Perry Lakes Cup

Perry Lakes Cup donated by The Italian Stallion, Lorenzo Ferrentino and sponsored by SOS.

It was just a shame Lozza couldn't get the time off from his busy job in Qld and get over for his comp,,,,,, 

maybe next year pal, we all hope to see ya soon.







And so the day came around for me to defend my last cup, and what a day in store we had as both the forecast and Peter The WeatherMan insisted it was going to be a rather damp day,,,,, perfect for a late afternoon Sausage Sizzle!

Just like home i thought.

Some heeded The WeatherMan's advice and came dressed for the occasion, 

and wore their best Sou'wester.

You wear it soooo well Davey-boy!















Now not to pick on The WeatherMan,,,, but i think i may have offended him last week over his excuse for being late by combing his cat,,,,

Lo and behold, as soon as i had parked my car and started to get my clubs out i was approached by Peter The CatComber brandishing his phone and explaining how the feline needs to be brushed every day otherwise there'll be such a mess when he gets home!!!

Ahhhhh,,,,,,,, isn't that sweet!


if anybody needs any advice on looking after their animals, The CatWhisperer is in da house!





Anyway, a couple of Big Welcome Backs as we saw the return of our resident Team Racer Graeme, Don The Pimpernel Beesley and Phil Punter McCleod.

Great to have ya back peeps.



Captains Corner

A gentle reminder to all to check your handicaps on the Timesheet or on Golflink as one DQ on Saturday for a member playing with a higher handicap than the Golflink handicap.  However, the actual score has still been entered for Golflink purposes.

 

Next week:  Ladies Day and the Mug Cup – 

After much angst and falsely accusing Gary of winning the Mug Cup 2 years in a row, I can announce that the last year’s winner was Derek and hopefully he will have returned from stormy Brisbane and his bonny granddaughter to hand over the Mug  Cup (AKA as the NAGA Award in some circles) to the losing male player of the day.

Competition for Ladies Day:  

The ladies have chosen Medford and, although a novelty competition, full stableford scores will be kept for Golflink records but no Consistency Award points.  

Please also note, scores will be counted for the Eclectic for the Old Course.

Rules for Medford:   

On the front 9, you must putt out all holes so that you enter a stroke score.  You must also show your stableford score on the front 9.  

On the back 9, only your stableford score is needed. To determine the winner, you deduct your stableford score on the back 9 from your net stroke score on the front 9.  The lady with the lowest score is the winner of the comp.  The male with the highest score, ie the last placegetter of the males, takes home the Mug Cup.  For example, if you have a nett 35 on the front 9 and 20 points on the back 9 your total score would be 15.

Lotto counter mystery:  

President Shelley has donned her Sherlock Holmes hat and is investigating the disappearing Lotto counters.  First person questioned was Vickie who tried to blame me for putting 3 of the missing counters in her bag!

The Results
As always the Return of The Pimpernel creates havoc one way or the other as he ran away with the Perry Lakes Cup,,, before running away early to attend matters at home.
So The Pimpernel once again avoided his photo being published,,,, mysterious and mysteriouser.

Well done maaate, and hopefully the above pic does ya justice.

1^st           Don (Bandito) Beesley (Birdie 8^th) 41

2^nd          Phil McLeod (cb) 38

3^rd           Graeme Powell (Birdie 2^nd) (cb) 38

4^th           Stanley Tan (cb) 38

5^th           Earle Scarff 35

6^th           Greg Bennett 34

Shelley Yeo, Malcolm Yeo 33

Brett Fordham (Birdies 15^th & 17^th), Lynne Malone, Cairan McGlue (Birdie 9^th) 32

Gim Ong 31

Paul Gardner, Vickie Scarff 30

Richard Osborne, Gary Burgess 29

Ron Conway 28

Peter Baird, Glen Pope (Birdies Ha Ha!), Gordon Neilsen 27

Dave Williamson 26 – ah la lollies!

Very well read Fines Davey boy,,,,, good to see plenty of contributions, notably by myself,,,heheheheee


Novelties
NTP2  -- Graeme
NTP9  -- Gary
NTP14 -- Phil 
LD17  -- Don

And yeehhhhaaaahh the Golden Hole went off,,,, as The BlogMeister pocketed the massive sum of $22
Add this to the raffle money i won and my cheeky little side bets were covered.
Phewwwwwwwweeeee


Fines of the Week
and so to the best part of the Blog and my chance to dish out a bit of retribution and general gossip mongering,,, ENJOY!

