F-Troop - Monday 26th September 2011

We had another busy day for F-Troop after 4 1/2 inches of rain the previous day restricted our access to the course, as usual we found plenty of other tasks in need of attention that did not require us to be out on the course  The wild winds of the previous week left us with timber & branches down everywhere and even though we could not access much of the course we managed to collect quite  a few trailer & ute loads of rubbish.

We had Duncan Dyer, Martin Gallagher, Geoff Bridge, Warren Gray, John Coddington, Peter Martin, Di Beechey, Anne Burgess, Georgina Lamb, Jan Martin & we welcomed for the first time Rob Benson to the F-Troop Brigade.

The Tree Brigade - Duncan Dyer, Martin Gallagher, Geoff Bridge removed branches from trees at the 18th, the 10th Men's tee garden and the 1st, removing rubbish & leaving all areas in good order.

John Coddington & Warren Gray, Peter Martin, Rob Benson, Di Beechey and Anne Burgess cleaned up the carpark areas, unblocked some drains & generally cleaned up rubbish from the front area of the clubhouse and the first and tenth tees.  John Coddington also volunteered to clean up the battery terminals on the ute so that we did not have any more trouble with the ute stalling..

The back garden of the Men's 10th tee was cleaned out with the removal of some trees and shrubs that were past their use by date.    This garden will now be cleaned out and new replacement shrubs put in place.

Georgina Lamb helped me to plant out six streletzias at the wedding garden area to help block off the street view of the wedding garden.  We also planted out five geisha girl shrubs at the racecourse road fence at the 1st green.

Georgina, Anne Di & myself cleaned up the practice net areas, the wedding garden, the first and tenth tee areas & the putting green area.  Later trimming the camellias & shrubs at the wedding garden.

Peter Martin & Rob Benson erected a sandstone garden seat at the ladies 10th tee.  This seat was donated to the club by Sam Knox.  Thank you Sam!.  Your recent donations have been wonderful & much appreciated by the members.

Peter, Rob & Mark Stimpson did some repair work on one of the work trolleys & Peter secured some shelving to the wall in our club storage area.

Our morning tea of fruit & chocolate pastries were much appreciated and we certainly earned them with hard work by our troopers today.  Thank you Chef John!

The 10th garden area is slowly coming together & should look very refreshed in the near future.

YES!  WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Golf - Sunday 25th September 2011 - Mixed Team Series Final

MIXED TEAM SERIES FINAL POSTPONED.

Due to very wet weather overnight and this morning the course has been deemed unplayable.

The Mixed Team Series Final has been postponed to December 2011 - date - Sunday 11th December 2011 which seemed to be the most popular date among the 60 odd players that attended the dinner dance tonight.



The Dinner Dance did go ahead with 60 odd players and guests attending the evening.  We enjoyed a lovely dinner & some great company.  Photos attached.  It is a pity about the weather but there is not much that we can do about four inches of rain in a 24 hour period.


Our team had a bonding session last night to cement our confidence in our ability to win.  


We now have to hold our enthusiasm until the 11th December 2011 when the final battle is fought out.

Golf - Saturday 24th September 2011

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

We had 175 starters with 8 visitors from Branxton, Magenta Shores, Molong, Shelly Beach & Wyong.

RESULTS:

A GRADE:

WINNER:  Greg Harrison - 39 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Ian Witt - 39 points on a countback

3RD:  David Boyd - 39 points

B GRADE:

WINNER:  Len Schafer - 40 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Brett Kennedy - 40 points on a countback

3RD:  Peter Ne'Roi - 40 points

C GRADE:

WINNER:  Geoff Hall - 43 points

RUNNER UP:  Laurie Steen - 42 points on a countback

3RD:  Robert Dwyer - 42 points

NEAREST THE PINS 12TH:

A GRADE:  To be advised

B GRADE:  To be advised

C GRADE:  To be advised

BALLS WENT TO:  36 points on a countback

AMCR:  70 (37 points)

Golf - Friday 23rd September 2011

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

We had 68 starters with 9 visitors from Ashlar, Emmaville, Everglades, Moss Vale, Pennant Hills, Shelly Beach, Taree, Terrigal, Trundle & Wyong.

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Garry Montgomery - 42 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Terence Dyer - 42 points

3RD:  Geoff Douglas - 41 points on a countback

4TH:  Robin Benson - 41 points on a countback

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Tania Burt - 42 points

RUNNER UP:  Rhonda Parkinson (Pennant Hills) - 40 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH:  To be advised

LADIES 8TH:  To be advised

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN:  37 points (neat)

LADIES:  37 points (neat)

AMCR MEN:  69 white (38 points)

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)

Golf - Thursday 22nd September 2011

The Golf Event of the day was a Ladies Stroke - Over the Field and we had 14 starters.

