TUESDAY 28 MAY OAK TREE RETIREMENT VILLAGE CAIRNS

 FNQVGA played a n 18 Hole single Stableford in conjunction with the final round of the Oak Tree Cup. A shotgun start is great for the clubhouse camaraderie after the round but can be a bit stressful for the Vice Captain and helpers trying to organize the round. Thanks to all players for being so patient

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We had 48 players today, an indication of the the unstable weather and how the likelihood of playing in the rain can discourage  people from participating. 

We had one visitor today from Royal Hobart, Wayne Moriarty . Welcome!

Thanks to the green staff who continue to shoulder on in spite of very trying weather. To Chloe in the bar and her  "barista-in-training" who made me a very good lactose free flat white. Her first apparently! .And to Georgia and Josh in the Pro-shop.

Thanks to the sponsor of the day  Glen Donovan from Oak Tree Retirement Villages, who was heard to say he would be happy to sponsor next year as long as he doesn't have to play in the rain!

Today's Results

MENS:

Division 1

Winner: Eric Hawarth on 37 pts

Runner Up: Neal Arnott 36  pts

 

Division 2

Winner: Ron Blake  36 pts

Runner up:  Chris Ireland  on 35 pts (C/B)

NTPs: 

No2  Shane Vale No 8 Trevor Barry No 14 Peter Clarke 

No 17 Kenny Berrigan

Ball Rundown:

35 pts  Evert Van Kleef

34 pts Ed Mackie Mick Gossip Bert Smith

33 pts Keith Schirmer Ross Ellen Dennis Vohland Kojak Schofield

32 pts Peter Clarke

31 pts Pommy English Tim Hollman John Pilbin

 

LADIES

Winner: Heather Forster  33 pts

Runner Up: Lily Schirmer   30 pts

NTPs: 

No 2 Di Diversi No 8 Edna Atkinson  No 14  Cath Coverdale 

No17 Heather Forster

Ball Rundown:

28 pts Edna Atkinson Di Diversi Cath Coverdale.

Next week:  Mareeba Golf Club sponsored by Chiropractic Works for a consistency round.

Mens Div 1 winner Eric Hawarth with Pres Pete

Ron Blake looks like he enjoyed his win in the Mens Div 2 

Ladies winner Heather Forster

36 HOLE OAK TREE CUP FINAL RESULTS

 The final round of the Oak Tree Cup was played in less than ideal conditions at the Cairns Golf Club this morning. Special thanks Glen Donovan from Oak Tree Retirement Village Cairns for his continued support of this competition.

The OTC is a 36 Hole Stableford Competition played  in Grades and deserves a good roll up. So for next year we are giving consideration to playing it a month later than this year to avoid bad weather.  Could we have some feedback please?

Today's Results

MENS:

Division 1

Winner: Ed Mackie on 74 pts

Runner Up: Eric Hawarth 72  pts

3Rd Place: Dave Lawler 70 pts

Division 2

Winner: Garry Castle   67 pts

Runner up:  Kojak Schofield  on 65 pts  

3Rd Place: Mick Gossip 63 pts

Ball Rundown:

67 pts  Dennis Vohland

63pts Evert Van Kleef

62 pts Bert Smith Russ Gill James Pinfield

61 pts Shane Vale Trevor Barry

60  pts Glen Averkoff

 

LADIES

Winner: Hiroko Stuart  60 pts

Runner Up: Lily Schirmer   59pts 

3RD Place: Edna Atkinson 56 pts

Ball Rundown 

54 pts Heather Forster

44 pts Ali Gibson

OTC Div1 1 Runner Up Eric Harwath  with Glen Donovan from Oak Tree Retirement Villages

OTC Ladies Winner Hiroko Stuart

OAK TREE CUP FINAL ROUND CAIRNS GOLF CLUB TUESDAY 28 MAY.

 Final round of the Oak Tree Cup postponed from  30 April will be played this Tuesday 28 May at Cairns Golf Club.

Shotgun start at 7.30am,  please nominate early so draw can be completed.

18 Hole Individual Stableford in conjunction with the 36 Hole Oak Tree Cup. So invite a friend. 

RESULTS HMB TUESDAY 21 MAY 2024

 An autumnal calm has  settled over FNQVGA golfers as the dryer and cooler weather is presenting us with more inviting conditions to play golf. And as a result the size of fields has  gradually increased over the last three weeks. This morning 60 players traveled to Yorkey's Knob to play an 18 Hole Individual Stableford at the Half Moon Bay Golf Club for trophies generously sponsored by major sponsor Drummond Golf. Apart from the odd speck of mud on the balata, and the occasional green being a little sparse of green stuff ( well a lot actually in the case of the No 1 green) is was a pleasure to play on a course showing  early signs of decreased precipitation and increased sunshine. 

Who would be a green-keeper? Well Grant would and we thank him and his team for the way the course was presented today. 