Earle to Stan -- After 10 holes of constant chatter, as Brett was lining up for his tee shot, Earle was heard to say to Stan:-
"shush Stan, you'll put Brett off, and you know what he's like when he's angry"

Brett then lands 2ft from the pin and replies:-
"If i hit them like that, you can talk anytime China!"

Paul to Brett -- after checking on the side bet after 11 holes, and finding out he was falling slightly behind,,, Brett was roused into action,,,, and went par, birdie, par, birdie, par to take the money, and earning the title of the ComeBack Kid,,,,,,,, ya b'stard! Hehehee

Brett -- He loaded his car the previous night with an eski full of ice and beer but forgot to insert the bung correctly.
"If anyone wants some water there's 4L in the back of my car!"

Brett to Gim -- Gim saunters up to the BBQ and asks:-
"Is there anything i can do to help?"
To which the response from Stan was:-
"You're like a blister,,,, you only turn up after the work is done!" hehehhehehheeheeeee brilliant!

Glen to Lynne -- caught tapping his watch at Lynne for alleged slow play. You're a brave man mate!

Gim -- yawning all the way round 18 holes,,,, i reckon somebody had a late night last night,,,, where's that Red Bull eh?

Dave & Malc -- after being unable to agree on the scores they took side stage at the Sausage Sizzle for at least 30 minutes as they colluded about what happened.
Where are the mathematicians the cry went up!?

Sausage Sizzle
A big thanks to all that helped out on on the day as we struggled against the elements for what was a very enjoyable afternoon in the showers to reproduce a very English Barbie!

Special thanks to the chefs,,,,, Brett, Earle & Stan for making life easy for the rest of us and taking charge of the cooking.

A very proud man as he sweats his onions.

Get that beer open fella

Bigging into the scoff

Looking a bit glum there Ian.
















Random Pics
Somebody said, and i can't remember who it was, that there were too many selfies of the BlogMeister,,,, so out of respect for that individual, please enjoy the pics below:-

The CatWhisperer sharing advice

Welcome back dude

Cheers for those kind words Greg

The glumness of a wet day

The placing and accepting of small wagers

One of the few pics without one of us yawning,,,

Ahhh

One of the 3 lies i had behind a tree!!!!

See ya on Saturday for the Ladies Cup dudes and dudettes!!!!

Stableford on the Tuart

Sponsored by SOS.


A fine day was in store as we gathered on a sunny autumn day for a game of stableford on the Tuart.

Most were there early collecting cards and organising themselves,,,,, some even having a last bit of a cheeky practise before the inevitable disappointment of the first hack into the trees

heheheheee










But then, some were a little bit late,,,,, eh Peter?????

I was going to save this for the Fines of the Week, but it's just too good to save,,,,, 

but Peter's excuse was that he was "combing his cat"

I know i'm a doggie (that's doggie NOT dogging!) man, but who the heck combs their cat on a Saturday morning??????

Is he the only one, or is this but a late April Fool????


Anyway it makes for a cracking, if slightly strange excuse or reason,,,,, 
Peter you will never surprise me with your amusing stories and anecdotes (reference Kalgoorlie 2015).

So what a great start to the Blog eh?

Ciaran surprised myself and several members by making the the start despite his birthday drinks, and looked far too sprightly for my liking,,,,, 

though on closer inspection the eyes were a smidge on the red side!


I also hear that Roland ze German had a wonderfully alcoholic 60th up in the northern suburbs.

Congrats on surviving another year!!!!




There were also a few Welcome Backs to the SOS fold.

Great to see Grumpy Richard Yeo back smashing it miles (the club that is, not the ball),,,,, Ron The StarGazer,,,,, The Mysterious Ian Holmes,,,,, Colourful Rob Gray,,,,,  

Apologies if i've missed anybody, but you all know i'm a goldfish and that's all i wrote down.
Anyway onwards and sideways.

But before i get onto the rest of the Blog, i just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to say a MASSIVE CONGRATS to my gorgeous sis, Liz Browne, who has just been promoted to CFO of her law company over in Bermuda!

Now i actually believe that academia, studying and MBA's are preferable over a life of 'winging it' and throwing balls!
Proud of ya sis!!!

Back to the golfy stuff

Captains Corner
So what has happened since the last sat? 
Please settle in and see the news from the Scarrfs including most importantly my handicap going out AGAIN! Arrggghhhh

And a Sausage Sizzle,,,,,, 

Peter The WeatherMan has already predicted that we should be fine as the potential storm will have abated by the time we get settled down in the park,,, 

but probably be wise to come a bit prepared,,,, 

A good win from Peter beings his daily handicap down by 1 on the Tuart Course to 17.  

