Season's Greetings

Merry Xmas & a Happy & Healthy 2014 to all our members & their families.

Just a reminder of the hazards to be encountered at Babinda during cane harvesting!  (Thanks Di)

Our program for 2014 is now on the blog (see right column), but will be updated once sponsorships are finalised.

Louis Siedle

President's Report & Results Cairns 3 Dec

President's Report & Results

of the 2Ball Ambrose Competition

Played on 3^rd December

at Cairns Golf Club

100 Players

President's Report

A beautiful clear & relatively cool day greeted the 82 men & 18 ladies who turned up for our shotgun start in the final comp for 2013, a 2 Ball Ambrose. 94 stayed for our breakup lunch which was catered for by the club. The course was in good condition with greens not as fast as they have been, which may have been a relief to some. Congratulations to the greens staff.

Thanks to the caterers & bar staff who looked after us very well. The meal was on the tables promptly & the prawns plentiful. Thanks to Dave Pascoe who kindly volunteered to drive around with cold water during the game to keep us rehydrated. Thanks also to eagle eyed non playing committee members on the verandah who kindly & loudly pointed out my approach to the 18^th had gone O/B!

Welcome to visitors for the day who were also some of our sponsors, Melody Lucas & her guests Serge & Joan Battistin, Cate Dunbar & Shae Isselbacher of Savannah Lifestyle Resorts, Carly Hatswell of Easylift & Scott Payne of Complete Fitness Solutions & Katrin Nash of Drummond Golf. Thanks to Melody for presenting the Savannah Cup winners & to Carly for presenting the day's prizes.

Welcome to new member Bill Peterson of Cairns.

The winners of the progressive raffle cleaned up most of the items, but I'm holding a couple for Gary Long & one for Dave Lawler.

We had some programs for 2014 available at registration.  More will be available at our first game next year & a copy will be posted to this blog when we finalise sponsorships, probably early in January.  I will be posting irregularly to the blog over the next few weeks if we have anything we think may be of interest to members, so please check it every week or so (if you remember during the festive season).

With best wishes for a Happy Christmas & a healthy & prosperous New Year from all the committee.

Louis Siedle

Results

Winners: John Kilby & Merv Hains 64 net

Runners up: Keith Hillier & Jon Shearer 65 net

3^rd placed: Wayne Petrohilos & Brian Panigas 66.25 net

Ball Rundown:

67 net: Dave Lawler & Roger Glover

67.5 net: Ian Tindall & Richard Staines

68.5 net: Rob Blackman & Graham Johnson

68.75 net: Colin & Jane Johannsen

69.75 net: Greg Gibb & Jim Logan, Jothi & Rama Naidoo

70 net: Lou Siedle & Dave Bennett

70.25 net: Bob Turner & Bruce Jenner, Garry Castle & David Jackson

70.5 net: John Pilbin & George Studham

70.75 net: Norm Lockwood & Zbig Bergiel

71.25 net: Dave Parrish & Herb Golightly, Yasuo Kumagae & George Shores

72.25 net: John Mitchell & Tom Clifford, Laurie Bell & Frank Thelan

72.5 net: Doug Hodgson & Warren Wright, Col McDowall & Peter Marriot, Don Thomson & Peter Jostons

73 net: Alan Dwyer & George Brew

NTPs men: 5^th Dave Lawler; 8^th Greg Gibb; 11^th Graham Johnson; 17^th David Jackson

NTPs women: 5^th Ann Perrett & 17^th Lil Benfield

Xmas Breakup Lunch

All,

The weather map indicates isolated showers for Tuesday, but whatever happens our breakup lunch is on & the club has catered for it.

The Savannah Cup presentations will take place at the lunch as previously advised.

We also have our progressive raffle during the lunch, so don't miss out!

Louis Siedle

Final 2013 Game Cairns 3 Dec

All,

Our final game for the year is at Cairns next Tuesday.

It is a 2 ball Ambrose, so pick your partner or leave us to assign you one at registration, which will be at the usual time, ie between 7 & 8am.  It is also a shotgun start at 8.30am & sponsored by Easylift.

The game will be followed by our breakup lunch at the club.  Cost for the day is $35 inclusive of lunch, but if you are unable to stay for that, the normal $10 comp fee.

The Savannah Cup presentation will take place whilst our day results are being finalised & Melody Lucas of Savannah Lifestyle Resorts will be playing & making the presentations.

How the course will be playing will depend on what rain we have in the meantime!

See you there.

