Golf - Thursday 21st August 2008 - Final day of Championships

What a fantastic day of golf today. It was the final day of our championships and the weather was perfect. I have just had a look at tomorrow's forcast and they are calling 14 degrees with showers. How lucky were we to get four matches in near perfect weather for our 2008 championships & the course greatly improved from previous months wet weather.

I really enjoyed the day & the presentation afterwards to the very deserving winners.

I did not play with my original partners of Rosalie Dyer and Lesley Gregory due to a late withdrawal. As it is a seeded draw I was moved up one section and my playing partners today were Bev Adams and Lyn Cruickshanks. They were great company and we did have some highlights along the way. I was happy that I had my best score of the four rounds, came in 4th in my grade for the day and won a ball. If I can't win the event then it can't be better than that.

The event of the day was a single stroke and we had 65 starters.

DAILY EVENT:

RESULTS:

DIVISION 1:

GROSS WINNER: Anne Burgess - 86 strokes

WINNER: Debbie Grinham - 71 nett

RUNNER UP: Wendy Stapleton - 72 nett

THIRD: Robin Incoll - 73 nett on a countback

DIVISION 2:

GROSS WINNER: Rosalie Dyer - 93 strokes

WINNER: Rosalie Dyer - 71 nett

RUNNER UP: Clare Hastings - 74 nett on a countback

THIRD: Yvonne Wilson - 74 nett on a countback

DIVISION 3:

GROSS WINNER: Judy Mulheron - 104 strokes

WINNER: Judy Mulheron - 67 nett

RUNNER UP: Val Iseppi - 72 nett on a countback

THIRD: Dawn Tromp - 72 nett

NEAREST THE PINS:

DIVISION 1 : 5th hole : Rhonda Robertson; 12th Hole : Sheena Asken

DIVISION 2: 8th Hole: Rosalie Dyer; 14th Hole: Margaret Mackie

DIVISION 3: 8th Hole: Judy Mulheron; 14th Hole: Dawn Tromp

CCR: Par 73

BALLS WENT TO 74 ON A COUNTBACK

2008 LADIES CHAMPIONSHIPS - 72 HOLES OVER FOUR ROUNDS

RESULTS:

DIVISION 1:

CLUB CHAMPION: Wendy Stapleton - 355

RUNNER UP (Championship): Rhonda Robertson - 360 on a countback

72 HOLE NETT WINNER : Wendy Stapleton - 295

72 HOLE NETT RUNNER UP: Kay Adams - 297

DIVISION 2:

DIVISION 2 CHAMPION: Leonie Casey - 378

RUNNER UP - CHAMPIONSHIP: Jan Fitzgerald - 397

72 HOLE NETT WINNER: Kathy Small - 286

72 HOLE NETT RUNNER UP: Leonie Casey - 294

DIVISION 3:

