F-Troop - Monday 31st March 2014

The last couple of days have drenched the course with a couple of inches of rain that we did not really need.  The electrical storm last night did not leave any damage on the course or bring any trees down.

Today was a big Charity Day for PANDORA which is a popular day with the members so it was a shame it was so wet.

We had nine volunteers today and managed to get some good work done.  We had Duncan Dyer, Geoff Bridge, Trevor Harrison, Don Nicholls, Peter Martin, Garry Trigg, Di Beechey, Anne Burgess and Jan Martin.

The boys did some good clean up work around the starters box, trimming the overgrown shrubs and trees and cleaning down the roof and area around.  After that they cleaned up the lower branches of the pine trees on the 18th fairway as well as doing some rubbish removal.

Di & Anne did some good weeding jobs at the Clubhouse area and the wedding garden as well as trimming the grasses and cleaning up at the BBQ area,

I started at the Bush Toilets, Ladies 3rd tee, helped clean up at the starters box, planted in some new plants at the Men's 10th tee (donated by Brian & Lesley Gregory), dead headed the roses at the putting green and dug out some of the grasses from the front street garden.

Morning tea was enjoyed by all - tea, coffee and cakes - Thank you Chef Alice!

The Starters Box is an ongoing project to get it to an improved state.

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Golf - Sunday 30th March 2014

We had a rest day from golf today but arrived in time for the social part of the day.  I understand the course was a bit damp from last nights rain and the scores indicate that some, but not all had difficulty with the lack of run on the course.

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

We had 64 starters with 2 visitors from Mangrove Mountain.

RESULTS:

MEDLEY TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS:  Arthur Haviland, Mick Grant, John Haines & Denis Powell - 87 points

RUNNERS UP:  Walter Loshi, Suzanne Waugh, Phil Wilson & Kim Cardiff - 83 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Kevin O'Brien - 38 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  John Haines - 38 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Terry Kay - 34 points

RUNNER UP:  Jan Walker - 32 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH:  Leigh Spinks

LADIES 8TH:  Helen Potter

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN:  33 points

LADIES:  30 points

DSR MEN:  71

DSR LADIES:  75

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me:  Ron Puiatti had a birdie on the 15th; Rosalie Dyer had a gobbler par; Rosalie Dyer & Lauren Matterson beat the boys for the keno ticket 2 up; Vicki Foster parred the 15th; Neville Walker had a gobbler chip at the 6th and 4/4 at the 3rd; Kevin O'Brien went "fishing" for Annette Cross' Ball at the 15th which was done in quick time in case of hovering eels; Steven Cross nearly beheaded the girls at the ladies tee with a wayward drive on the 18th; Brent Frewin had a birdie on the 10th; Peter Laybutt had 22 points on the turn including a birdie on his first hole at the 10th; my highlight was having lemon meringue pie for dessert at the Gosford Hotel after presentation.

Golf - Saturday 29th March 2014

The rain held off today so we could enjoy a game of golf and the Wedding in the Wedding Garden could go ahead as scheduled.

The Golf Event of the day was a 2 Person Ambrose.

We had 161 starters with 4 visitors from Terrigal, Toukley & Kooindah Waters.

RESULTS:

AMBROSE RESULTS:

WINNERS:  Daniel Snelson & Jamie Rowe - 59 1/4

RUNNERS UP:  Greg Mackay & Mark Sorridimi - 60 1/2

3RD:  Mick Grant & Daniel Coulter - 61

4TH:  D. O'Regan & Duncan Cunningham - 62

AMBROSE SCRATCH WINNERS:  Daniel Snelson & Jamie Rowe - 64

NEAREST THE PINS 12TH HOLE:

A GRADE:  Marshall Parsons

B GRADE:  Ian Witt

C GRADE:  R. Harrington

NEAREST THE PIN 8TH HOLE - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER:  David Boyd

EAGLES NEST 12TH HOLE - proudly sponsored by "CENTRAL COAST MAZDA"

WINNER:  Marshall Parsons 1 cm - 6 Balls

BALLS WENT TO:  65 (neat)

NO HANDICAPPING TODAY!

