Golf - Wednesday 1st January 2014 - New Year's Day

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

We had 131 starters with 16 visitors from Canowindra, Emmaville, Everglades, Gundagai, Howlong, Kooindah Waters, Lithgow, Lonsdale, Morisset, Muirfield, Terrigal, The Springs and Toukley.

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Geoff Douglas - 44 points

RUNNER UP:  Michael Geary - 42 points on a countback

3RD:  Geoff Johnson - 42 points on a countback

4TH:  Robert Twible - 42 points

5TH:  Graham Fowler - 41 points on a countback

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Christine Dekker - 33 points

RUNNER UP:  Sheena Asken - 31 points

3RD:  Anne Burke - 30 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH:  Anthony Hanna

LADIES 8TH:  Sheena Asken

EAGLES NEST 12TH- PROUDLY SPONSORED BY CENTRAL COAST MAZDA:

WINNER:  Anthony Hanna - 23cms - 17 Balls

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN:  36 points (neat)

LADIES:  30 points (neat)

AMCR MEN:  69 (38 points)

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)

Bob Emblen - 04.09.1944 to 23.12.2013

The funeral service for the Late Bob Emblen will be held at Greenway Chapel and Memorial Gardens , 460 Avoca Drive Greenpoint on Friday 3rd January 2014 at 12 pm.

F-Troop - Monday 30th December 2013

Today we had some great teamwork from our F-Troopers working on various projects around the course.

We had thirteen volunteers which helped to spread the load.  We had Duncan Dyer, Trevor Harrison, Geoff Bridge, Don Nicholls, Rob Benson, Mark (Zorro) Sorridimi, Nigel Asken, Peter Martin, Mark Stimpson, Di Beechey, Carolyn Buttsworth, Anne Burgess and Jan Martin.

Duncan and Geoff repaired the broken tail lights on the F-Troop Ute. I am pleased to be able to say that we had enough funds in our donation box to complete the payment for the ute repairs due to anonymous donations from Members and visitors to our donation box in the Pro Shop.  Thank you very much for your support.  The donations are put to good use in our F-Troop projects - be they small all large the donations collectively add up to something worthwhile for our club.

Trevor & Don completed the security bay project at the F-Troop sheds.

Nigel, Peter and Mark worked on removing rubbish from the dam on the 18th fairway and managed to get a lot of weed out of the dam with some difficulty.  The weed is very heavy and took its toll on the equipment
they used to drag the weed out.

Rob & Zorro did a sterling job picking up bark and rubbish from around the course and removing the garden rubbish from our bins.

Di and Carolyn worked tirelessly all morning cleaning up the car parks, underneath the clubhouse, around the wedding gardens and the 1st and 10th tees.

Anne did some watering and worked on her gardens in Camellia Way and helped out at the 1st and 10th tees.

I focused on the putting green area after cleaning up at the bush toilets, watering plants on the course and the wedding garden, cleaned out the gutters at the putting green and partly trimmed the hedges around the putting green, cleaned up at the 1st and 10th tees.

We did appreciate morning tea after a very hot morning's work.  Chef John provided some cake slices that went down well - Thanks Chef John!

The weed eradication in the dams will be an ongoing project as will be the bark pick up if the high winds persevere.

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Golf - Sunday 29th December 2013

We had a beautiful day for golf at Gosford Golf Course today.  The winds gusts came and went but overall it was not too bad and the good scores that came in indicate that the course was in great order.

WENDY STAPLETON particularly liked the course today - playing with her brand new set of Ping Clubs scored a HOLE IN ONE at the 5th Hole which makes it a total of four Hole in Ones for Wendy!  Wendy told me that it is easy when you know how...... I am still in learner mode!  CONGRATULATIONS WENDY!

Our playing partners were Graham and Anne Smith (my brother and sister-in-law) who both played really well considering that they are very busy people and have not played a lot of golf lately (Anne not for one and a half years).  We had a lovely day with some good highlights the best of which was Anne's 3 pointer at the 1st hole.

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

We had 64 starters with 2 visitors from Hunter Valley & Pacific Qld.

