Jimboomba Game 13th April 2014

14 Players for what could be described as a fairly brutal (the front 9 certainly) game at Hills golf course.

Good knowledge of this course is a must to work your way around here, it looks like Troy & Karen had the measure of the uphill & downhill lays and the watery graves, to both come home with very respectable point totals, with Karen just missing out on count-back. Good play you pair.

Apologies for the mad shuffle in the morning with all the carts suddenly thrown into the mix at the last minute stuffing my original groupings right up and my last minute print of the handicaps list missed the ladies ratings (my mistake) but I think I got them right in the end, very special apology to Bryan who didn’t know who he was with until the last moment, it may have just disrupted his game enough to miss out on a placing.

Here are the results for Jimboomba:

1^st place on 42pts – Troy Grimshaw

2^nd place on 42pts – Karen Greedy

3^rd place on 35pts – Paul Lockwood-Lee

3^rd but missing out on count-back – Rodney Topor

NTP on the 8^th – Troy Grimshaw

NTP on the 13^th – Ian Smith

Men’s L/D 18^th – Ian Smith

Ladies L/D 18^th – Janine Walker

Next game is at Gailes on the 25^th of May at 7.00am.

& get well soon to all our missing players (and those who played with injuries)

Regards,

Paul (Captain)

McLeod Golf Club - 16/3/2014

A strong 13 players showed up for the glorious weather and found a golf course in very good condition. Probably the best I've seen it ...but, like most turf in SEQ, needing some water.

Interesting scorecards they use and thanks to Karen for ensuring the ladies had the appropriate cards and indexes. With all those columns it was easy to get confused.

Welcome aboard to new member Nigel Stork - who promptly ran off with the Long Drive!

Some interesting results given our use of the new slope handicap system and McLeod being considered a hard course. Most players received 3 extra shots - except poor Troy and I who only received 1! [I can hear the tiny violins playing from here...:-)]

Here are the results:

1st place - Dave Coster [47pts] [Yes - he should be embarrassed].
2nd place - Regan Dent [41pts] ...hang on, he's not eligible until his 3rd round...cool
real 2nd place - Ian Smith [40pts]
3rd place - Jane Hughes [38pts] ..welcome back Jane.

Long drive ladies [and longest overall!] - Karen Greedy
Long drive men - Nigel Stork
NTP 6th - Rodney Topor
NTP 16th - Ian Smith

Hopefully the real Captain will be back for the next event which is "The Hills - Jimboomba" on 13/4. This will also be our AGM. So if you want to make sure you aren't voted into a position...make sure you are there!

cheers
Ian
President, acting-Captain, 2nd place getter on technicality.

Mt Warren Park game 9th February 2014

16 turned out for Mt Warren game, a great start to the new season, thanks to all who turned out, including two new faces Peter & Regan (welcome) and some old ones returning from their NYC penthouse on 5^th Ave (hello again Mark)

I think the game flowed nicely with the only hold up being to call the dogs off Dan for his wayward shot on the 6^th, so thanks to everyone for making the effort to keep up with the group in front.

Suren having a couple of burn marks on his Srixons after his Tee shot & provisional both hit the wires on the 18^th + his ball being stuck in a tree (only about a metre above the ground) made for an entertaining round in the last group which I think helped with the tension & enabled me to have my best round for quite a while.

Karen & I said to each other before the game that we weren’t going to let anyone else in with a chance & low & behold we we’re right.

I suspect I may be looking at a slice in my handicap!

Here are the results for Mt Warren Park:

1^st place on 41pts – Paul Lockwood-Lee

2^nd place on 36pts – Karen Greedy

3^rd place on 33pts – Troy Grimshaw

NTP on the 10^th – Ken Greedy

NTP on the 9^th – Dan Williams

Men’s L/D 17^th – Troy Grimshaw

Ladies L/D 17^th – Karen Greedy

Next game is at McLeod on the 16^th of March at 7.06am. We shall this year’s AGM in April, so get ready to put your hands up if you wish to give the club a little of your time & effort. We will be voting (I gather for all positions as per usual and also taking votes on such

Regards,

Paul (Captain) 

Oxley game 1st December 2013

Oxley game 1^st December 2013.

18 players came out with their collective Christmas cheer, for the final round for 2013.

A beautiful day on what I thought was a very nice course condition (I prefer slightly slower greens unlike some semi-pros in our club who don’t get scared on the quick ones) judging by the high scores the yellow tee’s certainly assisted some players, I’m sure Ken will have a little bit of fun with those handicaps ready for 2014.

Here are the results for Oxley:

NTP 5^th hole – not taken.

NTP 9^th hole – Ian Smith.

