President's Report & Results Cairns 29 Apr

President's Report & Results

of the Single Stableford Competition

Played on 29th April

at Cairns Golf Club

94 Players

President's Report

It was surprising that such a beautiful day only saw a field of 71 men & 23 ladies turn up to a course in surprisingly good condition after all the rain we had recently.   Greens were excellent & the fairways had responded to the drying conditions experienced over the last 3 days, although we were well looked after with local rules of preferred lies & bunkers GUR!  Congratulations to the greens staff.

We have a new sponsor for the day, Westco Mazda, who sent two consultants to talk to anyone interested in the cars on display.  They have also confirmed further sponsorship in September, so if you are thinking of a new car, go & have a chat to them.

Thanks to the club for looking after us as usual with sandwiches & drinks.  Welcome to new member Ron Williams of Paradise Palms.  Our membership stands at 200 to date.

Our next game is at Mareeba & is a Consistency single stableford, sponsored by TGT Hardware.

Louis Siedle

Results

Men's Winner Div 1:  Dave Lawler 38 points
Men's Runner up Div 1:  Rama Naidoo 37 points
Men's Winner Div 2:  Larry Perrett 40 points
Men's Runner up Div 2:  Ron Williams 39 points

Ball Rundown:

39 points:  Paul Patten
38 points:  Frank Thelan, Dave Bennett, Peter Handley
37 points:  Wayne Petrohilos, John Everall
36 points:  Warren Wright, Peter Yelland
35 points:  Lou Siedle, Colin Johannsen
34 points:  Merv Elms, Barry Hartley, Ted Lander, Roger Smith, Rod Cade, John Mitchell
33 points:  George Kyriazis, Ian Tindall
32 points:  Mal Arthur, Tom Stager, Wal Anthony, Ross White, Richard Staines, Cec Turner, Brian Panigas, Max Smith, Don Thomson, Des Jones
31 points:  Greg Gibb, Gary Long, Barry Pike, Ken Baker, Kevin Reddicliffe, Keith Schirmer

NTPs men: 5th Norm Lockwood;  8th Lou Siedle;  11th Graham Ross;  17th Rama Naidoo

Women's Winner:  Jane Johannsen 37 points
Women's Runner up:  Di Diversi 36 points

Ball Rundown:

34 points:  Ruth Yelland, Sue Brennan
32 points:  Rosemary Barker
31 points:  May Wilkinson, Lil Benfield
28 points:  Jothi Naidoo, Judy Ellis
26 points:   Deon Reddicliffe, Betty Lou Pitt

NTPs women:  5th & 17th Ruth Yelland

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Savannah Cup Leaders as at 25 Apr

LADIES	POINTS		MEN	POINTS
May WILKINSON	1,007.50		David JACKSON	661.50
Betty Lou PITT	785.00		Yasuo KUMAGAE	587.90
Jothi NAIDOO	743.50		Col MCDOWALL	550.00
Di DIVERSI	641.83		Brian MILLER	538.00
Edna MILES	626.50		Noel WEBSTER	524.83
Lois TAIT	620.00		Don McHARDIE	500.00
Sue TAYLOR	616.00		Brian ROWAN	457.00
Jane JOHANNSEN	576.50		Rama NAIDOO	412.00
Heather WEBSTER	555.00		Max CRITTENDEN	400.00
Sue BRENNAN	453.33		Bill EDEN	387.50
Ruth YELLAND	358.50		Richard STAINES	347.07
June WILLMOT	352.00		Lou SIEDLE	341.00
Judy ELLIS	320.00		Garry CASTLE	331.50
Deon REDDICLIFFE	245.00		Max CRIMMINS	330.00
Lily SCHIRMER	227.50		Barry HARTLEY	293.50
Cathie COVERDALE	215.00		Claud CLARK	273.00
Rosemary BARKER	210.00		Bob BILLINGHAM	268.00
Andrina WILSON	208.33		George STUDHAM	267.07
Kay BERGIEL	179.50		Wal ANTHONY	253.50
Ann PERRETT	145.00		Ken BAKER	252.00
Isa TURNER	135.00		Eric PIHLHJERTA	248.00
Jennifer ENRIGHT	126.00		Roger SMITH	212.50
			Jim LOGAN	211.00

Next Game Cairns 29 Apr

All,

Our game next Tuesday is at Cairns & is a single stableford, the first round of the Ted Thomasson trophy, sponsored by Westco Motors.

The course is obviously a bit wet after the drenching we have had over the last few days, but is fully in play with preferred lies.

Hopefully we'll get some more drying weather like we had today to firm the course up a bit more.

See you there.

