Merry Christmas

All,

Our program for 2016 has now been posted to the blog - see the right hand column.  We will also have copies available at registration when we resume on 2 Feb.

Meanwhile the committee wishes all our members a very Happy Christmas.  Keep safe & healthy & we'll see you all in the New Year.

Louis

President's Report & Results Cairns 1 Dec

The 2015 season of veterans golf was completed in fine style at the Cairns Golf Club today.

A 4 ball best ball stableford was played, followed by a Christmas lunch during which the prizes for the day were presented. There was 98 starters including 81 men and 17 ladies.

We were pleased to have some of our sponsors of the season present to enjoy golf and lunch, they were Katrin Nash of Drummond golf, Rusty Ellis of Brothers Leagues Club and Bob Westerman from Golf World.

The sponsor for today was DEBORAH DUFFY ESTATE AGENT and unfortunately Deborah was unable to attend.

For those who will miss their Tuesday golf, tableland summer of golf starts next week with a game at Millaa Millaa and the following week at Atherton. The complete draw is elsewhere on this site.

Mareeba Golf Club is also starting Friday golf to begin on 11^th December with both 9 and 18 hole events so call the club to book a tee time on 0740921528.

Veterans golf will resume on 2^nd February 2016 with a 4BBB at Mareeba.

RESULTS

WINNERS; Warren Wright & Brian Panigas 46 points.

RUNNERS UP; Jeff & Glynis McGrath 45 points.

NTP MEN; 5^th Don Thomson, 8^th & 17^th Robin Tonks, 11^th Rod Cade.

NTP WOMEN; 5^th & 11^th Betty Lou Pitt, 8^th Chris Everall, 17^th Lil Benfield.

All those present at the luncheon received a ball.

Last Game in 2015 Cairns 1 Dec

All,

Our final game for the year is a 4BBB stableford at Cairns golf club, with a shotgun start at 0730.

It is sponsored by Deb Duffy Real Estate & is followed by our Xmas breakup lunch.

Cost for the day is our usual $12, plus $20 for the meal.

See you there.

Louis

President's Report & Results Gordonvale 24 Nov

The annual general meeting of the FNQVGA was held today at the Gordonvale golf Club and the reports were accepted by the membership and the new committee is as follows:

President; Roger Smith (me)

Vice Pres. Suzanne Brennan.

Captain; Russ Gill.

Vice Captain; Wal Anthony.

Treasurer; John Everall.

Secretary; Lou Siedle.

Committee; Di Diversi, Chris Everall, Greg Gibb, Lois Tait.

The retiring member is June Willmot and on behalf of the members I thank her for many years of service to our club, including serving as secretary and vice president. June has contributed more than her fair share. I also thank Di Diversi for a job well done as treasurer and Greg Gibb who is the outgoing captain who has done a great job, both having completed a three year term. Well done both of you and I am pleased to have you on the new committee.

Thanks must also go to the following members who have again accepted honorary positions,

Hon Patron, Claud Clark.

Hon Auditor, Harvey Blanch.

Hon Solicitor, Jim Liston.

Todays event was a 4BBB stableford and the sponsor was SAVANNAH LIFESTYLE RESORT and we were privileged to have Melody Lucas from Savannah on hand to address the members about the advantage of buying a residence in a lifestyle resort over a retirement village. Melody also presented the days trophies as well as the Savannah cup. Thanks Melody.

After the event of the day the annual trophy presentation was held for our club championships and other major honour board events.

RESULTS

WINNERS; Dave Ingram & Doug Christison 50 points.

RUNNERS UP; Eric Pilhljerta & Graham Webb 48 points.

NTP MEN; 5^th George Studham HOLE IN ONE, 8^th Bill Eden, 14^th Graham Webster,

17^th Ian Schofield.

NTP WOMEN; 5^th & 14^th Ruth Yelland, 12^th Georgie Jarred, 8^th Suda Woodward

CONSOLATION BALLS.

