Tuart Course Stableford

The weather forecast predicted very high 30's and south easterly winds, so many decided to use carts in order to avoid some form of physical collapse and / or heat affected strokes!

Nevertheless, 21 SOS members and 2 guests, Jason Warburton and Liz Hardwick, assembled at the Tuart Course for a stableford competition.  As it turned out, the temperature remained at very reasonable levels for essentially all of the game, with considerable cloud cover helping!

Gary, Glen, Brett & Earle

Please note that Gary Burgess will represent SOS at the All Disabilities Golf Competition being held next Friday, 10 February, at the Barwon Heads Golf Club in NSW. Details of the venue, players, club affiliations and handicap can be found at:  https://www.golf.org.au/events#/competition/3777213/info

Best of luck Gary!!!

Andrea, Liz, Michael C, Keith, Carol, Nuria & Barry
ready to tee off!

Andrea receives late golf lesson from Barry - (?)

Goochy, Mark H & Shelley

Looks like Nuria and Mark are going to use a cart!

Goochy checks out his titanium spikes on his ventilated golf sandals!

Fairways and Greens

Tony gets "plugged" in a sand trap!

No problem, as he 'splashed' it out to within about 2 metres of the hole!

The sandals seems to be providing good traction!

Nuria finds her ball way off the ground, held by tree shoots!

But what was the ruling on the lie?

Post Game Meeting

SOS Captain, Gerry Tessier, opened the meeting in the absence of Brett Fordham who, presumably, had shot off after the golf round to watch the Scorchers play at the OPTUS Stadium!

Gerry announces the results!

The Results

Gary Burgess won the competition with 37 points including 2 birdies, the first birdie being the index 2 hole!

Mark Wilson also scored 37 points but relegated to 2nd place on a countback! Mark also scored 2 birdies including the index 1, 4th hole!

Mark Hill was one point behind with 36 points.

	Player	Handicap	Score	Eagles	Birdies
1	Gary Burgess	6	37		11, 15
2	Mark Wilson	9	37		2, 4
3	Mark Hill	11	36
4	Colin Kerr	14	34		1, 4
5	Keith Barrow	10	33		7
6	Paul Cooper	13	33		3
7	Nuria Smith	40	32
8	Kerry Edwards	33	31
9	Earle Scarff	13	31
10	Michael Curtis	26	31		2
11	Tony Gooch	7	30		18
12	Greg Bennett	19	29
13	Gerry Tessier	17	28
14	Brett Fordham	7	28
15	Andrea Edwards	16	28
16	Shelley Yeo	10	26		3
17	Barry Treak	18	25
18	Don Beasley	14	24
19	Peter Baird	20	21
20	Carol Barrow	30	21
21	Mark Smith	22	19
Guest	Liz Hardwick		30

THE PODIUM

Mark Wilson (2nd) with Captain Gerry Tessier and 3rd place-getter Mark Hill
(Winner Gary Burgess had to leave early)

Golden Hole

The pot increased as no-one got close enough to claim the 'jackpot'!

Eagles & Birdies

A total of 11 birdies is not a bad haul, with Gary, Mark W. and Colin accounting for over half with two each!

Eagles & Birdies
	Hole	Placing
Gary Burgess	11, 15	1st
Mark Wilson	2, 4	2nd
Colin Kerr	1, 4	4th
Keith Barrow	7	5th
Paul Cooper	3	6th
Michael Curtis	2	10th
Tony Gooch	18	11th
Shelley Yeo	3	16th

Novelties

Not quite sure what to make of these results, but congratulations to the winners!

For the LD - Mens to be won by Colin Kerr (with no contender) required that 11 of SOS' best male players, who preceded him, missed the 15th fairway with their drives!!!

Novelties
	Hole	Contenders	Winner
NTP in 3	2	-	Kerry
NTP in 2	7	Mark H	Keith
LD - Ladies	13	Kerry	Andrea
LD - Men	15	-	Colin Boom Boom Kerr
NTP	18	-	Goochy

Tony G reads out the Novelty results.

Keith wins a ball for NTP on the 7th

Andrea wins the Ladies longest drive!

Ash Tray Collection

Mark Smith did the honours of calling out the fines list after receiving the bag of lollies!

Many players readily gave up their cash as a donation to the Ash Tray Fund, which supports SOS's philanthropic endeavours. 

Mark Smith about to call the fines!

Raffle

Carol presided over the mechanics of rotating the barrel of balls and calling the numbers!

Raffle Master Carol being assisted by Nuria

And the winner of a Lot Six Zero $20 gift voucher is Tony Gooch!!

Keith also had a raffle winning number and receives a ball from Shelley!

Next Week

The 1st round of the Summer Cup will be played on the Tuart Course commencing around 7.40 am.

It is a stroke play competition.

The 2nd and final round is played on the Old Course on 18 February, commencing around 7.48am.

Captain's Corner

Novelty & Raffle Prizes

The Committee has decided that all future Novelty and Raffle prizes will be made by awarding a $5 gift voucher from the Wembley Golf Shop.

Golf balls will no longer be awarded for these activities.

The Committee will review this change after a period of 6 months after feedback from Members.

Annual Membership Subscription

The $140 annual membership fee is past due if you have not already made payment. Cash payments can be made directly to our Treasurer, Shelley Yeo, or to the SOS bank account with ANZ details of which can be provided on request.

Weekly Booking Charge increases $1 to $50

In July 2022 the Wembley Golf management raised booking fees by $1 to $50 per game. SOS has carried this increase since that time.

From 4 February (last week) the SOS Committee has decided to pass this increase on to members by raising the weekly booking fee by $1 to $50.

Anyone who paid $49 to Glen Pope last week (4 February) should add $1 to your next payment to catch up. Future booking fees, including 11 February, will be $50 per player.

Sale of Existing Shirts on Hand

The following items are presently in stock and available for immediate purchase:

SOS Shirts for Sale

The following is our existing supply of shirts:

Traditional style

·       Mens, small, long sleeve (2):                     $35

·       Mens, medium, short sleeve (1)                $35

·       Ladies, size 10, short sleeve (1)                $35

Anniversary style

·          Mens, medium, short sleeve (1)               $40

·          Ladies, size 14, short sleeve (2)               $40

Please advise Shelley if you want to buy one. More shirts will be ordered a bit later in the year.

Orders for shirts to be manufactured

In the next week or so members will be provided with a description and picture of the full range of SOS shirts, vests and padded garments that can be ordered from our supplier. An order form will also be included to assist in the process.

Peter Baird tests positive to COVID

Your scribe has no pleasure in reporting that I tested positive to COVID late Sunday night. This is my first infection and at present all symptoms are pretty mild! Incidentally, a RATS done some 12 hours earlier (10am Sunday) was negative. Hopefully, I have not contaminated anyone else, but be aware of the possibility! 

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