President's Report & Results Gordonvale 21 Aug

Hi All,

Quite a chilly morning greeted us at Gordonvale this morning but as is normal, once the sun rose so did the temperature and it turned into quite a pleasant day. The day was sponsored by one of our very own, Allan Dredge who is the distributor for STACKAPOTS VERTICAL GARDENS NQ, an innovative way to enjoy your gardening when faced with a limited area to work in. We thank Allan very much for this sponsorship.

The course at Gordonvale was in good condition, although dry, with plenty of run. The greens have improved immeasurably since earlier this year when they had all sorts of problems. The overall grass coverage is remarkable and a credit to the Course Superintendent, Rob and the people who helped him.

We had 78 men and 15 ladies make up the field of 93 in our Single Stableford event today.  We had two visitors today, Alan Johnston from Warburton and Phil Hart from Caboolture and I'm quite sure that they were gratified by the warm welcome show to them by our members. Alan is a friend of John Hall, whilst Phil is a mate of Secretary Lou.

Phil is the Vice Chairman of the National Association of Left Handed Golfers Australia. To be a member of this organisation, one must be a true left handed golfer and one is only allowed to play a right hand stroke to extract oneself from a trouble situation or to backhand short putt. Your President has suffered the discrimination exhibited by this organisation when, seeking to join, was told that as I was a right handed putter, I was ineligible. When I revealed this at presentation, my motivational guru on all things golf related, the Vice President, called out, “Hey Mr. Pres, you should go back to left hand putting and join up and enjoy yourself because, judging on today’s performance, you can’t putt right hand either”. Thanks Robin.

Phil gave a short talk and then presented a specially minted badge of the N.A.L.G.A. to Bill Eden, a left hander and Division II winner today. Bill, (or “Nigel No Friends” as he likes to be known) now joins an elite group of golfers who have been presented with this badge, namely Bubba Watson, Greg Chalmers and Greg Norman. Whilst Norman is obviously right handed, he was awarded his badge on the strength of a left handed trouble shot he played in a tournament, onto the green and sinking the putt for a birdie.

Our Association is very grateful for this this presentation and Phil has left a different item to be presented to the best left hander at H.M.B next Tuesday.

Don’t forget H.M.B. next Tuesday and if you’re requiring food from the restaurant, the Club would prefer you pre-order through the Pro Shop when you arrive. Don’t forget we’ll have the usual free raffle for a slab of beer, generously donated by Greg Ferry, the Manager, on behalf of the Club. The event will be a Single Stableford Consistency competition.

TODAY’S RESULTS

MEN

DIVISION I

Winner: Lou Siedle, 40 points, C/B.

Runner Up: John Richards, 40 points.

DIVISION II

Winner: Bill Eden, 42 points.

Runner Up: Eric Pihlhjerta, 40 points C/B.

BALL RUNDOWN

40 Points: George Kyriazis.

39 Points: Darryl Chandler, George Brew.

38 Points: Ian Tindall.

37 Points: Ross White, Wal Anthony.

36 Points: Cec Turner, Rod Ingram, Peter Edmonds, Bruce Jenner, Peter Anderson, Keith Schirmer, Robin Tonks.

35 Points: Peter Doherty, Marcus Morse, Max Crittenden, Graham Real, John Tolhurst, Brian Hughes, Grahame Webb, Bob Billingham, Neil Sharkey, John Gregan.

34 Points: Peter Meyer, Peter McMenamin, Ron Blake, George Atkinson, Rick

Gooderham.

33 Points: Phil Hart, Harvey Blanch, Albert Smith, Tony Tanner, Greg Gibb.

N.T.P.’s: 5^th John Richards, 8^th Rick Gooderham, 14^th Allan Dredge, 17^th Peter Edmonds.

LADIES

Winner: Suda Woodward, 38 points.

Runner Up: Lois Tait, 33 points.

BALL RUNDOWN

33 Points: Celia Fox.

32 Points: Joy Evans, Tessa Meyer, Marg Finch.

30 Points: Jenny Albertson, Julie Wallace, Edna Atkinson.

N.T.P.’s: 5^th Andrina Wilson, 8th Marg Finch, 14^th Joy Evand, 17^th Lois Tait.