SOS CUP - ROUND 2

Twenty members and one guest turned up to have a 2nd shot for the SOS Cup, with a sausage sizzle to follow at Perry Lakes

The Tuart Course provided a different set of challenges to last week on the Old Course when the top players included:

• Frances Longhurst    67
• Lynne Malone    71
• James Axson    71
• Gary Burgess    74
• Lynley Hunter    74

With James and Lynley not contesting Round 2, only 3 frontrunnes remained as favourites! Would they prevail?

Paul Cooper has been celebrating his 70th birthday.
Seen here with Andrea Williams and Dave Millar.

Faye Millar and Lynne Malone get their cart in order!

1st tee jitters ?

Glen and Andrea ready to tee off.

Flashy shoe competition

First to identify who was wearing this flashy shoe gets a free raffle token for next week! The wearer and fellow team mates are exempted!

The inimitable Paul 'Gardy' Gardner ready to slay the course!

The 'Benkerr' cart readty to roll!

Group 2 - Shelley, Andrea, Wayne & Gary on the 1st tee.

WELL, I'LL BE BUNKERED !

Group 3 managed to all end up in the rear bunker on Hole 5 !!

Dave takes a selfy with Lynne, Faye & Paul

Another perspective

Yes !!   All 4 balls are bunkered !!
Better long than short as the saying goes.

Shelley too close to a tree trunk!

Keith in a spot of bother !
"It is up there somewhere" !

Perry Lakes Sausage Sizzle

After the game most players managed to make it to Perry Lakes where they found the early finishers had cooked up the snags and onion, set out the drinks, rolls and salad ready for consumption!

Dave, Greg and Colin sitting comfortably under a gum tree !

Acting President, Andrea Williams commenced the formal part of the meeting by welcoming everyone to the first sausage sizzle in quite some time. Records seem to indicate 31 May was the last sizzle, after the annual bout with the WABGA!

With the Annual Dinner coming up on Saturday, 29 November, please ensure that your payment has been made to the SOS Operaing bank account.  Also, anyone with special dietary requirements should contact Shelley Yeo before next Saturday, 8 March.  

Next Week  - eligible players will compete for the Masters Trophy, an 18 hole stroke event (lowest net score wins) to be held on the Tuart Course with a 8.12 am start.

The Masters Trophy competition is for a Perpetual Trophy and is only open to members who have won a 36 hole Cup event or the Match Play competition in any fixture year. Glen Pope won in 2024.

Non-eligible players will compete in a standard stroke game.

Anniversaries

Glen Pope provided a few kind words to Paul Cooper on the occasion of his 70th birthday celebrations being held this week, noting that Paul's athletic frame, fuelled by pre-game bacon & egg sandwiches, consistently produces great golf shots !   

SOS CUP - ROUND 2 RESULTS

Congratulations to Faye Millar and Glen Pope for each scoring 70 net strokes, closely followed by Dave Williamson on 71 net strokes.

At the other end of the spectrum we have Paul Cooper on 86 strokes narrowly beated by Paul Gardner for the bag of lollies, on 87.

Andrea reads out the competition results

SOS CUP WINNER

And the winner of the SOS CUP 2025 is Frances Longhurst with a total score of 140.

Frances is a worthy winner having the lowest score of any round, taking a 4 stroke advantage into Round 2 and, with an aggregate score of 140 wins by a 3 stroke margin.

If further accolades are needed, Frances birdied the Tuart's index 1, par 5, 4th hole thereby being awarded 2 x $5 Wembley Gift Cards.

SOS CUP placings
Keith (=3rd), Frances (1st), Lynne (2nd) & Glen (=3rd)

With Derek winning the Memorial Cup a few weeks ago in grand fashion, the Longhurst's might have been taking covert lessons in the lead-up to the festive season!  Surely their mantleplace is overflowing! 

SOS Cup - Round 2 Podium

Lynne (4th), Glen (=1st), Faye (=1st)
Absent: Dave Williamson (3rd)

Novelties

There were two Golden Holes worth $150 (Hole 3) and $37 (Hole 18), but no-one got close enough to either!

Other novelty awards will be published if details can be forwarded to Peter's email address !

Birdies

Only 4 birdies were recorded

Glen Pope on the 2nd

Frances Longhurst on the 4th

Dave Williamson on the 10th, and

Mark Wilson, also on the 10th

Paul cleaned up the bag of lollies and read out the fine categories.

Shelley, Carol & Paul shake the collection boxes and
managed to rake in $44.10 for the first week the
 Kings Park Honour Avenue fund.

 

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SOS CUP - ROUND 1

 Unbelievably, or perhaps not, players vying for the first round of the clubs oldest trophy were greeted once again by drizzling rain.  Here we are two thirds of the way into Spring and yet Winter still seems to be with us. Not only was bird flu threatening to come up from Heard Island but also the sub-Antarctic weather.

A good field of  24 braved the fickle weather, all hoping to get their mitts on the converted trophy. Unfortunately last years winner Puggy couldn't join us as he is still recovering following his recent surgery. 

Peter gets the improvisation award for the week with his Woollies bag cover. Well done Peter

All smiles despite the weather - what a dedicated lot the SOS Golf Group are.

Lets not forget the game also keeps you young and fit . Look at the great Garry Player for example who just celebrated his 90th birthday. There's hope for us yet, just keep playing the game we all love to hate.

