Golf - Tuesday 7th July 2009

The course was much drier this week which made way for much friendlier golf. It was overcast and quite cold for much of the day with a few showers to test us out however these were thankfully shortlived. My playing partners today were Julie Hazzard and Jan Walker. They were great company & we did have some highlights along the way. The elusive "plus" putt was hard to find but we did come very close on many occasions.

The Event of the day was the Ladies Qualifying round of the 3BBB vs PAR Team Event and we had 78 starters.

RESULTS:

WINNERS: Maggie Minjoy, Lyn Bates and Leanne Binns - Plus 11

RUNNERS UP: Susan Bourne, Allison Guthrie and Pam Witt - Plus 10

3RD: Di Beechey, Trish Goulding and Rosie Judd - Plus 9 on a countback

4TH: Lorraine Linnert, Lyn Cruickshanks and Norma Cubis - Plus 9 on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

A GRADE: 8TH HOLE: Linda Rogers; 14TH HOLE: Norma Cubis

B GRADE: 8TH HOLE: Margaret Pratt; 14TH HOLE: Di Beechey

C GRADE: 8TH HOLE: Val Anderson; 14TH HOLE: Sheila Williams

BALLS WENT TO : Plus 9

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Sharon Anderson had seven plus scores for her team; Rosie Judd put in some good long putts to score plus for her team; Trish Goulding had a gobbler on the 16th for a plus; At the 17th Di Beechey hit her chip shot that rebounded from a tree root and trickled to the hole (Di had no idea where it went); Jan Walker hit a dubious chip shot onto the green at the 15th & it ran by sheer luck beautifully to close to the hole; Rhonda Robertson had a gobbler on the 13th for a plus; Merran Adams scored a nice plus for her team on the 7th

F-Troop Monday 6th July 2009

It was a very chilly start early this morning for the F-Troopers and I was very impressed to find that we had 13 starters so that we could make a dent in the workload that had built up throughout the wild, windy and wet weeks that we have had. The paths have suffered from all the water and traffic and there was plenty of loose timber brought down by the strong winds.

F-Troopers did a great job today. They moved about 16 tonn of road base out to the paths today working their way through holes one to seven, 13th & 17th. Well done troopers.

We had some good rakers on hand today as well to clean up the worst of the course including between the 4th and the 6th, the 17th tee and corner, the front of the clubhouse, back of the 18th green, 1st and 10th tee areas, 7th tee area, wedding garden, practice net garden, putting green and the car park. Martin, Peter and Bruce did a great job on rubbish pick up.

Garden work included watering and fertilizing the new tree ferns on the 2nd tee; watering the pansies and dianthus, planting out new crepe myrtle trees at the back of the temporary second green. I noticed a new flower out on the gardenias just planted at the putting green area which is a good sign that they are going to live happily there.

Those seen out working today were Duncan Dyer, Des Wilson, Spencer Walklate, Bruce White, Martin Gallagher, Peter Martin, Peter Murphy, Geoff Bridge, George Foster, Alvin Kan, Jan Walker and Di Beechey.

We also delivered another trailer load of timber today which gives us some much needed funds for our projects.

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Golf - Sunday 5th July 2009

What a lovely day it was for golf today, blue sky, sunshine, a dry course in good condition, greens a lot faster than they were in the wet - there were no excuses for bad scores.

The course was looking great in spite of the bits of loose timber brought down by the high winds a few days ago. F-Troop will be back in gear tomorrow to help to clean up all the untidy areas and to do some work on the water worn paths. I couldn't help but notice how pretty the dams were today - full of water and weed free. The reflections picked up on the 3rd were great (photo attached - for those of you too engrossed in your golf to notice)

F- Troop will be meeting at 7.00 am to 7.15 am at the greenkeepers shed tomorrow. There is a lot of work to be done on the paths and general cleaning up. Any members who can spare a few hours to help our regular workers - your time would be most appreciated as we have a very large park to look after.

Our playing partners today were Russell and June Hayes & we had a lovely day on the village green. June had some great three pointers & a highlight of 3/4 on the 8th.

The Event of the day was a Singles for Men and Ladies Plus Medley 1 x 2 x 3 Team Event.

We had 110 starters with 5 visitors from Everglades, Mangrove Mountain, South West Rocks and Wyong.

