Golf - Friday 8th January 2010

Another perfect day for golf & the day was enjoyed by many golfers coming through the course as I was gardening. We had 93 players in the daily competition followed by a lot of social golfers filling up the rest of the day which was great to see. The course is in good condition so it was great to see the course fully utilized by Members and visitors.

The gardens at the 6th and the 2nd are currently the focus of maintenance after the recent rain has encouraged a lot of weed growth. Monday is the next F-Troop day for course maintenance for our F-Troop & we are looking forward to Member support for our maintenance programs. This Monday is set down for maintence & painting of the fence along the 18th fairway leading to the car park along with general clean up & garden maintenence.

You may notice some new colour in the Magnolia garden leading to the 1st and 10th tees. You can thank Di Beechey for the bargain purchase of new impatient flowers to add colour today to this important garden. Thanks Di! Your efforts are appreciated.

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

We had 93 starters with 14 visitors from Everglades, Gordon, Moore Park, Riverfield, Toukley, Tuggerah Lakes and Riverside Oaks.

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Adam Gilbert - 42 points

RUNNER UP: Anthony Baffis - 40 points on a countback

3RD: Mike Hyland - 40 points on a countback

4TH: Brad Hay - 40 points

5TH: James Williams - 39 points on a countback

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Alice Diamond - 37 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: To be advised

LADIES 8TH: To be advised

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 34 points neat

LADIES: 34 points neat

CCR MEN: 70 (37 points)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

Golf - Thursday 7th January 2010

At this time of the year our ladies have to face post Christmas recovery, family, visitors, babysitting, household catchups and annual holidays. Whatever the reason our numbers are traditionally down. Hopefully we will get some continued good weather & build our numbers back up for our Thursday Competition.

The Event of the day was a Ladies Stableford - Over the Field Summer Competition and we had 14 starters with one visitor from Everglades.

RESULTS: OVER THE FIELD

WINNER: Margaret Nichols - 36 points

RUNNER UP: Sue Hutton - 35 points

BALL COMPETITION:

Margaret Nichols
Sue Hutton
Val Anderson
Christine Drakeford

BALLS WENT TO: 34 points

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

Golf - Wednesday 6th January 2010

We were fortunate to get a fine sunny day for todays golf. It was also a good opportunity to get a few of our neglected gardens up to scratch as good rain also brings good weeds.

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

We had 258 starters with 16 visitors from UK, Everglades, Gold Coast, Howlong, Long Reef, Mangrove Mountain, Morisset, PGA, England, Royal Sydney, Tuggerah Lakes, Tura Beach and Wauchope.

RESULTS:

TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Norm Elliott, Paul Smith, Greg Skilbeck & Robbie Whyte - 93 points

RUNNERS UP: Grant Binns, Joshua Parr, Josh McGowan & Tim Clark - 92 points on a countback.

THIRD: Doug Incoll, Michael Murphy, David Wilson & Michael Upton - 92 points

MENS SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Craig Stevens - 42 points

RUNNER UP: Michael Upton - 41 points on a countback

3RD: Tim Clark - 41 points on a countback

4TH: Dick Leaver - 41 points on a countback

5TH: Leo Hawley - 41 points

SCRATCH WINNER: Dan Snelson - 35 points

NEAREST THE PIN 8TH:

A GRADE: A. O'Dwyer (UK)

B GRADE: C. Ashworth

C GRADE: J. Fahey

EAGLES NEST 12TH:

WON BY: Bob Yabsley - 7 Balls

BALLS WENT TO: 35 points neat

CCR: 71 (36 points)

Golf - Tuesday 5th January 2010

We had a lovely sunny day for golf today which was a nice change from previous weeks. My playing partners were Jan Walker and Doris Morris. Our golf wasn't great but the company was. Jan Walker got a gobbler 4/3 at the 15th which was the highlight of our day. There were some nice scores coming in from the later morning groups so perhaps less moisture and dew on the course was helpful.

The Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stableford - Over the Field Summer Competition and we had 58 starters.

RESULTS: over the field

WINNER: Mary Beard - 41 points

RUNNER UP: Marianne Lanham - 38 points

3RD: Leonie Casey - 37 points

4TH: Debbie Grinham - 36 points

5TH: Leanne Binns - 35 points

6TH: Christine Drakeford - 34 points

7TH: Yvonne Cumming - 33 points on a countback

8TH: Lorraine Linnert - 33 points on a countback

BALLS WENT TO: 30 points

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Cheryl Davidson had 4/4's at the 7th and the 4th; Mary Beard had 24 points on the front nine and just missed a birdie on the 1st with the ball running around the cup & refusing to drop in; Ronda Jordon had 2 gobblers; Jan Walker had a gobbler 4/3 on the 15th; Leonie Casey had birdies on the 6th and the 15th; Glennis English had a birdie on the 6th; Fay Bailey extracted her shot out of the base of a tree on the 18th by using her pitching wedge for a "back-the-front" slammer & it got her back on the fairway.

