Irish Stableford Teams

A perfect day to celebrate St Patricks Day on the Old Course - even a sensible 8.35am start!

Six teams of 4 players lined up to contest the Irish Stableford Teams Competition, bearing a range of, well, Irish team names:

Team 1        To Be Sure To Be Sure

Team 2        Emerald Gold

Team 3        Earle & the Shamrock Sheilas

Team 4        The Bug Boys

Team 5        The Blarney Kissers

Team 6        The Naughty Irish Sausages

The weather was showing some signs of autumn with considerable cloud cover and temperatures in the high 20's.  A magnificent day for golfing  . . . . . . and for the SOS 2022 Annual General Meeting which followed at the Perry Lakes picnic area after the game. 

The theme was GREEN!
Birgit, Shelley, Derek, Frances & Richard

Richard looking resplendent!
  Surely a candidate for 'best dressed'?

Stephanie in emerald & black camouflage!

Peter & Carol ready to tee off!

Club President, Brett Fordham examining Tony James' ball!

Team To Be Sure To Be Sure (missing Brett) ready to tee off as group 1.

Club Captain and Vice Captain conferring before play
 as Vickie and Frances chat in the background.

Tony forgot to wear green, but sporting
 a large Band-Aid on his leg!

April, Birgit, Stephanie & Gim
 representing teams 6, 2, 6 & 4, respectively.

 

Earle & Vickie on the shortlist for best couple!

Lynne & Lynley with a smattering of green!

Birgit, Richard & Carol . . again
But they do look in the spirit!

Brett launches the competition for Team 1 from the white markers!

On the Fairways

Not much to report this week as only two photos were received of play in progress!

On the 3rd hole, Mark Smith's tee shot veered very left and buried itself in the long grass next to the (former) ladies tee! Mark's recovery shot managed to get the ball back on the fairway, which required both strength and a bit of good fortune! 

Two holes further on, Glen lost control of his remotely controlled MGI buggy (again!) which decided to career into the left greenside bunker on hole 5!  At least water was not present on this occasion!

Glen recovers his buggy from the bunker!

Perry Lakes Subway & Drinks

Once again the Social Committee and many helpers provided a sumptuous meal of Subway wraps and buns, together with copious quantities of icy cold beer, wines and other drinks.

Well done Carol and her team!

It was a very enjoyable occasion, made a little easier by a distinct absence of kookaburras which had seemingly become extinct, at least around Perry Lakes. There were, however, quite a number of magpies running around on the ground asking to be fed. At least they do not swoop from on high and remove food from your fingers, plate or mouth!

President's Introduction

SOS Golf Club Inc. President, Brett Fordham, opened the meeting and welcomed all to the post match meeting at the club's normal BBQ venue, the Perry Lakes picnic area. Brett noted there were 21 members present today which will enable the AGM to proceed with the required quorum after today's results had been announced and other regular activities have been completed.

Brett congratulated Lynley Hunter who would be celebrating her birthday on 21 March! 

The Results

Club Captain, Gerry Tessier took the floor to announce the results of the Irish Stableford Teams event and individual stableford competition:

 

Irish Stableford Competition - Teams

And there was a clear winner with team To Be Sure To Be Sure scoring 87 points, 3 points ahead of The Naughty Irish Sausages!   Third place was taken by The Blarney Kissers, another 2 points behind!

Placing	Teams	Score
1	To Be Sure to be Sure Carol Barrow Keith Barrow Shelley Yeo Brett Fordham	87
2	The Naughty Irish Sausages Stephanie Jeffares Tony Gooch April Glen Pope	84
3	The Blarney Kissers Gary Burgess Mark Wilson Peter Baird Mark Smith	82
4	Emerald Gold Gerry Tessier Birgit Reinartz Derek Longhurst Frances Longhurst	81
5	The Bug boys Richard Osborne Greg Bennett Tony James Gim Ong	79
6	Earle & the Shamrock Sheilas Earle Scarff Vickie Scarff Lynley Malone Lynley Hunter	75

Club Captain, Gerry Tessier hands out bottles of Irish Cream to the winning team members!

The Winning Team
Brett, Carol, Shelley Y & Keith
aka
The Naughty Irish Sausages

Irish Stableford Competition - Individual

The winner of the individual stableford competition was Stephanie Jeffares with a score of 40, closely followed by Brett Fordham on 39.  Third place, 2 further points behind, and on a countback from Tony Gooch, was Gerry Tessier!

