Golf - Tuesday 30th September 2008

We have had some wonderful scores emerging over the last few weeks which must mean the course is improving & we like blue sky and sunshine.

I was pre-occupied with other matters today & did not play golf - just as well because a nice score of 36 did not even win a ball. In fact I know of some players who got 37 points and still missed out on a ball and lost point 4 off their handicap. The handicaps should soon come tumbling down and get scoring back to an even keel.

The event today was a single stableford event with vets in conjunction. We had 80 starters with visitors Ann Richardson from Cromer, Ruth Blake from Mona Vale.

RESULTS:

DIVISION 1:

WINNER: Michele Martin - 41 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Lorraine Linnert - 41 points

DIVISION 2:

WINNER: Helen Stuart - 43 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Linda Rankin - 43 points

3RD: Rosie Judd - 41 points on a countback

4TH: Sandra Laybutt - 41 points

DIVISION 3:

WINNER: Yvonne Cumming - 40 points

RUNNER UP: Linda Hartley - 38 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

DIVISION 1: 8TH hole: Doon Jansen; 14TH hole: Ann Burgess

DIVISION 2: 8TH hole: Sandra Laybutt; 14TH HOLE: Evelyn Dixon

DIVISION 3: 8TH hole: Doreen Vines; 14TH hole: not won

BALLS WENT TO: 37 points on a countback

CCR: 73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY: I arrived at presentation a little too late to collect any highlights however I note that Helen Stuart scored 43 points today. Had she done that on Sunday our team would have been down for the count. Thanks for getting your timing right Helen.

Robyn Johnston had a good highlight by winning the fruit & vegie tray in the raffle.

IMAGES ATTACHED: Michele Martin - winner of Division 1; President Norma Presdee with Helen Stuart - winner of Division 2; Yvonne Cumming - winner of Division 3.

F-Troop - Monday 29th September 2998

Today was another productive day for F-Troop with some hard working members raking and picking up loose timber; filling in holes and drains; removing dangerous & infected trees; clearing paths; rough cutting; chopping & bagging firewood for F-Troops firewood-for-sale project.

Proceeds from the sale of firewood go towards the payment of the F-Troop work utility & purchase of new plants and trees for our course. Get your orders in now - we have 12 bags stocked and on the ready for you to stockpile for next winter and at a mere $10 per bag it is a bargain.

We welcomed Peter Murphy as a new member to F-Troop (photo attached) & Peter was put to work as a driver and rough cutter.

Images attached: Stock pile of firewood ready & waiting for orders; Clyde Cruickshanks welcoming Peter Murphy to his first day on F-Troop duty; Bert Brink & Duncan Dyer cleaning up around the 17th dam; Bert Brink creating some firewood; Peter Murphy, Peter Martin & Warren Gray picking up timber at the first tee; Neil Hancock on the tractor; Garry Trigg on the rough cutter behind the 18th green (taken from "Rosie's Arch").

F- Troop - Firewood for our members

As you are all aware our F-Troop does a lot of work clearing old timber from the course on a regular basis as part of the course beautification project. As a result there is a good supply of selected firewood being cut up and stocked.

This timber is available for purchase at $10 per bag (see size indicated above) - cash only please.

The proceeds from this timber will be put back towards the costs of beautifying our course so it is all for a good cause. Orders can be placed with Clyde Cruickshanks or myself & stocks will be available on request on Tuesdays or Wednesdays.

We can always use more F-Troop workers if you feel that you can contribute in any way and the Adopt-a-Garden scheme is still open for more volunteers.

Please see Clyde Cruickshanks or myself.

Golf - Tuesday 23rd September 2008

Today was a very special day at our Golf Club for the ladies because it is the "Mark Churcher Day" that everyone loves to support. It is a very popular day and it is a shame that rain interfered to an extent with the numbers and the results - however it did produce some good highlights.

We had 77 starters which was good considering the overnight rain & heavily laden skies this morning. I did come accross some very damp & ruffled ladies at the end of the competition but they all were still smiling even if their highlight of the day was finishing the last hole.

The rules for today were that Division 1 were to play stroke off the blue markers; Division 2 were to play stableford off the white markers and Division 3 were to play stableford off the white markers.


