2007 News
Best Scores for 2007.
| Net Strokes | 59 | Andrew Blight |
| Par | +9 | Bob McDonald |
| Stableford | 42 | Oliver Gross |
| Off the Stick | 70 | Oliver Gross |
Handicapping Note. As
from week the handicapping system will alter slightly to
accomodate the new rule voted on earlier in the year. The change means
second place handicap will now be allowed to go out rather than the
case in previous years which was a zero adjustment. Also note
that the winner of the Vin O'Meara (and other majors) will be
penalised TWO shots rather than one as previously.
Your honorable handicapper.
24th November 2007
Well
thats it folks the last official game for championship points and
Eclectic competition for 2007 has been completed today. Our 2007 club
champion is Oliver Gross, runner up is Stuart Clarke and third place goes to Ken Grist. Well done to you all, a great performance and tight contest right up to the very last week.
The Eclectic winner for the year is Chris Priems with a net 48 strokes (wouldn't that be a good round!!). Note as voted on the final handicap for the Eclectic calculation is the handicap that was played with on 24th November.
Malcolm Adey has today won the December monthly medal (second for this year) and B Grade with an excellent 65 today..keep it up Malcolm!!. Craig Sharp took out the A Grade competition with a 67.
Results for today are
Monthly Medal Winner Malcom Adey (65)
A Grade) C.Sharp(69), C.Priems,S.O'Sullivan(70), D.Lee(71)
B Grade) M.Adey(65), G.Hill(67), Tony Mifsud(69)
The new points system was voted on and the following approach will be adopted from now on.
(A) There will only be one grade - A and B Grades will no longer exist.
(B) First five placings will have points awarded as 8-5-3-2-1
(C) For major tournaments the first 5 placings will be awarded DOUBLE championship points
(D) Major championship winner gets an additional TWO
stroke reduction on top of normal handicap adjustment
Nominations received for the AGM to be advised by Gordon shortly.
The
Calcutta (click HERE to see the Calcutta form guide) was professionally conducted once again by Neil and there
is a very healthy prize pool for the winners and grinners. Payment
of bets should be made to Gordon Hill no later than next Saturday. Thanks to Rodger for organising the bbq.
17th Nov 2007
NEW POINTS SYSTEM - OPTIONS TO BE VOTED ON NEXT SATURDAY 24TH NOV
As
discussed last Saturday the meeting has proposed the following items
are voted on in order to allow the new points system to operate from
the start of the 2008 year competitions commencing with the Vin O'Meara
on 1st December.
Points awarded each week
Option 1. Six placings with the points awarded 9-6-4-3-2-1
Option 2. Five placings with the points awarded 8-5-3-2-1
Points for Major Tournaments
Option
1. Award DOUBLE championship points and winner gets an additional TWO
stroke reduction on top of normal handicap adjustment
Option 2. Award points as 12-9-6-4-2 for first 5 places and winner gets an additional ONE stroke reduction on top of normal handicap adjustment
17th November 2007
It was great to see Jeff Vinton win
the B grade competition, how soon fortunes change after the Echuca
trip. I was watching Jeff's swing today and the word was that he
got some tips from esteemed President. Rodger Clarke
continued his fine form with a win in A grade. The championship is
still a tightly run contest and with one week to go it will be
extremely interesting for both the competitors and spectators.
The
new points system was discussed and Neil will be letting me know the
options that will need to be voted on next week. The options will
cover the proposed point systems and the points arrangement for major
competition rounds. I will post these options on the website and e-mail
them to everybody as soon as I get the details from Neil.
For those newer members a quick word of explanation about the Calcutta
which will be held next week followed by a barbecue sausage sizzle.
The Calcutta is an auction for each player who will participate
in the two-week Vin O'Meara competition starting on December 1st. Bids
are taken for each player and the winning bidder "owns" that player for
the competition. If their player wins the competition they will
win 70% of the total pool, for second place is 20% of the pool and for
third place 10%.