RESULTS:


WINNER:  Christine Dekker - 69 nett

RUNNER UP:  Maggie Minjoy - 71 nett

NEAREST THE PIN 14TH:


0 TO 30:  Sharon Anderson

31 TO 45 SECOND SHOT:  Judy Hughes

BALLS WENT TO:  73 nett

BALL COMPETITION:


Christine Dekker

Maggie Minjoy

Sharon Anderson


AWCR LADIES:  73 (73 nett)

Golf - Wednesday 21st September 2011

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

We had 168 starters with 7 visitors from Morisset, Oberon, Shelly Beach, Terrigal,
The Colonial & Toukley.

RESULTS:


TEAM EVENT RESULTS:


WINNERS:  B. Hepworth, C. Willis, D. Leavel & K. Barry - 103 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:


WINNER:  Ray Hall - 49 points

RUNNER UP:  Peter Smith - 46 points

3RD:  John Anstice - 45 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS 8TH:


A GRADE:  Kerry Cubis

B GRADE:  Jas Palasty

C GRADE:  Colin Bean

BALLS WENT TO:  38 points (neat)

AMCR:  70 (37 points)  

Golf - Tuesday 20th September 2011 - Invitation Day

A bit of wild  wind was the only thing spoiling an otherwise perfect day for golf that everyone enjoyed.

Our Invitation Day is a very popular day attracting 112 starters which was excellent and all monies raised on the day went to Breast Cancer Research which we were all very happy to support.

The Event of the day was a Team Stableford with two scores to count.  We had 112 starters with visitors from Terrigal, Wyong, Everglades, Waratah, Mangrove Mountain, Shelly Beach, Magenta Shores & Northbridge.

RESULTS:


TEAM STABLEFORD - TWO SCORES TO COUNT:


TEAM WINNERS NETT:  June Bowen, J. Johnson, Fran James & Elizabeth McNamara - 108 points

RUNNERS UP NETT:  Shirley Daly, Kay McKay, Barbara Horner & Bev Moore - 104 points on a countback

3RD PLACE NETT: Julie Hazzard, Kay McCullum, Di Beechey & Dawn Tromp - 104 points on a countback

SCRATCH WINNERS:  Di Thomlinson, Helen Potter, Liz Fiatarone & Leah Knight - 60 points

NEAREST THE PINS - OVER THE FIELD:


VISITOR'S NEAREST THE PINS:


5TH HOLE:  Judy Shanks (Everglades)

8TH HOLE:  Jan Hoban (Terrigal)

12TH HOLE:  M. Thatcher (Terrigal)

14TH HOLE:  J. Simmons (Everglades)

MEMBER'S NEAREST THE PINS:


5TH HOLE:  Norma Cubis

8TH HOLE:  Lea Southon

12TH HOLE:  Di Beechey

14TH HOLE:  Georgina Lamb

BALL COMPETITION:


R. Brown, M. Nichols, P. Sparks, R. Jordon
R. Robertson, D. Grinham, J. Verlander, J. Scott
L. Southon, K. Walsh, L. Tracey, D. Trigg
K. Frewin, J. Johnson, J. Beddow, A. Dunk
V. Morris, M. Pratt, V. Anderson, S. Williams
R. Cohen, B. Cant, M. Winer, J. Hughes
D. Vines, C. Dekker, R. Krahe, L. Wilson
D. Cook, H. Ferguson, C. Farrell, J. Simmons

NO HANDICAPPING TODAY as it was a fun day.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY: There would have been too many highlights to mention today as we had casual golf rules in place and I am sure that we all had plenty of good moments.  I was witness to one highlight in my team that is worth mentioning.  Anne Burgess hit a beautiful drive down the 16th fairway & followed that up with a 7 iron shot to the green that was never going to miss going in the hole for an EAGLE 2/5.  CONGRATULATIONS ANNE!  Footnote:  Anne did not use any of the casual rules on this hole to gain that score.

CONGRATULATIONS to the Committee and Social Committee that put together a great day that everyone enjoyed.  All monies raised on the day went towards Breast Cancer Research which is a worthy cause that we all love to support.  The lady member's also put in a good effort supplying goods for the produce stall & all the players supported well by buying just about everything on the table as well as participating in the raffles and other fund raiser projects of the day.An amount of approximately $2000 was mentioned as money raised on the day, however I will confirm that amount when everything has been tallied up.

A big thank you to Scott Cubis & Tom Ballard who were hitting our drives off the 10th for a $2 donation to the Breast Cancer Foundation.  Tommy put my drive just short of the drain & the ball was sitting nicely on the fairway.  It takes two of my good shots to get that far.  Thanks Tommy!  Thanks also to Ron Beechey who collected the $2 donations at the 10th tee.