Author: Michael Tink-Hornett

75 battlers attempted to get into the Wednesday monthly medal play-offs but only a few succeeded.

Here’s how it went –

Div 1 – Kev Bartlett (just back from a spell) 67 nett, from Neil Trevor 69 nett.

Div 2 – Terry Trevitt (on a count back) 69 nett, from Jim (Jungles) Storey 69 nett.

Run down went to 73 nett.

Pin shots –

2^nd – Patrick Hayes and Michael Byrne

7^th – Patrick Hayes (again) and Jim Storey

12^th – Kev Tooley and Richard Downes

16^th – Kev Tooley (again) and Michael Byrne (again)

Pro pin – Patrick Hayes (again again)

Not much sharing around this week.

The very important raffles (number 70 (3 times recently) went to –

John Olsen x 2, Terry Trevitt x 1, John Edwards x 2 – still not much sharing.

This Saturday (16^th) is a medley stableford, shotgun start 0800, be there by 0730, set your alarms. Followed by the AGM in the curtained area of the Fork and Spoon at 2.00pm.

Let us know if you are coming to the 40^th year anniversary opening on the 7^th of April 1100.

If profanity had any influence on the flight of a ball, all most everyone would play better.

Hit it hard and hope you find it.

President Brent and Captain Tink.

88 starters for an aggregate stableford which saw the gun team of Pat (the Sec) Tregellas and Gary (GD) Dowding scrape home in a count back from Charlie Huff and Les Browning. Both had 70 points. Run down went to 63 points.

Pin shots –

2^nd – Phil Coles and Des Scott

7^th – Tony Blair and Nick (go the broncs) Davis

12^th – Nathan Simpson and Dave Callard

16^th – Macca McGuiness and Des Scott (again)

The pro pin for a juicy $80 went to Macca McGuiness.

The lucky draw went to Kim Hall ($20) and the raffle winners were –

Mick Kemp x 2, Steve Cain x 1, John McLoughlin x 1, Pat Tregellas x 1 and Mr Walter Fisk x 1

Next Saturday is a medley stableford, shotgun start at 8.00AM, bookings essential, be there by 0730.

This is to be followed by the AGM in the curtained area of Fork and Spoon at 2.00PM.

Don’t forget the 40^th Anniversary opening on the 7^th of April, 1100. No golf that day but eats and drinks will follow the official opening. Please let anyone of the committee know if you are attending for catering purposes.

Golf is a game invented by the same people who think music comes out of bagpipes.

Hit it hard and hope you find it.

President Brent and Captain Tink

69 starters for a nice day out on the course, but then again what isn’t a nice day to be out there.

Our single stableford in two divisions went a bit like this – 

Div 1 – winner – Mark Kenny (35 points), runner up Phil Coles (34 points)

Div 2 – winner – Bronte Smith (42 points), runner up Keith Cooper (37 points)

Run down went to 33 points

Pin shots – 

2^nd – Bryan Penny and Jimmy Cardoo

7^th – Patrick Hayes and Geoff (the Kempsey Kid) Clarke

12^th – Phil Coles and Leigh Bradley

16^th – Alan Simpson and Leigh Bradley

The pro pin went to Leigh Bradley for a nice $60 and with two pin shots, that’s a good day out.

The all-important raffles went to –

Michael Byrne, Wayne (Mr Golf and Mr Raffles) Muir and Jim (Jungles) Storey

AGM 16^th of March, 0800 shotgun start for a medley stableford, bookings now open.

Our 40^th Anniversary official opening is set for 1100 on the 7^thof April. We would like everyone to attend the opening and stay around for some tall stories, eats and refreshments. Please RSVP to Pat Tregellas by 23^rd of March as we need numbers for catering and possibly notifying the refreshment suppliers to increase their output.

Golf: A 6+ kilometre outing punctuated with disappointments

Hit it hard and hope you find it,

President Brent and Captain Tink

Man versus nature or the Monthly Medal, as we know it. What a tough day out there. The heat, the humidity and the putting ability of most, left a lot to be desired.

79 battlers hit the course with the following results –

Div 1 Nett – Winner – Nathan Stockwell (68), Runner-up – Brian (Dusty) Springfield (70)

Div 1 Gross – The inevitable GD – Garry Dowding (71)

Div 2 Nett – Winner – Phil Coles (67), Runner-up – Jack Malone (68)

Div 2 Gross – Liam Henzell (85)

Div 3 Nett – Winner – Rob Cohen (66) best of the day. Runner-up – Brent (The Prez) McLennan (69). What the, that’s two back-to-back, we’ll have to check the colour of the moon.

Div 3 Gross – Greg Morrison (Mr Reliable) (93)

Run down went to nett 73.

