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Thursday, October 8, 2015

Country Cup 2015

Sponsored by SOS.

A fine but blustery day welcomed us to Rockingham Golf Club, well most of us, as Steve and Nola decided to take a slight detour on the way down,,, and forgot to bring the Cup.

Fortunately all were there for the tee-off on time and bristol fashion, with all the warnings of wayward play obvious,,,

I simply chose to ignore those foolish words!

Some were out practising hard expecting fine things from the days play but i personally was a tad distraught after the poor showing in the rugby.

Just look at the size of Peter's "training Golf Club",,,,,

Why not just use a club mate?????

Guest Vanessa (Lynne's swimming training partner) having a test of the cored greens on the practice area.

I was not the only one who had had a bad weekend as certain other people were ready to gloat,,,, though i have to say it was only gloating via the scarf as Coach was remarkably quiet (for a change!),,, hehhee

It was a big welcome to a couple of guests, Vanessa and Eddie (sorry Eddie i haven't got a pic of you mate,,, maybe next time, if we've talked you into coming back!).

And it was great to see the lovely Rita finally have an outing, and good to see the Stan "The RuleMan" Tan back for another round of fun.

Now since this is the Country Cup and not the usual blog it will be slightly abbreviated and possible some parts repeated for next week.

RWC 2015 Update
I really don't care any more as England lost, which meant i lost both financially and emotionally so i blame the England Rugby Team wholeheartedly for my poor showing,,,, especially as i got up at 3am to witness the result LIVE.

I do have to say that the Aussies out-played us in EVERY department, which i wasn't expecting!

My hopes are now pinned on The Paddies as my no.2 team. Hopefully that won't be the "Kiss of Death"

The Results
Now then, many of you won't have heard this but there has been a little bit of controversy over this as the Countback Cheat Sheet went missing resulting in a slight miscalculation by a couple of members of the Committee for which the apologies have been given and accepted,,,,,

The winner was supposed to be:-

However the true winner of the Country Cup 2015 is:-

And obviously i didn't mean me!

1^st Captain’s correction of winner:

Lynne Malone 30 on the 3^rd countback from Bernie

2^nd Bernie Caffrey 30

3^rd Nola DeSantis 30 on 1^st countback

4^th Vickie Scarff 29

5^th Derek Longhurst 28 on 1^st countback from Peter

6^th Peter Baird 28

Greg Bennett 27

Frances Longhurst 26

Steve DeSantis 26

Earle Scarff 25

Ron Conway 24

Gary Burgess 22

Kerry Gardner 21

Paul Gardner 20

As i've always said if you don't come first, you might as well come last especially as i have an incredibly sweet tooth for lollies.

And thanks to Coach for putting in the extra special dunny paper called "something to do when you poo",,,,,,,hehehe

The guests

Vanessa Holman 31

Rita Conway 28

Stan Tan 29

Eddie 20

Well done to all.

The Novelties

NTP 3 Bernie

NTP 6 Stan "The RuleMan"

NTP15 Earle

NTP17 Paul

Golden Hole for the Day

Won by the unstoppable Country Cup Expert Lynne.

Well done Lynne! Again,,,,

Fines of the Day

Nola- forgetting the Country Cup

Kerry- nearly hitting me with a wayward shot on the 14th

Vickie- nearly hitting Kerry with a skinnied chip out the bunker on the last!

it was a very near miss as Kerry nearly ducked into it.

Quote of the Day

Vickie as overheard speaking about hubby

"Earle, did you bring my box?"

Random Pics

"How does this countback thing work?"

"No I'm in charge of the money,,,, who hasn't paid?"

"Tis a very serious matter you know!"

"Chicken in a basket?
Nah mate it's the seafood!"

I hang my head in shame

Where's that Italian Stallion the Wildlife Officer?
i've been waiting to get my own back for years,,,

Caught in the act,, mid scoff!

The Pretty Boys! hehehe

Yep, the golf was really that good!

Ron taking it easy! Good on ya pal.