F-Troop Monday 4th January 2010

For the small contingent of F-Troop workers that we had on hand today we achieved great things. Those troopers on duty were Duncan Dyer, Martin Gallagher, Garry Trigg, Geoff Bridge,

Peter Martin and Warren Gray. It was worth coming today just for the lovely morning tea we had provided by chef John - fruit pastries fresh from the oven - yum!

The main project of the day was to clean the car parks - front, side & back. The front car park was quite a challenge by itself but it was masterfully cleaned and hedges trimmed so that the entrance to the clubhouse now says " come in -You are Welcome " .

The side and back carparks were cleaned as best we could before the cars arrived. We then transferred our efforts to the path from the Pro Shop right down to the first and tenth tees.

Trimming hedges and shrubs & removing rubbish. The troopers then removed crab grass from the 10th and 1st tees, picked up timber from around the course, weeded the small magnolia garden, dead headed the agapanthus & trimmed the hedge around the putting green.

It was a huge workload for such a small crew but the effort made a huge difference to the appearance of the club grounds. Well done F-Troopers!

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Golf - Sunday 3rd January 2010

Prior to leaving for golf this morning I checked the 'Elders' local weather report which did say 23 degrees and showers/sunshine. Then I backed that up with a review of the weather radar loop which did not show any signs of local rain. Convinced that the weather was going to fine up quickly we committed to a game of golf in drizzling rain which was pretty much ongoing all day with some brief reliefs followed by heavier rain just to make sure that we stayed wet. As I have well advertised before - I am not a happy wet weather golfer & would have stopped half way except that our playing partners Doug & Robin Incoll were having a good round thus far & it seemed very uncharitable to stop at that time. We did have a good day in spite of the rain & had a lot of fun beating the boys for a keno ticket on the 17th hole which I squared with Doug's 3 pointer to prevent the boys from winning the hole ( my highlight of the day). Robin won a ball which put us in the winners circle.

The Event of the day was a Medley 2 Ball Team + Single Stableford for Men and Ladies.

We had 72 starters with 8 visitors from Kurri, Riverside Oaks, South West Rocks, Tuggerah Lakes and Tura Beach.

RESULTS:

MEDLEY 2 BALL TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Walter Loschi and Suzanne Waugh - 43 points on a countback

MENS SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: John Haines - 38 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Luke McGlynn - 38 points

3RD: Justin Moore - 36 points on a countback

WOMENS SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Suzanne Waugh - 36 points

RUNNER UP: Pauline Norman - 31 points on a countback

3RD: Helen Broadbent - 31 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

MENS 12TH: To be advised

LADIES 8TH: Not won

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 32 points neat

LADIES: 30 points neat

CCR MEN: 72 (35 points)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Suzanne Waugh had three 3 pointers in a row; Wally Loschi chipped in on the 9th for a 4/3; Robin Incoll had a good 3 pointer on the 12th and a great firm positive putt straight into the hole at the 4th; Doug Incoll had a 4/3 on the 16th and followed that up with 5/3 on the 17th; my highlight of the day was to get 5/3 on the 17th to square the boys so they had to buy the keno ticket.

Golf - Saturday 2nd January 2010

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

We had 214 starters with 18 visitors from Bathurst, UK, Dubbo, Gungahlin Lakes ACT, Gunnedah, Long Reef, Moore Park, O/S, PGA, Redcliffe, Roseville, Russell Vale, Terrrigal, England & Trundle.

RESULTS:

A GRADE:

1ST: Darren Wotherspoon - 65 nett

2ND: James Johnston - 68 nett on a countback

3RD: Ricky Schmidt - 68 nett

4TH: Daniel Bosley - 69 nett on a countback

5TH: Dan Snelson - 69 nett

SCRATCH WINNER: Darren Wotherspoon - 72 on a countback

B GRADE:

1ST: Marshal Parsons - 67 nett

2ND: Len Schafer - 69 nett on a countback

3RD: Charlie Crook - 59 nett

4TH: Graham Chee - 70 nett on a countback

5TH: Wayne Campbell - 70 nett

SCRATCH WINNER: Marshal Parsons - 80


C GRADE:

1ST: Rex Sullings - 67 nett

2ND: Nicholas Tucker - 68 nett on a countback

3RD: Scott Pilarski - 68 nett

4TH: Glen Watkins - 70 nett on a countback

5TH: Geoff Hall - 70 nett on a countback

SCRATCH WINNER: Rex Sullings - 86

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH:

A GRADE: Rob Whyte

B GRADE: Len Schafer

C GRADE: Scott Pilarski

EAGLES NEST WON BY: Ricky Schmidt - 59 cms ( 21 balls)

BALLS WENT TO: 74 nett neat

MENS CCR: 71 (71 nett)