Louis Siedle

Savannah Cup Leaders at 24 Apr

Savannah Cup leaders after the Atherton game are below.

Full points list will be available at registration as usual.

LADIES	POINTS		MEN	POINTS
May WILKINSON	1,007.50		David JACKSON	661.50
Betty Lou PITT	785.00		Yasuo KUMAGAE	587.90
Jothi NAIDOO	743.50		Col MCDOWALL	550.00
Di DIVERSI	641.83		Brian MILLER	538.00
Edna MILES	626.50		Noel WEBSTER	524.83
Lois TAIT	620.00		Don McHARDIE	500.00
Sue TAYLOR	616.00		Brian ROWAN	457.00
Jane JOHANNSEN	576.50		Rama NAIDOO	412.00
Heather WEBSTER	555.00		Max CRITTENDEN	400.00
Sue BRENNAN	453.33		Bill EDEN	387.50
Ruth YELLAND	358.50		Richard STAINES	347.07
June WILLMOT	352.00		Lou SIEDLE	341.00
Judy ELLIS	320.00		Garry CASTLE	331.50
Deon REDDICLIFFE	245.00		Max CRIMMINS	330.00
Lily SCHIRMER	227.50		Barry HARTLEY	293.50
Cathie COVERDALE	215.00		Claud CLARK	273.00
Rosemary BARKER	210.00		Bob BILLINGHAM	268.00
Andrina WILSON	208.33		George STUDHAM	267.07
Kay BERGIEL	179.50		Wal ANTHONY	253.50
Ann PERRETT	145.00		Ken BAKER	252.00
Isa TURNER	135.00		Eric PIHLHJERTA	248.00
Jennifer ENRIGHT	126.00		Roger SMITH	212.50
			Jim LOGAN	211.00

President's Report & Results Atherton 22 Apr

President's Report & Results

of the Single Stableford Competition

Played on 22nd April

at Atherton Golf Club

58 Players

President's Report

A field of 48 men & 10 ladies turned up to a course in surprisingly good condition after all day rain yesterday which continued during today with some cool conditions & blustery winds, which may have explained the generally poor scores.  As numbers were under 60, only 2 divisions were awarded again.  Greens were consistent & the pins were in some interesting positions!   Congratulations to the greens staff.

We have a new sponsor for the day, Calanna Pharmacy.  Thanks to Owen & Debbie for looking after us as usual with sandwiches & drinks.

Welcome to new member Les Tenni of Atherton.  Our membership stands at 193 to date.

Next week Lois will be taking orders for club shirts for anyone who hasn't already got one, or who wants a spare.
 
Our next game is at Cairns & is a single stableford, being the first round of the Ted Thomasson trophy & sponsored by Westco Motors.

Louis Siedle

Results

Men's Winner Div 1:  Don McHardie 38 points
Men's Runner up Div 1:  Bill Eden 36 points

Ball Rundown:

34 points:  Richard Staines, Eric Pihlhjerta
33 points:  Barry Pike, Yasuo Kumagae, Peter Handley
31 points:  Ken Baker, Garry Castle, Alastair Inglis
30 points:  Keith Schirmer
29 points:  Brian Norris, Herb Golightly
28 points:  Wal Anthony, John Everall
27 points:  Col McDowall, Roger Smith, Lou Siedle

NTPs men: 3rd Colin Johannsen;  11th Garry Castle;  13th Alastair Inglis;  18th Richard Staines

Women's Winner:  May Wilkinson 30 points c/b
Women's Runner up:  Sue Taylor 30 points

Ball Rundown:

29 points:  Jane Johannsen
25 points:  Betty Lou Pitt
23 points:   Lily Schirmer, Di Diversi

NTPs women:  3rd May Wilkinson;  13th Lois Tait;  18th Sue Taylor

Next Game Atherton 22 Apr

All,

Our game next Tuesday is at Atherton & is a single stableford Consistency event sponsored by Calanna Pharmacy.

I'm told all holes are in play & with the current good drying weather we may even be back to getting some run.

See you there.

Louis Siedle

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President's Report & Results Half Moon Bay 15 Apr

President's Report & Results

of the Single Stableford Competition

Played on 15th April

at Half Moon Bay Golf Club

58 Players

President's Report

 Congratulations to all those who checked their emails or this blog about the restricted numbers game at HMB today.  We only had a handful turn up without booking with the pro & a field of 47 men & 11 ladies turned up to a course in surprisingly good condition with fast greens after 200mm of rain over the cyclone period.  Thanks to the greens staff & volunteers who were clearing up the debris caused by high winds.  The inner 9 holes were an interesting variation on our usual game there.

