St Patricks on Old & AGM

It was that time of year again when SOS cover themselves in green to celebrate St Patrick's Day!

The competition was to be followed by the SOS 2023 Annual General Meeting at Perry Lakes.

Twenty Eight members assembled at the Old Course, with each of the 7 teams of 4 players captained by a player that knew their golf!!

The weather was superb, about 30°c, light winds and clear blue skies.

Resplendent in green . . . Nuria, of team The Shamrockers, 
 & Andrea, Captain of The Lugubrious* Leprechauns!

* sad, mournful, gloomy, depressing, doleful, melancholy, somber, cheerless

St. Patrick's Day
Gary, Mark, Shelley, Birgit, Gerry, Derek, Nuria, Andrea, Mitchell & Mark S

Kerry, Gary & Mark S - members of the The Four Leaf Clovers,
 with Don driving off on hole 1 in the background!

Carol, playing for the Elderly Emeralds, adjusts Derek's suspenders!?
Derek's team?? The Lugubrious Leprechauns, of course !

SOS Captain, Tony Gooch prepares the Novelty Hole markers

Gim, very recently returned to Perth, was not aware it was St. Patrick's Day, and dressed accordingly!

Gary - Captain of the Four Leaf Clovers, in his go-cart 💨
Coffee in hand! 

Boris borrows hat from Nuria
 to complement his very pale green shirt!

The Galloway Gallopers
Steph, Paul, Mitchell & Mark Macnish

Keith (Elderly Emeralds) & Gerry (St. Patrick's Posse)
 consider their chances!

Fairways & Greens

An Irish golf buggy - not permitted to set hoof on the greens !

Nuria launches her ball from the 1st white tee

Ohhh! S.....t !
Not used to playing with a bunch of feathers around my neck!

Derek in a spot of bother on the 4th hole!

Still on the 4th, but at least no longer in the tree!

Perry Lakes - Eat & Drink -  Results  - AGM

SOS President, Brett Fordham addresses members !

Brett Fordham welcomed everyone present to the venue for the SOS 2023 AGM and advised the programme would commence with a Subway meal and drinks, to be followed by the announcement of the St. Patrick's Day competition results and other normal activities. Once that had been completed, we will move on to the formal Annual General Meeting of members of SOS Golf Group Inc.

President addresses the crowd accompanied by a chorus of magpies (birds) !
No pesky kookaburras were sighted! Culled?

The table of food was consumed in short order!

Early arrivals get the raffle gear sorted!

  

SOS Captain, Gerry Tessier, sorting the players cards
 before announcing the competition results.

Best Dressed Award

The award for the best dressed player with a St. Patrick's Day theme was Nuria !

Nuria's stunning outfit !!

Andrea's all green outfit got a 'Special Mention'!

St. Patrick's Day Competition Results

SOS Captain Gerry Tessier announces the competition results

The Four Leaf Clovers, Captained by Gary Burgess took 1st place with a score of 89 points, closely followed by Brett Fordham's St. Patrick's Posse, just 2 points behind on 87.

Paul Cooper's The Gallway Gallopers lost ground in the back nine to come 3rd with 82 points!

The Lugubrious Leprechauns, with Andrea Williams in command came 4th scoring 80 points.

In 5th place, on 74 points, came Bennett's Blarneys; while Earle's Elderly Emeralds showed their age by managing only 69 points and 7th place!

The Shamrocker's came last, only 1 point less on 68 points; Mark Hill being unable to inspire his team to pick up the performance on the back 9 !

	Team	Score
1st	4 Leaf Clovers Gary Burgess Don Beasley Mark Smith Kerry Edwards	89
2nd	St. Patrick’s Posse Brett Fordham Gerry Tessier Shelley Yeo Tony Gooch	87
3rd	The Galloway Gallopers Paul Cooper Mark Macnish Mitchell Smith Stephanie Jeffares	82
4th	The Lugubrious Leprechauns Andrea Williams Birgit Reinartz Andrew Crevald Derek Longhurst	80
5th	Bennett’s Blarney’s Greg Bennett Ian Holmes Glenn Kelly Gim Ong	74
6th	The Elderly Emeralds Earle Scarff Keith Barrow Carol Barrow Frances Longhurst	69
Last	The Shamrockers Mark Hill Barry Treak Michael Curtis Nuria Smith	68

  

Captain, Gerry Tessier with team The Four Leaf Clovers,
 Mark Smith, Kerry Edwards & Don Beasley (Gary Burgess absent)

Individual Stableford Results

Congratulations to Kerry Edwards in 1st place, with Andrea and Brett each one point back in 2nd & 3rd respectively!

