Monday, May 27, 2024

Club Championship Round 3

 3rd Round of our annual Championship ..... let's see how that goes.

Weather forecast is not promising, but we SOS'lers are a tough weatherproof lot

                                                        BEFORE THE GAME



Boris needs the sleeves
to protect him "in the wood"
and not against the sun


Frances and the blokes....
captured for Derek

and this one for Jenny Treak

SOS women ready for THE Colgate ad
Andrea stylish as always with perfect color match
(aubergine coloured skirt & novelties bag)

Gerry! Dont crush Keith... please

Group 5: Shelley, we love your posture!





and this one! Shelley & Gim streching


Someone (4D) is determined to drive...


and push a buggy out of his way,
only not to be fined to being late at the tee box


                                                       
I will try that next time.....



Who is afraid of whom?



Mates, that's much better! :-)

                                DURING THE GAME

We started the game in sun shine & blue sky
and were caught up at hole 4 



with a bit of rain


and while some were really well equipped
(talking rain equipment here!)

others aren't!(talking rain equipment as well!)




Back to golf....Boris drove his ball under this greenish boy

... and his buggy into Shelley's



featuring Steph whacking her ball out of the wood
(thanks for the photo Mr Gonch)

and Gim at hole 16 not happy with her drive



                                      AFTER THE GAME

The usual suspects discussing their games

Andrea handing out prizes

Bernie!!! 

Carol won the lollies...

and Birgit did the raffle (with bad hair)





                                        THE RESULTS

Well done Lynne! and congratz to Andrea & Roland








                                                                            Birdies

Lynne                #18
Keith                 # 12 & 15
Roland              # 6
Paul B               # 2 & 14

                                                                        NOVELTIES

LD women        #4     Andrea
LD men            # 5    Dave, followed by Peter, beaten by Gary B (the coach)
NTP in 2          # 10    James beaten by Keith
NTP in 3          # 17    Goochy, James, out maneuvered by our Captain Andrea!



Other news brought on by Goochy (aka the president)

  • We celebrated Greg Bennetts birthday
  • We welcomed back Anthony James (aka TJ)
  • and 4D who promised to bring some genuine Scotch Whiskey
  • Next week (01.06.) we're going to play another stroke play (WA Cup)
  • The week after we play the Austin Cup (with the blind golfers association), sponsored by Austin & organised by ex Captain Gerry
    • The after game will be either at the club house or at Perry Lakes
    • if you bring & wear (!) the Austin cap you got last year you will be rewarded with 3 Titleist golf balls.







THE END.....

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Match Play # 2 on the Old


Goochy here. Long-time reader, first-time blogger.


Thanks to those who submitted photos and to everyone else for patiently awaiting the Blog. I would have posted on Saturday afternoon, but the missus decided it was a perfect time to go floor shopping. She must have read my mind because, really, who wouldn't want to do that on a glorious Saturday afternoon? Naturally, I had to wash down this experience with a half dozen pints at the Innaloo Varsity Bar and was not in much of a state to do anything on Saturday night. 

I know we need the rain but how good is the golfing weather? Having said that, am I the only pessimist or does everyone think like me?:



Of course everyone is smiling pre Match Play. 

Andrea, Carol, and Karl...the latter have decided to 'Big League' the SOS as he will be participating in the Wembley GC's Pennants Team for the next few weeks. Best of luck Champ!

Carol, Paul, Shelley and Bernie

Earle hanging out with all his mates or perhaps secretly waiting and hoping for a no-show for the 4 points?

Fran and Steph...earplugs anyone? 

Goochy and Dave (AKA the smiling assassin)

The fear is genuine 

Mark W and Boris the Blade

Keith and Roland getting some pre-game advice from the Coach


Novelties (aka the Goochy and Maureen Show!):
Does not look like we will need to sharpen the novelty pencils for next week. 

NTP on 2 - Goochy beaten by Maureen
LD women on 15 - Maureen
LD men on 7 - Goochy
NTP in 2 on 10 - Goochy
NTP in 3 on 5 - Puggy, Gary beaten by Bernie


Maureen's approach on the  6th - a nice little birdie to boot. 


Birdies:
Well done to all those who scored birdies.
Gary on 8
Gardy on 4 and 8
Puggy on 1
Goochy on 15
Keith on 11 and 13 (one the way to murdering the back 9 with one over)
Maureen on 6

Puggy birdied the 1st, while this is everyone else. 


Match Play Results:
Well done to the winners on the weekend, and commiserations to those who came in second. There were some blowouts, close games and a couple of shared honours. 

Maureen 5 and 4 over Andrew
Keith 5 and 3 over Andrea
Frances 2 and 1 v Steph
Goochy 5 and 4 v Dave
Karl and Gerry all square
Puggy 2 and 1 v Carol
Gary 3 and 2 v Paul G
Shelley 5 and 4 v Bernie
Peter 2 up v Colin
Barry 6 and 4 v Kerry
Earle 1 up v Roland
Greg and Mark W all square

Poor Dave after he missed his 6th putt by a matter of millimetres


Karl chipped out his 'viagra' ball that was 'hard up' against the tree. 

I've heard of choking down on the club and playing the ball at the back of your stance, but this is next level from Puggy

Presidents Notes:

Big Happy Birthday to TJ who celebrated his Birthday on Sunday (along with an Eagles win) 

Next week is Round 3 of the Club Champs on the Old.

Fellowship Day is coming up on the 8th of June. This is a highlight of our calendar, and we have 8 to 9 players signed up from the WABGA to battle it out with the SOS for the Austin Cup. Post-game, we will enjoy fellowship at Perry Lakes (weather permitting). Thanks to Gerry for organising sponsorship with AustinEng / Austbuy - their support is fantastic.