The loss of 4 handicap points following his great win last week didn’t stop Ciaran from returning a creditable 34 points this week to still score 1 point in the Consistency and lower his handicap by 1 to 20!  

Unfortunately the only 2 other changes to the Tuart daily handicap were up by 1 by both yours truly and Paul to 14.

 

Stan’s 2 birdies helped him to achieve 3^rd placing as his putting skill was absent for most of the game (obviously my advice to Stan last week on plumb bobbing was ignored).  Vickie has offered to give him a few tips.

 

Paul will have an incentive to play better next week so as to retain the Perry Lakes Cup (stableford comp).  

Remember to go straight to the BBQ at Perry Lakes after you finish next week.  Social Director Brett will be organising food and drink.

Yes my cupboard will soon indeed be bare,,,, unless by miracle of miracles the clubs can remember what they are supposed to do for at least 17 of the holes,,,,

mmmmmmm


Results
So onto the results,,,,,,,,,,,,

Yayyyyyyyyyy Peter!!!!

1^st           Peter Baird (Birdie 11^th) 39

2^nd          Ron Conway (Birdie 7^th) 36

3^rd           Stan Tan 35 (Birdies 6^th & 13^th) 35

4^th           Earle Scarff (on 1^st countback) 34

5^th           Greg Bennett (on 1^st countback) 34

6^th           Ciaran McGlue (on 1^st countback) 34

Brett Fordham (Birdies 7^th & 17^th) (on 1^st countback) 34

Don Beesley, Paul Gardner, Lynne Malone (Birdie 17^th), Stephanie Jeffares 33

Glen Pope (Birdies 6^th & 13^th)  32

Dave Williamson, Shelley Yeo (Birdie 5^th) 31

Richard Osborne (Birdie 14^th), Rob Gray, Richard Yeo 30

Gim Ong 27

Ian Holmes 23

Novelties
NTP 3-- nobody,,,, yes nobody hit the green!!! Must do better, says Coach.
NTP 7-- Brett & Ron (well done Rita) in da hole
NTP15-- Dave
LD 17-- Brett

The Tuart's Golden Hole was feeling pretty tight as it failed to give up it's sheckles.
But at least the earnings grow.


Fines/Quotes of the Week
Oh yes and here we go people, the bit that i know you all go to first in the hope that you haven't been overheard or grassed on,,,,,

remember that walls have ears, and sometimes lies maybe be conveyed to the Blogmeister,,,, it may not always be as it seems, so please if in doubt, seek the truth.

Stiff to Glen, Gim & Paul-- for commenting in such a girly way:- 
"Hey guys, doesn't the new pavilion look great, and the toilets are lovely"

Reply from Glen:-
"Yeh i know, i just had a great poo in there!"
heheheheheheheheheeeeeee us English and our toilet humour,,, BRILLIANT!

Paul to Malcolm-- just as Malcolm was leaving, i bade him a pleasant 
"See ya next week dude!"

The response was a morbid:-
"i hope so!" 

I hope so too matey!!!!!!!! Chin up son!


Rob & Richard Y-- for having a little bit of trouble with the cart, getting it stuck on the first,,,, not being able to go forwards or backwards,,,, having to get out and push it to get it going in the wrong direction,,,,, and then nearly driving it into the bunker!
All this on the first hole?
Had you been imbibing,  Laurel & Hardy???? 

Glen & Stiff-- on walking up one of the hills, Stiff disappeared for a moment, but then reappears,,,,, Glen asked:-
"Where'd you go Stiff?"

"I'm over the hill,,,,," came the reply,,, hehehehehee,,,,, no you're not Kiwi!

Random Pics

Yes i'm crying again as Stan (et al) have cleaned me out AGAIN!

I'm ready for the onslaught

So am i brother Dave!

Come on,,, let me at em!!!

I've stopped crying now Stan

You canna beat the selfies,,,,,

Where's that bloody Rita gone with my beer?

The English hoping for a double shot of 'finger' Russian Roulette

Thanks to Stan for cooking me some FANTASTIC smokey scoff.
It was bloody beauty pal.

Words NOT required!

Opening Day & Easter Cup 2016

Sponsored by the delectable (and absent) Kerry.



As luck would have it, the Opening Day and the Easter Cup coincided on the same day so there were two things to look forward to!

Unfortunately the forecast was for nothing but rain, rain and more rain,,,, something that was confirmed by Peter The WeatherMan Baird,,,, apparently is was due to clear up Sunday arvo.




A new tradition was born as El Presidente 'opened the new season' with a game of 'nearest the pink ball'.

