CAPTAIN'S BLOG - NEWS

The Peter Tait Trophy
The final round was played last Wednesday and it was a close run thing with five competitors on the leading score of 143 nett stokes.  With a final round of 68 Grant Blanchard won on a count back from Vernon Vella, James Larkin, Pat Donoghue and Roberto Ratalino.
In the days competition David Farthing won with a nett 67, runner up was Grant Blanchard with 68.
NTP on the11th went to Brian Hanrahan and the Pro Pin was won by Roberto Ratalino.

Sunday - White Course Medley
Louis Connell with 37 points won the day.
Monday Madness
Brenton Aggar with 38 points won the day from six other players.

Enjoy your Christmas and New Year with Family and Friends, it has been a challenging year for us all but the ability to play golf and get some access to the Club House has kept us connected with reality.

Enjoy the next couple of weeks and I look forward to catching up in the New Year.

Best Regards,

​Dave Burgess

Not too much to report this week, the rain started on Wednesday afternoon and the course was closed till Monday.
Wednesday - Single Stableford
With an impressive 44 points Vincent O'Connor won with Stuart Anthony running up with 38 points on a count back. NTP on the 11th went to Clark Gibbons and John Ferguson won the Pro Pin on the 14th.
Monday Madness - Medley Stableford 
​Graham Oldfileld won with 38 points.

With the run up to Christmas and New Year well upon us and the recent weather there has been some rescheduling of events:
The Ted Box Medal of Medals - this has been moved to the January Monthly Medal to enable the maximum number of contenders to take part.
The Oxley Plate 2021 will not be on at Moss Vale this Sunday, it is too busy a time to get enough players.
The St Andrews Day event will be on this Saturday - the terms of competition is on the notice board for you to read.

Enjoy the sunshine.

​Dave Burgess

Governors Legacy Golf Day
We need a final fourth player for the Governor's Legacy Golf Trophy - Friday the 17th December - early tee start 7:45am at Muirfield Golf Club, North Rocks. A great opportunity to represent your club and what a win it would be.  Great opportunity for our Sydney based members.
​Let me know if your interested - send me an email - BGC Captain 

Cancer Council Charity - Longest Day - 72 holes of golf
​Next Monday (13th) we have a number of hardy golfers taking up the challenge.  You don't need to play the 72 holes but I know some will. It's a great cause and has been held at BGC for a few years now and is growing in numbers. If you would like to make a donation please click - here. Or to arrange to make your donation via EFT or bank transfer please contact Cancer Council at longestday@nswcc.org.au

With the course closed for a few days and limited ability to cut the grass, we took the opportunity to work on a couple of improvements.  With the fantastic assistance of Dad's Army; Matt's team were able to continue the improvements to the area between the 8th Green and the 9th tee box and improve the security of the course with the installation of some gates.  Further fencing will be put in as time permits. Click on the photos below to get more detail.

New Rough Mover
With our ageing 72inch Toro machine on its last legs and desperately needing retirement we have been scouring the country for a replacement, they are hard to find in any Brand at the moment.  Fortunately a replacement has been found in Goulburn, it is a 96inch machine which will dramatically improve the productivity in mowing the rough.  Thanks to the Board for their speedy approval as this is the last one left in the country.  You should see it on the course in the next couple of days, bright red and shiny. 

Wednesday Single Stableford
We have been fortunate, for the course, that the forecast rain has not eventuated, however, this probably resulted in the smaller field of 43.
Winner with 39 points was Bill Davison and runner up Darryl Purchase with 37 points (1 handicap).
John McGuire got the  6th hole Eagles Nest (very close indeed); Dave Burgess NTP on 11th and Paul Barnes on the Pro Pin.

Saturday - December Medal and Peter Tait Round 1
The round one leader for the Peter Tait is Terry Downing Nett 67.
A Grade Medal - Michael Halfhide with nett 69 won on a count back from Frank Eggert.
B Grade Medal - Jamie O'Reilly with a stunning nett 61 won from Terry Downing nett 67.
C Grade Medal - Vincent O'Connor with a solid nett 68 won on a count back from Chris Barry.
Allan Fisher won the 6th hole Eagles Nest, NTP on the 11th was Paul Barnes and the Pro Pin went to David Moffet.

Sunday - White Course Medley
Edward White (Royal Sydney GC) won with 40 points from Jacob Nicholls with 37.

Monday Madness - Stableford
The winner was Nicholas Reinhard with 39 points.

This Saturday is the second round of the Peter Tait Trophy and the Ted Box Medal of Medals.

Sunday is Xmas Cheer shot gun start 8:30am plus BBQ at 1:00pm. Contact Tim to book for lunch.

Saturday - 18th December - St Andrews Day Trophy

Sunday - 19th December  - Oxley Plate at MossVale
We need a few more mixed teams for this event - I know it's a busy time of year; post lock downs but if you can get a team together please write it up on the sheet opposite the score card scanner in the Clubhouse.

Best Regards,

​Dave Burgess

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