Ambrose Fours

Nice to have  a team game for a change.

Team ready to rock and roll

A beautiful day for it, although there was a rather stiff easterly for the first few holes.

Discussing strategy

But it was Ambrose, so there was always someone else to cover when you did a poor shot.

This is what life feels like when you've finished your exams

Especially when you played with Max and Brett. (Sore shoulders, anyone?)

We wished Gim a happy birthday, even though she wasn't there

Can I take her drives?

And learned what the annual subscription was going to be for 2020.

Our beloved treasurer and her partner have headed off into darkest Asia

Bernie's chipped in her Aldi token again...

So our beloved Peter has taken over financial responsibilities in the interim.

A worthy winner

Greg received the trophy for B grade champion - well done, Greg.

And we all dipped deep into our pockets for the last week of contributions to the Diggers' charity - well done, SOS.

Gary has been investigating the possibility of new shirts - more to follow.

Funny that.

Here's the list of trophies that were awarded at the Annual Dinner last week.

	TROPHY	WINNER
	Club champion	Glen
	Handicap Champion	Don
	'A' Grade	Steph
	'B' Grade	Greg
	Lady Champion	Shelley
	Consistency	Don
	Eclectic Old and Tuart	Brett

Congratulations to all those winners (and to the rest of us, who did our best, but didn't quite make the grade! Better luck next year.)

 

Today's novelties

	NOVELTY	HOLE	CONTENDERS	WINNER
	NTP	6		Tony
	LD	7	Earle	Paul
	NTP	12		Earle
	NTP	18	Tony, Brett	Gary

We had a novel raffle today, as the real raffle was apparently AWOL somewhere in Margaret River, after making an appearance at the Annual Dinner.

And now for the team results.

	TEAM	SCORE
	Kerry, Tony, Peter, Ross	58.33
	Paul, Greg, Jeannie, Dave	57
	Vickie, Brett, Max, Derek (Team Too Sweet for Lollies)	55.17
	Richard Y, Rob, Lynne, Bernie (Team Berryl)	54.5
	Earle, Frances, Barry, Richard O (Team Barfrane)	54.33

Thanks to Kerry for organising the prizes and the competition.

An excellent all-round effort

A husband and wife are on the 9th green when suddenly she collapses from a heart attack.

”Help me dear," she groans to her husband. The husband calls 911 on his cell phone, talks for a few minutes, picks up his putter, and lines up his putt.

His wife raises her head off the green and stares at him. "I'm dying here and you're putting."

"Don't worry dear," says the husband calmly, "they found a doctor on the second hole and he's coming to help you."

"Well, how long will it take for him to get here?" she asks feebly. "No time at all," says her husband. "Everybody's already agreed to let him play through.”

 Next week, the Anniversary Cup on the Tuart. See you there.

President's Trophy

Held by Peter for the last twelve months



This prestigious trophy is one of the keenest fought over awards of the year.

It's generally accepted that the club president should tank at this event to give everyone else a better chance

This year was no exception.

	PLAYER	SCORE	BIRDIES
	Richard O	27
	Brett	30	2
	Derek	30
	Jeanie	30
	Frances	32
	Bernie	32	9
	Gim	32	17
	Peter	33
	Richard Y	33
	Paul	33
	Glen	34
	Stephanie	34	6
	Rob	34
	Max	35
	Barry	36
	Ross	36
	Gary	36
	Shelley	37	10
	Earle	37	9,10
	Kerry	38
	Greg	39
	Don	41	1,15

Congratulations, Don. Another great round.

And to make it a very special day, the biggest ever Golden Hole jackpot was finally claimed - courtesy of a trusty five iron on the sixteenth.

	NOVELTY	HOLE	CONTENDERS	WINNER
	NTP	2		Max
	NTP in 2	6	Max	Stephanie (ITH)
	NTP in 3	12		Gary
	LD	17	Kerry	Paul
	Golden Hole	16		Stephanie

Then of course, we decamped to Al Fornetto for the SOS Annual Dinner

Our red carpet event, where glamour meets gluttony

And we celebrated well into the night.

There were awards for just about everything, not just the golf.

Gim accepted the party girl award

Vicky received a prize for her cover shot on lady golfer magazine

And Glen was honoured for his contribution to investigative journalism.

Kerry  organised a very entertaining raffle, where the chopping board became the most coveted prize,

Peter was nominated as the SOS Food Critic

Shelley very kindly wrote a cheque to pay for the meal. One of the millennials present was heard asking "What's that lady doing?"

And the top golfing trophies were awarded. We'll publish a full list of the trophy winners next week.

Club Champion Glen celebrates his win...again. Well done, a great achievement.

Meanwhile, Shelley and Malcolm are heading off on Wednesday for exotic locations, and we won't be seeing them again for a while - have a wonderful time and we look forward to hearing about it when you get back.

Next week, back on the Tuart for a game of Ambrose 4's. That's the one where you rely on someone else in the team to do the good shots, while you wind up and try something you saw someone on the telly do a couple of weeks ago, but you're never practised and aren't too confident about whether you're going to pull it off.