Very simply, to tumultuous applause Shelley hit off first using a pink ball.
The Pres hit a great strike to beyond the big tree on the corner,,,,,,, and the closest to her shot was to win a fine bottle of champers.


And the winner,,,,,,,,,,,, Vickie!!!!!

And very appropriate win it was too as Earle & Vickie were, like Derek & Fran last week, celebrating the birth of their first grandchild Logan

Big congrats to Papa Earle & Nanna Vickie,,, enjoy whetting the little's brow.
















Plus it wouldn't be Easter without a some Easter Eggs,,,,

And a big shout out to Shelley for bringing along some bunny ears and some choc eggs!

It was even better as these were the only Easter Eggs i was going to receive as my beloved wife had forgotten to leave me any before her sojourn overseas,,,,

Boo hiss i hear you cry!










As for the birthdays, and it's not until next Friday, but it's worth a good mention as we have a true April Fool amongst us,,,,,

Oh yes Ciaran Sticky McGlue will be celebrating his bday on Friday 1st April,,,, 

congrats mate, and we do appreciate the advance notice that you may not be present on Saturday due to the faint possibility of too much of the Good Stuff!

I do hope you make it, as personally I have always found that playing with a stinkin hangover (or still slightly pooosed)  improves my game.


Now before we get to the important stuff of the results, at the behest of Vickie we are introducing a new feature that is designed to inform us all of any changes or announcements,,,,,

so onwards and upwards for;-

Captain's Corner  

Daily Handicap changes for Old course:  

Ciaran down from 25 to 21 – wow! Hehehehe welcome to the winners circle.

Gordon down 1 to 20

Frances down 1 to 23.

With the beginning of the Winter Season last Saturday, players are now eligible for the Consistency Trophy with points being awarded 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 for the first 6 places.  

The Club Championship events are also held over the Winter Season and the best 5 gross scores out of a possible 7 games are counted for the Club Champion, Ladies Champion, “A” Grade Champion” and “B” Grade Champion with the best 5 net scores out of a possible 7 games are counted for the Handicap Champion.  Note, to be eligible, members must play at least 11 games in the Winter Season, including at least 5 championship days.

BBQ at Perry Lakes following Perry Lakes Cup event on 9 April 2016 – fond memories of Lorenzo, the donor of this Cup – we are waiting for a return visit!

You coming back Lozza, you Italian Stallion????

The Results

So despite the weather there were some pretty good scores:-

Congratulations to Ciaran for a big 6 points and his first Cup!

Trophy awarded by Shelley on behalf of Kerry

1^st         Ciaran McGlue 45

2^nd       Gordon Neilsen 39

3^rd        Stan Tan 37

4^th        Peter Baird 36 (on corrected 1^st countback)

5^th        Frances Longhurst 36 (on 1^st countback)

6^th        Brett Fordham 36 (on 1^st countback) (birdies on 4^th & 5^th)

Glen Pope 34 (birdie on 2^nd)

Earle Scarff, Gary Burgess (birdies on 2^nd & 16^th) 33

Paul Gardner 32 (birdie on 7^th)

Gim Ong (birdie on 16^th), Richard Osborne (birdie on 10^th) 31

Greg Bennett 30

Derek Longhurst 29

Shelley Yeo 27

Phil McKeague 26 (birdie on 5^th)

Vickie Scarff 23. 

And yes it was Vickie bringing up the rear to keep the lollies in the family after last week's attempt by Earlos.

Novelties

NTP 2-- Glenn

NTP 6-- Frances

NTP13-- Glenn

NTP16-- Gim

Beautiful golf peeps,,, top efforts and to make it even much more gooderer, after a 7week drought the Golden Hole went off and was won by a great shot by Gary The Coach Burgess.

Apparently he cleaned up at his Wednesday club too, so it's been a great week for Coach. Well done mate!!!!!

Fines of the Week

Not as many as normal, as it was a pretty sedate week but a couple of goodies to keep that smile on your dial:-

Stan-- not content with beating me for the money, but he felt the need to take it out on my poor defenceless hat,,, heheheheee

Glenn-- overheard whilst discussing Phil The Mack McKeague's lowly 26,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "I see cream does sink after all"

Ciaran-- for winning his first SOS Cup and for skulling a beer out of it with the boys at home,,,, nice work dude,,,, proud of ya,,,, shame i couldn't upload the real video heheheheee

Gary-- commenting on Brett FairWeather Fordham actually turning up to play golf when it was raining!

Random Pics

Great day for ducks

DAmp debt collecting

"I'm going to hit the Pink Ball down that way"

The Crowd gathers

Did Ciaran really score that??????

Let the banditry commence

Still bloody raining

Working the books as always

There's always next week!