Next Game Cairns GC 12 Nov

All,

We're back to our normal Tuesday game, which is a single stableford at Cairns GC.

Greens were cored & sanded a couple of weeks ago & are coming along nicely, so should be a bit slower than usual, which will please some of us.

Sponsor for the day is Stratford Painting Contractors.

See you there.

Louis

Presidents Report & Results HALF MOON BAY Golf Club Monday 04 Nov 19

PRESIDENT REPORT – HALF MOON BAY GOLF CLUB 04 Nov 19

Hi Members,

Today`s game was a single stableford at HALF MOON BAY Golf Club and as it was a Monday due to the Melbourne Cup there was a fairly good attendance of 84 golfers consisting of 65 men & 19 ladies. There was one visitor, Rob Little from somewhere within Aust. The good scores below reflect the great condition of the course and ditto for the weather.

Our sponsor today was HALF MOON BAY Golf Club itself, many thanks to Greg and his team for their support throughout the year as they not only sponsored us on the day but also provide a slab of beer to raffle off free of charge at every game. The very fortunate winner today was the only non-drinker in the Vets, Brian Norris, congrats Brian also many thanks to Greg for changing the beer into 1 doz balls.

Some of our committee and members will be travelling down to Tassie this week for the National Vets Championships commencing next Monday, we wish you all a great week, safe travels and hope the weather and courses are to your liking and someone please bring home the bacon back to the Far North from the Apple Isle. Always remember two heads are better than one.

I did receive a very stern and degrading email from our EX Pres, Greg Gibb after my comments on the blog last week, I have sent it to my legal team, may I just say “watch this space”.

We are getting very close to the end of our season and with the AGM only 3 weeks away, anyone interested in joining the Committee please complete a nomination form and hand it to the Secretary Louis Siedle sooner rather than later.

Next weeks game will be back to normal on Tuesday 12 Nov at Cairns Golf Club and our sponsor will be Stratford Painting Contractors, hope to see you all there.

Robin

President

RESULTS:

MENS:

Winner:

Div 1: George Kyriazis on 40 pts

Runner Up: Evert Van Kleef c/b on 39 pts

Div 2: Lionel Law on 42 pts

Runner Up: Peter Anderson on 41 pts

Ball Rundown:

39pts: Peter Johnston

38pts:Ron Sylvester, Wal Anthony, Tom Stager, Vaughan Edwards, John Pilbin & Derek Taylor.

37pts:Rod Ingram, Darryl Chandler & John Famularo.

36pts:Tim Hollman, Louis Siedle, Harvey Blanch, Tony Neilson & Mark Davidson and

35pts: Darryl De Clifford, Russell Wicks & Tony Calcutt

LADIES:

Winner: Rosemary Barker on 35pts

Runner Up: Dee Kottnig on 34 pts

BALL RUNDOWN

33 pts: Kay Cleland

32 pts: Sharyn Harrington & Suda woodward

31 pts: Jane Taylor & Doreen Law and

30 pts: Heather forster & Julie Wallace

N.T.P.’s

MENS: 4^th Pete Edmonds, 9^th Robin Tonks, , 11^th Mark Davidson & 16^th Tae Zheng

LADIES: 4^th Rosemary Barker, 9^th Jane Taylor, 11^th Kay Bergiel & 13^th Chris Trevenen

Next Game MONDAY 4 Nov at Half Moon Bay

All,

As has been well advertised recently, our next game is on MONDAY 4 Nov at Half Moon Bay, because seemingly the Melbourne Cup takes precedence the next day.  (Btw, if anyone hasn't seen the film 'Ride Like a Girl' I can recommend it, if for no other reason that I learned a lot about racing that I hadn't thought about before.)

Sponsor for the day is Half Moon Bay Golf Club.

I'm told the course has no new surprises to spring on us, so presumably the greens will be as slick as usual & the croc is still in residence on 3.

The caterers should be there but if you want a snack please fill in your order before teeing off.

See you there.

