Perry Lakes Cup

Well, that was interesting.

Beautiful sunny day, cooling breeze, the course in great condition, and what happens?

Just about the worst collection of scores ever recorded.

Only ten players in the thirties, and the median score a very average 28. (Also the mode for anyone interested in that sort of thing).

If that was Opening Day, then roll on Closing Time.

We said goodbye to Richard Osborne - who's heading off to hone his hockey skills before representing Australia again.

Just the socks for opening day

And goodbye to Keith and Carol, who are heading back to the Old Country for northern hemisphere Spring (and Brexit, or not, we'll see).

That's goodbye and not adieu. We certainly hope they'll all be back.

And welcome to Greg Dunkeld, who we haven't seen for a while - good to see you, Greg.

And a Happy Birthday to Jeanie  - (and no, we didn't ask. I'm guessing 34 or 35).

You may have picked up a fixture list today - bear in mind that a few of those course allocations will need to change, we're negotiating our way out of a clash with the Stirling Group. More to come.

Special thanks to Jack's mum, who'd obviously given the Perry Lakes Cup a bit of a polish - it was gleaming.

An additional novelty today - Shelley gets a ball for having her name on all four of the novelty boards.

	NOVELTY	HOLE	CONTENDERS	WINNER
	LD	1	Malcolm, Shelley	Don
	NTP in 3	8	Malcolm	Shelley
	NTP in 2	12	Shelley	Vickie
	NTP	18	Shelley, Jan	Paul
	GOLDEN HOLE	3		Bernie
	NAME ON EVERY PIN			Shelley

And a big hand for Bernie, who managed to pull off the Golden Hole. She'll be shouting the drinks at the Gidgegannup Hotel around four this afternoon. Oh, too bad, you've missed it.

We took the opportunity to hand out a couple of trophies that have now been engraved, but were awarded earlier. There was this one:

Stone the crows - I'd forgotten all about this one

Stephanie will be taking orders for club shirts next week. A delightful shade of blue, with sizes 12, 14 and 16 for the ladies, M, L and XL for the guys. With luck, we'll have samples available so you can check your size.

Just looking for a nice mantelpiece 

And the Perry Lakes Cup - no doubt about the winner:

	PLAYER	SCORE	BIRDIES
	Peter	19
	Ian	21
	Vickie	22
	Brett	23
	Jeanie	24
	Dave	24
	Greg B	25
	Stephanie	26
	Max	26
	Ross	27
	Shelley	27
	Greg D	27
	Richard O	28
	Frances	28
	Earle	28
	Kerry	28
	Derek	29	5
	Gim	31	1, 7
	Keith	31
	Rob	32
	Jan	33	3, 5, 7
	Thomas	33
	Bernie	34	2, 3
	Don	34
	John	35	10
	Paul	36	9, 15
	Glen	39	4, 15

Winners are grinners!

Peter consoled himself with winning the raffle, to make up for a less than stellar performance on the field of play.

I'm just getting the hang of this now

But a special word for Jan, who had 36 off the stick for the first nine, with birdies on the third, fifth and seventh, and should probably have banked her 21 points and gone home at that point.

Looking ahead, we're planning a sausage sizzle on April 27th, the day that we host the WA Blind Golfers Association. There'll be another date for your diaries soon, we're planning Christmas in July, which Kerry has very kindly volunteered to host. Date to be confirmed (but probably July!).

Next week, it's the first round of the Club Championship on the Old Course. That's a stroke competition, so remember to hit those provisionals. It's a ten if you wipe the hole.