SOS Cup Round 2

twas a warm day with many fading before the slow death in the sun,,

was great to see the Rocketman back in the fray,,,

and the good news that Richard Yeo is 'all good' 

2nd round top3 (in reverse order and had to be settled with a 4 way count back!)

3/ Ross

2/ Shelley

1/ Gary

Overall

3/ Ross

2/ Glen

1/ Stephanie

It has to be noted that a Kiwi won the SOS cup for maybe the first time,,,, but one of the more amusing notes of the day was that EVERY number out of the raffle had a 6 (sux) in it!!!!

Fix, the crowd cried!

(or "fux"? Ed)

SOS Cup Round 1

A beautiful day, with the first annoying flies of summer - it must be barbecue time!!

Sorry to say goodbye to David Ross, who's unable to play with us anymore - we wish him all the best for his future ambitions. Earle was acclaimed as Vice-Captain for the rest of this golfing year - congratulations, Earle.

Welcome back to Colin, who was a bit out of practice - that'll change.

Lorenzo has been appointed Wildlife Officer, pending ratification at the AGM.

Novelties:

NTP (3) Christine
NTP (9) Gim
NTP (12) Oliver
NTP (16) in 2  Tony Lee

Today's results:

Shelley     88
Malcolm   84
Tony         80
Earle         80
Paul          80
Ian            79
Vickie      78
Christine 77
Phil          77
Gary        76
Lynne     75
Derek     75
Don        75
Oliver     75
Greg       74
Peter       74
Ross         72
Frances   71
Lorenzo  70
Gim          70
Glen         70
Stephanie64

Amazing score, Stephanie, well done. And thanks to Shelley for sponsoring today's prize.

The Captain noted that as it her choice of game in two weeks time, she has elected to condemn us to mixed foursomes. If numbers do not permit a conventional allocation, some members will be invited to cross dress for the day.

After the usual festivities, the group met for a Special General Meeting to ratify the necessary changes to the Rules to accommodate our affiliation to GolfWA - minutes will be distributed separately.

Club Championships, Final Round

A punishing day in the field,  when what started as merely cool and overcast became wet and windy. Another stroke round, and some of the higher handicappers will be looking forward to kinder formats over the week ahead. Like when after five shots to get out of the bunker you can pick up and cheerily wave to your fellow golfers as you head for the next tee.

Welcome to Fran - no, not that Fran, but Steph's guest, who managed a very creditable net 76.

I just got a Birdie!!

NTP in 3 on the 5th: Glen
NTP in 2 on the 9th:Shelley
NTP in 3 on the 18th: Glen

And for the main event:

Steph on 76
Don on 74
Dave on 70
Greg on 70 (countback)
and congratulations to Glen on his 69 under pressure.

Next week there is a Special Meeting to approve rule changes necessary for our affiliation to Golf WA - you should all have received copies. Nothing earth-shattering, but the changes bring our format into line with what's required.

Thanks to Vickie for a whole heap of hard work in getting it all up to scratch.

Putting Perils

There was a bit of slipperiness about the greens on our recent Country Cup. Lorenzo was bravely dispatched to deal with the over-friendly reptile, which he handled confidently, apparently having been reassured by his colleagues that the Tiger Snake was a non-venomous species, frequently kept as a children's pet  in the outer suburbs.

Stay tuned - next week, Lorenzo makes friends with the Killer Bees!

Stableford on the Tuart

Thanks to Paul for sponsoring today's competition, and welcome back to Kerry after her visit to the Old Country, Eric after his travels, and Colin.

NTP on the 2nd, with the third shot - DJ
NTP on the 9th, Gim
NTP on the 12th, Gim

LD on the 16th, Derek

Anyone short of golf balls, talk to Gim.

Today's card:

Tony 24
Derek 24
Lorenzo 27
Vickie 27
Christine 28
David 29
Colin 29
Eric 30
Phil 31
Earle 32
Lynne 34
Greg 34
Gary 34
Glen 34
Steph 35
Paul 36
Peter 36
Ian 36
Don 38

and today's winner, on 42, Gim!


A special mention must go to Lorenzo, whose continuing interaction with Australian wildlife culminated with his spirited defence of the attack of killer bees.

His citation mentions that he selflessly drew the swarm towards himself by running down the fairway waving his towel, thereby decoying the murderous beasts away from his playing partners and sacrificing himself.

Garibaldi would have been proud of him.

Lorenzo - don't forget, over 50% of Australian wildlife is VENOMOUS.  That's why more people don't live here.




Do note, the date for the Annual Dinner is confirmed as November 17th, venue St Ives.


Scores for the Annual Eclectic will be closed off after the game on October 20th.