The annual Fellowship Day, with SOS competing against members of the West Australian Blind Golfers Association, got underway at 9.16 am despite a morbid weather forecast. However, the umbrellas only went up once for a few short minutes as competitors and caddies enjoyed mostly blue skies with a few clouds.
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| Neville Walker (Caddy), David Lee (WABGA) with SOS President Gerry Tessier |
The Fellowship Day competition is normally played on the Old Course which members of the WABGA would have been familiar with. However, due to re-scheduling this year's event by several weeks, the competition was held on the Tuart Course which, arguably, has narrower fairways and trickier slopes!
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| Austin Engineering was the sponsor for the Fellowship Cup The award ceremony and sausage sizzle was held at Perry Lakes |
The course was often wet underfoot from recent rains!
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| Barry, Gerry, Roland & Shelly ready to start |
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| Gary, Barry & Roland |
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| Keith & Gary |
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| Roland, Steve & Colin |
Steve, Caddy & Colin on the 1st
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| Shelly with Peter Drury & Kevin Williamson |
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| Keith Barrow with Neville Walker & David Lee |
Neville walker surveys the 1st fairway for David Lee
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| David lines up |
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| David shows the form that has taken him to the World Championships ! |
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| So far, so good ! |
David Lee has reached the top 5 in the Order of Merit for the Blind Golfers Association, and so was invited to play in August at the World Championships at The Greens at Renton, at Simcoe, near Toronto, Canada. David is part of a team of 8 , the only one from WA, and he will also be playing at the Canadian Open.
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| Peter's tee shot on the 1st only went 40 m and into the trees on the left! The ball was a new yellow Titleist Pro V1 !! |
After the competition, everyone met at the Perry Lakes BBQ area for a sausage sizzle and awards ceremony.
Not a drop of rain fell on the gathering despite the dire forecast and nervous comments!
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| Frances, Carol & Vickie The Social Committee members sorting the buns |
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| David enjoys a champers |
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| Keith, Neville & David at the Sizzle |
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| Time to eat ! |
Shelley, Gerry, Colin & Roland
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| Barry, Derek, Roland & Colin enjoying the ambiance ! |
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| Are those rain clouds? |
The Results
SOS Captain, Andrea Williams, read out the competition scores and announced that SOS had prevailed over the WABGA by a significant margin. The average score for all SOS players was 30.7 against WABGA of 20.8.
The individual scores and those who made the 6 birdies are:
SOS President Gerry Tessier holds the Fellowship Cup aloft
The Novelty competition results were:
Golden Hole - no winner today! As both 'Pots' were won last week, today's $12 pot rolls over to the next competition on the Tuart Course.
The ladies longest drive on the 5th recorded Shelley, outdistanced by Lynne !
The mens longest drive on the 8th included Glenn 'Juicy' Niceljewski, Gerry, but won by Gary !
The longest putt on the 8th noted Juicy, outdone by Andrea !
Nearest to pin in 2 on hole 10 - Andrea , won by Gerry !
Nearest to the pin on 18 - Andrea, Keith beaten by Lynley !
The Ash Tray Collection
Each week members and guests are invited to donate money to the Ash Tray Fund which the SOS Fines Committee has currently split into 20 categories including:
Touch the Lucky Wood (tree to fairway)
SAS training (bush to bush / rough to rough)
Dead sheep (still 'Ewe')
. . . and many more !
The Ash Tray collection was a spirited affair with $35.55 donated by the participants to compensate for hitting wildlife, uncouth language, trespassing on adjacent fairways, dead sheep and many other misdeeds!
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| Vickie about to donate? |
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| Treasurer Peter discusses the budget forecast with President Gerry Tessier. |
SOS Donation to WABGA
SOS President Gerry Tessier presented a 'cheque' for $750 to WABGA's Peter Drury to assist the WABGA in continuing its support of vision impaired golfers.
Gerry acknowledged the donation to WABGA had been funded by SOS's major sponsor, Austin Engineering.
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| Gerry hands over the 'cheque' to Peter Drury |
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Next Week's Competition
The 2nd qualifying round of the Matchplay competition will be held on the Old Course, scheduled to start at 9.32 am.
Many thanks to several contributors of photos - Gerry, Derek and Andrea.
Please advise Peter if any names have been attributed to incorrect faces - there were gaps in the information trail!
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