Louis Siedle

Savannah Cup FINAL

All,

Below are the leaders after our last game.  A full list of scores will be available at registration next week as usual, but well done to Lois Tait & Wal Anthony who are our winners.  It was a close run thing in both sections.

LADIES	POINTS		MEN	POINTS
Lois TAIT	3830.42		Wal ANTHONY	2656.90
May WILKINSON	3641.90		Tom STAGER	2192.92
June WILLMOT	3616.75		Greg GIBB	2136.33
Jane JOHANNSEN	3548.75		Wayne PETROHILOS	1822.83
Di DIVERSI	3383.17		Russ GILL	1786.46
Chris EVERALL	2754.75		Keith HILLIER	1781.49
Cathie COVERDALE	2478.67		Alan DWYER	1609.39
Ann PERRETT	2427.83		Ross WHITE	1600.10
Lily SCHIRMER	2394.75		Rama NAIDOO	1579.57
Shirley FLANAGAN	2387.50		George STUDHAM	1577.57
Betty Lou PITT	2076.75		Neil SHARKEY	1551.40
Sue BRENNAN	1832.15		Colin JOHANNSEN	1523.64
Adie CRISPIN	1822.58		Lou SIEDLE	1461.66
Rosemary BARKER	1792.50		Peter ANDERSON	1411.75
Suda WOODWARD	1700.00		Jim LOGAN	1375.07
Marianne SCHAEFFER	1699.42		Merv ELMS	1362.61
Jothi NAIDOO	1683.17		Yasuo KUMAGAE	1333.29
Judy ELLIS	1627.67		Brian NORRIS	1303.90
Annette TESCH	1528.00

Tablelands Summer of Golf Program

All,

For all our golf tragics out there who may be wondering how you are going to survive without a Veterans game from 3 Dec until early Feb next year, below is a solution!

2013-14 TABLELAND SUMMER OF GOLF

ATHERTON – MAREEBA – MILLAA MILLAA

SUMMER GOLF EVENTS

Millaa Millaa Tues Dec 10^th

Atherton Tues Dec 17^th

Mareeba Tues Jan 7^th

Millaa Millaa Tues Jan 14^th

Atherton Tues Jan 21^th

Mareeba Tues Jan 28^th

Millaa Millaa Tues Feb 11^th

Atherton Tues Feb 25^th

Mareeba Tues Mar 11^th

Millaa Millaa Tues Mar 25^th

Starting Time 7.30am

Seniors and all other golfers of any age from all clubs are welcome

Cost $10.00- Includes $5.00 green fees/$5.00 prizes and balls

A light lunch will be available after the game

Please ring the appropriate Club to book carts and/or persons to confirm the game if wet weather occurs

Atherton Club – 40911283 or Sandy 40912072

Mareeba Club – 40921528 or Kev Moore 40955052

Milllaa Millaa Club 40972117 or Warren Afflick 40972441

President's Report & Results Gordonvale 26 Nov

President's Report & Results

of the Single Stableford Competition

Played on 26^th November

at Gordonvale Golf Club

100 Players

President's Report
After a considerable downpour the afternoon before, we were fortunate to have a fine but very hot & humid day for our shotgun start in the final single stableford round qualifying for the Savannah Cup.  (The Savannah Cup results will be posted when Colin Johannsen has finished his esoteric calculations!)  83 men & 17 ladies turned up to a course in good condition & greens which were coming along well although slow. Congratulations to the green keeper.

Thanks to Tom Bryce for preparing the board & NTPs for us, to new Manager Phil for running a much needed drinks cart, to Erica for preparing sandwiches & generally looking after us & to Savannah Lifestyle Resorts for sponsoring the day. We were pleased Melody Lucas from Savannah came down with one of her directors, Steve Battistin, to present the prizes, although she couldn't play.

The game next Tuesday is our last for the year & is followed by our breakup lunch. It is at Cairns & is a 2 ball Ambrose with an 8.30 shotgun start, sponsored by Easylift. Cost for the day is $35 with lunch, but if you are unable to stay for the lunch our normal $10 comp fee applies. Melody will also be there to play & also present the Savannah Cup trophies. See you there.

RAFFLE – the last tickets for the progressive raffle will be sold at registration next week. So far we have 14 prizes ranging from golf equipment to a tapestry. All prizes are donated, so if your ticket is a lucky one, pick well as you will not be able to exchange them.