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Bill Stafford - 47 points

RUNNER UP:  Andrew Burt (Pacific Qld) - 42 points

3RD:  Andy Henebury - 41 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Rhonda Robertson - 43 points

RUNNER UP:  Kerry Williams - 39 points

3RD:  Vicki Foster - 38 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH:  to be advised

LADIES 8TH:  to be advised (last known name was Colleen Matterson)

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN:  37 points

LADIES:  34 points

AMCR MEN:  69 (38 points)

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Wendy Stapleton had a hole in one at the 5th using her new Ping 5 Wood; Lauren Matterson finished with the same ball she started with; Carolyn Buttsworth had a 4 pointer on the 11th; Ray Buttsworth had a 4 pointer at the 12th and a FRAT (failed to reach the associates tee); Graham Smith sank a 20 foot putt; Anne Smith had no shots in the water, scored on the 18th hole after a good drive and a great 2nd shot and had a good 3 pointer on the first hole after not playing golf for a year and a half; Peter Martin scored a great gobbler sandy second shot out of the bunker to score a par on the 16th; Vicki Foster scored a birdie on the 5th hole; David Small had a birdie on the 17th; Ian Hartley had 4 pointers at the 17th and the 18th; Kerry Williams chipped in from 40 metres at the 16th; Kevin O'Brien parred at the 5th after a drive into the water; Peter and Elaine Smaller (Gosford Members from Bonny Doon) played at Gosford today with George & Vicki Foster - Peter had 9 two putts and Elaine parred the 13th; my highlight was improved putting and winning a ball.

Julie Hazzard has partnered four people who have scored a hole in one in her presence including Wendy Stapleton today - I have booked a game with her in two weeks - so watch this space for my anticipated highlight!

Golf - Saturday 28th December 2013

Now that we have the "Silly Season" out of the way we can get back to our golf and enjoy the Gosford Golf Course.  I have had compliments this week from visitors and members alike on the state of the course especially the greens - even though they are a bit slow due to the holiday break they all had something good to say about the course.  Our social golfers numbers have been good with 170 odd playing yesterday.

The Golf Event of the day was a Men's Modified Comp - Single Stableford.

We had 165 starters with 18 visitors from Bayview, Bega, Beresfield, Country GCE Bowral RSL, Gold Coast, Golfpass Vict., Kurri, Liverpool, Lonsdale, Pacific Qld, PGA, Richmond, Riverside Oaks, Shelly Beach and Yamba.

RESULTS:

A GRADE:

WINNER:  Phillip Watson - 42 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Mark Stimpson - 42 points on a countback

3RD:  Bob Thomas - 42 points

B GRADE:  

WINNER:  Adam Westrup - 42 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Eric Hill - 42 points on a countback

3RD:  Rob Benson - 42 points

C GRADE:

WINNER:  John Haines - 45 points

RUNNER UP:  Geoff Hall - 43 points

3RD:  Keith Dawson - 42 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH HOLE:

A GRADE:  G. Thompson

B GRADE:  W. Tomkinson

C GRADE:  R. Sharman

NEAREST THE PIN 8TH HOLE - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Trevor Blackburn

BALLS WENT TO:  37 points (neat)

AMCR:  70  (37 points)

F-Troop - Monday 23rd December 2013

We had a very steamy day to work at F-Troop.  The course was a mess with falling bark from the trees
removing their bark overcoats in the hot weather.

We had Eleven volunteers - Trevor Harrison Don Nicholls, Duncan Dyer, Geoff Bridge, Zorro Sorridimi, Rob Benson, Garry Trigg, Di Beechey, Anne Burgess, Carolyn Buttsworth and Jan Martin (with two little ankle biters)

Trevor, Don, Duncan, Geoff & Zorro worked on the security trailer port down at the F-Troop Sheds and then helped to dismantle the marquee.

Peter, Rob & Garry were on pick up duty - and there was plenty of that - and then they helped to dismantle the marquee.

Di and Carolyn put in some very hard yards especially in such hot weather - watering the gardens and removing the grasses from the Front Street Garden with help of Zorro. The Front Street garden is now getting to a controllable state but is still work in progress. Many thanks to Di for homing in on this job and making it happen.

Anne worked on watering the gardens and trees on the course.

With my two little helpers on board I managed to clean up the bush toilets and areas around, watered the wedding garden area and pots, cleaned up bark at the back of the 1st tee.  I was amazed to find that Vandals had again struck at the Bush Toilets - smashing the plumbing pipes on the back wall of the Men's Toilet and attempted to break the main water pipe.  Fortunately it was all fixable and everything is back in working order. (The last time this happened the whole cistern of the toilet was stolen)

After a very hot morning's work we really appreciated morning tea of giant iced buns and multiple cups of tea and coffee. Thanks Chef John!

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE AND HAPPY GOLFING!

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Golf - Sunday 22nd December 2013

It was a very hot day with just a little bit of breeze to save us.  It did not worry the good players as we had a lot of good scores coming in.

