President's Report & Results 15th May Gordonvale Golf Club

President's Report &

Results of the Single Stableford Competition

Played on 15th May 2012

at Gordonvale Golf Club

113 Players

President's Report

A lovely bright day with a pleasant cool breeze tempted out 91 men & 22 ladies to Gordonvale golf club. We were also pleased that Katrin Nash from Drummond golf was able to take time off to come out & have a game.

The course was in good condition, with preparations underway for the club's Autobarn Open being held at the weekend. Drains still had water in them in places, but the weeds on the banks had been sprayed & rough cut to a reasonable length, so less time was spent looking for balls. The greens have received several treatments and were starting to come good again.

Thanks to club Captain Trevor for arranging a drinks cart & for Kim assisting him. It was unfortunate that it received little patronage, probably because of the cooler weather, so it will not be reappearing until next summer. Thanks also to Lionel & Kim for preparing the sandwiches which went down well & to Emily for keeping up with bar requests.

Many thanks to Allan Christensen Physiotherapy for sponsoring the game. Allan Christensen unfortunately was unable to play but attended to present the trophies after saying a few words about what he offered. We have some cards available for those who want to discuss a program with him.

Welcome to new members Masa Kato & John Sinclair of Half Moon Bay, who bring our membership for the year to date up to 258.

Our next game is at Mossman golf club on 22nd May, where it will be interesting to see if all greens are back in play.

Look forward to seeing you there.

Louis Siedle

Results

Men's Winner Div 1: Des Jones 44 points

Men's Runner up Div 1: Don Kerr 40 points c/b

Men's Winner Div 2: John Everall 41 points

Men's Runner up Div 2: Cec Turner 40 points c/b

Ball Rundown

40 points: Len Manoff, David Jackson, Peter Wundersitz, Barry Pike

39 points: Barry Hartley, Paul Morley, John Pilbin, Peter Jostons, Brian Norris

38 points: Frank Thelan, Arthur Walton, Keith Sanderson, David Pitt, Colin Johannsen, Masa Ichise, Bill Leonard, Tony Latimore

37 points: Graham Ross, Tom Clifford, Kevin Reddicliffe, Larry Perrett, Don McHardie, Brian Rowan, Bruce Magill

36 points: Barry Butt, Brian Beven, Alan Dwyer, Harold Gibbins, Merv Hains, Ken Martin

35 points: Bill Mortimer, Dave Iverach, Daryl de Clifford, Ross White, Jim Logan, Kevin Ranger, Roger Smith

NTPs men: 5^th Peter Wundersitz; 8^th Graham Ross; 14th Dave Parish; 17^th Don Kerr

Women's Winner: Carol Madden 39 points

Women's Runner up: Chris Everall 38 points

Ball Rundown:

37 points: Deon Reddicliffe

35 points: Anne Perrett, May Wilkinson, June Willmot

34 points: Kay Bergiel, Cheryl Piccone

33 points: Lois Tait, Annette Tesch

32 points: Kath Andrews, Lily Schirmer, Judy Ellis

NTPs women: 3^rd Anne Perrett ; 12^th Chris Everall

Next Game Gordonvale 15th May

All,

Our next game is at Gordonvale golf club which has recovered well after the wet.

Weeds in drains have been sprayed & water in them has largely evaporated although there is still some around, mainly in the most awkward spots!  Greens have improved considerably thanks to an ongoing program & I'm told there will be a drinks cart doing the rounds during our game.

The sponsor for the day is Allan Christensen Physiotherapy & we hope to have Allan there to tell you about his practice & so you can talk to him.

Look forward to seeing you there.

Also, we're still having some problems with emails being returned undeliverable, so I'm going to send out a test email to all on our mailing list today.  If you don't receive anything & think you have given us your email address, please email me at lsiedle@gmail.com.

Louis Siedle

President's Report & Results 8th May Cairns Golf Club

President's Report &

Results of the Single Stableford Competition

Played on 8th May 2012

at Cairns Golf Club

118 Players

President's Report

This was the game swapped with Mareeba because the course was unplayably wet on 17^th April, and recent excellent weather resulted in a good turnout of 94 men & 24 ladies.

The course was in good condition with some run returning to the fairways & the bunkers with soft sand in them. Although the greens still had not fully recovered from scarification, they should be back to near perfect in a couple of weeks. Several remarks were made about the amount of work being done on the gardens, which were looking beautiful, particularly to those of us who managed to stay out of them!

Whilst we were there, work started on levelling the site of the new Pro's Shop & clearing was continuing along the road in preparation for the Cairns access road upgrades. It will be interesting to watch developments in the lead-up to our Open in June.