Results for today are
A) R. Clarke(35),O.Gross(34),S.Clarke,C.Priems(33)
B) J.Vinton(32),A.DaviMacau and nowes,E.Bassi,N.Argall,L.Mannix(31),T.Mifsud(29)
10th November 2007
Congratulations to Stuart Clarke our November Monthly Medal and A Grade winner. Emilio Bassi debuted
with a clear win in B Grade....well done gents!! The club championship
is now extremely close with only 3 points separating Stuart, Oliver and
Ken...it will go right down to the wire!
Results for today are
Monthly Medal Winner. Stuart Clarke (65)
A) S.Clarke(65),O.Gross,K.Grist(67),A.Blight(72)
B) E.Bassi(67),D.Ford,M.Adey(69),Tony Mifsud(70)
New Points System
The last committee meeting
determined that we would be changing the points system and removing A
and B grades. Having had a discussion with a few of the members,
here is my understanding of what we will do commencing from the
Christmas competition. The suggested points for the placings would be -
3rd November 2007
Another successful weekend away. Haven't got full results yet but will publish once I get them. The winner by a country mile was David Howard who had 68 points after a blistering 43 on the first day. Damien Lee did a great job as club captain and came runner up with Tony Mifsud in 3rd place. Rain threatened but we were blessed (as usual) with fair weather for both rounds.
27th October 2007
Well another warm day today which goes to show that we can expect a long hot summer. Oliver Gross
powers on to lead the club championship with a win in A Grade
today with 35 stableford points, 4 clear of the rest of the grade. B
Grade outperformed A Grade today with Malcolm Adey and Ken Grist shooting 38 stableford as joint B Grade Winners.
Its our weekend away next weekend and only 2 groups are booked in at Ivanhoe so there
will be no need for a tee master. We are staying at the Paddle Wheel Motel 385 High St Echuca 5482 3822 so I'll see you all there.
Results for today are
A Grade) O.Gross(35), C.Sharp, S.Clarke, A.Blight(31), S.O'Sullivan(29)
B Grade) M.Adey, K.Grist(38), Tony Mifsud(37), A.Davies(32)
20th October 2007
A Grade split was 14 today (ie. A Grade is 14 or less). Damien Lee had the high score for the day (+3) and also won A Grade to once again demonstrate that the championship is still wide open. Tony Mifsud
won B grade with a creditable par round (square). Well done gents!. The
first really warm day 30deg which is the start of a long dry
summer coming up. You may have noticed that the grass around the greens
is quite lush. This will continue to be the case as I heard that the
course rating is being increase. Don't forget the weekend away is only
2 weeks away!
Results for today are
A Grade) D.Lee(+3).G.Hill(+2),R.Clarke,S.Clarke(+1)
B Grade) Tony Mifsud(square),N.Argall,M.Adey(-1),D.Ford,A.Davies,D.Howard(-2)
.
13th October 2007
Well
I think we'll have to change the handicapping system because
there were a record number of players tying up positions in both grades
today. In fact there were so many ties I almost couldn't fit the names
on the handicap sheet!!
The only clear winner today was Rodger Clarke who won B grade 2 points clear and A grade winners were A) S.O'Sullivan, Ed Kloprogge, Oliver Gross, and Craig Sharp(35). Not long now until our trip away!!
Results for today are
A Grade) S.O'Sull,E.Klop,O.Gross,C.Sharp(35)C.Priems,D.Lee(34),K.Grist(32)
B Grade) R.Clarke(36),G.Hill(34),D.Ford,D.Howard,Tony Mifsud,N.Argall(32)
6th October 2007
Congratulations to our president Neil Argall on his retirement and just to celebrate Cheryl and Neil knocked off a 25 year old bottle of Grange Hermitage!!
Only 13 players today and 5 groups are booked for next week. The split was 14 and lower in A Grade. Andrew Blight was our monthly medal winner with a net 68...well done Andrew. The Mifsud brothers
jointly won B Grade - I can still hear them moaning and groaning how
unlucky one was versus the other .. don't you love sibling rivalry :-)
Results for today are
Monthly Medal Winner: A. Blight
A Grade) A.Blight(68),G.Hill,E.Kloprogge(69),O.Gross,D.Lee(70)
B Grade) Targe and Tony Mifsud(71), B.McDonald(74), A.Davies(79) yes that says 79!
