And a most welcome back to Colin Kerr after a 13 month absence and also to Ian Holmes who has recently completed an epic Australia wide trip!
Golfing conditions were excellent with little wind, dry conditions and considerable cloud cover.
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| Admiring the rain splatters on the tiles. This is about as wet as it got! |
Fortified by a week of online self-help golf browsing, most headed off to the driving range for a last bit of fine tuning.
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| Oh! To have such flexibility! |
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| Then again, a fine set of abs can also help ! |
As usual, members managed to produce a wide array of scores with over half the field involved in count-backs. Scores of 28, 29 and 32 were produced by 10 players!
A quiet beer as we wait for another group to clear 'our' table.
However, Tony Gooch carried away the 1st prize with a score of 41 points - four points clear of the field. For the statistically minded, last week Tony only managed 2nd place with an identical score !
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| Consistency wins the day ! |
Here are the results showing that it is always useful to include a birdie :
PLAYER
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SCORE
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BIRDIES
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Tony Gooch
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41
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10th
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Gary Burgess
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37
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3rd
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Paul Gardner
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36
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Gim Ong
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33
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Robert Gray
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32
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Glen Pope
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32 c/b
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10th
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Stephanie Jeffares
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32 c/b
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Kerry Gardner
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32 c/b
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Keith Barrow
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30
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Greg Dunkeld
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29
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Richard Yeo
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29 c/b
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Don Beesley
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28
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15th
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Carol Barrow
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28 c/b
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3rd
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Greg Bennett
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28 c/b
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Shelley Yeo
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28 c/b
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Colin Kerr
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27
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3rd
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Brett Fordham
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24
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Peter Baird
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24 c/b
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Ian Holmes
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22
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The 17th hole birdie from last week is up for grabs as Stephanie has disclaimed it was hers!
And . . . on with the results
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| Gary was 2nd with 37 points . . and in the background is Carol looking most satisfied having taken out the Golden Hole and the pot of $134 |
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| Paul scored a 36 for 3rd place. |
Novelties
And the Novelties go to :
NOVELTY
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HOLE
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CONTENDERS
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WINNER
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Longest drive
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4
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Kerry, Paul
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Brett
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NTP in 2
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13
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Peter, Gary
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Stephanie
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NTP
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18
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Gary
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Don
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One more
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?
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No one - marker not placed !
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Raffle
Gim cranked the raffle barrel and miraculously managed to win 1st prize
as Ian looks on with disbelief!
Golden Hole
Finally the Tuart jackpot went off when Carol managed to sent a winner down the 3rd fairway and onto the green for a reward of $134. Nice work Carol!
Treasurer releases the SOS 2019 Financial Statements and budget for 2020
No doubt members who opened their emails on Saturday night were delighted to see the club's 2019 financials, which are to be considered at the upcoming AGM, and studied them late into the night (or not?).
One reason for the late posting of this blog is that the blog meister got tied up considering ways to fix the continuing deficit which the Treasurer focuses on in her report. My attention was particularly drawn to the historic record of Ash Tray collections which have ebbed and flowed in what seems to be a most haphazard fashion from year to year. Does it reflect the Australian economy, the well being of the club members or, indeed, the average handicap score of members. Better golf means less fine producing strokes, does it not?
Is this why 2019 recorded the lowest takings in total, and by individual member, in half a decade?
Here are the basic numbers over recent years:
Not quite sure what to make of these numbers but, it is obvious that if members were to get rid of their 5c and 10c pieces at the supermarket checkouts and concentrate on financial self-flagellation when donating to the Ash Tray, it might just save the SOS Golf Group's fortunes!
Until next week . . . . . 💫 💤
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