News & Views 10th August

Please Help Take Care of your Course

How can you as a member help to preserve the course?

The answer is obvious – repair your pitch marks on the greens and fill in your divots on the course.

You can also help by being careful near the hole. When you take your ball out do so with your hand after first removing the flag. When you do so don’t place your feet too close to the edge of the hole.

A fourth thing you can do is not pull your buggy or drive a golf cart onto the tees. Use the pathways provided. Further if you drive a cart stay at least 5 metres from the edge of the green.

When you finish your game please place your empty buckets onto the rack beside the first tee or into the new bucket holder.

All simple things that are easy for all of us to observe.

AGM

Don’t forget to come along on Wednesday August 21 at 7 pm in the club rooms. The annual report and balance sheets will be presented to the members at this meeting. The confirmation of the new Board of Directors will also be part of the business on the night.

If you are interested in becoming a Director of the club then you can nominate on the night if you have forgotten to nominate.

August Greens Report

Head greenkeeper Nick Goodger reports …..

• Verti-draining of greens and tees. Both have been treated this week with the tees to be re-treated next week and the greens treated on a fortnightly basis.
• The retaining walls on the ninth tee will be repaired by recycling the wood from the old 8th bridge.
• A new bucket holder has been placed beside the first tee. It has been made from 100% recycled plastic. Also 10 buckets have been attached to the sand boxes near the 5th and 10th tees for use by players.
• The new bridge on the 8th is open with road-base applied to the approach ramps.
• The Callistemon tree at the bottom of the 17th tee has been pruned to open up the left side of the tee.
• Chemicals will be sprayed around the course in coming weeks to control weeds and growth around trees and in the lakes and waterways.
• The area beside the new pathway near the 3rd tee will be completed by returfing bare patches in the next few weeks.
• Stump removal continues and uneven surfaces and holes are being filled.

Latest Results

Will somebody turn off the fan?

It has been a little breezy this week with scores in the mid 30’s often being enough to win your grade. Those of us lucky enough to control the trajectory of the ball seem to have done the best.

The rest of us should heed that sage piece of advice – Swing Easy When Its Breezy.

Saturday 10th August 2019 Mens Stableford

Winner:   Mark Fisher 37 pts

2nd:   George Vlatko 34 pts (c/b)

3rd:   Jeff O’Brien 34 pts

4th:   Shane Townsend 33 pts

Ladies Stableford Winner:  Liz Armstrong 26 pts

Wednesday 7th August 2019 Drummond Golf Stableford

A Grade Winner:   Steve Rippon 33 pts

B Grade Winner:   Gus O’Brien 37 pts (Kiama GC)   2nd:  Brian Bennett 35 pts

C Grade Winner:  Tony Dawson 37 pts

D Grade Winner:   Keith Hales 36 pts (c/b)

Drummond Golf Voucher Winner:  Gus O’Brien  37 pts (c/b)

Tuesday 6th August 2019 Ladies Monthly Medal – Stroke

Medal Results

Div 1 Medal Winner:   Kay Brennan 72 nett (c/b)  Gross Winner:   Kay Brennan 89 gross   Putting Winner:   Kay Brennan 29 putts

Div 2 Medal Winner:   Lisa Bell 68 nett   Gross Winner:   Lisa Bell 96 gross   Putting Winner:   Lisa Bell 32 putts

Div 3 Medal Winner:   Marie Smith 78 nett   Gross Winner:  Marie Smith 116 gross   Putting Winner:   Marie Smith 31 putts

Stroke Results

Div 1 Winner:   Kay Brennan 72 nett (c/b)   Runner Up:  amP Middlebrook 72 nett

Div 2 Winner:  Lisa Bell 68 nett   Runner Up: Suzanne Lang 74 nett

Ladies Stableford Winner:   Annette Young  31 pts

Ladies 9 Hole Stableford Winner:   K Crawford 21 pts

Monday, 5th August 2019 Veterans – Stableford

A Grade Winner George Vlatko 38 Pts 2nd Mal Garratt 36 Pts (c/b) 3rd Jeff Draper 36 Pts (c/b)

B Grade Winner Norbert Beringer 43 Pts 2nd Pat Travers 37 Pts (c/b) 3rd William Perry 37 Pts

Saturday 3rd August 2019 Men’s Monthly Medal – Stroke

A Grade Winner:   Wayne Arnott 65 nett (c/b)  2nd:   Matt Tedeschi 65 nett (c/b)

B Grade Winner:   Andrew Ball 66 nett   2nd:   Craig Rodgers 67 nett   3rd:   Daniel Miller 71 nett (c/b)

C Grade Winner:   Robert Anderson 67 nett   2nd:   Laurie Fogarty 68 nett

D Grade Winner:   Laurie Walton 75 nett (c/b)

Gross Winner:   Wayne Arnott 73 gross

Putting Winner:   Peter Hughes   25 putts