F-Troop - Monday 20th January 2014

Thankfully we had a cooler day for F-Troop work today.  Unfortunately there was no rain overnight and the course is drying out rapidly.

We had 13 volunteers today which allowed us to make some good progress on our projects.

We had Duncan Dyer, Trevor Harrison, Geoff Bridge, Martin Gallagher, Peter Martin, Rob Benson, Warren Gray, Nigel Asken, Di Beechey, Carolyn Buttsworth, Anne Burgess, Rhonda Robertson & Jan Martin.

Duncan, Trevor, Geoff & Martin worked at the Putting Green area removing Camphor Laurel trees and a bougainvillea.

Warren & Rob were on rubbish pick up.  Rob did a repair job on the side fence of the 18th fairway and Warren helped with the rubbish removal at the putting green area.

Peter set up a watering system at the garden between the 14th & 15th fairways,  mowed the front street area and cleaned up at the putting green area fence.  Peter & Duncan did some maintenance work on the lighting in the Members Lounge.

Anne did some watering of the gardens at the 18th and the BBQ area.

Nigel did some more good work at the 13th dam removing more weed.

Di, Carolyn & Rhonda worked all day on the painting of the lockers in the Ladies Locker Room which is looking refreshed with a new coat of paint and some new furniture.

I worked around the course - cleaning up and watering at the Bush Toilet area, watered the garden between the 14th and 15th fairways, watered the pots in the wedding garden and 1st & 9th, hedged the yellow hedge at the 10th, hedged the small hedges around the 1st and 10th gardens, cleaned up the Wedding Gazebo, cleared some more weeds and overgrown plants at the Front Street Garden, raked up the cigarette butts and rubbish left lying around the non-smoking seating area underneath the clubhouse.

Morning Tea of giant iced buns was appreciated by us all as we had put in a hard mornings work.  Thanks Chef John!

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Golf - Sunday 19th January 2014

We had a lovely day for golf today even though the temperatures were up there was a nice breeze to keep us comfortable on the village green.

Our playing partners today were Col Kelly and Alice Diamond.  We had some great highlights from Col and Alice with Col having birdies on the 1st and 3rd and Alice having a birdie on the 2nd and a gobbler birdie on the 18th.

The Golf Event of the day was a Single Par + 2 Ball Team Mixed Men and Ladies.

We had 82 starters with 11 visitors from Camden Valley, Elanora Country Club, Everglades, Howlong, Shelly Beach, The Coast Golf & Recreation Club, Royal Sydney, West Wyalong & Wyong.

RESULTS:

TEAM EVENT RESULTS:

MEN:  Michael Norman & Bill Broadbent - Plus 13

MIXED:  Arthur Haviland & Robin Brann - Plus 10

LADIES:  Pauline Norman & Helen Broadbent - Plus 10

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Michael Norman - Plus 5 on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Spencer Walklate - Plus 5

3RD:  Ian Skinner - Plus 4

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Kath Small - PLus 4

RUNNER UP:  Robin Brann - Plus 3 on a countback

3RD:  Kay Baillie - Plus 3 on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH HOLE:  Bert Brink

LADIES 8TH HOLE:  Wendy Stapleton

BALLS WENT TO:  

MEN:  PLus 2

LADIES:  Plus 1

AMCR MEN:  69 (Plus 2)

AWCR LADIES:  73 (Square)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me:  Col Kelly birdied the 1st and the 3rd Col was also on the green for one on the 5th, 12th and 14th, Alice Diamond birdied the 2nd and a gobbler birdie on the 18th and also a great shot to the green on the 14th; Colleen Patton (West Wyalong) and Mary Bromwich had Plus 5;  John Patton (West Wyalong) had pluses on the last 4 holes; Clyde Cruickshanks had birdies on the 10th and the 17th; Robyn Johnston parred the 8th; Vicki Foster & Rosalie Dyer beat the boys for the Keno Ticket; Rosalie Dyer had a birdie chip in on the 5th; Kay Baillie had Plus 3; Rhonda Robertson had a birdie on the 16th; Garry Baillie had his best score ever; Suzanne Waugh had an Eagle on the 3rd with her second shot going straight into the hole; Jan Van Den Berg played to his new handicap; Elly Van Den Berg chipped in on the 2nd for a plus and also had a plus on the 12th; Robin Brann was in the drain on the 7th behind a tree and used her 5 wood to chip out and had a 40 metre gobbler chip in; Arthur Haviland had a 4 pointer at the 17th; Kath Small had a good score with Plus 4; John Hazzard had a birdie on the 16th and had 4/4 on the 13th; Jan Walker parred the 4th 4/3 and the 16th 4/3; the group of Hazzard and Walker all had 5/3 on the the 3rd hole; my highlights were a great shot out of the bunker on the 11th and finished with the same ball I started with.

Golf - Saturday 18th January 2014

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

We had 184 starters with 11 visitors from Everglades, Howlong, Hunter Valley, Killara, Maitland, Mona Vale, Ryde-Parramatta, Taree, The Springs, West Wyalong & Yamba.

RESULTS:

CONGRATULATIONS TO STUART TOWN FOR A HOLE-IN-ONE AT THE 5TH HOLE!

