Golf - Friday 7th January 2011

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

We had 90 starters with 16 visitors from Castle Hill, Everglades, Howlong, Mangrove Mountain, Moore Park, Muree, New South Wales, Oberon, Terrigal, The Australian & The Lakes.

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Steven Binns - 43 points

RUNNER UP: Brendan Martin -41 points

3RD: John Haines - 40 points

4TH: Warren Dunkel - 39 points on a countback

5TH: Greg Harrison - 39 points on a countback

WOMEN'S SINGLE RESULTS:

WINNER: Annette Cross - 40 points


NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: To be advised

LADIES 8TH: To be advised

BALLS WENT TO :

MEN: 37 points (neat)

LADIES: 34 points (neat)

AMCR MEN: 70 (37 points)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

Golf - Thursday 6th January 2011

The 105 Lavender Plants that I have been nursing have been replanted into bigger pots so they can mature and be nicely strong enough to be planted out at the 16th tee in autumn after the summer heat has finished.

The Golf Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stableford - Over the Field and we had 23 starters.

RESULTS - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Marianne Lanham - 41 points

RUNNER UP: Judy Ruitenberg - 40 points

3RD: Margaret Nichols - 38 points on a countback

BALL COMPETITION:

Rosie Judd - 38 points

Pam Cowin - 38 points

Fay Bailey - 36 points

Annette Dunk - 36 points

BALLS WENT TO : 36 points on a countback

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

Golf - Wednesday 5th January 2011

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

We had 231 starters with 18 visitors from Bankstown, Everglades, Gympie Pines, Howlong, Oatlands, PGA, Pymble, Shelley Beach, Stoneleigh - UK and Wyong.

RESULTS:

TEAM EVENT RESULTS:

WINNERS: Chris Hatfield, Wade Van Den Berg, Kurt Burrell & Dave Wilson - 100 points


SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Chris Hatfield - 53 points (this is not a typo error)

RUNNER UP: Kurt Burrell - 46 points

3RD: Ian Winn - 45 points

4TH: Paul Scholberg - 44 points on a countback.

NEAREST THE PINS 8TH:

A GRADE: To be advised

B GRADE: To be advised

C GRADE: To be advised

BALLS WENT TO: 37 points (neat)

AMCR: 70 (37 points)

It was a beautiful day for golf and 231 starters is great to hear, so there are a lot of people out there enjoying the course. One has to feel sympathy for those that scored 40 - 44 points today and only won a ball. The scores lately have been phenomenal & there is plenty of run on the course. I just wish that I was one of them that was scoring so well.

Golf - Tuesday 4th January 2011

We had some lovely cloud cover today to do outdoor things - perfect for golfing and gardening.

I made a start on re-potting some of the lavender plants that are destined for the 16th tee.

At 6.00pm we made some more in-roads to treating the rogue grasses with assistance from Mark Stimpson, myself, Ray Presdee and Martin Gallagher. We covered the rest of the 2nd fairway, most of the 3rd fairway, 12th, 13th and 14th fairways.

The Golf Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stableford - Over the Field.

We had 41 starters with visitors from Terrigal.

RESULTS- OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Margaret Nichols - 43 points

RUNNER UP: Allison Guthrie - 40 points

3RD: Pauline Norman - 39 points on a countback

4TH: Lyn Cruickshanks - 39 points on a countback

5TH: Fay Bailey - 39 points

BALL COMPETITION:

Jan Walker

Pam Cowin

Linda Rogers

Rhonda Robertson

Pam Witt

Alice Collett

Felicity Mead

Judy Hughes

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

F-Troop - Monday 3rd January 2011

We had fourteen volunteers turn up this morning for F-Troop work which is absolutely fantastic considering today is a Public Holiday. We had tonnes of rubbish to pick up in the car park & around the course & clubhouse so it was a case of many hands make light work.

There was some high winds again in the last few days which brought down even more bark & twigs over the already cleaned bits which meant it all had to be done again. Areas covered today were the front car park, side entry path, back car park, BBQ area, around the Clubhouse, Wedding Garden, Putting Green, 1st and 10th tees, 7th tee, 6th tee and fairway, 13th tee, 13th fairway, 14th bush toilet area, 17th tee, 17th dog leg, 17th path to the 18th tee, 18th tee area, 18th green.

The large branches and fallen trees have been picked up which leaves us with our normal clean up routine next week.

Today we had Martin Gallagher, Duncan Dyer, Fred Middleton, Arthur Verlander, Des Wilson, Garry Trigg, Peter Murphy, Kerry Cubis, John Coddington, Peter Martin, Mark Stimpson, Jan Martin, Di Beechey and Jan Walker, one tractor & trailer, one ute, and one car & trailer and we worked from 7.00 am until 10.30 am ( Di Beechey started at 6.00am). We removed load after load of rubbish to the dump and the course was looking much better for the tidy up. The Car Park is now respectable as is the Front Entry & surrounds of the Clubhouse.

