SOS Cup, Round 1

 Despite bad weather forecast 18 SOS players came playing the first round of the Spring Cup. Was it the spring cup? Was it stroke play?

2 players (we keep them anonymous) thought we’re playing stableford, picked up their balls and scoring the maximum of 10 points per hole.

There were other happenings.

Group 3 lost Brett on hole number 1 to the fairway of the Tuart, and someone heard Maureen saying that she lost her swing. Birgit lost the power of the buggy battery on hole number 1 and subsequently her swing on hole number 9.

 

Lynley and Lynne on the driving range smiling for the camera while TJ is concentrating on this next practice shot. 

Then TJ practicing his autograph….

while Vicky is just concerned about the essential things in life…BREAKFAST

Steph, Vicky and Frances… glorious smiles 

Our guest player Chloe in her trademark pink colors

The first group Earle, Steph and Goochie headed off under a threatening dark sky

The second group looks happy before their tee off… Gerry, Frances and TJ

Barry, Brett, Birgit and Derek smiling happily for the camera…..for some the tides change J

Mishaps on the course:

Derek & Barry enjoying the beach

Fran chasing her umbrella

Gerry playing the unplayable ball with his chipper

Back in the clubhouse the players enjoyed their drinks and the French fries or let’s call them Belgian fries as both countries claim to have them invented.

As Birgit was the winner of the lollies she had the honour of collecting the fines, Brett helping to collect the money.

Stephanie in her usual role as raffle queen

TJ helping with the collection on the other side of the table.

Now let’s have a look at the results, family Longhurst was again going strong and some shockers at the bottom of the list. 

Rank			Hcp	Score
1	Frances	Longhurst	23	67
2	Earle	Scarff	18	69
3	Derek	Longhurst	24	72 C/B
4	Stephanie	Jeffares	17	72
5	Chloe	Bedlow	34	73 C/B
6	Greg	Bennett	21	73
7	Glen	Pope	7	75 C/B
8	James	Weaver	18	75
9	Lynne	Malone	17	6
10	Gerry	Tessier	19	78
11	Brett	Fordham	10	79 C/B
12	Lynley	Hunter	13	79
13	Barry	Treak	23	81
14	Maureen	Sundari	12	86
15	Tony	James	22	87 C/B
16	Tony	Gooch	6	87
17	Vicky	Scarff	32	89
18	Birgit	Reinartz	38	94

Derek (No3), Frances (No1), captain Gerry, Earle (No2) and Barry the golden hole winnerBUT the golden hole went off:

Birdies…..where were the birdies? Only 4 today.

Earle  2

Glen 11

Barry 16

Goochie 6

But the Golden Hole went off!

Congratulations to Barry aka Boris to pocket 59 $. I’m sure he will put the money to good use and buy a good bottle of bubbles for Jen.

 

 

And let’s not forget our Novelties:

Novelties
	Hole	Contestants	Winner
NP3	14	Goochie	TJ
LD	3		Steph
NP3	???	Goochie	James
NP3	12	Earle, Lynne	James

And here is the photo of the happy winners of the day:

Announcement of the captain:

We are going to have a new competition at our club called the BENKERR Cup in honour of Greg & Colin who are the longest SOS group members. Some call it Ryder Cup we call it Australia vs ROW (=rest of the world)

Brett will be captain of the Aussie team and Gerry captain of the ROW team. Co-captains still to be nominated.

16.Oct: 2BBB Stableford on Tuart

23. Oct: Ambrose 4 players on the Old Course.

This should be fun and everybody should enjoy a good time together. More details will come soon, e.g. T-shirt colours to wear etc.

One heard that the losing team is going to pay the french fries for the whole group.

Yes, Birgit did something like that……