Hi All,
What a great joy it
was today to see the improvement in the greens from last time we
journeyed to Royal Babinda. After months of continuous rain prior to
our last visit in July, even the intense efforts of the volunteers
could not prevent the greens turning basically into deserts. The
change in the conditions of the greens is only due the extreme
efforts of the Babinda volunteers, Peter,Tom, Matt and Chris and of
course, Wal. Those who may have played today but didn’t play in
July, might say that “there’s still bare patches and a temporary
green” but they could never comprehend the improvement.
On the first twelve
holes Wal showed our group how good the greens were by one-putting
the first 6 holes, followed by three 2 putts, another one putt and a
chip-in. That’s about the time the handbrake came on but he still
had 42 points.
Our field today of
67, that is 56 men and 11 ladies, was an ideal size for a 9 hole
course and the game flowed smoothly. Our sponsor today was WAL
ANTHONY who handcrafted two beautiful coffee tables, one for the
male winner and the other for the ladies’ winner. Additionally, he
provided two boxes of balls for the Runners Up. As Wal came second he
donated the box of ball back and they went to the third place winner,
Chris Hannam.
We had one Visitor
today, Andrew McMath, the Vice President of Warburton Golf Club.
We have had several visitors from that Golf Club recently, obviously
encouraged to play with our group by the President of that Club, John Hall, who has been up here for several weeks. It was John’s
last day today and he has promised to return next year.
For those who are
unaware, my wife and I have accepted the offer of a villa in a
Retirement Village in the Illawarra region of N.S.W. As a result, I
will not be standing for re-election at the A.G.M. in November. Our
actual date of leaving is dependent on the sale of our house up here.
I will continue as President until that date is determined and then
resign the position.
Our next game is a
HALF MOON BAY. The Club
requests that you pre-order sandwiches, burgers, chips etc.
prior to the game. See you all
there.
Yours in golf,
Greg
“El Presidente”.
TODAY’S
RESULTS
MEN
Winner: Darryl
Chandler, 46 Points.
Runner
Up: Wal Anthony, 42 Points.
BALL
RUNDOWN
39
Points: Chris Hannam.
37
Points: Graham Morrow.
36
Points: George Atkinson, Harvey Blanch.
35
Points: Doug Christison, Merv Hains, Bruce Jenner, Garry Castle.
34
Points: Bob Billingham, John Hall, Bill Foster, Russ Gill, Roger
Smith.
33
Points: Lionel Law, Kevin Walsh, Roger Glover, George Kyriazis, Evert
Van Kleef.
32
Points: Peter Doherty, Lou Siedle, Ian Macleod-Carey, Rod Cade,
Darryl De Clifford, Trevor Gordon, Peter Johnston, Keith Schirmer,
Robin Tonks.
N.T.P.’s 2/11
Dave Lawler, 4/13 George Kyriazis, 5/14 Darryl Chandler.
LADIES
Winner: Edna
Atkinson, 36 Points.
Runner
Up: Liz Edmonds, 32 Points.
BALL
RUNDOWN
31
Points: Suda Woodward.
30
Points: Judy Guzzwell.
28
Points: Julie Wallace.
27
Points: Andrina Wilson, Doreen Law.
N.T.P.’s: 2/11
Kay Bergiel, 4/13 Edna Atkinson, 5/14 Judy Guzzwell.
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