Changing of The Guard- Perry Lakes Cup 2017

Sponsored by the gorgeous Wifey.





And so the New Season begins with The Changing of the Guard, and the new El Presidente, The Vickster, showing us the way down the middle of the fairway.


what a fine shout it was as it soared down the middle to tumultuous applause from the madding crowd!!!


Let the season begin!!!








With the change in the Committee it also falls upon me to welcome you to your new BlogMeister, as the lovely Stiff takes over the reigns.


So this is indeed my 'swansong', and a very poor one it will be,,,,,, 

especially as all my notes ended up in the wash due to an ever-keen Wifey who in her urgency to get the grotty washing done failed to notice the paper in my back pocket,,,,, and it subsequently came out a little bit mushed!!!

Oooppppsss! 


The Results
Well, well, well,,,,,,, with the start of the new season came some cracking golf scores, with our lowest handicapper, Phil Mickle McKeague, narrowly missing out on the Trophy and a 'par' round to good old Ron Argus Conway

Quality rounds guys,,,,,,, and also mention must go to Deadly Derek, for taking home the sugary prize, even after attempting to lose his card in the carpark.

Hey Deadly, i live by the adage that if you don't come first you may as well come last!

Anyway on with the detail:-

1^st  Ron Conway 41 (Birdie 6^th)

2^nd  Phil McKeague 40 (Birdies 9^th, 14^th, 15^th, 16^th)

3^rd  Roger Blatchford (CB) 36

4^th  Glen Pope (Birdie 7^th)  36

5^th  Don Beesley (CB) 35

6^th  Jan Rowling 35

Brenda Jones, Stan Tan 34

Frances Longhurst, Paul Gardner (Birdie 12^th) 33

Rob Gray, Peter Baird 32

Gordon Neilsen 31

Dave Williamson, Richard Yeo, Kerry Gardner, Stephanie Jeffares 30

Lynne Malone, Richard Osborne, Thomas Reilly 28

Ross Campbell 27

Shelley Yeo 26

Derek Longhurst 22 (Derek was nearly successful in avoiding the lollies when his card was “temporarily” lost!)

Congrats also to Roger (yet to think of an appropriate nickname for you) for his competitive round for the club and coming a creditable 3rd,,,,
Reap it while ya can buddy!!!!


Novelties
Apart from the Golden Hole not going off and therefore increasing,,,,,, i don't reall have a clue what happened?!






I'm pretty sure with the number of birdies that McMickel-Keague would've won one,








as would The Argus

Ex-BlogMeister Gardi didn't win a novelty but can boast another birdie on the 12th hehehehehehheeeee



And i think that Lyn The Mucker Malone may have won the longest drive?????

But in hindsight, all of the above could be just a figment of my over-active imagination,,,,








Fines of The Week
None really to speak of, cos i can't remember any, so the only one goes to my beloved:-

Wifey -- for destroying my copious notes with the hasty washing!
Ahh bless!!! xxx

Random Pics

let battle commence

The Pimpernel is still around!!!

I wanna drive, no i wanna drive!!!

Ladies that lunch & drink

Boys will be boys

The Winner and his clearly on-form caddy 

THAT'S ALL FOLKS, 

IT'S BEEN EMOTIONAL

SEE YA ON THE GOLF COURSE!!!

Irish Stableford

I believe it was supposed to be sponsored by Sticky McGlue, but unfortunately he came unstuck as his 'mates' imbibed a smidgen too much of the Black Stuff and caused him to break his ankle......

GET WELL SOON FELLA!!!!!!

And there we a few 'welcome backs' for such a fine event as we said hello again to Ivar & Judith, Bruce & Mardi, Beardy Dave and Mustang Ross

Apologies to Bruce & Mardi as i was too late in getting pics as you snuck in as i was teeing off,,,,, next time xxx


And of course to Bernie BeJesus

as she offered support her fellow Oirishman as he was recovering in the nearby hospital:-

"Get youself down thr fookin golf course you fookin eeejit Ciaran!"

You'll walk it off, so you will!"

