Gosford Golfer's Blog: October 2017

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Golf - Tuesday 31st October 2017

The Golf Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stableford + Top Ten Shootout.

We had 61 starters with 1 visitor from Shelly Beach

CONGRATULATIONS TO ANN BAKER (SHELLY BEACH) FOR A HOLE-IN-ONE ON THE 14TH. Well done Ann!

RESULTS:

A GRADE:

WINNER: Lorraine Bignall - 39 points

RUNNER UP: Anne Burke - 38 points

3RD: Kay Adams - 37 points on a countback

B GRADE:

WINNER: Lynn Puiatti - 39 points

RUNNER UP: Linda Rogers - 38 points

3RD: Dawn Tromp - 37 points

C GRADE:

WINNER: Leonie Kelly - 41 points

RUNNER UP: Rosemary Judd - 37 points

3RD: Dot Camp - 33 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

8TH HOLE:

A GRADE: Deborah Flanigan

B GRADE: Helen Stuart

C GRADE: Leonie Kelly

14TH HOLE:

A GRADE: Ann Baker (Shelly beach) - Hole in One

B GRADE: Mona Maher

C GRADE: Leonie Kelly

BALLS WENT TO: 34 points

DSR: 72

LADIES TOP 10 SHOOTOUT RESULTS:

RESULTS:

WINNER: Bev Adams

RUNNER UP: Di Beechey

3RD: Lorraine Bignall

4TH: Lynn Puiatti

The inaugural Gosford Ladies Shootout was played at 2.30 this afternoon. It was a great success, the standard of the golf was excellent & there was a lovely group of supporters who followed the players as the excitement mounted.
Congratulations to all the qualifiers.

Bev Adams - Winner of the Top 10 Shootout

with Captain Rhonda Robertson

Di Beechey - Runner Up Top 10 Shootout

Top 10 players in the Shootout

Chris Shaw, Vicki Foster, Lorraine Bignall, Dawn Tromp,

Di Beechey, Bev Adams, Michele Kennett, Robin Incoll,

Lynn Puiatti & Judy Verlander

My thanks to Sheena Asken for today's photos.

Monday, October 30, 2017

F-Troop - Monday 30th October 2017

F-Troop Morning Tea - Trevor Harrison, Don Nicholls, Steve Hogg,

Terry Coyle, Peter Martin, Mark Stimpson, Garry Trigg, Andy Henebury,

Kevin O'Brien, (John Hollebon, Di Beechey & Jan Martin)

F-Troopers Peter Martin & Kevin O'Brien

loading garden rubbish onto the tractor trailer

at the 6th native garden

Hedge at the 4th weeded, watered and sprayed

with confidor

A lot of people will not believe this - but I found a free spot

in our gardens for another Agavi plant donated by John McIvor

New Agavi plant sitting happily in the

Ladies 3rd tee succulent garden

F-Trooper Andy Henebury giving the final coat

of paint to the Ladies Bush Toilet

We had twelve volunteers today for our many F-Troop projects.

On hand were Trevor Harrison, Kevin O'Brien, John Hollebon, Terry Coyle, Steve Hogg, Garry Trigg, Don Nicholls, Peter Martin, Mark Stimpson, Andy Henebury, Di Beechey & Jan Martin.

Projects worked on this week were loose timber & rubbish pick up around the course, removal of dead shrubs from the 6th Native Garden, watering, weeding & spraying the 4th Tee hedge, painting of the ladies room at the bush toilets, cleaning of the bush toilets, watering the gardens & rubbish pick up at the greenspace gardens, cleanup up of the gardens behind the clubhouse, maintenance of hedges at the front of the club, weeding gardens around the putting green, clubhouse & wedding garden, clean up of the 1st and 10th tee paths, watering the gardens at the Xanadu gardens, 1st and 10th tees, red hedge at the 10th, watering the pots at the 6th tranquility gardens and tidying the garden there, watering the bike garden and the 9th ladies tee garden, preparation of more firewood for our timber supply, trimming back the protruding branches at the invalid entrance of the clubhouse, watering the pots at the wedding gazebo and the clubhouse front door, tidy up of the garden between the 1st and 10th tees.

Morning tea was very much appreciated after a busy morning including our morning tea goodies of savoury buns, iced buns, donuts and cakes. Thank you Barto for your continued support.

My thanks to John McIvor for his donation of the Agavi plant and 4 garden pots which we will use for our succulent gardens.

The temperature reached 35 degrees today so starting early is a good idea.

