Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Stableford on Old Course 23.03.2024

 

                                        BEFORE THE GAME


welcome back TJ



and the ususal partners in crime

Dave, good to see you 

yes, gentlemen, you too 

Earle, one of our most diligent sun screen user,
with (still) vice-captain Andrea



Some even doing a bit of putting practise



                                    DURING THE GAME


Easter egg hunt?

Oh, no, Mark W had a bad-ish day,
here his ball at hole # 18


Thanks Coopey for sending in the evidence that some of us actually played golf.


                                    AFTER THE GAME

Everybody is enjoying the after game drinks and snacks at Lake Perry

Roland, Dave & Boris

TJ

many of us

Vickie

Bernie & Pugdog



                                            THE RESULTS

Andrea won with 37 pts, closely followed by Glen Pope (37 pts) and Vickie with 36 pts.

That's how victory looks like





The podium with Captain Gerry

                                                    THE NOVELTIES


LD men hole #8                Coops, followed by Gordon, beaten by Goochy
LD women hole # 9           Vicki overdriven by Andrea
NTP in 2 hole # 10               Goochy followed by Roland
NT bunker # hole 14            Coops beaten by Gerry
NTP in 3 # hole 18                Coops beaten by Goochy 



Gary won the Golden Hole jackpot on hole # 16
$ 150

The other golden hole winners were less lucky. 
Puggy beat Andrew on the 2nd GH (#2) for exact $ 15. Life can be unfair.


Soon to be ex-captain with his co-captains
Goochy, Andrea & Earle

RAFFLE TIME

Who wants wine or bubbles?

Treasurer Peter in action

Gerry's last task as acting captain



                                                                    THE AGM

Tony read the last AGM minutes which were approved by the assembly.

Below is the 2024 /2025 Committee approved and elected by the assembly

Tony Gooch                        re-elected  President 
Andrea Williams                 new Captain 
James Axzon,                     new Vice Captain
Shelley Yeo.                        re elected  Booking Officer 
Peter Baird -                       re-elected Treasurer
Derek                                  re-elected communication officer (supported by Peter & Birgit)
Glenn Kelly.                        new social event organiser 
Karl Kusak                          new  assistant social event organiser 

New position in committee:  General Affairs Coordinator Proposed by Goochy, seconded by Andrea  ;in summary  processing of paperwork for new members, recruitment, purchasing for the Club, (shirt, promotion material etc ), sponsorship and general support to the President and committee when requested (replacement etc..) 
Nomination Gerry Tessier     approved by the assembly

Some modification on Fixtures proposed by Greg Bennet, approved by assembly, the president will modify & resend to all members.

Local rules proposed by Gerry Tessier to Committee and assembly and approved.







2- FOOTPRINT IN BUNKER - ABNORMAL COURSE CONDITIONS - LOCAL RULES 

It was suggested to the committee and assembly to consider as abnormal course condition when the ball sits in a footprint in the bunker and then to get free relief. 
Relief of ball maximum of 2 cm, not closer to the hole, must be dropped as regular procedure and the ball cannot be cleaned during the process.

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Irish Stableford on Old

It's that time of year when most of us have to brush up our knowlege of things "IRISH" and search the moth blown areas of our wardrobes for things GREEN!


And so it was as members arrived for the SOS Annual St Patrick's Day game of Irish Stableford.

Glenn Pug Dog Kelly makes a colourful arrival!

Keith, Andrea & Gardi in various shades of greenery!

Carol & Mark H looking for their team members?


Take #1 of the group photo
    
The weather was pretty good compared with recent months! However, the humidity was unusually high with temperatures in the low 30's, with plenty of cloud cover and the occasional light breeze.


There was a short list of instructions on how to play the game, the first being that each group had to select a name.

Group 1  - The Scarlet Pimpinels (Don, Mark W, Gary)
Group 2  - We Are The Craic*  (Barry, Gardi, Mark S)
Group 3   - Kelley's Heroes  (Gerry, Glenn K, Carol)
Group 4   - Gimmey's    (Greg, Keith, Paul C, Gim)
Group 5   - Póg mo thóin Craic **    (Bernie, Steph, Peter, Karl)
Group 6  -  Galway Hookers   (Mark H, Goochy, Andrea, Brett)

* Craic (/kræk/ KRAK) or crack is a term for news, gossip, fun, entertainment, and enjoyable conversation, particularly prominent in Ireland. It is often used with the definite article – the craic – as in the expression "What's the craic?" (meaning "How are you?" or "What's happening?").