Team	Player	Handicap	Score	Eagles	Birdies
1	Kerry Edwards	34	38
2	Andrea Williams	17	37		2
3	Brett Fordham	7	36		11
4	Mark Smith	22	35
5	Earle Scarff	14	33
6	Gary Burgess	7	33		6, 14
7	Paul Cooper	13	32		8
8	Derek Longhurst	15	32
9	Andrew Crevald	17	32
10	Don Beesley	15	31
11	Tony Gooch	7	31		6
12	Shirley Yeo	12	31
13	Mark Macnish	8	31
14	Mark Hill	10	31		6
15	Greg Bennett	20	30
16	Gerry Tessier	18	29		7
17	Frances Longhurst	22	29
18	Ian Holmes	17	28
19	Glenn Kelly	10	27		4
20	Stephanie Jeffares	16	27
21	Barry Treak	19	27
22	Mitchell Smith	17	25
23	Nuria Smith	43	25
24	Birgit Reinartz	34	24
25	Carol Barrow	33	24
26	Michael Curtis	27	24
27	Gim Ong	25	22
28	Keith Barrow	11	21

Golden Hole

The par 3, 16th hole was not attacked by any of the 28 tee shots!!1

So, the jackpot accumulates.

Eagles & Birdies

No eagles, but a haul of 9 birdies from 8 players is quite reasonable!

Congratulations to the 9 who achieved what the other players could not!

Eagles & Birdies
	Hole	Placing
Andrea Williams	2	2
Brett Fordham	11	3
Gary Burgess	6, 14	6
Paul Cooper	8	7
Tony Gooch	6	11
Mark Hill	6	14
Gerry Tessier	7	16
Glenn Kelly	4	19

Novelty Hole Competition

Some excellent golf shots  from the winners!

Congratulations to Don for winning both the NTP on hole 9 and the Men's longest drive!

Novelties
	Hole	Contenders	Winner
NTP	2	4D, Andrea, Gary	Paul C
NTP in 2	9	-	Don
LD - Ladies	10	Carol, Birgit, Andrea	Gim
LD - Men	11	Earle, Gerry	Don
NTP in 3	18	-	Goochy

Tony Gooch announces novelty results

Ash Tray Fund

The collection of fines and 'bag of lollies' award went to  Keith Barrow, or was it the whole of team The Shamrockers??

Many fines were collected for all manner of misdeeds!

The Raffle

Master of the Raffle, Stephanie, rolled the drum and Peter won a $20 Lot Six Zero gift voucher for having his number drawn first!

Peter wins the Raffle!

Next Week's Game

Saturday, 25 March 2023 is 'Opening Day' for the SOS Golf Group and the first fixture is a stableford competition for the Perry Lakes Cup.

It is scheduled to start at around 8.45am on the Old Course.

Captain's Corner

Following decisions made at the AGM (see next section):

1. Selection of coloured tees

Each player has the option to select their choice of coloured tee:

 - Ladies may choose either white or green

 - Men may choose either green or black

Every player who wishes to modify their tee selection for the whole of the 2023/2024 season must advise the Club Captain, Gerry Tessier, before next week's competition. Those who do not contact the Club Captain before next week's competition will retain their existing tee colour.

2. SOS Memorial Trophy - Masters Trophy

The AGM agreed the above competitions would be played on separate days.

Accordingly, the following changes have been made to the Fixtures list for 2023:

(a) The SOS Memorial Trophy competition will be held on 11 November 2023

(b) The Diggers Trophy will be moved up to 16 September 2023

(c) The Masters Trophy date does not change - remains at 4 November 2023.

SOS GOLF GROUP INC.  - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The 2023 Annual General Meeting of SOS Golf Group Inc. commenced at 2.50pm on Saturday, 18 March 2023 with 25 members present in person and 2 members by proxy.

SOS President, Brett Fordham, opened the meeting and, after the minutes of the previous AGM were approved, Brett made the following report to members:

President's Report to Members

There was no interruption to the 2022 / 2023 golfing calendar fixtures due to CoVid or inclement weather. There was some shifting of scheduled matches due to the greens being cored however main trophy events were not impacted.

 

The match against the WABGA was played May 21st. This competition has been battled between the two clubs for over 30 years. The SOS club won the 2022 event with an average score of 30.8 whereas the WABGA average score was 28.7. In addition to retaining the Fellowship the SOS club generously donated $400 to the WABGA.

 

Club membership is currently 40 with two possible Associate Members to join in the coming weeks. We welcome as new members Kerry Edwards, Mark Macnish, Nuria Smith, Michael Curtis, Andrea Williams, Paul Cooper and Andrew Crevald.

 

The club donated $215 to the Kings Park Honour Avenue Group which was supported through the collected fines during November with club members being generous in support with their coin donations.

 

Lot Six Zero continues to be a strong sponsor of the club with further donations to subsidise club shirts and weekly first prize winners of the raffle.

 

An international “Plate of Origin” night was once again held at the Lot Six Zero Innaloo restaurant whereby members bought along food originating from their place of birth. The evening also included a fund raiser involving 18 Lots of items that were auctioned and generated much competitive bidding between members. In excess of $3,000 was raised through the night to fund the purchase of 50th anniversary shirts being designed and given to all current members of the 2022 / 2023 fixture year.

