STABLEFORD

 

It was Stableford on the Old Course, with a decent winter tee-off time of 0900 hrs.

And so we celebrated the equinox (March 22) which the calendar will tell you is well into autumn.

However, the weather hadn’t read the memo, so we had a beautiful blue-sky day with nary a breeze, and in any other part of the world we would have been relaxing by the pool, cooling down with an ice-cold pina colada on the side.

But this is Perth.

Harald and Gary Williams joined us for the day (Andrea’s family).

And prospective member David Miller joined for a game with Gerry, Karl and Coops.

Which meant that we had a strong field of 24 for the day.

Good to see some old friends back.

And thoughts for those who are still in recovery mode - looking forward to having you all back again as soon as you’re fit.

There were anniversaires to celebrate. Lynley tells us she’s now 70 (but we’re to put 50 in the blog, so we have).

Colin likes to increase the challenge on the 10th

And Kerry and Wally Edwards celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary (gulp). Congratulations to you both.

The novelties went as follows:

Nearest the pin in 1 on the 2^nd - Popey the only name on the card. (He was in the 5^th group - no-one on the green until then?)

Longest Drive for girls on the 5^th goes to Andrea (only three girls played - where were you all?)

Nearest in 3 on the 7^th - Gardy

Puggy shows how it's done

The Golden Hole was unclaimed.

Men’s longest drive on the 17^th - Roland, then Dave, but Popey got even further

Nearest in 3 on the 18^th, to Pug Dog in the first group, and there it stayed for the rest of the field. (It was pretty close!)

Pug Dog was a bit disappointed with the lack of tension and passion in the reading of the novelties. He has offered Karl lessons in drama. (Well-qualified to do so, as some have commented!)

Keith was sinking putts from all corners of the green.

Apparently Popey could do no wrong.

The Welsh contingent struggled a bit (probably the weather, a few snow flurries might have helped you feel at home) but enjoyed the lollies.

Andrea had a birdie on the 1^st (Makes you feel today is going to be the day, doesn’t it!)

Goochie on the 4^th and 17^th (The rest were just bloody pars, I suppose)

David scored a birdie on the 8^th

And Popey picked one up on the 15^th

Well done, those players.

Now if you’re short of cash, we’ll publish here a full list of the raffle winners. A sob story could well strike gold here:

Gerry the big winner, then

Barry

Gary Burgess

Greg Williams

Paul Cooper

Andrea Williams

Now the competition - a wide range of scores today, from the sublime to the ridiculous.

So, a thank you to the fines collectors, and all those who sent in photographs. Karl will be taking care of the blog next week, so make sure he has plenty of material.

A reminder that next week we’ll be celebrating (?) the AGM at Perry Lakes after the game, before enjoying free drinks and tasty snacks. Do turn up if you can, or send your apologies to Derek if you’d like to have your apology recorded in the minutes.

 

 

 

IRISH STABLEFORD

Expect to sea a see (or to see a sea) of lush green greens & fairways and a couple of green & blue shirts. 

It's St. Patrick's day and the SOS'lers played an Irish Stableford perfect for this occasion. Though wait! Till we dive into action let's fact-check first.

St. Patrick wasn't Irish, but he was born in Wales (Andrea, did you know that??)

He was captured by Irish pirates and enslaved in Ireland......

AND those of us wearing blue today were not that wrong :-)

Have a look here if you are interested in history!

https://theconversation.com/how-the-color-of-st-patricks-day-went-from-blue-to-green-248985

OK, but now let's return to the more serious SOS golf  business:

We had a full field of 24 players, although sadly Greg Bennett pulled out so we were 23 players.

Greg, we hope you are ok mate and I'm sure through the blog you will experience the great atmosphere of the day.

BEFORE THE GAME

I leave that up to the reader

Andrea's borrowed headdress
looks much better on her 

than on that sad buggy. 

Some are greener than others,
but a good effort nonetheless.
Sorry Roland, forgot to capture your socks onto the photo

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The usual pre-game banter

between captain and president (stand in)

Our treasurer & bookings officer with 
pre-game paperwork.
What would we do without yous?

Blogger & blogger
(she thinks it might be
German Altweiber,
where you cut off ties)

yes, I got those green "pearls"
at Red Dot too!

Peter & Maureen

The "GREEN GOBLINS"
aka
"HILL'S ANGELS"

group 2 " STONED BLARNEYS"

"the stoned ones" called "to order"

the "SHENANIGANS" more of one of them later

the greenest group the "KILL KENNY'S"

Birgit & her green cowboy

our last group "RINGS OF KERRY" Kerry, not 
sure if you got a ring, but at least you got a photo done

DURING THE GAME

Peter, our very own Scottish-Irish warrior

Mark W on the first tee,
more on him later

Yeah Goochy,
those gym sessions finally pan out

This crazy mate drove his ball
out onto the street.....
(hope nothing 
else was "squeezed")

... climbed over the fence
& pitched it back to the fairway.
NEEDLESS to say:
He continued to play his provisional ball
so no rules were broken

Who's wearing that hat??

Never ask your fellow players
 to keep an eye on the drive you try
to give everything.
Paul B. attempting his 2nd shot.

Shelley somewhere out there...

yep that looks good! Mission fulfilled.

The " Kill Kennys" somewhere

Where is the little bugger.....

oh well, we'll find it!

Quick shot of group 5 (Derek, Glen, Bernie & Roland)

Paul C. shot that one nicely 
under the green tree, got it out almost
perfectly....

...to the next tricky situation.

Mark W. had one of the best games
of his life he almost
PARED,
but the small white devil
skimmed over the hole.
The whole team couldn't believe it.

2 sad people

3 sad people

4 sad people

AFTER THE GAME

Steph and her Irish coffee... 😼

Garry found a green bag....

Andrea's only green
equipment of the day

RESULTS:

The winning group took home a bottle of "Tipperary Road", 

pour it over your ice-cream and enjoy

Well done Hilly!
You cracked the GOLDEN HOLE
100$$$$

BIRDIES

Glenn 15

Goochy 17 & 18

Hilly 16

Karl 8 & 15

Keith 16

Mark W 4 & 5 & 7 & 15

Popey 10

Shelley 3

NOVELTIES

# 2        Nearest the pin in 1:          Lynley

# 4         Ladies LD:                        Lynley, Maureen

# 7         Nearest the pin in 2:        Mark W

# 16       Golden Hole:                    Mark H

# 17       LD Men & Women :        Karl, Mark W.

# 18        Nearest the pin in 3:        not put out :-)

RAFFLE

Earle got the main price with #72 and another one with 74

Birgit aka "Elton John's sister" got the award
for the best costume of the day

President's address:

• Bernie was welcomed as a guest player and Matt joined us for a drink afterwards.
• We're launching a campaign to attract more players to the club, a big thank you to Derek for composing the flyer. Each member is expected to distribute a few of them.
• Next week: Stableford @ the Old Course

MORE PHOTOS

Talking $$ business

collecting fines

and more fines

Hilly counting his GH money

with assistance of Gim

all good?

The Irish-Aussie-NZ crowd

a FF or 2 (french fries = chips in Europe)

Roland collecting money

Raffle time, check your email to
know where Puggy put the stuff this week

yep, presidents have to pay fines too!

even twice

a couple of "leftovers"

THE END