President's Report & Results Mareeba 12 June

It was beautiful morning at Mareeba today although there was a bit of a nip in the air and, as it turned out, the course was in great condition. It is is a credit to Rod Cade and his band of volunteers for the way the course was presented.

A field of 80 men and 13 ladies took to the tees in another round of the Consistency Trophy which was sponsored by BROTHERS LEAGUES CLUB, a regular and much appreciated sponsor of Far North Veterans Golf. If you want a good night out just keep Brother’s in mind.

We welcomed three new members today, Ken Temple from Belvoir Club which is in the Bendigo area and Robyn and John Southam from Werris Creek in N.S.W. With 155 males and 45 ladies our membership now stands at 204. We had one visitor today, Peter Burns from Woodford Golf Club which is in the Beerburrum/Glass House Mountains area.

Our field of 88 players for our day at Mirage is getting close to being filled. We now have 81 confirmed starters and 12 on the “reserve” list. It has been decided that next Tuesday at Gordonvale will be the cut-off for nominations. As stated previously, those who nominated for the washed-out day in March will get first preference before we go to the “reserve” list.

It was good to see our Committee back to full strength today with the return of Chris Everall and Robin Tonks, with Russ Gill returning last week. Thanks go the other members of the Committee who did that little bit extra over the past few weeks to cover the shortfall.

Our thanks go to Gabby and Deb for looking after us in the Clubhouse before and after the day’s game. Gabby also wanted all of our members, visitors and those players who read this Blog reminded that the Travelling Vets Golf Day is to be held at Mareeba on 6^th July. All veteran golfers are welcome and inquiries should be directed to the Club.

See you all at Gordonvale next week.

Yours in golf,

Greg

“El Presidente”.

TODAY’S RESULTS

DIVISION I

MEN

Winner: Jon Tolhurst, 39 points.

Runner Up: Steve Edwards, 37 points.

DIVISION II

Winner: Wal Anthony, 44 points.

Runner Up: Peter McMenamin, 38 points.

BALL RUNDOWN:

38 Points: Bruce Jenner.

37 Points: Darryl Chandler, Russell Lawrence, Brian Brown, Roger Smith.

36 Points: John Gregan, Marl Buckle, John Pilbin, Les Doolan, Vaughan Edwards.

35 Points: Peter Edmonds, Michael Taylor, Rick Gooderham, Marcus Morse,

Ken Temple, Doug Christison, Neil Sharkey.

34 Points: Graham Ross, George Cooley, Bob Billingham.

33 Points: Barry Pike, Brian Norris, Dave Lawler, Bill Leonard, Mike MacManus, Greg Gibb.

32 Points: Robin Tonks, Kevin Walsh, Geoff McGrath, Frank Toth, Alan Dwyer, Vaughan Smith, Dave Morrison, Peter Burns.

N.T.P.’s: 4^th Mark Buckle, 8^th Bruce Jenner, 11^th Marcus Morse, 13^th Tae Zheng.

LADIES:

Winner: Liz Edmonds, 37 points.

Runner up: Jane Taylor, 35 points.

BALL RUNDOWN:

35 Points: Cathy Coverdale.

33 Points: Annette Tesch, Judy Ellis.

32 Points: Andrina Wilson.

30 Points: Lois Tait.

N.T.P.’s: 4th Andrina Wilson, 8th Jane Taylor, 11th Liz Edmonds, 13th Trish George