Next Game Atherton 4 Mar & Drummond Sponsorship

All,

Our game next Tuesday is at Atherton & is a 4BBB Aggregate Stableford sponsored by Kennedys Beta Electrical.

For those who are unsure of the comp, you record the stableford scores of yourself & your partner & add them both together at the end.

If you haven't got a partner we will try & match you up at registration as usual.

Louis Siedle

Special Announcement - Drummond Sponsorship

Katrin Nash at the Drummond Golf store in Cairns has provided our Association with an exceptional sponsorship package of $1500 for our 2014 program.

Drummond Golf will sponsor our 2 day FNQVGA Open commencing 30th June, and our Club Championships on the 5th and 12th August, plus 2 more tournaments on the 3rd and 18th November.

In addition to receiving this sponsorship, the Association also has the opportunity to earn further product rebates from Drummond based on all Veteran members' golf sales at the Cairns Drummond Golf Store.

Lifetime membership at Drummond Golf for our members is a one off joining fee of $10.00. Each new member will receive a personalised Drummond Club card which is presented for instore purchases and is used to track expenditure for the product rebate.

If you are already a current Drummond Club member you will be included in the FNQ Veteran Golfers Association Club's member tally without paying another joining fee. You will receive a new member card identifying you as a member of the FNQVGA.  For every 20 new members to join at the same time our Association will receive a Fortress Empire Cart Bag valued at $250, PLUS a free $50 appreciation voucher. These will be used as prizes for future tournaments.

Veteran members will receive the very best price every time they visit any Drummond Golf Store, special rate green fees, and “2 for 1” deals at over 100 courses across Australia.

Katrin Nash is a FNQVGA member and will be playing at Atherton Golf Club on Tuesday 4th March. She will be happy to explain the benefits to all members on that day.  

President's Report & Results Gordonvale 18 Feb

President's Report & Results

of the Single Stableford Competition

Played on 18th February

at Gordonvale Golf Club

90 Players

President's Report

Welcome back to all our members after the festive season which I hope they all enjoyed, but is anyone sick of hot cross buns yet & Easter not till mid April?

Having missed our first game of the year at Mareeba because of the wet, 72 men & 18 ladies turned up eager to attack a course that was in surprisingly good condition despite an early morning 7mm of rain & greens which were coming along well although slow.

However, despite my warnings I saw a number of groups exploring the drains! Thick rough in places, no run on the fairways & hot humid conditions, particularly when the sun came out, saw scores generally below par even though preferred lies were in place on the fairways. Congratulations to the green keeper & volunteers who I was told had to cope with machinery breakdowns. 

Thanks to Tom Bryce for preparing the board & NTPs for us, to Manager Phil, to Erica for running the drinks drinks cart & to Cazalys for sponsoring the day.

Welcome to new members Ronald Sylvester of Cairns & Trevor Miller of Gordonvale. Quite a number of members have renewed & our membership stands at 125 to date.

Our next game is at Atherton in a fortnight, so fingers crossed for some decent weather a couple of days prior to it.

Louis Siedle

Results

Men's Winner Div 1: Rama Naidoo 38 points

Men's Runner up Div 1: Louis Siedle 36 points

Men's Winner Div 2: David Jackson 41 points

Men's Runner up Div 2: Claud Clark 35 points

Ball Rundown:

35 points: Col McDowall, Richard Staines

34 points: Merv Elms, Bob Billingham, John Everall, Brian Rowan

33 points: Keith Schirmer, Bob Turner, Trevor Barry, Dave Ingram, George Shores, Des Jones

32 points: Bill Foster, Garry Long, Brian Panigas, Ross White, Trevor Miller, Greg Gibb

31 points: Bill Eden, Niel Sharkey, Colin Johannsen, Peter McMenamin, John Shearer, Clive Perry

30 points: Don Thomson, Dave Bennett, Yasuo Kumagae, Jin Logan, Peter Yelland

NTPs men: 5^th John Bawden; 8^th Louis Siedle; 14^th Peter Yelland; 17^th Garry Castle

Women's Winner: Jothi Naidoo 34 points

Women's Runner up: Ruth Yelland 27 points

Ball Rundown:

26 points: Di Diversi

25 points: May Wilkinson, Lily Schirmer

24 points: Sue Brennan

23 points: Jane Johannsen, Lois Tait

28 points: Isa Turner

NTPs women: 3rd Jothi Naidoo & 12^th Ruth Yelland

Next Game Gordonvale 18 Feb

All,

Our game next Tuesday is at Gordonvale golf club & is a single stableford, sponsored by Cazalys.