47 points, Barry Butt & Peter McMenamin

45 points, Ted Lander & Graham Ross.

44 points, John & Chris Everall, Bob Billingham & Brian Rowan, Russ Gill & Des Jones,

George Kyriazis & David Jackson.

43 points, Bruce Walters & Wayne Petrohilos, Harvey Blanch & Trevor Barry, Garry Long &

Yasuo Kumagae, Jon Shearer & Peter Johnson, Wal Anthony & Tom Stager.

42 points, Garry Castle & Wayne Hoger, Max Smith & Ross White, Ken Gorton & Graham Webster, Jeff & Glenys McGrath, Kay Bergiel & Cathy Coverdale.

41 points, John Famularo & Frank Thelan, Bruce Jenner & Bill Eden, Brian Brown & Claud Clark, Victor Lee & Ken Smithson.

Next Game & AGM Gordonvale 24 Nov

All,

Our next game is a 4BBB stableford at Gordonvale with a shotgun start at 8.30am.

It is preceeded by our AGM at 8.00am, so please ensure you are registered before then, as you will not have a chance after.

After the game we have our normal presentations as well as presentation of annual trophies.  We would appreciate it if trophy winners were able to stay to collect their trophy as otherwise we have to cart them around with us, so if we forget to bring them to the final game you will have to wait till next year!

Gordonvale is currently starting to scarify its greens & there will be several temporary ones in play.  Rough in drains has been mowed, but straw lying in them can pose a problem & trees are shedding leaves in copious quantities, so you don't want to be off the fairway.

See you there.

Louis

President's Report & Results Half Moon Bay 17 Nov

Today we played a stableford event at a rather rain swept Half Moon Bay and quite a number of players did not complete the full 18 holes. A rather disappointing field of 78 men and 16 ladies teed off in fine weather but soon the skies opened up and drenched us all. Perhaps those who stayed in bed knew more than the rest of us.

The sponsor for the day was BROTHERS WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT AND FULLERS SPORTS and we sincerely thank them for their support.

I would like to remind our members that next Tuesday is our Annual General Meeting scheduled to start at 8.00AM at Gordonvale Golf Club so please be registered for your game in time for the meeting as there will be a shotgun start at around 8.30 AM. The event is a 4 ball best ball and at the conclusion we are presenting trophies to our champions and winners of our honour board events.

RESULTS

MENS DIV 1 WINNER; Peter Doherty 41 points.

RUNNER UP; Des Jones 37 points.

DIVISION 2 WINNER; Alan Armstrong 45 points.

RUNNER UP; Kevin Steinke 38 points.

NTP; 3^rd & 9^th Peter Yelland. 11^th Roger Smith. 16^th Bruce Jenner.

MENS BALL RUNDOWN;

37 points, Dave Bennett, Don Kerr.

36 points, Graeme Webster, Peter Yelland, Ross White, George Kyriazis, Robin Tonks.

35 points, Wal Anthony, Gary Spencer, Graham Morrow.

34 points, Peter Walters, Tom Stager, Graham Ross, John Everall.

33 points, Rod Ingram, Claud Clark, Barry Hartley, John Collett, Roger Smith, Garry Castle,

Russ Gill.

32 points, John Pilbin, Ken Smithson, Bill Eden, Lou Siedle

31 points, Ron Sylvester, Rod Cade, Evert VanKleef, Roger Glover, Dave Jackson, Alan Dwyer.

WOMENS WINNER; Kay Bergiel. 31 points.

RUNNER UP; Andrina Wilson 29 points.

NTP; 3^rd Kay Bergiel, 11^th Andrina Wilson, 9^th Andrina Wilson, 16^th Lois Tait.

WOMENS BALL RUNDOWN.

28 points. Chris Everall.

27 points, Persis Armstrong, Edna Atkinson.

26 points, Glynis McGrath, Rosemary Barker.

