Monthly Archives: June 2025

But you will! You’ve probably heard about lightning not striking twice. Yes, the weather was somewhat inclement. However, it did not quite result in lightning. But, it did rain to a greater or lesser degree for most of the morning, and the sun only showed its face as we sat around after the round waiting for Brendon to work his way through the rather convoluted result sheet. There were cries of – I have to make it home in time for dinner – as the final list was sorted out and announced. The tales of woe that surfaced were many and varied, with the cold and wet copping a fair amount of the blame for some of the results that were handed in. But, just as there are race horses that revel in the wet conditions, there are some golfers that don’t seem to mind it as well.

Well, at least one who didn’t seem to mind the conditions. Leading the field by a country mile was none other than our favourite Mango Man, Ken, who just missed out on playing to his handicap to collect the Medal, and a fruit box full of points. Old Reliable probably thought he wasn’t being particularly reliable, but he was certainly more reliable than the rest, finishing only seven strokes behind the winner. He wasn’t alone on that score, as AndrewV also joined him in second place in both the main event and the Seniors. Stan presented with at least one quadruple and one triple on his card, but he still managed to steal into third place. As pretty much our oldest member, it was perhaps appropriate that he was joined by pretty much our youngest member in Josh. The Hunts kept themselves in the hunt today, with Matt slipping into 4th place with our ‘petrol stealing’ Prez. CJ didn’t want fifth place mentioned in the blog today for some reason, and he swears he is only going to tell his workmates that he scored a point when they ask on Monday.

The next to last match in the second round was battled out today between Josh and Andrew. There were only two strokes to be given, so, on paper, it looked like it could be a close run thing. The early lead went to Andrew, but he was slowly pegged back so that, after the 8th, the match was all square. This obviously inspired Andrew, and he bolted out to a three hole advantage in short order. Josh gave himself a good talking to, and soon looked like taking charge, except that he never quite got to the lead and Andrew held him to one hole down after the 15th. A win by Andrew on the 16th made the match dormie 2, meaning that Josh had to keep winning to force a chip-off for the result. Unfortunately for Josh, Andrew clinched the match by winning the 17th to finish three and one.

There was plenty of excitement about the par threes today. Probably the most spectacular result was on the 7th, where Brendon took out his trusty 3 iron, and barrelled one straight at the pin to hit the green, take a couple of bounces and run straight into the hole. What do you reckon the odds are of Holes-in-One on consecutive Saturdays. No chance for camera coverage here, and only one ball in the Eagle’s Nest. At least the ball he used was in a little better condition that the one he played last week. He did wonder about not handing it over, as it still had several rounds in it. He did have a couple of other 1’s on his card, but, unfortunately, they were side by side for his score on the 17th following a couple of run-ins with the penalty area on the hole. But, this pales into insignificance compared to Raj, who out stripped that effort easily with five in and a sixth just over to finish with 15 for the hole. The computer just about haemorrhaged.

Back to the par three story. One group reported that, on the 15th, the three of them managed to take 16 strokes all up. Pretty obviously not in contention for the Nearest-the-Pin. Actually, the only one to go off was the 15th, where SteveG managed to get within 6m to snag himself a ball. The BallPin on the 18th, and the ProPin on the 12th both went begging and will Jackpot to next week.

Normally, the number of players gets a mention earlier in the blog. There were 16 members who set out from the first, and who finished the round. However, only 12 members finished up being eligible for the final result. Gordo disqualified himself for thinking that we were playing Stableford, and picking up when he ran out of strokes on the 8th hole. Perhaps that thought was instigated by dint of keeping Stableford points for the ProShop card. For the first time in yonks, the teeing area on the 18th was set up on the elevated tee, and part of that teeing area did not present much of a shot at the green. Despite that, one group failed to notice the white markers, and, so, chose to play from the ‘black’ blocks. As they played from an incorrect tee and did not rectify the situation by replaying with the appropriate penalty before proceeding with/ (completing, since it was the 18th) the round, the penalty was disqualification. Tough, but we play by the rules. Of the eligible cards, we produced four birdies and one eagle/hole-in-one. Nalin didn’t play today, so, perhaps he was saving himself for his birthday tomorrow. The Birthday Birdie says have a good one.

Prez was a bit red-faced today. He and Ken stopped at a servo to get some fuel and a cup of coffee, and they got so involved with making the coffee that they forgot to pay for the fuel. Fortunately for Prez, it is a regular stop and the owner knew how to contact him, rather than the fuzz. But you have to wonder why he would be carrying a spare number plate in his kit! Raj was rather excited about the prospect of playing his 100th game with the Club today, but, maybe, after the 17th, he might prefer to forget it. Gordo was a bit cheesed with how his game was going, and, when he stepped up to the 16th tee, he decided that his luck might change with a new ball. He lined up, closed his stance a bit and really gave the ball a good smacking. All he has to do is keep that up from now on. Ryan smacked one straight down the guts on the first, and SOS asked if he wanted to play their match. Not after the round has started was the reply. Whereupon SOS put one ball into the tank, and lost the other, so he might be glad that Ryan didn’t take him up. This also avoided another tricky question about whether the result would have been valid, given subsequent events. If CJ had not had a couple of ‘I’ll just tap this in’ that rimmed out and looked him in the face, he might have had a chance of not being so embarrassed about getting a point

Results for Saturday, 07 Jun 2025
1st Ken Watson (69) 2nd Craig Cameron (76) 2nd Andrew Vogan (76) 3rd Stan Blackshaw (78) 3rd Josh Hunt (78) 4th Matt Hunt (80) 4th Robert Priems (80) 5th Chris Priems (83)

Seniors Results: 1st Ken Watson (69) 2nd Andrew Vogan (76) 2nd Craig Cameron (76) 3rd Stan Blackshaw (78)

Nearest the Pin Results: ProPin – 12th Jackpot BallPin No 1 – 15th Steven Gervasoni BallPin No 2 – 18th Jackpot

Hole in One Results: Hole in One – 7th *** Brendon Mitchell ***