Many thanks to Complete Health & Fitness Solutions for sponsoring the game & to their representative Scott Payne who played & presented the trophies after saying a few words about what they offered. We have some cards available for those who want to discuss a program with them.

Thanks also to the Club caterers who did well in keeping the sandwiches up to the numbers participating & looking after us generally.

Welcome to visitors Ian Watson of Cabramatta, NSW, & Keith Dudgeon of Ashgrove, Brisbane. We hope you enjoyed the game & that we will see you again.

Our next game is at Gordonvale golf club on 15^th May, where the greens are responding well to a rehabilitation program. The drains are also drying out, at least in places!

Look forward to seeing you there.

Louis Siedle

Results

Men's Winner Div 1: Peter Jostons 38 points c/b

Men's Runner up Div 1: Robin Tonks 38 points

Men's Winner Div 2: Alan Dwyer 39 points c/b

Men's Runner up Div 2: Brian Panigas 39 points

Ball Rundown

37 points: Ian Tindale, Tom Clifford, Ross White, Mal Arthur, Ross Treacy, Kevin Moore

36 points: Bill Leonard, Dave Ingram, Russ Gill

35 points: Jim Logan, George Studham, Peter Yelland

34 points: Mick Grumley, Vern Sandilant, Eiji Watanabe, Cec Turner, George Atkinson, Kevin Reddicliffe, Warren Wright

33 points: Des Jones, Terry Wallin, Merv Hains, Peter Wundersitz, Lou Siedle

32 points: Sam Power, Don Thomson, Len Manoff

31 points: Graham Ross, Keith Hillier, Larry Perrett, Les Doolan, Kevin Baker, Greg Gibb, Ian Watson, Nev Andrews, Brian Cowin, Keith Dudgeon, Wal Anthony, Eddy Spry, David Parrish

NTPs men: 5^th Frank Thelan; 8^th Keith Schirmer; 11th Kevin Moore; 17^th Keith Sanderson

Women's Winner: Ruth Yelland 34 points

Women's Runner up: Helen Rowe 33 points

Ball Rundown:

30 points: Lois Tait, May Wilkinson, Jan Wundersitz

29 points: June Willmot, Edna Atkinson

28 points: Annette Tesch

26 points: Chris Everall

25 points: Rosemary Barker, Dot Ruddle, Robyn Harper

NTPs women: 8^th Ruth Yelland; 17^th Annette Tesch

Next Game Cairns Golf Club 8th May

All,

 Just a reminder that our next game is at Cairns. (We swapped it with Mareeba when it was drowned out on 17th April.)

The course is in good shape with some run on the fairways for a change. The greens were cut for their medal round last Saturday, so will probably still be pretty slick for us.

Also, if you have not downloaded a copy of the Open application form from the blog, I've sent it as an attachment to an email to all I have emails for. Some of these were returned undeliverable, so if you think you have given us your email but haven't received that notice, please see us at registration.

 Look forward to seeing you at Cairns.

 Louis Siedle

President's Report & Results 1st May at Half Moon Bay Golf Club

President's Report &

Results of the Single Stableford Competition

Played on 1^st May 2012

at Half Moon Bay Golf Club

110 Players

President's Report

Despite heavy cloud & some rain on the way into the club, the weather cleared to provide a fine day with a pleasant breeze. The course was in good condition, although the greens still had not fully recovered from a coring & scarification. They should be excellent for our next game at the club at the end of the month.

Many thanks to Bendigo Bank for sponsoring the game. The bank has been a good supporter of our organisation so pop in & see them if you are looking at opening an account or changing banks.

The club had new caterers who seemed to be doing a good trade & no complaints were heard – always a good sign!

Welcome back to Lilly & Keith Schirmer from their extended trip around Australia. We look forward to hearing about how they went on the Nullarbor 18, as well as the other 60 plus clubs they played at. Welcome also to visitor Greg Coffey from Atherton who was too young to score in our comp but seemed to enjoy the day & hopefully will join us when he is of age. Our membership stands at 243 for the 2012 year.

Congratulations to June Willmot on winning the first prize in our raffle and Russ Gill for taking out the second prize.

Just a reminder that our next game is at CAIRNS on 8^th May, not Mareeba as shown on our program.

Look forward to seeing you there.

