According to the newspapers, today was the first day of autumn. Some would argue that there are another three weeks of summer to go. Regardless, it was a lovely day out there though a few were commenting on how much darker it is in the morning. A small relief next week as our times have started moving out as we head towards the cooler weather.
The change in seasons did not faze David (aka Morwell) as he was really on fire today and despite a slightly shaky start managed to come in with a nett 59. All to no avail as far as the medal was concerned but he does rack up the eight points for finishing in front and he improved his eclectic score on no less than nine holes. Chrispy was heard to say before tee time that he felt that he would line up for back-to-back Medals, which he duly did with his nett 63. A very fine effort but it does suggest that the handicapping system is not severe enough. Maybe we need an extra penalty for back-to-backs. Just joking.
Mehmet thought he was in with a bit of a chance with his nett 64 but it was another turn as bridesmaid again. MalA also put together one of his better rounds for a while and but for a couple of aberrations he would have been well in contention for the top spot but finished two strokes behind Chrispy. Laurie played a round of two halves and if he hadn’t taken nine holes to get his act together to finish the back nine in 14 strokes less than he took on the front, two halves like that would have been unbeatable.
The birdies seemed to flow fairly freely today with a total of 15. Chrispy managed to make the ball bounce at right angles on the ProPin hole (12th) after almost missing the green to take out the money. MalA got his name on the flag to collect the trophy for the ball hole on the 15th.
There was one official Matchplay match today between Keith and Trevor. Things were pretty even but Trevor’s gammy leg got the better of him and he conceded when he retired after nine holes. There was also a Clayton’s second round match between Gordo and Mehm and Gordo was rather pleased that it was make-believe and not for real as Mehm was the notional winner 4 and 3.
Targe was striding confidently forward to recover his ball from the hole when it spun round the lip for a 360 and finished teetering on the lip. Probably best to wait for the tinkle of the ball in the bottom of the cup, eh, Targe. One small step for a slug, one giant step for slugkind. Apparently the worlds first slugstronaut hitched a ride on Stefan’s ball and was last seen heading moonwards a la Minuscule for those that watch ABC TV.
There was a very close call on the 18th tee when a shot from the 17th whistled past one players ear and close to another before striking a parked buggy. Except for that, there is a fair chance that the ball would have been OOB. Yes, the bell had been rung but that does not necessarily mean that the players are out of danger.
One of the groups seemed to be having trouble with their counting as all four of them were heard to be shouting ‘four’ over and over. Brendon, must have had something against the cyclists and walkers on the path by the 3rd as he had a couple of goes at knocking them over with wayward balls.
There was a Committee gathering after the presentations to consider the official end of year accounts and some minor changes to the Club Rules of Association. In order to ratify the accounts and the Rules changes, there will have to be a Club meeting on 15th March. This will have the status of an Annual General Meeting and in future years the AGM will be held in March rather than in December at the break-up and presentation day.
The Club also has some donated trophies from the course management. It has been decided that these will be used for special competitions. The first two are rounds of golf for 4 people (two must be non-Ivanhoe members) including carts and beers (value approx $150). These will be contested on the next two monthly medal days (April and May). The entry fee will be $5 and the results will be determined on Stableford points. The other trophy is a golf bag valued at about $400. This will be competed over the month of June which has five rounds in the month. The entry fee will be $15 and the result will be determined by the best three rounds submitted during the month. The more rounds you play, the more chance you have of getting three good ones. The scores will be converted to Stableford for the purposes of the competition.
The Club really would like to get in some new members and we can’t rely on somebody else to do our promotions for us so cast your minds around suitable friends and acquaintances to bring along and join our merry band of burglars.
Results for Saturday, 01 March 2014
1st David Howard(59) 2nd Chris Priems(63) MM 3rd Mehmet Akdag(64) 4th Malcolm Adey(65) 5th Laurie Mannix(67)