It is that time of year again when the SOS membership declare their country of birth so that those born in Australia can compete againd those born in the 'Rest Of the World'. The competition is held over 2 weeks with the winning group taking possession of the Benkerr Cup for the next twelve months.
The Benkerr Cup was won by ROW in 2024.
The scoring is straight forward - the aggregate stableford scores of equal numbers of players from each team are divided by the number of players to yield an average player score.
The weather forecast was for abundant rain showers and considerable wind - and the forecast was correct with most players finishing the 18 holes either damp or sodden!
Perhaps due to the forecast, only 14 players registered for Round 1, with AUS and ROW each fielding 7 players.
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| Paul Boquest & Greg Bennett |
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| Karl, Barry & Shelley sporting their dry weather gear ! |
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| Gerry & Birgit proudly declaring foreign origin ! |
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| With Paul Cooper - all ROW ! |
Paul's shirt detail identifies ROW status !
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| Shelley shows off her collection of gloves! One for each hole ? |
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| Dave & Gerry on the 1st tee Gerry holding a bag of 25 golf balls - part of a haul of 100 balls donated by Derek Longhurst. Roland Petrie has plans to donate some of the balls to a charity. |
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| Dave, Gerry & Paul. The rain started to fall just as the 3rd group teed off from the 1st. |
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| A wet start ! |
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| Birgit takes selfey with Peter & Faye opting for a cart |
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| Shelley with her wet weather towel? |
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| Dave looking a bit damp! |
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| Dave Millar in the (wet) rough! |
SOS President Gerry Tessier addressed the post game meeting and welcomed everyone who had survived the wet and windy competition!
Next weeks competion will see the 2nd round of the Benkerr Cup played on the Tuart Course with play scheduled to start at 8.20am..
BOOK NOW FOR THE SOS SOCIAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
The SOS Gala Dinner is the premier annual social event featuring a round-up by Club President Gerry Tessier of 2025 activities and results; the Club Captain Andrea Williams announcing winners of the Perpetual and other Trophies and presentation of awards. Greg Bennett, who has been diligently collating each members weekly results, will hand out copies of his "SOS Golf Group - Seasons Results 2025".
The venue is the Lot Six Zero Bistro and Eatery - Innaloo kindly provided by Glen and Linsey Pope.
See further details below:
SOS Members, their Partners and friends, are invited to attend the 2025 SOS Golf Gala Dinner !
Come celebrate and congratulate the winners of the Perpetual Trophies and other awards.
Show your appreciation and support the committee and our amazing volunteers.
Great food and drinks included - Beers, Bubbles and Soft Drinks.
BYO wine.
Fantastic atmosphere with all your golfing friends !
RSVP: Frances falonghurst1@gmail.com
$35 Members | $50 Guests
Benkerr Cup - Round 1 Results
SOS Captain Andrea Williams announced that ROW had scored a total of 218 points narrowly beating AUS scoring 196 points.
The top scorer for the day with 36 points was Gary Burgess, followed by Gerry Tessier and Shelley Yeo each scoring 35 points.
The individual results are shown below.
Top scorer Gary Burgess keeps dry before the start !
The Golden Holes, Eagles & Birdies, as well as the Novelty results all demonstrate the negative impact of the wet and windy playing conditions !
Neither of the Golden Holes was won leaving $150 & $12 carried forward on the 16th and 2nd holes respectively!
There were no eagles !
There were no birdies !
The men's longest drive on the 18th hole - only one name . . . . Paul Boquest.
Ladies longest drive on the 4th . . . . none of the ladies hit the fairway !!
NTP on hole 9 . . . . only Gary Burgess
NTP on hole 14 . . . only Gary Burgess
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Shelley & Faye ponder the cause of the 'AUS' loss.
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