NTP: Eddie Kloprogge
Eclectic now updated to 6th October
29th
September 2007
Well Championship is now GAME ON!! Stuart Clarke and Stephen Butterfield both won A Grade and now the championship points table is very tight indeed (click Championship Table on left for more details). Keith Delzoppo won B Grade with the high score of the day (39) and also took the Eagles Nest (5 balls). Unfortunately I wasn't there so don't have any more news.
Results for today are
A Grade split was 0-13 A Grade 14+ B Grade.
A Grade) S.Clarke,S.Butterfield(38),K.Grist,E.Kloprogge(37),O.Gross(36)
B Grade) K.Delzoppo(39),G.Hill(36),D.Ford(35)
Following players handicaps have expired. Trent Morrison, David Petkovski, Darren Curnow, Andrew Tome., Terry Mlanis
22nd September 2007
Good to see El Presidente back playing golf after his turn. Be even better when we all get him to give up the smokes!!
As I was tee master today I put some of the A graders together and they produced excellent golf with Stuart Clarke and Oliver Gross both going head to head to jointly win the A Grade competition and another group member Stephen O'Sullivan coming in second. The Latin Lover, Keith Delzoppo has obvioulsy benefitted from his spell and is now swinging like Tiger (Tim) to win B Grade also
with 36 points today - for your additional prize Keith you can run the
tee next week :-). Conditions were excellent today as we enter the
spring weather but a bit chilly for the first 6 or so holes.
Results for today are:
A Grade) S.Clarke,O.Gross(36) S.O'Sullivan(35) K.Grist(34)
B Grade) K.Delzoppo(36) D.Ford,R.Clarke(33) L.Mannix(31)
15th
September 2007
Only one player today got into + figures for their PAR round and that was Ken Grist with +1 who took out the B grade today. Oliver Gross and Craig Sharp
both tied square in A Grade with square. Conditions were excellent
today and the greens are really looking good now...Well done Howard and
crew. Ed Kloprogge got the jackpot on the NTP hole today and was rewarded with $32.
Results for today are
A Grade) O.Gross,C.Sharp(0),S.Butterfield(-1),Targe Mifsud,R.Clarke(-3)
B Grade) K.Grist(+2),D.Ford(-1),T.Jackson(-3)
8th September 2007
Note. Tee time is 7.30am next week .. my wife will be so pleased :-)
Matchplay Final
Every year we seem to have an exciting Matchplay Final and this year was no exception. Stephen Butterfield
was leading a fair part of the match with three strokes up on Chris
Priems. Chris fought back to even up the match after 18 holes and
the President, Neil Argall, nominated the holes on the practice green
for a deciding chip off. After three chip offs Stephen popped in
a 15 foot putt to become our 2007 Matchplay champion. Congratulations
to Stephen for hanging on and keeping his cool on the chip off.
Well done to Chris for fighting back to force a play-off.
Committee Decision
Last
week I mentioned the committee decisions I could remember and there is
one further one that was proposed relating to increasingly membership
fee to $20 so that the Christmas competition and function would be
covered by each member regardless of how many times they attended
during the year.
Your Statistics
I have finally caught up all the history database for your scores. If you click on 'Your Statstics' on the left side of the screen you can view your score history.
Stableford Competition
Meanwhile the rest of us were playing our Stableford competition for the day. Tony Balcombe won A grade with an excellent 39 and Allan Davies recovered from his holiday and managed to win B grade with 35 points.
Results for today are :
Matchplay Winner. S.Butterfield d C.Priems on 4th chip-off
A Grade) T.Balcombe(39),S.Clarke(38),Targe Mifsud(37)
B Grade) A.Davies(35),D.Ford(34),M.Adey(32)
1st
September 2007
Congratulations to Malcolm Adey
our monthly medal and B Grade winner for September 2007.
This is a great effort and its good to see our newer members winning
trophies..Stephen Butterfield, Craig Sharp and Oliver Gross tied
for 1st place in A Grade which is always a tight competition each
week. As yet I haven't cleared up what the Eagles Nest actually
is so if one of you know where its at please email me and I will
update the sheet.
Several decisions were made at the committee meeting, the ones
I remember are
- Second place handicapping change for next calendar year (in future
will be adjusted as normal)
-
Single
grade for next year with first 6 places getting points
- Annual trip to be on weekend other than Melbourne Cup Weekend
Results for today are
Monthly Medal Winner. Malcolm Adey.