I had a game there yesterday & it is wet in places, but nowhere near as bad as Cairns.  They had machinery on course mowing but you can expect long rough in places, so stay on the fairways & keep an eye on the ball there, as there are clumps of cut grass lying about which can swallow it.  Naturally the drains have long rough & water in them & the greens have been cut long, although I've been told they will be cut a bit shorter for us.

If we have no rain between now & then, the course will have dried out considerably, but keep an eye on the blog.  Trevor, their President is going to email me an update on Monday am & if I have anything significant to report I'll post it then.

See you there.

Louis Siedle

No Game at Mareeba 11 Feb

All,

In view of the forecast for the next week, we will not be rescheduling the cancelled game at Mareeba next Tuesday.

However, Mareeba club will be putting a game on if weather permits, open to anyone who wants a game, as they have not had as much rain as Cairns over the last couple of days.  

You can call the club on Monday on 4092 1528 or Col McDowall on 0407 921 236 to confirm that the course is playable.

The Tablelands Summer of Golf also has a game scheduled at Millaa Millaa on that day.

Louis Siedle

Mareeba Game CANCELLED

All,

I've just spoken to Col McDowall who advised they can't get machinery out to do any work on the course because it is so wet.  With rain forecast to continue, he suggested we cancel the game tomorrow & possibly reschedule it to the 11 Feb.

I'll wait & see what next week looks like before deciding whether to reschedule it so please watch this space.

Sorry for the short notice and if you know anyone who does not have internet access, please let them know.

Louis Siedle

First Game 2014 - Mareeba 4 Feb

All,

Our first game of the new year is at Mareeba on Tuesday 4 Feb., (probably just as well if the forecast wet weather continues down here).

The game will be a 4BBB Stableford, sponsored by Mitre 10, so please notify the desk at registration who you wish to partner with.  If you have a preference for playing in a group, let us know that too.

Please DO NOT complete cards & pay for potential playing partners who are expected but have not turned up, because if they decide at the last minute to drop out it causes problems to the starter writing up the board & our Treasurer.  (If you annoy the starter he may put you off last & if you annoy our Treasurer you may not get a refund!)

If you haven't read the articles on this blog about the Slope System that is now in place, please do so before you get up to Mareeba, as you will need to know your current EXACT handicap (eg 15.2) in order to calculate the handicap you will be playing off on the day.  (Laminated sheets will be available at registration on the table where you fill in your cards to make life easy for you, so I'm sure Capt. Greg will be scrutinising all high scores on the day to make sure you have entered the correct one!)

Colin Johannsen has been busy getting sponsors for our games, apart from those already arranged in Mareeba by Col McDowall, so updated copies of the 2014 program showing our sponsors will also be available at registration - thanks to all concerned.

See you there.

Louis Siedle

More on the Slope System

All,

Many of us will have experienced a nasty surprise after the introduction of the Slope system on 23 Jan, with handicaps reduced by several shots.  I hope you managed to play to it!

Capt Greg continues his informative series on the system below.

For those who have access to Golf Link by way of computer, to assist in determining your Daily Handicap, there is a Calculator just to the right of where your exact hanidcap is displayed on your Handicap History page .

 

One simply has to enter the Slope Rating of the course one is to play the following day and click on the link.  Your Daily Handicap will then be displayed and that is the handicap that you will be required to play off.

 

For those unable to access Golf Link there will be Look Up Charts at the respective venues, but again I stress, you must know your exact Golf Link handicap.

 

The Slope Ratings for the courses we will be playing over the year, off the tees we normally play, are as follows.  If there is any change to tee locations that may effect the Slope Rating members will be notified.

 

ATHERTON

Men's Whites        117                                 Ladies' Red             121

Men's Blue Wet     111                                 Ladies  Blue Wet    126

 

BABINDA

Men's White          113                                  Ladies' Red             116

 

CAIRNS

Men's White          121                                  Ladies' Red             131

 

GORDONVALE

Men's White          110                                  Ladies' Red              113

 

HALF MOON BAY

Men's White          118                                  Ladies' Red               124

Men's Grey Wet     117                                  Ladies' Yellow Wet    126

 

MAREEBA

Men's White          114                                  Ladies' Red               113

 

MILLAA MILLAA

Men's White          113                                  Ladies' Red               118

 

 

IMPORTANT NOTE

Players (with the exception of Visitors) are reminded that unless they are financial members of the FNQVGA, they are not entitiled to win the major daily prizes in our programmed competitions.

 

Captain Greg