The first round of the 2025 Championship series attracted 23 members, all keen to record a sound net score in the 1st game of the 7 game series.
Also playing as a guest today was Mick Fisher Welcome Mick!
The forecast for Saturday was initially for up to 10mm of rain throughout the morning and strong winds! However, the rain gods, once again, shone on the SOS group and, apart from an early occasional few drops, no-one got wet!
The wind was another thing entirely with persistent strong south westerly gusts carrying many lofted balls well off course.
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| Earle & Vickie Scarff with Mick Fisher |
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Stephanie & Keith opt for a cart!
Expecting foul weather? |
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| Gerry, Carol & Keith wearing weather proof gear! |
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| Gim, Gary and Andrea undercover before the start. |
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Mark W, Gordon & Paul G
decided it was not raining after all! |
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| Peter, Andrea & friend |
As usual, players produced a mixed bag of results as their disposition, the weather, aches, pains and equipment produced a wide range of balls deviating from the desired trajectory, direction and distance!
And, so it was, that SOS President, Gerry Tessier managed to snap the shaft of his brand new, top of the range, Ping G440 Max driver! The actual circumstances of how the shaft snapped have not been provided to the blogger, but hopefullly Gerry can get it replaced quickly under warranty!
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| Gerry demonstrates how it snapped? |
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Not sure what is going on here as the caption stated:
"Dude in trouble : Mick / Jason". . . . . !@#$%^* |
Drama on the 10th as Mark Wilson (centre of fairway) takes his 2nd shot. Gordon, who decided to take a more direct route to the stick, came unstuck as his ball clipped the top of the trees. Garry, centre of picture in his Burgessmobile, looks on!
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| Peter snookered behind a native bush on the 11th hole! |
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| Possibly Mick Fisher playing from an impaired position. |
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| A closer look at the unfortunate lie! |
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Mark W, Gary and Gordon all played two strokes on to the 16th green.
Seen here admiring their handiwork.
Only Mark W managed to birdie the hole!
Peter's ball in front left corner (3rd stroke!). |
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Before commencing the meeting Gerry checks out
whether or not the two Golden Holes have been won !
They were not ! |
President Opens Meeting
Gerry opened the post match meeting and welcomed Jason Mewett who is considering a comeback, having been a member of SOS in times past.
Gerry noted that the annual competition for the Austin Cup against the West Australian Blind Golfers Association (WABGA) will be played next Saturday, 10 May, on the Old Course. The competition will be followed by an award ceremony and Sausage Sizzle at the Perry Lakes picnic area. After the game, players should proceed directly to Perry Lakes after processing their card at the Pro Shop.
Kelly Pope, daughter of Glen Pope, will also be at the sausage sizzle to receive the SOS Donation of $600 on behalf of the Charlies Angels Foundation.
Finally, our SOS Social Organiser, Glenn Kelly, is
seeking a venue to hold the annual
SOS International Dinner - to be held on 5th, 12th or 19th July. This is always an entertining night at which the Matchplay Finalists are auctioned off ! Could anyone who can offer or recommend a suitable venue please contact Glenn (Pug Dog) Kelly.
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| SOS President, Gerry Tessier, addresses the gathering. |
Competition Results
SOS Captain Andrea Williams, announced the competition results, declaring Paul Gardner as the winner with a net 71 strokes.
Keith Barrow tied with Andrea for 2nd place with 73 strokes.
The Podium - with Keith, Andrea and Paul holding their gift card prizes!
The Golden Holes on the Tuart Course both roll over after failing to find a winner today! The Hole 3 Pot is topped out at $150 while the rollover pot on Hole 12 is currently $38.
Novelties
Strong competition as always to get your name on the card in the barrrel. The contenders today were:
Ladies LD #17 Carol, outdistanced by Lynley
NTP in 2 #10 Coops, but Gordon was further
NP #6 Boris, bettered by Peter
Mens LD #8 Mark Wilson
NP #18 Hilly, but Keith was closer
Birdies - a total of 7 birdies were scored today by:
Gardy 9th & 14th
Hilly 3rd
Earle 15th
Keith 15th
Mark W 17th
Note that tee shots off the 15th tee were assisted by the strong SW wind. Many players were surprised by how much further their ball travelled in today's conditions!
The Raffle, which raised a total of $73, was won by Peter with token number 37 !
Ash Tray Fund
After the raffle draw, Faye Millar, with the highest score of the day, did an excellent job in calling out the fines. The total donations today from players totalled $53.50 - a much larger sum than is usual - possibly due to the wind (?) - there were many lost balls! Fines collected during the year are accumulated in the Ash Tray Fund and used to make donations, amongst other uses.
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Post meeting chatter !
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