A) S.Butterfield,C.Sharp,O.Gross(69) G.Hill,S.Clarke(73),R.Clarke(76)
B) M.Adey(68),D.Howard(69),L.Mannix,D.Ford(76)
25th
August 2007
Congratulations
to Chris Priems, A grade winner and Tony Balcombe,
B grade winner, who both won their grade with 36 points. The club championship
is now poised at an interesting battle between Damien and Chris with
Ken and Rodger chasing up the rear (metaphorically speaking). During
the week I updated most of the handicapping information and I intend
to update the web pages with Gordons news items and update the player
statistics during the week. That way the complete history will be preserved
(immortalised?) in the web pages. It was great to see Brendan O'Sullivan
and Peter O'Keefe pop in for a game today. Guests are always welcome
especially if they buy a round of drinks after the game :-).
Results for today are
A) C.Priems(36), S.Clarke(35), Targe Mifsud(34)
B) T.Balcombe(36), D.Ford(35),D.Howard,M.Adey(29)
NTP is a jackpot carry over.
TEE MARSHALL FOR NEXT SATURDAY IS STEPHEN BUTTERFIELD
COMMITTEE MEETING NEXT WEEK
Motion proposed by Targe is that the Eclectic final round is calculated
using the final handicaps calculated AFTER the final round. David Howard
is checking the previous committee decision on this to present to the
meeting on Saturday (Don't forget to bring the minutes David)
18th August 2007
Well the handicapper is
back and a big thanks to Targe Mifsud for handling the handicaps while
I was away and Gordon Hill for keeping the news flowing, they did a
great job ...CHEERS TARGE AND GORDON!! Gordon has updated his comments
this week so I'll resume those next week
It
was a big welcome back to our man Gulliver. Allan returned from his travels
around
Unfortunately
we got some not-so-good news before hitting off today. Our illustrious
President Neil had a small scare by heading off to hospital after a small
‘stroke’. Get well soon and see you back hitting that 3 wood better than ever.
And
wasn’t it good to see the rev up from last week’s news about lifting our
collective game came off. Four (4) players scored better than handicap today.
Stuart and SOS continue their consistent form with a win in A Grade and Rodger
and Ken wining B Grade. All players had 37 points. The rest dropped off a
little but these scores look promising for some very competitive golf in the
coming Spring.
The
handicap split today was 0-13: A Grade (9)
14+: B Grade (8).
REMINDER
TO ALL: Check before hitting off which competition we are playing. It can get
confusing some times with half the club playing in the Golf Access competition,
but we all must be clear on the game that our club is playing on the day.
A
GRADE: 1ST S.CLARKE & S.O’SULLIVAN–37 2ND D.LEE–32 3RD C.SHARP-30
B
GRADE: 1ST R.CLARKE & K.GRIST-37
2ND TO. MIFSUD-35 3RD
T.BALCOMBE-33
NTP:
TONY BALCOMBE
Big Gap while handicapper gallivanting around the globe. Gordon did a weekly report and some of these are shown below
11 August 2007
Most
of us weren't sure whether to bring our animals two-by-two in case
there was an ark being built. However, right on tee off the rain
stopped, the clouds gradually moved off and we played in some quite
warm weather after that. We saw quite a few magpies that seemed a
little shell-shocked as we walked but we stirred Chris and Targe and
Andrew anyway!! Richo, Richo man, I want to be a Richo man!!!!
The
second semi-final of the match-play was fought out today with Chris
Priems beating Targe Mifsud 3 & 2. Well done Chris. This sets up a
super final between Chris and Noodles (who apparently has been laying
down for quite some time now!). It'll be a battle of the heavyweights,
a Frasier vs Ali, a real ding dong go. It happens on 8 September. Be
there!
The handicap split this week was A: 0-13 (8 players) B: 14+ (9 players)
Derek
was head and shoulders above the crowd today with a very nice round of
38, 4 points ahead of anyone else. The average scores by the rest of us
were probably indicative of the wet weather and our struggle to put
decent scores together. It's about time we started getting more
competitive - socks up.