Our playing partners were Arthur Collien and Kay Frewin and we had some great highlights the best of which was bringing Kay in the Winner of the ladies singles.  The hot weather did not bother her.

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

We had 63 starters with 2 Visitors from Townsville - Vince and Carol Power.

RESULTS:

MEDLEY TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS:  Neville Walker, Jan Walker, Kevin O'Brien & Lorraine Bignall - 93 points

RUNNERS UP:  Bill Stafford, Graham Aldcroft, Garry Strotz & Jon Thurlby - 92 points on a countback

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Brendon Potter - 46 points

RUNNER UP:  Jon Thurlby - 41 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Kay Frewin - 42 points

RUNNER UP: Lorraine Bignall - 40 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH:  Kevin O'Brien

LADIES 8TH:  Julie Hazzard

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN:  36 points (neat)

LADIES:  37 points (neat)

AMCR MEN:  69 (38 points)

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me:  Kay Frewin had a birdie gobbler at the 8th and a 4 pointer at the 12th; Arthur Collien parred the 17th; Peter Martin did not have any 3 putts; Ray Stapleton had two 4 pointers; Wendy Stapleton had two good shots to reach the 16th green; Doug Incoll's drive was over the drain at the 11th; The Team of Incoll and Stapleton had four 3 pointers at the 9th and 10 points on the 18th; Julie Hazzard had 4/3 on the 16th; Mick Grant played steady golf; Ray Buttswoth birdied the 16th; Grahame Muller and Carolyn Buttsworth survived the heat and the girls beat the boys at the 14th; Ron Puatti had birdies at the 12th and the 14th; Fraser Bates had a great chip over the bunker onto the green; Wally Roberston had a birdie after having to hit out of the grasses at the 15th; Lynn Puiatti had no wipes; Lyn Bates smashed some weeds at the 18th hitting out of the dam and had 21 points on the back 9 after a wipe; Duncan Dyer's highlight was beating the girls; Col Matterson had 9 fairways in a row shooting 4 shots having 3 over and birdies at the 2nd and the 6th; Lauren Matterson scored a good 33 points on her new handicap; Col Matterson & George Foster were all square with the girls; Lynda Hartley had 4/4 at the 16th; Vicki Foster had 20 points on the back 9; Jan Van Den Berg had a 4 pointer on the 17th; Lorraine Bignall had a birdie on the 10th, three 4 pointers including the 3rd and the 13th; Kevin O'Brien scored a great birdie after hitting his second shot from an awkward stance at the left hand tree on the side of the mound to the green for an easy birdie; my highlights were breaking my handicap at last , getting some good 3 pointers, a good drive to the 5th green and the 14th green, saving the hole on the 11th with Kay and I scoring for the team, and winning a ball.

Golf - Saturday 21st December 2013 - Ham Day

Cooper James Puiatti

Born 19th December 2013 

He is a tiny one - just over 5 lbs but he is doing well

First Grandchild for Ron & Lynn Puiatti

and Great Grandson for Jim

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PUIATTI FAMILY!

The Golf Event of the day was a Men's Single Stableford - 3 Grades - Ham Day

We had 186 starters with 8 visitors from Antill Park, Camden Haven, Howlong, Morisset, Pacific Qld, PGA and The Springs.

RESULTS:

A GRADE:

WINNER:  Greg Thompson - 40 points on a countback - Ham

RUNNER UP:  Bruce Binns - 40 points

3RD:  Kevin Tweedie - 39 points

4TH:  Mitch Ballard - 38 points on a countback

B GRADE:

WINNER:  Tony Rubino - 45 points - Ham

RUNNER UP:  David Scott - 44 points

3RD:  Gary Sammons - 43 points

4TH:  Andrew Tweedie - 42 points

C GRADE:

WINNER:  Wes Kirk - 44 points - Ham

RUNNER UP:  John Harrison - 41 points on a countback

3RD:  John Harris - 41 points on a countback

4TH:  Fraser Bates - 41 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PIN - 12TH HOLE:

A GRADE:  Bruce Leslie

B GRADE:  Mark McFadyen

C GRADE:  Neil Hancock

NEAREST THE PIN 8TH HOLE - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER:  Steve Hogan

BALLS WENT TO:  36 points (neat)

AMCR:  70 (37 points)

Golf - Friday 20th December 2013 and Children's Christmas Party

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

We had 50 starters with 6 visitors from Everglades, Shelly beach, Singleton, Wentworth Falls and Wyong.