We decided to focus just on the clean up work today so very little else got done. There is always more work to be done out there and we could not cover all areas today so there will be more work waiting for us next week.

As it was a Public Holiday we did not have anything special organised for morning tea. With the influx of 14 volunteers we hurriedly organised some tea & coffee with sausage rolls from the Pro Shop & then Chef John arrived in time to supply us with some yummy mini muffins warm from the oven. Thanks John! Much appreciated!

It was a brilliant effort by our F-Troopers this morning. Tomorrow afternoon (weather permitting) at 6.00pm we are planning another blitz on the rogue grasses. Any volunteer who has an hour to spare who would like to help - you would be welcome to meet us outside the Pro Shop at 10 minutes to 6 when we will decide which of the fairways we are going to work on.

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Golf - Sunday 2nd January 2011

My withdrawal symptoms are reducing now that we are back in daily routine at the Golf Course. The Silly Season is behind us, we have said goodbye to 2010 and are into 2011 with great gusto and today have got in some great scores to prove it!. Just one example is 45 points from Vicky Morris who scored 28 points on the front nine holes alone and Keith Potter who scored 48 points.

Our partners today were Des & Yvonne Wilson & we had a good day out on the course even though the boys did soundly beat us for the Keno ticket. We had a New Year's Eve Keno ticket boy's Vs the girls from the groups that celebrated at the Cafe Sicilian and once again the boys won with Wally Bailey contributing 40 points, Col Kelly 39 points, Des Wilson 38 points and our best scores from the girls were Kay Frewin 42 points and Yvonne Wilson 36 points.

The Event of the day was a 2 Ball Team + Single Stableford Mixed Men & Ladies.

We had 88 starters with one visitor from Shelley Beach.

RESULTS:

2 BALL TEAM - MEN'S: Keith Potter & Ryan Morgan - 52 points

2 BALL TEAM - MIXED: Michael Norman & Pauline Norman - 55 points

2 BALL TEAM WOMEN'S: Bev Way & Vicky Morris - 49 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Keith Potter - 48 points

RUNNER UP: Michael Norman - 44 points

3RD: Ryan Morgan - 43 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Vicky Morris - 45 points

RUNNER UP: Kay Frewin - 42 points

3RD: Jan Walker - 40 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: Len Sargent

LADIES 8TH: Elly Van Den Berg

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 39 points (neat)

LADIES: 36 points (neat)

AMCR MEN: 70 (37 points)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: George Foster had a birdie on the 4th and chipped in on the 9th and won Peter Martin's $1, George & Ron Puiatti beat the girls for the keno ticket; Lynn Puiatti parred the 4th for 4/4; Lyn Cruickshanks had five 3 pointers in a row and scored 40 points; Sandra Coyle scored a 4 pointer on the 9th; Jan & Neville Walker both scored 4/4 on the 3rd; Doreen Trigg scored two 4 pointers; Sheena Asken almost had a Eagle on the 16th and had to settle on a birdie; Clyde Cruickshanks had a birdie on the 10th; Kerry Cubis had a birdie on the 18th; Kevin O'Brien had a birdie on the 4th; Doug Incoll's highlight was playing with Wally Johnston; Wally Bailey had three 4 pointers and scored 40 points; Wayne Tomkinson sank two very long putts and birdied the 10th and the 18th; Bev Way's highlight was being back to play at Gosford; Vicky Morris scored 28 points on the front 9 parring the 1st, 3rd and the 4th; Jan Van Den Berg had 4 pointers at the 2nd and the 16th; Elly Van Den Berg had a birdie on the 8th and won nearest the pin; Michael Norman tee'd off the 18th landing on the 11th fairway and still scored 5/3 on the hole; Kay Frewin played a nice steady game; Col Kelly had a birdie on the 10th; Alice Diamond parred the 12th; Rosalie Dyer parred three of the four par 3's; Peter Martin had a birdie on the 16th; Yvonne Wilson had 5/4 on the 2nd; Des Wilson had a par on the 4th without touching the fairway; my highlight was parring the 8th and winning the hole for the girls.

Golf - Saturday 1st January 2011 - New Year's Day

We are now back to our normal competitions days and I can get over my withdrawal symptoms about not being able to report on the results and news of the day.

Today was our first competition day of 2011 and we had some great scores in which indicates that the course is still playing well.

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

We had 98 starters with 5 visitors from South West Rocks, Toukley, Virginia Qld, & Wyong.
That was a great field considering that the temperature of the day was very high and most people would have been at the beach or at least in the comfort of air conditioning.

RESULTS:

2 BALL TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Les Puckeridge & Col White - 54 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Les Puckeridge - 47 points

RUNNER UP: Garry Wilkinson - 44 points on a countback

3RD: Wayne Tomkinson - 44 points


NEAREST THE PINS 12TH:

A GRADE: To be advised

B GRADE: To be advised

C GRADE: To be advised

BALLS WENT TO: 39 points on a countback

AMCR: 70 (37 points)