RESULTS:

DIVISION 1: (PLAYING STROKE OFF THE BLUE MARKERS)
WINNER: Michele Martin - 77 nett
RUNNER UP: Leonie Casey - 78 nett
3RD: Doon Jansen - 79 nett


DIVISION 2: (PLAYING STABLEFORD OFF THE WHITE MARKERS)
WINNER: Marianne Lanham - 34 points
RUNNER UP: Doreen Trigg - 32 points
3RD: Julie Hazzard - 31 points
4TH: Jan Fitzgerald - 30 points


DIVISION 3: (PLAYING STABLEFORD OFF THE WHITE MARKERS)
WINNER: June Bowen - 30 points on a countback
RUNNER UP: Margaret Nichols 30 points
3RD: Val Scott - 29 points


NEAREST THE PINS:
DIVISION 1: 8th HOLE: Linda Rogers; 14th HOLE: Debbie Grinham
DIVISION 2: 8th HOLE: not won; 14th HOLE: Yvonne Wilson
DIVISION 3: 8th HOLE: not won; 14th HOLE: Val Scott


BALLS WENT TO: Division 1: 82 nett; Division 2 & 3 : 27 points on a countback

THERE WAS NO HANDICAPPING TODAY AS WE DID NOT PLAY OFF THE OFFICIAL RED MARKERS.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Doon Jansen had a birdie on the 5th; Kay Adams had a birdie on the 10th; Robyn Johnston playing on the 9th hit her drive into the tree on the left, the ball went backwards & it took her four shots to get out of the trees and near the green where she chipped in off the green and into the hole to score 6; Robin Incoll parred the 16th and was in the hole on the 17th for 5; Rhonda Robertson had a FMLT (failed to make the ladies tee); Debbie Grinham Parred the 3rd and the 7th; Michele Martin parred the 2nd and the 13th; Lorraine Linnert on the 17th tee hit her drive out of bounds into the Narara creek, so hitting 3 off the tee onto the bunker on the 16th, then onto the path on the 17th, hit a tree and the ball finished up behind her - on that hole she scored 11 but it doesn't finish there....on the 18th she was on the green for four and 5 putted for 9; Julie Hazzard & Helen Stuart had a great highlight by getting over the water at the 3rd from the white markers; Jan Fitzgerald had 5 on the 9th; Yvonne Wilson got nearest the pin on the 14th; Sharon Anderson parred the 14th; Elizabeth McNamara was not in the water on the front nine; Margaret Pratt went to get out her wet gear from her bag when it started raining & pulled out her swimsuit that had been accidently put in her golf bag.( I would have liked to have had the camera handy for that one)

SOME OTHER HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY: Glennis English has announced the safe arrival of her new granddaughter Zahra Jade, 6lbs 4 ozs, black hair and is just beautiful like her grandmother; Kay Frewin's lovely grandaughter Millie joined us at presentation today; Rosalie Dyer was showing off her two beautiful grandchildren today - Ellie and Max (photo attached); It was Debbie Grinham's birthday today which was cause for much celebration.



Images attached: Mark Churcher with Michele Martin - winner of Division 1; Mark Churcher with Marianne Lanham - winner of Division 2; Mark Churcher with June Bowen - Winner of Division 3; Ellie, Max & Rosalie; the birthday girl Debbie with Kay Frewin, Millie, Rhonda Robertson, Norma Cubis, Robin Incoll, Fay Bailey, Alice Collett and Robyn Johnston (background - Pete - with all his friends)

Golf - Tuesday 9th September 2008

Today was a single stableford event & a lovely sunny day to play golf. We had 72 starters with visitors from Mangrove Mountain - Julie Curran & Carol Goding.

I did not play today because I am resting my arm (tennis elbow) so that I can play in Tasmania next week. Our group is going to play Barnbougle Dunes course twice, then Royal Hobart & The Tasmanian course. Should be fun!

Last Thursday we had some special events happen & of course I was not there to capture the moment - so have some photos today to make up:

1. Lesley Gregory & Sue Hutton won the Foursomes knockout (photo attached)

2. Jan Fitzgerald got a hole in one on the 5th. (Presentation photo attached)


SINGLE STABLEFORD RESULTS:


DIVISION 1:

WINNER: Wendy Stapleton - 36 points

RUNNER UP: Anne Burgess - 35 points on a countback


DIVISION 2:

WINNER: Evelyn Dixon - 39 points

RUNNER UP: Glennis English - 38 points

3RD: Yvonne Wilson - 37 points on a countback


DIVISION 3:

WINNER: Dawn Tromp - 35 points

RUNNER UP: Lynn Puiatti - 34 points on a countback


NEAREST THE PINS:
DIVISION 1: 8th hole: Jacqui Davidson; 14th hole: Jacqui Davidson
DIVISION 2: 8th Hole: Lyn Cruickshanks; 14th hole: Lyn Bates
DIVISION 3: 8th Hole: not won; 14th hole: not won

CCR: 73 (36 points)

I was a little late getting to presentation today so I did not have time to gather highlights of the day.

