FELLOWSHIP DAY ON TUART

A friendly but nevertheless competitive golf match between the Western Australian Blind and Vision Impaired Golf Association (WABGA) and the SOS golf group.

12 SOS players, 5 WABGA players, and their caddies joined forces for another day of friendly golfing.

As in previous years, we were amazed and humbled by the efforts and achievements of our fellow golf friends, but it's time to share some photos of our event.

                                                            BEFORE THE GAME

Friendly discussions, smily faces, all nicely rugged up ('t was chilly). Apologies if I got some of the WABGA team members' names wrong. I tried my best. 😉

We all know those faces
Derek, Popey, Andrea, Shelley & Frances

Peter H., Frances, Shelley & Derek

Peter D & caddy Des

our usual happy chaps Popey, Boris & Keith

Peter H & caddy Peter H.
There are too many Peters playing golf these days!

Steve & caddy Neville

                                     ON THE FIRST TEE & DURING THE GAME

Group 2: Shelley, Peter H & caddy Peter H on tee 1
awaiting......?

Oh yess, Earle forgot his tee time
over chatting with his mates
Will he be paying for it?
We shall see!

3rd group Steve, Neville, Coops, Gerry & Bazza.
All looking forward to exceptional scores.

                                    

                  "During the game" featuring exclusively group #3 

Peter deep in.....

.....bush to bush....

Ron only needs a bit of direction
in the tee box and on the fairway...
his ball hit the fairway consistently.
At least someone who didn't
visit the bush.

Ron's putting was pretty amazing, too.
Keith served throughout the game as 
"flag substitution" both with body & voice

Cataract surgery can help to find balls 
at the strangest locations
hole #14 right-hand side 😆

Peter is trying to get his energy levels up
with a banana
before the next tee shot

not that I recall how that went

1: After a drink on #19
2: Though some scores we never forget.
3: That's a must.
4: Oh, we can select?
5: True words!

Caddy's words of wisdom

                        AFTER THE GAME

                                 AKA SAUSAGE SIZZLE @ PERRY LAKE

Shelley & Frances are warming up with
the first "bubbles" tasting of the day.
In the background, Coops is nursing a 
bottle of Rogers

Popey is preparing his "hot dog"

before facing Gerry and handing over
the 5$ he lost. 

A certain street comes to mind... 👼

                                                        RESULTS ANYONE?

The SOS group won the cup with 29.5 Stableford points. (vs 22 of the WABGA team). So the cup remains in the hands of the SOS club. Let's retake the challenge next year.

Though it was not mentioned officially, the generous amount of $ 750 will be donated to the WABGA group.

A big "Thank You" to Austin Engineering, one of our SOS sponsors.

                                                    NOVELTIES & BIRDIES

Longest Drive Ladies:        Frances & Shelley got their name on, but ANDREA won it!

Longest Drive Men:            Earle & Keith were the first lucky ones, but POPEY won it!

NP in 3 on #14:                   Birgit, Peter & Keith got on the list, but POPEY won that one too!

NP in 2 on #7:                     No one, none, no winner

Golden Holes:                     still accumulating funds

                                        You had to play in the last group....

                                                                BIRDIES

Coops:                                #18

Andrea:                               # 8

Rob N.                                #12 & 15

                                                            GENERAL RESULTS:

Winner: Gerry Tessier, with runner-up (his humble wife) Birgit Reinartz. 

Both with 35 pts...a countback on the last 6 holes made the decision.

That was one of the rare occasions where a SOS couple was placed 1st and 2nd.....guess who is still talking about it at home? 😆😆😆

The podium 🏆🏆🏆

Earle is calling out the fines 
to which he contributed generously.
He left home penniless.

Peter Drury & crew acknowledging the day.

The last group photo of our day together

                                                                

                                                              LAST BUT NOT LEAST:

This is last month's "best picture" sent in by Peter Baird

"The judges thought it encapsulated the existential tension 

between the excitement of winning 

and the drudgery of the administration 

that is necessary to enable that triumph to take place."