Author: Kevin Haddrick

Windy conditions greeted us today, but at least it was under a Beautiful blue sky. It was so pleasing to see that we had 10 Visitors playing along side us today. These Visitors came from, Warialda GC, Virginia GC, Wollongong GC, Kew GC, Charlestown GC, Borneo Barracks GC and Coolangatta Tweed. Hope you enjoyed playing here.

Results of today’s Single Stableford 3 Divisions.

A Grade Winner Trevor Neil (11) 39pts. Runner up Benjamin Price (12) 34pts.

B Grade Winner Kevin Tooley (14) 44pts. Runner up Ken Walker (19) 39pts.

C Grade Winner Graham Lutton (25) 43pts. Runner up Robert Hedger (28) 38pts c/b.

Ball rundown went to 35pts.

NTP’S

A Grade 2nd. Nimai Strickland. 7th House. 12th Trevor Neil.

B Grade 2nd. Phil Coles. 7th. Wayne Muir. 12th Les Browning.

C Grade 2nd. Graeme Johnson. 7th. Geoff Clarke. 12th Graham Lutton.

PRO PIN Wayne Muir $80.00

Raffle winner was Hayden Gilbank $75.00

With our Championship being played on Saturday 3rd September, make sure you read the Conditions of Play. Remember it is 4 rounds of Stroke play, but after 2 rounds and you don’t want to continue in the Championship you can play in a Single Stableford event that will run in conjunction for the final 2 rounds.

Joke of the day

A man goes to the Doctor complaining about stomach problems. The Doctor asks him what he’s been eating. “I only eat golf balls, ” he says. “Red ones for breakfast, Yellow and Orange ones for lunch, Blue for afternoon snacks, and Purple and Black for dinner. ” “I see your problem,” says the Doctor, “Your not getting enough Greens.”

Hit em long and hit em straight

Kevin Haddrick Captain.

You can feel Summer is on the way. Great day for golf today, and the field showed it, with 90 players playing . Nice quick round, and some great scratch scores. With 10 groups out of 23 finishing with scratch scores in the 60’s.

Don’t forget that Saturday week, 3rd September, is our first round of the Single Championship. Please read the Conditions of Play which is on the board in the Score room, and also on the main NOTICE board. The last round will be seeded, with the top four (4) in each grade playing in the afternoon session, with A Grade teeing off at 10.24, followed by B Grade at 10.30, and C Grade at 10.36.

Today’s results were …. Winners Ed Brierley, Simon Gates, Nathan Simpson, Liam Henzell (11.25) 65, 53.75.

Runners up … Nimai Strickland, Keiran Gallagher, Owen McCallum, Kevin Tooley (7.50) 62, 54.50.

Ball rundown went to 57.50.

NTP’S 2nd, Nick Davis, 7th, Wayne Stone, 12th, Liam Henzell.

PRO PIN Liam Henzell $86.00

Banora Point Real Estate Lucky Draw Alan Hubbard $20.00

Raffle Winners were Alan Hubbard $25, Wayne Muir $25, Michael Kemp $75, Geoff Clarke $75.

Next Events ,

Wednesday 24th, Single Stableford 3 Divisions.

Saturday 27th, Single Stableford 2 Divisions.

Joke of the day

John’s buddies were going to be out of town for the weekend, so he decided to go down to the Golf course and see if any group might need a fourth member. Sure enough, there were women that said they would be glad to have him join them. Since he was the guest, they decided to let him tee of first. John teed off and his ball sliced badly to the right and landed in the sandtrap. John immediately exclaimed, “Oh Poop!” One of the women reminded John that he was playing with three Ladies, not his male buddies, and that Ladies do not appreciate that kind of language. John promptly apologized and promised it would not happen again. The women who had spoken to him about his language then teed off. Her ball hit a tree and then shot off into the same sand trap. She immediately yelled “Oh Shit!” John quickly spoke up. He said that he realized he was a guest, but it seemed like there was a double standard in the women used the same word, that he was told he should not use, only in a worse fashion. The women quickly replied, “There’s no double standard. Your ball didn’t hit the Bloodly Tree!”

Hit em long and hit em straight

Kevin Haddrick Captain

82 players went out today, and the wind and the cool temperature kept the scores down .

Division 1 Winner was Trevor Neil (11) +4, Runner Up Kevin Trinne (11) +2 c/b.

