Golf - Sunday 17th April 2011

Another day of water damaged course which caused the cancellation of today's competition.

We did not have any more rain this morning so social play was allowed after 12.00 pm and there were some players willing to take advantage of the break in the weather including Doug & Robin Incoll who played with us for 16 holes which was very enjoyable.

The course was wet underfoot but not impossible to play (Peter Martin scored 41 points just to prove a point). The bunkers were water damaged so we took a drop from them if we were unfortunate enough to be in them, some parts of the course were still wet in patches but other parts had recovered well.

Our best highlights today were approach shots to the 10th green from Doug Incoll & myself from in front of the left hand bunker. We both hit the identical shot, slamming into the top edge of the bunker & bouncing neatly out to within putting distance of the pin. My highlight was that I was closer to the hole than Doug. Peter played consistently good golf with some great putting on very slow greens.

We noticed that the flagstick & metal pin casing on the 7th was missing & replaced with a stick on the 7th green. More vandalism I suspect. We also noticed that there were a lot of divots left unfilled on the course and went through many buckets of sand filling the gaps. It was more noticeable on the 11th fairway where there were groups of 4/5/6 divots in one place multiplied every 10 foot or so down the fairway. Could someone be practicing multiple chips shots to the green and then not bothering to fill their divots?

We did get a small amount of rain on the 2nd, but then the weather fined up to a hot day so it was well worth the effort to get out there.

After golf we had a few drinks at the 19th hole & noticed that apart from all the wedding guests there were only two or three other golfers in the clubhouse besides us and at 6 o'clock there was we, us and co.

After two days of no competition golf & little support from members in the clubhouse - where would we be without functions? To quote Doug Incoll " I have never seen anything so bare since my honeymoon"

I have attached some photos for those of you who may be following the "lovelife" of our Bower Bird in my garden at home. He is back busily building his new lovenest so I will keep you updated on his success rate.

Golf - Saturday 16th April 2011

We thought that we had brought all the good weather home with us but today has been a deluge for most of the day making the course unplayable. It has been reported to me that there was water everywhere including the 10th dam overflowing over the fairways.

My old camera died from exhaustion while we were away on holidays so I now have a new waterproof, dustproof version which will be a lot better for my outdoor photos. One of my biggest problems was keeping dirt, dust & water out of the camera while I was photographing and working in the gardens.

No golf results for today & hopefully it will ease off enough for us to play tomorrow.

Golf - Friday 15th April 2011

Attached are some photos from our very social Friday night raffles where we celebrated Mark Stimpson's birthday. Duncan & Rosalie Dyer had their family from Brisbane at the club so I could not resist a photo of the beautiful grandchildren and of course the equally good looking grandparents.

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

We had 99 starters with 11 visitors from Everglades, Mangrove Mountain, Shelly Beach, Terrigal, Toukley and Wyong.

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Spencer Walklate - 46 points

RUNNER UP: Fred Parkhouse - 41 points on a countback

3RD: Ashley Henderson (Terrigal) - 41 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Elizabeth Flakeler ( Mangrove Mountain) - 42 points

RUNNER UP: Rhonda Austin - 40 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH: B. Martin

LADIES 8TH: A. Baker

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN: 36 points

LADIES: 38 points

AMCR MEN: 70 (37 points)

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

Golf - Thursday 14th April 2011

There are no prizes for guessing what I have been doing all day today. I have attached photos of some of the roses that you have been missing out on over the last few weeks.

The Golf Event of the day was a Ladies Single Par - Over the Field.

We had 21 starters with 2 visitors from USA and Mudgee.