Louis

President Report & results from Mareeba GC 29 Oct

PRESIDENT REPORT – MAREEBA GOLF CLUB 29 Oct 19

Hi Members,

Today`s game was a single stableford at MAREEBA Golf Club with a good rollup of 85 golfers consisting of 68 men & 17 ladies. There was one new member, Warren Berry from HMBGC, welcome to the FNQVGA Warren.

Many thanks to Rod Cade & Ron Blake for arranging the carts, tea/coffee etc, much appreciated by all. The course was once again in good condition due to the hard work from the dedicated members of Rod`s crew, well done guys we will be back on 19 Nov 19.

Our sponsor today was the REEF CASINO who have supported us throughout 2019, a great place to stay & play, you never know your luck, you may just win a trip to Vegas. Thanks Reef Casino for your continued support.

Today we had a surprise visit from our OLD President Greg Gibb (from somewhere down south), Greg was welcomed by all members back into the fold as if he had never been away and I can assure you all that he had a fantastic day and was over the moon to have received a ball in the rundown. There was an incident on the 17^th green whereby he putted from off the green and it was going to go off the other side when all of a sudden a Roo appeared from nowhere and caressed his ball to within 6 feet from the hole, unbelievable, and because he is such an honest John he deliberately 3 putted as he considered it unfair to the rest of the field. Apologies for going on a bit but I was with Gibbsy all day and it does rub off........

For those who know Lily Schirmer, she has recently had a quick visit to Townsville hospital and has had half a lung removed to get rid of that dastardly cancer thingy. The good news is that the op went well and I have been assured that Lily will be returning home either today or tomorrow to commence her recovery. From all of us at the Vets Lily our prayers and thoughts are with you & Keith and we hope to see your smiling face on a golf course when you are fully recovered, love to you Lily from everyone.

We also wish our Secretary Louis Siedle all the best for his current medical procedures and hope the treatment cures his ailment as well. Keep the faith Louis, love from us all.

Next weeks game will be on Monday 4^th Nov at Half Moon Bay GC due to the running of the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday 5th. Please leave yourself a note for Monday next week.

Robin

President

RESULTS:

MENS:

Winner:

Div 1: Evert Van Kleef on 39 pts

Runner Up: Ernie Bingham on 37 pts

Div 2: John Famularo c/b on 37 pts

Runner Up: Graham Morrow also on 37 pts

Ball Rundown:

37pts: Mike Blunt & Harvey Blanch

36pts:Dennis Vohland

35pts:Brian Bevan, Eric Haworth, Tom Stager, George Kyriazis, Mike Van Cuylenburg, Rod Cade and of course Greg Gibb

34pts:Al Dwyer, Ian Tindall, Roger Smith, Ross White, Frank Toth, John Gregan, Garry Castle, George Atkinson & Bob Billingham.

LADIES:

Winner: Chris Ruddick on 37pts

Runner Up: Chris Everall on 36 pts

BALL RUNDOWN

33 pts: Maria Ling & Doreen Law

32 pts: Chris Trevenen

31 pts: Shayn Harrington and

30 pts: Judy Guzzwell & Celia Fox

N.T.P.’s

MENS: 4^th Dennis Lankester, 8^th Ross Ellen, , 11^th Al Dwyer & 13^th Ken Baker

LADIES: 4^th Andrina Wilson, 8^th Chris Trevenen, 11^th Doreen Law & 13^th Doreen Law

Next Game Mareeba 29 Oct

All,

Our next game is a nice easy single stableford at Mareeba golf club.

There's nothing new to report about the course, which did not get anywhere near the rain we had here,so there will be plenty of run as usual.

However, sad to say Gaby will be on holiday, having decided to celebrate a birthday (which one will remain a secret with me unless a substantial bribe is offered!) so her famous apple turnovers will not be in evidence.

See you there.

Louis

PS The game after this is at HMB & will be on MONDAY 4 Nov, as a certain horse race is being run somewhere down south on the Tuesday.

