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Today saw the opening of the 2021 Ladies golfing season and 36 ladies played a Pinehurst game in pleasant conditions. Although black clouds were all around us in the early morning, they were blown away by a pleasant south-easterly breeze which kept us reasonably cool.

Winners today were Kaye Mills and Pat Hodda 74 1/8 with runnersup Daph Andersen and Bev Culpitt 76 3/8. Well done ladies. Rundown went to 86 3/4
NTP 7th Open shot. Liz Edwards 16th Cheryl Kelly ( 2 balls each)Pro Pin went to a lovely shot by Pat Hodda on 12 th hole. Lucky no. Was 51 and winners were Dianne Hughes, June McFadden, Viv Sulejmani and Pat Hodda – $20 on your card.

As advised at our Presentation today the game set down for March 18th has been changed to a Irish Fourball team of 4. (To celebrate St Paddy’s Day) This will be a free day, normal hit off times and following your game you will be treated to a BBQ lunch of sausages, onions, bread and tiny Irish taties in garlic and parsley butter. Get your team organised and think about something GREEN to wear.
Have a great week and I look forward to seeing everyone next week.

Pauline R 🤸🏿‍♀️🤸🏿‍♀️🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️

What a great day for golf, weather was perfect, slight breeze, although it might have been a bit sticky if you walked on the day. We had a good field of 89 players

Scores for the day were quite good.

On a housekeeping matter, we have two matters we would like highlight,

1. Whilst the fairways and teed have been in good condition, we are starting to see a number of divots not been filled in (most likely social players) so if you see any please fill in with sand, that would be appreciated and will maintain the course in good condition.
2. We have been operating the daily raffles on an honour system, can you please take care with this as we have come up short on a couple of days. The money raised helps pay for days like last Saturday.

Now to the golf results, as mentioned we had a field of 89 players

Congratulations to our winners on the day;

Div. 1 Stuart Irving (18) 37 points on C/B

Div. 2 Nelson Brannigan (24) 39 points

Runners Up

Div. 1 Joe Lehkyj (12) 37 points

Div. 2 Dave Kammer (26) 38 points

Ball rundown to 32 all inclusive

NTP 2^nd– Div1-Steve Wilkinson, Div2- Dave Kammer

NTP 7^th– – Div1-Wayne Martlew Div2-Peter Edwards

NTP 12^th– Div1-Kev Haddrick Div2-Nathan Smith

Pro Pin- Nathan Smith $74

NTP 16^th – Div1-Alan Simpson, Div2- Bob McElveney

Raffle- Mick Walsh (2), Wayne Muir (1) and Greg Seymour (1)

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS

Kevin Haddrick–Captain

Monday 25th January 2021.

A pretty successful day even though the weather wasn,t exactly perfect.64 starters best since coved began .A warm welcome to Kevin Casey who flew from Tassie just to join us for a free day . Well done mate.

Div.1 winner Keith Cooper (16) 36pts on c/b

R/u David Wallis (7) 36pts.

Div.2 winner Ken Wood (25) 36pts.

R/u Peter Edwards (22) 34pts

Div.3 winner James Rowan (36) 36pts on c/b

R/u Bill McClatchey (28) 36pts.

No rundown as you all got 2 balls to start.

Thats it ,good golfing and mental health cheers Cap Dave.

 The day was our Christmas in January function which due to restrictions, timing and weather we were unable to hold the day in December, thank you to the 3 Putt Club for the donations of prizes.

For all the afternoon players it was an early start in perfect weather, we had a full field of 80 players for the shot gun start at 8.00am and a big thank you to all the players for the way they signed in with the new Covid requirements.

Also, another big thank you to the Ladies who assisted with the BBQ, we really appreciate your efforts.

We hope all players enjoyed the day.

The day was a 3 Division Stableford and we had some good scores in all divisions with over 60% of the field scoring 30 or more points

Congratulations to the winners for the day;

A Grade Allan Danks 39 points (11)

B Grade Kevin Tooley 39 points (15)

C Grade Graeme Johnston 39 points (21) on countback

Runners Up

A Grade Shane Woolley 37 points (11)

B Grade Jared Brown 37 points (18)

C Grade Stuart Allwood 39 points (28) on countback from Clint Dunn.

Every player received a ball at the start of the round so no rundown .

