Golf - Saturday 24th November 2012

We had a beautiful day for golf and weddings today - the course looked beautiful viewed from our reception rooms where we had two weddings.

The Golf Event of the day was a Men's Single Stableford + Teams Event 1 X 2 X 3.

We had 182 starters with 5 visitors from Bayview, Kareela, Kooindah Waters, Richmond & Virginia Qld.

RESULTS:

TEAM EVENT RESULTS:

WINNERS:  James Fahey, John Dever, Gary Keys & Roy Hammond - 96 points

RUNNERS UP:  Ryan Morgan, Cameron Morgan, Paul Morgan & Ron Dekker - 92 points on a countback

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Paul Collings - 43 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Mick Dezsery - 43 points

3RD:  Tom Ballard - 40 points

SINGLE SCRATCH WINNER:  Gavin Godwin - 33 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PIN 12TH:

A GRADE:  Stuart Carter

B GRADE:  Steve Fairnham

C GRADE:  Ted Jones

NEAREST THE PIN MEN'S 8TH - OVER THE FIELD:

WINNER: Glen Giddings

BALLS WENT TO:  35 points (neat)

AMCR:  70 (37 points)

Golf - Friday 23rd November 2012

Curtis took out second place in the Primary School

Golf Tournament played at Bankstown on Wednesday

21st November and Thursday 22nd November 2012

with rounds of 85/85 gross and finished in the top 10

in Australia.

HOW GOOD IS THAT! CONGRATULATIONS CURTIS!

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

We had 70 starters with 4 visitors from Bankstown, Everglades & Oatlands

RESULTS:

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Robert Darnell - 47 points on a countback

RUNNER UP:  Soon Lee - 47 points

3RD:  Ian Craig - 42 points

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER: Leanne Moore - 35 points on a countback

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN:  36 points (neat)

LADIES:  33 points (neat)

AMCR MEN:  69 (38 points)

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)

Golf - Thursday 22nd November 2012

The Golf Event of the day was a Ladies Single Stableford + 2 Ball Aggregate.

We had 25 Starters with visitors from Del Loomes and Belmont.

RESULTS:

2 BALL TEAM RESULTS:

WINNERS:  Robyn Johnston & Sandy Laybutt - 75 points

SINGLE STABLEFORD RESULTS:

WINNER:  Robyn Johnston - 41 points

RUNNER UP:  Rosie Judd - 39 points

NEAREST THE PIN 14TH:

0 TO 32:  Fay Bailey

33.TO 45 SECOND SHOT:  Bernadette Kirkman

BALLS WENT TO:  35 points on a countback

BALL COMPETITION:

Robyn Johnston

Rosie Judd

Sue Scobie

Lauren Matterson

Kath Payn

Fay Bailey

AWCR:  73 (73 nett)

Golf - Wednesday 21st November 2012

The Golf Event of the day was a Men's Single Stableford + 2 Ball Aggregate.

We had 193 starters with 8 visitors from Bayview, Kurri, Magenta Shores, Morisset, Shelly Beach & Terrigal.

RESULTS:

2 BALL AGGREGATE RESULTS:

WINNERS:  Ray Cruden & Peter Cruden - 82 points

RUNNERS UP:  Terry Bowditch & Solomon Towson - 79 points

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Peter Cruden - 47 points

RUNNER UP:  Solomon Towson - 41 points on a countback

3RD:  James Fahey - 41 points on a countback

4TH:  Troy Lucas (Kurri) - 40 points on a countback

SINGLES SCRATCH WINNER:  Troy Lucas (Kurri) - 35 points

NEAREST THE PIN 8TH:

A GRADE:  Garry Burkinshaw

B GRADE:  Michael Crehan

C GRADE:  Anthony Morton

BALLS WENT TO:  35 points (neat)

AMCR:  69 (38 points)

Golf - Tuesday 20th November 2012

The Golf Event of the day was a Ladies Team Stableford (best two scores to count) - Shotgun Start followed by the 2012 Ladies Annual General Meeting.

We had 69 starters.

RESULTS:

TEAM WINNERS:  Sue Scobie, Di Thomlinson, Kath Small & Lynda Hartley - 91 points

RUNNERS UP:  Bev Adams, Jan Fitzgerald, Rosemary Cohen & Carol Farrell - 87 points

BALLS WENT TO:  78

BALL COMPETITION:

Susan Bourne, Pam Witt, Glennis English & Leonie Casey

Michelle McGrath, Maggie Minjoy, Leanne Binns & Lyn Bates

Marianne Lanham, Lesley Gregory, Sue Hutton, Helen Potter

Judy Verlander, Lyn Cruickshanks, Kerry Williams & Lynn Puiatti

Wendy Stapleton, Kay Adams, Fay Bailey & Rhonda Johnston

Linda Rogers, Chris Dekker & Julie Craig

Joyce Bosley, Robin Incoll, Anne Forrester & Jan Walker

Rosalie Dyer, Kath Payn, Georgina Lamb & Lorraine Bignall

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me:  Sheila Williams had her photo taken for the blog for the first time; Linda Rogers got onto the 18th green for 3; Julie Hazzard, Norma Cubis & Anne Cropley had two 3's on the 15th; Michelle McGrath had birdies on the 2nd, 6th, 10th & the 18th; Margaret Nichols had 3/4 on the 8th; Di Thomlinson, Lynda Hartley, Sue Scobie & Kath Small had 7 points on the 11th, Leonie Casey had 4/4 at the 3rd; Susan Bourne had a 4 pointer; Wendy Stapleton had a birdie on the 18th, Kay Adams had a 4 pointer, Georgina Lamb had 4/4 on the 1st; Bev Adams, Rosemary Cohen, Carol Farrell & Jan Fitzgerald had 8 points on two holes; our highlights were getting two 3 pointers twice and sinking some nice long putts. 

