The 2011 season seems to be disappearing at an alarming rate. Was just recently  we celebrated christmas, and now the August medal has been ran, and won! SO, for all those members planning a late charge up the leaderboard it’s time to hit the range, and produce some top finishes.

Medal days are renown for bringing the best out of the Ivanhoe faithful, and this years August medal was no exception. With two superb rounds of 64 nett, Bill Eastoe(76), and Andrew Petricola(70) had to wait through multiple countbacks before declaring Andrew this years August Medal recipient. Both receive top championship points, and the handicap deduction. Well played gentleman, at least you won a ball Bill…

For our recently married President Andrew Petricola, life continues to get better, and better. Not only was he fortunate a few weekends ago with his beautiful wife to be saying “YES”, he has taken all our money for the second week in a row, secured a third, and first to move up to outright second in the club championship, and last Saturday added a new member to the Petricola family. We here are happy to be the first to bring you Archie Petricola the British Bulldog. Amazing how quickly a pet can take on the characteristics of their owners. When things are this good , why wouldn’t you smile.

Well deserved 8 points goes to Bill Eastoe, who is a little unlucky to run into the Pres on one of those rounds. Even still Bill should be pleased his equalling round of 64 which was 5 strokes better than second! So close Bill. In a welcome return to form, or perhaps now the unusual round Chris Priems(82) joins Gordon Hill(83) for second place both carding 69 nett. Taking third place this week was kaZim Akdag(81), and Brendon Mitchell(85) competing in his first championship round since returning from abroad. Welcome back Brendon, who managed the round like an Ivanhoe Pro… Take some points, and still go out!

Championship tables are just getting closer, and closer as the season approaches an end. Only two points separate the top four in the main comp, and only four points for the first four in the seniors comp. Our two Juniors(yes I know, sorry Stefan) are now our joint leaders, which is sure to be exciting to at least watch/comment on for the next few months.

All our money, as previously stated is off to Caroline Petricola again, while the ball hole marker didn’t make an appearance last week. Rumour is that we may be playing two ball holes this week.

Results for Saturday, 06 August 2011
1st Bill Eastoe(64)
1st Andrew Petricola(64) 2nd Gordon Hill(69) 2nd Chris
Priems(69) 3rd Kazim Akdag(70) 3rd Brendon Mitchell(70) 4th
Stefan Belevski(71) 4th Rodger Clarke(71) 4th Oliver Gross(71)
4th Richard Hall(71) 4th Tony Mifsud(71) 5th Mehmet
Akdag(72) 5th Jan Siemon(72)

      Was a popular week for members, filling seven groups in the hight of winter. Maybe a good practice session for the upcoming Monthly Medal. After a proper Winters Cup, our fifth July round displayed The beloved track in magnificent conditions(except 13, which is always just horrible!). Prefered lies continued, and good scoring was expected.

With a breakthrough 2011 win, our club champion for the last two years finally secured his first win of the season. Damian Lee carded(73) a tantalizing +4, three holes ahead of his nearest rivals. Perhaps this is just the sign of results to come. Hard to keep a champ down. Well played Damian, and good luck defending the title.

Second place this week was shared by three very consistent golfers, who almost always feature in the results whenever they play. Scoring +1 Bill Eastoe, Mike Mann, and Stefan Belevski, all continue their march up the tables towards December.

Three members were able to play to handicap, rewarded with 3 points each. Andrew Petricola, kAzim Akdag, and Jan Siemon. But, the real focus has to now be turning to the Champ Tables. Only twelve points separates the top ten, with the two juniors(sorry Gopher, I know you can drive) leapfrogging Targe Mifsud into second, and third place. The Seniors are hotting up,with many left still in the race for the first running of this competition.

Potentially there maybe a brief club meeting after this week monthly Medal, either way, club shirts should be worn.

Money hole this weekend went towards Caroline Petricola, and the ball was pocketed by _____(please let me know Sat, and I’ll update)

Results for Saturday, 30 July 2011
1st Damien Lee(+4)
2nd Stefan Belevski(+1) 2nd Bill Eastoe(+1) 2nd Mike
Mann(+1) 2nd Tony Mifsud(+1) 3rd Kazim Akdag(0) 3rd Andrew
Petricola(0) 3rd Jan Siemon(0) 4th Mehmet Akdag(-1) 4th
Richard Hall(-1) 4th Targe Mifsud(-1) 5th Malcolm Adey(-2)

With only twelve competitors in the running, on this second round of the Fred Howe Winter’s

Cup, consistency was going to be the key. The course had defiantly seen drier days! With freshly

sanded greens, casual water with almost every stroke, and an only somewhat helpful prefered lie rule.
Scoring was extremely difficult, with only three members carding better than 31 stableford

points! Further. Any second round card of 27+ earns double championship points.
A three-way tie for this years cup had to be separated by count back. Equalling with a

combined score of 65 were Ken Grist(34), Tony Mifsud(34), and David Rees(29). Unfortunately for Tony,

and David who both receive double points, and winning handicap adjustments, the Cup for the 2011 Fred

Howe Cup will depart with ken Grist. Well done to all three, especially ken, who according to the

player attendance report is leading the field for most rounds in the last twelve months with 46!
consistency over two trying rounds can be particularly difficult, but our minor placers managed

two adequate cards to secure valuable double points. Rodger Clarke(29) was a grateful second, while

Trevor Jakson(27) third could probably be left rueing his chances seeing how close he finished!
The double points awarded for this round has brought ahead a new leader in the club

championship, with David Rees now taking the tiniest of leads over Targe Mifsud. While Targe maintains

a similarly small hold on the seniors title. With the season rapidly approaching an end, all placings

are starting to count. As proven, the more you play, the more you score.
Ball hole this week went to Tony Mifsud, while the pidgons over at Ed’s house will be in for a special treat.
Results for Saturday, 23 July 2011
1st Ken Grist(65) 1st Tony Mifsud(65) 1st David Rees(65) 2nd Rodger Clarke(64) 3rd Trevor Jackson(62)

4th Kazim Akdag(60) 5th Gordon Hill(58)

The cloudless winters morning belied what competitors in this years Fred Howe Cup faced from the clubhouse. With a depleted field for the running of this years cup, only the hardened fronted, and a determined group of Ivanhoe members took on the cold, damp, sodden course. These players endured fast, bumpy greens, and many lost balls on the fairways!

The best to manage the conditions was David Rees(36), who was able to shoot par of a very respectable handicap. Equal second heading into the second round both shooting a handy 35pts, Rodger Clarke, and Trevor jackson.

The top three hold a plesent lead, 3pts clear of Richard Hall(32). Should turn into a tight finish, with many golfers in the hunt for the double points.

A couple noteworthy tid-bits passed on:          Kazim Akdag took on 17 with his driver, hitting the green. Putting truly, Kazim achieved his first Eagle! Well done Kazim, sure there are many more to come. While his playing partner Stefan Belevski(16) demonstrated just how a seven handicapper can have off day. We’ve all been there Stef.

The second round of the Fred Howe Cup can be won by many this Saturday, but for our President, he is lost for good. Yes. That time has arisen. Andrew, and his lovely wife to be Caroline are to be married this Saturday. On behalf of everyone, congratulations, enjoy, and stop smiling so much! All the best mate, we know this one didn’t get away!

Groupings for Fred Howe second Rd: first group Tony Mifsud, Targe Mifsud, Ed Kloprogge

second group Bill Eastoe, Gordon Hill, Stefan Belevski, Emilio Bassi

third group Mike Mann, Kazim Akdag, Ken Grist, Richard Hall

fourth group David Rees, Trevor Jackson, Rodger Clarke.