** translated as "kiss my arse"
A humorous Hiberno-English catch-phrase, conveying disrespect or incredulity, also sometimes used to trick foreigners into using a vulgarity!



The 2nd and 3rd instructions involved obtaining a Golf Link card for your handicap and a group card for the team results.  Not all individuals or groups managed to get this right, causing some angst during the course of play and issues convincing the Captain of their results.

The Captain reported that Pug Dog realised after 16 holes of golf the match was set up for the Tuart Course, when we played the Old Course!  Sounds like something got lost in the translation!?

For Group 5, the absence of a group score card meant they also forgot to choose a team name until arriving at the 19th hole! By all accounts, playing in an atmosphere of nameless anonimity Bernie, Steph, Peter & Karl lost some of their team spirit and their scoring suffered accordingly! 


"We Are The Craic"
Mark S, Gardi & Barry comprise the 2nd group off the 1st tee!


Take #2 as additional members seize the opportunity!

President, Tony Gooch, announced that Lynley Hunter will be celebrating her birthday next Thursday, 21 March. Also, Keith Barrow celebrated his birthday yesterday, 15 March! Andrea's birthday on 6 March was also acclaimed as she has been absent for several weeks. 

Tony also reminded everyone that the SOS 2024 Annual General Meeting will be held next weekend at the Perry Lakes BBQ area.  So, go directly to the AGM venue after completing next week's round.  Food and drink will be provided.

Irish Stableford Results

Team Captain, Gerry Tessier, announced that only 10 points separated first from last with:

1st  Galway Hookers (Mark H, Goochy, Andrea, Brett) winning the competition with 89 points.

2nd  The Scarlet Pimpernels (Don, Mark W, Gary) just 3 points back on 86.

3rd Team Póg mo thóin Craic 3rd with 84 points.

4th place - Kelley's Heroes on 83 points
5th place - We Are The Craic on 81 points, and
6th place - Gimmey's on 79 points

The Galway Hookers each received a bottle of Baileys Irish Cream, while Bernie sponsored a another bottle of the same as a lucky dip prize . . won by Peter!





The Winners Podium including Team Galway Hookers - Andrea, Brett, Goochy & Mark H
with Bernie (true product of Ireland) and Peter (lucky dip winner).

Individual stableford results are shown below with Paul Cooper taking the honours, closely followed by Don Beasley and Brett Fordham.

Greg narrowly won the bag of lollies, from Gardi and Peter, and did a outstanding job in reading out the list of fines most generously donated by members - a total of $39.75 was raised for the Ash Tray Fund!


The Golden Hole did not go off this round and has increased to $143.  As 'the pot' will pass the $150 mark next week, a 2nd GH will commence on a separate par 3 hole. Details to be advised . . .   

Only 2 birdies were scored, which is well down on normal competition days! Don scored on hole 10 while Paul C scored on hole 14.




Novelties

NTP on #2  -  Gim, bettered by Steph.
NTP in 3 on #8 - Gerry outdistanced by Coops.
LD women on #10 - only one . . stiff knees (with cat bite) Andrea!
LD men on #11 - Mark W wins alone (got in early in first group!)
NTP in 2 on #15 - Gary erased by Bernie!

Costume Contest

The prize for the most original costume of the day was tightly contested, but was awarded to Pug Dog Kelly for his West Coast Fever T-Shirt (green), floral swim shorts and blarny hat - see top of blog for picture!

Others were highly commended, but fell short of the mark!

The Raffle

A total of 48 discs were purchased giving punters a 1 in 8 chance of winning a prize. Not sure who won, but Carol did an excellent job of churning the barrel!

Next Week

We have the Perry Lakes Cup played on the Old Course commencing at 8.44 am.

After completing play, members should go directly to the Perry Lakes BBQ area where the SOS 2024 Annual General meeting will be held.  Food and drinks will be supplied.
 

🏆  💨 

Saturday, March 9, 2024

MORE STABLEFORD

 A couple of additional moments from yesterday, too good to miss.


First, courtesty of Gim, Brett trying to manouvre a tight swing to get onto the green. 





Apparently, the ball disappeared from sight, never to be seen again. 

A bit like these rather mischievous golf balls. 





At 3 for $24, might prove to be an expensive round. I'd suggest starting with a least eighteen.


And now, thanks to Pug Dog, sit back, turn up the volume, and enjoy watching Gary manufacture an Adolf on what looks like the sixth:






STABLEFORD

 Stableford

That’s right.

Bugger. I've lost five strokes since last week!

Plain vanilla Stableford.

After the excitement of American Foursomes and Divorced Pairs.

