Now that we have finished for 2014 and crowned a new "Champion" - and I use that term very loosely - just a quick message of thanks to all involved in the Club this year.
Thanks to George and Judith for organising our schedule. I thought there wasn't a bad course out there this year and am looking forward to playing Wantima in the new year. Just checking my passport is still valid for travel to the northside.
Thanks to Karen for collecting the money after each round. I mostly got change when I gave her $50 and she didn't complain too much. [Also, well played Karen! Played some great golf when I was in her group.]
Thanks to Ken for the handicapping - loving that slope system!
Thanks to Paul for captaining again. We'd be lost without your enthusiasm and organising on the day. Much like when Mark won in 2012, it's very hard to feel aggrieved at the the club champion when the winner is clearly the most improved golfer of the year. 4 wins out of 10 events can't be a fluke. Congratulations.
And thank to all the members who continue to maintain the easy going spirit of the club whilst upholding the best traditions of golf as a sport that anyone can play. Feel free to encourage other like-minded colleagues/friends to play next year.
Look forward to seeing you all in 2015.
Ian Smith
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Oxley game 7th December 2014
Oxley game 7th December 2014
15 players for the final
game, a great turn out as it happens considering the doom & gloom weather
forecasts for the day and in the end we didn’t even get wet feet!
The course was in good
condition (although the greens were very hard to judge I thought, perhaps it
was just me) the worst you could say was it was very sticky out there.
Ian, Peter & George were
all very close on the leader board with the returning (older & more
knackered) Ian coming out on top, well done all of you.
Here are the full results for
Oxley:
1st place on 37pts
– Ian Smith
2nd place on 36pts
– Peter Johnson
3rd place on 36pts
– George Chapman
NTP on the 5th – not taken
NTP on the 9th – Ian Smith
Men’s L/D 17th – Dan Williams
Ladies L/D 17th – Judith Chapman
Which all means that the
final day had a bearing on the Championship table by moving Mr Smith into 3rd
overall for the year, second place went to Karen Greedy with whom I’ve had ding
dong battle all year round. Well done Karen scoring points in six rounds is
very good & shows how well you can play without the burden of broken Ken,
sorry! But he’s back in your group next year (nobody else can take the abuse)
So as you already know it’s
me who has taken out the cup for this year (by my sorry standards I had a good
year) but done worry, I’ll vanish into obscurity next year my nerves won’t take
another year like this.
The final championship
standings for 2014:
Champion - Paul Lockwood-Lee -36 points
Runner up - Karen Greedy – 31points
3rd place Ian Smith – 25 points
Wishing all of you a very
pleasant Christmas & New Year & those of you who are carrying injuries a
full recovery for the new season which will start on Feb 15th at
Wantima.
Thanks to all of you no
matter how often you’ve played this year, you are all very welcome back in 2015
just keep your hands off my trophy.
Regards,
Paul (Captain)
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Carbrook game 9th Nov 2014
Carbrook game 9th Nov 2014
10 hardy souls made it to the
Carbrook game, some scared off by the sharks, some the lack of carts, others
through injury but what really took a toll was the heat, I think most of us
would have stopped around 15 holes if we could & this is without the humidity,
we had better watch out at Oxley if we get a little rain soon.
A good game was had by most
players with a close battle at the top with four players within one shot of
each other, helped no doubt by the fact the course was in very good condition.
I know George was going well,
but I think he exhausted himself after having to take a very long walk on the
16th but he did get both
NTP’s so well done George for a good day all round.
Here are the results for Carbrook:
1st place on 37pts
– Paul Lockwood-Lee
2nd place on 37pts
– Bryan Kendall (missed 1st on count-back)
3rd place on 36pts
– Karen Greedy
(= 3rd missing out
on count-back – George Chapman)
NTP on the 7rd – George
Chapman
NTP on the 14th – George
Chapman
Men’s L/D – Nigel Stork
Ladies L/D – Karen Greedy
Next game is at Oxley on the 7th
of December about 7.00am.
Regards,
Paul (Captain)
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Nudgee Game 26 October 2014
Nudgee Game 26 October 2014
Thanks to the 15 who turned
up for the new mystery course that is Nudgee South, the combined hot weather,
Smokey air and enforced building site layout couldn’t prevent the usual high
stableford points scores that we associate with Nudgee South.
Best of all was the local
knowledge guru Janine, won the day and set the NTP hole, which she promptly
also won.
Honourable mention must go to
Mark C, who was playing off a 2 point penalty (for his win last time out) &
still managed a second place.
Here are the results for Nudgee:
1st place on 44pts
– Janine Walker
2nd place on 43pts
– Mark Coster
3rd place on 39pts
– Dan Williams
(= 3rd missing out
on count-back – Fred Hill)
NTP on the 3rd – Janine
Walker
NTP on the 15th – Jane Hughes
Men’s L/D – Phil Dawson
Ladies L/D – Karen Greed
Regards,
Paul (Captain)
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Redland bay game 14 September 2014.
Redland bay game 14 September 2014
A smaller field of only
eleven players made it to a very good Redland Bay course on a very nice day for
golf. I hope everybody hit a few good ones to bring them back next time (forget
about the bad ones they don’t really count, I certainly never count mine)
Mark Coster got back into the
winners circle for the first time this year,
Which was pleasing to see (as
long as you don’t think you’ll be doing it again for a while) and it was a
return to the podium for the perennial point scorers Ian & Dan, well done
gents.
Here are the full results for
Redland bay:
1st place on 39pts
– Mark Coster
2nd place on 38pts
– Ian Smith
3rd place on 36pts
– Dan Willams
NTP on the 6th – Nigel Stork
NTP on the 16th – Ian Smith
Men’s L/D 18th – Dan Williams
Ladies L/D 18th – Karen
Greedy
Next game is at Nudgee South
on the 26th of October at 7.50am.
The round up call will be put
out by either Ian or myself, so keep your eyes on the in-box.
Regards,
Paul (Captain) Friday, August 22, 2014
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Gainsborough Greens – Shield Game 2014
Gainsborough Greens – Shield Game 2014
The big question for this
game was how many would turn up? After a wild night of weather on Saturday and
the forecast suggesting lots more for the Sunday (game day) I was feeling a bit
lonely for a while until some headlights started to appear in the car-park.
Well we did end up with 10
players (big thanks to you all) and the rain was the main absentee (thanks to
the big guy in the sky or the met office, whichever you believe in.
A random draw took place, as
we only had one low handicapper with us, and the teams set out on the soggy but
in the circumstances pretty good condition course.
The team of Ian & Phil
came in first by the proverbial country mile, and are now the proud holders of
the shield for the coming year (good luck fitting your names on the thing).
Thanks to Gainsborough for
only charging us for the attendees and for the very good lunch afterwards, I
think a definite possible for the same next year.
And thanks to the club for
the subsidised rate for this one off game in our busy season.
Here are the full results for
Gainborough:
1st place on a
score of 61.5 nett – Ian Smith & Phil Dawson
2nd place on a
score of 66 nett – Karen Greedy & Mark Coster
3rd place on a
score of 68 nett – Dan Williams & Peter Johnston
4th place on a
score of 70 nett – George Chapman & Paul Lockwood-Lee
5th place on a
score of 84.5 nett – Judith Chapman & Dave Coster
NTP on the 3rd – not taken
NTP on the 15th – Mark Coster
Men’s L/D 4th – Mark
Coster
Ladies L/D 4th – not
taken
(Shield game has no bearing
on the league table as it’s a stand alone event)
The next game for the club
championship is Redland Bay on the 14th of September – 7.00pm tee
off.
Regards,
Paul (Captain)
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