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After an extremely humid week with constant rain, the golfing Gods once again smiled upon the Ivanhoe golf club. Although the fairways didn’t quite have the run as last week, six members managed 36 pts or better.

Well done to our two winners for the round, Targe Mifsud, and David Rees both finishing on 39 pts(welcome to your new handicaps!). A couple of noteworthy performances for the day were. Gordon Hill hitting a sublime tee shot on the par 3 fourth to eighty cm! And, yes. He made the Birdie. Which, is exactly what Harry Boughen did to the 17th on his way to a fantastic 25pt back nine, tieing third place.

Emilio Bassi continues on his merry way this season, gathering points in every round so far. The seinors competition now  making up 9 of the top thirteen  positions for the club championship.                                                                                                                  Results for Saturday, 15 January 2011
1st Targe Mifsud(39) 1st David Rees(39) 2nd Gordon Hill(37) 3rd Harry Boughen(36) 3rd Andrew Petricola(36) 3rd Chris Priems(36) 4th Emilio Bassi(34) 5th Kazim Akdag(33) 5th Rodger Clarke(33) 5th Malcolm Fleming(33)

Now the Ashes are over we can all return to more enjoyable pursuits… Yes, that frustrating game we call golf.

Our first compitetion round of the year was played in magnificent Melbourne sunshine. The ball was carrying, and then rolling even further! As the results reflect, you don’t have to be a big hitter in these conditions. Consistancy, straight hitting, and staying out of trouble will produce competitive scores.

Congratulations to the first medal winner for the 2011 season Ken Grist, coming in with a 5 over back nine 38. As Rodger finished equal with Ken on 64 net, 38 back proved just good enough to secure Ken the medal on countback.

I’d like to remind members that they are resposible for the cards they sign, so please check/double check before handing them in.

Results for Saturday, 08 January 2011
1st Rodger Clarke(64) 1st Ken Grist(64) 2nd Rod Grant(66) 3rd Malcolm Fleming(67) 3rd Targe Mifsud(67) 4th Andrew Petricola(68) 5th Emilio Bassi(69)

Happy Christmas, and new year to all members. I trust everyone had a safe, and thourghly enjoyable time.

Our last golf day for the season again produced beautiful Melbourne conditions leaving no excuses for low scoring. The day was a social round for most members, but for those furtunate to qualify for the champ of champs it proved to be an exciting day.  

David Rees was the one to really capitalize with a fantastic round of 72 producing a net 64! A round that included five birdies! Kazim was the only one to threaten the leader(66), with three more posting scores of 67.

After a brief AGM, members were able to focus attentions towards something we could really get our teeth into. A very tatsy breakup that i’m sure all enjoyed.

Results for Stuart Clarke Chmpion of Champions

1st D. Rees(64) 2nd K. Akdag(66) 3rd D. Lee, A. Petricola, K. Grist(67) 4th T.Jackson(68) 5th J. Siemon(70)

Another fantastic finish to our only financially competitive tournament. Perfect conditions (come on… we all play regarding) provided excellent scoring opportunities. After a scintillating first round of 65 Craig looked to be in great shape for his owner Ben Akdag. Unfourtunatley for both mentioned the second round coincided with a work christmas party! Bill Eastoe well in the hunt with a fine first round net 68, must of thought himself in with a show, would have tried to purchase a share as well Bill. But.. The smart money was always on Emilio Bassi(71, and 64!!),  sublime second round just edging out Bill by one stroke.
There was a lot of money spent on this year’s calcutta, and lets hope this is the way of the future. Amazing to see people’s game/effort change when the dollar is introduced!

Thanks to our previous club captain for posting the eligibilities for this weeks event, good luck to all involved. Reminder that we will be having our AGM prior to the breakup, and as suggested own cuttlery may be preferred.

Would like to thank the work of Allan Davies as club handicapper, as all he has done, and setting up the club database is an incredible achievment. So big thank you Allan. Enjoy the rest(i have your number!).

Results for Vin O’Meara 2010
1st Emilio Bassi(64) 2nd Bill Eastoe(68) 3rd Ken Grist(66) 3rd Craig Sharp(75) 4th Harry Boughen(72) 4th Mike Mann(68) 5th Malcolm Fleming(72) 5th Damien Lee(69)