Tuart Pairs

Perfect weather for playing a stableford competition on the Tuart Course where paired teams combined their scores.  The light rain failed to materialise, but almost 100% cloud cover at the start made for ideal conditions, with the sun making an appearance later in the round.

Guests players included Andrea Williams, Paul Boquest & Mark Curtis.

Paul Boquest, Mark Hill & Tony Gooch launched the competition as the first group.
Mark & Tony were Team 1 which was not necessarily an indication of their finishing place!!

Gordon Gryzb, Birgit and Gerry basking in the autumn weather!

Barry Treak & Gary Burgess looking confident!

Michael Curtis, Andrea Williams & Tony James ready to roll!

The Fairways

No photos were received from players this week, so you will have to settle for a few taken by the blogger . . . 

TJ's ball heads for the green on the 7th hole.
Tony's only needed his putter for his 2nd stroke!
Few can drive a ball dead straight the full distance of this fairway!!

Brett and Gordon watch on as TJ re-enacts his 2nd stroke on the 7th hole!

7 holes later . . . . . . . 

TJ's 2nd shot on the 14th hole travelled straight past the pin
 and came perilously close to drowning!
"Now, I will just take a pace back to get a better line!"

Still dry, TJ lines up his putt.

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The team of Brett & TJ were chastised for allowing their group to fall a full 2 holes behind the group in front, apparently due to their long and often wayward tee shots disappearing deep into the scrub or adjacent fairways! While they had hired a motorised buggy to assist them in chasing down these balls it appeared of little help. Perhaps a D9 dozer or drone may have been of more assistance?

 

After the Game

Time for a chat and a cool drink as the last teams trickle in. 

The final groups settle in!

Gerry calculates the team scores!

President's Address

The meeting is brought to order!

SOS President, Brett Fordham, welcomed all present including guests Andrea Williams, Paul Boquest and Michael Curtis.

Brett congratulated Colin Kerr, one of our esteemed honorary members, who celebrates his birthday on 3rd April!

Brett makes a point

After being set back for 2 weeks due to coring work on the greens, Brett confirmed the Perry Lakes Cup will finally be contested next Saturday, 9 April; a stableford event on the Old Course.

The Results

SOS Club Captain, Gerry Tessier, announces the results of the competitions.

Birgit was announced as the low scorer and received a bag of lollies for her effort as well as the fines sheet to read out for the Ash Tray collection!

Team Results

Congratulations to Michael Smith & Barry Treak for scoring a 2 point win over 2nd place getters Gary Burgess & Glen Pope!

In 3rd place was Mark Smith & Frances Longhurst, another 9 points back on 67 !

	Player	Team Score	Team Birdies
1	Mitchell Smith Barry Treak	78	-
2	Gary Burgess Glen Pope	76	3, 4, 15, 16
3	Mark Smith Francis Longhurst	67	-
4	Shelley Yeo Derek Longhurst	64	-
5	Brett Fordham Tony James	62	-
6	Peter Baird Gordon Gryzb	62	1, 7, 9
7	Earle Scarff Lynley Hunter	62	15
8	Mark Wilson Colin Kerr	61	-
9	Stephanie Jeffares Glenn Kelly	61	6, 7, 10, 11
10	Tony Gooch Mark Hill	60	14
11	Lynne Malone Gerry Tessier	53	-
12	Birgit Reinartz Greg Bennett	53	-

Captain Gerry Tessier with team winners
 Barry & Mitchell (1st) and Glen & Gary (absent) 2nd place.
Mitchell also came 1st in the individual competition.

Individual Stableford Competition

Congratulations to Mitchell Smith for scoring a 1 point win over Mark Smith, with Glen Pope taking 3rd place another 3 points back!

No eagles, but a total of 14 birdies on core affected greens is a considerable improvement over play in recent months!   

	Player	Handicap	Score	Birdies
1	Mitchell Smith	26	42
2	Mark Smith	23	41
3	Glen Pope	8	38	16
4	Derek Longhurst	21	38
5	Mark Wilson	12	38
6	Gary Burgess	7	37	3, 4, 15
7	Barry Treak	20	36
8	Paul Boquest	8	35	4
9	Andrea Williams	23	35
10	Peter Baird	18	35	9
11	Tony James	21	35
12	Greg Bennett	19	34
13	Lynley Hunter	11	32	15
14	Stephanie Jeffares	14	31	6, 7, 11
15	Glen Kelly	11	31	10
16	Lynne Malone	15	31
17	Earle Scarff	14	30
18	Mark Hill	11	30
19	Tony Gooch	6	30	14
20	Gordon Grzyb	10	28	1, 7
21	Brett Fordham	8	28
22	Frances Longhurst	19	26
23	Shelley Yeo	13	26
24	Colin Kerr	13	23
25	Gerry Tessier	16	22
26	Birgit Reinartz	33	19
27	Sean Henderson	4	-
28	Mark Curtis	-	113 gross

Golden Hole

The Golden Hole jackpotted yet again, so the total pot must be getting to be a tidy sum!

Perhaps a little more practice is required by members?

Novelties

SOS Captain, Tony Gooch, reads out the novelty competition contenders and winners!

Congratulations to the following who made it work at the right moment!

Novelties
	Hole	Contenders	Winner
NTP in 3	2	Paul, Derek	Barry
NTP	6	Goochy, Lynley	Gordo
LD - Ladies	10	Lynne M	Shelley
NTP in 2	12	Paul	Gary
LD - Men	13	Mark Hill	Mitchell Smith

Nice to see no-one hogging the limelight with multiple gongs!

Eagles & Birdies

Firstly, an apology to Greg Bennett for not recording his excellent birdie on the 18th hole last week.

Greg's tee shot pulled up about 5 metres short of the green, leaving about 15 metres to the hole. Greg's putt tracked true, navigating past duck droppings, leaves and tree seeds to drop neatly into the hole.

Nice birdie, Greg!!

Eagles & Birdies - 26 March 2022
	Hole	Placing
Greg Bennett	18	3rd

It has been a long time since anyone scored an Eagle! 

However, there were plenty of birdies today - 14 of them!!

Congratulations to Gary and Paul who both scored a birdie on the Index 1, 4th hole!

Gary got two more on the 3rd & 15th holes!

And to:

    Stephanie who scored on the Index 2, 11th hole + on the 6th & 7th holes!

    Tony who scored on the Index 3, 14th hole!

    Gordon who scored on the Index 4, 1st hole + another on the 7th hole!

Eagles & Birdies
	Hole	Placing
Stephanie Jeffares	6, 7, 11	14
Gary Burgess	3, 4, 15	6
Gordon Gryzb	1, 7	20
Peter Baird	9	10
Glen Pope	16	3
Glen Kelly	10	15
Lynley Hunter	15	13
Tony Gooch	14	19
Paul Boquest	4	-

Raffle

Pugdog Kelly rotates the raffle barrel and called the numbers
 under the watchful eye of the President!

 . . . . and the winner is Tony Gooch  !!

Tony holds his Lot Six Zero $20 gift card!

Ash Tray Collection

Birgit did a splendid job of calling out the long list of offences that require players to cough up their loose change to appease the Ash Tray gods!

Funds collected are used to donate monies to several worthy causes, with any remaining amounts used to bolster the SOS Golf Group's working capital! 

Next Week

The competition for the Perry Lakes Cup will take place on 9 April 2022.

The stableford competition will be held on the Old Course where the greens should be in top condition!

Captains Corner

Has anyone recently experienced having their ball become unplayable in a bunker?

Or requiring relief from a abnormal course condition in a bunker?

It can happen, so see if you can remember these rules! 

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