DIVISION 3 CHAMPION: Margaret Mackie - 426

RUNNER UP - CHAMPIONSHIP: Margaret Nicholls- 435

72 HOLE NETT WINNER: Margaret Nichols - 299

72 HOLE NETT RUNNER UP: Margaret Mackie - 302

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Lynn Puiatti parred the 15th; Anne Burgess had a birdie on the 2nd; Carrol Farrel's group did not have any pars until Carol parred the 14th and then Margaret Nichols parred the 15th; Sharon Anderson had a par on the 1st, 6th and the 14th; Sheena Asken had a birdie on the 6th and played a better game today; Judy Verlander had a great putt on the 10th; Glennis English was a good player out of luck; Cheryl Davison had a gobbler on the 6th; Rhonda Robertson had a gobbler on the 7th for a par; Norma Cubis birdied the 11th; Debbie Grinham had a birdie gobbler on the 1st; Leonie Casey parred the 2nd and the 12th; Michele Martin & Kay Adams highlight was playing with Wendy Stapleton; Robin Incoll had a birdie on the 12th and was so excited she accidently hit Judy Verlander on the head with the flagstick; Di Beechey's second shot on the 2nd went straight past the tree on the left corner, hit some obsticle on the course, jumped up the wire fence and went over the fence out of bounds; Lyn Cruickshank had a birdie on the 14th after a beautiful long putt. Lyn also had a series of "A" grade bounces - on the first hole Lyn hit a beautiful drive to the middle of the fairway - the second shot she slammed straight at the bunker on the right. It missed the bunker and hit the tree to the right, rebounded off the tree to the left - beautifully over the bunker and landed back on the fairway; on the second fairway Lyn's drive was at the men's 9th tee, her second shot slammed across the fairway and hit the wire fence and rebounded sharp right onto the middle of the fairway, her third shot went through the trees on the right, her fourth shot hit a small tree in front of her and rebounded sharp left out onto the middle of the fairway - I could not believe it! Three "A" grade bounces in a row.

I asked Wendy Stapleton for the secret of her success today and she told me that she sang to herself to keep her focus on golf. She did tell me the name of the songs (which obviously did the trick) however I cannot divulge that information in case Wendy wants to patent it.

Wendy also told me that Debbie Grinham told her on the first week of the championships that she had her money on Wendy as the "Dark Horse". Now Wendy wants to put a bet on a "Dark Horse" for this weeks races and needs help from any of the members who may happen to know of a "Dark Horse" that she could perhaps take a punt on. Contact Wendy if you have some inside information on "Dark Horses".

A little incident reported to me today by Rosalie Dyer - "Somebody" (who was borrowing a cart to go out to collect the nearest the pins flags) thought that the cart was in reverse gear & ploughed through "Alans" hedge outside of the Pro Shop. (photo attached) Ooooops!!

Perhaps a nice little archway would look lovely there!

Images attached: Margaret Mackie, Wendy Stapleton and Leonie Casey - our Club Champions of 2008; The Final Scoreboard; the trophy table ready at presentation; with my playing partners Bev Adams and Lyn Cruickshanks; with the playing partners I was supposed to have today Rosalie Dyer and Lesley Gregory; on the 8th fairway - two white cockatoos making a nest at the base of a tree; Debbie Grinham - Winner of Division 1 daily event; Wendy Stapleton - runner up in Division 1 Daily event; Robin Incoll - 3rd in Division 1 Daily Event; Rosalie Dyer - winner of Division 2 daily event; Clare Hastings - Runner up of Division2 daily event; Judy Mulheron - Winner of Division 3 daily event; Dawn Tromp - 3rd in Division 3 daily event; Ronda Jordon & Chris Dekker presenting the Veterans Awards; Di Thomlinson - Winner of the Veterans champion award for the day; Leonie Casey - veterans award; Margaret Mackie - winner of the 3rd Division Championship; Leonie Casey - winner of the 2nd Division Championship; Wendy Stapleton - Winner of 1st Division Championship and Club Champion; Wendy Stapleton & Kay Adams with the champions trophy; Bev Way, Debbie Grinham & Judy Verlander enjoying the afternoon sunshine; The "Oooops" hedge from the balcony; various members surveying the damaged hedge; Joan Briety with Debbie Grinham (Nice to see you back for a visit Joan); Wendy getting a congratulations hug from husband Ray.

Golf - Tuesday 19th August 2008 - 3rd day Championships

Today was the third day of the ladies championships and we had the most perfect winter weather. The course is drying out & the fairways are running faster so we have all had to adjust to the change in conditions. It is a good test of golfing skills to adjust to changing conditions and the golf scores today indicate that. It was a mixed bag between good and bad so obviously some people adjust better than others. I think I fit into the "others" bracket as my score was rather ordinary today although I did play the 8th hole well by scoring a birdie and winning nearest the pin.

My playing partners today were Rosalie Dyer and Lesley Gregory and they were great company. Lesley played a very steady game after the first hole and came in winner of second division which is the next best thing to winning myself. We enjoyed being out there in the sunshine so it was a good day on the village green.