AGM 2019 & Committee Nominations

FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND VETERAN

GOLFERS ASSOCIATION INC.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

*************

The AGM of the above Organisation will be held

at the GORDONVALE GOLF CLUB at 8.00 a.m.

On TUESDAY 26th NOVEMBER 2019

AGENDA

*****

1. Open & apologies.
2. Minutes silence for departed members.
3. Confirmation of the Minutes of the AGM held at the Gordonvale Golf Club on Tuesday 27th November 2018.
4. Consideration of the President's Annual Report and adoption thereof for the year ended 31^st October 2019.
5. Presentation of the Financial Statement and Auditor’s Report and adoption for the year ended 2019.
6. Election of members to the Management Committee 2019/20.*
7. Appointment of the Honorary Patron, Honorary Auditor, and Honorary Solicitor.
8. Determination of amount payable for the Annual Membership Fees.
9. Consider any Notice of Motion.
10. Transact any General Business that may be brought forward in accordance with the Constitution of the Association.

* Nominations for the Management Committee must be made by 12 Nov 19 on the form below, which you can copy & print out.  Forms will also be available at registration for games prior to 12 Nov.

FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND VETERAN GOLFERS ASSOCIATION INC.

COMMITTEE MEMBER NOMINATION FORM

We the undersigned hereby nominate..................................................................................

for the position of …...............................................................................for the year 2020

Dated this...................day of …......................................2019

Proposer:.........................................................

Seconder:........................................................

Signed as accepted by Nominee:........................................................

Nomination received at........................am/pm Date:.................................2019

Secretary:......................................................

Presidents Report & results for Gordonvale GC 22 Oct

PRESIDENT REPORT – GORDONVALE GOLF CLUB 22 Oct 19

Hi Members,

Today`s game was a single stableford at GORDONVALE Golf Club with a pretty fair turnup of 64 golfers consisting of 50 men & 14 ladies, taking the weather into consideration 64 very keen members was a good result. There were two visitors, Peter Jackson from Hawksnest and Peter Real (Graham`s son) from Bangkok.

Many thanks to Kim for arranging all the carts, tea/coffee etc, much appreciated by all. The FNQVGA have not played G/Vale since June and the greens were a marked improvement on our last game so much so that I must commend the Greens staff for their dedication to bring the course back to its glory days, WELL DONE GUYS.

Our sponsor today was DRUMMOND GOLF who not only have been a loyal sponsor this year to the Vets but also have just signed on to sponsor us yet again in our 2020 Program, many thanks Darren, the reason our prices remain low is because of people like you who support our senior citizens.

Next weeks game will be a stableford event at MAREEBA GOLF CLUB hope to see you all there.

Just a heads up, the following game will be on Monday 4^th Nov at Half Moon Bay GC due to the running of the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday 5th.

Robin

President

RESULTS:

MENS:

Winner:

Div 1: Evert Van Kleef on 36 pts

Runner Up: Eric Haworth on 35 pts

Div 2: Tommy Stager on 38 pts

Runner Up: Dave Horton on 37 pts

Ball Rundown:

36pts: Derek Taylor

35pts:Peter Anderson

34pts:Bill Eden, Peter Walters, Eben Ingram & Dave Lawler

33pts: Ian Tindall, Tony Calcutt & John Bowden

32pts:Al Dwyer, George Atkinson, Pete Edmonds, Marcus Morse & Ken Berrigan

LADIES:

Winner: Judy Guzzwell on 33 pts

Runner Up: Celia Fox on 29 pts

BALL RUNDOWN

28 pts: Edna Atkinson & Heather Forster and

27 pts: Cathie Coverdale & Kay Bergiel

N.T.P.’s

MENS: 5^th Robin Tonks, 8^th Evert Van Kleef, 14^th Dave Lawler & 17^th Graham Real

LADIES: 5^th Skinner, 8^th Belle Gillam, 14^th Belle Gillam & 17^th Andrina Wilson