Country Cup

The Country Cup, at beautiful Araluen.

Send me your best photos, to add to the blog. I'll update as they come in.

Cold at the start, but warmed up beautifully. The weather, that is.


For most of us, the less said about the golf, the better. (It was a difficult course, but thanks to Earle for making the guys hit off the blue tees. Turned the par 4's into par 5's, and the par 5's into par 6's for most of us.)

But a great day out, and many thanks to Gary for all the organisation that went into it.

Note from Shelley - Annual Dinner is on November 25th. Save the date.

And the winner of Who's Elbow is this? It was Charmaine's  - the first correct answer came from Stan.







Now the results - first, the novelties.

	NOVELTY	HOLE	CONTENDERS	WINNER
	NTP in 2	4	Charmaine, Earle, Glen	Jan
	NTP	7		Lynne
	NTP in 2	12	Ron, Stan, Ciaran, Lynne	Earle
	NTP	16	Vickie	Colin

Oh dear

Then the big one..

	PLAYER	SCORE	BIRDIES
	Gim	13
	Colin	14
	Greg	14
	Frances	16
	Brett	17
	Vickie	17
	Malcolm	18
	Gordon	18
	Ian	19
	Derek	19
	Shelley	21	8
	Thomas	22
	Jan	22
	Earle	22
	Thomas	22
	Charmaine	23
	Rob	23
	Stephanie	24
	Roland	26
	Ross	26
	Lynne	27
	Stan	27
	Paul	29
	Gary	30
	Glen	30	4,7
	Peter	31
	Ciarán	38

30 points to Barry, who was awarded the guest prize. Ulrich seemed to have posted a better score, but his card was nowhere to be found.

Vickie and Gim both par'ed the 16th.

Apparently Gim has been rechristened Eva Braun. She spent more time in the bunker than Adolf Hitler.

Gim takes control of the fines

 And lots more photos down here...

Barry spots an attractive lay up opportunity in the distance

Club  Championship 6

 

Tuart Course:  23 September 2017

 

 

Peter has been a proud duck sitter during the week

Not a bad result Peter - 12 ducklings!

Bionic Man

4 days in hospital during the week getting new body parts and new pace maker but still managed a more than creditable showing on the golf course only hitting at 3/4 pace!  Well done Gary!

Whose leg was that!  Gary collected a ball for correctly identifying Stan’s leg

New Competition;  Who belongs to the below elbow! The owner of the elbow and his/her family members are ineligible to enter.  A golf ball to the winner!

Move over Rosco



A short break in the travels of a grey nomad as Colin Kerr has a welcomed return to SOS Golf

What's this reciprocal chest rubbing!  Had to stop the camera at the first chest rub!

Great! 5 hours of peace!  Charmaine is in another group!

Hi Earle, I've brought my trophies  in for engraving.  Have you got a trailer!



What can you do with this pesky Stan!

Rob rarin' to go all kitted up in his wet weather gear - read on for the next instalment!

During the game

Intermittent rain to start off and occasional windy patches but on the whole we were lucky with the weather.

No tears please for this next segment!!!!!

Brett is in there somewhere.  Blackboys 1 (swallowed Brett's ball) - Brett 0.



Brett in the trees!

How many holes to go!  Not to sure if this was Brett or Phil!

Brett gets his own back!  While I am rescuing his buggy from the wind, he calmly watches mine career down the path before crashing!

Club Championship Results

1^st      Rob Gray  65

Sponsor Gary presenting Rob with his prize.  A great result with a gross 86!

2^nd     Glen Pope  66



Another great score with a gross 76!

1th & 12th holes

3rd    Ron Conway  68

Gross 82

4^th        Gary Burgess  70

 



4th & 6th holes

5^th        Vickie Scarff  73 (on countback)

6^th        Earle Scarff    73

Ian Holmes 74

Dave Williamson 74

Charmaine Stanger 75

Shelley Yeo 76

Ross Campbell 77

Roland Stanger 77

Thomas Reilly 77

Stan Tan 77

Greg Bennett 77

Lynne Malone 77

Brenda 80 + a Birdie on 15th

Peter Baird 80 (too much time nesting with the ducks!)