Pro pin – $75 – Charlie Huff

2^nd – Nathan Stockwell, Jared Brown, House

7^th – Josh Douglas, Brendon Marshall, Callum Taylor

12^th – Michael Kemp (not again), Charlie Huff, House

16^th – Pat Tregellas (Mr Sec), Liam Henzell, Paul Quinlan (back foot must have slipped)

Next week 4BBB aggregate stableford. 16th – medley stableford shotgun start 0800 followed by AGM at 1400.

Member draw went to Kyle Harrison – $20

The raffles – Mr Walter Fisk x 1, John McLoughlin x 1, Anthony Mike x 4 (That’s just about this year’s membership paid for already)

The problem with golf is it takes you too far from the club house (bar).

Hit it hard and hope you find it.

President Brent and Captain Tink

75 starters for our mid-week single stableford. The weather started out quite pleasant but finished sweltering which made the scoring a bit tough.

Div 1 was won by Kerry Carter (37 points) from Stuart Irving (36 points). 

Div 2 was won by John McLoughlin (38 points – best score of the day) from Brent (The Prez) McLennan (35 points count back). That would be the Presidents best result since, possibly recorded history.

Run downs went to 33 points all in.

Pin shots –

2^nd – Mark Kenny and Graeme Johnson (our latest hole in one man – well done)

7^th – Vince Johnson (no relation) and Tony Brown

12^th – Joe Lehkyj and Dave (well-oiled machine) Harrod

16^th – Alan Simpson and Col Norton

The pro pin winner slips a nice $68 into his pocket – Dave Harrod.

The main event (the raffles) went to – Tony Brown x 2, Terry Gosling x 1, Macca McGuiness x 1 and Peter (Wazza) Wazlawek x 1

AGM on the 16^th of March at 2.00pm, preceded by a shotgun start Medley Stableford. Bookings required.

Half of golf is fun. The other half is putting.

Hit it hard and hope you find it.

President Brent and Captain Tink

A small kerfuffle for the week just gone so you get two blogs for the price of one.

Wednesday 21^st – 4P Ambrose

23 teams tried their luck (skill?) with the winners being the red-hot side of Wayne Woodford, Pat Tregellas, Gary Dowding and Ray (Perpetual motion) Price, with a very nice 54 nett. 

Runners up with an unlucky 57 nett were Col Norton, Patrick Hayes, Nimai Strickland and Chris Brown. Run down went to 59 nett.

Pin shots –

2. Shane Vanderlight (How did that happen)

7. Alan Simpson and also the pro pin ($78) – that makes a nice day out.

12. Ben Mitchell

16. Nick (go the Broncos) Davis

Raffles went to Peter Edwards x 2 and Derryk Russell x 3.

The question was asked why don’t all team members receive pin shot balls and the answer is – 

1. Everyone gets a shot at it.

2. Ambrose days are close to the bone days with all prizes (winners, runners up and run downs) all by 4

Hope that makes sense and answers the question.

Saturday 24^th – Single Stableford

Small field possibly brought about by people believing the weather forecasters. Didn’t happen.

72 starters but not 72 finishers were there, Jimmy and group?

Div 1 was won by Ray (now your talking) Mills with 41 points and runner up Ryan Murphy with 40 points.

Div 2 was won by Michael Barnett on a count back from Nick (go the Broncs) Davis (37 points). This was a tight tussle as there were 4 players on 37.

Run downs went to 34 points all in.  

Pin shots – 

2^nd – Mark Kenny & Nick (gtb) Davis

7^th – Nathan Simpson & Brandon Stockwell

12th – El Capitano (Tink) & House

16^th – John Faust & Des Scott

The Raffles – Dave Wallace x 3 and Nick (gtb, could also be ‘go to bug—’) Davis

Reminders – 

1. Next week Monthly Medal

2. AGM 16^th of March at 2.00pm at ‘Slice and Fork’ curtained area. This will be preceded by a medley stableford 8.00am shotgun start. Time sheet will be out shortly so don’t forget to book in.

It’s amazing how a golfer, who never helps out around the house, will replace his divots, repair his ball marks, and rake his sand traps. (He obviously plays at some other course than this)

Hit it hard and hope you find it.

President Brent and Captain Tink.

28 dedicated golfers hit the soggy course on Saturday with only 3 in the arvo session for a Single Stableford.

Some handy scores were presented though, with Simon Gates (41 points) winning the day from Patrick Hayes (40 points). The run down went to 35 points all in.

The pin shots went to –

2^nd – Patrick Hayes

7^th – Nimai Strickland

12^th – Pat Tregellas

16^th – Joel Davies

Pro pin – Joel Davies ($27 someone’s holding out)

Raffle – Anthony Mike took all the chocolates today $100

Reminders – AGM 16^th of March @ 2.00pm. 

