Championships are underway; St Andrews & Palms...

The Club Championships are underway and at least three matches have been completed.  The draws are below as well as the location on the MiClub home page; click on "In Progress" to see the latest results. Click on the images to enlarge...

Foursomes Champions...

Yesterday, Sunday, was the final of the Foursomes knock out.  It is a 36 hole event and you guessed it... it went for the full 36 holes.  Those in the finals were the teams of James Pinkstone & Nick Reinhard v.s. Wayne Knapp & Geoff Alcock.
Jimmy and Nick were off with an early lead of 3 up and then the match tightened to all square in the second round and finally Wayne and Geoff won 1 up on the 36th hole.  Well done to all, the match was played in great spirit and was enjoyable to watch. The photos below show the gallery which increased throughout  the day of interested members.

The Palms Golf Studio - golf day at BGC

Over one hundred golfers enjoyed a fantastic day of golf last Friday for the Palms Golf day. The course was in great condition and handled the shot gun start well. Thanks to Chris Kunz for the photos of the day and the wild life.  Thanks to Kevin and the team for hosting this event which was a great event for the club.  I never knew that Echidnas could swim, especially Loch Ness monster style.

Sign up sheet...

The location of the sign up sheets, currently the Summer Eclectic, is now in a more obvious location in the Pro Shop.  You won't be able to miss it... so sign up for the competition over Summer.

Recent Results...

Wednesday Single Stableford
A good field of 61 played in the Single Stableford competition.  John Buchanan won with 39 points on a count back from Rob Humphreys. Robert Shield was NTP on the 11th hole and David Waugh won the 14th hole Pro-Pin.

Friday - Golden Nugget Nine
Playing in the morning before the Palms shot gun start, 11 competitors played for the gold.
Charles Vaughan-Smith won with 25 points from Martin Flaxman with 22 points on a count back.

Saturday - St Andrews Day - 4 Ball Aggregate 
Vernon Vella, John Hobbs, Ross Jauncey & John Oaks won with 114 points and the runners up were John Jones, Norris Dudgeon, Tony Dick and Robert Eriksson with 112.
Tony Fitzpatrick was NTP on the 11th hole; Harry Caust won the 14th hole Pro-Pin and  was Wayne Knapp won the Eagles Nest. The single stableford winner was Ross Jauncey with 45 points.

Sunday - Medley Stableford
Tom Cavanough won with 42 points.

Upcoming Events... getting close to year's end

Wednesday 30 Nov - to celebrate the end of Spring we're having a 3 ball multiplier competition.

Saturday 3 Dec - the Monthy Medal and "Thank you Day" with significant prizes to win.  Also the first round of the Peter Tait trophy.

Saturday 10th of Dec - the Medal of Medals competition and the second round of the Peter Tait trophy.

Sunday 18th of December - the Club Championship finals - well worth being in the gallery to see some great golf.  Good luck to those in the knock outs.


The course is in great condition and handles the storm water very well.  Loads of run on the fairways.
Preferred lies is under review as the course dries out.  The bunkers will be back in play, hopefully, by the end of the week.

Play well,

Dave Burgess