Benkerr Cup 2022 Final Round

Another magnificent day at Wembley for the final round of the 2022 Benkerr Cup.

Lots of large white clouds but otherwise calm weather welcomed 20 players for the stableford competition on the Old Course. The competition started at 7.15am, which may have been a bit of a shock to the night owls amongst us, and the ROW team must have been confident as they enjoyed a 3 point lead from round 1.

Keith and Earle sort out the novelties!

Keith prepares the novelty cards.

SOS Captain, Gerry Tessier with David Williamson
Dave's first game in several months 

Gerry, Barry, Ian & Dave
Ian's first game with SOS in 6 months after extensive travels. 

Group 1 tees off
Shelley, Birgit, Keith & Earle

Dave thought he had won the golden hole on the 2nd green
 but discovered later it was a NTP!
Still, a great shot after such a long 'holiday'!

Keith facing a challenging ball position!

Dave still finding his old game after having to take his 2nd shot
 off the ladies 14th tee area!

Keith pushing Shelley's cart while she chases
a crow trying to steal from her bag!

Vickie needed lots of hydration after a 'cup winning' performance!!
Coffee, wine, water & Powerade!

Post Match Meeting

SOS Captain Gerry Tessier opened the meeting and announced that 2 members share a birthday on Monday 24 October. Congratulations were extended to both Barry Treak and Frances Longhurst.

On the membership front, we welcome Nuria Smith as an associate member and note that Paul Cooper hopes to also become an associate member once the formalities have been completed.

Competition Results

Club Captain, Gerry Tessier, reads out the competition results.

Benkerr Cup

Well, it was a bloodbath for the ROW team after 4 of Team Australia's Lady members took out places 1 to 4 earning 34 of the 38 points their team won!

Team Australia won 38 to 17 in the second round, thereby resoundingly defeating ROW 64 to 46 over the two game event!

Player		Australia	ROW
1	Lynley Hunter	10
2	Lynne Malone	9
3	Shelley Yeo	8
4	Vickie Scarff	7
5	Keith Barrow		6
6	Peter Baird		5
7	Mark Hill	4
8	Stephanie Jeffares		3
9	Glen Pope		2
10	Barry Treak		1
	Totals - Round 2	38	17
	Totals - Round 1	26	29
	Benkerr Cup winner for 2022	64	46

Messages of congratulations were received from:

Gerry: "Congratulations to the Australian Woman who score 34 points of 38 total of Australia."

Barry: "Well done Australia you all have been in top form. Yes there is always next year for us."

Team Australia wins the 2022 Benkerr Cup

For the 2nd week, there was much to discuss
 on the Benkerr Cup scoring system!

Individual Stableford Results

A disaster for the male membership, but glory for the Ladies!

Congratulations to Lynley on 37 and to Lynne, Shelley and Vickie all on 36 !!

Only 2 birdies scored in the entire round by 20 players 

	Player	Handicap	Score	Birdies
1	Lynley Hunter	12	37	10
2	Lynne Malone	16	36
3	Shelley Yeo	15	36
4	Vickie Scarff	33	36
5	Keith Barrow	11	34
6	Peter Baird	21	33
7	Mark Hill	11	33
8	Stephanie Jeffares	16	33
9	Glen Pope	8	33	9
10	Barry Treak	20	32
11	Gordon Grzyb	11	32
12	Ian Holmes	18	31
13	Earle Scarff	17	31
14	Mark Wilson	10	30
15	Paul cooper	12	30
16	Gerry Tessier	18	29
17	Greg Bennett	20	28
18	Birgit Reinartz	35	28
19	Don Beasley	15	25
20	David Williamson	24	22

It will not be long before 2022 is added to the plaque!

Eagles & Birdies

What can you say? Only 2 birdies from 360 holes played (18 x 20)!

Only the cream rises to the top on such occasions?

Eagles & Birdies
	Hole	Placing
Lynley Hunter	10	1st
Glen Pope	9	9th

Novelties

Great to see Dave Williamson taking out the NTP on hole 2, playing his first round of golf with SOS after returning from a period of illness!  Otherwise, other winners include all the normal 'A' hitters! 

Novelties
	Hole	Contenders	Winner
NTP	2	-	Dave
LD - Ladies	4	Vickie	Lynne
NTP in 2	13	Earle, Peter	Lynley
NTP in 3	14	Keith	Mark W
LD - Men	15	Keith, Earle, Ian H	Paul Cooper

Shelley hands out a ball prize to Mark W who
 was nearest to the pin on hole 14 !

Ash Tray Fund

Winner of the bag of lollies was Dave Williamson who gallantly read out the list of fines so everyone could, once more, recall the pain when the ball cannot be found, or it gets sculled/lofted / shanked or sliced etc!! 

Dave reads out the fines list assisted by
 coin collectors Glen Pope and Birgit Reinartz

Foreign currency secret reserve

Very few members are aware of a growing secret cash reserve being built up by SOS over many years.  It comes about from all the loose change members like to get rid of into the Ash Tray Fund after returning from their overseas holiday or visit to family!

You will not find the secret reserve in the annual balance sheet, only in a zip bag at the bottom of the Treasurers cash box!

Here are the items for sale, including a very approximate value in A$'s.

Bids are being sought from travelling members, or anyone, to acquire some or all these coins in exchange for a reasonable number of Aussie dollars! Perhaps you are planning a trip or have a grandchild that wants to start a coin collection?

Please see the Treasurer if you wish to acquire this unique collection!

Raffle

Vickie still had enough energy after the game to attend to the raffle barrel.

And the winner was Peter who won a $20 gift voucher from Club Six Zero! 

Vickie is the raffle barrel roller for the day!

Next Week

Two concurrent competitions will be played on 29th October on the Old Course, being the Masters Trophy and the Memorial Trophy . Both are 18 hole stroke events where the lowest net score wins.

It is possible for one person to win both trophies on the day!

To be eligible to contest the Masters Trophy members must have won a 36 hole Cup event or won the Match Play competition at any time during their membership with SOS Golf Group.

The Memorial Trophy is in memory of all those who have passed away whilst still current financial members of the SOS Golf Group and is open to all members.

Captain's Corner

Get into the minds of the pros! This video will help you understand what they consider before they take each shot. Whether or not you can apply the knowledge is another matter! 

Copy the link to your browser and take a free lesson or two!

https://youtu.be/vR4ZGY4TPkU

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