Colin Kerr 81

Stephanie Jeffares 82

Malcolm Yeo 83

Graeme Powell 85

Lollies:  Brett (Score withheld by request)





Brett had to work hard for a runaway win for the lollies.  At least he something to take home to Sandy

 

The Novelty Chronicles 

 

NTP 3^rd hole:  Gary, Vickie and then Colin

 

NTP - 15^th hole:  Ron Conway

NTP in 2 – 10^th   hole:  Glen Pope 







Longest Drive on the 4th




Birthday Girl:  Charmaine on 28 September



 

ANNUAL DINNER & PRESENTATION OF TROPHIES

**********Keep 25 November free ********

 

 

Stephanie & her helper Shelley working out entertainment and other activities for the Annual Dinner.

Chinese Banquet at Pearl River Chinese, 14 Kilpa Court, City Beach.  This is always a good night and the Club subsidises the Dinner.  More details will be provided shortly.


NEXT WEEK :  Country Cup at Araluen on Sunday 1 October.  Day off from Golf on Saturday.  Tee off time:  8.00am so be there by 7.30am to collect your cart and check whether you start from the 1^st or 9^th holes.  Bring a pair of shoes to wear at lunch as sprigs are not permitted in dining area.

Par Bisque

Old Course:  16 September 2017

 

Competition

Whose leg is this?  First to notify a Committee member with correct name wins a ball! 

No competition winner!

Before the Game!

Gary relieved that his stint as relieving booking officer has come to an end!

Stan wistfully thinking he can claim money from Earle after the game!

Not too sure whether losing some of his clothes helped Mal's game!

Looking dapper but to quote Earle "Two players out of form?" Did Gary's missing loud plants let him down!

Talking tactics before the game did not help out on the course!

Stephanie & Brenda ready to tear up the course

Roger eager to show that absence hasn't affected his game

Only look in that West Coast got on Saturday!
 

Mal’s 2 STUDs  ie, shot totally under driven (the polite version)

Was Coach giving tips to Mal before or after the 2 STUDS

Now Gordon, isn't that being a bit too harsh on Ciaran

I don't think Brett ever needs encouragement to play his normal game

Gordon scrounging around for another provisional/lost ball!

After the game enjoying drinks outside in the sun - don't the club's blue shirts look good en masse

Par Bisque Results

1^st      Earle Scarff  +5 (on countback)

Sponsor Gim awarding 1st prize to Earle

2^nd       Greg Bennett  +5 (on countback)

3rd      Richard Yeo +5 (on countback)

Roger Blatchford + 4

Stephanie Jeffares + 4

Gim Ong + 4

Gordon Neilsen +4

Thomas Reilly + 3

Brenda Jones +3

Ross Campbell + 3

Glen Pope +3

Ciaran McGlue +2

Rob Gray +1

Dave Williamson + 1

Mal Yeo +1

Ian Holmes 0

Peter Baird 0

Stan Tan -2

Shelley Yeo -2

Brett Fordham -2

 

AND LAST WORD TO THE MAN WITH THE LOLLIES!

Gary Burgess -6

The Novelty Chronicles:  Has Steffie been passing the buck and getting someone else to do the novelties!  No unusual nearest the pin in 2 on a par 5 or other puzzling novelties.  The Course Controller had to ask “Is Stephanie away?”

NTP – 6^th hole - Ciaran McGlue

NTP in 2 - 10^th hole  Shelley Yeo

That's 2 balls please - Longest Drive  17^th hole - Shelley Yeo 

 

BIRDIES

With 2 strokes in hand to allocate at the end of the 16^th, Brett then had birdies on the 17^th & 18th and 2 unallocated strokes left!

 

Apologies for anyone else who had a birdie.  My roving reporter failed to take adequate notes!!

NEXT WEEK :  Club Championship 6 on the Tuart Course.