NTP 2^nd– – A-Brian Springfield, B- Michael Noakes C-Gary Pettit

NTP 7^th– – A-Brendon Williams, B- Simon Woolley C-Clint Dunn

NTP 12^th– A-Mick Tink-Hornett, B Simon Woolley – C- Dave Harrod

NTP 16^th – A- David Wallis B- Wayne Woodford C-Richard Downes

EAGLE on the 3^rd by Pat Hayes

Lucky Draw – Wayne Muir

Raffle-D Wallis (3), P Coles (1), A Hubbard (1), R Downes (1) K Haddrick (1) and W Woodford (1)

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS

Joke of the Week (thanks Ken Culpitt)

Father Norton woke up Sunday morning and realizing it was an exceptionally beautiful and sunny early spring day, decided he just had to play golf.

So… he told the Associate Pastor that he was feeling sick and persuaded him to say Mass for him that day.

As soon as the Associate Pastor left the room, Father Norton headed out of town to a golf course about forty miles away.

This way he knew he wouldn’t accidentally meet anyone he knew from his parish. Setting up on the first tee, he was alone. After all, it was Sunday morning and everyone else was in church!

At about this time, Saint Peter leaned over to the Lord while looking down from the heavens and exclaimed, “You’re not going to let him get away with this, are you?”

The Lord sighed, and said, “No, I guess not.”

Just then Father Norton hit the ball and it shot straight towards the pin, dropping just short of it, rolled up and fell into the hole.

IT WAS A 420 YARD HOLE IN ONE !!

St. Peter was astonished. He looked at the Lord and asked, “Why did you let him do that?”

The Lord smiled and replied, “Who’s he going to tell?”

Kevin Haddrick- Captain

Another wet morning greeted the ladies today but happily the sun came out and we were able to complete our round without rain. The course was wet in places but after the amount of rain we have had, was still playable.
Only 23 ladies braved the conditions and the winner with a great score of 37 was Pat Hodda, Runnerup was Helen Evans 33 pts.
NTPs on 7th went to June McFadden and Chris Mills (1 ball each)
Pro Pin $23 won by June McFadden.

rundown went to 30.
Next Thursday is our official opening day so hope to see you all out enjoying the start of our golf year.

Pauline R 🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️⛳️

We had 86 players on a warm humid day, the showers cleared before the first group teed off and it stayed clear for the rest of the field.

Please ensure that if you have a provisional NTP or Pro Pin that you mark the appropriate card, as we had a player that was eligible for the Pro Pin and between him and his playing partners, they did not mark the card and therefore he did not win, in a very sportsman act the last name on the Pro-pin Mick Kemp shared his winners. This is a great example of why we have a great club…..Well done Mick

Now to the golf results, as mentioned we had a field of 86 players and we saw some good scores

Congratulations to our winners on the day;

Div. 1 Paul Pochodyla (12) 41 points

Div. 2 Nick Davis (21) 40 points

Runners Up

Div. 1 Al Hubbard (4) 38 points

Div. 2 Brendon Willoughby (23) 39 points, on countback from Jim Wood

Ball rundown to 33 all inclusive

NTP 2^nd– Div1-Nigel Luxton, Div2-

NTP 7^th– – Div1-Colin McLeod Div2-Ray Hewitt

NTP 12^th– Div1-Mick Kemp, Div2- Paul Quinlin

Pro Pin- Mick Kemp $78,

NTP 16^th – Div1-Michael Noakes, Div2-Stephen Evans

Lucky Draw Sponsored by North Real Estate—Macca McGuiness

Raffle- Stephen Caine (3), Steve Wilkinson (1) and Jim Wood (1)

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS

Joke of the Day

A well off 45-year-old man wanted to join a regular foursome and after waiting two years he finally got his chance, he’d made it and was now to meet his three, new best friends. The discussion was brief as there were few rules governing this group.

1.] They talked betting and he did not care about the costs;

 2.] There was a 7 AM / 7 days a week tee time and could he make that rigid a schedule? His answer was yes, no problem, but occasionally I will be 20 – 30 minutes late, he was told as high as the wagering was, he’d be better off staying home.

 They played a quick 18 and the newbie shot 2 over par. Broke a little above even, money-wise.

 The next day he shot -1, but on this day, he played left-handed, where yesterday he played right-handed. The group had questions for the newbie.

