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Book as usual through the pro shop or online from 8.30

$20 at the starters on the day for your golf. A light lunch will be provided after the game. If you need a partner, let us know. All players must be financial members of Club Banora Golf Section

We finally got a Monthly Medal under way with out any rain, but we did experience a little overnight showers, but that only settled the topsoil and gravel.

67 players teed off, which was a little down on our normal Medal days, which could have been from the overnight showers or players don’t like Stroke events.

We now have introduced on Medal days a Third place in all Grades. This is for $20.

Today winners were, A GRADE. Brendon Willoughby (12) 69 . Michael Kemp (8) 71. Patrick Hayes (7) 71.

B GRADE. Kevin Bartlett (19) 68. Gerry Martin (19) 69. Trevor Neil (14) 70.

C GRADE. Brian Britton (29) 68. John McLoughlin (25) 69. Stephen Robinson (23) 70 c/b.

Ball rundown went to 73.

NTP’S

A GRADE 2nd. Ray Mills, 7th. Jason Wootton, 12th Brendon Willoughby.

B GRADE 2nd. Kevin Trinne, 7th. Kevin Trinne, 12th. Kevin Tooley.

C GRADE. 2nd. House, 7th. Barry McFadden, 12th. Barry McFadden.

Mystery 6. These are 6 holes selected by Barry before we tee off, and worked on Nett score on each hole. Today’s winner was Merv Evans $20 Pro Shop Voucher.

Banora Point Real Estate Lucky Draw Trevor Neil $20.

Raffle Winners were, Walter Fisk $25, Wayne Muir $25, David Harrod $25, Geoff Clarke $25, Nigel Luxton $25.

Next Competition is Wednesday 10th. Single Stableford 2 Divisions.

Joke of the day

A Hacker and his Caddie embarked upon a round of golf early one morning. After countless Bogeys, Double Bogeys and even a few “others”, the end of the round was finally in sight for the beleaguered golfer and his faithful Caddie. On the 18th tee, the player hit a wild slice into the thick rough right of the fairway. After searching for what seemed an eternity, the Caddie stumbled upon a white dot in the tall fescue and waved his man over. “That can’t be my ball”, the Golfer said. “It looks far too old.” “To be fair, Sir,” the Caddie said. “It’s been a long time since we started looking. “

Hit em long and hit em straight

Kevin Haddrick Captain

We are on a roll another good golf day just a bit of wind ! The course is drying out lots of sand around which is better than mud . Once the weather starts to warm up the grass will come back through and the course will get better and better!

We played our last Monthly Medal this week ,on time ,which was a plus! We still have quite a few events to tick off before the end of the year including the Foursomes and our delayed Club Championships!

Next week we play our delayed Fourball vs Par and next after that on the 18th August is our Foursomes Championships —- 27 holes followed by lunch all for $20 , plenty of spots available so give it a go!

On the 25th August is our Tombola day which is always a lot of fun with lots of goodies to choose from !

Now to our results:

Div 1 Monthly Medal Winner : Marilyn Burns 73 nett , Runnerup : June McFadden 74 nett, Gross Winner : Kaye Mills 87 gross, Putting: Pat Hodda .

Div 2 Monthly Medal Winner : Diane Hughes 74 nett, Runnerup: Judy Mount 76 nett, Gross Winner: Judy Mount 105 gross, Putting : Judy Mount.

NTP’s: 2nd Div 1 June McFadden, Div 2 Janet Haddrick. 7th Div 1 Nancy Douglas, Div2 Glenda Ballard.

Pro Pin was won by Peggy Williams $28.00

Gold Medal Playoff is 15th September

See you all next week at this stage the weather looks pretty good!!

Liz and Myra

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87 players took on a 4 Person Ambrose today. Beautiful weather, with a medium southerly breeze.

The scoring system is not looking good. When you score a golf you must show how many strokes you played on each hole. Just putting a cross on the card is not sufficient, you must also show how many strokes your team had as a number in the strokes column. As 3 drives each is required per player you must show in the players columns when they were used. This is the final warning, if any cards in the future are not filled out properly, they will be disqualified.

