Par on Old

Another 7.15am start saw a few stragglers sauntering to the tee some time after the early groups had started!

A total of 22 SOS diehards, and guest James Axson, registered for a 'par' competition on the Old Course.

The weather conditions were very favourable with temperatures in the mid to low 30's, blue skies and a gentle breeze!

On the Fairways

Club President, Brett Fordham, was in dazzling form as he launched his tee shot on the 1st hole! The ball lofted high over the dogs-leg and landed just 160 metres short of the pin!! Pretty damn good for a par 5!

Unfortunately, the early rush of confidence could not be duplicated on the next two shots which, apparently, led to a bogie!!

 

Brett tries to suppress thoughts of a possible Eagle on the first hole
 as he considers the choice of clubs for his second shot on the par 5!

Lynley in fine form!! 

Keith Barrow's take on the COVID border issues!

The Clubhouse

Everyone seems to have brought their 'proof of vax' this week and obtained entry to our 'normal' table adjacent to the bar!  The large wall mounted TV was screening the Ashes Test in Hobart, which made the venue all the more enjoyable!

SOS Committee members discuss the 2022 budget before the meeting gets underway!
Gerry Tessier, Glen Pope, Brett Fordham & Shelley Yeo

 

 

Gerry & Glen consider changes to the fixtures list due to coring of the greens!

Greg Bennett & Colin Kerr 

President's Address

SOS members congratulated the President after he announced the only birthday to celebrate this week was his own - on Monday, 18th January!

Brett advised the final budget for 2022 had, essentially, been finalised and would be presented to members in advance of the AGM for consideration.

The committee will be recommending that annual fees for members be increased from $130 to $140 which will enable weekly prizes to be increased to a total of $65. A number of other minor changes will include:

The collection of 20c pieces for the Eagles Nest competition before the start of play will be discontinued however, anyone scoring an Eagle will still receive a $25 cash prize.

Hot chips will be purchased more frequently by SOS for consumption after the game!

A number of special events are planned to celebrate the SOS 50th Year Anniversary!

More Chips please !!!

The Results

SOS Club Captain, Gerry Tessier announced that Vickie Scarff had managed to secure last place even though tied with Glenn Kelly on minus 9 ! 

However, 1st place was won by Mark Hill who romped in with plus 4 points, 3 points ahead of  Gerry who scored plus 1.

Four players tied with 'all square' with Lynley Hunter taking 3rd place on a countback!

	Player	Handicap	Score	Birdies
1	Mark Hill	12	+4	16
2	Gerry Tessier	20	+1
3	Lynley Hunter	13	0
4	Peter Baird	21	0
5	Derek Longhurst	23	0
6	Earle Scarff	17	0
7	Tony Gooch	7	-1	7, 15
8	Lynne Malone	15	-1
9	Colin Kerr	16	-1
10	Gary Burgess	7	-1	6, 9
11	Shelley Skinner	26	-1
12	Glen Pope	8	-1	1, 12
13	Brett Fordham	10	-2	15, 18
14	Shelley Yeo	13	-3
15	Mark Wilson	16	-4
16	Carol Barrow	34	-5
17	Barry Treak	25	-5
18	Ian Holmes	20	-7
19	Keith Barrow	11	-7
20	Greg Bennett	21	-8
21	Glenn Kelly	14	-9
23	Vickie Scarff	32	-9

The winners podium . . . . . 

Mark Hill 1st, Lynley Hunter 3rd and Gerry Tessier 2nd.

Golden Hole

No winner this week . . . so the jackpot should be around $50 next round on the old Course!

Novelties

A few more contenders than last week however, many of the winners appear familiar! 

Novelties
	Hole	Contenders	Winner
NTP	2	Lynne Malone	Mark Wilson
NTP in 2	13	Ian, Gary, Lynley	Goochy
NTP in 3	14	Derek, Peter	Goochy
LD	15	Earle, Shelley*, Mark W	Popey

Eagles & Birdies

A total of 9 birdies for the day, including 4 pairs! Nice work, especially Glen Pope's index 1 on the 12th! 

Eagles & Birdies
	Hole	Placing
Mark Hill	16	1
Tony Gooch	7, 15	7
Gary Burgess	6, 9	10
Glen Pope	1, 12	12
Brett Fordham	15, 18	13

The 'East end' of the table - waiting for the raffle balls to roll!

Raffle

The raffle was conducted by Glenn 'Pug Dog' Kelly but details of the winner was not digitally recorded and the blog master's memory has failed!  The blog will be corrected if the winner can be identified!

Ash Tray Collection

Earle Scarff graciously took up the task of calling out the fines list as the official players results sheet showed him in last place with a daily handicap of 'null' and no score !! In fact, Earle was all square and the computer system had croaked after digesting Earle's Mandurah Country Club Golf Link number!!

In any event, the fines seemed to flow thick and fast as everyone seemed to have fouled up somewhere along the 18 holes!

Tony, Brett & Glenn 

Another view of the winners podium!

 

 Next Week

On Saturday, 22nd January, the Australia Day Cup will be contested on the Old Course. It will be a stableford competition.

Captain's Corner

1.    Competition Schedule

Some additional changes to the competition schedule are required due to coring of greens, as well as the previously advised disruption to holes 4 & 5 of the Old Course from 1 to 21 February.

 Feb 5 - Tuart   Vice Captain's choice 

Feb 12 - crazy golf 16 holes old course Captain's choice Stableford divorce !

Feb 19 - crazy golf 16 holes Old Course - Tresorier  choice ( Shelley to advise )

Feb 26 - Tuart Course -  par Bisque 

March 5 - course maintenance 4BBB 2 player Tuart

March 12 course maintenance  Ambrose 4 players Old Course 

March 19 Summer Cup 1 Old Course AGM

March 26 Summer Cup 2 - Opening Day 

2.    New 3 Coloured Tees

 For your information, the Wembley operations Manager has advised that everything seems under control to start the new course System with electronic card next Monday.

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