Old Course - Stableford

Earle was a late scratching after suffering a minor injury, which left 22 SOS players and a guest, Darren Hedley, to contest a stableford competition on the Old Course.  The weather was hot and mostly cloudless providing a good run of the ball for those proficient enough to keep it on the fairway!

This was the last day of the of compulsory wearing of masks which provided the opportunity to observe a wide variety of shapes, colours and messages. This Kookaburra wore it on its breast as there was no room for its beak!

Gerry and Birgit sporting their new SOS shirts!

Ian and Barry masked up

Frances, Vickie and Richard looking very smart in club colours

There was an air of confidence as each player set up on the first tee! How many can relate to this graph?

There were no reports of any particular misadventures on the course as players checked in their cards and assembled for a drink or two. 

At least we can now lower the mask to eat and drink!

Stephanie gets the raffle ready

President Brett Fordham addresses members and guest

Brett noted the SOS 2021 Annual General Meeting will follow on after play on 20 March and that members will shortly receive the Treasurers Financial Report and related material covering the business to be considered. Members will also receive an electronic copy of the SOS Golf Rules and Constitution.  These documents contain every aspect of how the committee manages the club's affairs and all members will benefit from a general knowledge of the contents of each!

Brett welcomed Darren Hedley as an ordinary member of SOS and presented him with his approved membership application! Darren plays off a 20 handicap and has been a member of the Royal Fremantle Golf Club.  

Darren lowers his mask

The Results

The Club Captain, Gary Burgess, announced himself as the winner of the competition with a commendable score of 41 points, 4 strokes clear of  Tony James in 2nd place.

Glen Pope came 3rd with 36 points.

Gary claims the 1st prize - birdied the 7th

Old Course- Stableford Competition
	Player	Handicap	Score	Birdies
1	Gary Burgess	11	41	7th
2	Tony James	23	37	9th
3	Glen Pope	10	36
4	Tony Gooch	7	35
5	Maureen Sundari	15	35	7th
6	Darren Hedley *	20	35
7	Frances Longhurst	21	34
8	Vickie Scarff	32	34
9	Richard Osborne	21	33
10	Gerry Tessier	19	33
11	Lynley Hunter	13	32
12	Glen Kelly	14	32
13	Brett Fordham	9	31	1st
14	Derek Longhurst	22	30
15	Ian Holmes	17	30
16	Bernie Caffrey	16	29
17	Greg Bennett	21	28
18	Peter Baird	20	27
19	Shelley Yeo	16	27
20	David Williamson	27	26
21	Carol Barrow	31	26
22	Keith Barrow	12	24
23	Birgit Reinartz	39	20
*Darren was playing as a guest.

Tony James birdied the 9th - claims 2nd place

Glen Pope takes 3rd place

Golden Hole, Eagles and Birdies

The Golden Hole jackpots again as all tee shots failed to get close enough to the flag pole.

The elusive Eagles continue to evade capture!

And only 4 birdies although there were, no doubt, many near misses!

Birdies
Player	Hole	Placing
Brett Fordham	1st	13th
Maureen Sundari	7th	1st
Gary Burgess	7th	5th
Tony James	9th	2nd

Ash Tray

Ian Holmes won the lollies as he officially came with a score of 'zero'! In fact he scored 30 points but his efforts to have the carder reader process his card failed!

Nevertheless, Ian did a splendid job calling out the list of fines and many players donated cash to the Ash Tray fund.

A masked Ian with the lollies!

Novelties

Vice Captain Stephanie Jeffares reads out the novelties. The were plenty of contenders for the 'longest drive' but congratulations to Brett who cleaned up winning 2 of the four categories. 

Novelties
	Hole	Contenders	Winner
NTP	2	Dave	Boris
LD	8	Gary, Lynley, Shelley. Tony G	Brett
NTP in 2	13	Lynley	Tony James
NTP in 3	18	Gary, Tony J	Brett

Valentines Day Awards

Birgit and Keith each collected a Valentines Day award for coming last and second last respectively!

Birthdays

No birthday's for members this week!

Post Ashtray Incident

It is most unusual for a 'blond moment' or 'lost control of equipment' incident to occur after proceeding have closed. But there was mayhem at the south end of the table when Vickie inadvertently hit the "GO" button on someone's battery powered buggy as she walked past it. The buggy proceeded to burrow its way under an unoccupied table and disappear from view. It took some time to understand what had occurred and locate the kill switch to stop the machine 's wheels from turning, and then drag it out from under the table!

Bernie, Darren and Maureen came to the rescue while Vickie looked on, unaware of what she had done.

 

Buggy in foreground, now upright, with Bernie, Darren and Maureen 

Vickie explains to Brett !

Perhaps a fine next week for Vickie as well as the buggy owner for leaving the power switch 'on'?

Next Week

To be advised. The game is scheduled to be played on the Old course.

[The 1st round of the deferred Summer Cup?]

Vickie's Mozaic Flower Vase

Vickie's mozaic art work is well know to many members. Her latest creation includes a blue tailed bird and a gecko! 

 

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