Golf - Friday 31st January 2014

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

We had 84 starters with 6 visitors.

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Andrew Potter - 41 points

RUNNER UP:  Joseph Keplinger - 39 points on a countback

3RD:  Gilbert Sullivan - 39 points

4TH:  Tony Van Der Kolk - 38 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Alice Diamond - 37 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH:  Andrew Potter

LADIES 8TH:  Christine Drakeford

BALLS WENT TO:  

MEN:  34 points (neat)

LADIES:  33 points

Golf - Thursday 30th January 2014

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

We had 32 starters.

RESULTS:

SINGLES RESULTS - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER:  Rhonda Austen - 38 points

RUNNER UP:  Kath Payn - 36 points

3RD:  Lynn Puiatti - 35 points

4TH:  Dawn Tromp - 34 points

5TH:  Margaret Davidson - 33 points on a countback

BALLS WENT TO:  31 points on a countback

BALL COMPETITION:

Kay Baillie - 33 points on a countback

Rosalie Dyer - 33 points on a countback

Di Beechey - 33 points

Kay Adams - 31 points on a countback

Glennis English - 31 points on a countback

M. Johnson - 31 points on a countback

Golf - Wednesday 29th January 2014

The Golf Event of the day was a Men's Single Stableford + Team Best Two Scores.

We had 182 starters with 11 visitors from Everglades, Magenta Shores, Morisset, Port Macquarie, Shelly Beach, Terrigal & West Wyalong.

RESULTS:

TEAM EVENT RESULTS:

WINNERS:  Peter Martin, Alan Graham, Robert Clark & Trevor Andrews - 95 points

MEN'S SINGLES EVENT:

WINNER:  Gregg Harpur - 41 points

RUNNER UP:  Richard Korff - 40 points on a countback

3RD:  Alan Graham - 40 points on a countback

WINNER - OVERALL SCRATCH:  Phillip Carter - 32 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH HOLE:

A GRADE:  Clyde Cruickshanks

B GRADE:  Richard Korff

C GRADE:  Gregg Harpur

NEAREST THE PIN 8TH HOLE - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER:  David Ward

BALLS WENT TO:  35 points (neat)

Golf - Tuesday 28th January 2014

We had a lovely day for golf - blue sky and sunshine and a nice breeze to keep the temperature down.
My playing partners today were Carolyn Buttsworth and Yvonne Cumming who were great company and we did have some good highlights including a birdie from Yvonne.

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

We had 64 starters with one visitor from Canberra.

RESULTS:

DIVISION 1 - 0 TO 22:

WINNER:  Chris Shaw - 38 points

RUNNER UP:  Allison Guthrie - 37 points

DIVISION 2 - 23 TO 32:

WINNER:  Val Anderson - 37 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Di Beechey - 37 points

DIVISION 3 - 33 TO 45:

WINNER:  Linda Rankin - 40 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Sandra Innes - 40 points

BALLS WENT TO: 33 points on a countback

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me:  Wendy Stapleton had a birdie on the 5th; Sheila Williams had a 3 pointer; Lorraine Linnert was happy to be back playing at Gosford; Bev Adams survived the day; Sandra Innes had a good day, scored 40 points, parred the 12th with a good shot to the green and had 7/3 on the 10th; Robyn Johnston walked the 18 holes; Marianne Lanham had two gobblers and birdie on the 11th and had 3 pars in a row; Bev Smith (nee Bev Way) has rejoined our club (Welcome back Bev!)
Barbara Stratford was glad to be back to golf; Yvonne Cumming had a great birdie putt on the 12th, a good 3 pointer on the 14th; Carolyn Buttsworth had 5/3 on the 15th; I had two pars in a row and all three of us were on the 14th green for one - and in for 3, all three of us were in the same bunker on the 17th and all got out in one.

F-Troop - Monday 27th January 2014

As it was a Public Holiday for Australia Day there was no official F-Troop Day - however that did not stop our keen volunteers from coming in and doing a few more projects.

