STABLEFORD

Stableford on the Old Course, on a beautiful day for golf.

So where were you all - sixteen players, and a great opportunity to get scores for the Consistency Trophy, still points for the top six?

I know - everyone's going on holiday now all the schoolkids are locked away doing their sums and Latin declensions, or whatever it is kids do in school these day.

The beaches are empty, there are no queues at the bakery, and that poor quokka's got sick of posing for endless selfies and is taking an extended nap.

"....gotta keep smiling....gotta keep smiling....."

Some unusual takers for the excessive swearing fine today - brought this to mind.

And even worse today - NO RAFFLE! A coach will be leaving shortly for the casino, for all those who were denied their weekly gamble.

So, before we get down to the nitty gritty, you'll have noticed that next week it's Vice-Captain's choice on the Tuart.

And what has he come up with? Scroll down to the end and find out.

Two remarkable observations today - absolutely no-one in the club was born in February


And today, there wasn't a single birdie. Is this a record?

The tourists are beginning to go home again - does this feel familiar?

Those of you looking for a bit of an edge in your game might be interested in this:




It's been a long time since we've had a pie photo, but this is one of the better ones. Thank you, Peter.

And here's a classic picture from the archives..

Your caption here....

This one's for a caption competition.  Entries please, to derekcva@gmail.com, before next Saturday. One golf ball to the winner.

Keen competition for the novelties..

	NOVELTY	HOLE	CONTENDERS	WINNER
	NTP	2	Rob	Peter
	NTP in 2	9	Richard O	Thomas
	NTP in 3	12	Rob, John	Brett
	LD		Richard Y, Rob, John, Gary	Max
	GOLDEN HOLE	16		Jackpots

And a tussle at the top of the leaderboard.

	PLAYER	SCORE	BIRDIES
	Jeanie	27
	Greg	28
	Stan	30
	Peter	31
	Thomas	31
	Max	32
	Richard Y	33
	Ian	34
	Don	34
	Derek	34
	Frances	35
	Richard O	35
	Brett	37
	Gary	39
	John	42
	Rob	42

Seems fair - a couple of weeks ago John beat Rob on countback for the chocolates - today it's reversed. They're both on top of their game at the moment.

And next week - it's Vice-Captain's choice on the Tuart - he's gone for Stableford, but with a twist - just three clubs and a putter allowed.

Your caddie will be delighted.

Summer Cup Round 2

A bit of a warm one, but in the best SOS tradition, most declared "it wasn't that bad". It's Perth - it's summer.

The second round of the Summer Cup, played on the Tuart.

Your ball, I think

The novelties proved competitive, but the Golden Hole jackpots for another week.

	NOVELTY	HOLE	CONTENDERS	WINNER
	NTP in 2	3	Shelley,	Max (in the hole)
	NTP	9	Ross, Jan	Ian
	NTP in 3	18	John, Max, Gary	Ian
	LD	14	Malcolm, Gerry	Brett

The electronic scorecard system passed its first test of calculating an aggregate score, and managed to successfully separate four players on countback for the trophy

This is the view the guy who stops the ball rolling in the hole gets

Picked this up in an instructional golf book. Looks like it ought to be useful, but the more I look at it, the more I think it's just someone's idea of a pretty pattern.

And a special word must go to Max, who broke eighty off the stick for the first time - congratulations.

So - the scores for the second round:

	PLAYER	SCORE	BIRDIES
	Max	66	3, 17
	Gerry	69
	Kerry	69	1
	Gary	70
	Don	70
	Peter	72
	Greg	73
	Shelley	75
	John	76	1
	Keith	76
	Ian	76
	Richard O	77
	Jan	77
	Glen	78
	Brett	79
	Paul	81
	Stephanie	84
	Ross	86

Some exceptional scores

We said goodbye to Gerry, who will be playing elsewhere in future - we hope he takes with him happy memories of his time with SOS.

Just check Shelley's not handing these out for your raffle win

Thanks to Stephanie, who stood in for Ross and extracted vast fines from the assembled company.

And now, the aggregate scores for the Summer Cup competition.

	PLAYER	SCORE
	Max	139
	Gerry	139
	Kerry	139
	Don	139
	Peter	142
	Keith	144
	Gary	146
	Shelley	146
	Ian	146
	Glen	147
	Greg	148
	Jan	149
	John	150
	Richard O	151
	Brett	152
	Stephanie	156
	Paul	157
	Ross	160

And in handing the trophy to Max, we noticed that Colin had first won this trophy back in 1975, that's forty four years ago. Back then, we guess he must have been even younger than Max is today!

Another great name to add to the trophy

Some great rounds of golf, four exceptional aggregate rounds, and a four-way tie separated only on countback.

Next week - it's a comfortable round of Stableford on the Old Course. And we're reassured that it will be a little cooler.