Golf - Saturday 10th January 2009

The Event of the day was a Men's Single Par + 2Ball Team. We had 228 starters with 9 visitors from Hawks Nest, Massey Park, Moore Park, PGA, Taree, Terrigal, Tuggerah Lakes; Wee Waa & West Wyalong.


RESULTS:

2 BALL TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Mark Sorridimi & John Fulton (Tuggerah Lakes) - +14

RUNNERS UP: Ken Couchman & Paul King - + 12 on a countback

3RD: Zach Churcher & Scott Bowman - + 12 on a countback

4TH: George Lee & Michael Jackson - +12 on a countback


MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Scott Bowman - +8

RUNNER UP: Michael Tunny - +6 on a countback

3RD: Ken Couchman - +6 on a countback

4TH: John Fulton (Tuggerah Lakes) - +6 on a countback

5TH: George Lee - +6 on a countback

SCRATCH WINNER: Phil Watson - square


NEAREST THE PINS:

A GRADE: Peter Davidson

B GRADE: Steve Craven

C GRADE: Keith Dawson

BALLS WENT TO: +1 on a countback

CCR: 69 (+2)

Golf - Friday 9th January 2009

The Event of the day was a Single Stableford for Men and Ladies. We had 98 starters with 16 visitors from UK, Everglades, Gordon, Griffith, Magenta Shores, Moonah Lakes, Moore Park, Oatlands, Penrith, PGA, Terrigal & Toukley.


RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Ben Carter - 41 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Ricky Schmidt - 41 points

3RD: Peter Martin - 40 points on a countback

4TH: David Thompson - 40 points on a countback

5TH: Greg Mackay - 40 points


WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Anne Cropley - 43 points

RUNNER UP: Denise Bentlin - 38 points



NEAREST THE PINS:
MEN'S 12TH: Kevin O'Brien ; LADIES 8TH: Lorraine O'Dea


BALLS WENT TO: MEN: 36 points neat; LADIES: 35 points neat

CCR MEN: 69 (38 points) ; AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

Golf - Thursday 8th January 2008

The Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stableford.

RESULTS:

WINNER: Helen Stuart - 41 points

RUNNER UP: Janice Adlard - 38 points

3RD: Carol Farrell - 36 points on a countback.

BALLS WENT TO: 35 points

AWCR: 73
PAR: 73
CCR: 73

Golf - Sunday 11th January 2009

Today was a great day for golf ( for some). The weather was hot - but a little bit of breeze helped along the way. We had an enjoyable day with Vicky & Bob Morris even though the boys gave us a golf lesson - Bob coming in with 44 points and Peter with 38 points. It is always good to bring home the winner.

As most people are aware we have a huge water crisis happening at our course whereby the Narara Creek - during high tide - has back washed into our dam on the 13th causing our water supply to be salt affected. This in turn has browned off all of our fairways.

The only solution it seemed was to pump/drain the dams back into the creek & pray for rain. We have all been in panic mode as our course has been in it's best state for many years & this was a catostrophe. We only had a few days water supply left with at least another two months of hot weather ahead.

President Ron Puiatti was able to negotiate with the local Council and to the credit of the Council Employees and in particular to the Mayor Chris Holstein we have been rescued by the Council making available to us some water from the bore water outlet that is near our 18th tee.

We take out hats off to Chris Holstein for his time & effort he has taken to try & get things right for us. We are hoping for enough water to carry us through this crisis until natural rain kicks in.

It is raining tonight as I write this blog (prayers are being heard) & we hope the gardens and grounds get a good soaking to see us through until the dams are filled.

There is a "King Tide" due tomorrow that will test out all the theories on how we can keep the creek water from back filling into our dams. I will keep you posted on the results.

The Event of the day was a Single Stableford + Team 1 x 2 x 3 mixed Men and Ladies.

We had 116 starters with 3 visitors from Everglades and Tuggerah Lakes.

RESULTS:

TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Pricilla Webster, John Webster, Ian Mitchell & Iris Talbot - 99 points

RUNNERS UP: Keith Bourne, Susan Bourne, Ian Witt & Pam Witt - 91 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Bob Morris - 44 points

RUNNER UP: Bruce Binns - 42 points

3RD: Frank Smith - 41 points

WOMENS SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Sharon Anderson - 42 points

RUNNER UP: Jan Walker - 40 points

3RD: Doon Jansen - 38 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

MENS 12TH: Warren Flanigan LADIES 8TH: Elly Van Den Berg

BALLS WENT TO: MEN: 37 points neat; LADIES: 34 points neat.