Fordy in his return match for 2025 hit a blinder off the first tee and it was looking like he'd snuck in a few practice rounds ahead of his return.

However it was evident he hadn't played for a while when he 5 putted the 5th green from inside 2m creating a dilemma for the penalties crew at the post match presentations - what do we call a 5 putt?

the rust also showed with some further uncharacteristically poor putting by Fordy who may well be called 007 from now on.

 

SPOTS OF BOVVER 

Just one recorded with Don attempting a back handed shot adjacent to a rather large tree that was captured beautifully in time-lapse photography by his two playing partners, the dynamic duo Lynne and Lynley (not sure which fairway, but it doesn't matter). Needless to say it was not a happy outcome and sadly was typical of Don's day.

                       

                                                           

THE RESULTS

THE WINNERS

Stand out winner with a magnificent score of 5 under par 67 was Frances. Only a count back could separate second and third place with Lynne (getting stronger every week) nudging out James who is getting in a couple of 9 hole rounds after work at his new mid-week club, Royal Perth, as practice for the Big One at Royal Wembley on Saturdays. What a privilege it is to be able top play Saturday golf at a great course like Wembley. 

For the rest of us we could but lament our rotten luck, lost balls, balls that stopped agonizingly close to the cup or deflected off at the last roll - unbelievable!!!!! 

One person not lamenting anything was Keith who received a load of trophy's that Andrea had engraved during the week.

THE NOVELTIES

Golden Hole #1 - Hole # 2 - Club

Ladies Longest Drive - Hole # 4 - Lynley

Nearest in One - Hole # 6 - Earle

Men's Longest Drive - Hole # 10 - Garry

Nearest in Two - Hole # 15 - James

Golden Hole (the main one $150) - Hole # 16 - Garry

BIRDIES

Hole # 1 - James and Andrea (normally the kiss of death but not in James this case, possibly though with Andrea)

Hole # 16 - Garry

WHEEL OF FORTUNE

Shelly did a magnificent job in Puggy's absence, although I think it should be heralded in with the squealing pig that captures everyone's attention. The only disappointment was that we had more numbers left over than purchased - what's going on, far too many moths in some wallets!!!!

The big winner on the day was Popey, which was only fitting as he celebrates a birthday on Monday.

POST MATCH STUFF 

GALA DINNER - SATURDAY 29 NOVEMBER

SOLD OUT - Much better effort this year with 40 people committed to attending.

There was a bit of a dressing down by Gerry directed, righty so, at the lack of volunteers to step up in the absence of our social director, Puggy. Clubs don't run themselves and everyone should at times volunteer for the various duties required to keep the club running like the well oiled machine that it is.

Next Saturday is Round 2 of the Big One to be played on the Tuart with first tee time at 8.04.

DONT FORGET WE HAVE THE BONUS SAUSAGE SIZZLE FOLLOWING PLAY NEXT SATURDAY.

FREE FOOD, FREE DRINKS - THE PRICE IS RIGHT 

(this could bring Gardy and a few others out of retirement)

You have heard of the Three Musketeers well this is the Four Captains

 

Memorial Trophy

 

The Memorial Trophy (aka The Keith Barrow Cup).

A stroke competition on the Tuart

In memory of those SOS players who have passed while still active members.

Tightly held by Keith for the last two years

Could it be prised from his grasp today?

It wasn’t a large field. A total of only 18 players.

Perhaps because the BOM had forecast rain. It didn’t happen.

A very pleasant day for golf

A most amenable temperature

With a gentle breeze.

Colin sustained a sporting injury on the 16^th, and we wish him a speedy recovery.

Otherwise, we made it to the afters without incident.

We have birthdays coming up for Frances and Boris.

Boris picked up the Golden Hole on the 18^th, although it wasn’t a large jackpot this week.

The other novelties:

The ladies’ longest drive on the 13^th went to Lynley

Nearest in two on the 16^th (that’s right, the one that the girls can’t reach in two), had Frances very close, but Keith snuck inside.

The men’s longest drive on the 9^th had Boris outpointed by Peter.

Nearest in two on the 7^th had Goochy on the green, but Andrea did better.

Gardy chunks one big time. 

Interestingly, three players in the last group managed to score a 9 on the first par 5 (the 4^th). Keith, Carol and Dave were all unfortunate, while the fourth member of the group, Steph, managed an upside down 9 (a 6). In the first group, Goochy outdid them all with a 10 on the same hole!

Birdies were celebrated thus:

Goochy and Boris on 18

Frances on 16

Lynley on 8, and

Derek on 10.

If you and your guest are planning on coming to the Gala Dinner on November 29^th, you’ll need to have registered by the end of this week to Frances, (falonghurst1@gmail.com) and to have paid to the SOS operating account by the end of the next.

Otherwise there will be no food for you.

Make your payment of $35 for members and $50 for guests to

SOS Golf Group Inc

036-032  816543

And so, to the results of the Memorial Trophy.

A closely fought battle for the podium positions, but no countback necessary to determine the winner.

Meanwhile, Gary is competing in the WA Open at Mt Lawley. 

(Which, incidentally, seems to be sponsored by an undertakers. They certainly know their demographic.)

We understand from Gary's caddie, Roland, that the bunkers and the slick greens have been creating problems for all the competitors. Round 2 continues today.  

Next week, it’s the first round of the SOS Cup, with a 7.48 tee off.

The following week, we’ll enjoy a sausage sizzle at Perry Lakes after the game. 

See you there.