Ambrose Pairs

Well, that was nice, wasn't it. A pleasantly cool day, an early start, and a no-pressure game where you could always rely on your partner to dig you out of trouble.

We'll be giving it our best shot today

Quietly confident.

I'll just be giving this young lady some golfing lessons

On the starting grid.

With the president in America, there was a strange end of term flavour about the day. No handicaps to destroy, no nasty shots from under the Xanthorrhoea preissi, in fact, nothing to worry about at all.

Modelling the latest golf fashions

Gosh, aren't we all playing well today

The men with no name. 

This could be our day.

Someone want's to get in on the act

Warmest birthday wishes to Richard Yeo for Monday. Save some cake for us.

Stan not too happy about the draw

Worst raffle ever. All these numbers left in the box. 

Have you really scrolled down this far? And you still don't know who won, do you? Keep going, nearly there... 

"After that great shot, I feel like I've got butterflies coming out of my bum." No, we weren't sure either.

This is high finance. We could have saved Lehman Brothers

And the golden hole is now up to $107 on the Tuart. A couple more weeks and it'll be worth having a go at.

Stephanie photo-bombs the team photo, and adds a bit of glamour to an otherwise....

The captain pays a proprietorial visit

After 27 numbers drawn, finally, a winner. 

 And now, the novelties:

NTP	3rd	Thomas
NTP	9th	Don
(Just a whisker short of a hole in one)
LD	14th	Gary
LD	17th	Stephanie

Thomas wins his first ever golf ball. Suddenly it all seems worthwhile, doesn't it?

At last...the winners:

Greg & Bernie	73.25
Stephanie & Peter	71.00
Derek & Gim	67.25
Thomas & Ian	66.50
Dave & Frances	66.00
Colin & Don	64.50
Gary & Lynne	63.00
Stan & Vickie	57.50

Not much doubt about that...well played, Stan & Vickie. An unbeatable combination. 

And a couple of great prizes, thank you Clement & Co. See them here:

http://www.clementco.com.au/

(Coo, nice website!)

 

The all important winners are grinners shot. (Come on Stan, crack a smile, Deeta's home cooking you a beautiful dinner).

But of course, there can only be one winner. Well, no, two actually. 

And a note from the Captain - next week it's the second round of the Club Championship. Can you let Glen know by Monday pm if you need to pull out.

Club Champs round 1

Sponsored by the roguish Greg Bennett.

T'was a fine day for golf as it happened  to fall on the most wondrous of days that is St George's Day, so in honour i regaled in the red & white of the Mother Country.

In true spirit of such a day tensions were high as people readied themselves for the off.

Even the Scarlet Pimpernel was feeling the stress of the upcoming competition,,,,,, almost succumbing to a full frontal pic!













To help celebrate the magnificence of the day we welcomed back 

Phil The Gambler McCleod, Son-in-Law Jason, and the inimitable Rich Angry Yeo.


Yep Jase, you had better check your change!

And then there was my beautiful wifey, with her new set of Pings, just waiting to be christened in the rough.


Unfortunately although the new clubs fared well, the putter seemed to fail!

A slightly dishevelled wifey was heard to utter 
"Fkn hate golf" as yet another Garcia finally dropped.

At least Ernie Els never showed his face,,, hehehheeee



Captains Corner

Never again – missing golf for a godchild’s Ice Age mammoth Adventure! 

Well done to Ron for fantastic 66 (gross 82) dropping 1 stroke to 15 (GA 14.3) on the Old course but have heard that he is looking for a new driver as Rita left him and the cart on the 18^th green with big brother repeating ‘forbidden area”. 

Steffi was the only other player to lose a stroke down 1 to 19 (GA 17.7) (for both the Old & Tuart courses).  

Next week Ambrose Pairs with Clement & Co as the sponsor.

Resluts
Well done to Ron who brought home the prize today with a quality score of 66.
After his last victory he was hoping for a bigger tripod for his telescope,,,, heheheheheeee

1^st Ron  Conway (birdie 15^th) 66

2^nd Gary  Burgess (birdies 11^th, 17^th) 69

3^rd  Rob  Gray 70

4^th Stanley Tan 71 (cb)

5^th Glen Pope 71 (cb)

6^th Paul Gardner 72 (cb),,,,, yes! On the board!!!!

