Golf - Tuesday 15th September 2015 - Invitation Day

Invitation Day at Gosford Golf Club - the girls setting out to their starting points for a shotgun start.

Invitation Day Trophies.

Lynda Hartley in charge of the trade table

Raffle prizes

Busy social committee girls Lesley Gregory and Jan Walker selling raffle tickets

Robin Incoll, Helen Smith, Kay Baillie (Rosie Judd) 

Winners Nett of the Team Stableford.

Rosalie Dyer, Lynn Puiatti, Sharon Anderson (Kath Payn)

Runners Up Nett Team Stableford

Lorraine Linnert, Judy Verlander, Lyn Cruickshanks and Kerry Williams

3rd Nett Team Stableford

Marianne Lanham, Christine Drakeford, Lyn Weston (Maitland) and Robyn Dwight (Toronto)

Winners Scratch Team Stableford.

Helen Darke, Elly Van Den Berg and Yvonne Cumming

My playing partners today at the 7th hole

Lyn Bates, Leanne Binns, Helen Potter, Ann Baker and Yvonne Cumming with Andrew Potter at the 10th Tee.

Water Dragon being up close and personal at the 8th Tee

Water Dragon on the run towards the 9th fairway

Andrew Potter driving off the 10th Tee for all the Ladies willing to 

donate a small gold coin for today's charity appeal.

(Andrew drove my ball to over the drain on the 10th so I could get a par)

Thanks Andrew!

Our camellias on the 11th Tee beautifully shaped by F-Trooper John Hollebon

Lavenders at the 16th tee in full bloom. The bees are ecstatic.

We had a wonderful day for our Ladies Invitation day with the weather clear and sunny with some wind to keep the temperature down. We do not want to complain about the hot weather after such a cold and wet winter.

My playing partners today were Yvonne Cumming, Helen Darke and Elly Van Den Berg.  We had a lot of laughs along the way with some good highlights including a great gobbler shot on the 15th from Yvonne for 4/4 and a lovely long putt from Elly for 4/4 at the 3rd.

The Golf Event of the day was a Ladies Team Stableford - Invitation Day.

We had 83 starters with 18 visitors.

RESULTS:

TEAM WINNERS NETT:  Kay Baillie, Robin Incoll, Helen a Smith and Rosie Judd - 99 points

TEAM RUNNERS UP NETT: Lynn Puiatti, Sharon Anderson, Rosalie Dyer and Kath Payn - 97 points

TEAM 3RD NETT: Lyn Cruickshanks, Lorraine Linnert, Judy Verlander and Kerry Williams - 96 points on a countback

TEAM WINNERS SCRATCH: Marianne Lanham, Christine Drakeford, Robyn Dwight (Toronto) and Lyn Weston ( Maitland) - 59 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

5TH HOLE:

0 TO 30: Lorraine Bignall

31 TO 45 SECOND SHOT:  Helen Stuart

8TH HOLE:

0 TO 30: Leonie Casey

31 TO 45 SECOND SHOT: Jan Johnson (Everglades)

12TH HOLE:

0 TO 30: Helen Potter

31 TO 45 SECOND SHOT: Pam Cowin

14TH HOLE:

0 TO 30: Chris Drakeford

31 TO 45 SECOND SHOT: ELLY Van Den Berg

BALLS WENT TO: 87 on a countback

Sue Scobie, Ann Radford, Jill Malone, Susie balder stone

Cheryl Davison, Judy Ruitenberg, Annie Brink, Rae Brown

June Bowen, Jan Johnson, Jan Pailey, Ronda Jordon

Bernadette Kirkman, Narelle Medcalf, Dawn Tromp, Sandra Innes

Glennis English, Chris Shaw, Susan Bourne, Margaret Pearce

Lorraine Bignall, Alison Guthrie, Pam Witt, Helen Stuart

Wendy Stapleton, Kay Adams, Robyn Johnston, Fay Bailey

Di Thomlinson, Sheena Asken, Maree McGann, MONA Maher

Di Beechey, Anne Burgess Carolyn Buttsworth, Chris Cayley

Sandra Coyle, Chris Dekker, Barbara Stratford, Robyn Krahe

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: I am sorry I did not make it right around the room today to pick up all the highlights and I am sure there were many: Marianne Lanham's team won the scratch and their highlights were three 5/3's at the18th, 2 birdies 4/4, 4/3 and 6/2 at the 11th; Rosalie Dyer's team had 11points at the 10th; Ann Baker drove to the green on every par 3; Lorraine Bignall had a gobbler 5/3 at the 18th: Alison Guthrie and Helen Stuart both threw their free shot into the bunker; Dawn Tromp took her free throw and sent it backwards into OOB; Elly Van Den Berg kicked her free shot right into a tree and her free throw went straight up in the air and rolled over a hill to a worse place but she recovered well with a great shot down the fairway; Jan Johnson from Everglades almost got a hole in one at the 8th winning nearest the pin and scoring 2/5; Georgina Lamb had 4/4 at the 15th; Sheila Williams had some good 4 pointers and enjoyed good company; Carolyn Buttsworth had 2/5 at the 8th;,Rosie Judd and Helen Smith scored some good points and their team had 10 points at the 10th; Yvonne Cumming had a gobbler 4/4 at the 15th; Elly Van Den Berg sank a beautiful long putt at the 3rd for 4/4; my highlight was enjoying good company and getting a 4 pointer at the 10th.

I was amused at all the free shot stories today where a lot of us finished worse off - golf is not easy when the clubs are taken away!!!! (Who said it was easy anyway).