Golf - Friday 28th March 2014

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

We had 26 starters with 3 visitors from Overseas and Wyong.

RESULTS:

MEDLEY SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Paul R Smith - 43 points

RUNNER UP:  Graham Chee - 40 points

3RD:  Brian Hilton - 38 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH:  Michael Norman

LADIES 8TH:  Not won

BALLS OVER THE FIELD WENT TO:  33 points (neat)

DCR MEN: 70

DCR LADIES:  74

  

Golf - Thursday 27th March 2014

There was no competition game today due to bad weather.

I believe there has been a lot of rain here while I was away in Melbourne.  Hopefully good rain just in time for the greens maintenance to benefit.

Golf - Wednesday 26th March 2014

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

We had 152 starters with 2 visitors from Overseas and PGA.

RESULTS:

TEAMS EVENT RESULTS:

WINNERS:  F. Middleton, P. Yabsley, P. Carter & K. Tweedie - 92 points

RUNNERS UP:  P. Martin, T. Andrews, R. Clark & A. Graham - 91 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Lindsay Morgan - 43 points

RUNNER UP:  Col Kelly - 42 points

3RD:  John Van Donk - 41 points

WINNER SINGLE SCRATCH:  Phil Carter - 31 points

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH HOLE:

A GRADE:  G. Hamilton

B GRADE: G. Moss

C GRADE:  G. Williams

NEAREST THE PIN 8TH HOLE - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Ray Green

EAGLES NEST - Proudly sponsored by 'CENTRAL COAST MAZDA"

WINNER:  G. Hamilton - 90 cms - 9 Balls

BALLS WENT TO:  36 points 

Golf- Tuesday 25th March 2014

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

We had 29 starters.

RESULTS:

WINNER: Margaret Davidson - 36 points

RUNNER UP: Rhonda  Robertson - 34 points

3RD: Kath Payn - 32 points

BALLS WENT TO: 27

BALL COMPETITION:

Rhonda Austen - 31 points

Allison Guthrie - 31 points

Maureen Johnson - 30 points

Christine Drakeford - 29 points

Lyn Cruickshanks - 28 points

Beulah Cant - 27 points

NO NEAREST THE PINS

"HELLO FROM MELBOURNE"

Alice Collett at the 6th hole - "will I hit the ball or not?"

My thanks to Christine Drakeford for the above photo.

Look out Melbourne we are here!!!! At the Eureka Skywalk, Melbourne; 

Aaaahhh! Wish you were here at Melbourne!!!

F-Troop - Monday 24th March 2014

We had another small crew day today with only seven volunteers available.  The course was under maintenance so all the tractors were in use by the greens staff.

On hand we had Peter Martin, Geoff Bridge, Don Nicholls, Di Beechey, Anne Burgess, Carolyn Buttsworth and Jan Martin.  Between us we got some good work done.

The boys took charge of trimming the hedges at the 1st, 10th and 2nd which were in need of a good trim and collected some rubbish from the course.

Di, Carolyn & Anne trimmed the shrubs at the clubhouse gardens and cleaned up the garden behind the Men's 10th Tee.

I cleaned up at the bush toilets, 3rd and 5th Tees, 1st and 10th gardens including watering the potted plants, finished the weeding of the 2nd tee garden that I had started several weeks ago & generally picked up loose timber around the course.

Morning Tea of huge muffins were very welcome after a full mornings work.  Thank you Chef John!

The weather has closed in and we have had some more rain which will keep our course refreshed and the dams built up.  Rain has been forecast for this week - Let us hope we do not get too much.

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Golf - Sunday 23rd March 2014 - 67th LEGACY DAY

We had a great day for our Annual LEGACY DAY which is a popular day with our Members and a good cause to support.  The Legacy support group lead by President Mark Lecke, Michael Hickey of Brisbane Water Legacy and Rick Cramma put on a good day with some great prizes in addition to the prestigious Legacy Cup, This year being it's 67th year with Gosford.

