F-Troop - Monday 14th April 2008

We had another good turn up of volunteers for maintenance work today. Work done included path repairs, trimming, rubbish removal, whipper-snipping, removal of dead tree at the putting green. It is great having someone like Duncan Dyer on side who even brings his own chain saw & ropes.

We had cleaned up around the first tee, raking the grassed areas & sweeping the paths clean when a couple of our "Irish" workers (photo attached) decided to remove the rubbish off the roof of the starters box creating a minefield of debris right where we had just cleaned. Good one guys!

Some more good work done through the week was by Richard & Leonie Casey who have volunteered to look after the front street gardens ( a huge job ). Even just a small amount of tidying up there makes such a difference as it has been overgown for a long time. Well done Richard & Leonie. YES, YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Images attached: Our two "Irish" workers today (Warren & Pete) at the starters box area; photos of the practice putting green garden; the beautiful Tibouchena tree - in full view now that the old dead tree is out of the way; the front street gardens in early stages of maintenance & looking much better already.

New Fairway Mower - Thursday 3rd April 2008

This picture was taken by Martin Gallagher this morning at the golf course. The new fairway mower cost $52,000, was fully imported from the USA and is specifically designed for cutting golf fairways. Martin thinks that we should get some "good lies" out of it!

Fully imported from the USA - very impressive! I want to read the fine print to see if it was made in China and assembled in the USA (like everything else).

In any case, now that we have this "you beaut" mower there will be a battle to see who gets to drive it ......and....... yes, we are looking forward to the results on the fairways.

Golf - Tuesday 1st April 2008

This week the greens were cored & sanded which made it an interesting day for a par match. It certainly didn't worry some of our members who came in with exceptionally good scores. Because of the course maintenence program it was necessary for us to play the first nine holes twice and as a result there was no handicapping today.

We had 72 starters which was a good number considering the conditions.

RESULTS:

DIVISION 1:

Winner: Anne Geer +2

Runner up: Trish Goulding +1

DIVISION 2:

Winner: Elizabeth McNamara +6 C/B

Runner up: Julie Hazzard +6

3rd: Sharon Anderson +5

DIVISION 3: Doris Morris -1 C/B

Runner up: Susan Bourne -1

Nearest the pins: Division 1 : Fay Bailey - 8th

Division 2 : Pam Witt - 8th

Division 3: June Bowen - 8th

I did not play today and I was not there early enough to get any highlights however I am sure there would have been some.

The Pennants teams were announced today & the Pennants shirts presented to each of the players. Photo attached of the players that were present at the presentation: left to right - back row: Doon Jansen, Michele Martin, Bev Adams, Lorraine Linnert, Fay Bailey, Rosalie Dyer, Di Beechey, Di Thomlinson; front row: Robin Incoll, Ronda Jordon, Lesley Gregory, Julie Hazzard.

Images attached: Pennants girls after the presentation of their shirts; Elizabeth McNamara winner of Division two today with president Ronda Jordon.

F-Troop at work - Monday 31st March 2008

F-Troop had a terrific day on Monday with a good turn up of troopers to spread the workload. There was a lot of tree trimming & rubbish removal done as well as mowing of the rough. Clyde Cruickshanks was ably supported by Martin Gallagher; Des Wilson; Duncan Dyer; Spencer Walklate; Garry Trigg; Doug Incoll; Bruce White; Ray Presdee; Peter Martin; George Foster; with Arthur Haviland & Mark Stimpson on the mower. In the garden department Wendy Stapleton did some good hours on the 2nd & 4th; Des & Yvonne Wilson worked on a new garden edge for the bush toilet area; and I did some work on the practice putting green garden & the 13th.

WELL DONE TROOPERS!

Images attached: New garden edge at the bush toilet garden; F-Troopers at work, Peter & Clyde resolving a problem (or trying to).

There will be no F-Troop work next Monday because there is a Vets event programmed.
F-Troop work will resume the following Monday.

