Golf - Sunday 12th August 2012

 Col Kelly and Alice Diamond - Winners at Mossman

Golf Course in Queensland

Alex Johnstone - grandson of

John & Julie Hazzard who was

a member of the Australian Schoolboys

Rugby League 2012 side and was voted most

valuable player on the field by the opposing

Great Britain side

We have experienced some really bad golfing weather over the last two days with rain & wind that has caused damage to the course and made for unpleasant conditions on the course.

Our playing partners were Doug & Robin Incoll who were great company but the cold weather really bit through all of our protective gear (I had on four layers of clothes and was still freezing). We did have some highlights in our golf with an almost birdie from Peter and some good 3 pointers.

The Golf Event of the day was a Single Stableford + 2 Ball Team Mixed Men and Ladies.

We had 42 starters

RESULTS:

2 BALL TEAM RESULTS: 

MEN:  Warren Gray and Keith Morris - 46 points

MIXED:  Brent Frewin & Anne Forrester - 48 points

LADIES:  Julie Hazzard & Leonie Casey - 43 points on a countback

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Brent Frewin - 39 points

RUNNER UP:  Frank Smith - 38 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Anne Forrester - 37 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Chris Dekker - 37 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH:  Steve Allen

LADIES 8TH:  Helen Potter (to be confirmed)

BALLS WENT TO:  

MEN:  33 points (neat)

LADIES:  35 points (neat)

AMCR MEN:  69 (38 points)

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Helen Potter had a gobbler birdie from the top edge of the green at the 9th and a par on the 8th; Lauren Matterson had 3/4 on the 12th; Keith Potter had 3/4 on the 15th and 4/4 on the 3rd; Terri & Lauren Kay (mother & daughter) had their first competition game together and Lauren played well, out-driving her mother twice; Leigh Kay birdied the 18th; Frank Smith played well for his 38 points; Peter Davidson had birdies at the 4th, 14th and 16th; Brent Frewin had birdies at the 2nd, 4th and the 18th; Anne Forrester played steady golf; Julie Hazzard had a birdie at the 15th; Chris Dekker had a birdie at the 4th and had 4 three pointers; Kevin O'Brien had a birdie on the 16th; Elly Van Den Berg had a 4 pointer at the 8th and was happy to have 36 points; Jan Van Den Berg had a 4 pointer at the 15th;
my highlight was winning a ball and getting back inside the clubhouse out of the bitterly cold wind.

Other highlights:
Col Kelly and Alice Diamond are holidaying in (beautiful one day and perfect the next) Queensland and today played a game at Mossman Golf Course playing with 2 other locals in an Ambrose Lions Charity Day.  They had a team score of 62 nett 53 and their trophy was 2 rounds of golf at "Sea Temple" ( worth $135 per round).  The team had 10 birdies combined.  Congratulations to Col & Alice. (Photo attached)


Big Congratulations to John & Julie Hazzard who's grandson Alex Johnstone played in the Australian Schoolboys 2012 side against Great Britain and was voted by the Great Britain Side at the Australian most valuable player of the series.  Australia and Great Britain played at Canberra last Sunday and the Australian side won 41 to 10.  Australia played Great Britain again at Brisbane on Saturday and won 40 to 4.  Alex scored an 80 metre try in that match.   (There were two all in brawls during the matches)

Well done Alex!  I am sure we will be hearing more about your achievements in the future.(photo attached)