We had Di Beechey, Carolyn Buttsworth, Anne Burgess, Ron Beechey, Peter Martin, Duncan Dyer, Sam Knox and Jan Martin and we got some good work done.

Peter & Duncan did some maintenance work on the tree lighting and the Club BBQ.

Sam Knox did a good mornings work splitting wood for our firewood sales.

Anne Burgess helped cleaning up under the club, planted a new camellia at the 18th and tidied up the BBQ area.

Di Beechey & Carolyn Buttsworth cleaned up under the clubhouse, worked with Ron Beechey to transfer the water feature to a new position and placed new numbers of the the lockers in the Associates Room.

 I worked out on the course cleaning up at the Bush Toilet area, watering the gardens there, cleaned up at the 5th and Ladies 3rd Tee, trimmed the Camellias in the Wedding Garden, watered the potted plants in the Wedding Garden area & with Peter's help cleaned up the practice nets.

The kitchen was closed - so no morning tea but we were very impressed to learn that Club Member Keith Dawson has donated a golf cart for F-Troop use.  This will be invaluable to us to enable our transport around the course and to carry work tools.  THANK YOU KEITH!

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Golf - Monday 27th January 2014 - Australia Day Holiday

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

We had 34 starters with 7 visitors from Everglades, Mangrove Mountain, The Springs and Wyong.

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Andrew Potter - 44 points

RUNNER UP:  Keith Potter - 41 points

3RD:  Wayne Tomkinson - 39 points

4TH:  Insufficient players

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH:  R. Denberry

LADIES 8TH:  Helen Potter

BALLS WENT TO:  

MEN:  36 points (neat)

LADIES:  31 points (neat)

Golf - Sunday 26th January 2014 - Australia Day

We had a lovely day for Golf today - the cloud cover in the morning made it very pleasant to be out on the course.  Our playing partners were Wally & Rhonda Robertson and we had a good day on the course with some good highlights.  Peter was our star player today but Wally's drive on the 1st was the big highlight leaving Wally a chip and a putt and he narrowly missed his birdie. The boys beat the girls for the Keno ticket.

We have a new resident chook on the course (photo attached) who had been sighted around the course for the last few days.  We suspect that this "chook" could be an escapee from the school farm.  My thanks to Sheena Asken for the attached photo of the chook which we have dubbed "Sheena" in honour of Sheena's birdie on the 2nd today.

The Golf Event of the day was a Medley Teams Event - Best 2 Scores + Single Stableford for Men and Ladies.

We had 87 starters with 7 visitors from Concord.

MEDLEY TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS:  Paul Morgan, Cameron Morgan, Ryan Morgan & Ron Snell - 95 points

RUNNERS UP:  Keith Potter, Helen Potter, Cameron Laing & Wayne Tomlinson - 93 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Cameron Morgan - 43 points

RUNNER UP:  Paul Morgan - 42 points

3RD:  Tom Ballard - 41 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Rae Brown - 38 points

RUNNER UP:  Terry Kay - 37 points

3RD:  Julie Hazzard - 35 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH:  Greg Incoll (Concord)

LADIES 8TH:  Rosalie Dyer

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN:  35 points (neat)

LADIES:  33 points (neat)

