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