25 points, Lois Tait.

Trophy Results 2015

2015 FNQVGA MAJOR TROPHY RESULTS

A GRADE CHAMPION (Championship Plaque)

David LAWLER 160

Runner Up George STUDHAM 163

A GRADE NET WINNER (Adrian Fay Shield)

Wayne PETROHILOS 142

Runner Up Greg GIBB 144

B GRADE CHAMPION 

Wayne HOGER 186

Runner Up Neil SHARKEY 188

B GRADE NET WINNER

Peter EDMONDS 147

Runner Up Barry PIKE 150

C GRADE CHAMPION 

Ken SMITHSON 206

Runner Up Trevor BARRY 207

C GRADE NET WINNER

Bill EDEN 151 c/b

Runner Up John PILBIN 151

LADIES CHAMPION 

Ruth YELLAND 163

Runner Up Lil BENFIELD 185

LADIES NET WINNER (Shirley Fieldhouse Shield)

Sue BRENNAN 149

Runner Up May WILKINSON 156 c/b

STANTON/BAILEY TROPHY

Greg GIBB 216

Runner Up Ron SYLVESTER 220

DON THOMSON 70-74 TROPHY

Greg GIBB 144

DAVE LAWLER 75 & OVER TROPHY

Keith HILLIER 145

MEN'S CONSISTENCY TROPHY 

Ross WHITE 350

Runner Up Peter DOHERTY 348

LADIES CONSISTENCY TROPHY

Lois TAIT 324

Runner Up Chris EVERALL 315

TED THOMASSON MEMORIAL TROPHY

Rama NAIDOO 119

Runner Up Greg GIBB 116

PATRON'S TROPHY

Tom STAGER 71

Runner Up George STUDHAM 68

SAVANNAH CUP (MEN)

John EVERALL 2694 points

Runner up Garry LONG 2389 points

SAVANNAH CUP (LADIES)

Chris EVERALL 5297 points

Runner Up Lois TAIT 4541 points

Next Game Half Moon Bay 17 Nov

All.

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

I'm told the course is in good condition & that buggies are available at members' rates, ie $30.

Pack some Yorkies balls & see you there!

Louis

PS SAVANNAH LIFESTYLE RESORTS' OPEN WEEKEND - Saturday 14 Nov from 10am to 4pm

Committee Nominations for 2016

Nominations for the 2016 Management Committee have now closed & the following nominations have been received:

PRESIDENT ROGER SMITH Proposed J Willmot Seconded L Tait

VICE PRESIDENT SUE BRENNAN Proposed L Siedle Seconded R Smith

CAPTAIN RUSS GILL Proposed L Siedle Seconded A Dwyer

VICE CAPTAIN WAL ANTHONY Proposed L Siedle Seconded R Gill

TREASURER JOHN EVERALL Proposed C Clark Seconded R Gill

SECRETARY LOUIS SIEDLE Proposed R Gill Seconded L Tait

COMMITTEE

DI DIVERSI Proposed L Tait Seconded R Smith

CHRIS EVERALL Proposed C Clark Seconded G Atkinson

GREG GIBB Proposed R Smith Seconded L Tait

LOIS TAIT Proposed D Diversi Seconded R Smith

President's Report & Results Mareeba 10 Nov

Today was a single stableford event at Mareeba. A field of 78 men and 17 women played in somewhat dry conditions, but given the terrible drought facing the western half of our state, we ought to consider ourselves lucky.

The sponsor for today is HOME TIMBER AND HARDWARE of Mareeba and we thank them for the store vouchers that were presented to the winners and runners up.

Our AGM is at Gordonvale on 24 Nov & any notices of motion that members wish to submit should be sent or given to Secretary Lou by the next game at HMB on 17 Nov.

RESULTS

DIVISION 1 WINNER; Garry Castle 40 points.

RUNNER UP; Wal Anthony 38 points.

