out on the course due to bad weather or we have not had enough helpers.

Today was all good with twelve helpers on hand and some good concreting weather.

We had Trevor Harrison, Martin Gallagher, Duncan Dyer, George Foster, Garry Trigg, Rob Benson, Warren Gray, Des Wilson, Peter Martin, Di Beechey, Anne Burgess and Jan Martin.

Peter, Trevor, Rob, Duncan, Warren & Des worked on the concrete footings for the cart shed.

George  and Martin did rubbish pick up and worked with Di and Anne at the wedding garden replacing the path timber supports.

Di & Anne did their usual clean up of the car park and BBQ area & then worked on the wedding garden area and planted some succulent plants at the garden at the 4th.

I worked on the garden at the 2nd tee trimming shrubs, dead heading the streletzia, trimmed the tibouchina and weeded and raked the gardens and paths.

Morning tea was very welcome on such a cold day & we enjoyed it out in the sunshine of the front gardens.
Thanks Chef John! We welcomed back Geoff Bridge who has just returned from his golf holiday in Canada.
Geoff will be back on duty next week after a couple of weeks off.

After morning tea we had a visit from Bev Reynolds and Rhonda Chapman who recently donated some bulk succulent plants for our gardens - with more to come.  Rhonda bought with her some lily bulbs for us to plant into our gardens.  I took Bev & Rhonda out to the new succulent gardens so they could see the results and where their donated plants now live.  Neither Bev or Rhonda are Members of the club which makes the donations even more special.

Today we received a nice donation of succulent plants from Annette Dunk which Anne has planted out on the 4th garden.  Thanks Annette!

Our timber sales are going well and we are able to fund the purchase of new path support boards and new gravel for our wedding garden as well as the purchase of more grasses for the 15th fairway.

We have entered our gardens in the Gosford City Garden Competition for this year and hope to duplicate our success of last year when we won the "Best Commercial Garden".

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Golf - Sunday 29th July 2012 - Mixed Team Series Round 1

Scoreboard - Round 1

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We were very fortunate to have a fine day for the first round of the Mixed Team Series.

Our Mixed Team for this year is Col Matterson & Lauren Matterson and our opposition team is Arthur Collien, Kay Frewin and Warren Gray & Mary Bromwich.  Our playing partners today were Arthur & Kay and we had a good day on the village  green - pity about some of the golf but we did have some highlights.
I accidentally left my driver at home so I trialled one of the new "Ping" models from the Pro Shop which I was very impressed with. Maybe I should have trialled a putter as well.

The Golf Event of the day was the 28TH ANNUAL MIXED TEAM SERIES - ROUND 1
Single Stableford -( three best scores to count) PROUDLY SPONSORED BY "SCHWEPPES"

We had 88 starters.

RESULTS:


MIXED TEAM SERIES ROUND 1:


WINNERS:  Mark Stimpson, Helen Stuart, Duncan Dyer & Rosalie Dyer - 111 points

RUNNERS UP:  Wally Johnston, Robyn Johnston, Robbie Whyte & Fay Bailey - 108 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:


WINNER: Wayne Tomkinson - 40 points

RUNNER UP:  Graeme Kingsmill - 39 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:


WINNER: Vicki Foster - 41 points

RUNNER UP:  Robyn Johnston - 37 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:


5TH HOLE:


MEN:  Richard Casey

WOMEN:  Anne Forrester

8TH HOLE:


MEN:  Kevin O'Brien

WOMEN:  Di Beechey

12TH HOLE:


MEN:  Peter Laybutt

WOMEN:  Not Won

14TH HOLE:


MEN:  Wayne Tomkinson

WOMEN:  Helen Darkes

BALLS WENT TO:


MEN:  34 points on a countback

WOMEN: 32 points on a countback

AMCR MEN:  70 (37 points - Par 71)

