The Sunset Room - Ladies Year End celebrations.

A candle was lit for Chris Shaw in the hope that she could be with us in spirit.

The Sunset Room was a picture of Aussie Christmas Spirit.  Fay Bailey and the Social Committee and all their helpers must be congratulated for a magnificent effort to make this occasion special for us.  The decorations were unique and much appreciated by all.

Ladies Christmas Party - Pre Lunch drinks on the balcony

We had a nice cool day to celebrate our end of year Presentation and Christmas Party starting with drinks (champagne and/or orange juice)

Below are casual photos taken of the moment:

It was a good start to the day - we then retired to the Sunset Room for the rest of the celebrations.

F-Troop - Monday 10th December 2018

F-Troop Morning Tea - Don Nicholls, Trevor Harrison, John Hollebon, Garry Trigg, Duncan Dyer, Steve Hogg, Kevin O'Brien, Andy (Rembrant) Henebury, Paul Scholberg, (Peter Martin, Ron Gowing, Terry Coyle, Jan Martin)

Cleaning up the creek edge along the 6th

F-Troop John Hollebon on hedge duty at the 8th tee

a new innovation at the Ladies 3rd Tee - Concrete Boot Pots donated by one of our Members.

Concrete Boots Pots donated by one of our Members complete with new succulent plants donated by Ron Gowing brightening up the Ladies 3rd Tee.

Ladies Garden at the 13th Tee weeded and tidied up

The broken Tea Pot has been removed and the plant repotted at the Ladies 13th Tee

What a huge day we had at F-Troop today - the hot weather did not make it easy but we did manage to get through a lot of good projects.

On hand we had Duncan Dyer, Terry Coyle, Trevor Harrison, Kevin O'Brien, Steve Hogg, Garry Trigg, Don Nicholls, Peter Martin, John Hollebon, Ron Gowing, Andy henebury & Jan Martin.

Projects worked on today was clean up along the 6th fairway, tree maintenance around the course, hedge maintenance around the course, completion of the painting of the boundary fence on the 18th; maintenance inside the clubhouse, tidy up  underneath the clubhouse, 1st and 10th tees, wedding garden and practice nets, cleaning of the  bush toilets at the 14th, raking and tidy up of tees on the 7th, 11th, 13th, rubbish and loose timber pick up around the course, tidy up of the ladies 13th tee garden including replacing the broken tea pot, watering the pots at the 6th tee, bike garden, boots at the 3rd Ladies Tee, Ladies Tee 9th Garden, 9th green pot, roses and azaleas in the wedding garden, tidy up of the 6th tranquility garden, tidy up of the back garden and the creek side garden at the 6th tee.

Morning Tea was more than welcome after a hard morning's work.

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Golf - Sunday 9th December 2018 - Gala Day

Kathy Small, David Small, Ian Hartley & Lynda Hartley - Winners of the Team Event

Reynier Van Der Westhuizen - Winner of the Men's Singles Event with President Paul Scholberg.

Gail Williams - Winner of the Ladies Singles with President Paul Scholberg

Annette Cross, Steve Cross, Jan Walker & Neville Walker at the 1st Tee

Bert Brink, Gail Williams, Peter Martin & Jan Martin at the 1st Tee

Our very friendly lizard again at the 15th tee waiting on hand outs of grapes.

We had a lovely day for golf today - a bit warm at times but the gentle breeze was appreciated when it made its presence felt.  Our playing partners today were Bert Brink & Gail Williams and what a team they made.  Bert scored 40 points and Gail scored 42 points which meant Peter & I only had to throw in the odd three pointer to keep the scores running.  Unfortunately we were beaten on the big prize on a countback after 3 of the team went OOB on the 18th which was unfortunate however we did have some great highlights with Gail playing very consistently and Bert getting a brilliant birdie on the 8th chipping into the hole from the very edge outside the right bunker.

The Golf Event of the day was the Christmas Gala Day which many of the members supported by wearing Christmas Shirts. The Team Event was a 1 x 2 x 3 Stableford.

We had 84 starters.

RESULTS:

TEAM EVENT RESULTS:

WINNERS: Kath Small, Lynda Hartley, David Small & Ian Hartley - 90 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Reynier Van Der Westhuizen - 44 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Stuart Horgan - 44 points

3RD: Wally Robertson - 43 points

LADIES SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Gail Williams - 42 points

RUNNER UP: Marianne Lanham - 40 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: Phil Groves

LADIES 8TH HOLE: Gail Williams

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 37 points

LADIES: 34 points on a countback

DSR MEN: 69

DSR LADIES: 72

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Bert Brink had a birdie chip in to the hole of the 8th; Helen Potter had an Eagle on the 11th; Jan Walker had a 4 pointer on the 17t; Carolyn Buttsworth had a 4 pointer on the 9th; Karen Askens had a birdie 2/5 on the 5th that was very close to a Hole -in- One; We were the last team in today so I did not have time to gather all of the highlights before Presentation - so apologies to those who had some bragging right.; my highlight was getting a 4 pointer on the 12th and 3 pointers on each of the other par 3's.

Golf - Saturday 8th December 2018 - Greenkeepers Revenge

The Golf Event of the day was a Medley 4 Person Ambrose.

We had192 starters with 3 visitors from North Ryde, Terry Hills & Kooindah Waters.

RESULTS:

WINNERS: Steve Scheffer, Michael Wills, Joel Wills & Wayne Camps - 53.625 points

RUNNERS UP: Brett Liddell, Bob Thomas, Michael Crehan & Garry Fitch - 53.875 points

3RD: Michael Seabrook, Peter Verhoek, Greg Mackay & Raymond Taylor - 56 points

4TH: Derek Kidd, Greg Skilbeck, Robbie Whyte & Eddie Rogers - 56.125 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

8TH HOLE: Michael Sissons

12TH HOLE: Matt Carroll

BALLS WENT TO: 59.125 points

NO HANDICAPPING TODAY!

CONGRATULATIONS TO:

Eddie Rogers Group for an EAGLE on 18th

Steven Binns Group for an EAGLE on 1st

Gary Sammons Group for an EAGLE on 18th

Garry Frost Group for an EAGLE on 18th

Golf - Friday 7th December 2018

Peter Martin being presented with his Alcatraz Hat from San Francisco presented by Col Matterson and Wade Matterson (who bought the hat back from San Francisco for Peter) who lost his hat there when on holidays in San Francisco and was destroyed by the loss.  Thanks Wade!!!



The Golf Event of the day was a Medley  Single Stableford.

We had 82 starters with 7 visitors from Shelly Beach, Leura, Gordon, Tamworth, Everglades and Wyong.

RESULTS:

A GRADE:

WINNER: Enn Karm - 41 points

RUNNER UP: Bill Andrew - 40 points

3RD: Mark Turner - 39 points on a countback

4TH: Blair Glass - 37 points on a countback

GROSS WINNER: Kel Price - 31 points

B GRADE:

WINNER: Nick Goff - 41 points

RUNNER UP: Fran James - 40 points

3RD: Stephen Beckett - 39 points on a countback

4TH: Gail Williams - 39 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

12TH HOLE: Kevin Manshon

8TH HOLE: Matthew Stanton

BALLS WENT TO: 35 points on a countback

DSR MEN: 69

DSR LADIES: 72

The Late Chris Shaw - Funeral Arrangements

The Funeral for Chris will be held on Wednesday 12th December 2018 at Greenway Chapel, 460 Avoca Drive, Greenpoint at 2.00pm.