RESULTS:

SINGLE PAR - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Lyn Cruickshanks - Plus 3

RUNNER UP: Judy Verlander - Plus 1 on a countback

3RD: Ronda Jordon - Plus 1

NEAREST THE PIN 14TH:

0 - 30 : not won

31 - 45: Carol Farrell

BALL COMPETITION:

Lea Southon - Square

Dawn Tromp - Minus 1

Jan Fitzgerald - Minus 2 on a countback

BALLS WENT TO: Minus 2 on a countback

AWCR LADIES: 73 (Square)

Golf - Wednesday 13th April 2011

We did not see much between Broken Hill and Blayney as we travelled between overnight. We saw some very nice countryside on the way through to Sydney Central Station which was the end of our journey on the Indian Pacific. It was a good experience and ticks a box off the "Bucket List". My favourite part of the trip was travelling through the Nullarbor Plains mainly because we were lucky enough to see a lot of vegetation from recent rains and even some wildflowers. Our WA golfing experience has got the thumbs up from us.

The Golf Event of the day at Gosford was a Men's Single Stableford + Teams Event.

We had 179 starters with 13 visitors from Beverley Park, Cabramatta, Everglades, Maitland, Morisset, Shelly Beach, Terrigal & Toukley.

RESULTS:

TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS: Peter Cruden, Ray Cruden, Michael Smith & Paul Higgins (Beverley Park) - 93 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Jason Coomber (Terrigal) - 43 points

RUNNER UP: Carl Telford - 42 points on a countback

3RD: Peter Cruden - 42 points

NEAREST THE PIN MEN'S 8TH:

A GRADE: Barry Robertson

B GRADE: Des Wilson

C GRADE: Warren Gray

BALLS WENT TO: 34 points (neat)

AMCR : 70 (37 points)

Golf - Tuesday 12th April 2011

Adelaide to Broken Hill was a long day as the train fell behind schedule due to track works etc. We were disappointed that we did not get to see anything except the railway station at Broken Hill.

The country side was surprisingly lush & green for the most of it, There has been some good rainfall & it shows in all the undergrowth & the health of the trees. Mark & Anne were able to catch up with a cousin of Mark's who lives in Broken Hill.

The Golf Event of the day at Gosford was a Ladies Single Stableford.

We had 70 starters with one visitor Eileen major.

RESULTS:

DIV 1:

WINNER: Wendy Stapleton - 37 points on a countback

RUNNER UP: Sheena Asken - 37 points

DIV 2:

WINNER: Sandie Laybutt - 36 points

RUNNER UP: Lea Southon - 34 points

DIV 3:

WINNER: June Bowen - 40 points

RUNNER UP: Lyn Wilson - 38 points

NEAREST THE PINS:

8TH HOLE:

A GRADE: Sue Hutton

B GRADE: Jan Walker

C GRADE: Not won

14TH HOLE:

A GRADE: Rhonda Robertson

B GRADE: Not won

C GRADE: Annie brink

BALLS WENT TO: 33 points on a countback

AWCR LADIES: 73 (36 points)

F- Troop - Monday 11th April 2011

We had a really good day on our train trip through the Nullarbor to Cook in South Australia & the on to Adelaide overnight. Photo attached of Mark & Peter socialising with Roy Masters (of rugby League fame) who was travelling with his wife Elaine as far as Adelaide.

10 of our F-Troopers put in a good days work on the course. We had Duncan Dyer, Bruce White, Des Wilson, Geoff Bridge, Fred Middleton, Martin Gallagher, Georgina Lamb, Anne Burgess, Richard Casey & Leonie Casey volunteering some valuable hours.

Richard & Leonie took care of their adopted gardens along Racecourse Road.

Georgina & Anne Cleaned up at the 1st tee, around the clubhouse & putting green and raked 9 of the tees.

The boys collectively cleaned up the scrub area along Narara Creek on the 6th fairway which looks 100% with all the rubbish cleaned up.

Peter & I will be back on deck next Monday & the next big project we will be doing is the stump removals. F-Troop are looking for some extra volunteers to help with filling the holes after the stumps are removed. A few hours of your time either in the morning or afternoon of next week would really be appreciated - especially anyone with some available time next Tuesday afternoon.

YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!