APOLOGIES TO ALL COMPETITION PLAYERS.  DUE TO PROGRAMMER HAVING DIFFICULTIES WITH THE CHANGE IN THE SYSTEM, THE CLUB IS UNABLE TO PROCESS ANY OF THE COMPETITIONS PLAYED FROM SATURDAY 25TH JANUARY. THE CLUB IS UNABLE TO SEND ANYTHING TO GOLFLINK SO YOU ARE ASKED TO ACCEPT THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE UNTIL THE PROGRAM IS CHANGED. PLEASE PLAY OFF THE HANDICAP SHOWN ON THE CARD.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Wally Robertson had a superb drive off the 1st tee and a great long putt on the 14th; Peter Martin had a lot of 3 pointers; Rhonda Robertson on the 18th got into strife with her drive almost out of bounds, the second shot was out of bounds on top of the Green keepers shed until it rebounded off the roof with an A Grade bounce out onto the fairway after which Rhonda promptly hit it into a tree (not happy Jan) and it is too sad to tell the rest; Sheena Asken had birdies on the 2nd and the 18th; Duncan Dyer had  a 2/4 on the 14th; Ron Puiatti had birdies on the 4th and the 14th; Vicki Foster did not get wet; Robin Incoll chipped in on the 6th for 5/3; Nancye Incoll was on the 17th for 2; Arthur Haviland & Brent Frewin beat the girls for the Keno ticket; Dick Bosley parred the 16th; Neville Walker had 5 pars; Wendy Stapleton had birdies on the 14th and the 18th; Rosalie Dyer parred the 15th and the 17th; David Small birdied the 18th; my highlights were that I drove to the green on the 12th and 14th, was out of the bunker at the 10th for one and hit a great shot through two trees to the green at the 16th.

Golf - Saturday 25th January 2014

The new handicap system was introduced today - being our first handicapped game since the introduction of the new slope system.  The anticipated problems (as with all new systems) have arrived and unfortunately there will not be a resolution for approximately one week due to software problems and teething problems with the slope system.  Please do not panic as there should not be huge differences in handicaps and all will be revealed when the new system is sorted out.  Be patient and all will be well.

There may be one handicap adjustment following today's results - 56 points is not a misprint.

The Golf Event of the day was a Men's Single Stableford + Teams Event.

We had 198 starters with 10 visitors from Everglades, Howlong, Magenta Shores, Moree, Port Maquarie, Shelly Beach & West Wyalong.

RESULTS:

TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Bob Frost, Stephen Turner, Ted Jones & Robert Hudson - 94 points

RUNNERS UP:  Josh Ryan, Brett Ryan, John Harrington & Tony Consentino - 91 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Robert Hudson - 56 points

RUNNER UP:  Jeff Rogers - 43 points

3RD :  David Scott - 42 points

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH HOLE:

A GRADE:  Mark Stimpson

B GRADE:  Peter Ne Roi

C GRADE:  Steve Gillham

NEAREST THE PIN 8TH HOLE - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER:  Michael Upton

BALLS WENT TO:  35 points on a countback

DAILY SCRATCH RATING:  70

NO RESULTS WILL APPEAR ON GOLF LINK UNTIL THE SOFTWARE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN SORTED OUT.  I WILL ADVISE YOU WHEN THE SYSTEM IS UP AND RUNNING.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE LOOKED UP YOUR NEW HANDICAP ON GOLF LINK - PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS IS JUST YOUR NEUTRAL HANDICAP (BEFORE ANY COURSE CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT).  EACH TIME YOU PLAY THIS NEW HANDICAP WILL BE ADJUSTED TO THE COURSE YOU ARE PLAYING AT AND YOU WILL BE ADVISED BY THE PRO SHOP (AT THE COURSE YOUR ARE PLAYING) WHAT YOUR HANDICAP IS FOR THAT PARTICULAR DAY AT THAT PARTICULAR COURSE.  

Golf - Friday 24th January 2014

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

We had 71 starters with 9 visitors from Carnarvon, Shelly Beach, Terrigal, Trundle & Wyong.

The golf today was not interrupted by rain however there is some on the way tonight and hopefully we will have some nice soaking rain overnight to help fill our dams and refresh the course which will then (of course) reduce to clearing showers before the start of golf tomorrow.

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Robert Hudson - 46 points

RUNNER UP:  Robert Laing - 45 points on a countback

3RD:  Wayne Brown - 45 points

4TH:  Graham Anderson (Wyong) - 44 points on a countback

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Ann Cropley - 34 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH HOLE:  J. Rogers

LADIES 8TH HOLE:  Helen Potter

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN:  39 points (neat)

LADIES:  34 points (neat)

NO HANDICAPPING TODAY - COMPOSITE COURSE.

