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Volunteers... Thankyou

12/12/2022

 
As we approach the end of 2022, I would like to thank our volunteers who work on the course and the clubhouse surrounds throughout the year.  Without their contributions, week in and week out, we would not have as good a golf course as we have.  I know Matt and the ground staff greatly appreciate the support and effort you all put in, thank you.

Below is a photo of a small army of volunteers removing the fallen pine trees from the second hole in the wind and rain this morning.  Dad's Army will continue this type of work on Thursday as well.

Next Monday at 8:30am, for a couple of hours, we are calling on any volunteers to help clean up the remaining pine trees.  Bring some gloves, hat and a few good jokes.
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Club Championship Finals

Next Sunday (18th December) the Club Champion, B Grade Champion and C Grade Champion will be determined by Sunday late afternoon.  The Club Championship, played over 36 holes, will be competing for the Hill-Douglas Trophy and their name on the honour board.  B Grade are playing for the Prosper Ellis Plate while C Grade are playing for the Hastings Clark Cup.  
The final pairings are:
Club Championship: David Ferguson v.s. Wayne Knapp
B Grade: Paul Knock v.s. Chris Kunz
C Grade: John McGuire v.s. Russell Bourne


Good luck to you all...

Recent Results...

Wednesday - H A Murdoch Trophy - single stableford
Bill Hiller with a great 41 points won the trophy and running up with 40 points was Peter Metcalf.              Warren Ryan was NTP on the 11th and Justin Smith won the Pro-Pin.
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Friday - Nugget Nine - Medley
​Phil Jeffery won with 22 points, great score, from Dennis Neale 19 points on a cont back.
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Saturday - Medal of Medals & Peter Tait Trophy
​Congratulations to Taffy McCarten on his Medal of Medals win with a nett 69.
Congratulations to John McGuire on winning the Peter Tait Trophy with 136 on a count back.
​Nett stroke winner was Christopher Ruddle from Muirfield GC with a nett 63.  Running up was David Bickford with nett 66.
NTP 11th hole - John McGuire.
​Pro-Pin - John Ferguson
Sunday - Medley Stableford
The winner with 37 points was Gary Peppard from The Coast Golf Club, running up was Justin Smith also on 37 points.
I would like to wish all our members a happy Christmas and New Year.

I will be taking a break from Bowral and heading to Queenstown NZ for a couple of weeks for golf, hiking, fishing and visiting some Central Otago wineries.

I'll see you in the New Year... all the best.

Dave Burgess

Club Championships... round 1 complete...

5/12/2022

 

Course Update...

Note: "Play as it lies" has replaced the "Preferred Lies" as of last Saturday.  It's great to get the course back to normal after this tough year.

Matt's team and Dad's Army turfed the "old water feature" left side of the 3rd green and the 16th fairway area last Thursday.  These areas will be top dressed to complete the work in the near future. See photos below...  These areas are GUR.
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For a number of months we have been keen to remove some dead pine trees from the course due to the safety concerns. The original plan was to have tree loppers come and remove them but the wet conditions and availability of the contractors has "pushed" us to use another solution.  Over the last couple of days we have had a large excavator pushing these trees over as well as clearing out the piles of dirt between the 3rd and 4th holes.  Additional dying pine trees have been removed as well.  These trees will be cut up and removed over the next few weeks.  Consider these areas as GUR.  See photos below of some of the tees...
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Club Championships - Round 1

All of round one matches were completed by Sunday the 4th December.  The results are posted on the Mi Club home page  - a the bottom of the page under the title Matchplay... see below for directions. Click to enlarge.
Next Sunday, 11th December is the dead line for the semi-finals.
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The finals are on Sunday the 18th of December.
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Recent Results...

Wednesday  - 3 Ball Multiplier - best 2 scores
A good Wednesday field of 63 players competed in the multiplier event.  The winners with 108 points were David McGinnes, Dennis Cooper & Ken Dobie with the runners up Wayne Meadth, Peter Cottee & David Burgess with 107.  Patrick Lane was the individual winner with 43 points.
Tony Hobson won the 11th hole NTP; Wayne Meadth won the 6th hole Eagles Nest & Simon Kemp won the 14th Pro-Pin - how that was not a hole-in-one ???
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Friday - Nugget Nine Medley
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Phil Jeffery won with 22 points & Chris Hill was runner up with 18 points on a count back.
Saturday - Monthly Medal & "Thank you Day"

Thank you to all our members who have had to put up with an unprecedented year of wet course conditions which limited access to the course for much of the year.  As a result last Saturday was a "comp fee" free day and special prizes.  A very good field of 107 competitors enjoyed the great golfing conditions.
Overall Winners
First: Wayne Knapp nett 66
Second: Simon Kemp nett 67 C/B
Third: John McGuire nett 67

Monthly Medal
A Grade
Winner: Wayne Knapp nett 66
Runner up: Simon Kemp nett 67

B Grade
Winner: Tony Rourke nett 69 C/B
Runner up: Peter Cottee nett 69 C/B

C Grade
Winner: John McGuire nett 67
Runner up: Russell Bourne nett 68

Overall Scratch Winner
David Ferguson HCP +1 with 70.

Pro-Pin Bonanza 14th hole won by Cameron Cowen.

Upcoming Events...

Over the next few weeks we are playing catchup on those Trophy competitions that have been delayed with this years conditions.  Look out for the following:
Wednesday 7th - HA Murdoch Trophy and Vicars shield first round
Saturday 10th - Medal of Medals & Peter Tait final round. See contender list below.
Sunday 11th - Club Championship semi finals by this date.
Wednesday 14th - J M Stanford Trophy & Vicars Shield final round
Saturday 17th - Warwick Armstrong Trophy
Sunday 18th  - Club Championship Finals 


Medal of Medals - the contenders...

Daniel Weekes; 
Tom Dunlop; Bob Constable; Jacob Nicholls; Simon Kemp; Taffy McCarten; Glen Walsh; Adem De Manincor; Geoff Applebee; Matthew Cleary; Eugene O’Sullivan; Phillip Jeffery; Ashley Southon; Michael Firth; Paul Barnes; Tony Hobson; Wayne Godbolt; Chris Kunz; Peter Chen; Brian Hanrahan; John McGuire; Wayne Knapp; Tony Rourke​ - good luck.

It is a very busy end to the year & with the course playing well I look forward to seeing you all out there.

​Dave Burgess

Preferred Lies.... going going gone

1/12/2022

 
Note: Preferred lies will not be applied from Saturday 3rd of December.

Play as it lies.

The expected rain this week has note occurred and the course is dire and playing long.

Enjoy and play well...
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