Division 2 Winner Wayne Muir (19) +6, Runner Up Graeme Veivers (19) +1 c/b.

Ball rundown went to -1.

NTP’S Division 1, 2nd Dan Banks, 7th David Von Itzstein, 12th Stuart Irving.

Division 2, 2nd Brian Britton, 7th Brent McLennan, 12th Robert Monie.

PRO PIN Trevor Neil $72.00

Raffle Winners were Kevin Haddrick $50, Michael Kemp $25.

We might have the 16th hole back in play next week.

Don’t forget that our Singles Championship will start on September 3rd. Please read the CONDITIONS OF PLAY which is pinned on the Notice Board and the Notice Board in the SCORE room.

Hit em long and hit em straight

Kevin Haddrick Captain

Another wet day. It is so hard to organize anything at the moment. It is a matter of waking up and looking out the window to see what the day brings. But 36 very keen golfers took to the course despite the chance of not finishing. Mid afternoon session, the rain got the best of 6 players who retired to the Island house, thinking it was better to to be wet on the inside, than wet on the outside

Results for today’s Single Stableford. Due to the small field we only ran one Division, but we had 2 Divisions on the NTP’S.

Winner Nick Davis (21) 38pts.

Runnerup Simon Gates (23) 37pts c/b.

Ball rundown went to 32pts.

NTP’S Division 1. 2nd House, 7th Terry Foster, 12th Nico Neidhart.

Division 2. 2nd House, 7th Mark James, 12th Charles Huff.

Pro Pin was won by Terry Foster $30.00

Todays Raffle will be held over to next Saturday as there was not enough spots sold.

Joke of the day

Two golfers join up at the first tee and explain that due to a Psychological problem, they play slightly different than most golfers. They soon learn that they both have the same Doctor, who has prescribed a game of using an imaginary golf ball to reduce stress. And so they tee off with their imaginary golf balls. And after a day of splitting fairways and scoring nothing worse than Eagles, Birdies and Pars, they reach the 18th hole. The first one indicates, because they are equal in their score, that he should hit first. So he tees off with his imaginary ball. “Look at that, a Beautiful shot just on the edge of the green.” The second guy hits his imaginary ball and indicates that his has also landed on the edge of the green right next to the other ball. The first guy lines up and drains his 20 footer to the bottom of the hole. “You wouldn’t believe it, my ball just rolled into the cup, I win”. The secod guy responds, “You won’t believe it either, you just hit my ball.”

Hit em long and hit em straight

Kevin Haddrick Captain

This has been changed to a Single Stableford. As the weather has set in and the numbers are dropping out. But as long as we are not flooding we will still have a comp on.

MENS CHAMPIONSHIP. It is our first round of the Championship on Saturday 3rd September. To be ELIGIBLE for the Championship you must have played (5) rounds of Single competition golf (Stroke, Stableford or Par) during 2022. The first 2 rounds are of Stroke, then if you don’t want to Continue in the Championship or you are not ELIGIBLE for the Championship we will be running a Single Stableford in conjunction. To read all the CONDITIONS of play in the Championship, you will find this on the main Notice Board or the Notice Board in the SCORE room.

Kevin Haddrick Captain

A cool morning greeted the early starters, but by mid morning the wind started to pick up pace. The morning field got the better part of the day which was shown by the scores.

Single Stableford today, 2 Divisions, and the Winners were.

Division 1. Kim Thackeray (14) 37pts c/b. Runnerup Frank Watego (16) 37pts.

Division 2. John Dalley (33) 38pts c/b. Runnerup Rodney Jackson (24) 38pts.

Ball rundown went to 34pts.

NTP’S Division 1. 2nd Frank Watego, 7th Les Browning, 12th Nimai Strickland.

Division 2. 2nd James Cardoo, 7th Peter Malone, 12th Rick Downes.

PRO PIN Peter Malone $75.00

Raffle Winners were Perc Dempsey $25, David Harrod $25, Brent McLennan $25, Frank Watego $25.

Joke of the day

I asked my Grandpa, “After 65 years, you still call Grandma, Darling, Beautiful and Honey. What’s the secret?” Grandpa said, “I forgot her name 5 years ago and I’m scared to ask her.”

Hit em long and hit em straight

Kevin Haddrick Captain

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

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

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