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Results for 17th November 2012 – Stableford Event

Who needs a handicap?

Twenty-one intrepid souls ventured out onto the course today to test their skills against the wiles of the greenkeepers at Royal Ivanhoe.  Actually, I probably shouldn’t call it that without approval from Buck Pal  but what the heck – let them sue me.  There should have been no excuses, the course is mostly dry, the greens are in good condition and the rough is as short as it has been for a long time so the scores were there for the making.

One person who did make a score was el Presidento Pepsi who had struggled himself all the way out to a handicap of two only to par the course for 38 points and promptly dropped himself back to one.  In the process, Pepsi picked up four of the fourteen birdies plodded today.  With the Vin O’Meara coming up in two weeks, if he keeps up this form he could be on scratch.  Oliver, Targe, Jan and SOS also harmed their handicap a little with 37 points apiece.  Rodger, Bill and Mo are obviously happy with their lot having carded handicap equalling 36points.

Mo also collected a ball for the NTP on the 15th and SOS timed it nicely to pick up the jackpotted ProPin.

There is still some life left in the Club Championship with Gordon and Noodles slugging it out for the top spot.  Based on Noodles result today, perhaps there should be some time on the driving range this week if he wants to give Gordon a run for his money.  Third place is also in the grasp of several people (Mehm, Oliver, SOS and Chris) and I think the plan is to squad the top half dozen into groups to really put the pressure on.

Bill had a few exciting moments during his round.  His second from a not too shabby drive on the 13th went a bit astray and the course echoed to a metallic clang as the ball hit the pump station control box to the left of the green and finished not too far from being OOB.  A delicate chip to half a metre and a virtual tap in sealed the par.  Jan, on the other hand, jugged the first and some of his playing partners were licking their lips at the prospect of more to come but Jan put his head down and almost stole the main points.   Chrispy is probably wishing he had come to play last week-end after getting an unwelcome letter from the authorities – something to do with falling off a chair.  Mehm was a vision of sartorial splendour today in his (mostly) white shorts and spotless white golf shoes.  Pepsi also assures us that the money that changed hands today was to pay the fees for the Incorporation of the Club and not some sort of a kick-back for keeping others out of the points.

There has been a significant spill of positions on the committee and the following nominations were put forward.  Some of the nominations were made in absentia and are subject to confirmation.  The nominations will be ratified and voted upon at the AGM  on 15th December.

President – Gordon Hill, VP – Mehmet Akdag, Secretary – David Howard, Club Captain – Targe Mifsud/Andrew Petricola, Social/Events Secretary – Ben Akdag, Handicapper/Webmaster – Harry Boughen, Treasurer – Brendon Mitchell, Assistant Treasurer – Stephen O’Sullivan, Tee Marshall – Chris Priems.

The Calcutta for the Vin O’Meara will be run next week.  More details will be forthcoming but the gist is that you can nominate for the open auction or for the self buy for $25 event.  There might even be an opt out option as well.  In any case, Rodger would like to know whether you intend to play in the event so a response to the notification e-mail would be appreciated.

Results for Saturday, 17 November 2012
1st Andrew Petricola(38) 2nd Oliver Gross(37) 2nd Targe Mifsud(37) 2nd Jan Siemon(37) 2nd Stephen O’Sullivan(37) 3rd Rodger Clarke(36) 3rd Bill Eastoe(36) 3rd Mo Sabih(36) 4th Trevor Jackson(35) 5th Harry Boughen(34) 5th Malcolm Fleming(34) 5th Gordon Hill(34)

 

Results for November Monthly Medal – 10 November 2012

They seek him here, they seek him there…..

The Scarlet Pimpernel is back!!  But haven’t managed to catch him (on camera) yet.

Some of the clouds about tried to look threatening but the weather gods had obviously shot their bolt overnight (or at least early this morning) and the freshly mown rough gave the course a benign face so there was no excuse for not scoring well.  Unfortunately, not all of us took advantage of what the day had to offer and only three people managed to play under their handicap.  The two front runners were Mehm and Noodles and there had to be a count-back to decide the winner of the Monthly Medal.  Whilst Mehmet was consistent between nines, Noods had the better of the back and ended up winning the countback by a comfortable margin.  Dennis also came in under the course par and will feel a light stroke of the handicappers whip rather than the instrument of torture that the brothers used at the school he attended.