CCR MEN: 69 ( 38 points); AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Bob Morris had his 'best ever' score of 44 points which now brings his handicap down to 9.7 which is his 'best ever' handicap. ( he tells me that he can smell the single figure handicap now); Peter Martin had a birdie on the 16th for 3/4 (so my three pointer did not count for the team effort, being a one score to count hole); my highlight was a 4/3 gobbler off the green on the 16th; Vicky Morris had a nice three pointer on the 5th; Sharon Anderson had a great 42 points, getting 3 four pointers on 4th, 7th and 10th; Keith Morris had a four pointer on the 2nd; Ron Dekker had a four pointer - I was told his turning score was claimed to be 23 - however should have been 22 (not bad anyway); Robyn Johnston had a birdie on the 8th; Wally Johnston had a birdie on the 14th; Bruce Binns had three birdies on the back nine 3/4 on the 13th, 4/3 on the 18th and 4/3 on the 10th; Wally Robertson doubled his score from his last game; Judy Mulheron had 4/4 gobbler on the first; Michael Norman had 2/4 on the 8th; Warren Flanigan had 2/4 on the 12th and won nearest the pin; Ray Stapleton had 3/5 on the 4th; Jan Walker had a nice 40 points; Elly Van Den Berg had 4/4 par on the 1st and 2/5 birdie on the 8th and won nearest the pin; Annie brink had a very Happy Birthday and got 37 points including a 4 pointer on the 15th.

Other news reported to me: Ray Presdee scored an Eagle on the 16th at golf on Saturday. Immediately after he sank the putt the " Channel 7 News Helicopter" flew overhead. News travels very quickly apparently.

I was not able to get to the club this week to get the results for Thursday, Friday & Saturday - Sorry about that! I will endeavour to get hold of the results as often as possible to publish them on the blog.

Images attached: With Bob & Vicky Morris at the first; the next group waiting on Peter to hit off at the first - Sharon & Brad Anderson, Doris & Keith Morris; Bob Morris today's singles winner with Captain Mark Stimpson; Sharon Anderson - Winner of the Ladies Singles today; the boys in purple - Clyde Cruickshanks, Ron Puiatti & George Foster. The story goes that George & Ron conspired to defeat the ladies for the Keno ticket by agreeing to wear their matching purple shirts for luck - however they did not tell Clyde; The "club" vote on the shirts;

Annie brink's birthday cake & blowing out the candles; Ron Dekker received his long awaited "F-Troop" shirt tonight & could not wait to show it off.

THE EVENTS BLOG:

The events blog has now been updated with coming 2009 events up to December 2009. I will be updating January 2010 and February 2010 as we pass through 2009.

You can view these events by visiting the blog as detailed below:

There may be some changes prior to the fixtures book going to print next month however any changes will be updated on the blog as they occur.

You can visit the blog by three different methods:

Method 1: Click on the following hyperlink: www.gosfordgolfclubeventslist.blogspot.com

You can right click with your 'mouse' after you have opened the page and add it to your 'favourites' or to your desktop.

Method 2: Go to 'my profile' at the top of this page - click on more detail from my profile - that will take you to another page that details all my blogs right at the bottom. You can click on the "Gosford Golf Club Events List" there & you will be transferred between my blogs. This is the easiest way if you are a regular blog viewer.

Method 3: Go to the official website of the Gosford Golf Club :

www.gosfordgolfclubandfunctioncentre.com.au

click on 'enter'; click on 'Golf'; click on the hyperlink shown at the bottom of the page to take you to the 'events' blog.

All roads lead to Rome, there is more than one way to skin a cat when it comes to internet travel so choose the method that suits you best.

Golf - Wednesday 7th January 2009

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

We had 213 starters with 13 visitors from UK, Everglades, Macquarie Links, Magenta Shores, Muree, Murrumbidgee, Oatlands, Riverside Oaks, Terrigal, Colonial Qld and Toukley.

