Gosford Golfers at Hawks Nest - Thursday 30th April 2015

Chris Drakeford, Ross Drakeford, Tania Walklate, Steven Cross, Anne Forrester, Joyce Bosley, 

John Hazzard, Jan Walker, Brent Frewin, Arthur Collien, David Small, Glennis English, Kay Frewin,

Neville Walker, Susan Bourne, Bob Morris, Anne Morris, Doug Incoll, Keith Bourne, Annette Cross,

Julie Hazzard, Robin Incoll, Dick Bosley, Leonie Casey, Richard Casey 

Helping Kay celebrate her 70th Birthday at Hawks Nest

Winners at Hawks Nest: Bob Morris, David Small, Julie Hazzard, Jan Walker, Christine Drakeford,

john Hazzard, Ross Drakeford and Anne Forrester

Kay Frewin's 70th Birthday celebration 

35 Gosford players had a big day at Hawks Nest today winning most of the trophies - well done !

RESULTS:

SINGLES RESULTS:

Christine Drakeford - Runner Up A Grade - 37 points

Anne Forrester - 3rd place A Grade - 35 points

Julie Hazzard - Winner B Grade - 39 points

Jan Walker - 3rd place B Grade - 33 points

Bob Morris - Winner a Grade - 41 points

Ross Drakeford - 3rd Place A Grade - 36 points

Dave Small - 2nd Place B Grade - 36 points on a countback

John Hazzard - Winner C Grade - 47 points

4BBB RESULTS:

WINNERS: John and Julie Hazzard - 50 points

RUNNERS UP: Ross and Christine Drakeford - 45 points

How good was that! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAY!

My thanks to Annette Cross for the report and photos.

Golf - Thursday 30th April 2015

The wet weather has taken its toll again with more showers overnight which was enough to put off our lady golfers.  

There was no Ladies Competition today due to lack of numbers.

We did have some social players on the course which saved the day.

The weather forecast for tomorrow and the weekend does not sound good.  Apparently the worst of the weather will be further north of us - hopefully we will only get the fringe of it.

The course has been draining well and has been coping with the rain better than expected so we hope the golf can continue with little interruption.

Golf - Wednesday 29th April 2015

There were more showers today but fortunately the golf match was completed.

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

We had 124 starters with 5 visitors from Dubbo,Everglades, Morisset and Shelly Beach.

RESULTS:

2 BALL TEAM RESULTS: 

WINNERS: Kirk Folkard and Bob Hudson - 47 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS :

WINNER: Tony Consentino - 42 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Gary Wilson - 42 points

3RD: Michael Brown - 40 points

SCRATCH WINNER: Anthony Hanna - 36 points

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH HOLE: 

A GRADE: Kerry Cubis

B GRADE: Dave Fraser

C GRADE: Duncan Dyer

NEAREST THE PIN 8TH HOLE - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: To be advised

BALLS WENT TO: 35 points on a countback

DSR: 71

Gosford Golfers at Hawks Nest - Wednesday 29th April 2015

Joyce Bosley, Brent Frewin and Steven Cross

Trophy Winners at Hawks Nest

Dick Bosley - Ball winner for 32 points and another

For the 4 Ball.

Gosford was well represented at Hawks Nest today 

Producing some great results.

Brent Frewin won a grade by 3 points with a nice 39 points

Steven Cross was Runner Up in B Grade

Doreen Trigg won B Grade with 36 points

Joyce Bosley was Runner Up in C Grade

My thanks to Annette Cross for this report and the photos.

WELL DONE GOSFORD PLAYERS! 

Golf - Tuesday 28th April 2015

It is hard to believe that a week ago our course was devastated by the cyclonic storms that uprooted trees and dumped inches of rain.  Now just one week later our course is open for play.  It is still wet underfoot and there is yet a lot of timber and rubbish to be picked up - even so 18 holes of the course are playable which is an amazing achievement by our greens staff - assisted by volunteers.

Today the Ladies Competition was played on the front nine holes - playing them twice however the 18 holes were open for social play.

The good news for tomorrow is the Men's Competition will go ahead as programmed.  The 18 holes will be open, carts will be allowed on the course, only some of the bunkers will be out of play and those that are will be staked.  Players will be handicapped.

You can all turn up in droves and enjoy your day!

Fay Bailey, Lynda Hartley an Kath Small at the 7th Tee 

Norma Cubis, Robyn Johnston Cheryl Davison and Lyn Cruickshanks at the 6th Tee

Gosford Ladies enjoying golf in the sunshine

The first time I have had a club in my hand for weeks - needed to know how it felt !

Working at clearing the drain on the 6th

The drain is now cleared of sticks and debris from the 7th Tee to the creek.

 

The Golf Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stableford - Over the Field - Same 9 Twice.

We had 24 starters.

RESULTS:

OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Kath Small - 38 points

RUNNER UP: Fay Bailey - 33 points

3RD: Marianne Lanham - 32 points

NEAREST THE PIN 8th HOLE - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Sandy Laybutt

BALLS WENT TO: 28 points on a countback

BALL COMPETITION:

Kath Small 

Fay Bailey

Marianne Lanham

Lorraine Bignall

Fran James

Narelle Medcalf

Sue Scobie

NO HANDICAPPING TODAY!

RESULTS OF THE SUPER SENIORS PENNANTS - Monday 27th April 2015

Results of the Super Seniors Pennants match played against Wyong at Magenta Shores:

GOSFORD VS WYONG - 4 matches each 

Unfortunately although we were not beaten on the day we needed to win today to move into the finals.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR MEMBERS WHO REPRESENTED GOSFORD IN THE SUPER SENIORS PENNANTS. You all played well to get so far and just missing out on the finals by a whisker.