Louis Siedle

Results

Men's Winner Div 1: Tom Clifford 40 points

Men's Runner up Div 1: Des Jones 38 points

Men's Winner Div 2: Terry Stevens 43 points

Men's Runner up Div 2: Harvey Blanch 38 points

Ball Rundown

38 points: Colin Johannsen

37 points: Harold Gibbins

36 points: Mal Arthur, Zbig Bergiel, Keith Sanderson, John Everall

35 points: Graham Morrow, Brian Cowan, Greg Coffey, Paul Morley, Les Doolan, Ian Schofield

34 points: Roger Smith, Russ Gill, Tolli Lisiecke

33 points: Don Thomson, George Studham, Barry Hartley, Peter Jostons, Brian Beven, Len Manoff, John Pilbin, Keith Hillier, Brian Norris, Mike van Cuylenburg, Kevin Reddicliffe

32 points: Alan Dwyer, Graham Ross, Peter Mullins, Eiji Watanabe, Don Kerr

31 points: Bill Peterson, Barry Butt, Kevin Ranger, Hiroshi Hosaka, Dave Iverach, Arthur Walton

NTPs men: 3^rd & 11^th Jim Logan; 9^th Graham Fisher; 16th Brian Rowan

Women's Winner: Judy Ellis 33 points

Women's Runner up: Pris Freeman 31 points

Ball Rundown:

30 points: Lily Schirmer

29 points: May Wilkinson, Di Diversi

28 points: Bev Cowell, Robyn Harper

26 points: Lois Tait

25 points: Helen Rowe, Annette Tesch, Chris Everall

NTPs women: 4^th Pris Freeman; 16^th Robyn Harper

Next Game Half Moon Bay GC 1st May

All,

Our next game is at Half Moon Bay on Tuesday, May Day, but there will be no dancing round the Maypole or marches, just some honest golf.

The course is in good condition & although the greens may still have some sand on them they will have been mown on Monday or the morning we play.

The club has a new caterer & menu to tempt you at the half way point & after the game:

Bacon and Egg Roll $7

Burger $6

Chips $3

Fish and Chips $10

Sandwiches $5

Muffins $4

Look forward to seeing you there.

Louis Siedle

President's Message & Results 24th April - Atherton Golf Club

President's Report &

Results of the Single Stableford Competition

Played on 24th April 2012

at Atherton Golf Club

86 Players

President's Report

A beautiful sunny day with a pleasantly cool breeze rewarded those who turned up at Atherton golf club for our weekly game. Congratulations to the greens staff for the presentation of the course.

The weather seems to be settling down at last, although the forecast is for some more rain coming in at the weekend, however that is unlikely to affect the Mareeba Open as it rarely rains at Mareeba according to our (unbiassed?) Treasurer! If anyone is hoping for a last minute inclusion in the Open, forget it, as it is fully booked with a waiting list & the draw has been completed.

Thanks to Debbie & Owen for the welcoming tea, coffee, raisin bread and sandwiches which went down well as usual. Thanks also to the club for sponsoring the event.

Welcome to our new member, Darryl King of Atherton. Our membership stands at 226 for the 2012 year.

Our next game is at Half Moon Bay on 1^st May. The Consistency event that was cancelled on 20^th March has been transferred so you won't miss out. Greg Ferry also informs me that the caterer has changed & there is a new menu to tempt you.

Look forward to seeing you there.

Louis Siedle

Results

Men's Winner Div 1: George Studham 40 points

Men's Runner up Div 1: Louis Siedle 39 points c/b

Men's Winner Div 2: Thomas Stager 40 points

Men's Runner up Div 2: Claud Clark 39 points

Ball Rundown

39 points: Greg Gibb, Russ Gill

38 points: Trevor Lawrence, Brian Bevan, Darryl de Clifford, Graeme Hughes

37 points: David Jackson, Bryan McCallum, Larry Perrett, Ted Lander, Graham Ross

36 points: Barry Hartley, Lloyd Sawtell, Mike van Cuylemberg, Frank Thelan

35 points: Harvey Blanch, Dave Iverach, Jim Logan, Les Doolan, Rod Cade, Darryl King, Brian Norris, Brian Rowan

34 points: Ross White, Graham Morrow, Drew Studham, Mike Fredricks

NTPs men: 3^rd Laurie Bell; 11th David Pitt; 13th Eric Pihlhjerta; 18^th Peter McMenamin

Women's Winner: Kay Bergiel 37 points

Women's Runner up: Lorraine Doolan 34 points

Ball Rundown:

33 points: Helen Rowe

32 points: Ann Perrett, May Wilkinson

30 points: June Willmot, Kaye Mullins

29 points: Dion Reddicliffe

27 points: Kath Andrews

NTPs women: 11th May Wilkinson; 18^th Ann Perrett