F-Troop - Monday 6th February 2012

Our F-Troopers had a very productive day dealing with a lot of projects with a small crew on hand.

Today we had Geoff Bridge, Duncan Dyer, Garry Trigg, Ron Beechey, Rob Benson, Richard Casey, Des Wilson, George Foster, Nigel Asken, Di Beechey, Anne Burgess, Georgina Lamb, Yvonne Wilson with Martin Gallagher acting as "starter" for the group.

Duncan, George & Des completed the security gates on the F-Troop storage shed so that the vehicles can be stored with safety.

Geoff Bridge & Garry Trigg started work on replacing the garden edges on the 6th & then did some rubbish pick up & assisted with the clean up of the front paths with the newly repaired garden vacuum cleaner.

Richard, Rob & Ron did a great job of creating a new drain to take the water off the cart cart path near the BBQ.

Di, Anne & Georgina cleaned up the wedding gardens & installed some new furniture donated by Sam Knox.
Di Beechey painted the furniture white to fit into the wedding theme.  The old furniture that was at the putting green is now installed under the clubhouse for extra sitting room.

Our thanks to Sam Knox for his generous donations.  They are a great asset to the club which is greatly appreciated.

Some plumbing work was done at the "bush toilets" at the 14th to repair the damage done by vandals/thieves who removed all the copper piping at the back of the toilets.

Yvonne Wilson did some fertilizing of her adopted gardens.

Nigel Asken continued his work removing crab grass from the fairways.

Morning tea this morning was a lovely walnut loaf which was greatly appreciated by all the workers.  Many thanks to our kitchen staff & Chef John for their continued support with morning tea goodies.

This time last year we had high temperatures reaching into the 40's which caused great concern getting water to the gardens - no such worry this year - the gardens are well watered.

Photos today came from Martin & Di in my absence.

My thanks to Di Beechey & Anne Burgess for picking up the slack for me while I have been "resting".
I understand that the Wedding Expo was a huge success and the garden wedding went well.

YES!  WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Golf - Sunday 5th February 2012

Beautiful one day and perfect the next at Byron Bay

The Golf Event of the day at Gosford was a Medley Team Event - 2 Scores to Count.

We had 47 starters with 2 visitors from Riverside Oaks and Terrigal.

RESULTS:

MEDLEY TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS:  Nigel Asken, Ronda Jordon, Bert Jordon & Rae Brown - 82 points on a countback

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Terrence Dyer - 36 points

RUNNER UP:  Paul Englert (Riverside Oaks) - 35 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Lynn Puiatti - 35 points

RUNNER UP:  Sheena Asken - 34 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH:  Kevin O'Brien

LADIES 8TH:  Lorraine Bignall

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN:  34 points (neat)

LADIES:  31 points (neat)

AMCR MEN:  70 (37 points)

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)



My thanks to Debbie Grinham for today's photo of the Ladies golf at Royal Pines in Queensland.

Golf - Saturday 4th February 2012

The weather has improved so it is on with the golf.  Byron Bay weather has been great for our last few days and the golf at Royal Pines (about an hour away) has been great to watch.  My thanks to Debbie Grinham for the photo from Royal Pines where Debbie, Michelle Martin & Norma Cubis have been enjoying the Ladies Australian Open golf.

The Golf Event of the day at Gosford was a men's Single Stableford - 3 grades.

We had 137 starters with 6 visitors from East Malvern, Moore Park, Morisset, Oatlands,Virginia Qld, Shelly Beach & Wyong.

RESULTS:

OVERALL SCRATCH WINNER:  Jeff Nash - 35 points on a countback

A GRADE:

WINNER:  Jeff Nash - 43 points

RUNNER UP:  Mark Faulkner - 41 points

3RD:  John Shine - 40 points

B GRADE: 

WINNER:  Greg Harrison - 41 points

RUNNER UP:  Greg Thompson - 40 points

3RD:  John Potter - 39 points



C GRADE:

WINNER:  Grant Henry - 41 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Phil Johnson - 41 points

3RD:  Ross Sharman - 40 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PIN 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 3rd February 2012

The weather has not been kind at Gosford.  I have not received a result slip so I am assuming that the golf was washed out again today.  I will update this post if a result does come through.

We have still had good weather at Byron Bay giving us some time at the beach and some early morning walks to the lighthouse which is not too hard to take as the scenery here is very beautiful.

The forecast for Gosford seems to be improving so I hope to get a report to you tomorrow with some good scores.

Cheers from Byron Bay!

Golf - Thursday 2nd February 2012

I understand that Gosford has been deluged with rain along with most of the state. 

That is not good news for golf as we have had enough already.

At Byron Bay we have enjoyed good weather for the last couple of days with just a few incidental showers.The whiting are biting so the fishermen are happy.

The Golf Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stableford - Over the Field which unfortunately was cancelled due to bad weather.

The forecast does not sound promising but hopefully this rainband will pass quickly so that we can get back to the serious business of golf.

Golf - Wednesday 1st February 2012

We had another lovely day at Byron Bay - started the day with a walk to the Byron Bay Lighthouse & finished with a massage at the spa resort (as one does).  The weather has closed in again late this afternoon and I understand that it has been raining again at Gosford which today's results indicate.

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

We had 48 starters with 3 visitors from Moore Park, Morisset and Terrigal.

RESULTS:

TEAM EVENT RESULTS:

WINNERS: Robert Twible, Brian Cahill, Kel Price & Graham Chee - 83 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Terrence Dyer - 37 points

RUNNER UP:  Colin Bean - 36 points

3RD: Doug Incoll - 35 points on a countback

SCRATCH WINNER:  Insufficient starters

NEAREST THE PIN 8TH:

A GRADE:  To be advised

B GRADE:  To be advised

C GRADE:  To be advised

BALLS WENT TO:  33 points (neat)

AMCR:  70 (37 points)

Golf -Tuesday 31st January 2012

My apologies for the late report -communications break down from source.

We have had lovely weather at Byron Bay (for one day) and I have been working hard on my sun tan.

At Gosford the Golf Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stableford - Over the Field - Summer Competition.

We had 53 starters with visitors from Corowa & Muswelbrook.

RESULTS:

WINNER:  Kay Frewin - 42 points

RUNNER UP: Di Beechey - 38 points

3RD:  Chris Dekker - 36 points

4TH: Lesley Gregory - 34 points on a countback

5TH: Yvonne Cumming - 34 points on a countback

6TH:  Sheena Asken - 34 points

BALL COMPETITION:

Kay Frewin - 42 points

Di Beechey - 38 points

Chris Dekker - 36 points

Lesley Gregory - 34 points

Yvonne Cumming - 34 points

Sheena Asken - 34 points

Georgina Bragg - 33 points

Fran James - 33 points

Norma Cubis - 32 points

Lyn Bates - 32 points

Rae Brown - 32 points'

Margaret Nichols - 32 points

Carol Farrell - 32 points

Debbie Grinham - 31 points

Margaret Pratt - 31 points

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)