Presidents Trophy

Another beautiful early summers day at Royal Wembley. A bit cool to start with but, as the breeze got stronger, the temperature climbed to the high 20's. By the time the last group left the 18th green the southerly winds must have been gusting to 40 kph making the selection of a suitable club a bit of a gamble!

A formidable group of power golfers waited for the 1st tee to clear :

Gary, Richard, Tony, Dave and Carol

Tony and Birgit ready to tee off

Yet another week when new records were being set ! Unfortunately Gerry's first tee shot managed to skew left and nearly made it to the garbage bin on the footpath near the driving range. As the garbage bin was before the ladies tee markers, this meant a heavy fine ! Worse was yet to come, as Gerry's next shot actually hit the garbage bin and rocketed across the ladies tee and into the thick 2nd cut, again before the ladies tee markers.  Club records do not indicate when a 'double slut' was last made, but we can be assured it will happen again, such is the nature of golf !  

Gerry about to take his 3rd shot of the day while Dave and Glenn watch on !

The ball cleared the tee area by a respectable distance and Gerry went

 on to complete the round without further mishap!

Members gathered in the club-room after the round where President Brett Fordham delivered a short speech noting that some members were still failing to remit their booking money by 5pm on Wednesday.

 

Brett also noted that the fines collected today would be included with the three previous weekly collections and donated to the RSL for a worthy cause. Members were encouraged to dig deep for the 'ash tray' collection.

Birthdays

There were no birthdays for the current week although next Wednesday will see one of our long term members notching up another year.

Competition Results

Congratulations to Peter Baird for narrowly beating the President for the Presidents Trophy !

Brett and Peter tied the score with 35 stableford points each, with Peter winning on the count-back.

Club Captain Gary Burgess hands over the Presidents Trophy and a $40 gift voucher to Peter.

President Brett Fordham pipped at the post but happy to concede and

 accept 2nd place and a $15 gift voucher!

Greg Bennett, sporting a new mustache,  posts a score of

33 stableford points

 and takes 3rd place and a $5 gift voucher.

 

Golden Hole

The last Golden Hole Jackpot on the Tuart Course was won on 7 March 2020 by none other than Tony Gooch when he pocketed a very modest $22. Interestingly, 2 weeks earlier, on 22 February 2020 Carol Barrow won the Tuart jackpot valued at $134.

Now, 266 days later, and possibly creating history, Tony Gooch bags the Tuart's jackpot of $268 ending the longest period of insipid golf shots on the par 3 third hole.  Indeed, the Tuart has been played on 13 occasions since last March, with 267 unsuccessful golf shots at the golden hole! What happened?

So, congratulations to Tony for ending the misery of all other SOS members !

 

Tony with his bag of cash.

The pay slip

Novelties

Congratulations to the winners of the novelty holes, a contest for the longest or most accurate player! 

 

For those that did not understand the relevance of the two funny sticks stuck into the fairway of hole 1, it appears the contest was for other players to try and send their ball to the point closest to where the President's drive stopped. The question is: Did Barry 'the Sparky' Treak know this was the objective before he let loose his excellent tee shot?  It would appear that many did not as tee shots went left, right and not far at all! 

Birdies

Only four birdies today, all from the low handicapper section of the membership! 

Fines

Carol Barrow, who was awarded the bag of lollies for her score of 21, is congratulated by Barry Treak, the winner of the CTTPD award.

Treasurer, Shelley Yeo, reads out the list of fines which, for November, had a military twist.

It is anticipated around $200 will be donated to the local RSL for the upkeep of the Kings Park Remembrance Driveways.  

Shelly calls out the fines !

Raffle

The $10 First prize for the raffle was won by Peter Baird who also picked up a ball. Mal Yeo also took out a double win, which made it slim pickings for the rest of the group!

Next Week

The Anniversary Cup will be played on the Old Course on 5 December 2020.

This will be a stroke event, won last year by Tony Gooch!

The next 4 matches, all played in December, will be on the Old Course.

Food for Thought

How many points were lost by rushed short putts?

In many cases, it is prudent to mark your ball and take a bit of time to line up the putt as you would with any other stroke!

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