Vale Jim Logan

VALE 

It is my sad duty to report the passing today of James Henry (Jimmy) Logan. 

Jimmy was a long time and respected member of the F.N.Q.V.G.A and the Half Moon Bay Golf Club. He was a fiercely competitive person and it was this strength of character which helped in his fight against the illness which eventually claimed him. 

He will be missed by all those who knew him and our Association's condolences go to Marg, his wife, and to his extended family and friends. 

Greg Gibb 
President

2018 Fees & Other Items

All,

Happy New Year to all our members.  No doubt you are all eager to get started, but our first game is not until 7 Feb, so practice, practice!

As determined at our AGM, our annual membership fee remains unchanged at $10.

The management committee has set comp fees for next year at $15.  $14 of this goes to the club we play at & $1 is retained by us to cover shortfalls in sponsorship, trophy engraving & purchase & subsidy of our Xmas function, including full payment for any sponsors attending.

Club cart fees will be as follows:

Atherton - 8 carts available at $35
Babinda - 4 carts available at $20
Cairns - heaps of carts available at members price of $35
Gordonvale - 15 carts available at $30
Half Moon Bay - 28 carts available to vets at $30.  Vets wanting to bring their own pay $5.
Mareeba - 14 available at $35
Millaa Millaa - 4 carts available at $30

AUSTRALIAN VETERAN GOLFERS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 12 – 16 NOVEMBER 2018, PORT STEPHENS NSW
 
For those who haven’t yet entered, the entry fee is $390 and with very limited spaces remaining.

Click to register https://www.gogolfing.net.au/golf-tournaments/2018-australian-veteran-golfers-national-golf-championship

End of Year Stuff

A very Merry Xmas & safe festive season to all our members & friends.  We hope to see you all back in 2018 & if you've enjoyed your games with us, do persuade your friends to come along too.

We also have a video of the 2017 presentations if you want to see yourself in glorious technicolour - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1B4LPyxZsh-aVlCNGgza0F4VVNTRGNpWWFtUTFCZ1hTMXFR/view?usp=sharing

AUSTRALIAN VETERAN GOLFERS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
12 – 16 NOVEMBER 2018
PORT STEPHENS NSW

End your year on a high by grabbing this hot Early Bird Deal for the 2018 Australian Veteran Golfers National Championships! The count is officially on with only 10 days left until the EARLY BIRD offer of $350 pp - expires 31 December 2017.

http://www.nswvga.com.au

President's Report & Results Xmas Breakup Cairns 5 Dec

Today was the final day for the 2017 season and we celebrated in style with a 4 ball better ball stableford at the Cairns Golf Club followed by a lunch that included prawns, cold meat salad and plum pudding with custard. Thank you very much to the staff at Cairns club for the wonderful day they helped create for us. There were 80 men and 11 ladies in the field.

One of the highlights of the day was the presentation of life member certificates to Claud Clark and Shirley Fieldhouse, both of whom spoke of how pleased they were to be recognised in this way.

We always invite those people who have been kind enough to sponsor our events during the year to come along and enjoy our hospitality on this day so it was our pleasure to have Bob Westerman there to represent Golf World, Deb Duffy from Deborah Duffy Estate Agent and Darren Golder of Drummond Golf.

The sponsor for the day was DEBORAH DUFFY ESTATE AGENT and Deborah was on hand to present the prizes to the winners and runners up.

RESULTS.

WINNERS; Ross White/ Rod Cade 45 points c/b.

SECOND; Trevor Gordon/ Darryl Caplick 45 points.

THIRD; Robin Tonks/ Dougie Christison 44 points.

MEN NTP; 5^th Ross White, 8^th John Tolhurst, 11^th George Studham, 17^th Roger Smith.

LADIES NTP; 5^th & 8^th Julie Wallace, 11^th Andrina Wilson, 17^th Lois Tait.

BALL WINNERS;

43 points, Ian Schofield/Ron Barnes, Gavin Smith/ John Everall, Roger Glover/ David Lawler.

42 points, Graham Real/Bill Eden, John Evans/ Dennis Vohland, John Tolhurst/Andrina Wilson,

Bob Turner/Peter Klein, Liz Edmonds/ Graeme Chappel.

41 points, David Horton/George Kyriazis, Claud Clark/Brian Brown, Kay Bergiel/Bruce Walters,

Neil Sharkey/Merv Elms, Peter Clarke/Frank Thelan, Russ Gill/Des Jones, Greg Gibb/Lois Tait.

