The biggest social event on the Club calendar was at front and centre of this weeks round and the golf had to play second fiddle.
A strong field of 21 played teed up for the stableford round on the Tuart in perfect golfing conditions with a forecast top of 26 degrees with south-westerly winds early in the day changing southeasterly later, and that's exactly what we got.
This round is the last on the Tuart for some time now (do I hear a sigh of relief ?) with the next 4 rounds to be played on the Old.
Derek returned from his expedition in pursuit of rare butterflies, that he had organized for local and interstate enthusiasts that took him and his colleagues from the Eastern Goldfields initially, then all corners of the State. There was none of the above going on because true lovers of butterflies are content to capture the moment on film or mind without having to stick a pin through the poor creatures. Derek did manage however to tick off one more rare butterfly from his long list so the expedition was a success.
Barry in a moment of prayer before teeing off on the dreaded first hole of the Tuart
Hopefully he had better luck than Billy!!
This is not a stock photo
I wonder what the topic was?
A bit of a scrum forming here
SPOTS OF BOVVER
We had a few and the most notable follow
The most notable was Mark Wilson and Garry's attempt to move an immoveable object, being a tree, that got in the way of Garry's approach shot to the 7th. Needless to say it failed and the object remained where if lay and Garry walked off the 7th with a double bogey 6.
THE RESULTS
First place with a very commendable score of 38 points - Keith
Second place with a respectable score of 36 points - Karl
Third place on the dreaded count back - Colin
THE LOLLIES
I'm afraid James had one of those rounds out took home the lollies.
NOVELTIES
Golden Hole 1(The big one) - Hole # 3 - Club
Nearest the pin in one - Hole # 6 - Goochy followed by Garry
Longest drive ladies - Hole # 9 - Andrea
Golden Hole 2 (The smaller but growing one) - Club
Longest drive men - Hole # 15 - Goochy (with a sizzler using a 3 wood to the dreaded fairway tree)
Nearest in one - Hole # 18 - Faye
BIRDIE
They were few and far between with just three players registering and Wayne dominating the list with two!!
Hole # 10 - Wayne
Hole # 14 - Keith with a chip in from a challenging lie in the rough
Hole # 15 - Wayne
Hole # 17 - Karl
THE FINES
James read out the fines and Faye collected the spin doolies. Everyone was very generous in their contributions
THE LEAD INTIO THE MAIN EVENT - THE GALA DINNER
A big thank you goes out the Frances and Carol for all their hard work in organizing the evening. To Shelly for making sure all food allergies were duly noted and all the staff for attentively looking after Cyrena's needs. Lately but not least a big thank you to the Popes for generously hosting the event at "Lot Six Zero"
Following are a selection of photos from the evening courtesy of many of those there.
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH
Gerry delivered his president's speech in what may be his last post as a member of the committee (for a while?) after 5 years and it was very articulate, well considered, and delivered. Next year Gerry, in retirement, wants for focus on his golf and get his handicap down to where it should be. I think we all recognize and want to thank Gerry for his dedication to the club and all the hard work he has put in over these years.
In his speech Gerry recognized all the hard work put in by others on the committee. With out these volunteers we would not have a club and therefore the privilege of playing Saturday golf on one of Australia's premier courses.
Gerry thanked Frances and Carol for steeping in as social directors while Puggy recovers from ankle surgery, Andrea for always smiling and taking care of things, Derek for all the hard work he puts in organizing events such as the Par 3 Comp at Lake Claremont, updating the Clubs Rules and the enormous extra work load generated by Gold Australia's launch of their new platform, GA Connect.
Gerry went on the thanks Peter for the remarkable job he does keeping our accounts and financials in such good shape (unfortunately Peter could not join us because of recent eye surgery so that he can fine tune his golf to an even higher standard), Shelly for her amazing patience in organizing our golf tee times/bookings, assisting Peter in his duties and many others of the committee in their roles with absolutely no word of complaint.
Earle for his carefully considered selection of wine and other drinks for our sausage sizzles, post-match Christmas drinks, lunch, and gift giving etc. throughout the year and yours truly for organizing the Country Cup.
Lastly one of our longest serving members of the Club, Greg for the fabulous job he does in collating all the statistics on a weekly basis thereby avoiding any mistakes in awarding the Perpetual Trophies and also the great historical record contained in and maintained by his diligent work. Please forgive me if I have left anyone off!
THE PERPETUAL TROPHIES
The main event of the night is the presentation of the perpetual trophies to the Clubs most outstanding players for the year, and this was done jointly by Gerry and Andrea.
THE CLUB CHAMPION
This year and possibly for the first time in the club's history it was a dead heat between Keith & Garry
HANDICAP CHAMPION - ANDREA
A GRADE CHAMPION - EARLE
B GRADE CHAMPION - GREG
LADY CHAMPION - LYNLEY
MOST CONSISTANT PLAYER OF THE YEAR - DEREK
ECLECTIC WINNER ON THE OLD - MARK WILSON
ECLECTIC WINNER ON THE TUART - FRANCES
Don't quote me but I think Goochy decided that it may be a good idea to auction off the place setting so he took to the floor to get the auction rolling.
Up for auction was the centerpiece vase and dried flower arrangement, the table place settings and the fairy lights. Please note how keenly Moon is watching on at Goochy goes about his business.
Moon had a bit in on every item much to the horror of Gardy and the eventual highest bidders were:-
Centerpiece - $210 Dave Millar (The mans generosity has no boundaries)
Table settings - $25 Barry, $25 - Gerry, $40 Coops and $100 Popey. As with Dave these people are always generous contributors.
Fairy lights - $30 Moon (finally).
FINALLYMEMBERSHIP RENEWALS FOR 2026
Please let Derek know before 21 December if you intend to renew your membership for 2026. This is important in renewal players insurance and assists with planning future recruitment programs.NOMINATION FOR 2026 COMMITTEE
Please consider nominating for committee positions in 2026. Our AGM is in March and all nomination need to be in place well prior to then. A club can't run itself and without volunteers for these positions we risk losing the club that would be a great shame given that in 2027 it will be 55 years old.
OUR CHRISTMAS GIVING BREAK UP FOLLWING OUR ROUND ON THE OLD ON 13 DECEMBER
This year Andrea and Mike have generously offered their home to host the post match-event.
Remember all those attending are required to bring a Christmas present to the value of $20.
The comp for the day will be a four ball Ambrose, so it promises to be a lot of fun.
The address etc. will be provided closer to the day.
NEXT SATURDAY'S ROUND
Its the Anniversary Cup played on the Old (hallelujah) with an 8.04 tee off
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