The Best Of The Guests,,,,, Vanessa

Winnings ISN'T everything x

Amazing you can see with eyes that size Paul,,,,

SEE YA ON SAT PEEPS!

Come on Ireland!

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Stableford Competition

Sponsored by yours truly with a bit of help from Bosch.

Unfortunately due to a small technical issue with my Iphone, all my pictures have disappeared so the blog will be a little light i'm afraid!!!
Which is a real shame especially as i was the sponsor and had some absolute pearlers hehehe.

So apart from that, what a glorious day it was and the expectations after Gordo's brilliant score last week were high.
Though he did take it to extremes and was accused of excessive gloating.

There was a big WELCOME BACK to Don, it was great to see ya mate, and let's hope we see more of ya over the next few weeks!

And more holiday returns to the Scarff's and Longhurst's after their sojourn to Bali.....

We also had the pleasure of Patches friend Stan who joined us for the first time. He was lucky to be paired with myself, Earle and Rob and we had a ball!
That was until i worked out he was a damned Rule Nazi, as he mentioned about my putter being an "illegal weapon" since the shaft is bent!

All i could say was "Bugger!",,,, and take the disqualification!

Birthdays

Many happy returns to Charmaine and Tony Lee.

Rugby World Cup Update
All i can say for this weeks commentary for the RWC 2015 is,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "Bloody Welsh!".

Roll on next weekend for the big clash Eng v Aussie

AFL Update
Now no gloating here West Coast Fans as the Mighty Dockers were humbled by the better team on the day!
At least there is going to be a WA team in the finals though with an emphatic victory by the Eagles.

I just hope the fans can afford the price of the return flights to Victoria,,,, rumours are it's cheaper to fly back to London!!!!
Shocking hang your head in shame airlines!

The Results
Thanks to Stan mentioning about my bent tool, i was DQ'd!!!!
Hehehee nice one Stan!

Paul	Gardner	DQ

Vickie	Scarff	26
Travis	Barnes	27
Stan	(Guest)	30
Don	Beesley	30
Gary	Burgess	31
Fran	Longhurst	31
Lynne	Malone	32
Earle	Scarff	33
Malcolm	Yeo	34
Gim	Ong	34
Brett	Fordham	35
Derek	Longhurst	36
Rob	Gray	37
Shelley	Yeo	38
Greg	Bennett	38
Kerry	Gardner	40

Peter	Baird	42

Gordon	Neilsen	44

Bernie	Caffrey	45

A fantastic effort Bernie WELL DONE on a fabulous score,,, and to Gordo for following up on last week!

Apologies for no photo Bernie, but i hope you enjoy the prize.

Novelties

NTP 2	Gim
NTP 8	Peter
NTP 15	Earle
LD 17	Gordo

Golden Hole
Again it would appear nobody got close, so the pot continues to grow!
Woo hoo.

Caption Comp

the contenders were:-

Derek- "Who says golf and sex doesn't mix?"

Lynne- "I'll be there soon, I'm just cleaning my clubs"

Brett- "Sexbomb, Sexbomb I'm a Sexbomb"

But the winner, as voted by you lot was

Me- "Just like Jason Day my putter is HOT, HOT, HOT,,,, come on you gorgeous thing!"

Ok, let's see what you can think up with for this one (unfortunately one of the few pics i've got).

Quote of the Week
There were many fine options for this award this week, not all of which i can remember but please see a small selection below:-

Travis--- "I was steering that putt in with my penis!"

Fran about Travis' penis--- "Sometimes it was quite wobbly"

Earle about Travis' hat--- "That's the worst hat in the world ever!"

Kerry about my prize--- "I wouldn't want to win your prize Paul, you can stick it up your a#se!"

Fine of the Week
This one has to go to Malcolm for his international quality rally driving, extreme hooning and doughnuts in the golf cart.
Top work dude!

Country Cup
For those that are coming to Rockingham if you could please get your food options to Gary by Wednesday.
Many thanks.

Next Week
As it's the Country Cup there's no official game on Saturday, but the following week is another round of the Club Championship,,, so let's try and see if we can follow up with Gordo's exhibition golf!