40 points, Brian Guest/Maria Ling, Bob Westerman/Roger Smith, David Jackson/Garry Castle, Lil Benfield/Peter Edmonds, Gordon Noble/Peter Wyatt.

Next Game Xmas Breakup at Cairns 5 Dec

All,

Our next game is our Xmas breakup final game for the season & is a 4BBB stroke round at Cairns, sponsored by Deborah Duffy Estate Agent.

This is a shotgun start at 7.30am, so please ensure you get there in plenty of time to register & get out to your tee.

Cost for the day including comp fee and meal will be $30.

Our Xmas breakup meal will follow immediately after the round, with the cost of the prawns being subsidised by us.  To avoid any problems with seating, you will be allocated a table number alongside your group when posted to the board & tables will be clearly numbered so you just have to sit down at the right one.  If a member of your group is not staying for the meal, there will be a gap at the table at which we will try to seat sponsors, so you can make them feel welcome & chat with them.

Last year there was a problem caused by a slow group.  Please note that your group is responsible for keeping up with the group in front of you, not slowing down so the group behind can keep up!  (It is the responsibility of the lowest marker in any group following a slow group to provide polite encouragement to the slow group to catch up or let you through.)

See you there.

Louis

Tablelands Summer of Golf Program

ATHERTON – MAREEBA – MILLAA MILLAA

SUMMER GOLF EVENTS 2017-18

Millaa Millaa Tues Dec 12^th

Atherton Tues Dec 19^th

Mareeba Tues Jan 2^nd

Millaa Millaa Tues Jan 9^th

Atherton Tues Jan 16^th

Mareeba Tues Jan 23^th

Millaa Millaa Tues Jan 30^th

Atherton Tues Feb 13^th

Mareeba Tues Feb 27^th

Millaa Millaa Tues Mar 13^th

Atherton Tues Mar 27^th

Starting Time 8.30am

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

Cost $12.00- Includes $8.00 green fees $4.00 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. If the game is cancelled due to wet weather the host club misses out the next game is as per programme

Atherton Club – 40911283

Mareeba Club – 40921528

Millaa Millaa Club - Don McHardie 40972250

President's Report & Results Gordonvale 28 Nov

Today was certainly our busiest day of the year beginning with the Annual General Meeting at 8 AM.

The incoming committee is as follows;

President Greg Gibb.

Vice President Robin Tonks.

Captain Russ Gill,

Vice Captain Wal Anthony,

Treasurer John Everall,

Secretary Lou Siedle,

Committee Chris Everall,

Lois Tait.

Andrina Wilson.

The other noteworthy thing out of the AGM was the unanimous vote to award life membership to Shirley Fieldhouse and Claud Clark. These two people have been stalwarts of our club for many years and it gives me great pleasure to achieve this during my term as president. We have prepared certificates to present next Tuesday.

After the meeting a field of 67 men and 14 ladies headed out for a 4ball better ball stableford shotgun start. In the place of the usual golf shop vouchers we gave store vouchers for Coles/ Myer and a host of other retailers including Kmart, Katies and a few liquor outlets, so don't be shy in letting the committee people know what you think of this idea.

RESULTS

WINNERS; Allan Dredge/ Darryl Chandler 48 points.

SECOND PLACE; Lois Tait/ Lou Siedle 45 points.

THIRD PLACE; Glenys & Jeff McGrath 44 points.

NTP LADIES; 5^th Judy Ellis, 8^th Georgie Jarred, 14^th Tracey Dickinson, 17^th Glynis McGrath.

NTP MEN; 5^th Ross Ellen, 8^th Wal Anthony, 14^th Brian Brown, 17^th Glynis McGrath.

BALL WINNERS,

43 points, Wal Anthony/Tom Stager, John & Chris Everall, Ross White/ Rod Cade, Gavin Smith/ Peter Johnston.

42 points, Vaughan Edwards/ Roger Smith, John Bawden/ Tim Hollman.

41 points, Liz & Peter Edmonds, Mike Van Cuylenburg/ Gavin Smith, Bill Matthews/ Maurie Smith, David Jackson/ Garry Castle.

40 points, Peter McMenamin/ Barry Butt, Peter Dalziel/ Trevor Barry, George Studham/ John Pilbin, Zbig Bergiel/ Doug Christison.

39 points, Graham Real/ Don Kerr, Lil Benfield/ Graeme Chappel.