A Grade winner D.McDonald 38, 2nd C.Priems, C.Sharp 33, 3rd G.Hill 30.
B Grade winners M. Whelan, N.Argall 34, 2nd B.McDonald,
T.Balcombe 31
3rd
K.Grist, A.Blight 27 (oh dear)
Nearest the pin Eddie Kloprogge (4.68cm on the 4th)
THIS WEEK: STABLEFORD
TEE MARSHAL: Neil Argall
4 August 2007 AUGUST MONTHLY MEDAL
Congratulations
to Tony Mifsud for winning this month's medal. He won the day on a
countback from a bucketload of players. Four (4) scores of 69 were put
in with Tony winning the post mortem calculations. The talk after was
all about 'if only'. It was a matter of 'if only I'd got that putt on
the …' and 'if only I was a bit luckier on the …' A good competitive
day of golf nonetheless. Well played.
Day three of the
'floating' handicap and we had 23 players to split. The most even
division of the handicaps today saw A grade up to 14 and B grade 15+.
It will be interesting to keep tracking the split week by week.
(N.B. this curiosity - K.Grist comes second in B Grade one week and third in A Grade the very next week)
Our
illustrious President Neil won the NTP with a 3-wood on the 18th to
about 1 metre to a tricky pin placement. His early morning whinge about
the hole selected for the NTP disappeared into thin air as he walked up
the 18th. Oh and he got his birdie!
Congratulations to Mal Whelan - his first ever birdie came on the 11th. Chipped in for 3.
Results:
A Grade: 1st - C.Priems 69 2nd - S.Clarke, D.Lee & O.Gross 70 3rd - K.Grist 71
B Grade: 1st - Tony Mifsud, A.Blight, D.Howard 69 2nd - M.Adey, B.McDonald 71 3rd - N.Argall 73
NTP: Neil Argall
Tee Marshal: Mal Adey
28 July 2007
We
had a beautiful day eventually after a little drizzle and how nice to
see a few more players back on the track. Nice to see Russell Crowe -
oops sorry - Sir David Ford after a stint at filming as well as Andrew
B and Laurie. The improving weather may be bringing the troops back.
Day
two of the 'floating' handicap and we had 20 players to split. The most
even division of the handicaps today was at 14. There were 9 players at
13 handicap and below with 11 players above. The A Graders shot some
very fine scores again with Chris and Oliver scoring 38's, Stuart on 37
and Damien on 36. The race for the Championship is hot, hot, hot!! B
Grade was won by Mal Adey with a serviceable 34. The rest kicked and
cursed all the way around.
EAGLES NEST WAS WON TODAY - Stuart Clarke on the 17th.
Matchplay
semi-final: one match played today resulted in a 3 & 2 win to
Steven Butterfield over Tony Mifsud. Well done Noodles.
Noodles
nearly snared the NTP with lovely shot on the 4th today but it landed a
little too much over the maximum 5 metres. A suggestion was made in
the grumbling crowd today that we should consider charging anyone who
has not contributed to jackpot pools $1 for each week the prize has
jackpotted. One to consider for the next meeting.
Results:
A Grade: 1st - C.Priems & O.Gross 38 2nd - S.Clarke 37 3rd - D.Lee 36
B Grade: 1st - M.Adey 34 2nd - Tony Mifsud, R. Clarke, K.Grist 30 3rd - A.Blight 29
NTP: JACKPOT
21 July 2007
Ahhhh - winter in Melbourne. A crisp 2 deg C - foggy and very damp
under foot. The course is looking as green as it ever has but it was
very wet, muddy and soft. The real meaning of being plugged was
revealed today - 12- 14 cm straight into the turf was not uncommon.
It'll be nice to get out the guitars and play unplugged for a change!!
(sorry couldn't resist that joke).
Well today was day one of the 'floating' handicap. The daily handicap
split will now be done based on the most even division of the handicaps
on the day i.e. the closest 50/50 split of the handicaps that can be
made. Today there were 16 players: 7 players at 13 handicap and above
with 9 players under that. Under the old split, we would have had 10
and 6. We'll see how it goes.
That Gordon has done it again. Not only has he streeted the field with
a magnificent +1 (it is useful to have the power of the 'pen'), his
handicap was such that it placed him in B Grade today and with the new
handicap split rules, afforded the big boys a lucky win in A grade!
