Only 18 SOS Members and one guest, James Axsom, managed to get themselves to Royal Wembley on New Years Day for a stroke competition on the Tuart Course.
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| Birgit, Keith & Mark H bathed in early morning sunlight! |
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| Richard, Mark S & Gary consider their chances. |
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| Glen Pope & Keith Barrow on the 1st tee. |
Another 7.15am start provided a cool breeze before the temperature climbed at just below 30°c. All in all, another perfect golfing day with occasional clouds and little wind to disturb the direction of the ball other than, of course, the hands attached to the club!
Peter Baird & Glenn Kelly ready to hit their first drive!
With Gary photo-bombing in the centre!
Gary & Carol on the course!
On The Fairways
No doubt their were many fine shots played during the course of the competition, but surely none finer than Gerry's first 2 shots on the par 5 15th!! With the ball pulling up within spitting distance of the hole Gerry took time to plot the angles for a near certain EAGLE!
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| Derek's tee shot on the 18th managed to find the centre of a tuft of tall grasses! What is wrong with these balls??!? |
Club Captain's Address
In the absence of SOS President Brett Fordham, who was possibly still resting after his New Year celebrations, SOS Captain Gerry Tessier brought the meeting to order and congratulated Mark Smith who will be celebrating his birthday on 3rd January!
Also, a warm welcome to James Axsom, a guest player who is seeking membership in due course.
SOS Captain Gerry Tessier announces the competition results!
Competition Results
Firstly, Gerry commiserated with Derek for coming in last place, no doubt wholly attributed to the tuft of grass on the 18th, and thereby earning a bag of lollies and the honor of calling out the fines list!
Then congratulated Peter Baird for scoring a net 68 (from a gross 44 out and 44 in), thereby winning 2 strokes ahead of Mark Smith on 70 and Shelley Yeo on 71.
Shelley later fined herself for taking 9 shots on a par 4 which, had she bogeyed that hole, would have seen her win the match by one shot and thereby taking out both the Christmas Cup and the New Years Cup!
Score Sheet
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Player |
Handicap |
Score |
Birdies |
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1 |
Peter
Baird |
20 |
68 |
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2 |
Mark Smith |
29 |
70 |
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3 |
Shelley Yeo |
12 |
71 |
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4 |
Keith Barrow |
10 |
71 |
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5 |
Gary Burgess |
7 |
72 |
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6 |
Glen Pope |
6 |
73 |
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7 |
Mark Hill |
11 |
73 |
18 |
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8 |
Gordon Grzyb |
9 |
73 |
9 |
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9 |
Gerry Tessier |
18 |
73 |
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10 |
Tony Gooch |
5 |
74 |
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11 |
Birgit Reinartz |
35 |
74 |
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12 |
Richard Osborne |
19 |
76 |
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13 |
Carol Barlow |
31 |
77 |
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14 |
Stephanie Jeffares |
14 |
78 |
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15 |
Glen Kelly |
13 |
80 |
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16 |
Greg Bennett |
19 |
81 |
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17 |
Mitchell Smith |
29 |
82 |
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18 |
Derek Longhurst |
21 |
84 |
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19 |
James Axsom (guest) |
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| Gerry Tessier hands out the gift cards to the podium winners 2nd Mark Smith, 1st Peter Baird, 3rd Shelley Yeo & Gerry Tessier |
Novelties
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| Tony Gooch reads out the Novelties as Shelley rewards the winners with a prize golf ball! |
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Novelties |
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Hole |
Contenders |
Winner |
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LD |
4 |
- |
Gary |
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NTP in 2 |
7 |
Goochy |
Pug Dog |
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NTP in 3 |
17 |
Goochy, Keith |
Peter |
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NTP |
18 |
Goochy |
Mark H |
Golden hole
The Golden Hole was set on the par 3, 6th hole and proved to be a tough nut to crack. No winner today, so the jackpot rolls forward to next week.
Eagles & Birdies
Congratulations to Mark Hill and Gordon Grzyb on scoring the only two birdies today!|
Eagles & Birdies |
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Player |
Hole |
Placing |
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Mark Hill |
18 |
7th |
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Gordon Grzyb |
9 |
8th |
Avid blog followers may be wondering why Gerry is not on the list after missing his Eagle on the 15th!
That's right! Gerry missed the 'unmissable putt' and had to settle for par !
The Eagle and the Birdie went begging!
Ash Tray
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| Derek calls the fines . . |
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| . . . as Carol & Birgit pass the 'collection plates'! |
Raffle
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| Shelley holds up the winner's cash & scratchie! Good luck! |
Captain’s Corner
CC1 - Clarification rules on hole 14 Tuart course (the water trap!)
If the ball enters the water, you play the ball from the entry point
but cannot place the ball on the green. The ball must be dropped on the edge, closest to the
entry point and not closer to the pin. The penalty is one shot.
CC2 - To assist members in planning their next SOS round, the calendar for the remainder of the 2021/2022 season is shown below:
Next Game
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