Match Play Semi Finals

A touch of spring weather today as the sun shone, the skies were blue and the wind calm!! 

The Semi Finals of the Match Play competition was the main event as 13 other members contested a stableford competition on the Tuart Course.

Brett Fordham and Frances Longhurst played their semi final round earlier in the week. Here they are sunning themselves on the 15th tee, before the winner had emerged!

Earle Scarff and Tony Gooch on the first tee and ready to start their match play semi final competition!

Birgit, Stephanie and Shelley basking in the sunlight!

Glenn K, Tony J, Barry & Gerry conserving their energy before the round.

Gary, Derek & Richard also on the wall?

Mark W, Earle & Gerry

Barry checking someone's tee shot!

Glen P, Birgit, Tony J & Glenn K

Greg, Mark W, Colin & Gary

Stephanie & Birgit
What are they talking about?

Shelly's Golden Hole!

Shelly's tee shot on the par 3 hole 6 flew to within a metre of the hole, but the birdie putt just lipped out to the right side!#*!*  The following three photos tell the story, as Richard Osborne looks on.

How many 'lip-outs' were experienced by players today?

Club Captains Address

In the absence of Brett, Gerry took the floor to announce the competition results. 

Club Captain Gerry Tessier reads out the competition results.

Semi Final Match Play Results

Two very close matches were fought to secure a place in the final round for the SOS Match Play Champion for 2021, with Brett winning over Frances on the 17th hole and Earle taking the honors over Tony on the final hole!

Congratulations to Brett and Earle, and also to Sandy and Vickie who were confident enough to bid for their 'man' and will share in the $1,000 raffle pot! The win takes 80% and the runner-up 20%.  

Through to Finals	Birdies	Score		Birdies
Brett Fordham		2 - 1	Frances Longhurst	8
Earle Scarff		1 up	Tony Gooch

The Match Play final will be played on the Tuart course on the 14th September. 

Stableford Competition

Congratulations to Derek, who not only acted as referee for the match players, but managed to score 40 stableford points in the process!

Greg and Mark W picked up the minor placings with creditable scores of 38 & 36 respectively.

	Player	Daily H/C	Score	Birdies/Eagles
1	Derek Longhurst	22	40	7
2	Greg Bennett	21	38
3	Mark Wilson	14	36	15
4	Colin Kerr	14	34	12
5	Glen Pope	7	34	3
6	Stephanie Jeffares	13	34	7
7	Gim Ong	22	30
8	Gerry Tessier	16	30
9	Barry Treak	20	28
10	Glen Kelly	12	28	7
11	Shelley Yeo	14	28
12	Gary Burgess	10	27	7
13	Birgit Reinartz	34	26
14	Peter Baird	20	26	12
15	Tony James	19	24
16	Richard Osborne	19	22

Mark, Derek and Greg take the winners
 Podium with Club Captain, Gerry.  

Novelties

Vice Captain, Earle Scarff, reads out the Novelty results.

Congratulations to the winners for straight shooting!

Novelties
	Hole	Contenders	Winner
LD	2	-	Tony G
NTP	3	Earle	Peter
NTP in 2	7	Derek	Glenn K
NTP in 3	11	Tony G, Mark W	Glenn K

Golden Hole

Shelly won the Golden Hole pot of $62 on the par 3, 6th hole with a superb shot falling within a metre of the hole! See photos earlier in the blog.

Eagles & Birdies

No Eagles today, but no less than 8 players scored a birdie, with 4 won on hole 7!

Must have been the warm weather bringing on a shower of birdies?!

Eagles & Birdies
Player	Hole	Placing
Derek Longhurst	7	1st
Colin Kerr	15	3rd
Mark Wilson	12	4th
Glen Pope	3	5th
Stephanie Jeffares	7	6th
Glenn Kelly	7	10th
Gary Burgess	7	12th
Peter Baird	12	14th

Glen Pope settling a wager with 'the hand'!

Birthdays

Only one member has a birthday in August, and that is James Weaver who has not been seen playing in recent times! Happy Birthday James for today, the 14th !!

Raffle

Greg Bennett claimed 1st prize in the raffle and the $10 note and a multi-hued scratchie.

Ash Tray and Fines

Richard Osborne took the honors for the lowest score and called out the list of fines!

As usual, there were numerous acts of abhorrent golf play enabling members to empty their pockets of surplus coins.

Richard O calls out the list of fines. 

SOS meeting underway, viewed to the west!

Next 2 Weeks

The Spring Cup will be played over the next 2 weeks on the Tuart Course (21st August) and the Old Course (28th August). This is a stableford competition with the highest aggregate score over the two weeks being declared the winner.

With the days warming up, at least today, the snakes will start to stir !

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