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Sunday, October 29, 2017

Golf - Sunday 29th October 2017

Marcus Hams (3rd place) & Terry Coyle (Runner Up)

of the Men's Singles

with President Paul Scholberg

Kay Baillie (Winner) & Sally Hopkins (Runner Up)

Ladies Singles

with President Paul Scholberg

Gary Baillie, Kay Baillie, (Chris Fuller) & Rosalie Dyer

Winners of the Team Event

with President Paul Scholberg

With Garry & Doreen Trigg at the 1st Tee

We had a beautiful day for golf today - blue sky, sunshine, heat tepid by a nice little breeze.
Our playing partners were Garry & Doreen Trigg who were great company .

The Golf Event of the day was a Medley 2BBB Team + Single Stableford.

We had 66 starters.

RESULTS:

TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Rosalie Dyer, Kay Baillie, Chris Fuller & Gary Baillie - 54 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Graham Aldcroft - 46 points

RUNNER UP: Terry Coyle - 44 points

3RD: Marcus Hams - 43 points

LADIES SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Kay Baillie - 43 points

RUNNER UP: Sally Hopkins - 36 points on a countback

3RD: Denise Bentlin - 36 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH HOLE: Trent Mullen

LADIES 8TH HOLE: Celine Chin

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 36 points on a countback

LADIES: 32 points on a countback

DSR MEN: 68

DSR LADIES: 72

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY: We were at the end of the field today so I did not get time to get around the tables however from our group the boys beat the girls for the Keno Ticket and both the boys parred the 18th just to add salt into the wound.

I counted our big duck family group on the 18th today and they still have 14 chicks so that has got to be a highlight.

Friday, October 27, 2017

Golf - Saturday 28th October 2017

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

We had 185 starters with 5 visitors from Everglades, Qantas, Kooindah Waters, Howlong & Magenta Shores.

RESULTS:

TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Anthony Lumby and Paul King - 49 points on a countback

RUNNERS UP: Christopher Ollerhead & David Hopkins - 49 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

A GRADE:

WINNER: David Hopkins - 42 points

RUNNER UP: Brett Liddell - 41 points

3RD: Derrick Cheetham - 40 points

B GRADE:

WINNER: Paul Brown - 42 points

RUNNER UP: Scott Bowden - 40 points

3RD: Ryan Morgan - 39 points on a countback

C GRADE:

WINNER: Cameron Dench - 42 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Andrew Drane - 42 points

3RD: Anthony Lumby - 41 points on a countback

EAGLES NEST 12TH HOLE:

WINNER: Ron Puiatti - 13cms - $12

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH HOLE:

A GRADE: Ron Puiatti

B GRADE: Mick Grant

C GRADE: Paul Anderson

MEN'S 8TH HOLE - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Robbie Whyte

BALLS WENT TO: 36 points on a countback

DSR: To be advised

Draw for the Challenge Cup to be played Sunday 5th November 2017 at Wyong Golf Club

Golf - Friday 27th October 2017 - Nine and Dine

Mark Stimpson - Winner of the Men's Singles

with President Paul Scholberg

Bert Brink - Runner Up Men's Singles

with President Paul Scholberg

Di Beechey - Winner of the Ladies Singles

with President Paul Scholberg

Carolyn Buttsworth - Runner Up Ladies Singles

with President Paul Scholberg

With Peter Martin, Malcolm Campbell & Angelique Scholberg

at the 9th Tee

Family of ducks that used to include 16 ducklings

taken at the 1st tee today

an earlier photo of the 16 ducklings taken by

Mona Maher

Another duck family making Gosford Golf Club their home

Mona Maher and Mark Stimpson

the Lucky Winners of the Member's end of month Draw

$250.00 each (all you had to do was be at the club at the time of the draw)

many of our regular members missed out because they were not present at the club.

George Foster with a sign for his bar

that we could not resist bringing back from the Murray River

The Golf Event for the Evening was Nine and Dine, a single Stableford for 9 holes followed by dinner at the club.

We had 25 starters

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES EVENT:

WINNER: Mark Stimpson - 21 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Bert Brink - 21 points

LADIES SINGLES EVENT:

WINNER: Di Beechey - 24 points

RUNNER UP: Carolyn Buttsworth - 20 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH HOLE: Bert Brink

LADIES 8TH HOLE: Di Beechey

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 19 points on a countback

LADIES: 19 points

DSR: To be advised

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY: I did not get around all the tables tonight to gather highlights but I know Di Beechey had a great round of 24 points which included a birdie at the 2nd and the 6th as well as winning nearest the pin at the 8th - not to mention Di winning the $50 end of month member draw; Carolyn Buttsworth had a commendable 20 points followed by Narelle Medcalf who had 19 points; my highlight was not having a wipe.

Golf - Friday 27th October 2017 - Single Stableford

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

We had 48 starters with 5 visitors from Shelly beach, Terrigal & Kooindah.