Louis Siedle

Results

Men's Winner Div 1: Jim Logan 40 points

Men's Runner up Div 1: Ross White 38 points

Men's Winner Div 2: Yasuo Kumagae 39 points

Men's Runner up Div 2: Peter McMenamin 37 points

Ball Rundown:

37 points: Col McDowall, Bruce Walters, Wal Anthony

36 points: Ken Baker, Frank Thelan, Bob Turner

35 points: Mike van Cuylenburg, Brian Norris, Ron Barnes, Niel Sharkey, Lou Siedle, Rama Naidoo, Dave Bennett

34 points: Geoff Edward, Roger Smith, John Pilbin, Brian Panigas, Ian Tindall, Max Smith, Barry Pike

33 points: Zbig Bergiel, Colin Johannsen, Harold Gibbins, Keith Schirmer

32 points: Barry Hartley, Russ Gill, Tom Stager, Clive Perry, Graham Morrow, David Jackson, Les Doolan

NTPs men: 5^th Yasuo Kumagae; 8^th Chris Hannam; 14^th George Atkinson; 17^th David Bennett

Women's Winner: Ruth Yelland 33 points c/b

Women's Runner up: Di Diversi 33 points

Ball Rundown:

32 points: May Wilkinson, Kerrie Pont

31 points: Jane Johannsen

30 points: Lily Schirmer

29 points: Chris Everall

28 points: Kay Bergiel

27 points: Shirley Fieldhouse, Jothi Naidoo, Sue Brennan

NTPs women: 3rd Edna Atkinson & 12^th May Wilkinson

Next Game & AGM Gordonvale 26 Nov

All,

Our game next Tuesday is at Gordonvale & is preceeded by our Annual General Meeting.

The AGM starts promptly at 8.00am, so registrations will close by then.  Please make sure you sign the meeting attendance book, which should be available by the registration table.  Nominations for the management committee have closed & no notices of motion have been received, so it should be a fairly brief meeting.

The game is a single stableford & the last qualifying round for the Savannah Cup.  It is a SHOTGUN START at 8.30am.  It would assist us if you form into groups who intend to use carts & those who will walk and advise us accordingly at registration, so Captain Greg can allocate tees appropriately.

After the game & whilst Captain Greg is sorting out the day's results, we will have our presentations of annual trophies.  Again, it would be appreciated if those who have won make an effort to play on the day & stay to collect their trophy, (so I don't have to lug the uncollected ones around!)

The course should be in good condition after our recent rain, so avoid the drains & see you there.

Louis Siedle

Savannah Cup Leaders as at 21 Nov

LADIES	POINTS		MEN	POINTS
Lois TAIT	3776.42		Wal ANTHONY	2548.15
June WILLMOT	3551.75		Tom STAGER	2153.92
May WILKINSON	3479.40		Greg GIBB	2105.83
Jane JOHANNSEN	3438.75		Wayne PETROHILOS	1792.33
Di DIVERSI	2983.17		Keith HILLIER	1781.49
Chris EVERALL	2664.75		Russ GILL	1747.46
Cathie COVERDALE	2478.67		Alan DWYER	1609.39
Ann PERRETT	2427.83		George STUDHAM	1558.07
Shirley FLANAGAN	2387.50		Rama NAIDOO	1520.00
Lily SCHIRMER	2294.75		Neil SHARKEY	1491.83
Betty Lou PITT	2076.75		Colin JOHANNSEN	1479.14
Adie CRISPIN	1822.58		Peter ANDERSON	1411.75
Rosemary BARKER	1792.50		Ross WHITE	1410.10
Sue BRENNAN	1757.15		Lou SIEDLE	1402.09
Marianne SCHAEFFER	1699.42		Merv ELMS	1343.11
Suda WOODWARD	1643.50		Darryl KING	1264.17
Judy ELLIS	1627.67		Brian NORRIS	1244.33
Jothi NAIDOO	1608.17		Barry HARTLEY	1234.58
Annette TESCH	1528.00

President's Report & Results Half Moon Bay 19 Nov

President's Report & Results

of the Single Stableford Competition

Played on 19^th November

at Half Moon Bay Golf Club

109 Players

President's Report

Despite forecast of storms, 79 men & 20 ladies who turned up to a course in good condition apart from some bare patches in the fairways & consistent greens. Congratulations to the green keepers.

Thanks to the caterers for looking after us & to Brothers Leagues Club for sponsoring the day. Manager Greg opened the bar early for a trial & from the scores returned, no doubt members made use of it!

Welcome to visitor Claire Hannan of Jabiru.

The game next Tuesday is at Gordonvale & is a shotgun start at 8.30am single stableford, sponsored by Savannah Lifestyle Resorts. It will be the final game qualifying for the Savannah Cup & we will have the presentation for that at our Xmas breakup.