RESULTS:

MEDLEY SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Jack Bree - 43 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Nathan James - 43 points

3RD:  Graham Chee - 42 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PIN MEN'S 12TH HOLE:

WINNER:  Neil Mulvaney

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN:  39 points

AMCR MEN:  69 (38 points)


The Children's Christmas Party was held prior to the Meat Raffles and Badge Draw tonight and it was great fun for all the children who were very impressed with Mel (our children's supervisor and fun organiser) and with Santa Claus who had a big bag of goodies for each of them.

Golf - Thursday 19th December 2013

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

We had 17 starters.

RESULTS:

OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER:  Margaret Davidson - 37 points

RUNNER UP:  Dawn Tromp - 36 points on a countback

BALLS WENT TO: 34

BALL COMPETITION:

Margaret Davidson

Dawn Tromp

Mary Ellis

Carolyn Buttsworth

Rhonda Robertson

Lea Southon

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)

CONGRATULATIONS TO RON & LYNN PUIATTI ON THE SAFE BIRTH TODAY OF THEIR FIRST GRANDCHILD - A BOY (COOPER)  Photo to follow
What a great Christmas Present!

Golf - Wednesday 18th December 2013 - Ham Day

The Golf Event of the day was a Men's Single Stableford - 3 Grades - "Ham Day"

We had 169 starters with 5 visitors from Griffith, Morisset, Overseas & Terrigal.

RESULTS:

A GRADE:

WINNER:  Curtis Larnach - 43 Points (Ham)

RUNNER UP:  Greg Bessant - 40 points

3RD:  Kerry Cubis - 39 points on a countback

B GRADE:

WINNER: Norm Parker - 43 points (Ham)

RUNNER UP:  Fred Middleton - 41 points on a countback

3RD:  Mick Grant - 41 points

C GRADE:

WINNER:  Michael Brown - 46 points (Ham)

RUNNER UP:  Michael Smith - 45 points

3RD:  Neil Stewart - 43 points

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH HOLE:

A GRADE:  Mark Stimpson

B GRADE:  Spencer Walklate

C GRADE:  Michael Burdon

NEAREST THE PIN 8TH HOLE - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER:  Michael Crookes

BALLS WENT TO:  36 points on a countback

AMCR:  69 (38 points)

Golf - Tuesday 17th December 2013

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

We had 30 starters.

RESULTS:

OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER:  Jan Walker - 40 points

RUNNER UP:  Bernadette Kirkman - 39 points on a countback

3RD:  Marie Eddy - 39 points

BALLS WENT TO:  34 points

BALL COMPETITION:

Jan Walker - 40 points

Bernadatte Kirkman - 39 points

Marie Eddy - 39 points

Chris Cayley - 38 points

Chris Drakeford - 37 points

Carolyn Buttsworth - 36 points

Mary Ellis - 36 points

Sharon Anderson - 35 points

Rosalie Dyer - 35 points

Fran James - 34 points

Lynn Puiatti - 34 points

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)

F-Troop - Monday 16th December 2013

We had a productive day for our F-Troop projects today with eleven helpers on hand.

We had Duncan Dyer, Trevor Harrison, Don Nicholls, Geoff Bridge, Warren Gray, Rob Benson, Peter Martin, Nigel Asken, Di Beechey, Anne Burgess & Jan Martin.

Duncan, Trevor, Don & Geoff worked on the security roof at the F-Troop Shed.

Warren & Rob were on loose timber and rubbish pick up around the course. It is bark falling time which also adds to the mess around the course.

Peter Martin was on pick up and back up on all the projects and helped Don Nicholls with the repair of the the taps in the Associates Room..

Di Beechey cleaned up the front car park and worked on removing the obsolete grasses in the Front Street Garden with the help of Anne Burgess and Trevor Harrison.  This is a tough job as the plants have been firmly settled there for many years. Di and Anne were also on duty on Sunday cleaning up the car parks and watering the gardens.

Nigel Asken took on the daunting task of weed clean up in the 10th dam.  The weeds have regrown at a rapid rate and will look much better after a good clean out.

My efforts today were spread over cleaning up at the bush toilets and watering the plants there, cleaning up at the Ladies 3rd tee and area around there, planting in some new colour at the wedding garden, watering the wedding garden plants and the potted plants in the area, trimmed the yellow hedge at the 10th tee and cleaned up the area around the 1st and 10th tees.

We all appreciated morning tea of giant muffins - Thanks Chef John!

All of the above projects are ongoing - the security area at the F-Troop sheds is proceeding well, the Front Street Garden is improving every week,

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!