Country Cup

 

It was an early start for many as SOS members and guests made their annual trek to the bush to compete for the SOS Country Cup at the Pinjarra Golf Club.

With some rain forecast around midday there was some doubt if players would remain dry however, in the event, the weather held off allowing players to apply their skills to avoiding the numerous water hazards and longer than normal par 4 holes!

The early birds get in a spot of practice on the driving range!

Many thought Group 5 might never finish the game, but they kept
 up the pace and even survived a reptile attack!

Guest Chloe Bedlow in pink with Francis, Shelley Skinner and Gim

Barry, Steph & Birgit ready to start.

Bernie, Derek & Birgit at the 1st tee

Darren Hedley and Tony James

Shelley Skinner warming up !

Group 1 have all teed off !
Earle & Gary are wasting no time to locate their balls. 

Subject: Mercedes tees

On a golf tour in Ireland, Tiger Woods drives his Mercedes into a petrol station in a remote part of Irish countryside. ⛳🏌🏻‍♂️

Pump attendant who knows absolutely nothin abt golf, greets him in a typical Irish manner completely unaware of who the golfing pro is.
"Top of the mornin' toyer, sir" says the attendant.

Tiger nods a quick "hello" & bends forward to pick up the nozzle. As he does so, two tees fall out of his shirt pocket onto the ground.

"Wat are those?, asks the attendant.

"They're called tees" replies Tiger.

"Well, wat on this God's earth are dey for?"? Inquires the Irishman.

"They're for resting my balls on when I'm driving", says Tiger.

"Fookin Jaysus", says the Irishman,
*"Mercedes thinks of Everything!!!"* 

Ian Holmes tangles with a water hazard
 and plays a penalty stroke! 

Group 5 under siege by a reptile!

A western long necked turtle in attack mode!

Meanwhile, Tony lost a ball in someone's backyard!

Stephanie ball stopped in front of a tree
 preventing a full swing!

The President

Club President, Brett Fordham, welcomed those present to the SOS annual Country Cup event at the Pinjarra Golf Club, noting the weather gods had smile, keeping the rain away until the last group completed the round.

There were no members birthdays to celebrate this week!

Competition Results

Club Captain Gerry Tessier advised that Frances Longhurst and Tony James had managed to jointly secure last place with not unreasonable scores of 22 and therefor earned a bag of lollies and the right to call out the list of finable events!

However, the winner of the Country Cup was Darren Hedley with a score of 38 stableford points, closely followed by Lynley Hunter on 37 with Gim Ong taking 3rd place with 33 points.

Chloe Bedlow also scored 38 points however, as a guest, was ineligible for prizes!

	Player	Handicap	Stableford Score
	Chloe Bedlow - Guest	36	38
1	Darren Hedley	23	38
2	Lynley Hunter	14	37
3	Gim Ong	25	33
4	Mark Wilson	17	33
5	Shelley Yeo	17	33
6	Gary Burgess	12	32
7	Colin Kerr	18	32
8	Peter Baird	25	31
9	Derek Longhurst	26	31
10	Lynne Malone	18	31
11	Tony Gooch	8	30
12	Brett Fordham	11	29
13	Ian Holmes	20	29
14	Stephanie Jeffares	17	29
15	Gerry Tessier	21	29
16	Glen Pope	9	28
17	Richard Osborne	24	27
18	Shelley Skinner	26	27
19	Bernie Caffrey	17	26
20	Barry Treak	25	26
21	Earle Scarff	20	25
22	Vickie Scarff	34	25
23	Greg Bennett	23	24
24	Birgit Reinartz	40	23
25	Tony James	23	22
26	Frances Longhurst	24	22
27	Tim Gooch	?	?

Gerry reads out the results!

Guests Tim Gooch and Chloe Bedlow receive presents
 from Club Captain Gerry Tessier.

Steph, Birgit & Peter

Novelties

Some accurate play required to get your name on the novelty markers. Congratulations to both the contenders as well as the winners.

Novelties
	Hole	Contenders	Winner
LD - Men’s	3	Derek, Tony J	4D
NTP in 3	6	-	Earle
NTP	11	Gim	4D
LD - ladies	12	Lynne M	Bernie
NTP in 2	15	Lynley	Tony G

Golden Hole

Three players vied for the Golden Hole. Lynley got close and Shelley got closer however, Bernie won the day and received a very modest sum as the jackpot had recently been won!

The ladies were all winners, but Bernie won the Golden Hole!

Ash Tray

Tony James holds the floor as he calls out the list of fines! 

Glen enjoying a glass of wine having successfully navigated his buggy
 away from the many water hazards on the course.
  

Raffle

Gim rumbled the barrel of balls and the winner was  . . . Mark Wilson who received a $10 note and high value scratchie to add to his raffle ball win!

The Raffle draw in progress !

Next Week

On 2 October the first of two rounds for the SOS CUP will be held on the Old Course.

The final round will be the following week, held on the Tuart Course. The SOS Cup is a stroke competition.

Humour

During his physical examination, a doctor asked a retired man about his physical activity level.

He said that he spent 3 days a week, every week in the outdoors.

"Well, yesterday afternoon was typical;

I took a five hour walk about 7 miles through some pretty rough terrain.

I pushed my way through 2 miles of brambles.

I got sand in my shoes and my eyes.

I barely avoided stepping on a snake.

I climbed several rocky hills.

I went to the toilet behind some big trees.

The mental stress of it all left me shattered.

At the end of it all I drank a scotch and three glasses of beer."

Amazed by the story, the doctor said, "You must be one hell of an outdoor man!"

"No" the man replied, "I'm just a really terrible bloody golfer!!

Beware of Aliens

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