So what happened as the rain decided to come and go,,,,,

The Results

As always many thanks to The Scribe for her endless work in providing the scores on the doors

Irish Stableford 18/3/17
1st Brett Fordham, Stan Tan, Lynne Malone & Thomas Reilly 86

2nd Charmaine Stanger, Roland Stanger, Mardi Freeman & Bruce Freeman 84 (cb)
3rd Vickie Scarff, Earle Scarff, Malcolm Yeo & Shelley Yeo 84
4th Paul Gardner, Kerry Gardner, Derek Longhurst & Frances Longhurst 83
5th Ross Campbell, Don Beesley, Jan Rowling & Bernie Caffrey 81




Stableford (played in conjunction with Irish Stableford)
Thomas Reilly 36 (Birdie 2nd)

Paul Gardner (Birdie 17th), Earle Scarff 35
Vickie Scarff, Judith Holm (Guest), Mardi Freeman (Guest), Kerry Gardner (Birdies 1st for Eagles Nest $5 Par 5 20+ h’cp & 2nd) 34
Jan Rowling, Stan Tan (Birdie 16th), Ivar Holm, Shelley Yeo 33
Roland Stanger (Birdie 2nd), Lynne Malone (Birdie 2nd) 32
Don Beesley 31
Bruce Freeman (Guest), Brenda Jones 30
Peter Baird 29
Fran Longhurst, Richard Yeo, Glenn Pope (Birdie 7th) 27
Derek Longhurst 26
Malcolm Yeo 25

Bernie Caffrey 20 (only excuse for Bernie’s score was that she couldn’t not stop worrying about her fellow Irish golfer’s hijinks on St Patrick’s day resulting in a broken ankle – from some of the scores, there were plenty of other concerned players)

Commiserations to Ciaran, we at SOS hope you have a speedy recovery and hope to see you at drinks on Opening Day with the full story.

Novelties

NTP--  Malc

NTP--  Don

NTP--  Nobody ??????????

LD --   Fordy

Nobody hitting the green on the 14th????? 

Boo hiss people,,,

Golden Hole

And yes it finally went off, but not without some controversy,,,,, as Stan the Man Tan ticked the wrong spot on the sheet, after narrowly beating Fordy on the inside,,,,,,,,, thankfully The Committee, after much thoughtful banter finally saw sense and allowed him his ill-gotten gains!!!!!

Well done mucker!!!!!!!!!

Fines of the Week

Derek & Paul-- for being so stupida as to argue with our respective spouses without realising that whatever happens,,,,,, it's all our fault!!!!

Derek & Paul-- for suggesting to play a couple of holes in The Emperors New Clothes

Stan, Ciaran, Bernie-- for being a little bit sick in the head/ankle/stomach and it affecting their ball striking.

Stan-- for clearly being a little short-sighted due to his sickness and not ticking the correct area on the sheet.

Vickie-- for being angry and aggressive whilst carrying the chairs at the Sausage Sizzle and creating General Carnage, by bumping into people and benches.

Brenda-- for informing us that there are apparently 

"Too many snakes in Ireland!"

 

Earl-- for being like his missus and generally out-of-control of his equipment.

Random Pics

Separated at birth?????

I reckon Stan's marked it in the wrong place, i hope he doesn't get close

Happy Bejesus wid ya

No you can't drive the cart!!!!!

Oh please can i drive,,,, look into these trusting (but slightly jaded) eyes

Damn it's cold

Look at those swings,,,,,,,,

The chefs in action

The lovely platters of goodness

Fun around the fire

Even more fun with a beer










The Gathering begins

mmmmm gotta love a sausage

Par Bisque

He's looking a bit cold, I'll give him a cuddle

Phew, what a scorcher.

Good to see Glen back with eyes intact

Actually, not quite as bad as we were anticipating. Probably because most of us went in carts.

A very slow start, and some pretty slow members of the public in front of us, who got appropriately scolded by the Controller.

It's going to be one of those days

Par Bisque - a game that usually favours the higher handicappers. What happened to us all today - some fairly meagre scores?

Peter prepares to exit before it's even begun

Happy Birthday to Phil McKeague.

Next week it's Stableford, then the following week it's Irish Stableford, so start searching through the wardrobe for something suitably Irish.

Pres takes a snack

Roger's first sighting in the blog

In a fortnight, the AGM will be at Perry Lakes, we'll turn it into a bit of a sausage sizzle. Would you bring folding chairs if you have any, (and would like to be comfortable)

Last sight of Colin before his big Australia tour, make the most of it

OK  - the results.

Nice weather for a hot pie!

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Novelties
2nd	NTP	Phil
9th	NTP in 2	Gordon
10th	NTP in 2	Roger
15th	LD	Glen
		Gordon's practices the winner's waltz, just in case Not even playing today Princess Pink!

And many thanks to Tom for his generous sponsorship of today's event. As today's winner, he magnanimously donated the prize to the runner-up, Earle.

Player	Score	Birdies
Gordon	-5
Richard O	-3
Bernie	-2
Derek	-1
Shelley	-1
Glen	-1
Charmaine	0
Frances	+1	10
Ciaran	+1
Peter	+2	13
Roland	+2
Phil	+2
Malcolm	+3
Don	+3	7
Colin	+3
Roger	+4	10
Earle	+5
Tom	+5	11

It's a great day when the runner-up wins the prize