40 year opening 7^th of April 11.00am RSVP to Secretary asap for catering.

When you stop to think about it, did you ever notice that it’s a lot easier to get up at 6:00 a.m. to play golf than at 10:00 to mow the yard?

Hit it hard and hope you find it.

President Brent & Captain Tink

If you forgot it was Valentines’ Day and went to golf instead, that’s why she’s not talking to you. It’s too late now, what’s done is done. Good news is, it won’t be on a Wednesday next year. The rest is up to you.

76 starters for the comp but not every one made it around, the day turned out to be a depressing. Not only on course but also at the adjudicating later in the day. Needless to say, that issue has been resolved, with sincere apologies to those concerned and as a reminder any future issues/queries will not be entertained without written documentation. The committee take full responsibility on this occasion and hopefully we can all move on.

The comp was the first of our Wednesday medal days and was really hard work. So congratulations to our winners for their persistence as much as their skills.

Div 1 – Kev Bartlett (72) from Alan Simpson (73)

Div 2 – Elliot Pigury (69) from Wayne Hunter (71)

Rundown went to 74. Missed again Senior Sargent.

Pin shots –

2^nd – Ray (now your talking) Mills & Elliot Pigury (good day all round)

7^th – Sam Mumford & Tony Waller

12^th – Josh Douglas & Mark Jessop

16^th – Kim Thackeray & Geoff (the Kempsey Kid) Clarke

Pro pin – Kim Thackeray (nice $68)

The raffles – Dave (well oiled machine) Harrod, Mister Walter Fisk & Tim Pooley

In most medal games you start badly then fade away (or is that just me).

Lately I’ve found I don’t have to hit it hard and hope to find it I just have to hit it off the fairway.

Hit it hard and hope you find it!
President Brent & Captain Tink

Fifty-seven hearty souls wandered out to the course on Saturday and thought while they were there they might as well have a game despite the weather. In actual fact there was not a lot of rain and the course was mostly dry where it counted. Just goes to show, don’t give up too early. We played a single stableford in Melbourne weather. It changed every five minutes, rain, wind, sunny, hot, humid and testing.

The results of this escapade were – 

Div 1 – Patrick (Mr Nice Guy) Tregellas (38 Points) from Paul Praestiin (also 38 points)

Div 2 – Steve Salter (younger than Wil and rarely seen, good one Steve) – 38 points from Joel Davies with 37 points.

Run down went to 33 points.

Pin shots

2^nd – Ross Prickett & The House

7^th – Paul Praestiin & Steve Evans

12^th – Nico Neidhart & Joel Davies

16^th – Ray (now your talking) Mills & Steve Evans (again)

Pro pin – Joel Davies $55 (who were the two who didn’t go in it?)

The all-important raffle and this looks like a fix, went to Wayne Muir x 2, Mick Kemp x 2 and Captain Tink x 1. We might have to hold an inquiry. Jimmy Wood will head it up.

This Wednesday we will play for the long-awaited mid-week medal in two divisions and next Saturday will be a 4BBB with a single stab in conjunction. Get out and have a go, don’t be fooled by the weather.

Tink reckons the afternoon players had the rub this week but what does he know. He only played in the damp in the morning and the afternoon had all the conditions, see Melbourne above.

Golf – The more practice you need, the more practice you get.

Hit it hard and hope you find it.

President Brent & Captain Tink

68 golfers weren’t scared of maybe getting wet and we didn’t. Another great day of not working, because you just know that a bad day’s golf is way better than a good day’s work.

Anyway, we had Les Browning win Div. 1 with a score of 37 points from Nigel (The Pirate) Luxton with 36 points. Nigel must be on a streak, that’s a Saturday win and a Wednesday runner up. Though he could be on the way down.

Div 2 was won by our old (as in ex) Captain Max Jessop (38 points) from Derryk Russell (36 points). 

Run downs went to 33 points. One short again Senior Sargent.

Pins were –

2^nd – Michael Druhala and James Cardoo

7^th – Les Browning and John Edwards (no joke)

12^th – Stuart Irving and Ken Walker

16^th – Denis Crowe and Stephen Evans

Pro pin – Bryan Penny ($58)

The all-important raffles were won by 3 battlers, Terry Gosling x 1, Senior Sargent Perce Dempsey x 1 and The Prez Brent McLennan x 3. Still not up to Jimmy Wood’s standards.

Don’t forget AGM – 16/03/2024 @ 2.00pm and we are still after any photos, stories etc for our 40^th anniversary.

The best wood in most golfers’ bag is the pencil.

Hit it hard and hope you find it.

President Brent and Captain Tink