F-Troop - Monday 19th November 2012

It was another busy day for F-Troopers today with many projects on hand to take care of.

We had Trevor Harrison, Duncan Dyer, Geoff Bridge, Martin Gallagher, Rob Benson, Richard Casey, Garry Trigg, Don Nicholls, Peter Martin, Jan Martin, Di Beechey & Anne Burgess to share the load.

The Tree Gang of Duncan Dyer, Geoff Bridge, Garry Trigg, Trevor Harrison & Don Nicholls and Martin Gallagher took care of some more undercutting the 9th and the 10th after they had picked up rubbish at the car park and behind the practice nets..

Peter Martin, Rob Benson & Richard Casey took care of mulching of the wedding garden, Rob & Richard then took care of the re seating the concrete edging on the 17th tee and trimming of the camellias at the 10th & 11th.

Anne Burgess and Di Beechey did some good clean up work in the car park and BBQ area and worked in Camellia way trimming the camellias.  Di helped with the mulching and raking at the wedding garden area.

Peter Martin took care of the supervision of the mulching of the wedding garden repaired the watering system at the 1st and 10th; helped with the fence repair & moved mulch to the 18th for the camellia gardens, re-staked the roses at the wedding garden.

I spent the day moving mulch onto the wedding garden, trimmed more shrubs in the front garden, watered the wedding gardens, cleaned up the practice nets, dead headed and re-staked the roses at the putting green, cleaned up at the 1st and 10th tees.

Morning tea of croissants and jam was very much appreciated after a hard mornings work.  Thanks Chef John!

We received in excess of $40 in donations from members via the donation box in the Pro Shop and including $20 from George Foster.  Our appreciation to the Members that see fit to donate their cash to F-Troop.  All monies received go towards the beautification of our course including the purchase of work tools for our troopers.  THANK YOU MEMBERS!


YES! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Golf - Sunday 18th November 2012

Grey skies turned to blue for our golf at Gosford today. Our playing partners were Ron & Lynn Puiatti and we had a good day on the village green. The boys beat the girls for the keno ticket on the 17th but aside from that we had a very enjoyable day.

The Golf Event of the day was a Single Event for Men and Ladies + CCDGA Challenge Cup Final.

We had 107 starters with 50 visitors from Everglades, Magenta Shores, Mangrove Mountain, Morisset, Mt Coolum Qld, Shelly Beach, Terrigal, Toukley & Wyong.

RESULTS:

CCDGA CHALLENGE CUP FINAL RESULTS:

WINNERS:  Magenta Shores

RUNNERS UP:  Shelly Beach

MEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Col Matterson - 44 points

RUNNER UP:  David Small - 41 points

3RD:  Arthur Collien - 40 points on a countback

4TH:  Scott Wrightman - 40 points on a countback

WOMEN'S SINGLES RESULTS:

WINNER:  Sunanta Duangwaw - 42 points

RUNNER UP:  Lauren Matterson - 41 points

3RD:  Kay Frewin - 39 points

4TH:  Jenny Stoles - 37 points on a countback

NEAREST THE PINS:

MEN'S 12TH:  Brent Frewin

LADIES 8TH:  Lauren Matterson

BALLS WENT TO:

MEN:  37 points (neat)

LADIES: 34 points on a countback

AMCR MEN:  69 (38 points)

AWCR LADIES:  73 (36 points)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY as reported to me:  Ron Puiatti had a birdie on the 15th; Vicki Morris had a birdie on the 14th; George Foster's highlight was beating Vicki & Lynne for the keno ticket; Lauren Matterson had two 4 pointers and played steady golf; Col Matterson had birdies at the 2nd, 5th, 6th and the 16th - at the 5th hole Col's playing partner Geoff Darkes, hit his drive just short of the 5th green and Col's second shot cannoned off of Georff's ball and into the hole for a birdie (can't help good luck!!!!); Bert Brink had a 2/4 birdie on the 12th out of the bunker; Annie Brink chipped in on the 9th; Ron Dekker had a birdie 4/4 on the 2nd; Neville Walker had pars on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th and had 39 points; Jan Walker had a chip in on the 6th out of the bunker; Wyong Team had a good day with their highlight being - turning up and having some nice cakes out of the esky; Russell Stark (Wyong) had a birdie on the 14th; Norm Hollis (Wyong) had a birdie on the 10th;  Anne Forrester had 4/4 on the 3rd; and beating the boys for the keno ticket; Sunanta Duangwaw had 42 points including 3 pars in a row including 3 putting five greens; Robyn Johnston was an improved player; Kay Frewin had a chip in on the 2nd for 5/3 and had 4/4 on the 4th; Leanne Binns had a birdie on the 8th; John Storey got a birdie of the feathered kind; my highlight was a birdie on the 14th.