Golf - Thursday 23rd January 2014

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

We had 29 starters with one visitor - Nola Hilbert from Terrigal.

RESULTS:

OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER:  Jann Henebury - 43 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Alison Guthrie - 43 points

3RD:  Rhonda Austen - 42 points

4TH:  Dawn Tromp - 40 points

BALLS WENT TO:  36 points

BALL COMPETITION:

Margaret Nichols - 39 points

Julie Craig - 38 points

Val Anderson - 37 points

Ronda Jordon - 36 points

Anne Burke - 36 points

Denise Barr - 36 points

NO HANDICAPPING TODAY - COMPOSITE COURSE

Golf - Wednesday 22nd January 2014

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

We had 167 starters with 5 visitors from Belmont, Morisset & West Wyalong.

RESULTS:

TEAM EVENT RESULTS:

WINNERS:  Clyde Cruickshanks, Ron Dekker, Kerry Cubis & Bradley Page - 102 points

RUNNERS UP: Wayne Brown, Wayne Jennings, Garry Strotz & Arnold Oostendorp - 97 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Alan Kennedy - 46 points

RUNNER UP:  Spencer Walklate - 45 points

3RD:  Gus Macdonald - 44 points

WINNER SINGLE SCRATCH:  Kerry Cubis - 35 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH HOLE:

A GRADE:  John Geercke

B GRADE:  Chris Myers

C GRADE:  Paul Marlow

NEAREST THE PIN 8TH HOLE - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER:  Peter Martin

BALLS WENT TO:  37 points (neat)

NO HANDICAPPING TODAY - COMPOSITE COURSE 

Golf - Tuesday 21st January 2014

The Golf Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stableford

We had 41 starters with visitors from Musselbrook.

RESULTS:

OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER:  Yvonne Cumming - 40 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Rosalie Dyer - 40 points

3RD:  Christine Drakeford - 39 points

4TH:  Linda Rankin - 38 points

5TH:  Chris Cayley - 36 points on a countback

BALLS WENT TO: 34 points

NO HANDICAPPING TODAY!

F-Troop - Monday 20th January 2014

Thankfully we had a cooler day for F-Troop work today.  Unfortunately there was no rain overnight and the course is drying out rapidly.

We had 13 volunteers today which allowed us to make some good progress on our projects.

We had Duncan Dyer, Trevor Harrison, Geoff Bridge, Martin Gallagher, Peter Martin, Rob Benson, Warren Gray, Nigel Asken, Di Beechey, Carolyn Buttsworth, Anne Burgess, Rhonda Robertson & Jan Martin.

Duncan, Trevor, Geoff & Martin worked at the Putting Green area removing Camphor Laurel trees and a bougainvillea.

Warren & Rob were on rubbish pick up.  Rob did a repair job on the side fence of the 18th fairway and Warren helped with the rubbish removal at the putting green area.

Peter set up a watering system at the garden between the 14th & 15th fairways,  mowed the front street area and cleaned up at the putting green area fence.  Peter & Duncan did some maintenance work on the lighting in the Members Lounge.

Anne did some watering of the gardens at the 18th and the BBQ area.

Nigel did some more good work at the 13th dam removing more weed.

Di, Carolyn & Rhonda worked all day on the painting of the lockers in the Ladies Locker Room which is looking refreshed with a new coat of paint and some new furniture.

I worked around the course - cleaning up and watering at the Bush Toilet area, watered the garden between the 14th and 15th fairways, watered the pots in the wedding garden and 1st & 9th, hedged the yellow hedge at the 10th, hedged the small hedges around the 1st and 10th gardens, cleaned up the Wedding Gazebo, cleared some more weeds and overgrown plants at the Front Street Garden, raked up the cigarette butts and rubbish left lying around the non-smoking seating area underneath the clubhouse.

