SOS Golf: Cha Cha Cha on Old

What a stinker of a day!! Skies were mainly clear, little to no breeze and the temperature was touching 40°c. It was certainly the hottest Saturday this summer and many must have believed their occasional wild shots were effected by sunstroke, dehydration or both!!

A total of 23 players made it to the 1st tee of the Old Course, including guest Paul Gardner, to participate in a game of Canadian Cha Cha Cha !

Frances finds a petrified nectarine in her golf bag after taking an
extended break from golf to recover from injury!

The first group comprised Andrea, Derek & Frances . . . and
Tony G who fortunately arrived in time to start the Cha Cha Cha!

Earle, Gardi & Mark H sitting on the wall!

Birgit, Barry & Gerry ready to dance!

Shelley, Gary & Michael C catching some early shade!

Fairways & Greens

The 'Most sensible player of the day' award goes to Birgit who decided on the 9th tee to go directly for a cold shower to recover from dehydration, blurred vision and unsteadiness on the backswing! What nuts play golf in 104°F heat??

Meanwhile, the rest of the pack kept up the pace with some reporting a variety of poor shots attributed to the weather!

Presidents Address

SOS Golf Group President Brett Fordham opened the meeting by advising there were no birthdays to celebrate this week.

Annual fees - of $140 are due for payment by end of January and should be paid to the Treasurer, Shelley, or direct to the SOS bank account.

The par 3 competition is being held on Thursday late afternoon, 2nd February, at the Claremont Lakes course. Please advise Derek if you wish to play and advise choice of meal, if you have not already done so. The fee of $33 should be paid to Shelley or direct to the SOS Bank account.

Annual General Meeting - will be held on Saturday 18 March 2023 and the agenda will include nomination of committee members for 2023/24, tabling of the financial report for the year ended 31 December 2022 and approval of the 2023 annual budget, as well as voting on any ordinary or special business put up by members. Members that wish to nominate for a committee position or propose special or ordinary business to be considered at the AGM should contact Brett in the first instance. This should be done as soon as possible but prior to Wednesday, 15 February, which will leave a week or so to finalise the formal notice that will be sent to members convening the 2023 AGM.

Shelley Yeo (Treasurer) and Peter Baird (Communications officer) wish to retire at the AGM, so anyone interested in nominating for these positions should make themselves known! You can expect as much assistance as required to smoothly settle in to the roles.

A sausage sizzle at Perry Lakes will be held on 28 January at the end of next week's game featuring the award of the "Australia Day Cup" to the competition winner!

Brett presented a special trophy to Paul Gardner to commemorate his long and illustrious association with the SOS Golf Group! Paul will be returning to the UK this week to freezing temperatures - a big change from a west coast Aussie summer!

Paul Gardner receives farewell trophy from President Brett Fordham

The Results

SOS Captain, Gerry Tessier, announced that the winners of the Cha Cha Cha competition were the first team onto the fairway at 7.30am comprising Tony Gooch, Andrea Williams, Derek & Francis Longhurst ! They scored 86 points, only 1 point clear of the 2nd place getters! Only 5 points separated the last 4 teams!

Cha Cha Cha

No. of

birdies

1^st9+2^nd 9=

Score

1^st

Andrea Williams

Tony Gooch

Derek Longhurst

Frances Longhurst

41+45=

2^nd

Gary Burgess

Michael Curtis

Shelley Yeo

Glenn Kelly

45+40=

3^rd

Gerry Tessier

Greg Bennett

Colin Kerr

Barry Treak

37+42=

4^th

Earle Scarff

Paul Cooper

Don Beasley

Paul Gardner

38+40=

5^th

Carol Barrow

Keith Barrow

Nuria Smith

Mark Smith

38+37=

6^th

Peter Baird

Birgit Reinartz

Mark Hill

Brett Fordham

37+37=

THE PODIUM
Frances, Gerry (Capt.), Andrea & Derek
(Tony had to leave early)

Individual Scores

The individual scores provides an insight into the power behind the Cha Cha Cha win!!

With both Andrea and Frances taking out the two top positions, and Frances making birdie on the 3rd hole no less! For Frances it was a triumphant return after a lengthy period of recovery from injury!!

Notwithstanding the heat, there were 14 birdies scored by 10 players!

	Player	Handicap	Score	Eagles	Birdies
1	Andrea Williams	19	40
2	Francis Longhurst	?	39		3
3	Nuria Smith	44	38
4	Michael Curtis	28	37
5	Don Beasley	15	36
6	Gary Burgess	6	36		3
7	Colin Kerr	15	35		8, 17
8	Brett Fordham	8	35		15, 17
9	Keith Barrow	11	34		1
10	Barry Treak	19	32		12, 15
11	Paul Cooper	13	32
12	Mark Hill	12	30		4, 17
13	Paul Gardner	?	30
14	Tony Gooch	6	29
15	Mark Smith	21	29
16	Derek Longhurst	24	29
17	Carol Barrow	32	29
18	Glenn Kelly	11	28		14
19	Shelley Yeo	11	28		9
20	Peter Baird	20	27		2
21	Earle Scarff	14	26
22	Greg Bennett	20	26
23	Gerry Tessier	16	24

Golden Hole

Many tried, but the prize jackpots yet again!

Eagles & Birdies

A total of 14 birdies, including 4 pairs! Excellent work from the following members:

Eagles & Birdies
	Hole	Placing
Francis Longhurst	3	2
Gary Burgess	3	6
Colin Kerr	8, 17	7
Brett Fordham	15, 17	8
Keith Barrow	1	9
Barry Treak	12, 15	10
Mark Hill	4, 17	12
Glenn Kelly	14	18
Shelley Yeo	9	19
Peter Baird	2	20

Novelties

Andrea announced the following winners who outclassed the pack!

Novelties
	Hole	Contenders	Winner
NTP	2	Andrea, Francis, Peter	Nuria
LD - Ladies	4	Francis	Shelley
NTP in 2	7	Andrea, Keith	Gary
LD - Men	11	Derek	Mark S
NTP in 3	12	Goochy	Boris