Sixty-nine proved to be very popular with the third place getters while Oliver and Targe went solo to round out fourth and fifth.

Trevor managed to squeeze one onto the green inside Targe on the 12th to pick up a ball while the ProPin on the 15th went begging.  What?  Are we letting it build up so that Craig can come back to clean it up again?  Thirteen birdies today but nothing of the larger bird of prey.

Noodles’ win today caught up a fair bit of the leeway that he had given to Gordon during his mini form slump in the Club Championship table.  At this stage it would appear to be a two horse race unless Mehm can arrange to nobble both of them and win the next two weeks.  The Seniors Championship is All Over Red Rover as even if Gordon doesn’t score in the next two weeks, nobody can over-take him.

Firstly, an apology to David over last weeks par about the Bendigo trip.  I misread the note I was given and said he hit a cart and a tree with a ball.  This was not true – he hit a tree with a cart.

Speaking of hitting trees, Ben hit a screamer off the 6th – just a little off line – hit a tree and the ball came back to a bit in front of the lady’s tee.  His second shot hit another (same?) tree and came back even closer to the lady’s tee.  If it had had passed the lady’s tee, would that have counted for a round?  And speaking of lady’s tees, there was a suggestion that some people had quite a bit of difficulty in getting past said tee on one of the holes at Bendigo.  Gordon was one of the names mentioned.

There was another record set on the course today – well it’s hard to imagine that it is not a record.  No names, no pack-drill but his surname is the same as a well-known AFL ex-player/coach and rhymes with ‘right’ managed to put five (yes five!) balls into the hazard on the 17th to rack up a seventeen.  One of the draw-backs of playing stroke events, hey Andrew.

The other matter of importance is the fact that, theoretically, nominations for Committee positions were supposed to be handed in by today.  However, due to a number of circumstances, the deadline has been extended to next Saturday.  All positions are up for grabs and there are a few people who might like a rest from roles that they have filled for a number of years.  None of the jobs are particularly onerous and you could help to run the Club as smoothly as you would like it to.  I am guessing a bit, but I imagine that nominations forms are available from Secretary David and as a last resort will be available on the day.  The AGM will be on Break-up Day 15th December.

Results for Saturday, 10 November 2012
1st Mehmet Akdag(66) 1st S Butterfield(66) 2nd Dennis Tiernan(67) 3rd Trevor Jackson(69) 3rd Damien Lee(69) 3rd Brendon Mitchell(69) 3rd Andrew Petricola(69) 4th Oliver Gross(71) 5th Targe Mifsud(74)

Bendigo Weekend – 3rd and 4th November 2012

Bendigo Winner
Almost as good as racing pigeons!

It seems that the weekend away in Bendigo went off well and nobody disgraced themselves – well not that is being talked about.  It seems that Eddie was able to tear himself away from the cages and put in a fine effort to take out the coveted Beige Jacket and Gold Cup yet another time.  Second time in four years, I’m told.  And he is recently back from injury.

The contest for runner-up was also fierce and the committee had to resort to a countback to separate Pepsi and the Prince of Persia.  Pepsi took his brand new 1 handicap in his stride and played brilliantly but was pipped at the post by Mo who seems to have struck some good form as the year draws to a close.  Pity the handicapper can’t have a say.

Mo was also deadly on the short holes and took home a bucket of balls and a pile of money from the NTP and ProPin events.  Doesn’t sound as if anybody else got a look in.

Bendigo Bust Up
Carbon ain’t what it’s cracked up to be.

It’s not surprising that Chris was not in contention as he had to play the whole weekend without a driver.  A simple waggle of the club on the first tee caused the shaft to snap leaving Chris looking blue (if not purple).   It seems that the problem arose from wear on the dividers in his bag and the rest of his set is showing similar signs of deterioration.  A salutory lesson chaps.   Perhaps it’s the effect of carrying the bag across the back that did it.

One other trophy of note from the weekend is the prestigious Cock’s Plate – no not the racing one.  Not sure how many contenders there might have been but it seems that David took it out by a country mile by managing to collect both a cart and a tree and all with the one shot.

