COUNTRY CUP

An early start for most of us

But that was a lot of fun

Not only did it all run pretty smoothly

We were well looked after by Secret Harbour

And the weather?

After a week of warnings from Bureau of Meteorology

The word thunderstorms was even mentioned once or twice

We had glorious sunshine from first to last

The bunkers were ... challenging

And like any decent links course

It paid to stay on the fairways

But those who treated the course with respect

Came home with very nice scores.

A big hand to Shelley, Stephanie and Vickie who worked hard before the event

And an even bigger hand to Gary, who's been on the project for several months

A great day, a Country Cup to remember. 



Our guests played well, 



Gerry 30 pts
Mark  30 pts
Terry  36 pts with a birdie on the third



So, the guest prize goes to Terry, and a welcome to Gerry, his first game with the club. Hope you had a good time, mate.




The catering department went all festive over the Grand Final result, and well done the Eagles, but perhaps we should spare a thought for Collingwood

But then again, maybe not. 

So let's share this moment, then move on:

Sadly, Gary has had to resign as Vice-President. We wish him all the best and a speedy recovery from his health issues, but we still expect to see him on the course each week. 

John Messenger has been invited by the committee to step into the role, and we look forward to working with him. 

He's awarding a surprise trophy to the most successful virtual 2BBB partnership of the day, and the results will be announced next week. (No, I don't really either, but he'll explain it all). 

	NOVELTY	HOLE	CONTENDERS	WINNER
	LD MEN	1	Gary	Terry
	LD LADIES	1	Vickie, Frances	Jan
	NTP IN 2	7		Derek
	NTP IN 2	12	Gary, Patches	John
	NTP	17		Patches

There was another novelty prize, for the most bunkers encountered today. After a countback and a blind draw, Steph stepped up and claimed the prize. 

Well done, I think. 

	PLAYER	SCORE	BIRDIES
	Greg	20
	Jack	20
	Earle	23
	Stephanie	23
	Frances	23
	Richard Y	25
	Shelley	27
	Gary	28
	Max	28	6
	Don	29
	John	30
	Derek	31	7
	Kerry	31
	Rob	32
	Jan	32	1,5
	Vickie	32
	Peter	33
	Paul	35
	Ian	38	3

A clear winner, Ian had a great round and tamed what was not an easy course. 



To celebrate, he's setting off in his caravan to visit Victoria, of all places, with the missus. 




We don't expect to see him back again until December, so bon voyage to you both. 

Could always get there and back before Saturday...

And as the footie season comes to an end, let's finish with this thought.

See you all next week

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 6

Small field today. Something to do with a football match, I gather. 

Even me in shorts

Having said that, fields do appear to be shrinking somewhat. Not yet to a critical level, but the reality is that in spite of having our quota of full members, the actual numbers playing each week are low. 

So, if you have a friend who you think would enjoy the club, do bring them along. Whilst they would only be entitled to associate membership initially, they'd still be able to play every week. 

Rugged up in case there's a cool change

Warmest day of the season so far - forecast of 25 degrees, I suspect it crept above that. 



And, in spite of the greens being cored and sanded on the old course, there were some creditable scores. 

Smashing them today

But, first and foremost, the caption competition. 

There were many and various entries, mostly unprintable, and a few that were both amusing and only slightly offensive. However, I've printed them all below. 

1. Me no luv you long time, Longhurst

2. Just piss off. I'm so pissed off that bloody Scarff took me for another $5 of my hard earned, then had the temerity to say he only bets with me to lay off against his bets with Paul and Brett

3. I can't hold it back any more, run!

4. I have been away for the last couple of months. I can't remember whether this is my "inscrutable" or "scrutable" partner

5. After that round, I feel like I've been cored and sanded.

6. Why, oh why do I play this stupid game

7. Strange - I don't seem to be getting many responses on eHarmony with my photo

8. Tastes like they've been putting Novichok on those wedges

9. Excuse me, I think I've just sat on my divot remover.



And congratulations to Peter Baird, who was rewarded with the generous prize of a golf ball for his entry:

Who said I've put on weight? In fact I have redistributed some muscle for longer drives!

Pithy, I thought

The real competition of course, would be to try and work out who contributed each caption. No prizes, but the players were Keith Barrow, Derek, Glen, Greg, Earle and Paul - can you work it out. (Yes, some players put in more than one entry).  

Plus, many thanks to Stan for generously agreeing to be the subject of the caption competition. Oh, hang on a minute, he didn't. Sorry Stan, but thanks anyway - you're a good sport. 



John generously offered himself for fine of the week, quoting his frustration on the sixteenth tee searching for his seven iron before finally finding it tucked under his arm. 

I feel a great round coming on

So, the novelties

	HOLE	NOVELTY	CONTENDERS	WINNER
	2	NTP	Lynne, Frances	Stephanie
	10	NTP in 2		Lynne
	9	NTP in 3	Colin, Gary	Max
	15	LD		Max
	16	Golden Hole		Glen

Well done, Max. And spare a thought for Glen who won the Golden Hole, and picked up the smallest ever jackpot of $15.

How come the boys are in yet another picture?

While we're talking of big wins, Earle carried off the $10 raffle prize, asking us to not let Vickie know or she'd take it off his pocket money for next week. 

Some remarkable rounds there, with Richard and Greg disputing the major honours, with Richard's deftly managed handicap proving the difference. 

	PLAYER	SCORE	BIRDIES
	Peter	81	4
	Gary	77
	Earle	77
	Jack	77
	Colin	76
	Jan	76
	Paul	74	13, 17 (Eagle)
	John	72	2, 4
	Glen	72
	Max	72
	Lynne	71	2, 10
	Frances	70
	Stephanie	69
	Don	68
	Greg	67
	Richard Yeo	65

Just played my normal game..

A special thanks to Rob for his generous sponsorship this week, sorry you weren't with us.

Next week, it's off to Secret Harbour for the Country Cup. Be there at 0830 for a 0900 tee off. And if your ball goes off the fairway, take a six iron with you for company - it's dugite country in there. 

Whose entries were those?

1. Paul, 2 Earle, 3 Greg, 4 Glen, 5, 7 & 8 Derek, 6 Keith.