Goochy





Sunday, May 12, 2024

Club Championship Round 2

The 2nd round of the SOS Club Championship was held on the Old Course in ideal conditions - mild temperatures, a bit of cloud cover, little to no wind and 24 SOS members and 3 guests - Zac, Carl & Trevor -  took to the fairways and greens in good spirits!

It appears no-one took any pictures of the start and the blogger, who arrived close to start time and was too preoccupied in handing over last week's 💰 $87 Golden Hole prize to Paul Boquest, forgot to take any!

However, several photos were received of players in various types of distress!

It appears Bernie's drive off the 1st tee resulted in her ball becoming snookered for the next shot around the dog's-leg! Peter's ball from the 1st barely made it past the white tees, although it managed to reach a height of over a 100m or so!


While Glen P goes trespassing on the adjacent fairway in search of his ball!!

That is apparently Glen P in the mist!


Putting practice is never wasted!



Trevor found an unplayable lie close to the 10th green

Paul G contributed a picture of the standard of player safety signage at the Carramar Golf Course!



After players holed out on the 18th it was off to the Perry Lakes Sausage Sizzle ('SS') - after having your card scanned in the Pro Shop.
 All remembered to do this except for Peter who was so preoccupied with analysing his 74 net score, he clean forgot to scan his card; which he corrected after the SS.


Why do 90% of my putts pass under the hole?

The Perry Lakes Sausage Sizzle

As Earle Scarff, Keith Barrow and helpers completed the BBQ of snags and chopped onions the lunch got underway accompanied by a large tossed salad and a metre long platter of water melon and rock melon slices!  

Bernie and Keith raise their glasses as Frances tosses the salad in the background!


Plenty of time to savor the drinks before lunch

Billy the Kid watches patiently as Paul B serves himself.




Andrea just checked the results and noticed
 Peter had been delinquent in scanning his card!

SOS Captain Andrea opens the post game meeting by advising there were
 no birthdays to be celebrated by members this week.





Andrea declared the order of business will start with the raffle, followed by the results, with the Ash Tray collection being last!


Novelty Results


The Golden Hole on the 13th, worth 💰 $51, was won by Colin Kerr, playing in the last group! 

NTP on the 6th had a near record 6 claimants - first by Keith followed by Lynley, Puggy, Shelley, Mark W and the winner Popey!

NTP on the 14th was claimed by Lynne M, but outplayed by guest Carl Naake! However, Group 5 found this marker on the 12th green, not the 14th, making their claims inelligible!!  SOS Captain Andrea quickly recified the issue by rushing over to the 14th tee where Group 3 had just teed off and handed them the marker!  Gary, who was a player in Group 3, was the only one to record a NTP in 2 on the 14th!

NTP in 3 on the 17th - only one name - Mark Wilson.

LD Women #3 - Lynne Malone

LD Men #15 - Keith, Garry and the winner Paul Boquest

Raffle

The raffle was experty conducted by none other than Glenn 'Pug Dog' Kelly who called out the lucky numbers in his normal stentorian fashion!

The winner received an IOU for a $20 gift voucher from our sponsor, Lot Six Zero! Regretably, the blogger did not record the winners name, but will update the blog when someone can advise who it was.


Frances wins a raffle prize, being watched enviously by Steph!


Another raffle winner there somewhere?

The Results

Andrea advised that the most honest player, with the lowest score, was Dave Williamson who received the honor of receiving a bag of lollies and the list of fines to call out!




At the other end of the scale, and winner of the days competition is Paul Boquest with a tidy net 71 points.

This was followed by no less than 5 members all on 72 points!

However, on a countback, Gim Ong secured 2nd place and Frances Longhurst 3rd.




Yet another glitch in this week's blog has resulted in only the first 8 places being published! However, Andrea saved the day by providing the missing data:

9      Peter Baird                     [24]        74
10    Gary Burgess                 [ 6]         74
11    Kerry Edwards               [33]        74
12    Earle Scarff                    [17]        75
13    Colin Kerr                      [18]        75
14    Paul Gardner                   [11]       76
15    Carl Naake                     [+1]        76
16    Lynley Hunter                 [13]       76
17    Glenn Kelly                    [11]        77
18    Mark Hill                        [11]        77
19    Keith Barrow                  [10]        78
20    Glen Pope                        [8]         78
21    Stephanie Jeffares           [14]       79
22    Maureen Sundari            [15]        79
23    Bernie Caffrey                [16]        81
24    Roland Petrie                  [17]        82
25    David Williamson           [29]        85



Andrea continues with the results . . can anyone lip read?

Billy the Kid watches closely for falling crumbs
 as today's winner looks on!.

The Ash Tray Collection

Pugdog read out the list of fines while Dave and Andrea colllected the donations.

A total of $36.25 was raised indicating a relatively high number of transgressions. 

Members attempt to recall all their less glorious moments on the course. 

Shelley and several others decried the behaviour of others
 and managed to get a few more coins added to the pile of donations!




Amongst the late fines was the 'broken club head' award!

After a bit of photo editing, we can now see Stephanies' broken club head more clearly!

New shafts came in a range of $100 to $1,000+, excluding a grip! Was the shot worth the damage - or did it snap in a moment of uncontrollable rage?  Who has the story?



Next Week

The 2nd Round of the Matchplay Competition will be held on the Old Course commencing at 9.24am.

There are a total of 3 matchplay qualifying rounds, the last on 15 June, before the 8 quarter finalists are selected to play on 20 July.

So, if you lost in Round 1, now is the perfect time to make a comeback in rounds 2 and 3 !!  Historically, very few first round winners make it a clean sweep, giving you a chance to make the quarterfinals!!




💨    🏆  E&OE