Golf - Sunday 20th February 2011

The hot, humid February weather continues as to be expected at this time of the year. The promised cool change, with thunder storms and rain started to happen in the late afternoon and then disappeared just as quickly as it arrived. Our players appreciated the cold ice water supplied at the 5th and the 15th hole as we struggled to cope with the humidity.

Our playing partners were Wally & Rhonda Robertson and they were great company. We struggled for the 3 pointers but all managed to contribute at least a couple each which gave us some good highlights.

The Event of the day was a Single Stableford for Men and Ladies + Medley Team Stableford - 1 score to count.

We had 79 starters with no visitors.

RESULTS:

MEDLEY TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Rob Brann, Robin Bran, Steven Cross and Annette Cross - 53 points on a countback

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Steven Cross - 41 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Ron Dekker - 41 points

3RD: David Small - 40 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Jan Walker - 42 points

RUNNER UP: Lauren Matterson - 41 points

3RD: Rosalie Dyer - 40 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: Bob Morris

LADIES 8TH: Vicky Morris

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 35 points (neat)

LADIES: 33 points (neat)

AMCR MEN: 70 (37 points)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me: Rosalie Dyer had 4/4 on the 13th; Dick Bosley had 2 four pointers; Ron Brann had a birdie on the 2nd; Steven Cross had a birdie on the 10th; Clyde had birdies on the 2nd, 11th (chip in out of the sand) & 13th; Michael Norman had 4/4 on the 4th; Kerry Williams had two 4 pointers; Lyn Cruickshanks had one 4 pointer and three 3 pointers; Kath Small 5/4 on the 2nd; Mark Stimpson had birdie a 3/3 on the 16th ( which caused Duncan Dyer to have a FRAT on the 17th tee); Anne Stimpson had a lovely long putt to score 4/3 on the 5th; Lyn Bates had 4/4 on the 10th; Ron Puiatti had a birdie on the 14th; Doug Incoll was an improved player and his highlight today was riding in the cart with Wally Johnston; Wally Robertson scored a three pointer on the 15th to win the hole for the boys; Rhonda Robertson won the 18th hole to win the "Double or nothing" bet for the keno ticket with the boys ; my highlights were scoring a nice par on the 14th and 5/3 on the 17th.

RESULTS OF THE CLUB PENNANTS:

A GRADE: GOSFORD VS MORISSET AT SHELLEY BEACH

- WINNER : GOSFORD 5/2

B GRADE: GOSFORD VS MANGROVE MOUNTAIN AT MORISSET

- WINNER : GOSFORD 4/1

C GRADE: GOSFORD VS MANGROVE MOUNTAIN AT MORISSET

- WINNER: GOSFORD 3/2

JUNIORS: GOSFORD VS MORISSET AT TUGGERAH LAKES

- WINNER: MORISSET 4/1

WELL DONE PENNANTS PLAYERS!

Golf - Saturday 19th February 2011

The Event of the day was a Men's Single Stableford - 3 Grades.


We had 186 starters with 5 visitors from Emerald Lakes Qld, Oatlands, Riverside Oaks, Tamworth and West Wyalong.

RESULTS:

A GRADE:

WINNER: Brent Frewin - 41 points

RUNNER UP: Sam White - 39 points

3RD: Garry Fitch - 38 points on a countback


B GRADE:

WINNER: Ron Puiatti - 43 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Kurt Burrell - 43 points

3RD: Wayne Campbell - 42 points


C GRADE:

WINNER: Michael O'Brien (Oatlands) - 45 points

RUNNER UP: Howard Ainsley - 43 points

3RD: Russ Davidson - 42 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH:

A GRADE: Jim Johnston

B GRADE: Marshall Parsons

C GRADE: Graham Brown

EAGLES NEST 12TH:

WINNER: Marshall Parsons - 58 cms. - 7 Balls

BALLS WENT TO: To be advised

AMCR: 70 (37 points)

Golf - Friday 18th February 2011

The Event of the day was a Single Stableford for Men and Women.

We had 81 starters with 13 visitors from Everglades, Mangrove Mountain, Moss Vale, Muree, Shelley Beach and Trundle.

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Garry Montgomery - 44 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Grant Pride (Everglades) 44 points

3RD: Rodney Grunsell - 41 points

4TH: Mike Hyland - 40 points


WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Alice Diamond (Shelley Beach) - 32 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Rhonda Austen (Mangrove Mountain) - 32 points


NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: To be advised

LADIES 8TH: To be advised

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 36 points (Neat)

LADIES: 31 points (Neat)

AMCR MEN: 70 (37 points)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

Golf - Thursday 17th February 2011

We have had some good news this week. The F-Troop Ute has got another set of wheels kindly donated and installed by Jeff Rogers. THANK YOU JEFF! After some low life stole the original wheels from the F-Troop Ute ( that was originally donated to us by Trevor Blackburn) we were devastated. It is donations like this that restore our faith in humanity and proves that we do have Members who care.

