President's Report & Results Babinda 6 Oct

50 men and 10 ladies played in our event today at Babinda. The course is in wonderful condition and the weather was good apart from one 10 minute squall that sent golfers scrambling for their wet gear. The hospitality was of the kind that is only experienced in country towns, thank you to the members and helpers for that.

The sponsor for today was CAZALYS AFL CLUB who donated venue vouchers for the winners and runners up.

On a much sadder note we learned of the sudden death of one of our most esteemed members and a past treasurer, Colin McDowall. Col will be sorely missed by all of us in “ vets” as well as the Mareeba golf Club and we send our deepest sympathy to his wife Robyn and all her family.

We also learned of the passing of Bill Coverdale after a long struggle with illness. Bill has not played much golf over the past few years, but many will know his wife Cathy who is surely one of our most popular ladies and we send our condolences to her and her family.

There will be a funeral service for Bill on Thursday at 10 AM at the crematorium on Foster Rd

A funeral for Colin McDowall will be held at the Anglican Church in Mareeba at 10.30 AM on Friday 9^th .

RESULTS

MENS WINNER; Brian Norris 35 points c/b

RUNNER UP; Chris Hannam 35 points c/b

NTP; 2/11 Greg Gibb, 4/13 Peter Yelland, 5/14 Peter Yelland

MENS BALL RUNDOWN;

35 points; Roger Smith.

34 points; Peter Doherty, Greg Gibb, Ross White, George Studham, Evert Van Kleef.

33 points; Charles Greenhalgh.

32 points; Tom Stager, Max Smith,

31 points; Bill Foster, George Atkinson, Lou Siedle.

30 points; Peter Penny, Peter Yelland.

29 points; Ken Smithson, John Everall. Wal Anthony, Garry Long, Bob Billingham.

28 points; Kevin Reddicliffe, Rick Gooderham, Alan Dwyer, Doug Christison.

LADIES WINNER; Deon Reddicliffe 29 points.

RUNNER UP; Patsy Hannam 26 points.

NTP; 2/11 Ruth Yelland, 4/13 Andrina Wilson, 5/14 Deon Reddicliffe.

LADIES BALL RUNDOWN;

25 points; Andrina Wilson.

23 points; Edna Atkinson, May Wilkinson.

22 points; Ruth Yelland, Jothi Naidoo.