 

SOS gratefully received a further donation from Lot Six Zero of $500 towards the artwork of the anniversary shirts.

 

The anniversary shirts were designed by an indigenous artist Nikkita Passmore who produced a dot painting print representing the SOS club, players, families and the Wembley course. The shirts were produced in time to be presented to club members at the end of year club event on November 26th 2022.

 

The anniversary night also included a collection of historical notes from years gone by that was prepared by the clubs two longest playing (and life members) Colin Kerr and Greg Bennett. There was some reflection of the clubs recent history, the many changes to our game day administration along with the growth and health of our club.

 

The 2022 Match Play finalists were once again auctioned off between the club members, the concept continues to add an additional point of interest in the Championship event from those members that do not make the finals.

 

The Country Cup competition was held at Araluen Golf Club on September 24th. A strong field of 23 members and 1 guest showed up for the annual event to take on the picturesque views of the country course.

 

On 26 November the Annual Dinner took place at the Lot Six Zero restaurant in Innaloo. The evening was well attended by members and partners; credit to the organising committee in support of the annual club event. Long time supporter of the club, Glen Pope, was presented with the original indigenous print from which the anniversary shirts were designed, this was in recognition and appreciation of his continuous sponsorship to the club.

 

Due to contracting CoVid Barry and Jenny Treak could not entertain us at their house in Woodlands for the “Christmas Cheer” event in late December. Alternative arrangements were quickly made by the committee to hold the event at the Perry Lakes picnic area of which “Stealing Santa” had no problems

locating and showing up with his bag of mischief.

 

Lake Claremont was the venue for another Par 3 competition held on 2nd February 2023, followed by a meal and drinks. Michael Curtis won the Net with a score 22 and Stephanie Jefferies won the gross with 31 strokes including a hole in one.  Thanks go to Derek Longhurst who once again did a great job as the event organiser.

 

Special thanks throughout the year to celebrity Bloggers Peter and Birgit. Those assistants and venue owners supporting our social events. A big thank you to the committee who have filled the required roles to perform club duties that without which we simply would not have a club to belong to.

 

A special thanks to Vicki Scarff who continues to provide silent support to the committee in running the SOS club to the Constitution and By-laws.

Other Business

Shelley talks finance!

Treasurer, Shelley Yeo, provided a summary of the financial position of the club and the results for the year ended 31 December 2022. It was noted funds on hand at year end was $4,006 and capital $3,972 providing a strong position for the club entering the new year.

The Treasurer's report was accepted by members on a show of hands.

The 2023 annual budget was also approved on a show of hands. The Treasurer noted the budget provided for a $1,733 deficit which reduces cash at 31 December 2023 to $2,274 and capital to $2,439. Still a comfortable position for the club's financial position.

The 2023/2024 fixtures list was also approved by members on a show of hands.

Motion 6 on the agenda, dealing with two competition events being held on the same date was resolved on a show of hands after considerable discussion.

Henceforth, the SOS Memorial Trophy and the Masters Trophy will be played on separate days.

The following changes were made by the committee  to the Fixtures list for 2023:

(a) The SOS Memorial Trophy competition will be held on 11 November 2023

(b) The Diggers Trophy will be moved up to 16 September 2023

(c) The Masters Trophy date does not change - remains at 4 November 2023.

Motion 8 on the agenda, dealing with the choice of coloured teeing areas, was also approved with a show of hands after lengthy discussion. The result being that each player has the option to select their choice of coloured tee:

 - Ladies may choose either white or green

 - Men may choose either green or black

Every player who wishes to modify their tee selection for the whole of the 2023/2024 season must advise the Club Captain, Gerry Tessier, before next week's competition. Those who do not contact the Club Captain before next week's competition will retain their existing tee colour.

Election of 2023/2024 Committee

The President noted that single nominations had been received for all committee positions. The following positions were approved by members on a show of hands:

President                            :    Tony Gooch

Captain                              :    Gerry Tessier

Vice-Captain                      :    Andrea Williams

Treasurer                            :    Peter Baird

Booking Officer                 :    Shelley Yeo

Social Organiser                 :   Carol Barrow

Communications Officer    :    Birgit Reinartz

The President closed the meeting at 3.46pm.

The Picture Parade

In no particular order . . . . apologies for any of the very large number of photos received that did not get published . . .  

Is Gim colour blind?
 Perhaps just dislikes the colour green!

President elect - Tony Gooch

Life Member  - Greg Bennett

Michael C

Ian Holmes - all's good!

Ian's badge & tie - close up

Earle

Don

Derek

Shelley wraps the prizes in green tape!

Keith

Kerry

Mark H

Mark S

Michael & Andrea

Barry relaxing

Andrea with 'V' sign with packet of chips!

Birgit - new Communications Officer!

Dave & Birgit

Carol, Derek & Frances 

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