Mareeba Game 5th April

Veteran Golfers

I have been speaking with the people at Mareeba Golf Club this morning, the report is the course is in great condition, have only had about 4mm early Saturday and is not raining there this morning.

The staff have slashed the drains to improve finding balls and water run off.

The event is a Single Stableford and sponsored by TGT Hardware, who, we  thank for their continued support.

Hope to see you at Mareeba tomorrow.

Regards

Ross Bird

Vice President's Report 29th March 2011

All,

The day dawned very overcast with a forecast of showers, but as the first groups teed off at Half Moon Bay golf club, the sun came out and a fine day was enjoyed on a course in great condition.

Winners enjoyed excellent prizes supplied by the club, who sponsored the event and also laid on a sausage sizzle which was most welcome.

We welcomed four new members, Judy Ellis & Rosemary Barker of Half Moon Bay club, May Wilkinson of Cairns club, and Don Peters of Gordonvale club, bringing our membership for the year to date up to 201

Our Treasurer is still eagerly accepting subscriptions for 2011. Please present your Membership card for validation when paying.

We have FNQVGA shirts in various sizes available at $30 for short sleeves & $35 for long, with the latter being available shortly. We also have some older style shirts available reduced to $10.

Next games are at Mareeba on 5^th April, and Mossman on 12^th April, both Single Stableford, with the former being the first round of nine comprising the competition for a driver donated by Drummond Golf.

Hope to see you there.

Lou Siedle

VP

Results 29th march 2011 Half Moon Bay Golf Club

Far North Queensland Veteran Golfers Association

Results Tuesday 29th March 2011

Played at Half Moon Bay Golf Club, Single Stableford

88 Players

Men’s Winner Div 1: Russ Gill 42 points

Men’s Runner-up Div 1: Mike George 41 points

Men’s Winner Div 2: Claud Clark 39 points

Men’s Runner-up Div 2: Yasuo Kumagae 37 points (on c/b)

Ball Rundown:

40 points: Greg Gibb

39 points: Des Jones

38 points: Roger Smith, Jim Logan, Don Kerr

37 points: Jim Turco, Dave Wust

36 points: Keith Schirmer, Bob Westerman, Graham Ross, Bill Mortimer, Barry Pike

35 points: Col McDowall, Jim Egan, Len Manoff, Terry Jenkins

34 points: Rod Cade, Ted Lander, Bryan MacCallum

33 points: Terry Buchanan, G Edwards, Lou Siedle

32 points: Dave Lawler, Sam Power, Lloyd Gilbert

31 points: Terry Mangan, Dave Bennett, Jim May, Peter Anderson, David MacCormack, Brian Norris

Mens Pins: 3rd Roger Smith, 9th George Studham 11th Len Manoff, 17th Mike George

Womens Winner: Lily Schirmer 37 points

Womens Runner-up: Bettylou Pitt 36 points

Ball Rundown:

28points:Judy Ellis

26 points: June Willmot

24 points: Lois Tait, Pam Anderson

23 points: Shirley Fieldhouse, Rosemary Barker

Womens Pins: 4th Lily Schirmer, 16^th Carol Madden

Next Games:.

Tuesday 5^th April 2011 Mareeba Golf Club, Single Stableford (start of comp for Drummond Golf driver – see blog for details)

Tuesday 12^th April Mossman Golf Club, Single Stableford

See you there!

Half Moon Bay Game 29th March is ON

All,


Our Captain Roger reports that the course at Half Moon Bay is in very good condition with 18 holes open and all the bunkers raked and back in play (which will be an interesting experience for those of us who have become used to them being GUR).

Hopefully the weather will stay kind to us & we can leave our wellies at home!


Also, Craig Thomson of Drummond Golf will be there to show off the TaylorMade Burner Superfast 2.0 Driver that will be played for over 9 games starting on 5th April.


See you there.


Louis Siedle
VP

Vice President's Report 22nd March 2011

All,

Cairns Golf Club kindly agreed to fit us in for a game today to help make up games missed earlier this year because of all the rain we have had.

Unfortunately, yesterday dark clouds threatened another deluge, which may have put off some of our members, so we only mustered 47 die hards.

Despite the course receiving some heavy rain overnight, which made the conditions very soggy in spots, the greens were in good condition, apart from a couple that had been sanded, and the tough going was overcome to some extent by preferred lies/tee ups.

To cap the day off, the forecast showers for late morning did not eventuate & we enjoyed a sunny day, so thanks to all who turned up & to the Cairns staff who looked after us.

Some of you may not know that the Cairns Club Manager, Charlie, left recently to care for his seriously ill wife & we wish them both well.

Next week's game is at Half Moon Bay Golf Club where we will have a representative from Drummond Golf showing off the TaylorMade Burner Superfast driver, which is their donated prize for our recently advertised competition over 9 games commencing on 5th April at Mareeba (see earlier post).

See you there.

Lou Siedle
VP

Results 22nd March 2011 Cairns Golf Club

Far North Queensland Veteran Golfers Association

Results Tuesday 22nd March 2011

Played at Cairns Golf Club, Single Stableford

47 Players

Men’s Winner: Ted Lander 39 points

Men’s Runner-up: Don Kerr 38 points

Ball Rundown:

37 points: Greg Gibb, Len Manoff, Kevin Ranger

35 points: Ted Schofield, Russ Gill

34 points: Lou Siedle, David Bennett, Graham Ross

33 points: Ross Hobbs, Jim Logan, Sam Power, Bryan MacCallum, Bill Petersen

32 points: Bill Ford

31 points: Terry Jenkins, Keith Schirmer, Harvey Blanch

Mens Pins: 5^th David Bennett, 8^th Jim Logan, 11^th Harvey Blanch, 17th Sam Power

Womens Winner: Di Diversi 41 points

Womens Runner-up: Lil Benfield 35 points

Ball Rundown:

30points: Lois Tait

Womens Pins: 5th & 17^th Lil Benfield

Next Games:.

Tuesday 29^th March 2011 Half Moon Bay Golf Club, Single Stableford,

Tuesday 5^th April 2011 Mareeba Golf Club, Single Stableford

See you there!

Cairns Game 22nd March is ON

Veterans,

Since Ross is swanning around in NSW for a couple of weeks, I'll be looking into playing conditions for our next few games.  (I was going to congratulate him on taking the rain south with him at the weekend, but he may have sent it back this afternoon.)

Cairns golf course is in play, although carts are restricted to cart tracks, so the game there tomorrow 22nd March is ON.

Hope to see lots of you there.

Lou Siedle

VP