CAPTAIN'S BLOG - NEWS

Monday Competition.  From the first Monday in July the competition will move from being the nine hole competition to an eighteen hole, the aim is to see if this is going to attack more players.

Wednesday - 4BBB + Singles in Conjunction
With 45 points the winners were John Mulholland & Darryl Purchase and the runners up with 44 points David Stanley & Ashley Southon.  Eagles Nest went to John Buchanan; the 11th NTP won by Warwick Andrews and the PRO PIN was won by Glen Walsh.  Individual winner was David Stanley.

Monday Madness - well done to James Nethersole with 20 points winning the day.

Sign up sheet for the J W Draper foursomes KO closed Wednesday 30th June - sheet is on the board behind the Club House score card scanner.

We are nearly half way through the year soon with the July Monthly Medal on Saturday the 3rd of July.

The Captain's Trophy is coming up on the 17th of July.

Winter Eclectic 
This competition is off and running and final entries close this Friday.  The sign up sheet will be in the Pro Shop till then.

There is a slight problem with the last entry on the sign up sheet, all of the cytologists in the club have not been able to break the code and determine who this member is!!  See below, if it is you or you know who it is please contact the Pro Shop and get included. in the competition.

Enjoy those longer days over the next few weeks.

​Dave Burgess

8th Green Cart Path
This week we lay down more of the plastic Cortex Sure Pave sheets to provide a more a dedicated path for the carts to follow.  These sheets are an effective support for the carts and settle into the grass with the mowers able to cut over the top of them.

Wednesday - Single Stableford - Roberto Ratalino won with 42 points and runner up with 39 was Alan Turpie. NTP on the 11th was Vincent O'Connor and the Pro Pin went to Craig Houden.

Saturday - Individual Par event - a good field for this format with 70 competitors.  It was a tough day for scoring but with +3 John Mellen won with Nick Reinhard runner up with +1.  NTP 11th went to Ashley Southon and the Pro Pin went to Nick Reinhard.

Monday - Queens Birthday - 2BBB Medley - White Course - with 47 points Rhys Harrington and Nick Reinhard won the day followed by Ashley Southon and Sonya Bleakley with 46 points.

Wednesday 16th June - 4BBB with singles in conjunction.

Saturday 19th June - H Murdoch Trophy -  Single Stableford - this trophy, a Silver Ice Bucket, is in memory of Harry Murdoch, captain from 1957 to 1959 and 1971 to 1973.  Harry was instrumental in organising the Wales Tooth matches with the Australian Golf Club. Harry was also President 1960 to 1962 and Club Patron 1978 to 1986.

Sign up sheets for the J W Draper and the Bruce Smith Cup in the club house opposite the card scanner.


Best Regards,

​Dave Burgess

The weekend proved how good winter golfing can be clear skies and little wind. I trust you got out to enjoy it while it lasts... 

Please remember to pick up your new membership card from the bar, when you have paid your subscriptions.

From Friday the 25th of June, some tee times from 10:30 have been allocated to new golfers to play with a member over 9 holes.  If the game was not hard enough already, it can be a daunting experience to play your first competition.  So, the aim is to support our new players to enjoy the game and learn the ropes. Any member would can join in this initiative is most welcome, please contact the Pro Shop.  Looking forward to your support.

8th & 9th Holes
Thanks for the positive feedback on the major works, we will be continuing to improve the condition of cart paths around the back of the eight green and the ninth fairway over the next couple of weeks.  

15th Hole 
Due to the condition of the drain below the dam wall, this area has been staked out as a lateral water hazard, red stakes. We are working on a long term solution for this area.  I will keep you posted.

6th Hole - Eagles Nest
With the implementation of the MiCub software we are unable to accumulate balls when the Eagles Nest is not won.  Therefore, we have implemented a two ball Eagles Nest prize, if it is not won the two balls will go to the field as additional balls in the Ball Rundown.

Garden Renovation - 5th Green & 6th Tee Box
We need another 15 to 20 native shrubs to complete the good work John Hopkins has been doing in this garden bed.  Contributions are welcome from Members who can assist.  Please contact John on 0401 695 769.

Wednesday - Single Stableford
Ashley Southon with 42 points took out first place closely followed by Peter Dunn with 41 points.  Eagles Nest went to Brian Hanrahan, NTP 11th went to Craig Houden and John Ferguson won the Pro Pin on the 14th.

Sunday - Single Stableford
The winner was John Buchanan with 35 points and runner up with 34 points on a count back, Nicholas Reinhard.

Monday Madness - Yellow Course
The winner was Ashley Southon with 21 points and runner up was Sonia Bleakley with 18 on a count back.

Finally, we are developing a Corella Abatement program aimed at eliminating the damage to the course.  If you have any experience or know of people/organisations that do, let me know as soon as possible.  There are a number of ways to achieve this outcome and we want it to be the best for the birds, the course and our members.

Thanks

​Dave Burgess

A great thanks to the volunteers, staff and contractors for the work completed over the last week.  Without our willing volunteers we would not have got this job completed in the time that we have, fantastic effort. Lifting wet turf requires a lot of hands, strong backs and the ideal sized piece of turf (not too large).
Take a look at the photos post during the last week to get a picture of the work done!

This is what was achieved:

• Two underground pipes installed.
• Two open creeks built.
• Five bridges built.
• Cemetery drain cleaned and reshaped.
• Water catchment area constructed on the 8th in the area of the bell.
• A new path constructed from the 8th green to the 9th tee and beyond.

The holes will be back in play on Wednesday with a temporary “Ground Under Repair” rule for all earthworks, wheel and crawler tracks  and roped off sections.  A compulsory drop is required. The new creeks will be staked as penalty areas.

It will take some months for the course to “knit” back together and it should be great by mid-spring.

Carts on the 8th hole will need to use the right hand side bridges to access the green.  Access to the new path to the 9th tee will be via the back of the 8th green.

Please keep carts on the new path from 9th tee box to past the new pipe, the turf and surrounds in this area are still very wet.

The final of the Arthur Brassey was held on Saturday between Tony Rourke and Phil Jeffery.  Like many matches recently it was a very close result with Tony prevailing on the 19th hole.  Well done Tony, commiserations to Phil.

Last Wednesday was the 4 club 3 ball Ambrose event, an opportunity to learn new club skills and have a bit of fun.  Winners on the day were Kevin Kenny, Clark Gibbons and Rob Humphreys with an amazing 55.833.  Runners up with an impressive 61.167 were Glen Welsh, John Hobbs and John Ferguson.  

Friday’s Nugget had a field of sixteen, with James Nethersole winning with 21 point and Grant Blanchard as runner up on 20 points.

Saturday was a a single Stableford for the Warwick  Armstrong Cup. The winner was Bill Hiller and runner up John Hobbs.  Thanks to David Farthing who provided the history of Warwick as an eminent Australian test cricketer in the early 20th century, at the fireside presentation.  A larger than life character...

Monday Madness - 9 hole Yellow course with a winning score of 19 points, Ash Southon.  Runner up Philip Joshua.  Thanks to all those players taking advantage of a great last Autumn’s day for a quick 9 holes.

Social
First Friday Night Dinner - this Friday the 4th of June.
“Christmas in July” - Friday 2nd of July.

Golf
Next Saturday is the June monthly medal, with the following Wednesday an American Foursomes.
​The Foursomes Club Championship round one to be completed by Sunday the 6th of June.