The Ladies B Grade Pennants Match was postponed due to the state of the golf courses.

F-Troop - Monday 27th April 2015

F-Troop Morning Tea - Marianne Lanham, Arthur Haviland, Don Nicholls, Sheena Asken,

Rob Benson, Duncan Dyer, Peter, Zorro Sorridimi, Stephen Hogg, Sam Knox, Di Beechey,

Jeff Rogers, John Hollebon, Peter Martin, Garry Trigg, Kevin O'Brien, Trevor Harrison,

Geoff Bridge (Jan Martin)

Tree Gang arrive at the 6th

Getting ready to remove a dangerous tree at the 6th

Cleaning up loose timber at the back of the 13th green

Dangerous tree on the 6th coming down

Dangerous tree down on the 6th

Temporary safety fix of the pathway through to the bush toilets

Drain at the back of the 14th cleared of rubbish to allow the water to drain through to the creek

Drain at the back of the 14th cleaned up

All the pathways looking pristine 

Cleaning up the pathways near the putting green

Cleaning up the 18th

Workers cleaning up the wedding garden

Chain saws hard at it cutting up the fallen tree in the wedding garden

Cleaning up the rest of the fallen tree at the wedding garden

Cleaning up at the 18th

The Colonel and his gopher on the look out

This area looking pristine

18th cleaned up

Wedding garden cleaned up - no more tree

Pathways looking pristine

Putting green garden cleaned up

Damage done to the Agavi garden by the fallen tree

NBN has finally arrived to restore our internet service (soon we hope)

Toukley Golf Course in the aftermath of the recent storms 

AND WE THOUGHT WE HAD PROBLEMS! 

Today we had 18 volunteers for F-Troop which was fantastic.  

We were able to do some good cleaning up throughout the course.

Most of the big trees have now been cut up into removable sizes and are in piles around the course waiting to be picked up.

There is still a lot of areas on the back nine that need cleaning up but the overall condition of the course is very good. Those that played over the weekend said the greens are really good but the  fairways were still wet. 

At this stage the front nine holes are open for play but there are no carts allowed on the course. Tomorrow there is going to be a ladies competition - single Stableford playing the same nine twice.  There will be no handicapping.  

Our 18 workers today worked very hard all morning and really appreciated a morning tea of bacon and egg pie, Chelsea Buns and fresh fruit.  Thank you Chef Alice!

I understand that more rain is on the way later this week - let us hope we do not get too much rain over the village green. 

A big THANK YOU to all of our Members who answered the call for more volunteers.  Your help has been invaluable and has helped enormously in getting our course back to a playable stage in quick time.

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Golf Sunday 26th April 2015

The predicted weather put a lot of people off golf today - as a result there were only 5 golfers to start which is insufficient for a competition.  

The rain arrived this afternoon as forecast - hopefully there will not be enough rain to set us back.

Tomorrow there will be another F-Troop day and we are looking for more volunteers to help get the rest of the loose timber and fallen trees off the second nine holes.  There is still a lot of work left to be done.

We will be meeting at 7am at the Greenkeepers shed. 

Golf - Saturday 25th April 2015 - ANZAC DAY

The Golf Course first nine holes were amazingly in a good enough state for golf, the greens were good and the water had drained off the course well. The second nine has still got a lot of timber to be picked up and another F -Troop Day on Monday should make a difference. 

As a result today's golf competition was changed to a Single Stanleford - playing the first 9 holes twice.

We had 50 starters.

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Sam Bagala - 45 points

RUNNER UP: Howard Ainsley - 42 points

3RD: Paul Watson - 40 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PIN 8TH HOLE - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Mark Stimpson

BALLS WENT TO: 37 points 

NO HANDICAPPING TODAY!

Golf - Friday 24th March 2015

F-Troop Morning Tea - There were 22 volunteers today - not all of them in this photo.

My apologies to anyone that I have missed - but I believe that our volunteers were Helen Potter, Graham Chee, Ted Jones, Darren Kirkwood, Anne Burgess, Di Beechey, Carolyn Buttsworth, Sue Scobie, Spencer Walklate, Steve Thompson, Zorro Sorridimi, Trev Harrison, Martin Gallagher, Garry Trigg, Rob Benson, Peter Martin, Jan Martin, Geoff Bridge, Matt Hanshaw's Dad, Steve Hogg, Don Nicholls, Jeff Rogers.  My apologies for missing Lindsay Morgan who came yesterday.

That was a great response to our appeal for a working bee and we thank every person that has put themselves out to work so hard over the last two days. 

I understand the course superintendent David Nicholls is going to open the first nine holes for play tomorrow. Please check with the pro shop if you intend to play tomorrow and they will tell you the state of the course and the playing conditions.

The course was still very wet today but the first nine holes were cleared on the fairways. The back nine is still a mess with a lot of cleaning up to yet to be done and still a lot of large trees down.

Our thanks to Chef Alice and Chef Ranga for some delicious bacon and egg rolls, brushetta and sweet cakes. We were all starving so it all was much appreciated.

We are not working tomorrow being ANZAC Day but we will be returning on Monday to do more cleaning up on the back nine.  If anyone has some spare hours on Monday morning we will be meeting 

At the Greenkeepers Shed at 7.00am.  

Workers scattered all around the course chain sawing, raking, picking up, cleaning greens

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS - a fantastic job was done by all.

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!