RESULTS:

WINNER: Blair Glass - 42 points

RUNNER UP: Terry Coyle - 41 points

3RD: Neil Mulvaney - 40 points on a countback

GROSS STABLEFORD WINNER: Neil Mulvaney - 27 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH HOLE: Ben Patterson

LADIES 8TH HOLE: Rosalie Annecchini

BALLS WENT TO: 37 points on a countback

DSR MEN: 68

DSR LADIES: 72

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Golf - Thursday 26th October 2017

We played golf today at beautiful Kooindah Waters

just as well I took a lot of old balls for Peter to lose

Our upcoming champion juniors

Alisha, Cruz and Linkin

You may see them sometimes playing on Sunday

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

We had 31 starters with 3 visitors from Cypress Lakes, Terrigal and Everglades.

RESULTS:

OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Di Beechey - 42 points

RUNNER UP: Anne Burke - 41 points

3RD: Jan Walker - 39 points

4TH: Jann Henebury - 38 points

5TH: Kay Baillie - 37 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PIN 14TH HOLE:

DIV 1: Rosalie Dyer

DIV 2: Geraldine Turner

BALLS WENT TO: 34 points on a countback

DSR: To be advised

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Golf - Wednesday 25th October 2017

I thought I would cheer you up with some

photos of my roses "Samantha Rose"

growing 25 roses per stem

The Golf Event of the day was a Men's Single Stableford + Medley 1 x 2 x 3.

We had 164 starters with 1 visitor from Kooindah Waters.

RESULTS:

MEDLEY 1 X 2 X 3 RESULTS:

WINNERS: Jim Williams & Ray Taylor - 96 points on a countback

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

A GRADE:

WINNER: Jim Williams - 45 points

RUNNER UP: Garry Fitch - 39 points on a countback

3RD: Graeme Wright - 39 points

B GRADE:

WINNER: Gary Wilson - 43 points

RUNNER UP: Ray Taylor - 42 points

3RD: Michael Crehan - 41 points

C GRADE:

WINNER: Roger Hankinson - 46 points

RUNNER UP: Brian Rand - 42 points on a countback

3RD: Ian Hartley - 42 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH HOLE;

A GRADE: Kel Price

B GRADE: Jas Palasty

C GRADE: Ian Hamilton

MEN'S 8TH HOLE - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: John Geercke

BALLS WENT TO: 37 points on a countback

DSR: 68

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Golf - Tuesday 24th October 2017 - Ladies

The Golf Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stableford + 2 Ball Team - Best 2 Scores.

We had 64 starters with one visitor from Dunsborough Lakes Resort Golf Club

RESULTS:

WINNERS: Rhonda Robertson, Helen Potter, Dianne Beechey & Kay Baillie - 89 points

RUNNERS UP: Sheena Asken, Carolyn Buttsworth, Lyn Bates & Leeanne Binns - 87 points

3RD: Barbara Frewin, Lorraine Bignall, Denise Barr & Anne Forrester - 86 points on a countback

EAGLES NEST 12TH HOLE:

WINNER: Lyn Bates

EAGLES NEST PLAYER 2: Sheena Asken

EAGLES NEST PLAYER 3: Leeanne Binns

EAGLES NEST PLAYER 4: Carolyn Buttsworth

BALLS WENT TO: 83 points

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING:

Following the resignation of Sue Scobie, Lorraine Bignall and Di Beechey the only newly elected position was that of Jill Malone who is the new Ladies President. The other positions were made redundant.

Congratulations to the outgoing Committee on a job well done and welcome to the new committee who will continue in their footsteps.

Sunday, October 22, 2017

F-Troop Monday 23rd October 2017

F-Troop Morning Tea - Andy Henebury, Kevin O,Brien, Steve Hogg, Duncan Dyer,
Ron Gowing, Trevor Harrison, Paul Scholberg, Don Nicholls, Garry Trigg, Peter Martin
and Darcy Martin.

New pathway created to cater for cart parking at the back of the 18th

BBQ gardens improved with new plants and a hedge tidy up

Bird Bath reincarnated into a succulent garden
Some good work has been done by our F-Troopers in our absence including the finishing off of the bird bath, pathway through the hedge at the 18th and painting of the bush toilets.
On hand today we had Duncan Dyer, Trevor Harrison, Kevin O'Brien, Don Nicholls, Peter Martin, Steve Hogg, Garry Trigg, Ron Gowing, John Hollebon and Anne Burgess.
Projects worked on today was tree maintenance, hedge maintenance, maintenance to the BBQ Garden, tidy up of the clubhouse area, 1st and 10th tees, practice nets, painting of the bush toilets and pick up of loose timber and rubbish around the course.
Morning tea in the morning sunshine was good reward and our thanks to Barto for our morning tea goodies.
YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!