The event today was a single stroke and day three of the 2008 Ladies Championships so it was an important day for all our players to get themselves into a "winning" position for the final round to be held this Thursday 21st August 2008 and we had 80 starters.

RESULTS:

DIVISION 1:

GROSS WINNER: Wendy Stapleton - 88 strokes

WINNER: Wendy Stapleton - 73 nett

RUNNER UP: Leonie Casey - 74 nett

THIRD: Robyn Incoll - 76 nett on a countback

DIVISION 2:

GROSS WINNER: Kath Payne -95 strokes on a countback

WINNER: Lesley Gregory - 71 nett on a countback

RUNNER UP: Rosemary Judd - 71 nett

THIRD: Kath Payn - 72 nett

DIVISION 3:

GROSS WINNER: Nerida Hancock - 104 strokes

WINNER: Kath Smith - 71 nett on a countback

RUNNER UP: Yvonne Cumming - 71 nett

THIRD: Nerida Hancock - 73 nett

NEAREST THE PINS:

DIVISION 1: 5th hole : Sheena Asken; 12th hole : Leonie Casey

DIVISION 2: 8th hole: Jan Martin; 14th hole: Ronda Jordan

DIVISION 3: 8th hole: Pricilla Webster: 14th hole: Dawn Tromp

CCR: 73

The winners of the ball competition will be announced next Thursday.

Highlights of the day: as reported to me: Leonie Casey had a gobbler on the 5th, parred the 18th hole and scored 73 nett after hitting two shots into the dam on the 10th; Lesley Gregory parred the 3rd, 16th and the 18th; Rosalie Dyer had a great drive off the 15th tee; Judy Verlander reported that Lorraine Linnert lost her buggy when it ran into the bunker on the 8th and up-ended all its contents into the bunker and Lorraine left it to her golf partners to pick up and put back in order; Wendy Stapleton was a star all day according to her playing partners - her score supports this; Jan Fitzgerald had a birdie on the 8th and parred the 13th; A super team that all parred the 14th and the 15th were Yvonne Wilson, Shirley Daly and Kath Small;

Norma Cubis parred the 16th and was on the 17th for two to par that as well; Cheryl Davison had gobblers on the 8th and the 16th; June Bowen's partners reported that June was cranky when her putt hit Margaret Mackie's special "China" marker on its way to the hole & got diverted so making her miss the putt; my one and only highlight was scoring a birdie on the 8th hole and winning the nearest the pin.

Images attached: The scoreboard (click to enlarge the image to viewing size and to print, click your backspace key to return to this page); with my playing partners today Lesley Gregory and Rosalie Dyer; Lyn Cruickshank, Pam Witt and Bev Adams at the first tee; Dawn Cook, Norma Presdee and Pam Cowin at the first tee; mother & father duck and their ducklings out on the course today; Leonie Casey - runner up in Division one today; Lesley Gregory - nett winner of division two today; Kath Smith - nett winner of division three today; Late stayers at the club today enjoying the afternoon sunshine - Peter & I with Yvonne Wilson & Ray Presdee; Lyn Cruickshanks, Debbie Grinham, Yvonne Wilson, Norma Cubis and Judy Verlander; Lyn Cruickshanks, Debbie Grinham, Norma Cubis and Judy Verlander; Norma Cubis, Alice Collett and Debbie Grinham.

Golf - Thursday 14th August - Day 2 Championships

Today it was a magnificent day for golf - blue sky and sunshine. The course is getting much more run on it now that it is drying out and the greens were very slick.

My playing partners today were again Margaret Pratt and Lyn Bates. We had some good holes with Margaret showing us the way by playing steady golf. Lyn played and parred the 10th hole beautifully & scored a gobbler and Margaret also had a gobbler on the 13th for a par and followed up by parring the 14th and 15th - some great inspiration for me.