As the numbers for the game were restricted, the comp was run as a single stableford in one grade for men & one for women & will not count towards the Consistency or Savannah Cup points.  The Veteran's Grand Slam of Golf game (see earlier blog post on 3 Apr) will be rescheduled for our next game at Cairns on 29 Apr.

Thanks to Greg & the caterers for looking after us & to the Pro for taking the bookings for us.

Welcome to our visitor Aiden Jeffery from Suffolk, UK.  We hope you enjoyed the day & will come again. Our membership stands at 188 to date.
 
Our game next week is at Atherton, so fingers crossed for some decent drying weather.

Louis Siedle

Results

Men's Winner Div 1:  Herb Golightly 40 points
Men's Runner up Div 1:  Bruce Jenner 37 points

Ball Rundown:

36 points:  Bill Eden
34 points:  Ian Tindall, Dave Bennett
33 points:  Colin Johannsen, Brian Norris, Alistair Inglis, Barry Hartley, Roger Smith
32 points:  Cec Turner, George Kyriasis, Garry Castle
31 points:  Brian Panigas, Peter Handley, Ron Sylvester
30 points:  Brian Miller, Des Jones, Wal Anthony, John Pilbin
29 points:  Mike George, John Greegan, Jim Logan, Bob Billingham

NTPs men: 3rd Herb Golightly;  9th Ian Tindall;  11th Des Jones

Women's Winner:  Lily Schirmer 35 points
Women's Runner up:  Di Diversi 31 points

Ball Rundown:

30 points:  Judy Ellis
29 points:  Sue Taylor
28 points:   Lois Tait
26 points:   Belle Gillan
25 points:  May Wilkinson, Jothi Naidoo

NTPs women:  3rd & 9th Belle Gillan;  11th May Wilkinson

Half Moon Bay Game 15 Apr

All,

HMB advised they will have the inside 9 only in play tomorrow, but that carts will be allowed & the caterers will be on deck as usual.

In view of this, we have decided to run a shotgun start at 8am & limit the field to 60 max.  (If we had a one tee start the first groups would have a long wait before starting their second 9 & the later groups would probably delay the club members comp teeing off at 1pm.)

Members wishing to play tomorrow must ring the club on 4055 7933 to book a tee (& a cart if they wish).

See you there.

Louis Siedle

Mareeba Open Postponed

All, an update from Mareeba:

Due to the current Cyclone situation approaching the Far North Queensland coast, the Mareeba Golf Club Management Committee has postponed the 2014 Steggles Mareeba Open until the 26th and 27th April.

The Club appreciates that some people may not be able to play on this changed weekend, however what the Club will do is hold the current tee times allocated to players unless we are specifically contacted by those who are unable to play.

The Mareeba Golf Club Management Committee wishes all the best to Golfers and Clubs across the region whom may be potentially affected by Cyclone Ita.

Savannah Cup Leaders as at 10 Apr

Below are the Savannah Cup leaders after our Gordonvale game.

As usual, the full results sheets will be available at registration.

LADIES	POINTS		MEN	POINTS
Jothi NAIDOO	743.50		David JACKSON	628.00
Betty Lou PITT	650.00		Brian MILLER	538.00
Edna MILES	626.50		Noel WEBSTER	524.83
May WILKINSON	607.50		Col MCDOWALL	497.00
Heather WEBSTER	555.00		Yasuo KUMAGAE	487.90
Lois TAIT	540.00		Rama NAIDOO	412.00
Di DIVERSI	536.83		Brian ROWAN	410.00
Sue BRENNAN	453.33		Max CRITTENDEN	400.00
Jane JOHANNSEN	386.50		Max CRIMMINS	330.00
Ruth YELLAND	358.50		Lou SIEDLE	288.00
June WILLMOT	264.50		George STUDHAM	267.07
Deon REDDICLIFFE	245.00		Garry CASTLE	254.00
Judy ELLIS	232.50		Barry HARTLEY	246.50
Sue TAYLOR	216.00		Bob BILLINGHAM	226.50
Cathie COVERDALE	215.00		Claud CLARK	226.00
Rosemary BARKER	210.00		Jim LOGAN	211.00
Andrina WILSON	208.33

Next Game Half Moon Bay 15 Apr

All,

Our game next week is at Half Moon Bay & is a single stableford Consistency event sponsored by Brothers Leagues Club.

However, cyclone Ita may prove a problem depending on how it tracks, so watch this space.

If we only get heavy rain at the weekend, the comp should still go ahead, as we should be able to play at least one 9 at HMB.

I will email all those we have addresses for on Monday, as well as posting to this blog, to update you on what's happening.

