President's Report & Results 1st Round Open 25th June

President's Report &

Results Of the First Round of the

FNQ Veteran Golfers Open

Single Stableford Competition

Played on 25^th June 2012

at Cairns Golf Club

145 Players

President's Report

The first round of our second Open had perfect weather & was played on a course that had just completed its Championships, so was in excellent condition. The Greenkeeper, Brendan, had moved the tees forward a bit & placed the flags for us in more accessible positions, but the course was still a test.

A big thank you to the caterers for providing the nibblies for each group on the completion of the round. Tomorrow a meal will be provided & you have been issued with tickets for the relevant choice you made. Please don't loose these, as you will be required to produce them to gain the meal. Without them you will have to pay $10 again!

Thanks also to the Cairns Pro Shop & Brett Wilson, who sponsored the Nearest the Pins shots on all par 3 holes & called starters to the tees, & to Golf World who sponsored the day. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Welcome to our 28 visitors from far & near. I do not have space to include all names, but they came from Bargara, Ballina, Belmont, Box Hill, Caboolture, Caloundra, Charlestown, Geelong, Gympie, Hervey Bay, Horton Park, Howlong, Mandurah, Nambour, Parap, Proserpine, Rosewood, Serpentine (WA) & Yallourn.  I have not included our immediate past President, Ross Bird in that list, although he came up from Port Macquarie for the event, because he remains a member. He no doubt enjoyed the day the more for being able to just roll up & play without any of the associated organisation involved.

Last year's Open was our first & attracted 88 entrants, & was obviously popular in view of such a large increase this year. Naturally, that also places an increased burden on our committee & I thank them for their cheerful acceptance of the various tasks they were volunteered for!

Our next game is the second round of the Open tomorrow at Cairns golf club.

The times remain the same, but you will tee off the opposite tee, ie if you started off the first tee today, you will start off the tenth tomorrow.  

Any of our members who have not registered for the Open & wish to play are welcome to register as usual, but the cost will be $15 for the day & you will not get a start before 9 am unless there are cancellations.

Look forward to seeing you there.

Louis Siedle

Results

Men's Winner Div 1: Ian Tindall 40 points

Men's Runner up Div 1: George Studham 38 points

Men's Winner Div 2: Brian Norris 42 points

Men's Runner up Div 2: Les Doolan 40 points

Ball Rundown

37 points: George Atkinson, Bob Hayles, Ron Barnes

36 points: Laurie Bell, Jim Logan, Greg Gibb, Allen Smith

35 points: Greg Gallagher, Barry Butt, Ken Baker, Neville Andrews, Warren Wright

34 points: Ross Bird, Merv Elms, Robin Tonks, Vern Sandilant, Noel Webster, Don Thomson, Russ Gill

33 points: Ted Lander, Ross Hobbs, Darryl deClifford, Kevin Moore, Gordon Thomas, Kevin Reddicliffe, Don Coxhill

32 points: Graeme Anderson, Sam Power, John Barber, Claud Clark, Ron Thompson

31 points: Bill Eden, Michael Diversi, Dave Ingram, Bruce Walters, Roger Smith, Alan Nicholls

NTPs men: 5^th Div 1 George Studham, Div 2 Barry Pike; 8th Div 1 Kevin Ranger, Div 2 nil; 11th Ken Baker, Div 2 Bill Stiler; 17^th Div 1 Brian Miller, Div 2 Vern Sandilant

Men's Straightest Drive: Ted Lander

Women's Winner: Marion Thomas 35 points c/b

Women's Runner up: Lil Benfield 35 points

Ball Rundown:

34 points: May Wilkinson, Choo Lim

31 points: Jung Suki

30 points: Di Diversi, Marianne Schaeffer, Ruth Yelland

29 points: Pam Anderson, Alison Oliver, Judy Ellis Joy Banning

28 points: Helen Rowe

27 points: Masie Fogarty, Sue Brennan, Kay Bergiel

NTPs women: 5^th Ruth Yelland; 8^th Ruth Yelland; 11^th Ruth Yelland; 17^th Lil Benfield

Women's Straightest Drive: Edna Atkinson