Shelley Yeo, Don Beesley 72

Stephanie Jeffares (birdie 7^th) 73

Frances Longhurst, Peter Baird (birdie 8^th) 75

Greg Bennett 76

Brett Fordham (birdie 4^th), Derek Longhurst 77

Ian Holmes, Phil McLeod 79

Lynne Malone 81

Graeme Powell 82

Bernie Caffrey 83

Richard Yeo 84

Vickie Scarff 86

Gim Ong 87

Kerry Gardner 90

AND from riches (winning the golden hole) to pauper (lollies) – Dave Williamson 91

Guest:  Jason 86 gross with a birdie on the 4^th.

Novelties
Unfortunately due to cooking and cleaning duties, and the announcements starting a trifle early, i haven't a clue who won what for the day,,,, 
I do know i got my name on one, despite Brett almost forgetting the marker and having to run back to the hole amidst a chorus of "fine, fine, fine" from the group behind hehehehhehe

But big thanks to Fran & Kerry for providing the beautiful salads,,,, and for Brett and myself for the chefing duties and providing such fine beverages!

And yes Peter, there is some left!












Golden Hole
Well done to the miraculous Dave, who clearly had a very mixed round.
Although coming last, and therfore winning the lollies, at least he managed one good shot as he took home the massive prize pot of $47.

Spend it wisely my good man!


Fines of the Week
Firstly there has to be a massive fine for Davo for a very 'mixed' round, but what else do we have????

An absolute classic and a very true assessment of the game 

Derek to Paul -- after being on the range i enquired politely:-
"How'd you go Derek, getting any betterer?"
"Unfortunately not Paul, i'm just practising the problems!"  

Then there was the strangely boisterous Vickie,,,, must be taking advantage as Earl was off entertaining the god-child:-

Vickie -- "i'm actually feeling a little bit diabolical"
as she crashes her cart into another unsuspecting driver

And continuing on the cart theme

Rita -- getting involved a game of Cart Wars, as after dropping off Ron to the 18th green, the buggy's GPS seemed to malfunction  shouting
"No entry, return to Fairway" 
like an insane dalek and forcing Rita to have to reverse all the way back to the clubhouse!
Comedy genius,,, if only i had a pic!!!

And then there was another entry by Davo, who after filling his plate with sausage and salad proceeded to wander around accusing people of stealing his beer!
Hopefully you found the culprit.

Random Pics

Cart wars eh Vickie & Rita???

Get in quick Stiff, before those Kookaburras get it!

Looking a bit pensive there Bernie.

Listening intently,,,,,,

Worst raffle in the world evers

Ahhh my friend, beer,,, how i've missed you

Loving the scoff

Glorious arvo for a BBQ, not bad for Autumn.

Will we ever get a pic of the Pimpernel????

I love a good sausage.

Great pic















Wifey and I will be at the Taste of Perth next week, eating & drinking to our hearts content,,,, so see ya in a couple of weeks.

Enjoy the Ambrose Pairs!

Ladies Day meets The Mug 2016

Sponsored by,,,,, I can't remember again, but it was very kindly donated by someone,,,, actually it's just come to me it was the fine members of the SOS Committee.

and so it was the return of Ladies Day, with a NAGA prize of The Mug for man who comes last!


For those that remember last year a couple of us likely lads dressed up and played in dresses (well at least for the first couple of holes!).

Unfortunately Kerry wouldn't let me do that this year, as she said it'd been done,,,, so i had to put my thinking cap on


So lo and behold, i ended up putting one of wifey's thongs on instead. 

The trouble is i managed to put it on the wrong way round and now it looks like a buggle eyed blowfish!
hehehehee

The trials and tribulations of trying to be amusing, eh?





As you may have noticed, my beautiful wife, Kerry had returned from her

family sojourn over to Ireland.

Damn it's good to have you back babes!

















Plus other welcome backs to Phil Mickelson McKeague, Derek The Butterfly Hunter, Fran The Gran (from their travels to Brissy) and Part-Time Bernie on her return from Dublin.

Some members carbo-loaded before the match.

But we weren't actually sure if Bernie was 'loading' for the golf or for the general chatter to keep her going throughout the round!

Athletes eh?


Of course with such an event there comes much discussion from the Ladies about anything and everything,,,, some to do with the game, what happened last week, feelings etc  

All pretty standard really as they gathered around and gossiped hehehee

It even carried onto the first tee, as the first group (pictured on the right) continued to gas about despite the calls from the guys up top calling out:-

-- 'Hurry the f##k up'

-- 'Quick games a good game'

Looks like it could be a long day!!!



Question
What do you officially call a Group of Ladies?**

-- Gaggle

-- Chatter
-- Fluff
-- Intelligence
-- Council
-- Moan




answers on an email please,,,,,, 

** thanks to a male member who shall, of course, remain nameless for the above question


Only joking Ladies, because i have to say that it was actually a pretty speedy round and everybody seemed to be enjoying themselves.
But as said before never let the truth get in the way of good banter!!!!!!!!

