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Beautiful day for golf today and only 34 ladies came to play!! The course is drying out and I hope the forecast rains approaching give us a miss on Friday.
Winner today was Pat Hodda with 36 pts and runnerup was Lida Formella 35 pts. Our trophy donors today were Marilyn Berryman and Ladies Golf. Thankyou for your sponsorship.
NTP on 2 Nd Denise Melling and 7th Pat Hodda
Pro Pin $34 was won by Olga Little
Lucky Number was 64, winners were Penny Martlew Denise F Culpitt and Olga Little – $20 on your Card.
As we are unable to hold Presentations I will try To keep you updated on coming events via the Blogg.
Volkswagen Scramble at Sanctuary Cove on Tuesday 25th August $89 entry Fee.ladies team of 4.
Jarrod Lyle Day will now be held in October/November. I hope we can again support this PGA event.
We have Privandas Day coming up on August 20th,Single Stableford, Two Div.’s great prizes, now open on the Web Site.
We will be unable to hold our annual Tombola Day because of the COVID Rules but the Fourball programmed for that day will go ahead.
Let’s hope the Border closure does not cause our golfers too many hassles.
Stay safe and follow the COVID Rules whilst out and about.
Pauline R 🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️⛳️

Good field of 85 players which is a great effort especially considering the was a number of players that could not make it due to the horrific accident on the M1, weather was exceptional for a winter’s day, why would you want to live anywhere else.

A bit of a change for the day with a 2-man Ambrose, it ended with tight scores with a number of groups bettering par on a net basis.

Congratulations to our winners on the day;

Winners

Steve and Brad Wilkinson, (5^1/2)-61^1/2 67 off the stick

Runners Up

Allan Danks and Alan Hubbard (2^3/4)-62^1/4 65 off the stick

Ball rundown to 68 all inclusive.

NTP 2^nd– Alan Hubbard

NTP 7^th– Wayne Martlew

NTP 12^th– Hayden Gilbank (also won Pro Pin $72)

NTP 16^th Mark Kenny

Raffle- Michael Byrne (1), Jim Benny (1), Perc Dempsey (1), Wayne Stone (1) and Bob Duncan (1)

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS

Please remember the COVID restrictions when you are playing.

Joke for the Day

Wife: You spend far too much time concentrating on golf!

Do you even remember the day we got engaged?

Husband: Sure, I do! It was the same day I shot even par.

Kevin Haddrick- Captain

Hello Vets Iam back sorry I have not been on line but those chinese hackers kept locking me out.With the help of Stephen Hawkins And another insider we managed to beat them and get back in. So Hi Tassie and kiwis hope to see u guys in the short time.Well numbers have been down but under the circumstances that is to be expected.Back to golf today some good scores in Div 1 winner John(i never win) Edwards 39pts on c/b r/u John Kraus Div 2 win Hayden Gilbank 39pts r/u Allan Corke 38pts.Rundown to 36pts all in. N>R>V>G gave us 3 $25 gift vouchers to do as I please so we have lucky door prize this wk John Bell got lucky 2 weeks to go.Those social players dont seem to fill divots so try and fill in more than u take to help preserve our course.Thanks boys I ve raved on long enough good golfing and mental health and keep social distance.Red is good on 2nd bottle after this rant cheers capt Dave.

lovely day for golf. Small field of 39.

winners with 135, M Minogue, DMinogue, K Springfield B Springfield

runners up with 133 RConnolly, D Park, P Edwards F Janes

pin shots 7th Olga Little Peter Edwards 12th Colleen Kelly Keith Cooper

Rundown to 125

Happy Birthday to Betty Hall

Michael Pattison, sorry we will only see you on a fortnightly basis. Enjoy your new home

Congratulations to Brian Brown, Twin Towns new Chairman

See you next week for a 4ball

Monthly Medal Day again and the tees were right back, we were fortunate to have fine sunny weather for the day.

The number of players for the day was down with only 74 playing.

Scores for the day showed improvement over what we have been seeing for the past month, Grant Treloar following on from his match play win last week had the best gross and net score for the day, you are on a roll at the moment Grant!!,we had 8 players breaking or matching their handicaps.