F-Troopers gave some much needed TLC to the tibouchinas on the 2nd fairway giving them a good water and chipping and treated them with seasol which will hopefully lift them. The lower tibouchinas get water from the fairway watering system so do not suffer as much as the higher ones. They are all coming into bud at present ready for a lovely display at the end of next month right through the winter months. I hope the affected tibouchinas rally in time to blossom for the season. The trees have grown three times the original size and should double again by next year which will give us a brilliant display. The new crepe myrtles have breezed through the hot summer months & will give us a lovely summer display in the future.

The Golf Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stableford Over the Field and we had 30 starters.

RESULTS:

WINNER: Fay Bailey - 38 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Kay Adams - 38 points

3RD: Lynn Puiatti - 37 points

4TH: Bev Adams - 36 points

NEAREST THE PIN 14TH:

0 TO 30: Bev Adams

31 TO 45 SECOND SHOT: Val Anderson

BALL COMPETITION:

Fay Bailey

Kay Adams

Lynn Puiatti

Bev Adams

Christine Drakeford

Judy Ruitenberg

Lorraine Linnert

BALLS WENT TO : 34 points on a countback

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

Golf - Wednesday 16th February 2011

CONGRATULATIONS TO JAMES WILLIAMS FOR A HOLE IN ONE ON THE 8TH!



Well done James!



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The Event of the day was a Men's Single Par + 2 Ball Team.



We had 199 starters with 8 visitors from Emmaville, Everglades, Morisset, Oatlands, Shelley Beach, Terrigal and The Colonial.



RESULTS:



2 BALL TEAM RESULTS:



WINNERS: Graeme S Wright & Gary Hawkins - Plus 12



MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:



WINNER: Ken Ongley - Plus 7 on a countback



RUNNER UP: Gary Hawkins - Plus 7



3RD: Stephen Tobin - Plus 6 - on a countback



4TH: Michael Upton - Plus 6 on a countback



NEAREST THE PIN 8TH:



A GRADE: James Williams ( Hole in One)



B GRADE: To be advised



C GRADE: To be advised



EAGLES NEST 12TH: WON BY : Ross Bryant - 6 Balls



BALLS WENT TO: Plus 1 (neat)



AMCR: 70 (Plus 1)

Golf - Tuesday 15th February 2011

It was one of those days again - Will it continue to rain or will it stop? Many ladies were pondering this morning whether to start or not. My two partners had decided not to play so I waited for a while and then ran out of patience as the showers continued. The rain did go lightly for a while and then fined up to be an okay day.

The Event of the day was a Ladies Single Par.

We had 62 starters with visitors from Wyong and Muswellbrook.

RESULTS:

DIVISION 1 - 0 TO 22:

WINNER: Michelle McGrath - Plus 3

RUNNER UP: Jan Fitzgerald - Plus 2

DIVISION 2 - 23 TO 32:

WINNER: Rosemary Judd - Plus 3

RUNNER UP: Lynn Puiatti - Plus 2

DIV 3 - 33 TO 45:

WINNER: Val Anderson - Square

RUNNER UP: Michele Kennett - Minus 3

NEAREST THE PINS:

8TH:

DIV 1: Robyn Johnston

DIV 2: Georgina Lamb

DIV 3: Not won

14TH:

DIV 1: Deborah Wright

DIV 2: Maggie Minjoy

DIV 3: Lyn Wilson

BALLS WENT TO: Minus 2 on a countback

AWCR LADIES: 73 (Square)

F-Troop Monday 14th February 2011

After a shaky start to the morning with some quite heavy showers keeping us under cover for a while we managed to get a good workload done by lunchtime.

We had an excellent turn up considering the inclement weather with eight volunteers reporting for duty. We had Duncan Dyer, Martin Gallagher, Geoff Bridge, Di Beechey, Peter Martin, Georgina Lamb, Anne Burgess and myself.

The girls headed under cover & cleaned the walk area and furniture underneath the clubhouse.

The weather cleared so we were able to work out on the front street where we picked up a lot of the fallen timber and rubbish that was along the front footpath.

After morning tea Georgina Lamb, Peter Martin, Geoff Bridge & myself started out on the course, cleaning the 1st green path, the 2nd tee area and the leaves to the left of the fairway, the 3rd ladies tee, and the 7th tee.

Martin Gallagher, Duncan Dyer and Geoff Bridge did a great job cleaning up and re-arranging the F-Troop storage rooms so that everything is tidy and easy to find. After morning tea Martin and Geoff re-staked some of the grevilleas on the 6th. Martin then delivered our first load of firewood for the season.

Morning tea was very welcome and we enjoyed some lovely fresh croissants with butter & jam - Yumm!

Thanks John!

We did achieve a lot more than we thought we would in the early part of the morning. We were expecting to get washed out & did not anticipate a lot of volunteers in the wet weather - so it was all good!

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!