Images attached: Wendy Stapleton - winner of Division 1; Yvonne Wilson - 3rd place in Division 2 with President Norma Presdee; Dawn Tromp - Winner of Division 3; Jan Fitzgerald holding her "HOLE IN ONE" trophy with Norma Presdee and Di Beechey;Lesley Gregory & Sue Hutton - WINNERS OF THE FOURSOMES KNOCKOUT.

F-Troop - Monday 1st September 2008

Today was the first day of spring and what a magic day it was. We had a great turn up for F-Troop including a welcome to first day as an F-Trooper to Gary Sammons. Our troopers included Clyde Cruickshanks, Martin Gallagher, Des Wilson, Bert Brink, Warren Gray, Peter Martin, Doug Incoll, Spencer Walklate, Neil Hancock, Noel Fenning, Duncan Dyer, Gary Sammons, Garry Trigg, Yvonne Wilson, Mary Bromwich & myself.

We got a lot of work done which included tree trimming, mulching, fertilizing, weeding, filling in of trenches.

It was reported to me that the frog on the water feature in the BBQ garden has been stolen yet again and also this week some mindless person put detergent in the water of the water feature.

Make sense of that!

On a positive side we have had a lot of complimentary comments directed to F-Troop members which is appreciated. It is nice to know that our work is not going un-noticed.

F-Troop will be on again next Monday for anyone who has a few spare hours. Meet at the Greenkeepers shed at 7.30 am or whatever time you can spare. There is a lot of raking up to do (among other things) so bring a rake if you have one. Monday is a Charity Day (Kidney Foundation Golf Day) so there will be players on the course. Work will be reduced to working in areas that do not interfere with the golf day.

Images attached: Gary Sammons receiving his "green F-Troop shirt"; Duncan Dyer attempting to remove the seed pods from the palms on the 14th before they fall & make a mess everywhere; palm trees & seed pods on the 14th; Azalea garden weeded & mulched today; putting green garden - treated with seasol today; the wedding garden treated with seasol today;

the Orchids and pansies still intact & flowering; the new hedge garden on the first tee - mulched today; pink shrubs now coming into colour on the 13th - note the "Girlie" colours; local bird enjoying the nectar from the "Peaches & Cream" Grevillea on the 13th; The Ladies garden fertilized and weeded today; first flowering of the butterfly iris on the 14th; refreshed camelia garden on the 14th; Anne Burgess & Judy Hughes working on repainting the wall in the Pro Shop for Mark.

NOTE TO MEMBERS: NEW BLOG SITE

I have created another blog to record club daily events which will be for the benefit of non-members as well as Members. The events are basically the same as what is in our programme of Events book but also includes social events in the clubhouse & other items of interest (eg Golf Clinic days). The benefit of keeping events on the blog is that it can be edited and updated at any time for changes that may occur from the written Programme of Events book. To view this blog there are several alternatives. If you are already logged onto one of my blogs you only need to click on "view my profle" which will take you to a page that lists all of my blogs at the bottom of the page. Just click on the blog you wish to view. Alternately you can type into your top "http" address line in your internet Explorer http://www.gosfordgolfclubeventslist.blogspot.com/ Once there you can 'right' click your mouse and add that blogsite onto your favouries or create a short cut from your desktop if you think you will use the site regularly.

To go there directly now you can click on the blue highlighted link above.

Golf - Thursday 28th August 2008

I took a break from golf today to rest my "tennis elbow" problem which seemed a very good idea when the rain started this morning. It seemed that others thought the same thing as there were only 19 brave starters today to play in our Team Stableford Event. Thankfully the day cleared and it was not too bad in the finish.


RESULTS

TEAM WINNERS: Julie Hazzard & Marianne Lanham - 47 points

RUNNERS UP: Yvonne Wilson & Christine Drakeford - 43 points

BALLS TO: Evelyn Dixon & Margaret Nichols - 41 points
: Rosemary Judd & Kath Small - 41 points


NEAREST THE PINS: 0 - 30 14th Hole : Rosemary Judd
: 31-45 14th Hole : Carol Farrell


I was not at the club in time to get photos or highlights of the day but I am sure there would have been some.



A big thank you to Jakob from Narara Valley Nursery who made his time available to us by giving us some good horticultural advice regarding the trees and gardens throughout the course.
Jakob spent the best part of three hours today inspecting parts of the course with us where we needed some urgent advice and also gave us some recommendations for suitable trees, plants and shrubs. It is very important that we get the right selection for the golf course so we can have a properly structured plan to get our course eventually to top class. It is also equally important that we do not select trees and plants that will cause future problems.



I would also like to acknowledge the members who have gone out of their way to compliment the F-Troop for their contributions towards the beautification of the course. Our F-Troop are doing an exeptional job and their efforts are becoming evident.

Thank You! It is very nice that there are members out there that do notice and appreciate the difference.