Winners today were .. Nimai Strickland, Stephen O’Keeffe, James Cardoo and Aaron Garland. 57.12.

Runners up .. Ken Mount, Warwick Self, Jason Wootton and Wayne Woodford. 57.37.

Ball rundown went to 59.62.

NTP’S 2nd Les Browning, 7th Gary Roach, 12th Mark Jessop.

PRO PIN Mark Jessop $77.00

Raffle Winners were Alan Simpson $25, Stuart Irving $75.

Saturday is our Monthly Medal.

The whole month of September is our Club Championship. To be eligible for the Championship you must be a current financial member of the Club Banora Golf Club and must have completed at least 5 single rounds of golf this year at Club Banora.

And also Saturday 22nd of October will be our 27 hole Foursome Championship, Shotgun start with a field of a maximum of 80 players.

Joke of the day

The room was full of pregnant women and their partners, and the Lamaze class was in full swing. The instructor was teaching the woman how to breathe properly, along with informing the men how to give the necessary assurances at this stage of the plan. The teacher then announced, “Ladies, exercise is good for you. Walking is especially beneficial. Gentlemen, it wouldn’t hurt you to take the time to go walking with your partner!” The room got quiet. Finally, a man in the middle of the group raised his hand. “Yes?” Replied the teacher. “Is it alright if she carries the golf bag while we walk?”

Hit em long and hit em straight

Kevin Haddrick Captain

Beautiful morning for golf, until the afternoon field took to the course, and then the winds got cool, and we also experienced a small drizzle spell.

86 players played today, which was a good increase from Wednesday. Well, as you know we have a new Computer system, and we found out that it didn’t like a 4bbb. We will look at having Single cards,the next time we have this event.

If you saw the results on the Web site, you will notice that it only showed 27 pairs. The Computer didn’t like the remainder of the field.

Winners today were Liam Henzell and Ed Brierley 47pts, Runner ups Wayne Muir and Michael Kemp 46pts c/b.

Ball rundown went to 42pts.

NTP’S

Division 1. 2nd Kevin Tooley, 7th Colin McLeod, 12th Joe Lehkyj.

Division 2. 2nd Jim Benny, 7th David Kammer, 12th Adam Power.

Pro Pin. David Kammer $80.00

Raffle Winner Hayden Gilbank $125.00

Joke of the day

Golfer to Caddie. “Why do you keep looking at your watch?. I find it very distracting”. Caddie . ” It’s not a watch, sir. It’s a compass”.

Hit em long and hit em straight

Kevin Haddrick Captain

What a great day we had today! Lovely weather , course drying out , a party with cake 🍰and lots of lovely ladies looking pretty in pink!👚👚👚👚👚👚👚👚👚👚👚👚👚👚👚👚👚👚👚👚👚👚👚👚👚👚

Today we had our Pink Lady Day— a Team of 4 with 3 scores to count combined with a pink ball competition. We also celebrated Betty’s 96th birthday, with a photographer from Twin Towns to do a story to go in the Twin Towns News , and hopefully encourage a few more ladies to take up golf!

We had a fundraiser for Breast Cancer instead of our usual raffle and raised $400 which was a great effort— this money to go to the Cancer Care ward at Tweed Hospital (keeping it in our area).

Now to the golf : The winners of the Pink Ball competition with 38 points were Denise F Culpitt, Denise M Culpitt, Denise Melling and Marlene Whyatt.

The winners of the Team of Four best three scores to count were : Pat Hodda, Pauline Ryan, Peggy Williams and Kaye Mills with 115 points. Runners up were Marilyn Burns, Alison Blair, Judy Mount and Jeanette Fisk with 107 points.

NTP’s were Div 1 on 2nd Kaye Mills . Div 2 on 2nd Pauline Benny. Div 1 on 7th Kaye Mills. Div 2 on 7th Denise Melling. All four players in their team win a ball.

Pro Pin was won by Penny Martlew $37.

Trophy donors make our prize money go a lot further especially when we have a team of four! Thankyou to our trophy donors for today.

Thanks also to Kaye and Diane for their efforts on the computer they are very happy with the new system, but every new game we play has its own challenges. It did seem strange to each have a card for the team of four but the computer worked it all out and gets it right everytime!!

