Spring Cup, Round 2

 On the Old Course.

Weather promising.

No wind.

In wonderful Covid-free WA

 

Welcomed Shelley as guest for her second round with us.

(We think she's from across the ditch, but that's alright, 

we've got one of those already and she's OK)

Yes, it's the second round of the Spring Cup

A two-week stroke competition, so nowhere to hide here. 

Got to complete every hole, regardless. 

(Except there's a mercy rule - maximum of ten on any hole)

The leaders from last week were Lynne, Gary and Glen Pope

How would they go today?

Would someone else overtake their scores?

Some of us struggled

Some of us got our names on the novelties

	Novelty	Hole	Contenders	Winner
	NTP	2	Birgit, Glenn K	Lynley
	LD	3	Gerry, Shelley Y	Tony
	NTP in 3	12	Glenn K, Mark W	Gary
	NTP in 2	15		Earle

Some of us probably shouldn't have played today at all

No more naked chook

Congratulations to Shelley, with 

102 off the stick on her second

game with us.

Here are the rest of the results

after eighteen holes today

	SCORE	BIRDIES
Gary	68	8
Glen K	69	18
Glen  P	71	2, 16
Lynley	72
Bernie	72
Lynne	73
Greg	74
Brett	74
Shelley Y	75
Birgit	75
Mark W	75
Richard O	75
Gordon	76	16, 17
Barry	77
Frances	78
Tony	79	17
Earle	82
Gerry	83
Mark H	86
Stephanie	87
Derek	88
Colin	DQ

It is, of course, a two-week competition, 

so it's about the aggregate score. 

Sometimes I have to look to heaven for inspiration

 

Here are the combined results for 

everyone who played both weeks.

Gary	141
Lynne	143
Glen P	145
Lynley	147
Birgit	150
Frances	152
Brett	153
Glen K	154
Shelley Y	154
Richard O	155
Mark W	160
Tony	160
Gerry	162
Earle	163
Derek	163
Greg	165
Barry	165
Stephanie	168

And here's our winner - well done Gary

You may have heard about a little

 contretemps at Margaret River recently, 

involving a couple of our members. 

Find out more about it here: 

 

So, Steph and Bernie blacklisted for 

talking too much on the golf course. 

Who'd have thought?

Spring Cup - Round 1

The 1st round of the Spring Cup attracted 23 members and a guest, Shelley Skinner, to the Tuart Course for a stroke competition over two weeks. The weather forecast was for 1 to 3 mm of rain, however we were very fortunate to miss all but a minor sprinkle or two, so there were no excuses for weather affected play!

Gary, Shelley (guest), Derek & Birgit under overcast skies.

Shelly is accustomed to playing in Auckland and does not currently have a handicap rating however, her drive off the 1st tee suggests a serious golfing prowess!

Lynne & Lynley not taking any chances with the rain forecast!

Club President Brett Fordham recounting his recent fishing
exploits with Club Vice Captain Earle Scarff

NZ expat Stephanie Jeffares & Frances Longhurst
 getting a caffeine fix before teeing off!

Club Captain Gerry Tessier with life member
 Vickie Scarff and Barry Treak

A pair of life members, Greg Bennett & Colin Kerr,
 ready to hit the fairways.

Peter marks up his yellow ball
 with symmetrical pairs of red dots! 

Play

Peter's red dotted yellow ball off the 10th tee found
 itself snookered  in the high ground!

Glen Kelly lost his tee ball off the 16th hole and
 used Gary's mini cart to play another shot.

Glenn in full swing!

Just about there . . 

The recovery shot was apparently a success!

Club covers !

President's Address

Brett noted that Glenn Kelly was seeking sponsors for his 200 km 'Ride for Research' bike ride to raise funds for a WA based cancer research institute. Anyone wishing to donate to this good cause can refer to the links supplied by Gerry Tessier in his email.

Again, no birthday's to celebrate this week!

President, Brett Fordham, calls the meeting to order.

The Results

Club Captain Gerry Tessier reads out the results.

Congratulations to Lynne Malone, who takes a two shot advantage into next week's final round of the Spring Cup; and to Gary Burgess and Glen Pope who will also be hot  contenders.  

	Player	Daily H/C	Score	Birdies/Eagles
1	Lynne Malone	15	70
2	Gary Burgess	10	72	18
3	Glen Pope	7	74
4	Frances Longhurst	20	74
5	Birgit Reinartz	35	75
6	Derek Longhurst	21	75
7	Peter Baird	20	76
8	Lynley Hunter	12	77
9	Colin Kerr	14	78
10	Vickie Scarff	29	78
11	Brett Fordham	8	78
12	Gerry Tessier	16	79	15
13	Shelley Yeo	14	79
14	Richard Osborne	19	80
15	Earle Scarff	16	80
16	Stephanie Jeffares	13	81
17	Tony Gooch	5	81
18	Greg Dunkeld	16	84
19	Mark Wilson	13	85
20	Glenn Kelly	13	85	18
21	Barry Treak	20	88
22	Tony James	19	91
23	Greg Bennett	20	91
	Shelley Skinner (guest)	-	98 gross

The winners podium - Gary 2nd, Glen 3rd with Captain Gerry.
Lynne, the winner, had to leave early!

Eagles & Birdies

Only 3 birdies today with two on the final hole, with Gerry scoring on the par 5 downhill 15th!

Eagles & Birdies
Player	Hole	Placing
Gary Burgess	18	2
Gerry Tessier	15	12
Glenn Kelly	18	20

Golden Hole

A great tee shot on the 18th hole bagged the Golden hole jackpot for Gary! Unfortunately, the Jackpot went off very recently leaving only $23 as the prize!

Gary basks in glory holding the bag of cash!

Novelty Holes

Vice captain, Earle Scarff, reads out the novelty prizes.

Some straight shooting from the novelty winners earned them a new golf ball, with Tony Gooch claiming both the longest drive and the 10th hole NTP in 2! 

Novelties
	Hole	Contenders	Winner
NTP	3	Lynne	Richard O
LD	8	Mark W	Goochy
NTP in 2	10	Mark W, Gary	Goochy
NTP in 3	15	Lynne, Gary	Gerry

Tony Gooch claims half the novelty prizes.

Richard Osborne got closest to the pin
 on the par 3, 3rd hole.

Raffle

Vickie Scarff managed to win the raffle as Derek is glued to the TV screen where the Eagles were having a lashing!  Vickie's first spin was marred by two balls exiting the shute requiring the second ball to be returned to the barrel! 

Vickie Scarff wins first prize in the Raffle!

And the winner is . . . Vickie!!

Gerry wins a ball in the raffle.

Ash Tray 

Tony James and Greg Bennett were equal last on a net 91, however Tony won (or lost, depending on your point of view) in the count-back and Greg had the honor of collecting the bag of lollies and reading out the fines.

Greg reads out the list of fines as members showered
 the collection boxes with an assortment of coins!

A number of members were 'dobbed in' by fellow players

 requiring some discussion!

Next Week

The second round of the Spring Cup will be held on the Old Course with the lowest aggregate score over the two weeks declared the winner of the Spring Cup!

So, clean the grooves in the club faces, charge your batteries (if you need any) and sneak in one or more practice sessions if you have the time!

Steph, Vickie (guest), Greg D, Brett, Glen, Derek & Frances
 take up the west end of the table.

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