It is interesting that team To Be Sure To Be Sure won the team event with team members placed 2nd, 7th, 9th & 14th in the individual competition!

While 2nd placed The Naughty Irish Sausages finished in 1st, 4th & 5th! The card of the 4th team member, April, was not recorded as she was a guest!  

	Player	Handicap	Score	Birdies
1	Stephanie Jeffares	17	40
2	Brett Fordham	10	39	13th
3	Gerry Tessier	18	37
4	Tony Gooch	6	37
5	Glen Pope	7	35
6	Greg Bennett	21	33
7	Carol Barrow	33	31
8	Earle Scarff	14	30
9	Keith Barrow	10	30
10	Richard Osborne	17	30
11	Frances Longhurst	20	29
12	Mark Smith	25	29
13	Gary Burgess	6	28
14	Shelley Yeo	13	28
15	Gim Ong	25	28
16	Tony James	21	28
17	Lynley Hunter	13	27
18	Mark Wilson	12	27
19	Lynne Malone	16	27
20	Derek Longhurst	22	25
21	Peter Baird	18	25
22	Vickie Scarff	31	22
23	Birgit Reinartz	36	21

Eagles & Birdies

Either a very mediocre day for low scores, or perhaps some forgot to record birdies on their card next to their score.  In the event, only one birdie was recorded - congratulations to Brett:

Eagles & Birdies
	Hole	Placing
Brett	13	2nd

Golden Hole

With only 1 birdie being scored it was a big 'ask' for anyone to get close enough to the pin on the 16th hole!  Mark Smith got close, but not close enough.

Another jackpot rollover to 9 April when the Old Course will next be played.

 

Novelties

Congratulations to the following winners who claimed a new ball as reward for hitting longer, straighter or more precisely than all the rest!

Novelties
	Hole	Contenders	Winner
LD	4	Keith	Gerry
NTP in 2	6	-	Shelley Y
LD - Ladies	8	Frances	Steph
NTP in 2	10	Keith	Goochy
NTP in 2	13	Keith, Shelley Y	Brett (in the hole)

Ash Tray Collection

Birgit won the bag of lollies for coming last, although there were several others who scored in the low 20's !

Lynne and Lynley collected the coins as they flew in their scores into the boxes!

Even Glen stumped up for losing control of his equipment!

And the coins keep flowing!

Raffle

A certain amount of mayhem in the raffle draw!  First ball down the ramp was number 3 held by Peter who, unfortunately, still had his discs at the bottom of his pocket and did not hear the call anyway! So a redraw was held and won by Shelley who won a $20 Lot Six Zero gift card!  Shelley kindly offered to hand over the prize after Peter later revealed the contents of his pocket!

A selfless act!

SOS Golf Group 2022 Annual General Meeting

Brett Fordham formally opened the SOS Golf Group Inc. 2022 Annual General Meeting and advised that the 21 members present exceeded the quorum required by the Group's constitution to hold a valid meeting of members. An apology had been received from Gary Burgess who was unable to attend for quarantine reasons.

Brett referred to the meeting agenda which had been distributed some time ago and includes the matters to be tabled at the meeting.

President's Speech

The Presidents 2022 speech on the Group's activities follows:

The 2021 / 2022 golfing calendar was relatively free from Covid interruption to our annual fixtures. There was some shifting of scheduled matches due to inclement weather (1 match) and reticulation works to the Old Course (2 matches), however main trophy events were not impacted.

The match against the WABGA was played May 9^th recommencing after the 2021 fixture being cancelled through Covid. SOS golf club retained the Fellowship trophy 6 wins / two losses and the club generously donated $400 to the WABGA.

Membership is currently 34 paid members and 3 honouree members totalling 37 full members in the club. We welcomed as new members Mark Smith, Mitchell Smith and James Axson. Sadly we have lost Maureen Sundari, and Shelly Skinner leaving the club. The club has fielded an average of 23 - 24 players per week over the past 12 months being great support to our competitions.

The club donated $175 to the Park Honour Avenue Group which was supported through the collected fines through November with club members being generous in support with their coin donations.