RESULTS:

TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Bill Quin, Tom Ballard, Bill Ballard & Carl Telford - 98 points

RUNNERS UP: John Burg, Michael Jorgenson Zygmunt Wloczek & Graham Calben - 94 points

THIRD: Rex Gardner, William Clarke, Kara Airas & Chris Myers - 93 points


MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Ray Hall (Toukley) - 45 points

RUNNER UP: Carl Telford - 44 points

3RD: Terry Bowditch - 43 points

4TH: David Rath - 42 points

5TH: Ian Skinner - 42 points

SCRATCH WINNER: Duncan Brown - 38 points


NEAREST THE PINS - 8TH

A GRADE: Terry Bowditch

B GRADE: Brian Cahill

C GRADE: Charles Christian (Riverside Oaks)

BALLS WENT TO: 35 points on a countback

CCR: 69 (38 POINTS)

Golf - Tuesday 6th January 2009

We had 37 brave starters on this very hot 35 degree day. That did not stop some of our good players who came in with great scores regardless of the heat. Thanks to Wendy Stapleton who carted around some ice to help out the players in stress. It worked for me - I got a birdie on the hole that I was playing after the extra cool down.

My playing partners today were Yvonne Wilson & Doreen Vines. We had a good day with some really fantastic highlights including birdies and four pointers. No photo unfortunately as we could not find a spare photographer at the time.

The event of the day was a Single Stableford with 37 starters.

RESULTS:

WINNER: Judy Verlander - 42 points

RUNNER UP: Lynda Hartley - 41 points

3RD: Robyn Johnston - 40 points

4TH: Sue Hutton - 39 points

BALLS WENT TO: 35 points neat

CCR: 73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Judy Verlander had 10 pars; Lynn Puiatti had a birdie on 15 and a gobbler on the 8th; Doreen Vines had a gobbler 4/4 on the 7th; Yvonne Wilson had a birdie on the 16th; I had a birdie on the 15th - Hooray!

IMAGES ATTACHED: Judy Verlander - today's winner; Ray Presdee working the rough cutter (no hands) on the 7th - doing his F-Troop shift in all the heat - Well done Ray!

F-Troop Monday 5th January 2009

I never cease to wonder on the generousity of our Members towards our F-Troop projects. We have received so much help with both donations of time ( a scarce commodity at this time of the year), cash and plant donations. I have been so impressed and today was no exception.

We had nineteen troopers that I saw today volunteering their time on such a hot day which helped us to achieve so much around the course. Today I saw Duncan Dyer, Rosalie Dyer, Martin Gallagher, Neil Hancock, Geoff Bridge, Warren Gray, Mark Stimpson, Des Wilson, Yvonne Wilson, Arthur Verlander, Peter Martin, Doug Incoll, Robin Incoll, Garry Trigg, Bruce White, John Cottington, George Foster, Di Beechey all working very hard in all the heat.

We received a very generous donation of Native grasses from Matt Snelson which included 100 Tanika grasses which we wanted for behind the bunker on the left hand side of the 17th green.

We also received a cash donation from Sheena & Nigel Asken for future work to be done at the 12th green. How good is that!

Matt delivered the plants today which meant we needed to plant the smaller plants straight away. Without hesitation I had Arthur Verlander & Peter on side for hole digging duties which was done very efficiently with great difficulty as we lacked all the correct tools for the job. Special thanks to Peter & Arthur for that hard toiling. The rest of the crew caught up later & helped with the planting and watering. We had 100 plants - so a job well done troopers.

Other work done today was cleaning, raking and watering at the club entrance by Di Beechey, clearing & weeding at the back of the 10th tee and Magnolia garden by Rosalie Dyer, weeding, watering at the 14th & 15th by Yvonne & Des Wilson, fertilizing, watering & mulching of the Azalia/Hydrangea garden by Doug & Robin Incoll, cutting down trees & removal of rubbish from the 2nd fairway by the F-Troop gang & general removal of loose timber and raking around the course, cutting of low branches of trees on the 4th, rough cutting by Garry Trigg (our other rough cutter was out of action today - so Ray Presdee got to have a holiday), watering of the plants in the Ladies Garden on the 13th, trimming azaleas in the front parking area, spraying and dead heading the roses on the putting green.

A fantastic effort today F-Troopers.

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!