Golf - Saturday 10th October 2009

The Event of the day was a Men's Stroke - Monthly Medal and the first round of the Men's Championships.

We had 207 starters with 3 visitors.

RESULTS:

A GRADE:

1ST: Tom Ballard - 66 nett

2ND: Blair Sunderland - 67 nett

3RD: Michael Bowditch - 68 nett on a countback

4TH: Mark Stimpson - 68 nett on a countback

5TH: Brett Liddell - 68 nett

SCRATCH WINNER: Michael Bowditch - 69

B GRADE:

1ST: Greg Whitworth - 66 nett

2ND: Daniel Mullens - 67 nett on a countback

3RD: Spencer Peek - 67 nett

4TH: Ronald Brown - 68 nett

5TH: Len Schafer - 69 nett

SCRATCH WINNER: Spencer Peek - 80


C GRADE:

1ST: Dave Wilson - 63 nett

2ND: Fraser Bates - 65 nett

3RD: Barry Mulligan - 68 nett on a countback

4TH: Nicholas Tucker - 68 nett

5TH: Gary Johnson - 69 nett on a countback

SCRATCH WINNER: Dave Wilson - 83


BALLS WENT TO: 73 nett on a countback

MENS CCR: 71 (71 nett)

Golf - Friday 9th October 2009

The Event of the day was a Single Stableford for Men and Ladies and we had 74 starters with 4 visitors from Bonville, Everglades and Toukley.


RESULTS:


MENS SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Colin Willis - 41 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Michael Norman - 41 points on a countback

3RD: David Wilson - 41 points

4TH: Geoff Douglas - 40 points on a countback

5TH: Eric Buller - 40 points


WOMENS SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Sheila Williams


NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: Anthony Newson

LADIES 8TH: Helen Potter

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 36 Points

LADIES: 36 points

CCR MEN: 70 (37 points)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

Golf - Thursday 8th October 2009

The Event of the day was a Ladies American Foursomes and we had 24 starters with one visitor from Tuggerah Lakes.


RESULTS:

WINNERS: Allison Guthrie and Susan Bourne - 66 1/2 points

RUNNERS UP: Marianne Lanham and Lesley Gregory - 67 points

BALL COMP:

Dawn Tromp and Beulah Cant - 69 points

Maggie Minjoy and Lorraine Linnert - 72 points on a countback



NO NEAREST THE PINS


NO HANDICAPPING

BALLS WENT TO: 72 points nett on a countback

Gosford Golfer wins at Vets Tournament at Orange

Some of our Gosford Members regularly attend the Veterans Tournament at Orange each year.

This year Wendy Stapleton won the Individual 36 Hole Competition with scores of 40 & 37.

On the second day of the competition it was windy, raining, sleet, hail and a maximum of 9 degrees.
(and we thought we had it bad here at Gosford!)

Well done Wendy! Congratulations!

Golf - Wednesday 7th October 2009

Image attached: Pots donated by Mark & Anne Stimpson and Pony Tail Palms placed at the front entrance to the club. Thanks Mark & Anne!

The Event of the day was a Men's Single Par Event - 3 grades.

We had 184 starters with 15 visitors from from Everglades, Mangrove Mountain, Morisset, Muirfield, PGA, Terrigal and Toukley.

The weather has been very mixed with blue sky and sunshine, wind, showers & we had some heavy rain overnight. This did not interfere with our good golfers who have come in with some sensational scores as you can see by the results. How good is it that our course is so playable after bad weather - full credit to our green staff & F-Troop for all the work they have put into drainage & maintenance of the course & a huge improvement from the old years when the course would close after a few good downpours.

RESULTS:

A GRADE:

1ST: Gordon Hamilton - Plus 6

2ND: Ian Gross - Plus 3 on a countback

3RD: Zac Stolz - Plus 3 on a countback

4TH: Ricky Schmidt - Plus 3

5TH: David Robertson - Plus 1 on a countback

SCRATCH WINNER: Tony Starbuck - Minus 1

B GRADE:

1ST: Daniel Mullins - Plus 5

2ND: Robert Twible - Plus 4 on a countback

3RD: Eric Buller - Plus 4

4TH: Chris Ashworth - Plus 3 on a countback

5TH: Mark Douglas - Plus 3

SCRATCH WINNER: Daniel Mullins - Minus 7 on a countback

C GRADE:

1ST: Malcolm Minns - Plus 7

2ND: Wayne Brown - Plus 6

3RD: Noel Annand - Plus 3

4TH: Charlie Crook - Plus 3

5TH: Trevor Way - Plus 3

SCRATCH WINNER: Malcolm Minns - Minus 7 on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS 8TH:

A GRADE: S. Chay

B GRADE: Noel Fenning

C GRADE: F. McGlynn

BALLS WENT TO: To be advised

CCR: To be advised

Golf - Tuesday 6th October 2009

The Event of the day was a Single Stroke - Monthly Medal and we had 55 starters.

