Matchplay 3rd Qualifying Round

The forecast was ominous  . . . .  80% chance of 15 mm of rain followed by thunderstorms!  The showers were some way away at first as the ladies gathered with a magnificent rainbow seemingly emitting from Bernie's right ear!

Nature at its finest !

But the rain shortly set in as the SOS groups lined up for the start of the 3rd round of the Match Play competition.

Current and former Presidents line
up for a rainbow photo !

Yes !  It was raining at the start of play !

And so it was as the stalwart SOS Group shuffled up to Tuart's 1st Tee in an assortment of wet weather gear and hoisted umbrellas as light rain fell from the heavens!

Frances and Dave cover up as they are just
 about to Tee Off on the 1st hole.

Mercifully, there was virtually no wind to blow the rain at awkward angles which allowed the several odd showers to do little damage to the golfers concentration or comfort.  For the most part there were extensive breaks of fine weather and even the sun shone occasionally enabling the waterproofs to dry off in between showers!

Post Game

For the first time in many months we were able to hold the post match celebrations at the Wembley facilities. Well, almost!  In fact we were denied our normal tables inside the facilities which had been commandeered by others and, instead assembled in the undercover outside tables which served well enough.  Enough that is, until after the Post Game formalities had been completed and the Committee Meeting commenced when the overhead roofing proved to be less than watertight as large globules of water struck the Committee's agenda lists causing some Committee members to seek more salubrious seating.

Post game analysis from
 Brett, Greg, Alana, Paul and Tony

The SOS budget got a hammering as free wedges were ordered for the slightly sodden members.

Tony and Derek hoe into the wedges

The Results

Looks like the low handicappers had a better result than in Round 2! 

	Shelley Yeo	def.	Earle Scarff	8 & 6
	Paul Gardner	def.	Tony Gooch	7 & 6
	Kerry Gardner	def.	Greg Bennett	5 & 3
	Gary Burgess	def.	David Williamson	4 & 3
	Glen Pope	def.	Ian Holmes	4 up
	Brett Fordham	def.	Tony James	3 & 2
	Stephanie Jeffares	def.	Barry Treak	3 & 2
	Peter Baird	def.	Frances Longhurst	3 & 2
	Bernie Caffrey	def.	Derek Longhurst	2 up

And congratulations to Shelley who was the only player to score three successful rounds to-date!

Paul Gardner can also be commended by firing a 74 'off the stick' in the process of defeating Tony Gooch  💪  ✌ .

The Match Play competition will wrap up with the Quarter Final on 1st August, the Semi Final on 15 August and the Final on 12th September.

And the Novelties

	NOVELTY	HOLE	CONTENDERS	WINNER
	NTP	12	Paul	Don
	LD	17	Frances	Bernie
	NTP	6	-	Glen
	NTP in 3	8	Tony	Gary - in the hole

Raffle

And again !!!!!!!

For the 2nd week in a row Vickie and Earle
 clean up the Raffle's 1st prize !

Golden Hole

They prize pool grows larger by the week as no-one, yet again, comes within the length of the flag stick !

Things are much easier after using the Warm Up Stik.
Ask Peter !

Birdies

Congratulations to Paul Gardner for scoring 3 birdies.

BIRDIES
	Paul Gardner	10th  17th  18th
	Stephanie Jeffares	18th
	Glen Pope	6th
	Gary Burgess	8th

Birthdays

Congratulations to Club Captain Gary who celebrated his birthday last Sunday!

Fines

Greg was given the honor of collecting the fines after almost missing out on the quarter finals which, had it occurred, would have probably been the first time in more than a decade !

Greg was given the honor of  reading out the fines list
for just scraping in to the Match Play quarter finals !

Booking Fees

The Pro Shop has decided that future payments for the $5 electronic score card will be paid in one amount by the Booking Officer, Glen, at the time he makes payment to the Pro Shop for course fees, and now cards, on Thursday morning.
SOS players will therefor have to pay $47 to Glen by Wednesday to secure a round for the following Saturday.  Electronic score cards can then be picked up by players in the normal fashion, but without the need to make payment on the day!

And if you get really bored consider building your very own golf simulator. This is not too difficult if you wish to improve your game while in the luxury of your own lounge room or garage! Check out the link to make a start to your golfing renaissance:

golfersauthority.com/how-to-build-a-golf-simulator-on-a-budget/

Look after your balls.
They do not like to getting lost !

Next Week

The Old Course hosts the 4th Round of the Club Championship.

There are another 4 rounds of the club championship to go; all to be played on the Old Course.  Clear your calendars for 4 July, 8 August, 5 September and 24 October.

A new club head cover may improve your game !