Member News – 8 December 2023

Club News – General Manager

On Course Catering

For those who feel like some hot food or drink on arrival, mid-way through your round or at the end of the day, G&T Catering are now offering a pre order service via your phones. So, file the following number and give it a try next time you’re at the club.

Ph 0210735449

The food will be ready and waiting for you, so we keep the flow of play moving throughout the day.  This is in addition to the food and drink already on offer in the Pro Shop.

Weekly Update - By Club Captain Phil Barlow

Counting down to Christmas as the temperatures warm a little, we had comfortable conditions for Club Day last Saturday. The rough is just starting to thin out a little in parts which will make some members happy. The field moved well with the ladies having a Stableford round and the men having the Monthly Medal finals with others playing Par. Alan Dickson had the best nett round (69) of the finals and so wins the Top Dog carpark and keeps it until the first Monthly Medal of 2024.

The Christmas Hamper shotguns are on this weekend and are always a favourite amongst members, so if you are, we are expecting up to 26 degrees so look after yourself.

There were 2 interclub events last Sunday. The Pressies held off Coringa 5-3 at Coringa with a close match from start to finish. Also at Coringa was the Metro A team, though they couldn’t match the Pressies result going down 2 ½ to 5 ½ against Coringa. Results were close however with a few 2/1 losses. The Pressies are currently sitting 8^th of 14 and Metro A are 5^th of 10.

The big golf news this week is the announcement by R & A and USGA that the golf ball design will be changing to pull back distances hit. Read more about it here On the DP World Tour website.

Results for last Saturday

There were 9 2’s last Saturday earning $25 each, and the Nett Eagles was hole 15 and not struck so will jackpot.

Pro Tip of the week – Craig Mitchell

Struggling to get your rounds off to a good start?

I see so many golfers arrive right before their round, rush to the first tee and make a poor first swing! Plan to arrive at the course 15 minutes earlier than usual and hit 25 balls on the driving range. You’ll be surprised how much of an effect a small warm-up can have on your scores.

Upcoming golf (for full details refer to the 2023 programme).

Sat 9 Dec – Centenary Xmas Shotgun Closing Day – 8:00am and 12:30pm starts.

Sat 16 Dec – Men: Team Stableford – 3 of 4 count. Women: Summer Cup Rnd 2 Stableford.

Sat 23 Dec – Men: Summer Cup Rnd 1. Women: Summer Cup Rnd 3.

Sat 30 Dec – Men: Summer Cup Rnd 2. Women: Summer Cup Rnd 4.

Sat 6 Jan – Men: Summer Cup Rnd 3. Women: Summer Cup Rnd 5.

Sat 13 Jan – Men: Summer Cup Rnd 4. Women: Summer Cup Rnd 6 (final round).

Enjoy your golf.

Ladies Results - By Lesley Hedges

Tuesday 5^th December

CLOSING DAY - NOELA STANBURY TEAPOT AND

CHRISTMAS HAMPER DAY -  STABLEFORD:

NOELA STANBURY TEAPOT - NETT

1st    Sonia Brown                64 nett

2nd  Anthea Johnson          65 nett

CHRISTMAS DAY HAMPER - STABLEFORD

SILVER:

1st     Lesley Hedges             33 stb

2nd   Carolyn Rickard           29 stb

BRONZE A:

1st     Sonia Brown                44 stb

2nd   Di Shearer                    39 stb

BRONZE B:

1st     Anthea Johnson         43 stb

2nd   Yoko Yoshikane           37 stb

TWOS:

#3     Sonia Brown

#13   Di Shearer

#15   Ann McKenna

#15   Taff Maloney

#15   Deb Wekking

9 Hole Ladies Results – By Kay Worley

Wednesday 6^th December

For our Closing Day and the final competition for this year we held an Ambrose

Game and the winners were: Robyn, Sue and Kay

Our Christmas function followed, and we were pleased to be graced by former members for the occasion.  Following lunch, it was nice to be able to share a Christmas cake together.  We are looking forward to being back in the New Year for the 2024 competition and wishing everyone a happy festive Christmas and many good golfing days ahead.

Midweek Men Results - By David Williams-Jones

The playing year culminated with the Christmas Hamper Day. A delayed start due to the rain and persistent drizzle didn't dampen the social occasion as cards, pool and generally setting the world to right took place before a dry, nine-hole game that was a precursor to a full lunch and raffle prizes for all.

The Hamper Day was also the final reveal for the 'Top 10' competition. This competition looked at all of the 78 qualifying individual games played throughout 2023 and recorded the ten best Stableford scores for each participant to identify the most consistently good player of the year. For most of the year, Bruce Gillespie (18 handicap) led the pack only to be overtaken in the last few weeks by Chris Straker (15 handicap). Chris would have taken home the engraved trophy (if the engraver hadn't broken his hip!) but still received the $100 first prize. Bruce had to console himself by cleaning out the raffle as well as getting his $60 prize. Congratulations to all of the Top 10 players (and thanks to Ray Polson for keeping track of it all:

1st     Chris Straker             393 Stableford points

2nd    Bruce Gillespie        390 points

3rd     Bruce Chalken         385 points

4th     Ray Polson               381 points

5th    Jacky Zhang              380 points

6th    Ramiro Guerrero     380 points

7th    Ted Zhang                 379 points

8th    Barry Crowther        377 points

9th    Simon Hubble          376 points

10th Charlie Su                  375 points

Christmas Hamper, 4th December: 9 hole Stableford

Div. 1 

1st     Cook He                 19 points

2nd    Patrick Guo           18

3rd    Jos Steetskamp     18

Div. 2 

1st     Kim Dale                20 points

2nd    Kevin Pritchard     17

3rd     Pat Bonisch           17

Div. 3 

1st     Max Wright            18 points

2nd   John Gilmore          18

3rd    Dennis Longdon     17

Thursday, December 7th: Bisque par

Fun for the high handicappers!

Div. 1 

1st     Ramiro Guerrero    +4

2nd    Kevin Pritchard      +4

3rd    Matt Ryder              +4

Div. 2 

1st     Simon Hubble        +5

2nd    Alvin Ling               +5

3rd    Bruce Rickard         +4

Div. 3 

1st     John Gilmore         +7

2nd    Ray Polson            +7

3rd    Eric Wilson             +6