DIVISION 2 WINNER; Brian Rowan 42 points.

RUNNER UP; Barry Pike 39 points.

NTP; 4^th Jim Logan, 8^th Robin Tonks, 11^th Keith Willmett, 13^th George Atkinson

BALL RUNDOWN;

38 points, Bob Billingham, Frank Thelan.

37 points, Peter Johnson, Barry Hartley, Bill Eden, Peter McMenamin, Doug Christison,

Garry Long.

36 points, Rod Cade, Rama Naidoo, Peter Edmonds, Graham Real, Ian McLeod-Carey,

Graham Webster.

35 points, Jim Logan, Yasuo Kumagae, Dave Lawler, Claud Clark, Alan Dwyer, Ted Lander,

David Jackson.

34 points, Trevor Barry, Dave Ingram, Peter Doherty, Roger Glover, Ian Tindall, Bill Ford,

Graham Webb, Kevin Woodward, Harry Alykhan, Neil Sharkey, Brian Norris, Don McHardie.

Eagles; 2^nd, Graham Webster, 18^th Graham Ross.

LADIES WINNER; Suda Woodward 40 points.

RUNNER UP; Choo Lim 39 points.

NTP; 4^th Choo Lim, 8^th Betty Lou Pitt, 11th May Wilkinson, 13^th Jothi Naidoo.

BALL RUNDOWN;

38 points, Sue Brennan.

36 points, May Wilkinson,

35 points, Betty Lou Pitt, Edna Miles, Jothi Naidoo, Andrina Wilson.

34 points, Sue Taylor, Edna Atkinson.

Notice of AGM

FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND VETERAN

GOLFERS ASSOCIATION INC.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

*************

The AGM of the above Organisation will be held

at the GORDONVALE GOLF CLUB at 8.00 a.m.

On TUESDAY 24th NOVEMBER 2015

AGENDA

*****

1. Minutes of Annual General Meeting 2014.

2. President’s Report.

3. Presentation of Audited Financial Reports.

4. Election of Members to Management Committee, Patron, Hon. Auditor and Hon. Solicitor.

5. General Business.

Louis Siedle
Secretary  
9th November 2015

Tableland Summer of Golf Program

2015-16 TABLELAND SUMMER OF GOLF

ATHERTON – MAREEBA – MILLAA MILLAA

SUMMER GOLF EVENTS

Millaa Millaa Tues Dec 8^th

Atherton Tues Dec 15^th

Mareeba Tues Dec 22^nd

Millaa Millaa Tues Jan 5^th

Atherton Tues Jan 12^th

Mareeba Tues Jan 19^th

Millaa Millaa Tues Feb 9^th

Atherton Tues Feb 23^rd

Mareeba Tues Mar 8^th

Millaa Millaa Tues Mar 22^nd

Starting Time 7.30am

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

Cost $12.00- Includes $7.00 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