WELL DONE STUART!

TEAMS EVENT RESULTS:

WINNERS:  Tom Ballard, Greg Bessant, Andrew Potter & Sam Knox - 134 points

RUNNERS UP:  Eddie Rogers, Ken Wheeler, Ian Rutherford & Paul Smith - 125 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Nigel Asken - 41 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Michael Upton - 41 points on a countback

3RD:  Ian Rutherford (Springs) - 41 points on a countback

SINGLE SCRATCH WINNER:  Phil Watson - 35 points

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH HOLE:

A GRADE:  Mike Connor

B GRADE:  Neil Mulvaney

C GRADE:  Neil Hancock

NEAREST THE PIN 8TH HOLE - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER:  Kevin Tweedie

BALLS WENT TO:  35 points (neat)

AMCR:  70 (37 points)

Golf - Friday 17th January 2014

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

We had 87 starters with 18 visitors from Everglades, Kogarah, Kooindah Waters, Magenta Shores, Maitland, Shelly Beach, Toukley & Wyong.

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Peter Miller - 44 points

RUNNER UP:  Rod Moyes (Everglades) - 43 points on a countback

3RD:  Bob Harrison - 43 points

4TH:  Anthony Hanna - 42 points on a countback

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Pauline Norman - 34 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH:  W. Dunkel

LADIES 8TH:  Not won

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN:  38 points (neat)

LADIES:  34 points (neat)

AMCR MEN:  69 (38 points)

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)

Golf - Thursday 16th January 2014

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

We had 20 starters.

RESULTS:

OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER:  Val Anderson - 37 points

RUNNER UP:  Lyn Cruickshanks - 36 points on a countback

BALLS WENT TO:  35 points (neat)

BALL COMPETITION:

Val Anderson - 37 points

Lyn Cruickshanks - 36 points on a countback

Jan Walker - 36 points

Judy Verlander - 35 points on a countback

Margaret Davidson - 35 points

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)

Golf - Wednesday 15th January 2014

The Golf Event of the day was a Men's Single Stableford + 2 B all Irish Multiplier.

We had 167 starters with 7 visitors from O/S, Everglades, Morisset, The Springs, Trundle & West Wyalong.

RESULTS:

2 BALL IRISH MULTIPLIER RESULTS:

WINNERS:  Paul Beavan & Ross Sayer - 83 points

RUNNERS UP: Michael Upton & David Small - 80 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  David Small - 42 points

RUNNER UP:  Ross Sayer - 41 points on a countback

3RD:  Graham Williams - 41 points on a countback

SINGLE SCRATCH WINNER:  Brent Frewin - 35 points

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH HOLE:

A GRADE: Mike Hogan

B GRADE:  David Small

C GRADE:  Tom Patton

NEAREST THE PIN 8TH HOLE - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER:  John Shine

BALLS WENT TO:  35 points (neat)

AMCR:  69 (38 points)

F-Troop - Monday 13th January 2014

Another busy day for F-Troop with a large range of projects being covered.

We had 14 volunteers to help out today and we got some good work done.

We had Duncan Dyer, Geoff Bridge, Trevor Harrison, Don Nicholls, Garry Trigg, Rob Benson, Martin Gallagher, Peter Martin, Nigel Asken, Warren Gray, Di Beechey, Anne Burgess, Carolyn Buttsworth and Jan Martin.

Two trees were removed today from the 1st and the 13th.  Duncan, Martin, Geoff, Trevor, Garry, Don, Rob and Warren were involved in tree cutting and removing the branches and timber.

Rob and Warren also did rubbish pick up around the course and gardens.

Peter & Don did some maintenance on the pump in the cart shed and helped out with the girls locker room maintenance.
Peter set up the hose at the 3rd Men' tee to get some water to the parched hydrangeas.

Nigel did some removal of weeds at the 13th dam and it is easy to see the difference where the weeds have been removed.

Di, Anne & Carolyn worked on painting the Associates Room and removing some of the lockers to create some new space in the room. The first coat of pain was completed and the obsolete lockers removed with the help of some of the F-Troopers.

I started at the bush toilet area - cleaning up and watering then moved to the 3rd where I cleaned up the 3rd and 5th tees and watered the bike garden and succulent plants; moved the hose on the hydrangeas to give them a good soaking; watered the potted plants in the wedding garden and around; trimmed the hedge and weeded at the 1st tee; cleaned up around the seats and the sand bucket area at the 1st tee; filled up the water feature; moved the hose at the 3rd tee; watered the new magnolias at the front street garden; planted in some new succulent plants at the 14th green space near the bush toilets; watered the gardens at the 5th and packed up the hoses.

Morning Tea was much appreciated by our hard workers. The Giant Muffins were soon demolished - Thanks Chef John!

Today we received a donation of Mauritius Hemp plants from Ted Jones.  These plants are related to the Agave plants already planted at the new green space created at the Bush Toilets.  These plants will fit in well and are happily settled in their new home.  Thanks Ted!

We also received a donation of two dozen or so pre-loved wing splits by Dustin Hallswoth.  These will be useful to repair our path edges and garden edges.  Thanks Dustin!

 YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!