Four points each in the club championship for Chris and Damo was a real
bonus. Them's the rules.
Noodles is starting to get back into gear and snared the NTP with lovely shot on the 18th.
Results:
A Grade: 1st - C.Priems & D.Lee SQ 2nd - O.Gross & SO'S -1 3rd - S.Butterfield -2
B Grade: 1st - G.Hill +1 2nd
- N.Argall -2 3rd - Tony
Mifsud -3
NTP: S.Butterfield
14 July 2007
Happy
Bastille Day mon amis. The final round of the Fred Howe Winter Cup was
played today and what a great sight to see the one and only Fred Howe
there to announce the winner. Fred is looking pretty good these days
and could easily burgle a game or two from us young ones when he comes
back to play.
Stuart Clarke continued his great form with an
impressive 39 points to win the Winter Cup on a total of 76 points. A
distant second was yours truly (probably still feeling the effects of a
few beers with Petricola and Quinlan in the old Blighty) on 71 points
and Oliver Gross on 70 points. The rest - daylight.
Thanks to
Eddie for grabbing the tongs and cooking up the bar bq. Well done also
for the official complaint to Howard re the very slow play of the group
in front of our first group. We cop it some times and it's fair to
point out others at fault.
Thanks to Rodger for arranging the barbie food. (More bread next time though).
Results:
1st - Stuart Clarke 76 pts 2nd - Gordon Hill 71 pts 3rd - Oliver Gross 70 pts
NTP: Bob McDonald - $36 with a "didya see that" 3.5cm shot on the 12th.
NTP: Ball - Gordon Hill
PLEASE
NOTE: The current handicap sheet shows correct handicaps coming into
this week and is accurate except for the adjustment column. It only
shows the adjustments to handicaps following round 2 of the Winter Cup.
Week one adjustments have been calculated but cannot be shown
12 May 2007
The day's play
was full of fog and mist to start proceedings - and I don't mean those
who got home late from Friday night activities! The heavy fog descended
over the course and cleared after a couple of hours play. It was again
a beautiful day from then on and some reasonable scores posted. Targe
continues his consistent play with a fine 39 points, Chris sneaks in
under the guard with a solid 36 points and the two Daves racked up
competition points in B Grade. Well done to all.
The last of the
first round Matchplay games were played today. Dave Ford won 1 up over
Ken Grist and Dave Howard won 2 up over Andrew Tome. The third match
was a walkover for the emergency, Bob McDonald, who turned up and had
no one to play.
Results:
A Grade: 1st - Targe Mifsud (39) 2nd - Chris Priems (36) 3rd - Steve O'Sullivan, Ken Grist (35)
B Grade: 1st - Dave Howard (36) 2nd - Dave Ford (35) 3rd - Tony Mifsud (34)
MATCH PLAY - the final 8 players are to complete their payoffs on or by the 23rd June 2007. Here's the draw:
D.HOWARD vs B. McDONALD Targe MIFSUD vs F. KITSON
17th
March 2007
The big scoring last
week seemed to have subsided following the handicapping adjustments.
Both grades were won with stableford 38 this week (Derek McDonald
- A Grade and Allan Davies - B Grade).
Apologies to Malcolm Adey who was give second place in B Grade but unfortunately
has not got all 3 cards in so is still a qualifying player (with two
cards now submitted)
Four
matchplay matches were completed today and 1 last week leaving
3 matches to be played by 12th May.
Results today were
Matchplay
C
Priems d D Lee 1 up
D McDonald d S. Clarke 7&5
F Kitson d D. Petrovski 1 up
Targe Mifsud d C Sharp (in play off)
Stableford
A Grade) D.McDonald(38),C.Sharp(36),C.Priems,E.Kloprogge(35)
B Grade) A.Davies(38),Tony Mifsud,D.Howard(37),F.Kitson,D.Petrovski(35)
10th
March 2007
An
extraordinary day for scoring with the high score for the day +9 from
Bob McDonald, his fellow B Graders must have wondered what they needed
to do as 2nd place was +7 ! and 3rd place +6. A Grade winner today
was Gordon Hill with +3 and Bob McDonald with +9! Well
done Bobby!
