Stableford on Tuart

The fixtures list had the Perry Lakes Cup up for grabs today however, the Tuart Course greens had been cored so the SOS Captain decided to defer the cup competition for 2 weeks so it could be contested on the Old Course on 9th April.

A Stableford competition was therefore held today on the cored Tuart Course which resulted in a lamentable number of putting strokes falling well short of the hole!

The weather was warm and extremely humid!  For the first time in recent months it actually rained during play with several light showers exacerbating the slow run on the greens.

Shelley Y, Keith, Brett & Gerry
 with guests Andrea Williams and Michael Curtis

Carol & Frances in matching outfits!

Tony J, Barry & Earle bask in the sunlight

THE CHORUS LINE
Carol, Vickie, Steph, Birgit & Frances

Tony James & Barry Treak
aka Chunky Monkey & Boris

Group 1 at the 1st tee
Mark & Mitchell Smith & Tony Gooch

The Kiwi chicks on their final outing together
 - looking ready to thrash the Poms (Mark & Glen)!

The Fairways

"What do you think Shell?
Should I go backwards or through the fork in the tree!?

Really!? You think the fork is the best option?

Chunky Monkey in action!

The Poms #1 attempting a left handed backwards swing
 out of the grass tree . . . . but did it achieve the best result?

President's Address

SOS President, Brett Fordham, welcomed guests Andrea Williams and Michael Curtis to today's competition.

Another week when no members has a birthday to celebrate!

Brett advised that there will be a number of changes to the fixtures list in coming weeks as greens recover from their annual coring. The Perry Lakes Cup has been pushed back 2 weeks to 9 April and will be played on the old Course. Read the 'Next Week' information below!

To streamline the treasury function the weekly playing fee will increase by $1 to $49 as it will now include the Golden hole entry fee. No more lists to 'tick' or seeking change just prior to teeing off!

The annual Fellowship Day competition against members of the WA Blind Golfers Association will be playing in coming weeks. Further details will be advised when team members have been selected and a date fixed.  

 

The Results

SOS Captain Gerry Tessier announced the most honest player of the day to be Peter who scored a very low 22 points, thereby winning the bag of lollies and the honor of reading out the list of fines!

At the other end of the spectrum our President, Brett, scored a very respectable 40 points, followed one point behind by Mitchell Smith in 2nd place and Greg Bennett on 37 taking 3rd spot.  Glenn Kelly and Mark Smith also scored 37 points but lost on the countback to take 4th and 5th places, respectively.

 

	Player	Handicap	Score	Birdies
1	Brett Fordham	9	40	4, 12
2	Mitchell Smith	27	39	1
3	Greg Bennett	20	37
4	Glenn Kelly	11	37
5	Mark Smith	25	37
6	Keith Barrow	10	35
7	Birgit Reinartz	34	34
8	Tony Gooch	6	33	2, 11
9	Andrea Williams	24	33
10	Gary Burgess	7	32	15
11	Shelley Yeo	13	32
12	Carol Barrow	30	31
13	Gerry Tessier	16	31
14	Mark Wilson	12	31	14
15	Earle Scarff	14	31
16	Derek Longhurst	21	29
17	Richard Osborne	17	29
18	Vickie Scarff	29	28
19	Barry Treak	20	27
20	Stephanie Jeffares	14	26
21	Shelley Skinner	24	26
22	Glen Pope	7	26
23	Tony James	21	24
24	Peter Baird	18	22
25	Michael Curtis (Guest)		104 (gross)

THE WINNERS PODIUM

SOS Captain Gerry Tessier presents prizes to
 Brett Fordham 1st, Mitchell Smith 2nd & Greg Bennett 3rd.

Novelties

SOS Vice Captain Tony Gooch reads out the Novelty results!

Novelties
	Hole	Contenders	Winner
LD (Men)	2	Keith	Tony J
LD (Ladies)	4	Vickie, Frances	Andrea
NTP in 2	5	Goochy	Mark W
NTP in 2	10	Mitchell S	Pugdog
NTP	18	Mark S, Gary	Mark W

Apart from Pugdog winning the NTP in 2 on hole 10, there is a rumour he transitioned between holes 2 & 4 as he also had his name on the ladies longest drive! 

Golden Hole

Again, no winner! The jackpot has been accumulating for a few weeks, so must now be a reasonable sum! 

Eagles & Birdies

No Eagles today and only a handful of birdies but, congratulations to the following who played straighter than all the others!

Eagles & Birdies
	Hole	Placing
Brett Fordham	4, 12	1
Tony Gooch	2, 11	8
Mitchell Smith	1	2
Gary Burgess	15	10
Mark Wilson	14	14

Ash Tray

Peter read out the fines list so members could atone for their less than perfect shots and related disasters. There seemed to be a lot of lost balls and inappropriate language. Several lost control of their equipment!

We are awaiting the return of Bernie, who famously failed to turn up for St Patrick's day! A fine is surely in order . . . accumulating by the week!  Where are you Bernie?  A member pointed out that the SOS St Patrick's Day celebrations were conducted without one member of Irish descent being present! 

The Raffle

Glenn called the numbers, assisted by Barry & Vickie!

And the winner is guest, Michael Curtis

Michael with his $20 Lot six Zero gift card!

Shelley #2 off to the shaky isles

After the formal meeting ended many stayed on to farewell Shelly Skinner who is returning to NZ.

Shelley has been with SOS for about 18 months and is always a pleasure to have on your team.

Shelley's last words were . . . "Hopefully I will be back some time in the future to rejoin my friends at SOS!"

A time to relax

Mark Wilson, Shelley Skinner, Tony and Anne James and Brett Fordham

Captain's Corner

Anything can happen on a golf course, so knowledge of the following rules may come in handy!

Next Week

The fixture for next week has been changed as the condition of the Tuart greens continues to recover from coring!

Instead of playing the Perry Lakes Cup we are going to play “aggregate 2 players” on the Tuart Course and the The Perry Lakes Cup will be played on 9 April on the Old Course.

 AGGREGATE 2 PLAYERS FORMULA 

- team of 2 players 

- “normal” Stableford

- every player plays her/his ball

- the scores of both players are added

- print the white competition card as usual to be used for your own score

- use 1 additional scorecard for the team scores

- add both scores per hole and the total for all 18 holes

- do not forget to enter your card after competition 

SOS Gala Breakfast at Lot Six Zero

A large number of members and others enjoyed the first SOS Golf Breakfast Club event at Lot Six Zero in Subiaco on Sunday morning. Many thanks to Glen for arranging the venue and for the valuable sponsorship Lot Six Zero has provided over the last few years!

As Gerry was to point out . . . "the best sponsor of our golf club organisation since many years!"

 

Breakfast is well underway!

The other end of the table  . . .
Do we see a pair of poached eggs?

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