Morning Tea of giant iced buns was appreciated by us all as we had put in a hard mornings work.  Thanks Chef John!

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Golf - Sunday 19th January 2014

We had a lovely day for golf today even though the temperatures were up there was a nice breeze to keep us comfortable on the village green.

Our playing partners today were Col Kelly and Alice Diamond.  We had some great highlights from Col and Alice with Col having birdies on the 1st and 3rd and Alice having a birdie on the 2nd and a gobbler birdie on the 18th.

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

We had 82 starters with 11 visitors from Camden Valley, Elanora Country Club, Everglades, Howlong, Shelly Beach, The Coast Golf & Recreation Club, Royal Sydney, West Wyalong & Wyong.

RESULTS:

TEAM EVENT RESULTS:

MEN:  Michael Norman & Bill Broadbent - Plus 13

MIXED:  Arthur Haviland & Robin Brann - Plus 10

LADIES:  Pauline Norman & Helen Broadbent - Plus 10

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Michael Norman - Plus 5 on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Spencer Walklate - Plus 5

3RD:  Ian Skinner - Plus 4

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Kath Small - PLus 4

RUNNER UP:  Robin Brann - Plus 3 on a countback

3RD:  Kay Baillie - Plus 3 on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH HOLE:  Bert Brink

LADIES 8TH HOLE:  Wendy Stapleton

BALLS WENT TO:  

MEN:  PLus 2

LADIES:  Plus 1

AMCR MEN:  69 (Plus 2)

AWCR LADIES:  73 (Square)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me:  Col Kelly birdied the 1st and the 3rd Col was also on the green for one on the 5th, 12th and 14th, Alice Diamond birdied the 2nd and a gobbler birdie on the 18th and also a great shot to the green on the 14th; Colleen Patton (West Wyalong) and Mary Bromwich had Plus 5;  John Patton (West Wyalong) had pluses on the last 4 holes; Clyde Cruickshanks had birdies on the 10th and the 17th; Robyn Johnston parred the 8th; Vicki Foster & Rosalie Dyer beat the boys for the Keno Ticket; Rosalie Dyer had a birdie chip in on the 5th; Kay Baillie had Plus 3; Rhonda Robertson had a birdie on the 16th; Garry Baillie had his best score ever; Suzanne Waugh had an Eagle on the 3rd with her second shot going straight into the hole; Jan Van Den Berg played to his new handicap; Elly Van Den Berg chipped in on the 2nd for a plus and also had a plus on the 12th; Robin Brann was in the drain on the 7th behind a tree and used her 5 wood to chip out and had a 40 metre gobbler chip in; Arthur Haviland had a 4 pointer at the 17th; Kath Small had a good score with Plus 4; John Hazzard had a birdie on the 16th and had 4/4 on the 13th; Jan Walker parred the 4th 4/3 and the 16th 4/3; the group of Hazzard and Walker all had 5/3 on the the 3rd hole; my highlights were a great shot out of the bunker on the 11th and finished with the same ball I started with.

Golf - Saturday 18th January 2014

The Golf Event of the day was a Men's Single Stableford + Teams Event.

We had 184 starters with 11 visitors from Everglades, Howlong, Hunter Valley, Killara, Maitland, Mona Vale, Ryde-Parramatta, Taree, The Springs, West Wyalong & Yamba.

RESULTS:

CONGRATULATIONS TO STUART TOWN FOR A HOLE-IN-ONE AT THE 5TH HOLE!

WELL DONE STUART!