F-Troop work on the 6th fairway

Congratulations once again to our F-Troop workers. What a huge difference they are making to our course maintenance. The rough has improved out of sight with regular mowing by our troopers & the course in general is looking much tidier.

There are a lot of projects in place on the fairways & in the gardens & in general it will be a long term effort to get our course to its top potential - but it can be done. If you feel you can contribute even a small amount of time & become an "F-Trooper" your efforts would be appreciated. Contact Clyde Cruickshanks (Captain) if you are interested in Course maintenance & myself (Jan Martin) for garden work.

I am also looking for people who would like to "Adopt-a-garden". This involved choosing just one garden & keep that garden weeded & watered for 12 months. I am currently looking for someone who would be prepared to look after the garden around the practice putting green. The garden is finished & just needs regular weeding & watering. (water is available at this garden- so no buckets required)

Just one example of the F-Troop work is tree trimming work that was done last week. Check out the "before" & "after" photos from work done by the F-Troop on the 6th.

Images attached: 6th fairway before the trim; 6th fairway after the trim; some of our happy ducks on the fairway. Photos sent to me by our hardworking F-Trooper Martin Gallagher.

Golf - Tuesday 25th March 2008

Today was a lovely day for golf. The promised stormy weather held off until late this afternoon and the course must have been playing well as there were some good scores in. I did not make it to golf today but eighty others did.

The event of the day was a single stableford with vets in conjunction and was also the first round of the CCWGA Brooch.

RESULTS:

DIVISION 1 :

Winner: Sheena Asken 39 points
Runner Up: Glennis English 35 points C/B

DIVISION 2:

Winner: Margaret Davidson 37 points
Runner Up: Georgina Lamb 35 points
3rd: Alice Collett 33 C/B

DIVISION 3:

Winner: Elizabeth McNamara 41 points
Runner Up: Leanne Moore 40 points


Nearest the pins:

Division 1: 8th hole - Wendy Stapleton; 14th hole - Bev Adams
Division 2: 8th hole - Di Beechey; 14th hole - Sharon Anderson
Division 3: 8th hole - Yvonne Cummings; 14th hole - Leanne Moore

CCR : 73 (36 points)

Balls went to 32 on a count back.

Highlights of the day as reported to me: Elizabeth McNamara scored a lovely 41 points to win Div 3 encouraged by her playing partners Alice Collett (3rd Div 2) & Georgina Lamb Runner up Div 2) - what a good combination; Glennis English had 2/4 on 3rd par 3 and 4/4 on the 13th; Leonie Casey had 4/4 on the 7th; Allison Guthrie had two 3 pointers; Sheena Asken had a great 39 points playing off 12 handicap; Robyn Johnston had a nice 35 points after her big win on Sunday; Margaret Mackie had a gobbler on the 1st; Margaret Davidson had 2/4 on the 5th; Sandra Coyle had a birdie on the 16th; Sharon Anderson birdied 14th; Elly Van Den Berg parred the 15th for 4/4; Tania Burt had 3/4 on the 14th; Leanne Moore had a gobbler on the 15th; Lyn Puiatti had 3/4 on the 8th; Judy Verlander had a gobbler on the 7th.

Another highlight reported to me was a big win by our Kath Small while she was overseas in Thailand. Kath played over six matches on five different courses & came out the overall winner & had to carry her big trophy home in her hand luggage. Well done Kath! (Photo of Kath attached)

More Talent in our club was displayed at Orange in the Vets competition there. Carmen Fitzgerald had a big win along with others & I will put in a full report when I get all the playing details from Carmen. Congratulations to Carmen & the rest of the winners.

Images attached: Winners today presented with their trophies by President Ronda Jordan: Sheena Asken - winner of first division; Margaret Davidson - winner of second division & Elizabeth McNamara - winner of Third Division; Kath Small at a previous presentation - overall winner of golf event in Thailand.

Monday 24th March 2008

Some sad news just to hand. John Wharton a long standing member of the club passed away last night. John had been in illhealth for some time. The older members would remember John being in charge of Dad's Army.