1st round of the Matchplay commences next week (one match
already completed Tony Mifsud beat Rodger Clarke 1
up) so matches for next week are
D
Lee v C
Priems
S Clarke v D
McDonald
F Kitson v D
Petrovski
I
am in the process of handing over the handicapping to Targe so this
is the first week we are both doing it and seeing if we get the same
answers. I'm away for 4 1/2 months and during that time Targe will
be doing the handicapping and updating the handicap sheet on the website.
Some of the information such as 'Your Statistics' won't be kept up
to date, however the statistics won't be lost and will be updated when
I return in August. The matchplay results and eclectic will be kept
by Targe and won't be on the website while I'm away
I thought I'd play a little joke on Gordon so I have put a Flash video
of his special address routine here .
Note it will take a minute or so to load the
first picture and about another minute for the video to start .. but
its worth it :-) You may need to load Flash if you haven;t already got
it (its quite safe to do so).
Results for today are
A
Grade) G.Hill(+3),D.Lee(+2),D.McDonald,S.Clarke(+1)
B Grade) B.McDonald(+9),D.Petkovski(+7),K.Delzoppo,T.Balcombe(+6) .
3rd
March 2007
A
good turnout for the medal with our new A grade split now 14 handicap
or less. Back tees were appalling today so after seeing Howard he has
advised that the back tees won't be in play for a few months to get them
back to a playable standard.
Monthly Medal and A Grade winner by 2 net strokes today was Andrew
Tome with
a net 63 (included his first par back nine ever)
.. well done Andrew. B
Grade was won by the evergreen Fred Kitson with a net
(69)....good effort Freddy.
Note. Tee time is now 8am.
Results for today are
Monthly Medal Winner Andrew Tome 63
A) A.Tome(63),D.McDonald(65),S.Clarke(68)
B) F.Kitson(69),Targe Mifsud,D.Petrovski(70),R.Clarke(71)
MATCHPLAY
2007 COMMENCED!! (click on MATCHPLAY 2007
on the
left side of the screen for full details )
Note. that the emergencies
have to be identified and I will update once Andrew or Targe
get back to me with the details.
24th
February 2007
Well I almost wimped out
today as the rain was pelting down as we arrived and it look set in
for the day. After several club members
reminded me I should show solidarity and strength I reluctantly got
ready. Well.. would you believe it ... we walked on the first tee,
the rain stopped and we had a rain-free
round! ! How wrong was I ! A Grade saw joint winners today Stuart
Clarke, Damien Lee and Ed Kloprogge, B grade
meanwhile was won by Ken Grist.
Results for today
are
A Grade) S.Clarke,D.Lee,E.Kloprogge(38),S.Butterfield, D.McDonald(36),C.Sharp,A.Davies(33)
B Grade) K.Grist(37),D.Ford(34),Tony Mifsud(29)
Note that from next
week the A/B Grade split will be 14, so 14 and below will be A Grade
and the rest B Grade.
17th February 2007
38 degress today and very dry conditions. I took a divot in
the fairway on the 2nd hole and it looked like a dry biscuit!!
A Grade was again much larger than B Grade so a vote was taken with a
committee quorum to reduce the cutoff point from 15 handicap down to
14 handicap beginning March Monthly Medal (week after next). Targe and
I checked the new cutoff point and estimated from the regulars it would
give us 11 in A and 10 in B which is a realistic split. The Par competition
today certainly had a good number of players playing close to their handicaps
and hence a lot of drawn places. The outstanding round was from Gordon
Hill who shot +6 with the nearest A grader at square and David
Howard showing some of his old form and winning B Grade with
+3.
Results for today are
A Grade) G.Hill(+6),R.Clarke,D.Lee,S.O'Sullivan,TargeMifsud(square),A.Davies,O.Gross,C.Priems(-1)
B Grade) D.Howard(+3),N.Argall(+2),J.Vinton(-2)
10th
February 2007
5 groups today in much
cooler conditions. Hand watering of greens and tees has been going
well and green surrounds were fluffy and lush although the fairways
are now getting lots of poor lies. A
Grade had the majority of players today so we will be looking at the
cuttoff for the second quarter (committee decided on quarterly cut-off
reviews) in the next meeting. Stephen Butterfield continued
his fine form and won A Grade easily by 2 points with a 38 and also
wants to let all members know He did not break
the tape measure! . Targe
Mifsud and Eddie
Kloprogge tied for B Grade first place, again with 38's.