TEAMS EVENT RESULTS:

WINNERS:  Tom Ballard, Greg Bessant, Andrew Potter & Sam Knox - 134 points

RUNNERS UP:  Eddie Rogers, Ken Wheeler, Ian Rutherford & Paul Smith - 125 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Nigel Asken - 41 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Michael Upton - 41 points on a countback

3RD:  Ian Rutherford (Springs) - 41 points on a countback

SINGLE SCRATCH WINNER:  Phil Watson - 35 points

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH HOLE:

A GRADE:  Mike Connor

B GRADE:  Neil Mulvaney

C GRADE:  Neil Hancock

NEAREST THE PIN 8TH HOLE - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER:  Kevin Tweedie

BALLS WENT TO:  35 points (neat)

AMCR:  70 (37 points)

Golf - Friday 17th January 2014

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

We had 87 starters with 18 visitors from Everglades, Kogarah, Kooindah Waters, Magenta Shores, Maitland, Shelly Beach, Toukley & Wyong.

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Peter Miller - 44 points

RUNNER UP:  Rod Moyes (Everglades) - 43 points on a countback

3RD:  Bob Harrison - 43 points

4TH:  Anthony Hanna - 42 points on a countback

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Pauline Norman - 34 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH:  W. Dunkel

LADIES 8TH:  Not won

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN:  38 points (neat)

LADIES:  34 points (neat)

AMCR MEN:  69 (38 points)

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)

Golf - Thursday 16th January 2014

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

We had 20 starters.

RESULTS:

OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER:  Val Anderson - 37 points

RUNNER UP:  Lyn Cruickshanks - 36 points on a countback

BALLS WENT TO:  35 points (neat)

BALL COMPETITION:

Val Anderson - 37 points

Lyn Cruickshanks - 36 points on a countback

Jan Walker - 36 points

Judy Verlander - 35 points on a countback

Margaret Davidson - 35 points

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)

Golf - Wednesday 15th January 2014

The Golf Event of the day was a Men's Single Stableford + 2 B all Irish Multiplier.

We had 167 starters with 7 visitors from O/S, Everglades, Morisset, The Springs, Trundle & West Wyalong.

RESULTS:

2 BALL IRISH MULTIPLIER RESULTS:

WINNERS:  Paul Beavan & Ross Sayer - 83 points

RUNNERS UP: Michael Upton & David Small - 80 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  David Small - 42 points

RUNNER UP:  Ross Sayer - 41 points on a countback

3RD:  Graham Williams - 41 points on a countback

SINGLE SCRATCH WINNER:  Brent Frewin - 35 points

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH HOLE:

A GRADE: Mike Hogan

B GRADE:  David Small

C GRADE:  Tom Patton

NEAREST THE PIN 8TH HOLE - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER:  John Shine

BALLS WENT TO:  35 points (neat)

AMCR:  69 (38 points)

F-Troop - Monday 13th January 2014

Another busy day for F-Troop with a large range of projects being covered.

We had 14 volunteers to help out today and we got some good work done.

We had Duncan Dyer, Geoff Bridge, Trevor Harrison, Don Nicholls, Garry Trigg, Rob Benson, Martin Gallagher, Peter Martin, Nigel Asken, Warren Gray, Di Beechey, Anne Burgess, Carolyn Buttsworth and Jan Martin.

Two trees were removed today from the 1st and the 13th.  Duncan, Martin, Geoff, Trevor, Garry, Don, Rob and Warren were involved in tree cutting and removing the branches and timber.

Rob and Warren also did rubbish pick up around the course and gardens.

Peter & Don did some maintenance on the pump in the cart shed and helped out with the girls locker room maintenance.
Peter set up the hose at the 3rd Men' tee to get some water to the parched hydrangeas.

Nigel did some removal of weeds at the 13th dam and it is easy to see the difference where the weeds have been removed.

Di, Anne & Carolyn worked on painting the Associates Room and removing some of the lockers to create some new space in the room. The first coat of pain was completed and the obsolete lockers removed with the help of some of the F-Troopers.