Our playing partners today were Dick and Joyce Bosley who are always great company.  We did have some highlights with Dick scoring a great 4 pointer at the 15th.

The Golf Event of the day was the 67TH LEGACY CUP DAY Single Stableford for Men and Women + 2 Ball Team.

We had 70 starters with 7 visitors from Richmond & Shelly Beach.

RESULTS:

2 BALL TEAM RESULTS:

MEN'S:  Anthony Morton & Richard Korff - 48 points

RUNNER UP: Paul Morgan & Cameron Morgan - 46 points on a countback

MIXED:  Michael Norman & Pauline Norman - 47 points

RUNNERS UP:  Rick Cranna & Sandra Laybutt - 45 points

WOMEN'S:  Robin Incoll & Pauline Norman - 43 points

RUNNERS UP:  Terry Kay and Sheila Williams - 39 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER & LEGACY CUP WINNER:  Paul Morgan - 40 points

RUNNER UP:   Anthony Morton - 39 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER & LEGACY WINNER:  Pauline Norman - 35 points

RUNNER UP:  Anne Forrester - 33 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 5TH:  Jamie Kimber (Richmond)

LADIES 8TH:  Sheila Williams

MEN'S 12TH:  Frank Smith

LADIES 12TH:  Sheila Williams

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 30 points (neat)

LADIES:  25 points (neat)

DSR MEN:  To be advised

DSR LADIES:  To be advised

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me;  Dick Bosley had a 4 pointer at the 15th; Col Matterson had birdies at the 8th and the 10th; Team of Puiatti & Foster - the boys beat the girls for the Keno Ticket; Brent Frewin had birdies at the 10th, 15th and 18th; Anne Forrester played a nice steady game; Pauline Norman had 4/4 par at the 15th; 5/4 par at the 2nd and 3/4 par at the 12th; Robin Incoll had 4/3 par at the 15th and 3/3 at the 12th; Michael Norman had a birdie at the 4th and a par at the 11th; Wally Johnston finished and enjoyed good company; Clyde Cruickshanks had one par; At the 12th hole Graham (2/4 birdie) & Rae Brown 4/2 par) and Bert (3/3 par)  and Annie Brink (3/3 par) scored well; Bruce Binns had a nice birdie at the 9th; Fraser Bates had 4/4 at the 6th; Jan Van Den Berg scored 35 points on his new handicap; Robin Brann enjoyed a nice day; Paul Morgan had 6 one putts on the front 9 and scored a winning 40 points; Duncan Dyer took Peter Martin's $1; my highlight was having three 3 pointers in a row and winning a ball.

Members please note: Next Monday and Tuesday is greens renovations.  

Golf - Saturday 22nd March 2014

We had a lovely day for golf and weddings and fortunately escaped the rain, hail & electrical storms that hit Sydney and beyond.

The Golf Event of the day was a Men's 2 Ball Team + Single Stableford + NSW Men's 4BBB Qualifying

We had 189 starters with 5 visitors from Asquith, Hope Island GC, Shelly Beach and Terrigal.

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

RESULTS:

4BBB QUALIFIERS:

1ST:  Phil Robson & Brad Dunn - 48 points

2ND:  Grant Williams & Mark White - 47 points

3RD:  Peter Duncan & Stuart Town - 46 points

2 BALL TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS:  Phil Robson & Brad Dunn - 48 points

RUNNERS UP:  Grant Williams & Mark White - 47 points

3RD:  Peter Duncan & Stuart Town - 46 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Mark White - 44 points

RUNNER UP:  Bob Thomas - 41 points

3RD:  John Anstice - 39 points on a countback

4TH:  Phil Robson - 39 points

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH HOLE:

A GRADE:  Ian Craig

B GRADE:  David Small

C GRADE:  Neil Hancock

NEAREST THE PIN 8TH HOLE - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Andrew Potter

BALLS WENT TO: 34 points (neat)

DSR:  To be advised