Results for today are
A Grade)
S.Butterfield(38),A.Davies,Tony Mifsud,R.Clarke,C.Priems(36),K.Grist(34)
B Grade)
Targe Mifsud,E.Kloprogge(38),B.McDonald(34),N.Argall(33)
3rd February 2007
A pleasant 29 degrees today with course still playing long
because of the dryness. This suited our monthly medal winner Stephen
Butterfield who shot a net 68 to win the medal by 1 shot from
Derek McDonald and Allan Davies. Overall scores were fairly high today
even though the ball is going a lot further.
The new teee roster is working well....next
week should be Stuart Clarke but someone said he was injured in which
case it will be Allan Davies.
A/B grade
cutoff point still seems ok as we have been swinging from one to the
other in numbers.
Note. the new tape measure will have a 5 metre radius for the NTP;s (until
that tape gets stuffed)
Results for today are
Monthly Medal Winner S.Butterfield(68)
A Grade) S.Butterfield(68),D.McDonald(69),S.O'Sullivan,O.Gross,C.Priems(70)
B Grade) A.Davies(69),D.Howard(70),E.Kloprogge(71)
27th
January 2007
Australia Day with 5
groups today as other slackers (including me) had other commitments.
I actually had a very pleasant weekend in Bendigo and visited the
golf courses which although dry were all playable. The grades were
a lot better balanced today with Trevor Jackson winning
B Grade with 36 points and Chris Priems winning
A grade also with 36 points. Can't comment any further this week
except Kenny Grist has now hit the top of the championship
table!!.
Results for today are
A Grade)
C.Priems(36),K.Grist(35),E.Kloprogge,G.Hill,Targe Mifsud(33)
B Grade) T.Jackson(36),B.McDonald(34),F.Kitson(33)
20th January 2007
A hot steamy day today with only 4 groups. A Grade had most
of the players and B Grade only sported 3 players today. We will be reviewing
the cutover for A and B grade this week and informing our esteemed President
of the recomended cutover point for next month.. The best round of the
day was 70 off the stick and 42 stableford from Oliver
Gross and
B Grade winner was Rodger Clarke.
I won't be around for
the Australia Day holiday so everybody enjoy the long weekend next week.
(Targe can you grab the cards next week please)
Results for today are
A Grade) O.Gross(42),K.Grist,E.Kloprogge(36),G.Hill(35)
B Grade) R.Clarke(39),N.Argall(34),A.Davies(32)
13th
January 2007
Well we're
already at our fourth game of the new event calandar (includes
the Xmas competition). Today I hit two of the longest drives I
have ever had at Ivanhoe and I knew it couldn't be me....its the
dry fairways!! A Grade put in some solid rounds today with four
players beating their handicaps and Andrew Tome just
tipping out the challengers with 39 points. Ken Grist was
the only player in B Grade to beat his handicap with a great 41
points.
Results for today are
A Grade) A.Tome(39),C.Sharp,C.Priems(38),S.O'Sullivan(37)
B Grade) K.Grist(41),N.Argall,A.Davies(36),R.Clarke(35)
Please note that all 2006 news can be found by clicking Old
News on the left side.
Eclectic for 2007 is now posted.
6th January 2007
Back to full strength to kick off the New Year. Well done
to Fred Kitson, our Monthly Medal winner who shot
a net 63 to esily win the medal by 6 shots clear of the field. Oliver
Gross was also in fine form and won A Grade. A special mention
to Ed Kloprogge (pronounced Eddy) who got his first
official placing running second in A Grade.
Please note our 2007 Committee members can be seen by clicking HERE
Results for today are
January Monthly Medal Winner. Fred Kitson(63)
A Grade) O.Gross(69),E.Kloprogge,S O'Sullivan(72),C.Priems,Targe Mifsud(73)
B Grade) F.Kitson(63),A.Davies,D.Howard(69),B.McDonald(70)