Louis Siedle

President's Report & Results Gordonvale 8 Apr

President's Report & Results

of the Single Stableford Competition

Played on 8th April

at Gordonvale Golf Club

95 Players

President's Report

 75 men & 20 ladies turned up on a beautiful, if blustery morning, to a course that was quite heavy going off the fairways due to a mower breakdown.  Many may have expected the greens to hold as they had been doing during the wet weather, but instead found the ball bounding through & the putts were a lot faster than expected too.  Scores were not high!

Thanks to Phil for looking after us well as usual & running a drinks cart around & Tom Bryce for preparing the board for us.

Welcome to new members Paul Patten of Gordonvale & Alistair Inglis of Paradise Palms.  Our membership stands at 187 to date.  Welcome also to visitor Keith Dudgeon of Ashgrove.  We hope you enjoyed the day & will come again.

A few members availed themselves of Daniel Gawley's warmup/pro tips session on the practice ground that was notified on the blog at short notice.  We hope to offer this service again next game at Gordonvale, but will let you know nearer the time.

Our game next week is at Half Moon Bay, so fingers crossed for some more decent drying weather.

Louis Siedle

Results

Men's Winner Div 1:  Brian Miller 35 points
Men's Runner up Div 1:  George Studham 34 points
Men's Winner Div 2:  Noel Webster 35 points
Men's Runner up Div 2:   Paul Patten 34 points

Ball Rundown:

33 points:  Ken Baker, Harvey Blanch
32 points:  Ian Schofield, John Bawden, John Lucas, Rod Ingram, Rama Naidoo
31 points:  Wayne Petrohilos, Yasuo Kumagae, John Pilbin, Barry Butt, Mal Arthur, Mick Grumley
30 points:  Graham Ross, Keith Dudgeon, Jim Logan, Ross White, Wal Anthony, Mike van Cuylenburg
29 points:  John Gregan, Peter McMenamin, Bob Turner, Ron Sylvester, Terry Jenkins, Cary Castle, Alan Dwyer
28 points:  George Kyriazis, Eric Pihlhjerta, Graham Real, Ian MacLeod-Carey, Col Johannsen, Russ Gill

NTPs men: 5th Don Kerr;  8th George Studham;  14th Gary Long;  17th Rod Ingram

Women's Winner:  Heather Webster 33 points
Women's Runner up:  Sue Brennan 28 points c/b

Ball Rundown:

28 points:  Di Diversi, Andrina Wilson
27 points:  Rosemary Barker
26 points:  Sue Taylor
25 points:  Lois Tait, Deon Reddicliffe, May Wilkinson

NTPs women:  3rd Andrina Wilson;  12th Jothi Naidoo

Gordonvale Game - Pro Tips

All,

Daniel Gawley, former PGA Professional at Drummond, has become resident pro at Gordonvale golf club & wants to trial a warm up/golf tips session for the Veterans starting tomorrow at Gordonvale driving range from 0630am until last tee off.

The trial is a free service to all members & it will be suitable for 6 iron or less on the short driving range at the club.

If there is sufficient interest, this may become a regular opportunity at our games played at Gordonvale for members to improve their golf.

Louis Siedle

Savannah Cup Leaders as at 3 Apr

All,

Below are the Savannah Cup leaders after the Mareeba game.  A full list is available as usual at registration.

LADIES	POINTS		MEN	POINTS
Jothi NAIDOO	690.00		David JACKSON	620.50
Betty Lou PITT	590.00		Col MCDOWALL	459.00
Edna MILES	570.00		Yasuo KUMAGAE	430.07
May WILKINSON	522.50		Brian ROWAN	400.00
Lois TAIT	455.00		Max CRITTENDEN	400.00
Ruth YELLAND	358.50		Rama NAIDOO	332.00
Jane JOHANNSEN	330.00		Max CRIMMINS	330.00
Di DIVERSI	328.50		Lou SIEDLE	288.00
Sue BRENNAN	245.00		Bob BILLINGHAM	226.50
June WILLMOT	194.50		Barry HARTLEY	218.00
Kay BERGIEL	179.50		Garry CASTLE	209.00
Judy ELLIS	162.50		Claud CLARK	197.50
Deon REDDICLIFFE	160.00		George SHORES	194.17
Ann PERRETT	145.00		Richard STAINES	174.57
Cathie COVERDALE	145.00		Jim LOGAN	160.00
Jennifer ENRIGHT	126.00		Wal ANTHONY	147.00
Lily SCHIRMER	122.50		Jon SHEARER	140.00
Sue TAYLOR	116.00		Brian MILLER	138.00
Rosemary BARKER	100.00		Roger SMITH	131.00
			Noel WEBSTER	124.83
			Kevin MOORE	122.50

Next Game Gordonvale 8 Apr

All,

Our game next Tuesday is at Gordonvale & is a single stableford Consistency event sponsored by Bendigo Bank.