I was not able to play today, but it was good to see that the weather held after all the rain we had the previous late afternoon and evening. The course is looking lovely & green and the gardens refreshed. It is good to see how well the course is handling the heavy downpours which would have put a stop to any play not so many years ago.

RESULTS:

DIVISION 1:

WINNER: Lorraine Linnert - 73 nett

GROSS WINNER: Rhonda Robertson - 89

PUTTING: Fay Bailey - 29 putts

DIVISION 2:

WINNER: Leeanne Binns - 68 nett

RUNNER UP: Barbara Stratford - 75 nett

3RD: Marianne Lanham - 75 nett

GROSS WINNER: Leeanne Binns - 93

PUTTING: Helen Stuart - 31 putts

DIVISION 3:

WINNER: Clare Hastings - 75 nett

GROSS WINNER: Clare Hastings - 106

PUTTING: Pam Bourne - 32 putts

NEAREST THE PINS:

A GRADE:

5TH HOLE: Norma Cubis

12TH HOLE: Di Thomlinson

B GRADE:

8TH HOLE: Lyn Cruickshanks

14TH HOLE: Merran Adams

C GRADE:

8TH HOLE: Carol Farrell

14TH HOLE: Not won

AWCR LADIES: 73 (73 nett)

BALLS WENT TO : 36

Gosford City Cup Final Round 36 holes - Monday 5th October 2009

Monday 5th October 2009 was the final round of the Gosford City Cup held over 36 holes - Single Stableford for Men and Ladies.

We had 70 starters with 20 visitors from Belmont, Everglades, Maitland, PGA, Terrigal, Teven, Toukley and Wyong.

We were very fortunate with the weather over the last two days. The rain held off and the course was in great condition regardless of the rain that had fallen on Saurday and overnight.

We had a few puddles here and there on the paths (photo attached) but the fairways and greens were unaffected by the wet weather & the greens in particular were in great condition after the recent maintenance program.

Our partners today were Warren Gray & Mary Bromwich & we had a lovely day on the village green. Warren had a great game & scored our only birdie of the day & a nearest the pin on the 12th.

RESULTS:

GOSFORD CITY CUP 36 HOLES RESULTS:

MENS WINNER: Arthur Haviland - 72 points

MENS RUNNER UP: George Foster - 71 points

LADIES WINNER: Rhonda Robertson - 72 points

LADIES RUNNER UP: Vicki Foster - 67 points

MENS SINGLES DAILY RESULTS:

WINNER: Grant Pride (Everglades) - 39 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Stephen Pride (Terrigal) - 39 points on a countback

3RD: Arthur Smith (Wyong) - 39 points

4TH: Harry Kildey (Maitland) - 38 points on a countback

WOMENS SINGLES DAILY RESULT:

WINNER: Rhonda Robertson - 36 points

RUNNER UP: Janice Adlard (Terrigal) - 32 points

3RD: Pauline Norman - 31 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

MENS 12TH: Warren Gray

LADIES 8TH: Rhonda Robertson

BALLS WENT TO: MEN: 36 points on a countback; LADIES: 30 points on a countback

CCR MEN: 70 (37 points)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Ian Hartley chipped in for 3/4 on the 15th; David Small (not to be outdone by Ian) chipped in from off the green bopunced off Ian's ball & still scored 3/4; Rhonda Robertson had a birdie on the 8th; George Foster had a birdie on the 3rd; Steve Laing's highlight was playing with Helen Stuart and having 4 pars in a row; Helen Stuart parred onbe of the 3 pars; Steve Craven had a birdie on the 9th; Zorro turned up early; Bob Knowles from Everglades had a god day; Gary Sammons had a birdie on the 13th sinking an 18 ft putt; Warren Gray had a birdie on the 12th and won nearest the pin; Mary Bromwich had some good 3 pointers at the 10th and the 18th; Peter Martin came very close to a birdie on the 16th. A good highlight for everyone was that the rain held off until after the competition was over.