We've all played with this guy

It looked like we’d have 26 players out there, but there were a couple of late changes.

Vickie took a tumble down the stairs. Apparently it was Earle’s fault, but a dodgy ankle meant a late withdrawal.

And Steph sent a message to Shelley explaining that she’d had a call bite, and was in hospital.

Somewhat perplexed, Shelley quite reasonably asked for more explanation. Apparently, Steph hadn’t been bitten by a call at all. She had messaged without her glasses on, and had meant “cat”, not “call”.

I didn't see it. Did you?
Nope.

So, to summarise, Steph had been bitten by one of her cats, and consequently spent 48 hours in Glendalough hospital with antibiotic drips or something similar going on.

He's back!

We feel this is probably worth a fine, perhaps under a sub-clause of “assault on the wildlife”, in this case “assault by the wildlife”.

And the last group sensed that their foursome had shrunk to being a threesome, until they were finally joined by Pug Dog while they were actually on the first green. Isn’t there an old golfing joke that explains why this happens? Not printable, unfortunately.

As to the golf, what a lovely day for a round.

A pleasant morning in the high twenties, with those sanded greens meaning a straight putt stood a very good chance of dropping in the hole, which goes a long way to explaining why birdies were two-a-penny for those brave enough to give the ball a decent shove on the slow greens.

Goochy drives the green on the seventh, then three putts!

Good to see Dave Williamson back again, although there was the classic on the fifth, when he putted out and turned around, only to find his buggy had disappeared.

That's what I call friendly golf. In the bunker together.

It was a case of “Doing a Popey” his motorised buggy had taken itself off for a walk, and were it not for the fence by the sixth tee, it would have been halfway to the beach along Empire Avenue.

In your dreams! Pinehurst Resort, North Carolina.

Lynley was fined for turning up in the wrong shirt. Her claim that it was dark when she got dressed didn’t cut it.

Whoops!

We celebrated Andrea’s birthday (again) and Keith’s on Friday.

A prickly situation?

Noted that Shelley and Lynne are going cruising to Japan,

It's my yellow ball strategy on the first tee again

and Earle and Vickie are heading to Margaret River.

What a glorious morning!

while Frances and Derek are heading to Sydney where they have been hired as au pairs for a fortnight.

Play the ball as it lies?

Goochy will be looking after the bookings remember it’s still $45 for the moment.

Profuse thanks were proffered to Peter for his peerless prowess in producing the papers for the AGM.

The raffle was won by Greg Dunkeld. Good to see you back, Greg, but seriously? Winning the raffle? Some of us have been putting the housekeeping money on it for years and are still waiting for the big one.

I think I've got a shot

So the novelties. Today, hosted by Shelley:

My point, and I do have one...

Ladies longest drive on the 2nd: Just one name, Lynley.

Men’s longest drive on the 5th: Paul B, followed by Fordy. There was some mention of Greg Bennet just passing this with his second shot, but no cigar for Greg.

Nearest the pin in 2 on the 12th was put out of its misery early on when Popey in the first group birdied the hole.

Nearest the water on the 14th bamboozled a few groups, Frances had her name on the marker, but Lynne got even tantalisingly closer. Not one for nervous golfers.

And that old favourite, nearest the pin on the 18th: Roland had a good effort, but James (back from a buggered boot) got closer still.

Next - the Golden Hole. Yes, it went off today, on the 3rd, as Boris carried off the $63 jackpot. Well done, that man.


There were (was?) a positive flock of birdies:


Popey on the 12th. 

Paul B on the 7th

Boris on the 18th

Goochy on the 6th and 9th

4D on the 3rd, 5th and 17th!

Greg D on the 6th

Maureen on the 12th

Keith on the 10th

Paul G on the 7th

and Paul C on the 4th and 6th.

Now, getting down to the pointy end of the afternoon the final results.




Three very good rounds, Frances edged out on counterback, and James making the most of his couple of weeks off. 






Next week, it’s Irish Stableford. There’s a noble tradition of dressing up for this one, and we’d be surprised if there wasn’t a special prize for the most Irish costume. There have been some crackers in the past.


The following week, it’s what we’ve all been waiting for. That’s right, the AGM. It’ll be down to Perry Lakes after the game, and there’ll be luncheon for all. (No, not next week. The week after.)


A walk down memory lane for previous St Patrick's Day turn outs

 

















 And of course, coming soon - St Andrew's Day. In case you've forgotten the dress code...... 



Birgit will be wrangling the blog for the next couple of weeks - do send her your pictures.  Until then....