Next Tuesday is also our AGM which starts promptly at 8am. Presentation of annual trophies, apart from the Savannah Cup, will take place immediately after the game, whilst Captain Greg is finalising the day's comp results. I would ask all those who have won (see below) to stay for the presentation.

COMMITTEE NOMINATIONS – Nominations for the Management Committee have now closed, but if you are interested in serving on it, the committee has the power to fill any casual vacancies should any arise, so just copy & paste the form published earlier on this blog, or see June for a copy at registration. Nominations received for 2014 are:

PRESIDENT: LOUIS SIEDLE - Proposed Lois Tait, Seconded June Willmot

VICE PRESIDENT: COLIN JOHANNSEN - Proposed Louis Siedle, Seconded Russ Gill

CAPTAIN: GREG GIBB – Proposed Jim Logan, Seconded Roger Smith

VICE CAPTAIN: RUSS GILL – Proposed June Willmot, Seconded Lois Tait

TREASURER: DIANE DIVERSI – Proposed June Willmot, Seconded Lois Tait

SECRETARY: JUNE WILLMOT - Proposed Roger Smith, Seconded Russ Gill

COMMITTEE: ROGER SMITH – Proposed June Willmot, Seconded Lois Tait
                           LOIS TAIT – Proposed June Willmot, Seconded Louis Siedle

RAFFLE – June is running a raffle over the next couple of games to be drawn at the Xmas breakup lunch. It will be a progressive draw, ie first drawn will get first pick of about 12 donated prizes, second drawn will get next pick & so on. Anyone not present for the draw will get what's left!

Louis Siedle

TROPHY WINNERS 2013

COMP	NAME	SCORE
A Grade Champ	George Studham	164 gross	Championship Plaque
A Grade R/U	Bruce Gilmour	166 gross
A Grade Net	Ron Crispin	142 net	Adrian Fay Shield
A Grade Net R/U	Ken Baker	143 net
B Grade Champ	Bob Turner	181 gross
B Grade R/U	Wal Anthony	182 gross
B Grade Net	Roger Glover	142 net
B Grade Net R/U	Bob Turner	143 net
C Grade Champ	Peter Anderson	196 gross
C Grade R/U	Mal Arthur	209 gross
C Grade Net	Peter Anderson	140 net
C Grade Net R/U	Geoff Edwards	149 net
Ladies Champ	Ruth Yelland	174 gross	Ladies Plaque
Ladies R/U	Cathie Coverdale	189 gross
Ladies Net	Lois Tait	142 net	Shirley Fieldhouse Shield
Ladies net R/U	Di Diversi	143 net
David Lawler Trophy	Frank Thelan	190 gross
Don Thomson Trophy	George Studham	164 gross
Stanton Bailey Trophy	Wal Anthony	214 net
Ted Thomasson Trophy	Wal Anthony	114 points
Patron's Trophy	Thomas Stager	148 points
Consistency Ladies	Lois Tait	323 points
Consistency Men	Wal Anthony	360 points
Holes in One	Bill Foster	13th 175m	Mareeba 7/5/13
	Thomas Stager	18th 148m	Atherton 29/10/13

Results

Men's Winner Div 1: Ross White 38 points

Men's Runner up Div 1: Wal Anthony 37 points

Men's Winner Div 2: Cec Turner 38 points

Men's Runner up Div 2: Darryl King 37 points

Ball Rundown:

36 points: Ross Treacy, Russ Gill, David Jackson

35 points: John Famularo, Masa Kato, Brian Norris, Rama Naidoo

34 points: Ian Schofield, Geoff Edwards, Greg Gibb, Colin Johannsen, Dave Lawler, John Everall, Don Thomson

33 points: Bill Foster, Joh Shearer, George Shores, Thomas Stager, Lou Siedle, Mal Arthur

32 points: Brian Panigas, Graham Ross, Barry Hartley, George Studham, Jim Logan

31 points: Clive Perry, Laurie Bell, Harold Gibbins, William Matthews, roger Smith, don Kerr, Garry Castle

30 points: Herb Golightly, Terry Jenkins, Max Crittenden, Col McDowall
NTPs men: 3rd David Jackson; 4^th Masa Kato; 9^th Lou Siedle; 16^th Brian Panigas

Women's Winner: Betty Lou Pitt 36 points

Women's Runner up: Rosemary Barker 29 points c/b

Ball Rundown:

29 points: Jane Johannsen

28 points: Helen Rowe

27 points: Lily Schirmer, Jothi Naidoo, Ruth Yelland

26 points: June Willmot, Annette Tesch

NTPs women: 4^th Ruth Yelland; 16^th May Wilkinson