Golf - Friday 7th May 2021

 

Gosford Winners today at Hawks Nest

Neville Walker, Owen James, Peter Clare, Fran James, Carolyn Buttsworth (with ball trophies for Fraser and Lyn Bates), Gay Bryant and Jan Walker

Team Ambrose

Jan Walker with her trophies from yesterday at Hawks Nest

Winners of the Team Ambrose at Hawks Nest today

(Unfortunately not Gosford players)

Unfortunately not a good enough score for a ball (by a squeak)

The morning players got caught with some heavy showers but we were lucky enough just to have light showers to start with followed by a lovely sunny day.

Our playing partners were Steve and Annette Cross who were the best company. After a big night at the Presentation Dinner last night we shaped up well and got some good pars during the match. Steve was our champion today sinking some huge putts to gain us a par on several occasions.We had a lot of fun along the way and some good laughs. We narrowly missed winning a ball but had a very enjoyable day.

Meanwhile at Gosford.....

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

We had 70 starters.

RESULTS:

A GRADE:

WINNER:  Mark Turner - 38 points

RUNNER UP: Christopher Wiffen - 37 points on a countback

3RD: Brian Robinson - 37 points on a countback

GROSS WINNER: Tony Van Der Kolk - 33

B GRADE:

WINNER: Georgina Lamb - 40 points

RUNNER UP: Enrico Saunders - 39 points

3RD: Grant Finnie - 36 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

5TH HOLE: Trevor Harrison 316.2 cms

8TH HOLE: Allan Rix - 12 cms

BALLS WENT TO: 34 on a countback

MENS SR: 65/69

WOMENS SR: 73

Golf - Thursday 6th May 2021

 

Gosford Winners today at Hawks Nest today

Frazer Bates was the major winner today winning the Nett Overall 

Kay Baillie - Winner of Nett Runner Up Overall

Fraser Bates - Winner of the Net Overall

Ray Buttsworth - Nett Overall Runner Up

 Trophies up for grabs today at Hawks Nest today

Table decorations for Presentation Dinner at Hawks Nest

We had an interesting day at Hawks Nest today regardless of the weather which was intermittent showers followed by rain in the later hours of the competitions. We came in very wet at the end of the day however  we had great company playing with Rhonda Robertson and Catheryne Stafford from Belford. 

Gosford players did very well with Fraser Bates, Kay Baillie and Garry Baillie being the main stars today.

We are very proud of our players efforts this week and I think we have done well with yet one day to go

Our Presentation Night was very successful with a beautiful baked dinner - Beef/Lamb plus dessert + entertainment and dancing. 

Meanwhile at Gosford......

There was no competition golf today at Gosford due to inclement weather.

Golf - Wednesday 5th May 2021

 

Tea Gardens - lunch at Mum’s Seafood Restaurant on our day off

Morning drive to North Pindinar

Looking across the water towards Hawks Nest/Nelson Bay

We had a few showers at Hawks Nest today which was not a worry for us because it was our rest day.

Meanwhile at Gosford.....

The Golf Event of the day was a Single Stableford + 2BBB Team Event.

We had 149 starters with 7 visitors from Bexley, Toukley, Toronto and Kooindah Waters.

RESULTS:

TEAM RESULTS: 

WINNERS: Craig Goy and Anthony Baffis - 45 points

RUNNERS UP: Shannon Woodley and Paul Watson - 44 points on a countback

SINGLES RESULTS:

A GRADE: 

WINNER: Greg Smith - 37 points

RUNNER UP: Tom Jenkin - 36 points

3RD: Mark Faulkner - 35 points on a countback

GROSS STABLEFORD WINNER: Tony Van Der Kolk - 34 on countback

B GRADE:

WINNER: Graham Chee - 38 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Ronald Brown - 38 points on a countback

3RD: Manuel Avendano - 38 points

C GRADE:

WINNER: Craig Goy - 39 points

RUNNER UP: Mitchell Makepeace - 38 points

3RD: Warwick Gorringe - 37 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

5TH HOLE: Tony Van Der Kolk - 58 cms

12TH HOLE: Graeme Wright 

BALLS WENT TO: 32 points on a countback

MENS SR: 65/69

WOMENS SR: 75

Golf - Tuesday 4th May 2021

 

Gosford winners today - and completed new bunkers at Hawks Nest Golf Course

There are a couple of adopted Gosford want-a-bees Grahame Brydon and Ron Poole

Included in the photo

Hello from beautiful Hawks Nest. We have escaped the rain today and have some good results from Gosford players.

Our playing partners today were Geoff and Cheryl Elliott from Toukley. We had an enjoyable day with Geoff being the champion of the group.

Meanwhile at Gosford.....

The Golf Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stroke, 3rd WGNSW Medal - Mabel McKenzie Brooch + optional Stableford.

We had 50 Starters.