AWCR WOMEN:  73 (36 points - Par 73)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Arthur Collien had a birdie on the 7th; Kay Frewin had a three pointer on the 12th; Lauren Kay had 21 points in her first competition game including some good drives and 3/4 on the 5th; Joyce Bosley had a four pointer; Annie Brink had a four pointer; Kim Cardiff had four pointers on the 6th and the 17th; Lauren Matterson had a 4 pointer o the 14th; Col Matterson had birdies on the 2nd and the 4th; Fran James had two 3/4's; Owen James had a 25 foot gobbler putt on the 14th; Leigh Kay played a steady game with 18 points either side; Michael Norman lost his ball on the 1st hole and broke his driver on the 3rd hole; Georgina Lamb had 4/4 on the 16th; Vicki Foster had 41 points, 23 points on the back nine including 5 three pointers; Graeme Kingsmill had a gobbler birdie on the 4th and lipped out of a birdie on the 3rd; Fay Bailey did some good chipping and parred the 1st, 11th, 15th & 16th; Di Beechey had a birdie on the 8th and had pars on the 6th and 11th; Glennis English had a gobbler par on the 2nd; Nigel Asken had four 3 pointers; Des Wilson had a birdie on the 16th; Helen Stuart had 4/4 at the 11th and 3/4 at the 12th; Mark Stimpson had three birdies - a chip in at the 9th, a chip in at the 11th and a putt in on the 15th; Clyde Cruickshanks had three birdies - 16th, 18th & 7th; Lyn Cruickshanks made some good recovery shots; John Hazzard had no wipes; Duncan Brown had 38 points and three birdies at the 10th; 1st and 2nd; Ray Stapleton had 4/4 on the 15th; Wendy Stapleton had a birdie on the 16th; Rhonda Robertson parred the 10th; Wally Robertson had two 3 pointers; Lorraine Bignall had 4/4 on the 4th and three pointers on the 5th and the 11th; Jan Walker had 3/3 on the 14th; Neville Walker had 4/3 on the 16th; Kevin O'Brien had 35 points playing a steady game with no wipes.

My thanks to Rae Brown for the photo of Leanne Binns tree hugging shot.

Members please note:  The new course rating scorecard came into effect this weekend which will change some of the index ratings.  Please take note of the changes detailed on the scorecard that will effect your particular handicap.

Golf - Saturday 28th July 2012

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

We had 188 starters with 5 visitors from Kempsey, Liverpool, Redcliffe & Shelly Beach.

RESULTS:


2 BALL TEAM RESULTS:


WINNERS:  Frank Potter & Ian Witt - 46 points

RUNNERS UP:  James Smith & Paul Smith - 45 points on a countback

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:


WINNER: Paul King - 40 points

RUNNER UP:  Enn Karm - 39 points on a countback

3RD:  David Boyd - 39 points on a countback

SINGLE SCRATCH WINNER:  Glen Giddings - 35 points

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH:


A GRADE:  Martin Gallagher

B GRADE:  Michael Conners

C GRADE:  Duncan Dyer

BALLS WENT TO:  33 points on a countback

AMCR:  70 (37 points)

Friday 27th July 2012 Raffles, Badge Draw, Wine Tasting and Trivia Night

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We had a very successful Friday Night Raffles, Badge Draw, Wine Tasting and Trivia Night which was well supported by Members and Guests.

It was very pleasing to see that we had so many tables competing in the trivia contest which was well run and a lot of fun.

McWilliams Wines provided the wine tasting which was also a popular event with the members and guests.

In conjunction with the Trivia Night we had the normal raffles & badge draw in addition to the monthly Natrad $100 draw donated by Graeme Wright.

RESULTS:


NATRAD MONTHLY DRAW WINNER:  Neil Hancock $100

BADGE DRAW WINNER:   John Richards - $500
(Congratulations to John who had to be present in the clubhouse to win this draw)

TRIVIA NIGHT WINNERS:  "It's all about us"
with a playoff for 2nd place won by "TTR" (Transformation to Retirement)


There were some great trophies to be won as well at the meat & wine raffles so everyone had a very enjoyable night.

It would be great to see as many people there every Friday Night when we have our regular meat raffles and badge draw where everyone gets to share in the prizes and a chance to win the badge draw which builds up to a substantial amount because the Members have to be present at the club at the time of the draw.

Well done to all the Members who supported the club last night - you are to be congratulated!

Our deepest sympathy to Lynn & Ron Puiatti on the sad loss of Lynn's mother on Thursday Evening.