Spring Cup Final

The final of the Spring Cup drew 22 SOS Club members and two guests to do battle on the Old Course. Once again, the weather was clear, with blue skies, considerable white cloud about and light winds. 

Perfect golf weather, so the long hitters were unable to blame wind gusts for rebellious drives!

Brett, Tom, Shelley, Jerry, Steph (with coffee) & Mal

 taking in the sunshine!

Gim and Greg ready to go on the 1st tee.

                             James, Colin & Derek watch Glen Kelly tee off on the 1st.

The first group comprising Colin, Glen, James & Derek

looking confident after tee off!

Tom, Frances & Kerry still rugged up at the start.

Post Game 

The Wembley club room was a welcome venue after the round as members and guests recount their best and most harrowing experiences on the Old Course.

The Results

ROUND 2 OF SPRING CUP

The 2nd round of the Spring Cup was won by Bernie with a round of 68 including a birdie on the long par 5, 4th hole. Congratulations also to Glen Kelly on 69 and Greg Bennett on 71 for coming 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Bernie wins the 2nd round of the Spring Cup

Fortunately there were no ties for 1st place 🎇

SPRING CUP - FINAL

But the Spring Cup glory goes to Glen Kelly whose 36 hole total of 134 was an incredible 14 strokes better than 2nd placed James Weaver, followed one stroke to Derek Longhurst in 3rd place.

Glen Kelly triumphantly holds the Spring Cup

 after being handed the trophy by Captain Gary Burgess 

Glen still smiling as he contemplates his handicap

nosediving from 17 to a much lower figure.

Raffle

Greg Dunkeld picks up first prize in the raffle and a large value scratchie. Good luck!

Birdies

Five birdies today, which is a little short of the average weekly number.

No doubt there were also a number of near misses!

The Ash Tray

Tom Reilly graciously accepted the role of fines reader by coming last, and did an excellent job in calling out the list of foul play or otherwise deviant behavior by members. 

Guests

The President welcomed Birgit Reinartz and Jerry back as guests.

Guests Jerry and Birgit relax after the round.

Eagles

No eagles or holes in one reported for the day. After all, this is an exclusive club!

As a matter of interest, the combined number of golf strokes made by all 23 players today was 2,216.

This works out to be an average of 96.35 per player and 5.35 per hole!

Novelties

Congratulations to the following winners who prevailed over the rest of the contenders 👌 💪 !

Gim with Theo Reilly brandishing a potato chip! 

Birthdays

Congratulations to Thomas Reilly whose birthday fell on 26 August.

Nice the see all members of the Reilly family again!

Golden Hole

No winner this week, so the jackpot climbs from a low base!

Paul's 50th Birthday

No not forget that Paul will be celebrating his 50th birthday next Saturday evening, 5 September, commencing around 6pm and has invited all his fellow SOS players to the night of music, pig on spit, games etc. It is BYO drinks and more details can be found in Kerry's email sent on 17 August 2020.

Next Week

Round 6 of the Club Championship will be played on the Old Course.

There will be an 8 week break until the 7th and final round of the Club Championship which will be played, also on the Old Course, 24 October.

Another reason to love golfing 🀄

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