Next week 4th August we play our 6 th and last Monthly Medal! On the 11th August we will have another try for Myra’s favourite game 4ball vs Par. The next week 18th August we play our Foursomes Championships , there is a sheet up in the computer room so you can pick a time to play and see who is playing , the cost is $20 (pay on the day) this includes a lunch of gourmet sandwiches and chips and 27 holes of golf. Then it is fun time again on the 25th August with a fourball and our Tombola Day !

Thanks to you all for your support and help it was a wonderful day!!

Cheers from Liz and Myra

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76 players played in today’s Single Stableford event, and a cool breeze greeted the morning field. But with the results in at the end of the day that breeze didn’t effect the way they played. With the Winners and Runnerup all coming from the early starters.

Division 1 Winner was Kim Thackeray (14) 38pts c/b. Runnerup Patrick Hayes (6) 38pts.

Division 2 Winner Mark Jessop (20) 37pts. Runnerup Graeme Baker (28) 35pts.

Ball rundown went to 33pts.

NTP’S Division 1, 2nd Dave Von Itzstein, 7th Dave Wallis, 12th Robert Sheppard.

Division 2, 2nd Brian Britton, 7th Ken Walker, 12th Michael Byrne.

Pro Pin Dave Wallis $67.00

Raffle Number and Winners, 60 , John Olsen $50, Stuart Irving $25, Walter Fisk $25.

This Saturday we have a 4bbb Stableford, I will have a small notice board, which will be under the main board, before you cross the bridge, it will show you how to fill in the 4ball card. Please stop are see how you are to Mark this card as it is different to a Single Stableford.

Joke of the day

Mac invited his friend, Jimmy, to play at his new Golf Club. Since Jimmy had never played the course before, Mac pointed out the trouble spots and where to aim, on the first hole. Jimmy teed up, addressed the ball, took a couple of waggled and took a vicious swing. He hit a foot behind the ball, tore up the tee box, and totally missed the ball. Unphased he stepped back, took a couple of practice swings and again addressed the ball. This time his swing missed everything. He stepped back from his ball again, looked at Mac and said. “Boy, this is really a tough course!”

Hit em long and hit em straight

Kevin Haddrick Captain

Great to be out there playing again on a nice sunny day.Still a bit damp in places but preferred lie helped.Weather is looking promising in coming days,lets hope so.

Div1winner Kevin Casey(21)39ptsr/u Ken Walker(21)38pts.

Div2winner Allan Corke(29)38ptsr/u Stephen Caine(29)36pts.

N.t.p.s2nd Tim Tarlinton+Graeme Johnson 7th Jim Benny+John Krause

12th Alex Kwok+Kim Thackery 16th Dave Wallis+Grant McLean.

Rundown 32pts all in.B.B.B. John Alexander $20.

Raffles.Stuart Irving$50.Dave Harrod,Wayne Muir,Grant McLean $25.

Good Golfing and mental health cheers Capt. Dave.(red oclock time sorry its a bit late Ros.)

This Thursday is our annual Pink Lady Team of Four, also on this day we are going to celebrate Betty’s Birthday – there will be cake !! But there is more! This weeks Raffle will be a fund raiser for Breast Cancer with extra prizes – Donations can also be made!

Next week is our last Monthly Medal for the year , not a lot of names down yet , the weather is improving so come on down and have a game !

Coming up is : 11th August 4bbb vs Par then on 18th August is our Foursomes Championships – there is a sheet for that in the computer room. Pay on the day lunch will be included.

Then we have Tombola Day on the 25 th August . Before you know it we are going to be organising Christmas Parties🥳🎉

See you Thursday

Liz and Myra⛳️⛳️⛳️⛳️⛳️⛳️⛳️⛳️

l have just received notification that Jim Searle passed away at 1.15 today, Friday 22/7/22. Jim passed away after a long battle with illness. Jim was a long time member of Club Banora Golf Club. During that time Jim was also a Committee member for many years, serving as Vice Captain along side Ross McMahon during that time.

REST IN PEACE JIM