Bendigo Bottle Brush
No necking this bottle.

At any rate, a good time was had by all.  Some took the opportunity to smell the flowers (or at least admire them) while others were interested in bottles of another kind.

There will undoubtedly be tales aplenty in the fullness of time so just think of this as a taster and as more come out of the woodwork they might just get featured further down the track.

Results for Saturday 27th October 2012 – Stableford Event.

Smug – ME?

Well despite the fact that there were a few standing around before the game shivering like the proberbial cat passing razor blades, it turned out to be a reasonable day though the umbrellas did get unfurled a couple of times.  The rain of recent days has softened the course a little so not quite so much run and the greens have brightened up with their recent dusting and a bit of a feed to take advantage of the one and a half warm days that we have had.

The conditions obviously suited the fearless leader once again and undaunted by the recently acquired 3 handicap he took the course apart to return a two under round for 41 points and in the process acquire a 1 handicap.  The thing about it was that he complained the whole round about how poorly he was connecting with the ball and was heard to urge the same shot to slow down and hurry up as it trickled to gimme distance.  That and how he never plays well when he plays with Noodles.  If Pepsi keeps this up methinks we will have to re-introduce plus handicaps.

Brendon and Mo the Persian Patriarch were not far behind with 39 points.  Mehm has ambitions to catch Noodles in the Championship table but if his equal 3rd place-getter Gordon keeps this up his lead will shortly become unassailable given that there are only a few weeks of competition left for this year.  Trevor at 4th has been appearing in the placings on a fairly regular basis in recent times and Krispy filled the last of the point scoring spots.

We managed to rack up 13 birdies today with six of them on the 17th.  Pepsi certainly tried hard for his Eagle there from just off the green but pulled up just a bit short.

A big welcome back to Craig who seems to have recovered from his recent work injury well but reports of WorkCover helicopters and photographers in wheelie bins could not be verified.  Although his scoring wasn’t the best he still managed to score by taking out both the ProPin on the 12th (Double Jackpot – thank you very much considering he didn’t play the previous two weeks) and the ball hole on the 15th.  Perhaps we should take a swab to test for performance enhancing drugs.  Can anybody whistle?  Fortunately for Trevor, he remembered to put the markers out this week.

Ben was also back after some time out to pasture.  He must have fallen on hard times and run out of his supply of Grecian 2000.  There were two doubles on the course today and I’m not talking about the bets Pepsi and Noodles were contemplating if they happened to jag the ProPin.  Ben and Jan had to shout for Mehm on the 3rd and Tony and Eddy also racked up a performance to shout about on the same (but different) hole.  It seems that there is no statute of limitations on Shout Shots because Ben’s was his second shot after the first went OOB.  Not sure whether it was the same hole as the Shout Shot, but Eddy had a second shot end up 10m behind where he teed off from.  Harry also scored a tree dead centre with his second on the 10th but only ended up 10m behind where he hit it from.

Rodger must have been too cosy under the feathers this morning and only arrived in the Car Park about when the first group were teeing off.  Poor Allan was sweating on Rodger to share his cart and was on the verge of abandoning hope of playing.  Some frenzied scritching and scratching by Krispy rearranged the groupings to accommodate the late registrations.  Speaking of Krispy, his putt on the 2nd apparently hung on the edge of the hole for 9.8 seconds before a worm pushed up a casting and rolled it into the hole.  But for that he would have had to share 5th with four other hopefuls.

And, last but not least, Noodles, the golden headed boy of but just a few weeks ago didn’t have such a good day and was noticed to take umbrage with his equipment on a couple of occasions.  If there had been goal posts, one occasion might have scored him another six points.

Next Saturday will be social only for those not going to Bendigo and the following week will be the November Monthly Medal.  Hit them long and strong in Bendigo and see you all back at Royal Ivanhoe on the 10th.

Results for Saturday, 27 October 2012
1st Andrew Petricola(41) 2nd Brendon Mitchell(39) 2nd Mo Sabih(39) 3rd Mehmet Akdag(36) 3rd Gordon Hill(36) 4th Trevor Jackson(34) 5th Chris Priems(33)