President's Report & Results Gordonvale 19 June

Hi All,

As usual at this time of the year there was a bit of a nip in the air when we first arrived at Gordonvale today but it turned into a beautiful day. The course was in fairly good condition, particularly the fairways and surrounds. It is great to see the improvement in the condition of the greens and is a credit to the green staff and the volunteers. It is obvious that some of the greens are very much impacted by the shade from trees and it appears to be those greens that are taking the longest to return.

We had 98 players take to the field today 77 men and 21 ladies. They competed in a Stableford event, the results of which counted towards our Consistency Trophy. The event was sponsored by KENNEDY’S BETTA HOME LIVING, a long term and very valuable sponsor. Bill Kennedy, a principal of the firm apologised to Secretary Lou for not being in the position to have a game with us today but wished us well.

We had three new members join today, Tony Tanner from Cairns, Glenda Thomas from Gordonvale and Nick Boskov from Queanbeyan. Today it was great to see the Finches arrive after their migration north for the Winter. I’m referring to Tom and Margaret Finch, a pair of inveterate “Grey Nomads” who are always most welcome by all members of the F.N.Q.V.G.A.

Nominations for the day at Mirage on 6^th July, closed today with a total of 83 nominations accepted. This is comprised of 67 players who nominated for the original game and re-nominated for the second with the remaining 16 coming from the full number of nominations on the “reserve” list. Further information on the day will appear on the Blog over the next couple of weeks.

As a change to our weekly Stableford events, next week at Atherton we will be playing a Two Man Ambrose. It is strongly recommended that you arrange your partner prior to arriving up there. If you can’t, our team will provide you with a partner.

See you all up there.

Take care,

Greg

“El Presidente”

TODAY’S RESULTS

MEN

DIVISION I

Winner: Ross Ellen, 40 points.

Runner Up: Dave Lawler, 38 points.

DIVISION II

Winner: Allan Dredge, 43 points.

Runner Up: Graeme Chappell, 42 points.

BALL RUNDOWN:

40 Points: Bill Foster.

39 Points: Peter McMemamin

37 Points: Tom Finch, Robin Tonks, William Matthews.

36 Points: Wal Anthony, Mark Buckle, Tae Zheng, Peter Clarke, Brian Norris, John Tolhurst.

35 Points: Merv Elms, Dave Jackson, Doug Christison, Cec Turner.

34 Points: Darryl De Clifford, Rick Gooderham, Darryl Chandler, Bill Leonard, Brian Rowan, Ken Temple, Marcus Morse, Ross White.

33 Points: Michael Taylor, Bruce Walters, Neil Hamilton, Russell Lawrence, Geoff Thomas, Bob Billingham.

N.T.P.’s: 5^th Graeme Chappell, 8^th John Tolhurst, 12^th Marcus Morse, 17^th Bob Billingham.

LADIES

Winner: Suda Woodward, 38 points.

Runner Up: Glenda Thomas, 37 points.

BALL RUNDOWN:

36 Points: Kay Bergiel.

35 Points: Lois Tait, Tracey Dickinson, Meryl Gil.

33 Points: Liz Edmonds.

32 Points: Edna Atkinson, Georgie Jarred.

31 Points: Joy Evans.

29 Points: Judy Guzzwell, Ruth Kingston.

N.T.P.’s: 5^th Suda Woodward, 8^th Meryl Gil, 12^th Glenda Thomas, 17^th Gail Wright.