Also thanks to Brady and Tanya as well as Kath and Todd for making the day so enjoyable.

Following a Captains Challenge concerning the results, as presented to players today, the matter of the trophy presentation was referred to the bunker for review. After reviewing all possible angles, and after due consideration, you will notice ( if you had stayed for presentations) that the prizes  as published below are slightly different from today's presentation results. 

This is the third week that we have used the OneGolf system  for competition management, and it seems to be well accepted. But it is important to remember that all players are responsible for  scores being entered into the Kiosk computer at the Captains desk, or use the MiScore app to record your score as  you go.  That way we can prevent the situation where Garry Castle thought he was Runner Up in Div 2 Mens  when he was actually 3rd Runner up through absolutely no fault of his own!

Next week we play the second and final round of the Oak Tree Cup (36 Holes Comp) delayed from several weeks ago. There will be a shotgun start from 7.30 at Cairns Golf Club. Nominations from 6.30.

Invite a friend to play in the Daily Comp! 

Todays Results

MENS:

Division 1

Winner: Russ Gill (36 pts)

Runner Up: Ken Berrigan (35 pts)

Division 2

Winner: Trevor Barry (38 pts))

Runner up:  Ian MacLeod-Carey(37pts)

3Rd Runner Up Garry Castle (36pts)

NTPs: 

No4  Dave Lawler No 9 John Bawden No 11 Jophn "Richo" Richarson  No 16 John Tehan

Ball Rundown:

 

35 pts: Allen McFarlen Bert Smith

34pts: James Pinfield

33pts: Pommy English Peter Wyatt Peter Clarke John Pilbin

32pts: George Atkinson John Tehan Dennis Vohland Colin Johanssen Roger Smith  Ed Mackie John Ward

LADIES

Winner: Edna Atkinson (31pts) c/b

Runner Up: Kay Bergiel (31)

NTPs: 

No 4 Kay Bergiel No 9 Liz Edmonds No 11 Cath Coverdale

No 16 Liz Edmonds

Ball Rundown:

30pts: Liz Edmonds

29 pts  Dee Kottnig

 

Mens Div1 Winner Russ Gill with Pres Pete

 

Mens Div 2 Runner up Ian MacLeod-Carey

HALF MOON BAY TUESDAY 21 MAY 2024

 The FNQVGA returns to the Half Moon Bay Golf Club on Tuesday 22 May  for a Single Stableford sponsored by our major sponsor Drummond Golf.

Tee off from 7am. 

All things being equal, we will be playing the full course with some restrictions.

MOSSAMAN RESULTS TUESDAY 14 MAY 2024

 FNQVGA golfers received some remedial therapy for the constant heavy fairways, inconsistent greens and that general saturation feeling experienced in the north from about December last year. 41 players (33 men and 8 ladies) traveled to Newell Beach this morning and played an 18 hole stableford competition on the Mossman Golf Club's composite course. And what a satisfying experience it was!

Thank you to Matt and his volunteers  who presented a course that has had almost 5 meters of rain on it this year, but was extremely playable. To Shayla and Pris in the pro shop for assistance with carts etc and Kim behind the bar. You made the day very memorable for all the right reasons.

We had one new member today, Colin Billingham from Mt Baker-Hahndorf in South Australia and Norm Lockwood returned from Mossman. Also a visitor Jim Pedrola from Cairns.

 Our very generous sponsor was Hotel Reef Casino and remember - Chancers are you are about to lose!

 

TUESDAY`s RESULTS:

MENS:

Division 1

Winner: Kenny Berrigan on 39 pts

Runner Up: Ross Ellen  36 pts 

Division 2

Winner: John Pilbin 37 pts

Runner up:  Glenn Averkoff   on 36 pts.(C/B)

NTPs: 

 No 3/13 Ken Berrigan No 8 Glenn Averkoff

Ball Rundown:

36  pts: Colin Johannsen

35pts: Russ Gill  Zbig Bergiel

34pts: John Tehan Peter McMenamin John Bawden Rich Michalski Bob Adams

33 Colin Billingham   Peter Wyatt

LADIES

Winner: Liz Edmonds   37pts

Runner Up: Andrina Christison 36 pts

NTPs: 

No 3/13 Ali Gibson No 8 Cathy Coverdale l 

 No 11 Liz Edmonds

Ball Rundown:

32 pts  Heather Forster

31 pts Kay Cleland

30pts Dee Kottnig

Next Week Half Moon Bay Consistency trophy sponsored by Drummond Golf 

Div 1 Runner Up Ross Ellen showing all the benefits of Jamu!

Ladies winner Liz Edmonds (37pts) with Pres Peter, smiling because he finally retired next week.

MOSSMAN TUESDAY 14 MAY

 This Tuesday the FNQVGA will play the Composite Course at the Mossman Golf Club in an 18 Hole Single Stableford Competition. Volunteers have worked hard this week to put the bunkers in play and golf carts are allowed on the course, thanks to some extent to the new concrete cart paths constructed last year.

