Photos from the Wedding Expo held 30th January 2011

As previously reported the Wedding Expo was held at the Club on Sunday 30th January 2011 and was a resounding success. I have attached some photos taken of the outside of the club on the day showing the wedding gardens and surrounds that were "on show" on the day.

My congratulations and sincere thanks to Di Beechey in particular for all the hard yards that she has put into keeping things ship shape in my absence and also to Anne Burgess as support crew to Di. They both did a magnificent job, above and beyond the call of duty, not only for the garden and surrounds preparation for the Wedding Expo but also for the daily maintenance to the gardens during the extreme hot weather of last week. We have not lost many plants thanks to Di, Anne and the rest of F-Troop who all contributed to the club garden maintenance over the last couple of weeks. I expect the heat damaged plants to respond in the cooler weather and make all of their hard work worthwhile.

My thanks to Di Beechey for the attached photos.

Golf - Sunday 6th February 2011

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

We had 85 starters which was not surprising considering the extreme weather patterns of the last week plus two downpours of rain on the day. I congratulate anyone who even started today. We were travelling back from Byron Bay where the temperatures were around 29 - 33 for 2 weeks. We reached 39 degrees at Taree and that continued until just before Wyong where the temperature dipped to 19 degrees with heavy rain.

RESULTS:

MEDLEY TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Ian Hartley, Annie Brink, Steven Cross and Mitchell Spalding - 98 points.

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Mitchell Spalding - 47 points

RUNNER UP: David Small - 40 points

3RD: Ian Hartley - 39 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Kath Small - 37 points

RUNNER UP: Annie Brink - 30 points

3RD: Leonie Casey - 22 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: To be advised

LADIES 8TH: To be advised

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 32 points

LADIES: Those who finished

AMCR MEN: 70 (37 points)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

2011 Golf Presentation Night - Saturday 5th February 2011

Gosford Golf Club Presentation Night 2011 was a very successful night well supported by Club Members.

Held in the Sunset Room of the Club with a sit down dinner, presentation of trophies followed by music and dancing.

Unfortunately Peter & I were unable to attend as we were having some R & R at Byron Bay. Anne Stimpson filled in for me as photographer of the event my sincere thanks go to her for the attached photos of the event.

A presentation was done to Tom Ballard in recognition of his position as Gosford Golf Club's trainee professional and our congratulations go to Tom.

Our Director of Golf, Scott Cubis was MC for the night.

The following trophies were presented by Ron Puiatti and Annette Dunk:

LADIES VETERANS CHAMPIONS:

C GRADE: Pam Witt

B GRADE: Robin Incoll

C GRADE: Di Thomlinson

LADIES 4BBB MATCHPLAY CHAMPIONS:

WINNERS: Di Thomlinson and Merran Adams

LADIES SINGLES MATCHPLAY CHAMPIONS:

DIV 2: Judy Verlander

DIV 1: Wendy Stapleton

LADIES FOURSOMES CHAMPIONS:

DIV 2: Felicity Mead and Merran Adams

DIV 1: Lyn Bates and Michelle McGrath

LADIES CHAMPIONS:

DIV 3: Pam Witt

DIV 2: Robin Incoll

DIV 1: Michelle McGrath

The following Trophies were presented by Andre Stolz and Mark Stimpson:

CLUB MATCHPLAY CHAMPIONS:

C GRADE: Garry Fuchs

B GRADE: Brian Purcell

A GRADE: Phillip Watson

MIXED FOURSOMES CHAMPIONS:

DIV 2: Wal Bailey and Fay Bailey

DIV 1: Graeme Wright and Lyn Douglas

CLUB FOURSOMES CHAMPIONS: Tom Ballard and Alex Pitty

GOSFORD OPEN AMATEUR: Alex Pitty

SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP: Graeme Wright

JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP: Zac Stolz

C GRADE CHAMPION: Patrick Murphy

B GRADE CHAMPION: Greg Whitworth

A RESERVE CHAMPION: Graeme Wright

CLUB CHAMPION: Tony Starbuck

Following the presentation of trophies Mark Stimpson presented the Pennants Team Shirts.

Golf - Saturday 5th February 2011

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

We had 145 starters with 5 visitors from Gordon, Riverside Oaks, Ryde Parramatta and West Wyalong.


A GRADE:

WINNER: Sam White - 67 nett

RUNNER UP: Greg Whitworth - 68 nett

3RD: Clyde Cruickshanks - 69 nett

SCRATCH WINNER: Phil Watson - 74

B GRADE:

WINNER: Kurt Burrell - 59 nett

RUNNER UP: Tom Patton (West Wyalong) - 67 nett

3RD: Andy Harris - 69 nett on a countback


C GRADE:

WINNER: Chris Hatfield - 61 nett

RUNNER UP: David Baldwin - 64 nett

3RD: Geoff Hall - 65 nett

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH:

A GRADE: To be advised

B GRADE: To be advised

C GRADE: To be advised


BALLS WENT TO: 72 nett on a countback

AMCR: 70 (70 nett)

I believe the temperatures were something like 42 degrees and probably higher on the course so I congratulate all of the players just for finishing.

Golf - Friday 4th February 2011

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



We had 70 starters with 10 visitors from Castle Hill, Emmaville, Everglades, Howlong, Mangrove Mountain, PGA, Spring Valley and Wyong.



RESULTS:



MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:



WINNER: Robert Twible - 42 points on a countback



RUNNER UP: Michael Wilson - 42 points



3RD: Neil Mathie - 41 points



4TH: James Williams - 40 points on a countback





WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:



WINNER: Susan Waugh - 35 points





NEAREST THE PINS:



MEN'S 12TH: To be advised



LADIES 8TH: To be advised



BALLS WENT TO:



MEN: 37 points (neat)



LADIES: 35 points (neat)



AMCR MEN: 70 (37 points)



AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

Golf - Thursday 3rd February 2011

The Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stableford - Over the Field and we had 16 starters with visitors from Terrigal.


RESULTS - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Margaret Nichols - 38 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Sandy Laybutt - 38 points


NEAREST THE PIN 14TH:

0 TO 30: Lesley Gregory

31 TO 45: N. Hilbert

BALLS WENT TO: To be advised

AWCR: 73 (36 points)

Golf - Wednesday 2nd February 2011

The Event of the day was a Men's Single Stableford + Teams Event.

We had 147 starters with 10 visitors from Everglades, Oatlands, PGA, Shelley Beach, Terrigal, Waratah and West Wyalong.

RESULTS:

TEAMS RESULTS:

WINNERS: Col Kelly, Ken Tunks, Carl Telford and Ken Ongley - 94 points


SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Craig Goy - 44 points

RUNNER UP: Paul Beaven - 43 points

3RD: Fred Middleton - 41 points on a countback


NEAREST THE PIN 8TH:

A GRADE: Kevin Tweedie

B GRADE: Bob Thomas

C GRADE: Michael Tunny

BALLS WENT TO: 36 points (neat)

AMCR: 70 (37 points)