The course is in good condition although there is still water and long grass in the drains, but everyone knows to avoid them anyway!

The synoptic forecast does not look too bad & if we get any more of this good drying weather we may even get some run on the fairways, so see you there.

Louis Siedle

FNQ Veteran Golfers Grand Slam of Golf

We have introduced a new competition to our 2014 program called the Veterans Grand Slam of Golf, and played at scheduled Veterans events shown below.

The four rounds of the competition will be played on:

15^th April – Half Moon Bay Golf Club – 1 day after the US Masters

17^th June – Atherton Golf Club – 1 day after the US Open at Pinehurst No 2

15^th July – Gordonvale Golf Club –2 days before the Open Championship       

                   At Royal Liverpool Golf Club

12^th August  Cairns Golf Club  1 day after US PGA Championship at Valhalla 

The male and female players with the best 4 round aggregate will be adjudged the winners of the Veterans Grand Slam of Golf

Colin and Jane Johannsen will sponsor this event with trophies for the male and female grand slam winners. 

President's Report & Results Mareeba 1 Apr

President's Report & Results

of the Single Stableford Competition

Played on 1st April

at Mareeba Golf Club

90 Players

President's Report

 Although there were some overnight showers on the coast, a beautiful morning on the Tablelands greeted 73 men & 17 ladies who turned up to a course that was in fine condition with fast greens ready for their Open at the weekend.  Congratulations to the greens staff and Kevin Moore & his volunteers who have obviously worked hard, although the pin placements on the slippery front slopes of the greens showed a warped sense of humour on someone's part!  All those from the coastal clubs clearly relished the opportunity to walk around a firm, dry course.

Thanks to Jon & Raylene for looking after us well as usual at the bar & with catering.  Thanks also to Col McDowall for picking up the prizes from our sponsor TGT Hardware & putting out the NTPs.

We are now back to weekly games & the game next Tuesday is a single stableford Consistency event at Gordonvale, so fingers crossed for some more decent weather to dry the course out a bit more & let the mowers at the rough.

A reminder of some other games coming up:

- Mareeba Mitsubishi Masters on 5/6 Apr. - 36 hole stroke comp. with a Hole in One prize on the Sunday of a Mitsubishi Outlander!  Entry is $40 for both days or $25 for one.  Details & nomination form from publicity@mareebagolfclub.com.au.  (Better phone on 4092 1528 as it may be closed off now.)

- State Veteran Championships at Mt Coolum on 12/13 May, a 36 hole stroke comp.  Entry is $50 & nominations close 2 May.  Details are on the QVGU website, www.qvgu.com.au.  We will have some entry forms at our normal registration.

- National Veteran Golfers Championships in WA on 9-14 Nov.  Entry is $320.  Details are available at www.vetsgolf.com.au  We will have some entry forms at our normal registration.

Louis Siedle

Results

Men's Winner Div 1:  Col McDowall 41 points
Men's Runner up Div 1:  George Shores 39 points
Men's Winner Div 2:  Max Crimmins 41 points c/b
Men's Runner up Div 2:  Yasuo Kumagae 41 points

Ball Rundown:

40 points:  Kevin Moore, Bob Billingham
39 points:  Graham Morrow, Rod Cade, Barry Butt, Peter Jostons, Noel Webster
38 points:   Larry Perret, Jon Shearer
37 points:  Greg Gibb, Barry Hartley, Kevin Woodward, Thomas Stager
36 points:  Kevin Reddicliffe, Claud Clark, Bill Foster, Lou Siedle, Ken Gorton
35 points:  George Studham, Harvey Blanch, Ken Baker, Keith Sanderson, Lester Johnson, John Mitchell, Herb Golightly
34 points:  Frank Thelan, Ken Flood, Alan Dwyer, Peter Stevens, John Debel, Wal Anthony

NTPs men: 4th John Mitchell; 8th Jim Logan; 11th George Shores; 13th Graham Morrow

Women's Winner:  Edna Miles 40 points
Women's Runner up:  May Wilkinson 38 points

Ball Rundown:

37 points:  Sue Brennan, Cathie Coverdale, Ann Perrett
36 points:  Rosemary Barker
35 points:  Betty Lou Pitt
34 points:  Dion Reddicliffe, Jothi Naidoo, Jane Johannsen

NTPs women:  4th Edna Miles; 13th Ruth Yelland