Anyway enough blah from me, and onto the rest of The Blog


Captain's Corner
Thanks as always to Vickie for these comments!

A very dusty neglected Mug Cup was returned by last year’s winner, Derek – only to be taken home again by Derek as the lowest scoring male.  

Derek, it is not true that if you win it 3 times in a row you can keep the Mug!  

Stephanie was the best of a high scoring lot of ladies although Kerry pleaded jet lag.  

Colin bombed out of the Medford comp with a career high on the 1^st hole but had a creditable 33 stableford points for Golflink.

Golflink: Stableford scores were entered for Golflink and only changes were:- 

Brett down 1 to 12 (GA 11.4) and Glen down 1 to 9 (GA 8.7).

Club Championship Round 1 is next Saturday on the Old Course with a late 9.40am start.  

To be eligible you must play at least 5 of the 7 Club Championship rounds and at least 11 games (including played Club Championship rounds) in the Winter season.

BBQ next Saturday at Perry Lakes:  The licensed marquee at Wembley is being pulled down this week to make way for a mini golf course, so drinks after the game will be at Perry Lakes with a BBQ. 

Results
Well done to Stiff on bringing home the bacon, and winning the Ladies Day

event,,,, 

We're all pretty sure she's happy it isn't another cup that she has to take home to NZ, and doesn't need to strengthen her mantle-piece anymore!

But well played!

Winning Lady (with lowest score): Stephanie Jeffaries  19

Mug Cup (male with highest score): Derek Longhurst 28 (on countback from Malcolm Yeo)

The rest:

Ian Holmes 14

Brett Fordham 16

Glen Pope (Birdie 14^th) 17

Gary Burgess (Birdie 9^th) 18

Don Beesley 19

Ciaran McGlue 20

Paul Gardner (Birdie 10^th) 21

Phil McKeague (Birdie 14^th) 22

Frances Longhurst, Earle Scarff, Graeme Powell 23

Shelley Yeo 25

Rob Gray 26

Greg Bennett, Hopalong Pete Baird 27

Vickie Scarff, Malcolm Yeo, Derek Longhurst 28

Lynne Malone 30

Kerry Gardner 33

Bernie Caffrey 36

Congrats to Derek for retaining the much-loved Mug Cup!

As we've always said, if you don't come first you might as well come last!

At least you go home with a prize, woo hoo.











Novelties
NTP  2-- Stiff
NTP  6-- Rob Gray
NTP10-- Paul
NTP15-- Glen

You'll all be pleased to hear that the Golden Hole didn't go off! 
And so the coffers grow.


Fines of the Week
And here we go onto fun-times and fine-times, and remember never let the truth get in the way of an amusing anecdote:-


Earle to a bunch of guys:-
"It's going to be a pleasure playing with all the blokes, as at least we'll all see where the ball goes"
Controversial Captain i hear you cry!

Peter talking about his cat AGAIN:-
"I have to put my cat in a bucket before i brush it"
to which Vickie is heard to reply
"Peter you are obsessed by your pussy"

Gary talking about his wife Linh:-

Colin:-
Poor Colin as he managed to replicate Ernie Els on the first having 6 putts and DQ'ing himself by picking the ball up!
I feel your pain brother!!!

Fordy & Gardi:-
after being level pegging after 15 holes, Fordy hit's a fat one to halfway of the green, to which Gardi says:-
"Ahhhaaahhhh at last, you've left the door open for me"
At which point i also hit a fatter one a third of the way,,,,, to tumultuous laughter and Fordy shouting:-
"Hehehehehe looks like you've just slammed in your own face!"

Random Pics

The only golfball to use on Ladies Day,,,

The Cougar!

Love your club, and it will love you back
or at least that's the theory!

What did you say about all the talking,,,,,, just you wait!

Rose between the thorns

The happy Colin before the tee-off and The Scarlet Pimpernel once again showing his good side.

Right lads, let the fun commence

Get that wallet open fella

An irishman and an englishman go to the golf course,,,,,,,,
complete the rest yourselves

The Ladies Table in celebrating stylieeeeee

An englishman and an unhappy irishman,,,,,,,,,,

Let's see those cheesy grins!

Yes Gardi, i took your money and your beer,,,,,

Pretty in pink

The Scarlett Pimpernel strikes back!

















See ya all on Saturday peeps, for the first round of the Club Championship and of course the BBQ down at Perry Lakes!!!

Bring it on!