SOS Golf: Opening Day & Easter Cup 2016

Sponsored by the delectable (and absent) Kerry.

As luck would have it, the Opening Day and the Easter Cup coincided on the same day so there were two things to look forward to!

Unfortunately the forecast was for nothing but rain, rain and more rain,,,, something that was confirmed by Peter The WeatherMan Baird,,,, apparently is was due to clear up Sunday arvo.

A new tradition was born as El Presidente 'opened the new season' with a game of 'nearest the pink ball'.

Very simply, to tumultuous applause Shelley hit off first using a pink ball.
The Pres hit a great strike to beyond the big tree on the corner,,,,,,, and the closest to her shot was to win a fine bottle of champers.

And the winner,,,,,,,,,,,, Vickie!!!!!

And very appropriate win it was too as Earle & Vickie were, like Derek & Fran last week, celebrating the birth of their first grandchild Logan

Big congrats to Papa Earle & Nanna Vickie,,, enjoy whetting the little's brow.

Plus it wouldn't be Easter without a some Easter Eggs,,,,

And a big shout out to Shelley for bringing along some bunny ears and some choc eggs!

It was even better as these were the only Easter Eggs i was going to receive as my beloved wife had forgotten to leave me any before her sojourn overseas,,,,

Boo hiss i hear you cry!

As for the birthdays, and it's not until next Friday, but it's worth a good mention as we have a true April Fool amongst us,,,,,

Oh yes Ciaran Sticky McGlue will be celebrating his bday on Friday 1st April,,,,

congrats mate, and we do appreciate the advance notice that you may not be present on Saturday due to the faint possibility of too much of the Good Stuff!

I do hope you make it, as personally I have always found that playing with a stinkin hangover (or still slightly pooosed) improves my game.

Now before we get to the important stuff of the results, at the behest of Vickie we are introducing a new feature that is designed to inform us all of any changes or announcements,,,,,

so onwards and upwards for;-

Captain's Corner

Daily Handicap changes for Old course:

Ciaran down from 25 to 21 – wow! Hehehehe welcome to the winners circle.

Gordon down 1 to 20

Frances down 1 to 23.

With the beginning of the Winter Season last Saturday, players are now eligible for the Consistency Trophy with points being awarded 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 for the first 6 places.

The Club Championship events are also held over the Winter Season and the best 5 gross scores out of a possible 7 games are counted for the Club Champion, Ladies Champion, “A” Grade Champion” and “B” Grade Champion with the best 5 net scores out of a possible 7 games are counted for the Handicap Champion. Note, to be eligible, members must play at least 11 games in the Winter Season, including at least 5 championship days.

BBQ at Perry Lakes following Perry Lakes Cup event on 9 April 2016 – fond memories of Lorenzo, the donor of this Cup – we are waiting for a return visit!

You coming back Lozza, you Italian Stallion????

The Results

So despite the weather there were some pretty good scores:-

Congratulations to Ciaran for a big 6 points and his first Cup!

Trophy awarded by Shelley on behalf of Kerry

1^st Ciaran McGlue 45

2^nd Gordon Neilsen 39

3^rd Stan Tan 37

4^th Peter Baird 36 (on corrected 1^st countback)

5^th Frances Longhurst 36 (on 1^st countback)

6^th Brett Fordham 36 (on 1^st countback) (birdies on 4^th & 5^th)

Glen Pope 34 (birdie on 2^nd)

Earle Scarff, Gary Burgess (birdies on 2^nd & 16^th) 33

Paul Gardner 32 (birdie on 7^th)

Gim Ong (birdie on 16^th), Richard Osborne (birdie on 10^th) 31

Greg Bennett 30

Derek Longhurst 29

Shelley Yeo 27

Phil McKeague 26 (birdie on 5^th)

Vickie Scarff 23.

And yes it was Vickie bringing up the rear to keep the lollies in the family after last week's attempt by Earlos.

Novelties

NTP 2-- Glenn

NTP 6-- Frances

NTP13-- Glenn

NTP16-- Gim

Beautiful golf peeps,,, top efforts and to make it even much more gooderer, after a 7week drought the Golden Hole went off and was won by a great shot by Gary The Coach Burgess.

Apparently he cleaned up at his Wednesday club too, so it's been a great week for Coach. Well done mate!!!!!

Fines of the Week

Not as many as normal, as it was a pretty sedate week but a couple of goodies to keep that smile on your dial:-

Stan-- not content with beating me for the money, but he felt the need to take it out on my poor defenceless hat,,, heheheheee

Glenn-- overheard whilst discussing Phil The Mack McKeague's lowly 26,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "I see cream does sink after all"

Ciaran-- for winning his first SOS Cup and for skulling a beer out of it with the boys at home,,,, nice work dude,,,, proud of ya,,,, shame i couldn't upload the real video heheheheee