The BOM radar showed plenty of heavy showers gusting over the city beaches from the NW at speeds around 45 kph! So the blogger, who fortunately stayed home nursing a gout affected wrist, assumes players experienced a wild & wet round of golf on the Tuart Course! The stories and photos received confirmed it was indeed a wet and wild day of golf!
The first casualty was Barry Treak who never made it to the course due to an injury received the day before whilst having a practice round with Gerry! Barry's match play opponent, Tony Gooch, was left to fine tune his game and the pair will have to arrange a time to play their semi final match in the next two weeks.
This left Michael Curtis vs Gerry Tessier to contest their match play semi final, and first to tee off, followed by 13 SOS wet weather fanatics playing an individual stableford game.
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| Match Play almost on its way. Derek (referee) Michael Curtis vs Gerry Tessier |
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| The Last Group - 4 'Girls' |
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| What a nice bunch of golfers! |
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| "That is where the rain will be coming from!" (Jurian Bay as per BOM / Gary Burgess) |
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| Gerry casting a spell on opponent Michael!? |
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| Michael massages Andrea's back after pulling a back muscle on the driving range! |
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| Vickie, Frances & Shelley swathed in wet weather gear! |
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| Gerry preparing his scorecard. Still very confident! |
Fairways & Greens
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| Steph and Birgit Still smiling! Stephanie pulled out at hole 13 when the wind carried away her buggy/clubs/umbrella, leaving her too exhausted and dispirited to continue! |
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| Bernie & Andrea huddle under their umbrellas!! Andrea pulled a back muscle while hitting practice balls and only made it to hole 3 before retiring to become Birgit's caddie! Bernie stopped after 9 holes . . . is she really Irish? |
Birgit reports that her and Stephanies balls twice hit each other on the 7th hole. Firstly on the fairway and then on the green when Steph chipped out of the back rough and collided with her ball, which was already on the green! What are the chances of that? Better than a hole in one?
With Birgit remaining the sole player in the last group, the group in front of her, comprising Earle, Vickie, Shelley & Frances, asked Birgit (& caddie Andrea) to join them from the 15th hole.
This apparently worked well until the 18th when Earle's ball was declared 'lost' after none of the 5 girls watched where his tee ball went! Earle was apparently not amused!
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| Frances made it to the end, slightly damp! |
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| So did Vickie, although slightly damper!! |
Captain's Address
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SOS Captain, Gerry Tessier, addressed the members remaining and who had not already succumbed to the big wet and gone home!
Gerry noted that he had been saddened recently by word from Glen Pope of the loss of his Mother. On behalf of all SOS members, Gerry expressed our sincere condolences to Glen and his family.
The Results
Match Play Semi finalThe semi finals were marred by two events.
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Match Play Semi Finals 13 August 2022 |
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1 |
Michael Curtis |
def |
Gerry Tessier |
4/2 |
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2 |
Barry Treak |
- |
Tony Gooch |
Game deferred |
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| No hard feelings? |
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| Winners are the grinners!! |
Individual Stableford Competition
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Player |
Handicap |
Score |
Birdies |
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1 |
Tony
Gooch |
7 |
35 |
10 |
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2 |
Glenn Kelly |
11 |
34 |
13, 18 |
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3 |
Shelley Yeo |
12 |
32 |
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4 |
Birgit Reinartz |
33 |
30 |
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5 |
Derek Longhurst |
22 |
30 |
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6 |
Gary Burgess |
8 |
29 |
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7 |
Vickie Scarff |
31 |
29 |
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8 |
Frances Longhurst |
20 |
25 |
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9 |
Earle Scarff |
16 |
22 |
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10 |
Greg Bennett |
20 |
21 |
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11 |
Colin Kerr |
13 |
16 |
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12 |
Stephanie Jeffares |
14 |
DNF |
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13 |
Bernie Caffrey |
16 |
DNF |
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| Tony Gooch 1st, Shelley Yeo 3rd with Club Captain Gerry Tessier. (Puggy was 2nd - unavailable for photo) |
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| Birgit was 4th, assisted by caddie Andrea (holes 4-18) |
Golden Hole
No reports . . assume it Jackpots!
Eagles & Birdies
Only 3 birdies - 2 by Puggy and 1 by Goochy.
Nice work men!
Novelties
Congratulations to the four players who cleaned up all of the Novelty prizes!|
Novelties |
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Hole |
Contenders |
Winner |
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LD - Men |
4 |
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Goochy |
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NTP in 2 |
6 |
Goochy |
Francis |
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LD - Women |
7 |
- |
Birgit |
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NTP in 3 |
14 |
Goochy |
Derek |
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NTP |
18 |
- |
Goochy |
Ash Tray Collection
Greg Bennett filled in for Colin Kerr and read out the list of fines and received the bag of lollies!
Raffle
The raffle was not held due to the small number of players at the finish and who all had a strong desire to get home quickly for a hot shower and dry clothes!
Next Week
The first of two consecutive rounds for The Spring Cup will be played on the Tuart Course - 08.40am start.
The second & final round will be played the following week, 27 August, on the Old Course.
The Spring cup is a Stroke competition with the player scoring the least strokes over the two rounds being declared the cup winner.
Captain's Corner
Country Cup - Araluen Country Club - Sunday 25 September 2022
As the Country Cup is only 6 weeks away, it is time to lock in the date and start your altitude training!
At next week's post game meeting Shelley Yeo will be circulating a list to obtain confirmation of those members and their friends who wish to attend this popular event!
Other Thoughts
Club Captain, Gerry Tessier, is rarely left speechless however, after playing in the match play semi final he was apparently moved by the following . . . . and thought others may wish to share in his experience!
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