Mareeba Club – 40921528

Milllaa Millaa Club 40972117 or Don McHardie 40972250

Final Results of Savannah Cup

MEN	POINTS		LADIES	POINTS
John EVERALL	2694.42		Chris EVERALL	5297.08
Garry LONG	2389.98		Lois TAIT	4541.83
Ross WHITE	2160.25		Betty Lou PITT	3716.83
Neil SHARKEY	2094.50		Judy ELLIS	3244.42
Rama NAIDOO	2058.33		Deon REDDICLIFFE	2977.00
Greg GIBB	1975.47		Jothi NAIDOO	2891.75
Alan DWYER	1945.50		Elaine SANDILANT	2572.50
David JACKSON	1858.67		Lily SCHIRMER	2560.17
Bruce JENNER	1818.42		May WILKINSON	2482.25
Roger SMITH	1771.17		Ruth YELLAND	2264.17
Barry PIKE	1736.42		Andrina WILSON	2180.92
Garry CASTLE	1712.68		Di DIVERSI	2058.50
Russ GILL	1657.50		Suda WOODWARD	2029.00
Brian NORRIS	1632.83		Sue BRENNAN	1809.50
Peter DOHERTY	1523.38		Lil BENFIELD	1809.17
Ron SYLVESTER	1455.73		Adie CRISPIN	1611.50
Lou SIEDLE	1382.00		Elizabeth EDMONDS	1542.75
Tom STAGER	1381.92		Kay BERGIEL	1470.92
Don McHARDIE	1360.50		Edna ATKINSON	1395.50
Wal ANTHONY	1352.67		Cathie COVERDALE	1264.75
Jim LOGAN	1330.33		Annette TESCH	1206.50
Brian BROWN	1319.00		June WILLMOT	1060.50
Barry HARTLEY	1317.83		Rosemary BARKER	973.50
Peter JOHNSTON	1298.58		Ann PERRETT	946.00
Richard GOODERHAM	1281.04		Cheryl PICCONI	930.25
Peter McMENAMIN	1265.25		Bell GILLAN	913.75
Bob BILLINGHAM	1228.88		Robyn HARPER	888.50
Darryl KING	1200.89		Persis ARMSTRONG	874.00
Les DOOLAN	1194.58		Edna MILES	835.17
Bill FORD	1164.50		Carol MADDEN	712.25
Bill EDEN	1145.58		Tessa MEYER	630.50
Yasuo KUMAGAE	1123.40		Patsy HANNAM	600.00
Rod CADE	1116.50		Glynnis MCGRATH	594.33
Graham MORROW	1112.50		Joan RANGER	566.00
Eric PIHLHJERTA	1094.57		Julie WALLACE	565.00
Rod INGRAM	1033.75		Kay MULLINS	506.50
Frank THELAN	1030.05		Anne COOKE	500.00
Keith SCHIRMER	1021.47		Cathy SMITHSON	487.42
Mal ARTHUR	1011.58		Helen ROWE	452.25
John MITCHELL	995.83		Shirley FIELDHOUSE	391.75
Robin TONKS	975.23		Joanne Aflick	318.50
Ron CRISPIN	967.75		Kathleen SMITH	317.50
George STUDHAM	911.83		Meryl GILL	298.50
Graham ROSS	893.15		Annette COLLETT	287.00
Geoff HARMER	883.00		Heather FORSTER	239.50
Ken BAKER	873.50		Jennifer ALBERTSON	232.50
Peter YELLAND	866.81		Joy WHITE	220.50
Peter EDMONDS	851.08		Janice WUNDERSITZ	211.00
Kevin REDDCLIFFE	849.75		Janice STAINES	208.33
Graham WEBSTER	846.50		Lorraine DOOLAN	203.00
Robert BLACKMAN	843.33		Wendy JOHNSTON	190.00
George BREW	840.17		Pris FREEMAN	171.50
John PILBIN	839.67		Rosalie KING	162.50
Ian TINDALL	838.50		Zola DALE	157.50
Col MCDOWALL	836.67		Margaret FINCH	143.00
Ted LANDER	787.50		Joy EVANS	135.00
Jeff McGRATH	784.58		Pauline VINING	134.00
Ian MACLEOD-CAREY	777.00		Janette TURNER	129.00
Brian ROWAN	755.22		Choo LIM	100.00
Merv ELMS	705.50		Sue TAYLOR	93.00
