PRESIDENT'S TROPHY

President’s Trophy on the Tuart course.

The day the President chooses the format.

And what does he choose? 

No surprise there - Canadian Foursomes!

Some old bums about to play golf

Twenty players turned up to play, on a day that was somewhat overcast.

Warm when the sun broke through the cloud.

And a couple of brief moments of fine drizzle right at the beginning, and another towards the end.

So, all in all,  a pleasant day for golf, and a lot of fun besides.

Apologies were banned (just as well!), although a steep fine of $1 was introduced for losing your partner’s ball.

Lost control of my equipment!

Handicaps were calculated as a fraction of the aggregate of both players’ handicaps, with the scores for each hole calculated by the Stableford method. A minimum of six drives needed by each player.

Novelties

The first Golden Hole on the third hole remained unclaimed.

Nearest in one on the 6^th went to Mark Wilson

Andrea picked up the ladies’ longest drive on the 9^th

The second Golden Hole on the 12^th went to Colin, with a great shot on the Par 3

The men’s longest drive on the 15^th had Dave Millar in contention, before Coops did better

And Mark Wilson was in good shape for nearest on the 18^th, before Boris got even closer.

We welcomed Gerry back after an extended lay-off.

He mentioned that his choice of format for today’s game hadn’t been universally popular. We remind him of this:

(And by the way - soon we'll be looking for people to stand for the various committee spots at the next AGM)

Canadian Foursomes is a pairs game, so no individual prizes.

	Players	Score	Birdies
	Gim & Faye	18
	Dave W & Mark W	32	12
	Steph & Jo Ann	32
	Colin & Greg	32
	Earle & Peter	33
	Derek & Gardy	34
	Coops & Gerry	35
	Roland & Wayne	37	10
	Andrea & Boris	37
	Dave M & Karl	42	1, 14, 16

 

Not much doubt about the winners there, Dave and Karl five points clear at the top of the leaderboard, well done those two.

The podium

Many thanks to Gerry for providing generous prizes for the winners. 

No - not the chips

And consolations to Gardy, who had tickets for the third day of the Ashes Test but will now have a quiet Sunday instead.

Those of us who remember watching the great George Best play soccer will recall what an inspiration he was to so many of us. This probably sums up just what made him so inspiring:

Next week - we won’t be congregating after the game, as we’ll be rushing home to put on our make-up and iron our dresses for the Gala Dinner.  

See you there.