Hi Everyone,
Our game today was
played at Half Moon Bay in very agreeable weather conditions with a
stiff south-easterly breeze keeping the temperatures down and the
conditions resulting in some quite good scoring. The course was in
good condition with the greens coming back nicely after renovations
were delayed last week by the weather. Thanks go once again to Greg
Ferry, who has had the past week or so disrupted by the installation
of a new cool room. As there was a shortage of packaged beer due to
the short week, Greg substituted the usual slab of beer for our
raffle for a box of Titleist balls which was won by our Secretary
Lou.
Ninety-nine players
teed it up, 22 ladies and 77 men, and it is encouraging to see about
one-third of the field comprised of ladies. One of the players today
was one of our generous weekly sponsors, Gordon Perry of Stratford
Painting Contractors. It was great to see him come along and have a
game with us and we hope that this can be repeated over the rest of
the year.
We welcomed six new
members today and this is, in no doubt, very much due to
encouragement from our members and a positive view of our
organisation. The new members are Neal Arnott and Bruce Knowles from
Cairns and Keith Jarrett, Chris Davidson, Margaret Heslop and Dee
Kottnig from Half Moon Bay. This means our membership now stands at
176, made up of 134 men and 42 ladies.
Our sponsor today
was COMPLETE HEALTH AND FITNESS SOLUTIONS
of English Street, Manunda. The principal of the firm, Scott Payne,
is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist with
a Degree in Human Movement and has a
broad range of experience from basic fitness through to his passion,
cardiovascular rehabilitation.
Scott
normally has a game with us but his growing business prevented that
from occurring today. If you are interested in taking part in any of
his programs give Scott a call. If you need any confirmation of the
benefits of working with Scott, Russ Gill, our Captain, would be only
too pleased to offer a positive recommendation.
In
line with a suggestion initially raised by Claud Clark, our Patron,
we have been endeavouring to provide a little bit of variation in the
trophy vouchers. We have been trialling vouchers purchased from
different outlets with ourt
sponsorship money, today
being from “Woolies” for the men and Suzanne Grae for the ladies.
There seems to be a positive response from members to this concept
and we will endeavour to
repeat it on occasions throughout the year.
REGISTRATION
CHANGE
The
Committee members who look after the
registration of players each
morning have always tried to be accommodating with requests from
members regarding the composition of playing groups when
one of the intended group has not arrived.
Unfortunately, it reached
a situation today where
there were more than a dozen of these partly formed, but
registered groups awaiting
“absent” partners. This obviously causes delay in allocating tee
spots and slows down the whole registration procedure. The registrars
are also expected to remember which group is waiting for which player
and if they inadvertently don’t follow the request made by the
paying player, can be the
subject of unjustified criticism.
Where
ever possible players should
make up their four ball
prior to presenting at registration. Singles,
two’s and three’s will be made up as soon as another player is
available. All players
should be ready to play after registration.
In
the future, it will be
assumed that any
group of LESS THAN FOUR
PLAYERS which
has been registered and paid
for, is that group’s full
complement of players. Those
players will be available to be placed with any other players who are
“spare” to form a group of four. If a group of four, and
in fact any group, is to be
registered, it should not be registered until all members
of that group are
present. Additionally,
if a group
of four is to be registered,
it is to be fully
paid for. There
is to be no exception to this assumption
and/or requirement.
Greg
“El Presidente”.
TODAY’S
RESULTS
MEN
Division I
Winner: George Studham, 39 Points.
Runner Up: John Evans, 38 Points.
Division II
Winner: Merv Elms, 38 Points.
Runner Up: Mike Van Cuylenburg, 36 Points.
BALL RUNDOWN:
36 Points: Keith Jarrett.
35 Points: George Atkinson, Peter Edmonds, Maurie Smith, Roger
Smith, John Sinclair, Jack Dempsey, David Jackson.
34 Points: Harvey Blanch, Lou Siedle, Brian Norris, Ian
McLeod-Carey, Gordon Noble.
33 Points: Evert Van Kleef, Claud Clark, Greg Gibb, Len Fase, John
Tolhurst.
32 Points: Chris Davidson, Graham Webb, Neil Sharkey, Frank Thelan,
Darryl Chandler, John Gregan, Keith Schirmer.
31 Points: Brian Brown, John Pilbin, John Everall, Darryl de
Clifford, Peter Dalziel, Peter Wyatt.
30 Points: Victor Lee, Peter Johnston, Graham Ross, Ross White.
N.T.P.’s: 3rd
John Sinclair, 9th
John Gregan, 11th
John Tolhurst, 16th
Graham Webb.
EAGLE: 18th
Bruce Knowles.
LADIES
Winner: Andrina Wilson, 36 Points.
Runner Up: Kandy Van Kleef, 31 Points,
BALL RUNDOWN:
30
Points: Suda Woodward, Edna
Atkinson, Joy Evans.
29 Points: Lil Benfield, Annette Tesch, Kay Cleland, Judy Ellis.
N.P.T.’s: 4th
and 16th
Kay Cleland,
9th
Andrina Wilson, 11th
Lois Tait.
