Christmas/New Year Clubhouse Trading Hours

Above is the clubhouse trading hours over the holidays.  

F-Troop - Monday 19th December 2016

F-Troop Morning Tea- Steve Hogg, Geoff Bridge, Di Beechey, John Hollebon, Nigel Asken, Kevin O'Brien, Peter Martin, Garry Trigg, Don Nicholls, Jan Martin, Terry Coyle, Duncan Dyer, Trevor Harrison (Rob Benson)

F-Troopers Peter Martin and Don Nicholls working on

trimming the lavender garden at the 16th.

Lavender garden at the 16th looking better for a trim.

This was our last F-Troop day for 2016 and having fourteen volunteers was a bonus as there was a heap of rubbish pick up to be done after the last week of windy weather.

On hand were Trevor Harrison, Duncan Dyer, Kevin O'Brien, Geoff Bridge, Don Nicholls, Terry Coyle, Steve Higg, Garry Trigg, John Hollebon, Peter Martin, Nigel Asken, Rob Benson, Di Beechey and Jan Martin.

Our projects worked on today were rubbish and loose timber pick up around the course, the BBQ area and around the clubhouse, tree maintenance, hedge trimming, lavender gardens trimmed, weed removal from the 3rd dam, clean up of the 1st and 10th tee gardens, cleaning the bush toilets and the green space gardens, tidy up 6th tranquility garden and watering the pots, plumbing repairs. 

We lost count of the number of loads of rubbish taken to the dump as the course was littered with loose timber and leaves. We needed every one of our volunteers today to cope with the volume of projects.

Morning tea was appreciated by all after a hard mornings work. Thank you Barto!

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Golf - Sunday 18th December 2016

Wally Robertson - Winner of the Men's Singles Event

with Captain Graham Chee

Annette Cross - Winner of the Ladies Singles

with Captain Graham Chee

David Hopkins - Nearest the Pin 12th Hole

with Captain Graham Chee

Odette Carty - Nearest the Pin 8th Hole

with Captain Graham Chee

With Alice Diamond and Mark Stimpson at the 1st Tee

The showers very kindly held off so that we could enjoy our Sunday on the Village Green which was much greener thanks to the recent rain.  Our playing partners today were Mark Stimpson and Alice Diamond and they were great company. Our golf was a little lacking in highlights - no birdies or 4 pointers but we did throw in the odd 3 pointers and the boys beat the girls for the keno ticket by one measly hole. 

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

We had 67 starters with 2 visitors from Shelly Beach and Bondi.

RESULTS:

TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Helen Potter, Keith Potter, Neville Wolfison and Mark Smith - 92 points on a countback

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Wally Robertson - 43 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS: 

WINNER: Annette Cross - 39 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: David Hopkins

LADIES 8TH: Odette Carty

BALLS WENT TO: 

MEN: 38 points (neat)

LADIES: 36 points (neat)

DSR MEN: 66

DSR LADIES: 70

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: I forgot my notebook today and was slack in collecting highlights however I do know that last weeks star Vicki Foster scored a lovely 39 points after wiping the 18th (careless Vicki); Wally Robertson is also running hot with some big scores coming in recently; there were some good scores coming in today as you can see by the ball competition. I only had one wipe and finished with the same ball I started with with my main highlight being good company.

I wish everyone a very HAPPY CHRISTMAS and best wishes for 2017 including GOOD GOLFING 😃

Golf - Saturday 17th December 2016

Good weather at last!😄👍

The Golf Event of the day was a Men's Single Stableford - 3 Grades - Ham Day

We had 217 with 6 visitors from Antill Park, Bondi, Caloundra, Taree, PGA, South West Rocks

RESULTS:

A GRADE:

WINNER: David Mundy - 42 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Clyde Cruickshanks - 42 points

3RD: Brent Frewin - 41 points

B GRADE:

WINNER: Chris Myers - 42 points

RUNNER UP: Greg Thompson - 41 points on a countback

3RD: Neil Mulvaney - 41 points

C GRADE: 

WINNER: Glen Cheetham - 43 points

RUNNER UP: Denis Howlett - 42 points on a countback

3RD: Dane Bowers - 42 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

12TH HOLE:

A GRADE: Tony Cosentino

B GRADE: Paul Smith

C GRADE: Mark Lewin

8TH HOLE - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Neil Mulvaney

BALLS WENT TO: 36 points on a countback

DSR: 68

Children's Christmas Party and club raffles - Friday 16th December 2016

Members Lounge packed

Magnolia Room popular for those seeking some tranquility

Sunset Room - manic

Hoola hoops, music and dancing for the children

In the Face Painting Chair

Face painting

Creative balloons

Photos with Santas helper

Santa arriving

Waiting their turn with Santa 

Santa giving out presents to the children - very popular

High five with Santa

Santa saying Merry Christmas to all

Saying farewell to Santa

What a huge night we had at Gosford Golf Club for the Children's Party and Club Raffles. 

 

With some 60 odd children having a ball the Sunset Room really rocked. The children enjoyed face painting, balloons, dancing and music and a complimentary dinner as well as seeing Santa Claus that was a big hit.  A special mention to Keen Creations who worked hard all night with the Face Painting and especially the creative balloons that were pretty special and popular with the children. Santa was a big hit giving out presents to each of the children. 

This was the biggest and best Children's Party we have had since I have been involved with the club and special mention must be made to Bron Carroll for all her hard work putting it together and to John Wright for his last minute fill in as Santa Claus. 

The raffles were very popular with some very lucky people getting Christmas Hams and pork as well as the usual selection of meats.  

The Badge Draw was not won - so why not come along again next Friday Night - it could be your lucky night. There will also be the end of the month $50 draw from the barrel.

Golf - Friday 16th December 2016

We have had two full days of nice slow rain which has been excellent for the course and gardens.

Unfortunately it has not been excellent for playing golf and once again the daily competition game was cancelled.  There have been a few die hards playing social golf who obviously do not worry about a few drops of rain. 

We are looking forward to the weekend when hopefully we will all be back on on the course with gusto!

Don't forget the big night at the golf club tonight - ham and pork are included in the raffle prizes and the children will be having some fun at the Children's Christmas party. Not to mention the big members draw which would make a nice Christmas present and remember you have to be at the club at the time of the draw to be the winner😃👏

Golf - Thursday 15th December 2016

The course is soaking up this nice slow rain - just what the doctor ordered after those two blistering hot windy days. The gardens will be happy too!

Sadly for the girls the golf competition set down for today was cancelled so it was social play only.

I did notice some social players out on the course during the day obviously ignoring the wet conditions.