Golf - Tuesday 3rd November 2015 - Melbourne Cup Day

Wow! What a huge day we had at Gosford Golf Club today!

Two Golf Events for Men and Women were a great success - even the light drizzle did not take away from the golf events that were played with great enthusiasm. The Ladies hit off the first nine holes in a 8.30 am shotgun start. The Men hit off the back nine holes in a simultaneous 8.30 am shotgun start thus bringing everyone back into the clubhouse at the same time. The ladies had their traditional Melbourne Cup luncheon in the Magnolia Room and the men sat back and relaxed in the Members Lounge conveniently in front of the TAB screen. There were a lot of screens set up in the Members Lounge and Sunset Room so that everyone could get a good view of the big race.

The clubhouse was packed with golfers and visitors staying for lunch and some traditional punting on the day that stops the nation.  Let us hope we can make it bigger and better next year. Congratulations to all of the winners and the organisers of the day.

Scotty psyching us up for the Melbourne Cup this morning!

(Nice flower)

Sue Hutton, Fay Bailey, Wendy Stapleton and Kay Adams

Ladies Team Winners

Anne Forrester, Chris Dekker, Di Thomlinson and Anne Burke 

Ladies Team Runners Up

Warren Guest - Men's Singles Runner Up

With Director of Golf Scott Cubis

Mick Wilson celebrating his birthday today with a rendition of his 

favourite song for our entertainment

Norma Cubis - HAPPY 70TH BIRTHDAY CAKE

Lorraine Linnert, Norma Cubis, Kerry Williams and Judy Verlander celebrating Norma's birthday

With Lorraine Bignall, Georgina Lamb and Elly Van Den Berg at the 8th Tee

(under our rain gear we were all beautifully outfitted in Navy and White golf attire)

Fay Bailey, Sue Hutton, Kay Adams and Wendy Stapleton

at the 8th Tee

An outstanding flower in our garden at the 5th

(Plant donated by Rosalie Dyer)

We had two Golf Events today for the first time to celebrate Melbourne Cup Day.

Tuesday is traditionally Ladies Day but this year it was decided to introduce a competition for the Men as well as the Ladies.  It has proved to be a very successful day that is likely to be repeated again next year. We now have the TAB so members could enjoy a nice reasonably priced lunch as cheap as $9.90 as well as a day of punting. There were also a number of sweeps available in addition to the free sweep ticket each player received.

The Ladies Golf Event of the day was a Las Vegas Ambrose.

We had 58 starters with visitors from Mangrove Mountain, Shelly Beach and Wyong

RESULTS:

TEAM WINNERS: Sue Hutton, Kay Adams, Fay Bailey and Wendy Stapleton - 62 5/8ths

RUNNERS UP: Dianne Thomlinson, Anne Burke, Christine Dekker and Anne Forrester - 63 5/8ths on a countback

BALLS WENT TO: 66 5/8ths

BALL COMPETITION:

Helen Potter, Sheena Asken, Ann Baker, S Rapmund 

Carolyn Buttsworth, Di Beechey, Anne Burgess, Jan Walker

Marianne Lanham, Sandra Laybutt, Lesley Gregory, Kerry Williams

Lyn Cruickshanks, Norma Cubis, Judy Verlander, Lorraine Linnert

Jan Martin, Lorraine Bignall, Georgina Lamb, Elly Van Den Berg

NO HANDICAPPING TODAY!

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

We had 27 starters with 2 visitors from Shelly Beach.

RESULTS:

SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Paul Smith - 44 points

RUNNER UP: Warren Guest - 42 points

BALLS WENT TO: 36 points

DSR: 69