RESULTS:

A GRADE: 

WINNER: Suzanne Waugh - 72 nett

RUNNER UP: Sheena Asken - 74 nett on a countback

GROSS WINNER: Dianne Thomlinson - 82

B GRADE:

WINNER: Helen Stuart - 75 nett

RUNNER UP: Dawn Tromp - 76 nett

GROSS WINNER: Judy Verlander - 99

C GRADE:

WINNER: Helen Smith - 75 nett

RUNNER UP: Rhonda Austen - 77 nett

GROSS WINNER: Helen Smith - 109

NEAREST THE PINS:

5TH: Dianne Thomlinson 

12TH: Ruth Ireland

14TH: Narelle Medcalf 

BALLS WENT TO: 77 nett on a countback

WOMENS SR: 73

OPTIONAL SINGLE STABLEFORD:

We had 1 starter

WINNER: Fay Bailey - 26 points

WOMENS SR: 73

LADIES 9 HOLE SINGLE STABLEFORD:

We had 5 starters

RESULTS:

OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Marilyn Caruana - 18 points

BALLS WENT TO: 18 points

WOMENS SR: 36.5

Golf - Monday 3rd May 2021

Gosford winners at Hawks Nest today

Our playing partners today - Grahame Brydon from Hawks Nest

And Liz Malvern from Toukley who won the 2BBB Team

And Liz won C Grade Ladies with a great 43 points

Grahame Brydon from Hawks Nest won a ball for his efforts today

We had a magic weather day for golf at Hawks Nest today. Our playing partners were Grahame Brydon from Hawks Nest and Liz Malvern from Toukley. Liz had an exceptional day - playing beautiful golf. We played the back 9 first and Liz had scored 27 points at the turn, finishing with a fine 43 points.

Gosford stars were Rhonda Robertson who won the Ladies A Grade Single Stableford, Anne Forrester a place getter in B Grade, Fraser Bates won the Men’s C Grade and Ray Buttsworth was runner Up. Kay Baillie won a nearest the pin for the ladies. 

Meanwhile at Gosford......

There were no competition matches but plenty of social play which is great for the club.

F- Troop was work as usual (without the Martin’s) and we are confident that some good efforts were made by the regular volunteers. 

 

Golf - Sunday 2nd May 2021

 

Gosford Golfers at Hawks Nest

Ready for a week of golf at beautiful Hawks Nest

A new way of dealing with the maintenance of bunkers

Being introduced at Hawks Nest - these bunkers have been drained underneath a layer of concreted heavy metal which will be laid with artificial grass and then covered with a very fine sand. Two bunkers have been completed with more to come in an attempt to make bunker maintenance free and less damage after heavy rain. - an interesting concept.

Hello from beautiful Hawks Nest. 

We had a lovely day today playing in an Ambrose to get us started into the week of golf.

Our special mentions are Steve and Geraldine Turner who played with Rick and Christine O’Shea who came in 3rd place to give Gosford a mention. I understand the girls were the strength of the day.

Meanwhile at Gosford......

The Golf Event of the day was a Single Stableford for Men and Women + 2BBB Team.

We had 73 starters with 8 visitors from Kooindah Waters, Everglades, Wyong and Nelson Bay.

RESULTS:

TEAM RESULTS: 

WINNERS: Karen Coventry and Geoffrey Turner - 45 points

MENS SINGLES RESULTS: 

OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Col Matterson - 38 points

RUNNER UP: Mark Thomas - 36 points on a countback

3RD: Steven Robinson - 36 points

LADIES SINGLES RESULTS:

OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Dianne Beechey - 37 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS: 

5TH HOLE: Sally Hopkins - 510 cms

5TH HOLE: Col Matterson - 365 cms

12TH HOLE: Sally Hopkins - 182 cms

12TH HOLE: Michael Grant - 3500 cms

BALLS WENT TO: 

MEN: 34 points

LADIES : 33 points

MENS SR: 69 

WOMENS SR: 73

I am sure there would have been a lot of highlights in the golf today but unfortunately I was not there to gather them. It sounds like everyone had a good day at Gosford - some more than others which was much like Hawks Nest. The weather has continued to be great - long may it last!

 

Golf - Saturday 1st May 2021

Hello from beautiful Hawks Nest

We are getting settled in well at Hawks Nest and preparing for our big week of Golf - starting tomorrow.

We are looking forward to lots of good golf from our Gosford participants.

Meanwhile at Gosford........

 The Golf Event of the day was a Single Stroke - Monthly Medal

We had 188 starters with 6 visitors from South West Rocks, Mangrove Mountain, Howlong, Shelly Beach, Toukley and Overseas.

RESULTS:

A GRADE:

WINNER: Cam Olliver - 66 nett

RUNNER UP: Tony Cosentino - 68 nett

3RD: Phil Carter - 70 nett on a countback

GROSS WINNER: Cam Oliver - 70

B GRADE:

WINNER: Jerry Gulpers - 68 nett

RUNNER UP: Steven Thompson - 69 nett

3RD: Cameron Morgan - 70 nett on a countback

GROSS WINNER: Cameron Morgan - 83 on a countback

C GRADE:

WINNER: Peter Clare - 68 nett

RUNNER UP: Paul West - 69 nett

3RD: Brett Wilson - 70 nett on a countback

GROSS WINNER: Brett Wilson - 90 on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

5TH HOLE: Peter Davis 440 cms

12TH HOLE: Darren Pritchard - 3.3 mts

BALLS WENT TO: 75 nett on a countback

MENS SR: 65/71

WOMENS SR: 76