The Event of the day was a stroke round and it was the second round of the 2008 Ladies Championships. We had 70 Starters.



RESULTS:


DIVISION 1:

GROSS WINNER: Dianne Thomlinson - 88 strokes
WINNER: Christine Dekker - 73 nett
RUNNER UP: Lorraine Linnert - 75 nett on a countback
3RD: Dianne Thomlinson - 75 Nett



DIVISION 2:


GROSS WINNER: Leonie Casey - 91 Strokes
WINNER: Lesley Gregory - 69 Nett
RUNNER UP: Kathy Small - 70 Nett on a countback
3RD: Pam Cowin - 70 Nett on a countback


DIVISION 3:


GROSS WINNER: Margaret Nichols - 103 Strokes
WINNER: Margaret Nichols - 70 Nett
RUNNER UP: Susan/Jenny Bourne - 75 Nett
3RD: Lynn Puiatti - 76 Nett



NEAREST THE PINS:
DIVISION 1: 5th Hole: Chris Dekker; 12th Hole: Rhonda Robertson
DIVISION 2: 8th Hole: Rosalie Dyer; 14th Hole: Christine Drakeford
DIVISION 3: 8th Hole: Not won; 14th Hole: Pricilla Webster


CCR: 73


BALLS went to 76 on a countback.



HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Rosalie Dyer came in with 21 points improvement from her previous match and included 6 pars, birdies on the 5th and 8th holes and included two 8 pointer holes; Leonie Casey had a gobbler on the 10th for a par and had a net 70 for the day; Margaret Pratt had a gobbler on the 13th and parred 14 and 15; Yvonne Wilson had a gobbler on the 8th, parred the 3rd hole and had 9 putts that sat on the lip of the hole; Michele Martin drove off the 10th tee hitting her ball backwards over the hedge and nearly hit Yvonne Bean; Robyn Johnston improved from her previous game by two shots; Carol Farrell had a gobbler on the 8th; Sharon Anderson improved her putting this time & only had one three putt;
Cheryl Davison parred the 14th; Christine Drakeford parred 14,15 and 16; Julie Hazzard birdied the 15th hole by sinking a 12 foot putt; Lesley Gregory played a nice game to score 69 nett after hitting a shot on the 5th that hit a stump and another of her shots went into the water on the 18th; Clare Hastings chipped in on the 10th; Kath Small played a nice steady game to score 70 nett.


We had some proud new grandparents showing off their new grandchildren this week: Cheryl Davison announced her new grandson - Zachary Eugene Davison (photo attached) and Bev Adams was proudly showing off her new granddaughter Charlotte at the club today (photos attached). These are first grandchildren for both of them. Congratulations to Cheryl & Bev.


Images attached: Updated scoreboard for the championships; with my playing partners today Lyn Bates and Margaret Pratt; Lyn Bates taking first hit off honours on the 6th (her first honour for the day); Lesley Gregory - winner of Division 2 today; Cheryl Davison with grandson Zachary; Bev Adams with granddaughter Charlotte; Bev Adams showing off her granddaughter; Peter Martin & George Foster painting the back wall of the putting green today; Alan on his way to cut the hedges; Alan hard at work on the hedges at the 10th; the bubbler garden work in progress now complete with pansies thanks to Di Beechey and Ann Burgess. You may have noticed how clean, neat and tidy the BBQ area is these days - you can thank Di Beechey and Ann Burgess and Judy Hughes for that.


Tomorrow is final preparation day for the Pro-Am weekend. Any members with a few hours to spare tomorrow morning ( Friday 15th August ) would be very welcome at the club to assist the F-Troop with raking and cleaning up around the course.


A reminder about the skins match to be held at approximately 2.00pm tomorrow afternoon between the pro's Andre Stoltz, Peter Senior, Anthony Payntor, Mark Churcher and Ricky Schmidt. Come along and walk the course with them. It is a very entertaining afternoon and of course the usual Friday night raffles and entertainment is on.