Random Pics

Who knew The Coach could play left handed! What a talent,,,,,

Monday, September 21, 2015

Club Championship round 6

Sponsored by Gim.

What a difference a week makes eh? From the cold and blustery conditions of last week to the warm beauty of a spring day.

Spring has indeed Sprung!

However there did seem to be some pre-match nerves, as various people were suffering some issues.

My lovely wife had some "Toilet Issues" as after running towards the ladies, she sauntered back with a slightly strained look on her face whilst hopping from foot to foot complaining that her new purchase, a Salvos Belt, had jammed.

After much frivolity, the lovely Lynne was able to help.

Personally I just think it was an excuse to go to the pros to try and get them to help get her pants off! Hehhehehe

And Gary was suffering from a week of "not really knowing what the heck was going on with the bookings!"

The confusion was clearly taking it's toll as you can see from the picture opposite,,,,

Rugby World Cup Update

Well, well, well what can I say here apart from:-

Kon'nichiwa

who'd have suspected that the first Major Team to lose would be the Saffers?

But the Kiwis were far from impressive also with Mr Untouchable, Richie McCaw receiving a yellow card.

Some big games to follow this week, so let's see what happens before anybody starts to gloat too much.

The Results

Lynne	Malone	81
Gim	Ong	79
Gary	Burgess	78
Stephanie	Jeffares	78
Graeme	Powell	77
Kerry	Gardner	76
Rob	Gray	74
Paul	Gardner	74
Charmaine	Stanger	74
Shelley	Yeo	71
Greg	Bennett	71
Brett	Fordham	68
Steve	Desantis	68

Peter	Baird	67

Bernie	Caffrey	67

Gordon	Neilsen	57

A massive congratulations to Gordo for an awesome round, we'll have to check the records but possibly the best ever Nett round!!

The winner by an extreme margin

Woo hoo well done mate, you did threaten it during the week, and lets see what the RGX can do for ya now!!!

Novelties

NTP 2	Brett
NTP 6	Shelley
NTP 13	Gim
LD 17	Brett

Well done people,,,,, Brett your balls are still in the bag waiting for you to collect them next week.

Golden Hole

No winner again this weekend, so the pot continues to grow.

I think its at a massive $50, so I reckon we continue to deliberately keep missing and let it increase.

Caption Competition

Last week's winner, as voted for by a selection of the SOS Committee and truly unbiased was,,,,,, drum roll please,,,,,

Me!!!

Heheheeheheee

"Dry your eyes Earle, you know you're going to lose the money to Paul again!"

This weeks picture for your perusal is:-

Let your imaginations run riot and see what you come up with.

I look forward to reading your replies either at the bottom of the blog or via email!

Quote of the Week

There were three notable quotes of the day,,,,,

1) I can't remember the actual context but the first one is from Brett:-

"You as an amateur just haven't got a clue!"

2) from Lynne complaining about Brett and my consistent chatter:-

"Blimey, it's like playing with a bunch of women! Can you please shut up the girlie chatter!"

3) This one is more of a written quote and comes from my lovely wife after one of Brett's drives narrowly missed both her a Peter.
Admittedly it was a 3 hybrid and he was trying to lay up, as we both discussed that we were unable to reach with our drivers.

Kerry's natural reaction was to write the following:-

I'm sorry, i was trying to lay up, just ask Gardi

Next Week

Unfortunately with holidays and injuries the numbers have been down a little bit, so please whenever possible try to make yourself available otherwise we may lose some of our slots!!!

The game is Stableford and I'm the sponsor.

Birthdays

Many happy returns for Rob and Toni for the upcoming week

Random Pics

Unfortunately the marquee still hasn't been fully constructed, so the post match meeting place is once again The Boulevard, which I do have to say is really growing on me as a venue,,,,,,

Firm Construction it certainly isn't,,,,

Apart from the Kerry Belt Issues this morning we also had Peter acting as though he was hosting a demolition derby as he rammed my buggy with his before the start of play,,,,,