Sunday, April 17, 2022

Easter Cup

An early start at 7.45am welcomed 21 intrepid SOS golfers to do battle for the Easter Cup in a stableford competition on the Old Course.

  

The Easter Bunnies!
Lynley & Lynne with lots of mini Easter Eggs!

Although the wind picked up around midday, the weather was magnificent with blue skies and the odd bit of cloud cover.

Gerry & Birgit looking relaxed at the start!!

Honorary Members Greg Bennett & Colin Kerr ready to start.

Stephanie, Earle & Glen . . . with an Easter Bunny
 in the background!

Gary, Tony & Vickie lead the charge in Group 1
 

The Game


Colin's drive from the 1st tee found the base of the 'big tree' !

Which required a bit of dexterity to get the ball back in play!



Mitchell's tee shot on the 2nd hole only just found its way beyond the white markers
 as evidenced by the significant divot in the foreground!
(The green is to the left)


Indeed! The divot, which was similar in size to a soup plate, flew high into the air
 and travelled nearly as far as the ball did on the tee shot !!
 
There were several groups that appeared to take a lot longer than the allocated 3 minutes to search for lost balls!



Meanwhile, Birgit was keeping her shots to the centre of the fairways!

Birgit takes another swipe after clearing the tee area!

Click the video button to hear what Birgit had to say!


The Clubhouse



The Easter Bunnies win the award for outfits of the day!


President's Address

President Brett Fordham congratulated Lynley and Lynne for their Easter Bunny outfits and copious quantities of Easter Eggs handed out during the round! There were eggs to be had everywhere, with Shelley Yeo also performing 'Easter Bunny' duties! Excellent job ladies!

Good news from Dave Williamson who is recovering and keen to be back playing with us again - he sends his regards to all.

James Weaver has advised he is recovering from issues with his CoVid vaccination but expects he will also be back to play soon.

While we welcomed back Maureen to last week's game after an extended break, she has informed us she has since contracted CoVid and and will be taking a break from golf for a few weeks! SOS sends you its best wishes for a quick recovery!!


This week birthdays are celebrated by Shelley Skinner (19th) and Pugdog (20th). Happy Birthday to you both!

A reminder to members that Fellowship Day will be celebrated on 21st May when a team of SOS's best will compete against a team from the Blind Golfers Association of WA.

Next week's game is the first round of the Club Championship competition. There are 7 rounds finishing on 3 September. To be eligible to accept a Club Championship trophy, members must play at least 11 games in the winter season, including at least 5 championship days.



President Brett Fordham makes a point!

Competition Results for the Easter Cup


SOS Captain Gerry Tessier announces the competition results! 

Congratulations to Mark Hill who takes 1st place with 39 stableford points.

Colin Kerr came 2nd, only one point behind, with Mark Wilson another point further back in 3rd position.

 

 

Player

Handicap

Score

Birdies

1

Mark Hill

12

39

6

2

Colin Kerr

14

38

 

3

Mark Wilson

12

37

16

4

Earle Scarff

15

34

 

5

Glenn Kelly

12

33

14

6

Lynne Malone

17

33

10

7

Mitchell Smith

25

33

 

8

Gary Burgess

7

33

 

9

Tony Gooch

6

32

18

10

Shelley Yeo

15

32

 

11

Barry Treak

20

32

 

12

Brett Fordham

9

31

9, 18

13

Lynley Hunter

13

30

 

14

Greg Bennett

20

30

 

15

Stephanie Jeffares

17

30

 

16

Gerry Tessier

17

29

 

17

Glen Pope

7

29

1

18

Vickie Scarff

33

27

 

19

Richard Osborne

18

26

 

20

Birgit Reinartz

37

26

 

21

Peter Baird

18

25

 

The Podium
President Brett Fordham, Club Captain Gerry Tessier, Mark Hill (1st)
Colin Kerr (2nd) and Mark Wilson (3rd)


Best Handicap Improvement for the Month

Our President, Brett Fordham was congratulated by Gerry for scoring the best handicap improvement for the month! 


Golden Hole

Another round of missed shots from 21 attempts! The pot jackpots yet again.


Eagles & Birdies

A total of 8 birdies and zero eagles from today's game.

Congratulations to all, but especially to Goochy and 4D for scoring on the index 2, 18th hole! 

Eagles & Birdies

 

Hole

Placing

Mark Hill

1

6

Mark Wilson

3

16

Glenn Kelly

5

14

Lynne Malone

6

10

Tony Gooch

9

18

Brett Fordham

12

9, 18

Glen Pope

17

1


The Novelties

The first 3 awards were taken out by players in Groups 1 & 2 !

Novelties

 

Hole

Contenders

Winner

NTP in 3

3

-

Mark Wilson

LD - Mens

4

-

Goochy

LD - Ladies

8

-

Shelley

NTP in 2

10

Barry, Gerry

Mitch

NTP in 2

12

Vickie, Shelley, Barry, MarkW

4D


Shelley hands out a Novelty Prize!


Raffle

Pugdog Kelly churns the raffle barrel and the winner is  . . . . . . . .  Colin  🎱 🎈

Colin wins the Raffle and a Lot six Zero $20 gift voucher !


Puggy spins the barrel!


Ash Tray Collection

Birgit and Shelley collected the coins (as well as a few notes?) from players falling foul of the list of fineable conduct which Peter read out.

Peter scores the bag of lollies (again) and reads out the fines list!


Shelly & Birgit collecting the donations!

'Beaches to Beaches' anyone ? ?


Anyone 'Have a Blond moment?'


Or lose control of their equipment?


Next Week

The first round for the Club Championship trophies is set for next week, 23 April, and will be played on the Tuart Course.

The competition is played over 7 rounds finishing on 3 September. To be eligible to accept a Club Championship trophy, members must play at least 11 games in the winter season, including at least 5 championship days.

There are 5 trophies to be contested however, a member can only receive one of the following championship trophies per year, which trophies are listed in order of priority:
 

CLUB CHAMPION
Perpetual and Personal Trophy.

OPEN

5  Best Gross.

CLUB HANDICAP CHAMPION
Perpetual and Personal Trophy.

OPEN

5  Best  Net.

A GRADE CLUB CHAMPION Perpetual and Personal Trophy.

HANDICAP 17 - 24

5  Best Gross.

B GRADE CLUB CHAMPION
Perpetual and Personal Trophy.

HANDICAP  25 - UP

5  Best  Gross.

LADY CLUB CHAMPION
Perpetual and Personal Trophy.

OPEN To LADIES

5  Best  Gross.
The Club Captain has the discretion at any time prior to the 6th Club Championship fixture to adjust the handicap ranges of the above Club Champion Grades to ensure that the groups are reasonably balanced.

Captains Corner

The following rules were included in last week's blog, but without the pictures! As it is often said that a picture is as good as a thousand words please feel free to test the hypothesis!




Missed putts?

Too many to remember!



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