Lot Six Zero continues to be a strong sponsor of the club with further donations to subsidise club shirts, weekly first prize winners of the raffle and contribution to the 50^th year anniversary shirts that the committee are organising through the 2022 calendar year.

An international “Plate of Origin” night was held at the Subiaco Lot Six Zero restaurant whereby members bought along food originating from their place of birth. A great night which included auctioning of the 2022 Match Play finalists being very successful.   

The Country Cup competition was held at Pinjarra Golf Club on September 30th, a strong field showed up for the annual event to take on the hidden hazards of the country course.

On 21 November the Annual Dinner took place again at La Casetta in Wembley, the evening was well attended by members and partners, credit to the organising committee in support of a great club night.

Barry and Jenny Treak very kindly entertained us at their house in Woodlands for the “Christmas Cheer” event in late December. Again a well-attended event and the host’s support was very much appreciated.

Lake Claremont was the venue for another Par 3 competition on February 3rd, followed by a meal and drinks. Richard Osborne finished top of the field with a net score of 24. Thanks go to Derek Longhurst who again did a great job as the event organiser.

Special thanks throughout the year to celebrity Bloggers Peter, Birgit, Derek. Those assistants and venue owners supporting our social events. A big thank you to the committee who have filled the required roles to perform club duties that without we simply would not have a club to belong too.

A special thanks to Vicki Scarff who continues to provide silent support to the committee in running the SOS club to the Constitution and By-laws. 

Brett concluded his speech by proposing a vote of thanks to members of the SOS Committee.

The following motions were put to the meeting, all of which were approved:

1.    The Minutes of the 2021 AGM were accepted and signed by the President.

2.    The Treasurer's report and annual statement of accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021 were accepted.

3.    The annual membership fees for 2022/2023 of $140 per member and $80 for junior members was approved.

4.    The 2022 budget was approved.

5.    The annual fixtures list was approved.

Election of Committee Members

The President tabled individual nominations for each position on the Committee. With the approval of members, the following were elected:

President	Brett Fordham
Captain	Gerry Tessier
Vice-Captain	Tony Gooch
Treasurer	Shelley Yeo
Booking Officer	Glen Pope
Social Organiser	Carol Barrow
Communications Officer	Peter Baird

General Business

The two matters raised by Greg Bennett in general business (i) rules to regulate the conduct of the Benkerr Cup and, (ii) amendment to the eligibility to contest the SOS Memorial Trophy, were discussed at some length. The President noted that motions addressing these issues could be presented to a general meeting of members in the short term.

In addition, the Club Captain, Gerry Tessier raised a number of matters that he felt should be considered by the Committee.

In formally closing the meeting the President thanked everyone in attendance for contributing to a successful AGM and looked forward to seeing everyone next week at the start of the new season.

Blog note: The formal draft minutes of the AGM will be produced in due course which will contain a more detailed account of proceedings.

Members appeared tired at the end of the AGM ?!?

Next Week

This is the SOS Opening Day, the start of the 2022/2023 season.

A stableford competition will be held on the Tuart Course on 26 March 2022 for the Perry Lakes Cup.  The start time is expected to be 8.44am, so no excuses for turning up late!

The Captains Corner

How not to miss an unmissable put.

Do not act in haste!

Pick up, clean & replace the ball.

Walk away several metres and check the green for slope, worm holes etc.

Take several deep breaths!

Take your normal stance.

Tap it in the hole.

Ça Alors ! 

Social Calendar

Breakfast at Lot Six Zero

SOS Breakfast Club's first event is scheduled for March 27 at nine am at Glen's restaurant Lot Six Zero at Subiaco - please confirm to Birgit before March 24.

Shelley2's Farewell - Saturday March 26

Is it Australian, or is it originally NZ?  The list keeps mounting…

• Phar Lap
• The Pav
• Lamingtons
• Crowded House
• Dragon
• Rebecca Gibney
• Keith Urban
• Russell Crowe
• Quade Cooper
• Stephanie Jeffares
• Even the humble ANZAC biscuit isn’t immune to such blasphemous claims.

Then there’s the almighty of all – the underarm bowl…

 Come and debate it all at Shelley2’s farewell from SOS on Saturday, 26 March.  She’s even stretching to a modest bar tab 

 Following the formalities, hang around, chew the fat and say Haere Ra, farewell.

 All you SOS’s out there are welcome.

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