President's Report & Results Babinda 18 Sep

Hi All,

What a great joy it was today to see the improvement in the greens from last time we journeyed to Royal Babinda. After months of continuous rain prior to our last visit in July, even the intense efforts of the volunteers could not prevent the greens turning basically into deserts. The change in the conditions of the greens is only due the extreme efforts of the Babinda volunteers, Peter,Tom, Matt and Chris and of course, Wal. Those who may have played today but didn’t play in July, might say that “there’s still bare patches and a temporary green” but they could never comprehend the improvement.

On the first twelve holes Wal showed our group how good the greens were by one-putting the first 6 holes, followed by three 2 putts, another one putt and a chip-in. That’s about the time the handbrake came on but he still had 42 points.

Our field today of 67, that is 56 men and 11 ladies, was an ideal size for a 9 hole course and the game flowed smoothly. Our sponsor today was WAL ANTHONY who handcrafted two beautiful coffee tables, one for the male winner and the other for the ladies’ winner. Additionally, he provided two boxes of balls for the Runners Up. As Wal came second he donated the box of ball back and they went to the third place winner, Chris Hannam.

We had one Visitor today, Andrew McMath, the Vice President of Warburton Golf Club. We have had several visitors from that Golf Club recently, obviously encouraged to play with our group by the President of that Club, John Hall, who has been up here for several weeks. It was John’s last day today and he has promised to return next year.

For those who are unaware, my wife and I have accepted the offer of a villa in a Retirement Village in the Illawarra region of N.S.W. As a result, I will not be standing for re-election at the A.G.M. in November. Our actual date of leaving is dependent on the sale of our house up here. I will continue as President until that date is determined and then resign the position.

Our next game is a HALF MOON BAY. The Club requests that you pre-order sandwiches, burgers, chips etc. prior to the game. See you all there.

Yours in golf,

Greg

“El Presidente”.

TODAY’S RESULTS

MEN

Winner: Darryl Chandler, 46 Points.

Runner Up: Wal Anthony, 42 Points.

BALL RUNDOWN

39 Points: Chris Hannam.

37 Points: Graham Morrow.

36 Points: George Atkinson, Harvey Blanch.

35 Points: Doug Christison, Merv Hains, Bruce Jenner, Garry Castle.

34 Points: Bob Billingham, John Hall, Bill Foster, Russ Gill, Roger Smith.

33 Points: Lionel Law, Kevin Walsh, Roger Glover, George Kyriazis, Evert Van Kleef.

32 Points: Peter Doherty, Lou Siedle, Ian Macleod-Carey, Rod Cade, Darryl De Clifford, Trevor Gordon, Peter Johnston, Keith Schirmer, Robin Tonks.

N.T.P.’s 2/11 Dave Lawler, 4/13 George Kyriazis, 5/14 Darryl Chandler.

LADIES

Winner: Edna Atkinson, 36 Points.

Runner Up: Liz Edmonds, 32 Points.

BALL RUNDOWN

31 Points: Suda Woodward.

30 Points: Judy Guzzwell.

28 Points: Julie Wallace.

27 Points: Andrina Wilson, Doreen Law.

N.T.P.’s: 2/11 Kay Bergiel, 4/13 Edna Atkinson, 5/14 Judy Guzzwell.