I started at the bush toilet area - cleaning up and watering then moved to the 3rd where I cleaned up the 3rd and 5th tees and watered the bike garden and succulent plants; moved the hose on the hydrangeas to give them a good soaking; watered the potted plants in the wedding garden and around; trimmed the hedge and weeded at the 1st tee; cleaned up around the seats and the sand bucket area at the 1st tee; filled up the water feature; moved the hose at the 3rd tee; watered the new magnolias at the front street garden; planted in some new succulent plants at the 14th green space near the bush toilets; watered the gardens at the 5th and packed up the hoses.

Morning Tea was much appreciated by our hard workers. The Giant Muffins were soon demolished - Thanks Chef John!

Today we received a donation of Mauritius Hemp plants from Ted Jones.  These plants are related to the Agave plants already planted at the new green space created at the Bush Toilets.  These plants will fit in well and are happily settled in their new home.  Thanks Ted!

We also received a donation of two dozen or so pre-loved wing splits by Dustin Hallswoth.  These will be useful to repair our path edges and garden edges.  Thanks Dustin!

 YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Golf - Sunday 12th January 2014

We had a great day for golf today.  The temperature got to 29 degrees but we had a nice cooling breeze which kept the heat at a bearable level.  Our playing partners were John & Julie Hazzard and we had a fun day on the village green.  We did have opportunities for highlights with birdies just slipping by.  The boys highlight was beating the girls for the Keno Ticket, but they did not get a 4 pointer and we did!!!!

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

We had 81 starters with 6 visitors from Botany, Elanora, Killara, Shelly beach & Royal Sydney.

RESULTS:

2 BALL TEAM RESULTS:

MEN:  Denis Powell & Bert Jordon - 48 points on a countback

MIXED:  Wal Robertson & Rhonda Robertson - 49 points

LADIES:  Vicki Foster & Kay Baillie - 45 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Fred Middleton - 41 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Wal Robertson - 41 points

3RD:  Craig Ward - 39 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Vicki Foster - 39 points

RUNNER UP:  Sarah Smith (Royal Sydney) - 37 points

3RD:  Rhonda Robertson - 36 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH:  Gary Strotz

LADIES 8TH:  Ronda Jordon

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN:  35 points (neat)

LADIES:  32 points (neat)

AMCR MEN:  69 (38 points)

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me:  John Hazzard had some good 3 pointers; Peter Martin had two good attempts at birdies; Wally Robertson had 41 points with two birdies and three 4 pointers; Carolyn Buttsworth had 5/4 on the 6th and only lost one ball; Rhonda Robertson had a birdie on the 11th; Vicki Foster had a gobbler birdie on the 12th and 41 points; Vicki Foster and Kay Baillie beat the boys for the Keno Ticket; Kay Baillie was a good support player; George Foster had a Birdie on the 1st, paid up for the Keno Ticket and paid Peter Martin $1; Dick Bosley had 5/3 at the 17th and 6/3 on the 18th; ? (Cannot remember who I was talking to and did not write down the name) had a gobbler 4/3 at the 16th and two 4 pointers at the 13th and 12th - a much improved player; Robyn Johnston had 4/4 at the 11th; Wally Johnston was a good supporter; Ray Stapleton had three 4 pointers in a row at the 1st, 2nd and 3rd and had 24 points on the front 9; Clyde Cruickshanks had a birdie on the 18th; Fay Bailey had a birdie at the 16th;  Elly Van Den Berg had a 4 pointer at the 12th; Sandra Coyle made it around the 18 holes - Sandra could not find her ball to hit off at the 13th Tee after playing out the 12th - the ball was later found still neatly filed at the end of her putter ball extractor from the 12th hole; Terry Coyle had a birdie at the 4th; Anne Forrester parred the 1st; Brent Frewin had a birdie 3/4 on the 13th (on the green for 2); Annette Cross had two 4 pointers; David Small commented on the number of burglars out on the course preventing him from winning; my highlights were (in spite of not getting a hole-in-one as predicted) was a gobbler 4/4 at the 3rd and a long putt in on the 16th for a 3 pointer.