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Photos - New Member's drinks and White Horse Cup - John Owens 4 Ball Knockout

11/8/2015

Photos from the New Member's night last Friday - click on the photo to enlarge . A very successful night

The John Owens 4 Ball Knockout

my apologies

I am remiss in not confirming the winners of the final of the 4BBB Knockout played between Keith Markwell, Ashley Southon against Kevin Burke and myself. We started at 10.00am, on Sunday 8th August with Keith and Ash taking the first hole. From that point they lead by no more than two throughout until the 18th where they were one up with one to go. They squared the 18th and won, one up. A great match played in great spirit with Keith and Ash worthy winners. The “also rans” will be back next year. Congratulations to them both. pc

White Horse Cup Dinner - Thursday 13th August 2015

the Gentlemen attending

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Don Barker wins the White Horse Cup “Golden David”. Unfortunately, Don was in hospital recuperating from an operation last Thursday and had to miss the local dinner and presentation for the White Horse Cup Teams. Those that may not be aware, the “Golden David”, kindly donated by Don & Pam some years ago, was presented annually to the best performer in either White Horse Cup team. This year Don was the successful participant, winning all four matches in which he competed. Our hearty congratulations go to Don on a great effort and our commiserations to Pam for having to try and find a suitable place to put it.

left to right - Jim Phillips, David Burgess, Paul Pettiford, Terry Downing, David Boyd, Bruce Frankland, Alan Turpie, Bob Young, David Stanley, Paul Carroll, Kevin Burke, Peter Girven, Brian Hanrahan, Alex Mulholland, Sam Mulholland, Ashley Southon, David McGinnes & John Mulholland. (the president was a ring-in - thank you for the invitation Paul -kb)

Rob, Rocky, Paul and Kylie - prepared, organised and served the meal for the evening

The dinner was slow cooked pork belly and the lamb shank for the main. Delicious.

Paul extols the troops for next years campaign to gain the White Horse Cup.
The Captain is also organising a 'grudge match' between the two White Horse Teams in October.

Always well dressed Alan Turpie, a style leader, with a tonsorially resplendent challenger Ashley Southon graced the evening.

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Justin Rose playing out of a bunker this morning in the PGA. No complaints about the bunkers.

Just a note:- all of the photos (apart from the truck) were taken with an iPhone 6 plus without a flash. kb.

Captain's Trophy - Volunteers - What's a 'Stimp meter'

3/8/2015

Letter from Frank Eggert - Captain's Trophy Winner 2015

Thank you, Captain for both the congratulations and the gift.

I agree, it was an extremely tough day and at 6 over with a solitary par as I approached the eighth, I was hoping that no-one else was carving up the course. Any thoughts of challenging for the Captains Trophy were dashed when I took a ten on the eighth…one bad shot to get under and three dumb shots to get out from under a spikey tree about fifty metres from the tee!

As I walked up to the ninth tee, Ray Smee (bless him) urged me to “bounce back” and not give on my round. Whether it was Ray’s support or the freedom of mind and body that comes from having hopelessly stuffed up your round, I don’t know but I proceeded to par the next nine holes and take a “good” bogey on the eighteenth for an outward 46 and an inward 35…an eleven stroke swing. As Ian Mckenzie commented “consistency is the name of the game”.

As they also say “It ain’t over till over!”.

Thanks again, Frank.

Dads Army
Call for Volunteers

Dad's Army is a group of members who generously offer their services each Thursday in the interest of the club and our members.As the pictures below testify, our intrepid volunteers are doing a wonderful job clearing out the drain on the left side of the 1st hole. Anybody with a draw (hook when you don't mean it) will more than appreciate their efforts.If you can lend a hand on a Thursday for a couple of hours from 9.00am, please contact Peter Hannaford or Hamish Macfarlan.

On John Mulholland’s recent trip to the UK he came across a plaque related to the story of the origin of the Stableford system of scoring. Apparently a Dr. Frank Barney Gorton Stableford from Glamorganshire Golf Club Penarth Wales in 1898, had an 11 on a par 3 and decided there had to be a better way of scoring. He invented the Stableford system of scoring to deter golfers from giving up on their round after just one or two bad holes. The system was believed to be first used in competition at Wallasey Golf Club Wallasey England in 1932. I trust you will all join me in offering my heartfelt thanks for his ingenuity.

The Stimp Meter.
Golf greens vary in speed. Course Supervisors use the Stimp meter to measure the speed of the green so that they may be set up to the condition required by the tournament director.
The distance the ball rolls on the green once it has left the track is the “Stimp” reading. For example, if the ball rolls an average of 11.2 feet then the stimp reading would be 11.2. On the recent British Open TV coverage you may have heard that the greens have been cut to 4mm and the stimp reading was 10.3.

Pelican 2 - Carp 0

Reported during July. Two of the carp inhabiting the dams on the 15th and 13th were caught by our recent temporary resident pelican.

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