Tee off from 7am 

Sponsor Reef Hotel Casino.

Just a reminder that crocodiles on  the course should be treated as an immovable obstruction!

WINTERSUN VETERAN GOLFERS CARNIVAL 5-13 AUGUST 2024

 Wintersun is back again in 2024 -The Mackay District and Proserpine Veteran Golfers invite all Vet Golfers and friends to join us for a week of great golfing in the Mackay - Whitsundays.

 

The 2024
Wintersun Veteran Golfers' Carnival 
is scheduled to begin on
Monday 5 August, 2024.

Events: Proserpine, Sarina, Pioneer Valley and Mackay Golf Clubs:

Two rounds at Proserpine on
Monday 5 & Tuesday 6 August

18 holes at Sarina on Thursday 8 August. 

18 holes at Pioneer Valley on Friday 9 August

Two rounds at Mackay on
Monday 12 & Tuesday 13 August.

Go to  https://mackayveteransgolf.org.au/wintersun_redo/ for further details and nominations.

Results MAREEBA TUESDAY 7 MAY 2024: FNQVGA.1GOLF START UP.

A few things happened at the Mareeba Golf Club this morning. The Mareeba mantra of "300 sunny days" which had taken a serious hit to its credibility over the last 6 months burst back into glorious sunshine. And One Golf (fnqvga.1golf.com.au)  went live for the first time. It was a pity that only 40 players (33 men and 7 ladies) were able to take advantage of a beautifully prepared course. Thanks must go to the Greens team of Karl, Jim Rod and Enid for he presentation of the course. And to Owen, Debbie and Amelia for the welcome and clubhouse service.

A special thanks to generous sponsor Mark Davidson from Davidson Coaching for the day.

Due to the contracted field there was only one mens division today.

 

TODAY`s RESULTS:

MENS

Winner: Doug Christison on 41pts

Runner Up: Ken Berrigan  on 34pt

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NTPs: 

No 4 Ross Ellen  No 8 Neal Arnott No  11 Doug Christison  No 13 John Bawden

Ball Rundown:

33pts: Russell Hillier Roger Smith Gary Castle

32pts:Peter Wyatt Russ Gill and Ross Ellen

31 pts:Mal Meadows Tim Hollman Peter Johnston

30 pts: Ken Baker Dennis Vohland 

LADIES

Winner: Cath Coverdale   on 32pts

Runner Up: Andrina Christison on 29 pts (C/B)

NTPs: 

No 4 Janeen Smith No 8 Kay Bergiel No 11 Andrina Christison No 13 Cath Coverdale

Ball Rundown:

29pts Kay Bergiel

27 pts Janeen Smith 

 

Men's Runne  up Ken Berrigan, with Capt Bruce, shot a one over par on the back nine.

 Next week:  Tuesday 14 May Mossman Golf Club unless you are informed otherwise!

CHANGE OF VENUE. TUESDAY 7 MAY NOW IN MAREEBA

Due to the continued inclement weather and the lack of sunshine, Atherton Golf Club have suggested that we move this Tuesday's 7 May round to Mareeba Golf Club who have graciously taken up the offer. 

The committee, after consulting the relevant Policy 009,  has therefore made the decision  to move this Tuesday's Davidson Coaching sponsored round to Mareeba.  The Mareeba course is in excellent condition.

Tee off from 7am. Nominations as usual, with your name and Golflink number on your card. The match committee will enter your handicap on your card.

Green Fee $20

Golf Carts: If you had a cart booked for Atherton,  that booking has been transferred to Mareeba. So if you no longer require a cart you  will have to ring Mareeba to cancel it. If you require a cart please ring Mareeba on 40921528 to make a booking. 

 Your committee has made the decision to use the services of 1Golf for the management of our competitions. This is used by most clubs with the exception of HMB. Each member of the FNQVGA now has a unique FNQVGA membership number which you will log on to the FNQ Veteran Golfers Association 1Golf website at fnqvga.1golf.com.au

 

If you  use  MiScore you may use your app to enter you round into One Golf.  You will need to add a Club- FNQ Veteran Golfers Association. 

You will need your membership number and your password. This will be available on Tuesday or if you are the urgent type email a request to fngvga@outlook.com and it will be sent to you.

RECORDING YOUR SCORE.

If you do not use the MiScore app, you can record your score on the Kiosk computer on the Captains desk.  To do this hit "Score Entry" then your Name or Golflink No. or FNQVGA number, and record your score on each hole. If you picked up on a hole use the "P" to record that hole. Then if you agree with the score ( and remember the computer is always right)  then hit "Finish" Once you have confirmed your score, then and only then write your score on the board.

If you have any problems ask for help and someone will show you.

Otherwise see you in Mareeba on Tuesday.

 

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OPEN 2024

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