Wantima game 15th February 2015

Wantima game 15^th February 2015

Welcome back folks to the new season for 2015.

14 players made the journey, I think for the first time with the club (someone may remember if we’ve been there before & correct me) either way, it turned out to what I thought was a very good course, I hope others found this to be so also?. Perhaps it will become a regular on our calendar for the future. I’m sure Dave Coster would like that as well.

Two new faces (thanks for giving us a go) Peri & Jarrod, (Peri will have to get tickets from Perth for each of the next games) and return of Troy after a 6 month break, was pleasing to see. Fingers crossed we can get some good field sizes throughout the year.

Scoring seemed to fairly compact with a lot of cards in the high 20’s or the low to mid 30’s so well done to all as no doubt there were a few rusty swings out there today.

Now for the results:

NTP on the 5^th – nobody

NTP on the 10^th – Janine (extremely close, did you get the birdie?)

Mens Long drive 13^th – Regan (big hit, well done)

Ladies Long drive 13^th – nobody

1^st place on 39 points – Troy Grimshaw (welcome home)

2^nd place on 35 points – Bryan Kendall (very tight for this spot)

Equal 3^rd place on 35 points each – Peter Johnston and Jarrod Kendall.

Next game is at Wynnum on the 15^th of March at 6.44am tee off.

Regards until then.

Paul (Captain)

President's message 2014

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

Oxley game 7th December 2014

Oxley game 7^th 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:

1^st place on 37pts – Ian Smith

2^nd place on 36pts – Peter Johnson

3^rd 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 3^rd 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

3^rd 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 15^th 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) 

 

 

Carbrook game 9th Nov 2014

Carbrook game 9^th 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 16^th   but he did get both NTP’s so well done George for a good day all round.

Here are the results for Carbrook: 

1^st place on 37pts – Paul Lockwood-Lee

2^nd place on 37pts – Bryan Kendall (missed 1^st on count-back)

3^rd place on 36pts – Karen Greedy

(= 3^rd 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 7^th of December about 7.00am.

Regards,

Paul (Captain)

 

 

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: 

1^st place on 44pts – Janine Walker

2^nd place on 43pts – Mark Coster

3^rd place on 39pts – Dan Williams

(= 3^rd 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

 Next game is at Carbrook on the 9^th of November (hardly worth getting the clubs out of the car from this weekend) about 7.00am.

 

Regards,

Paul (Captain)

 

 

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:

1^st place on 39pts – Mark Coster

2^nd place on 38pts – Ian Smith

3^rd 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)