Dave INGRAM	693.50		Cindy WALL	80.00
John EVANS	690.70		Jennifer LE CERF	75.00
George SHORES	683.90		Kerrie PONT	59.50
Albert SMITH	681.00		Heather WEBSTER	57.00
Max SMITH	646.25
Victor LEE	637.83		MEN CONT.	POINTS
John GREGAN	631.50		Ian McDONALD	116.00
Grahame WEBB	626.00		Anthony BRAY	109.50
Barry FOXOVER	624.25		Harry KENNEDY	109.50
John SINCLAIR	621.50		Michael MacMANUS	108.75
Keith HILLIER	617.40		Jim MAY	103.83
George ATKINSON	616.08		Anthony ELLEN	97.50
Wayne HOGER	615.50		Rex WHITE	95.83
Graham HUGHES	598.50		Trevor LAWRENCE	95.50
TREVOR BARRY	590.08		Kevin COLLINS	94.50
Ken SMITHSON	582.00		John LUCAS	94.00
Dave LAWLER	572.83		Warren WRIGHT	93.50
John FAMULARO	561.75		Gordon SMITH	92.50
Barry BUTT	556.50		Peter PENNY	86.50
Barry VINING	554.90		Hugh GILLARD	80.50
Vern SANDILANT	547.75		Mervyn HAINS	79.10
Harry ALY KHAN	544.50		Frank JONES	78.00
Jim LISTON	541.00		Warren FLANAGAN	72.00
Bill FOSTER	532.67		Elso IURETIGH	70.00
Bruce MAGILL	531.00		Stephen DAY	63.00
Evert VAN KLEEF	529.00		John DEBEL	61.50
Graham REAL	520.83		Graham JOHNSON	60.50
Bruce WALTERS	515.00		Jim EGAN	60.00
Harvey BLANCH	503.00		Gary SPENCER	59.00
Wayne PETROHILOS	488.00		Malcolm BOTTRILL	57.83
Keith SANDERSON	483.67		John NICHOLS	55.00
Micheal GRUMLEY	483.00		Peter STEVENS	54.75
Dave BENNETT	480.00		Sam LEMURA	54.22
Chris HANNAM	475.00		Dale WUST	53.50
Roger GLOVER	452.00		Ross HOBBS	51.00
Kevin RANGER	449.33		Mathew LOCK	50.50
George KYRIAZIS	441.50		Peter WUNDERSITZ	50.00
Claud CLARK	431.42		Ken FLOOD	46.00
Brian MILLER	426.50		Ron BLAKE	45.50
Jeff COOMBER	423.50		Bruce HUNTER	44.00
Doug CHRISTISON	407.00		Max CRIMMINS	43.00
Grant SCOTT	402.72		Norm LOCKWOOD	42.50
John BAWDEN	395.06		Guy SMITH	42.00
Neil STUBBIN	383.00		Ross ELLEN	42.00
Zbig BERGIEL	378.88		John HENDERSON	40.00
Don THOMSON	373.50		Richard UNDERWOOD	37.50
Allan ARMSTRONG	370.50		Darryl DeCLIFFORD	36.50
Tony LATIMORE	369.67		Martyn WITTEBOL	35.50
Craig BARCLAY	365.75		Edwin WULF	29.00
Paul PATTEN	361.00		Lester JOHNSON	29.00
Ian SCHOFIELD	355.00		Martin BELL	28.00
Jon SHEARER	353.15		Tony WALSH	27.00
Max CRITTENDEN	344.00		Alan ALMOND	26.50
Geoff EDWARDS	340.40		Lloyd SAWTELL	25.00
Don KERR	328.50		Ross MILEVSKY	25.00
Keith WILLMETT	326.50		Ken GORTON	22.50
Peter WALTERS	316.00		Gary TUDEHOPE	22.00
Des JONES	314.00		Russ WICKS	21.50
Cec TURNER	304.00		Roy MURRAY-PRIOR	20.00
David DONNAN	297.00		Ian TRACEY	19.50
Larry PERRETT	296.00		Stewart SCHROTER	12.00
Brian PANIGAS	273.50		Peter OPIO	10.50
Bill LEONARD	255.90		Peter GOULDING	9.00
Peter HANDLEY	254.67		Harold GIBBINS	5.00
Richard STAINES	254.50		robert HAYLES	5.00
George COOLEY	241.50
Vaughan EDWARDS	233.38
Peter MEYER	227.00
Kevin MOORE	219.08