Tuesday, September 28, 2021

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



End  💤


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