The Pro-Am Dinner for Saturday night still has tickets available for a good nights entertainment. Book your tickets with the golf office tomorrow.

Golf - Tuesday 12th August 2008 - Championships Day 1

Today was the first day of our Ladies 2008 Championships. We were lucky enough to get a lovely sunny day and the course is drying out well which some of our scores have indicated.

My playing partners today were Margaret Pratt and Lyn Bates. They were great company and we had a lovely day in spite of the few little technical problems we had on some of the holes. These days are always good and we have had some really great stories about some of the things that have happened out on the course that would only happen on a stroke/championship day and I have to say I thought I had had a very ordinary day until I heard about some of them. Well we have to laugh or else we would cry. Those girls that played well, played very well & full credit to them for holding it all together under the pressure.


The Event of the day was a Stroke Event and the first day of our 4-Day 72 Hole 2008 Championships. We had 76 Starters,



RESULTS:
DIVISION 1:

GROSS WINNER: Kay Adams - 87 strokes
NETT WINNER: Kay Adams - 69 nett on a countback
RUNNER UP: Norma Cubis - 69 nett
3RD: Michele Martin - 73 points on a countback


DIVISION 2

GROSS WINNER: Di Beechey - 95 strokes
NETT WINNER: Di Beechey - 69 nett
RUNNER UP: Kathy Small - 71 nett
3RD: Pam Witt - 73 nett



DIVISION 3

GROSS WINNER: Margaret Mackie - 102 strokes
NETT WINNER: Margaret Nichols - 70 Nett
RUNNER UP: Margaret Mackie - 71 Nett
3RD: June Bowen - 72 Nett on a countback


NEAREST THE PINS:
DIVISION 1 : 5th hole - Margaret MacLachlan; 12th hole - Kay Adams
DIVISION 2: 8th Hole - Joyce Bosley; 14th Hole - Allison Guthrie
DIVISION 3: 8th Hole - not won; 14th Hole - Carol Farrell



SCORE BOARD
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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Jan Fitzgerald had four strokes on the 13th; Bev Adams hit a huge shot on the 18th destined to be out of bounds, the ball hit a tree and it bounced beautifully back out onto the fairway (I call these shots "A" grade shots - us also-rans would have gone out of bounds); Shirley Daly had a gobbler on the 7th; Michele Martin had 40 strokes on the first nine holes, had a birdie on the 15th and a gobbler on the 13th; Kay Adams had birdies on the 14th & the 15th; Lorraine Linnert had a birdie on the 8th; Sheena Asken had a birdie on the 8th; Di Thomlinson had birdies on the 2nd and the 8th; Lyn Cruickshanks had a birdie/gobbler on the 6th; Di Beechey had 4 strokes on the 3rd; Yvonne Wilson parred the 14th; Norma Cubis parred the 8th and the 9th and generally played a nice steady game; Ronda Jordon had 16 shots on the 10th & staunchly held on to finish the match; Judy Verlander on the 8th hole was in the left hand bunker, shot out of that to behind the right hand bunker, 4 shots later she was back in the original bunker and took two shots to get out of that and then two putted - finally made it into the hole for 11 and very courageously finished the match; my highlight of the day was scoring a par with a gobbler shot on the 4th and scoring a birdie with a gobbler shot on the 8th. I am sure there many other stories of this nature as Championships can bring out the best an worst in our games. A good sense of humour is a good aid on these days.




Images attached: With my playing partners today - Margaret Pratt and Lyn Bates; The score board - at week 1; Kay Adams - Winner nett and Gross of Division 1; Di Beechey - Winner nett and gross of Division 2; Margaret Mackie - Gross Winner of Division 3; Garden at the water bubbler - getting prepared for new plants (watch this space for the results); Clyde Cruickshanks, Des Wilson & John Coddington - F-Troopers hard at work on Monday last repainting the practice putting green wall - how good is that!