CAPTAIN'S BLOG - NEWS

As you are well aware the course has been closed for most of the last week, so we only have two competition results to report.
The monthly medal for November had to be moved to the following Wednesday with the Remembrance Shield. 
The RemembranceDay Shield winner is  the best nett  score of  the  three grades  and with a  handicap of 7  John Mullholland with a nett score of 66 won the day. Great round of golf.
A Grade - John  Mulholland winner with nett 66 and runner up Nick Reinhard on 69.
B Grade - David McGinnes with 68 on a count back from Jamie O'Reilly.
C Grade - David Stanley with 69 and Bob Young on 68 running up.

Monday Madness - Medley 
Ash Southon won with 38 points.

Some photos to sum up the week.  The Yabbies took over the 18th fairway; old branches falling on the 11th hole and some smarter than us took off to Victoria for a few rounds, look at that blue sky on the Murray!

December is fast approaching so we need to cram as many events in as possible:
Wednesday Update: Due to the wet course conditions we have moved the St Andrews Day competition to the 18th of December.  This competition is a team of 4 with the best 3 Stableford scores aggregated. The winning team must have at least one team member present to with the bottles of scotch.
December Monthly Medal on Saturday. The first round of the Peter Tait Trophy.
Christmas Cheer is the 12th of December.
The Cancer Council Longest Day is 13th of December.
The Oxley Plate - an annual contest between Moss Vale and Bowral is on the 19th of December at Moss Vale.  Sign up sheet is in the Club House adjacent to the Card Scanner.

Play well.

​Dave Burgess

Legacy Golf Day

A field of 109 players braved the rainy conditions to support the Legacy fundraising event.
The funds raised by the Golf Day, including the raffle sales, will allow continued support to Legacy widows and families in the Southern Highlands.

On Sunday Mrs Jeffery and her granddaughter Zoe presented the trophy winners and drew the raffle. The results were:
War Cup Service - winner Charles Vaughan-Smith and runner up John Jones.
Armed Services Trophy - winner Noel Davis and runner up Dennis Neale.
Wyndam Trophy 4BBB - winners John Jones and David Farthing and runners up Bruce Franklin and Bob Constable.
Michael Fitzgerald Trophy - winner David Burgess and runner up Ashley Southon.
Macrite Trophy - winner Bob Constable and runner up David Stanley.
Michael Jeffery Legacy Trophy 4BBB - winners Charles Vaughan-Smith and Tony Hobson and runners up Peter Leon and John Russell.
Womens Singles - winner Lyn Solness and runner up Jenny Ogg.
Womens 4BBB - winners Jenny Ogg and Jill Scott and runners up Carol Byrnes and Susan Harrison.
Peter Douglas Trophy - winner Michael Ljubic from Pt Kembla Golf Club.

Wednesday 4BBB Stableford
We welcomed Davyd Reeves, PGA Pro, from Moss Vale to our club.  Davyd played with Darryl and there was some great golf.
Davyd won the Individual prize with an impressive 39 points.
Paul Barnes and Alan Turpie won the 4BBB with 44 points from Ashley Southon and Rob Humphreys with 43 points.  The field was 82 players.

Sunday Medley Stableford
The rain did not eventuate, fortunately, as we have had enough for a while. With a very reduced field, two in fact, Ashley Southon won with 33 points on a count back.  As they say... "you have to be in it to win it!"

Monday Madness Medley Stableford
The course was open with no carts and no rain.  Brenton Aggar won with 36 points.

COVID restrictions
As you are probably all aware, the Board approved the lifting of all COVID restrictions on the golf course as of last Saturday. Remember to swap score cards, sign correctly at the end of the round, scan correctly and place the card in the slot beside the scanner in the Club House.

14th Green - right hand side
The GUR has been lifted in this area where the bunker once was. The turf has taken well and is in play.

This Wednesday - November Monthly Medal and Remembrance Day trophy

This Saturday (27th of November) is the St Andrews Day 4 Ball event.  This is a great day and should be a lot of fun.  The Terms of Competition are being finalised and will be published on the notice board. Each team will need to have at least two Bowral club members with a valid Golf Link number to be in the competition.

Cobra Fitting Day - Monday the 29th of November - contact Kevin to see if there is a space available.

XMAS CHEER - 12th of December.

Cancer Council - Longest Day Charity - 13th of December

Oxley Plate - Mixed event to be played at Moss Vale - Sunday 19th of December - a sign up sheet will be on the board opposite the card scanner tomorrow.

Play well and enjoy,

​Dave Burgess

Course Closed...
Unfortunately due to the weather last week the course has been closed most of the last week.  Hopefully we will get some better weather over the next few days.
 Monday Madness - Medley Stableford
This was the only competition available to report on; with a field of 13 players Nick Reinhard won with 36 points and runner up Angus Yuill 35 points.

LEGACY DAY - this Saturday is the major charity events for the Club, come along and enjoy the day and support a great cause.

November Monthly Medal and Remembrance Day Shield
Due to the weather and flooded course this medal and trophy event is now to be played on WEDNESDAY - the 24th of November.  This is the only time available to get this rescheduled.

Yesterday the Club Championship and the B Grade championship were contested.  Last Thursday the C Grade was played, in somewhat better weather conditions than yesterday. The results of the match play events are below for all three grades (taken from Mi Club home page); click on the picture to expand.

Congratulations to our 2021 Club Champion David Ferguson and runner up Nick Reinhard.
B Grade Champion congratulations to Chris Shaw and runner up Peter Whittall.
C Grade Champion congratulations to Neil Landry and runner up Piero Dal Bianco.

Also thanks to our referees' John Buchanan; Don Barker and Grant Blanchard.  Also, thanks to Matt, Adam and David for the great condition of the course.
​Below are some photos of the matches.  

Note:  Due to the forecast poor weather conditions for Sunday the Women's Lifestyle Cup and the Bradford Trophy Junior Championship were postponed.

Redman Dalton Trophy
Welcome to the family and friends of Redman Dalton, great to have this trophy event played following the easing of travel restrictions. We had 111 competitors in Saturday's competition with around 165 players in total for the day.With 40 points the trophy winner was John Ferguson and runner up with 37 points was Taffy MacCarten.

Wednesday Single Stableford
A field of 77 players competed with Paul Barnes winning with 41 points from Nick Reinhard with 40 points on a count back.

Saturday Single Stableford
John Oakes won with 40 points on a count back.
A Grade winner John Ferguson 40 points
B Grade winner Raymond White 39 points
C Grade winner Taffy McCarten 37 points

Sunday Medley Stableford
The winner was Kevin Barry (Gibraltar GC) with 40 points.