RESULTS:

TEAM WINNERS: Jim Rocha, Garry Wilkinson, John Potter and Arthur Haviland - 88 points

RUNNERS UP: Keith Morris, Dorris Morris, Jan Walker & Neville Walker - 87 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Jaryd Kay - 39 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Michael Brown - 39 points

3RD: Jimmy Roche - 38 points on a countback

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Chris Drakeford - 37 points

RUNNER UP: Doon Jansen - 34 points on a countback

3RD: Sue Hutton - 34 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: G. Heggie; LADIES 8TH: Robin Incoll

BALLS WENT TO: MEN: 34 points on a countback; LADIES: 31 points on a countback

CCR MEN: 70 (37 points)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: June Hayes had a 3/4 on the 8th; Chris Drakeford turned in 22 on the first nine; John Hazzard & Ron Beechey were beaten by the girls for the keno ticket under false pretences - the girls put them off with harressment as they were putting; Gary Sammons was behind the 6th chipping onto the green after his first attempt was an airswing; Ron Puiatti had three birdies on the 5th, 15th and the 18th and a few "could have beens"; Jan Walker had a par on the 18th; Norma Cubis had a birdie. My highlights were that I had no wipes and we had our grandson "Joel" at the Golf Club for his first visit and "showing".

Golf - Saturday 4th July 2009

The Event of the day was a Men's Stroke - Monthly Medal.

We had 194 starters with visitors from South West Rocks, Muree, Branxton, Cheltenham Vic and Pinjarra WA.

RESULTS:

A GRADE:

1ST: Martin Gallagher - 67 nett on a countback

2ND: Enn Karm - 67 nett on a countback

3RD: Tony Cosentino - 67 nett

4TH: Matt Snelson - 69 nett on a countback

5TH: Wayne Jasper - 69 nett on a countback

SCRATCH WINNER: Matt Snelson - 73


B GRADE:

1ST: Les Puckeridge - 70 nett on a countback

2ND: John Griffin - 70 nett

3RD: Tony Callaghan - 71 nett

4TH: Peter Laybutt - 71 nett

5TH: Kevin Tweedie - 72 nett on a countback

SCRATCH WINNER: John Griffin - 83


C GRADE:

1ST: Mark McFadyen - 69 nett

2ND: John Burg - 71 nett on a countback

3RD: John Witherall - 71 nett

4TH: Grant Henry - 73 nett

5TH: David Baldwin - 74 nett on a countback

SCRATCH WINNER : John Burg - 91


NEAREST THE PINS 12TH:

A GRADE: R. Whyte

B GRADE: M. Munday

C GRADE: G. Henry


BALLS WENT TO: 75 nett on a countback

MEN'S CCR: 72 (72 nett)

Golf - Friday 3rd July 2009

The Event of the day was a Single Stableford for Men and Ladies.

We had 91 starters with 14 visitors from Asquith, Charlestown, Everglades, Mangrove Mountain. Marrickville, PGA, Riverside Oaks, Toukley & Waratah.

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Stephen Thompson - 40 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Fred McGlynn - 40 points

3RD: John Clark - 39 points on a countback

4TH: Steven Binns - 39 points

5TH: Noel Fenning - 38 points



WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Sheila Williams - 32 points

RUNNER UP: Insufficient starters


NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: J. Parkinson; LADIES 8TH: Not won

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 34 points neat; LADIES: 32 points neat

CCR MEN: 71 (36 points)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

Golf - Thursday 2nd July 2009

The Event of the day was a Ladies Single Par and we had 34 starters.

RESULTS:

WINNER: Leeanne Moore - Plus 2

RUNNER UP: Michele Martin - Plus 1 on a countback

3RD: Helen Stuart - Plus 1

4TH: Judy Verlander - Square on a countback

5TH: Judy Mulheron - Square


NEAREST THE PINS 14TH:

0 - 30: Lynn Puiatti

31 - 45 : Leeanne Moore


BALLS WENT TO : Minus 1 on a countback

Golf - Wednesday 1st July 2009

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

We had 204 starters with 4 visitors from Everglades, PGA and Wyong.


RESULTS:

2 BALL TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: James Williams and Peter Doolan - Plus 11

RUNNER UP: Col Matterson and Ron Kofoed - Plus 10 on a countback

THIRD: Bill Ballard and Bill Quin - Plus 10

FOURTH: Lindsay Morgan and Keith Bourne - Plus 8 on a countback


MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Peter Doolan - Plus 6

RUNNER UP: Jeff Rogers - Plus 5 on a countback

3RD: Phil Carter - Plus 5

4TH: Col Matterson - Plus 4 on a countback

5TH: Kim De Laive - Plus 4

SCRATCH WINNER: Matt Henshaw - Minus 2


NEAREST THE PINS 8TH:

A GRADE: Jeff Nash

B GRADE: M. Brown

C GRADE: B. White


BALLS WENT TO: Minus 1 on a countback

CCR MEN: 70 (Plus 1)