Sunday, December 11, 2016

Golf - Sunday 11th December 2016 - Annual Mixed Gala Day


Gala Day Trophies


George Foster, Vicki Foster, Rhonda Robertson and Wally Robertson
Winners of the Mixed Gala Day with Captain Graham Chee


Jan Walker, Garry Smith, Neville Walker and Helen Smith
Runners Up Mixed Gala Day with Captain Graham Chee


Jan Van Den Berg - Winner of the Men's Singles
with Captain Graham Chee


Jemison Fitzgerald - Runner Up Men's Singles
with Captain Graham Chee


Vicki Foster - Winner of the Ladies Singles
with Captain Graham Chee


Helen Smith - Runner Up Ladies Singles
with Captain Graham Chee


With Kevin O'Brien and Lorraine Bignall at the 1st Tee


Kevin O'Brien's shot to the 8th green where he scored an easy birdie.



The true spirit of the Mixed Gala Day
Christine and Ross Drakeford resplendent
In their Christmas gear


More Christmas spirit shining through
Robin Incoll, Doug Incoll, Dick Bosley and Joyce Bosley
supporting the Christmas Theme.

I must confess I forgot this year that traditionally in past years members would make an effort to wear attire with a Christmas theme.  I have in past years supported this tradition but this year the thought did not occur to me.  I will try next year to remind everyone that this is one of our special days leading up to Christmas and is generally the last day that we get together before the silly season really sets in and we are distracted with other things. 

Our playing partners today were Kevin O'Brien and Lorraine Bignall and we had an enjoyable day on the village (not so) green. The course had plenty of run and there were some good scores happening. Our best highlight was Kevin's shot to the 8th green where we thought he was very close to a hole-in-one - a nice birdie all the same. 

The Golf Event of the day was a Team Stableford 1 x 2 x 3 + Men and Ladies Singles (Must have 2 men and 2 ladies in each team)

We had 96 starters with 1 visitor.

RESULTS:

TEAM WINNERS: George Foster, Vicki Foster, Wally Robertson and Rhonda Robertson - 94 points on a countback

TEAM RUNNERS UP: Jan Walker, Neville Walker, Garry Smith and Helen Smith - 94 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Jan Van Den Berg - 44 points

RUNNER UP: Jemison Fitzgerald - 43 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS: 

WINNER: Vicki Foster - 44 points

RUNNER UP: Helen Smith - 43 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: David Hopkins

LADIES 8TH: Rhonda Robertson

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 38 points (neat)

LADIES: 36 points (neat)

DSR MEN: 66

DSR LADIES: 70

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: I did not collect highlights today as we were late finishers however I do know that Vicki Foster scored 26 points on the back nine including a 4 pointer on the 10th followed by a series of 3 pointers finally finishing with a nice 44 points, Helen Smith loved the run on the course that helped her to score her 43 points; Kevin O'Brien had a great birdie on the 8th; Lorraine Bignall played the 16th beautifully narrowly missing a birdie; Peter Martin made some good recovery shots and putted well for his 40 points; my highlight was not wiping a hole and finishing with the same ball I started with.









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