“You’re about even on any side you play off and the difference in the two scores is probably due to feeling the course out.” “My real question is how do you decide which way you will play?” The newbie told them, “I go through my usual crap, shower and shave.” “Then I go to my bedroom closet and open it, viewing both club sets.” “Then I look at Naomi and if she’s on her left side, I shoot lefty; if she’s on her right, then that’s the way I’ll play.” Another player asks, “What if she on neither side?” He says, “Oh, that’s the occasion I’ll be 20 to 30 minutes late!”

Kevin Haddrick–Captain

Our “warm up” game today attracted 35 ladies who played a 2 person Ambrose. Great scores were returned by the players on their return to golf after the Christmas break.
Winners were Kaye Mills and Pauline Ryan 68 1/4 from Liz Edwards and Judy Mount 71 1/4. Rundown to 75.
NTP 2nd and 7th won by Pauline Ryan. Pro Pin won by Janet Haddrick $35, lovely start to the year.

Lucky number was 15 and winners were Liz Edwards, Colleen Kelly, Fran Janes – $20 on your cards.

We are all adjusting to new check in requirements and today we had to handle the raffle “self serve“. In future one of your c’ttee ladies will take the raffle money until she hits off and then for later players, raffle no.s may be purchased after your game.
I hope everyone enjoyed the service and food in the Island House, Barry and Rhys did a great job on their first day, lovely to see everyone enjoying being back “home.”

Lets start the year off by remembering to keep up with the people in front of you whilst on the course both on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We hit off at 6 minute intervals so to lose over an hour completing your round is unacceptable. Please do your best to keep up with the players in front of you.
Advice has been received that our AGM will take place on Saturday 20th March in the Island House. Please offer to stand for vacant positions on the Management Committee to keep our wonderful Club going.
Pauline R 🤸🏿‍♀️🤸🏿‍♀️🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️⛳️

Our first PAR event for a while, numbers for the day were the largest for a long time with 94 players

Conditions for the day were good the weather was fine and the fairways and greens were in good condition albeit the greens are still on the slow side.

Whilst we had a large field the speed of play was good, we only had 15 players bettering or equalling their handicap.

Congratulations to our winners on the day;

Div. 1 Geoffrey Muhleisen +3 (16)

Div. 2 Stephen Evans +3 (22)

Runners Up

Div. 1 Mark Kenny +1 (10) on countback from Jim Storey and Allan Danks

Div. 2 Geoff Clarke +2 (20) on countback from John Olsen

Ball rundown to -2 all inclusive.

NTP 2^nd– Div1-Graeme Veivers, Div2-

NTP 7^th– – Div1-Owen McCallum, Div2-Peter Hulett

NTP 12^th– Div1-Aaron Garland, Div2-Bill McClatchey

Pro Pin- Aaron Garland $80

NTP 16^th – Div1-Brad Wilkinson, Div2-Perc Dempsey

Raffle- John Olsen (1), Nigel Luxton (1) and Wayne Muir (1)

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS

Please remember we have our Christmas in January day on the 23^rd January (Shotgun start at 8 am), be there at least 30 minutes before. This is a Members Only day as the field is limited to 80 players and cost is only your comp fee of $4 and also the Pro pin.

Kevin Haddrick–Captain

Monday 11th January 2021.

Finally back into site, Happy New Year to all.

Monday 25th Jan $4 golf day shotgun start 7.30am for 8.00am tee off.

Sausage sizzle and drink after game. Put your name in computer not many spots left. Let us celebrate Australia Day and hope for a better year than last.

Last mon. Div .1 winner John Krause (15) 38pts R/U Darryl Davey (8) 36pts (sorry could not allow eagle as all strokes must be counted till ball falls in hole.You have option to remove flag or have attended Rule B.F.L)

Div.2 winner Alan Corke (27) 34pts R/U Grant McLean (27) 33pts.

Rundown a very generous 32pts all in.

Good golfing and mental health its red o,clock time cheers cap DAVE.

Hi Ladies, we are having a couple of “warm up “ games before our official opening on 28th January . Today the opening day game went on the web site for you to put your names down.
When you come to play you will now book in with your QR app on your mobile phone in the Island House and also your membership card.(Covid-19 Rules).

After golf this Thursday we will be able to meet in the Island House as usual and Barry advises that he will have a lovely selection of food available as well as coffee, tea and cold beverages. It will be lovely to see everyone back in the Island House enjoying after golf fellowship.
Pauline R 🤸🏿‍♀️🤸🏿‍♀️🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️⛳️

Pauline R 🤸🏿‍♀️🤸🏿‍♀️🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️⛳️