Long drive 17^th (m) Ian Smith

Long Drive 17^th (f) Judith Chapman (making a habit of this)

1^st place on 46 points – Dan Williams.

2^nd place on 42 points – Dave Coster.

3^rd place on 39 points – Howard Ward.

4^th on count-back place also on 39 points – Ashutosh Misra.

The upshot of the above results meant that we were able to crown our new champion golfer for 2013 who has shown us a few of us where we would like to be with our games (if we were 30years younger and had an ounce of talent) therefore it is with great pleasure I announce:

Troy Grimshaw – the 2013 GUSGC champion.

Runner up – Dan Williams

3^rd place – Ashutosh Misra.

Congratulations to all three of them, we look forward to battle re-commencing in the New Year.

A big thanks to all other players who came out for a game this year, making it one of our best attended ones for some time.

A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to you all.

Next game is the First one for the 2014 season is Mt Warren Park on the 7^th of February.

Regards Captain Paul

Wynnum game 17th November 2013

Wynnum game 17^th November 2013

16 players was a very good turnout for what could have been a wet & stormy day considering the conditions we have been suffering lately, but thanks to the good golfing gods, we were left with a dry course in an average  state (greens were a bit poor I thought)

It looks like Ian has got the dodgy back under control (did anyone see him popping pills or spending a prolonged time in the toilets) I think it’s high time we introduced drug testing for the club. The only problem would be finding the traces of little blue ones that men of a certain age (covers most of our lot) are taking.

From what I saw of the cards I think most had reasonable games, with I think 4 or 5 getting 36 or more points, well done to you all.

Here are the results for Wynnum:

NTP 6^th hole – Rodney Topor.
NTP 16^th hole – Ian Smith.
Long drive 12^th (m) Ian Smith (good to see you back)
Long Drive 12^th (f) Judith Chapman.

1^st place on 39 points – Ian Smith.

2^nd place on 38 points – Rodney Topor.
3^rd place on 37 points – Ashutosh Misra.

Next game is the last one for the season (Oxley on the 1^st December) don’t forget the Christmas theme.

The table shows the cup isn’t quite decided yet, but it would take a supreme effort by either Ash to stop the Troy juggernaut. So be there for the David vs Goliath battle day. 

Regards

Captain Paul

 

Nudgee South game 6th October 2013.

Nudgee South game 6^th October 2013.

10 players rolled up for the latest instalment of the “fed up cup” on a very warm (33 degree’s I think) day, thankfully the humidity hasn’t kicked in yet this year, but look out when it does.

The plan for Ken to disrupt Troy’s seemingly unstoppable march to the title this year had reasonable effect in that we didn’t see his name on the first two spot prize markers (but he did grab a NTP on the 16^th) and also to Ken’s credit he did also beat Troy for second place overall.

I believe most (but not all) had reasonable games, but it was the lure of the scratch card wager between Rodney & myself that seemed to spur Rodney on to some of his best tee to green golf for quite some time (could the Uni please pay him a little more, the boy is obviously close to destitution if he has to make ends meet by scamming his fellow competitors for a 10 dollar scratchie) well done Rodney.

Here are the results for Nudgee South:

NTP 7^th hole – not taken.
NTP 16^th hole – Troy Grimshaw.
Long drive (m) Ian Smith (good to see you back)
Long Drive (f) Karen Greedy.

1^st place on 42 points – Rodney Topor.

2^nd place on 40 points – Ken Greedy.
3^rd place on 39 points – Troy Grimshaw (72 off the stick, well done)

There is a game in December at Oxley (as always) at which we are requested to wear/show something a little festive (I may just bring an empty wallet that’s normal for Christmas isn’t it?) but that’s for the game after the next one, which is: Wynnum on the 17^th of November with a 7.46 tee time. Hope to see as many of you there as possible we’ve all got a few weeks to practice, I know I will be, even if it just saves me from being out by $10 the next time I meet Rodney.

Regards Captain Paul.

Carbrook Game 22nd September 2013.

Carbrook Game 22^nd September 2013.

With a reduced field due to holidays (x4), injuries (x2) other sporting commitments (x1) and other non-specifics (x?), we still managed 8 players for the game at the difficult home of the shark.

A warm day which dried out the greens quickly and made them (for this player anyway) nightmarishly fast, it was the forward group who seemed to handle the conditions better with the three places resting with them.

Well done to all of them.

 

Here are the results:

1^st place on 36pts (after count back) Ashutosh Misra

2^nd place on 36pts Karen Greedy
3^rd place on 34pts Rodney Topor

Ntp on the 7^th Peter Johnston

Ntp on the 14^th not taken
Men’s L/D on the 4^th Dan Williams
Ladies L/D on the 4^th Karen Greedy

I’m late writing this report so it won’t be posted until after the next game (Nudgee)