Congratulations to the winners for the day;

A Grade Grant Treloar net 65 (11)

B Grade Mike McKay net 66 (18)

C Grade Ken Stockwell net 66 (33)

Runners Up

A Grade Brendon Williams net 69 (8)

B Grade Macca McGuiness net 67 (19)

C Grade John McLoughlin net 68 (26)

Ball rundown to 71 net all inclusive.

NTP 7^th– – A-Dave Von Itzstein, B- Phil Coles C-Brent McLennan

NTP 12^th– A-Al Hubbard, B Nigel Luxton- C- Tony Brown

Pro Pin- Al Hubbard $69

NTP 16^th – A- Dave Von Itzstein B- Ken Mount C-Paul Quinlin

Lucky Draw – John McLoughlin

Raffle-R Downes (1), K Hall (1), K Bartlett (1), A Hubbard (1), and B McFadden (1)

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS

As mentioned on Wednesday congratulations to Brian Brown on being appointed at Chairman of Twin Towns, and also best of luck to both Ken Mount and Ray Wixey on their operations next week, our best wishes are to you both and we hope both of you have a speedy recovery and are back on the course in the near future.

Remember the Island House is still open, subject to Covid restrictions, so you are still able to purchase food and refreshments before and after your rounds,at the moment we are unable to have presentations but you can still sit down and have a beer with your playing partners, so please support it.

There were also comments made about the local rule of Lift, Clean and Replace in the rough for a Medal round, this was a direction by the Course Superintendent.

Joke of the Week

A man goes to confession and says “Forgive me father for I have sinned. The Priest asks if he would like to confess his sins, and the man replies that he used the F word over the weekend.  The priest says “Oh okay” , just say 3 Hail Marys and try to watch your language.  The man replies that he would like to confess why he said the F word. The Priest sighs and tells him to continue.  Well Father, I played golf on Sunday with my buddies instead of going to church “the man admitted “.  The Priest says, “and you got upset over that and swore”. The man replied, no, that wasn’t why I swore, on the first tee I Duck-Hooked my drive well left and into the trees.  The Priest said “and that’s when you swore”. The man replied a little testily,  “no it wasn’t”  When I walked up the fairway I noticed my ball got a lucky bounce and I had a clear shot to the green, however,  before I could hit the ball a squirrel ran by and grabbed my ball and scurried up a tree. The Priest asked, is that when you said the F Word.  The man replied “No”   because an Eagle then flew by, caught the Squirrel in its sharp talons and flew away.   The Priest let out a breath and queried, is that when you swore.  “No” the man replied because when the eagle flew over the green, the dying Squirrel let go of my golf ball and it landed within 5 inches of the hole.  The Priest then screamed “DON’T TELL ME YOU MISSED THE F—– PUTT”.

Kevin Haddrick- Captain

At last a fine sunny day although the breeze was quite nippy. Thanks ladies for a great array of pink outfits to mark the day. There was every colour of pink you could ask for from pastels to bright pink and even sequins and sparkling hats.

The field of 42 played a team of 4, 3 scores to count and in conjunction the pink ball game. Winners of the team event with a score of 109 were Kaye Mills, Pat Hodda, Helen Evans and Marilyn Berryman. Runners up were Liz Edwards, Mary Minogue, Marilyn Brown and Maren Cooper 107 c/b. Winners of the Pink Ball game were Pauline Benny, Janet Haddrick, Margaret Bee. 33 pts.
Thankyou to all the trophy donors for the day, Rose Connelly, Jenny Malley Myra Biggar (winners ). Judy Mount, Coral Rasmussen and Ladies Golf (runners up). Rundown went to 101.
NTP. 2nd Ruth Williams and Janette Fisk 7th Kaye Mills, Marilyn Brown.
Pro Pin Marilyn Berryman $41.
Lucky number was 43. Winners D M Culpitt, Colleen Kelly, Mary Minogue, Judy Mount. $20 on your card
Today was our lovely member Betty Hall’s 94th 🎂 🎂🎂 Birthday. Congrats Betty, sorry we could not go ahead with our plans to celebrate your birthday but we will catch up in the future.
Remember to repair divots on the course and also on the greens. It’s important to follow the Covid rules whilst playing.
Stay safe everyone, and we’ll see everyone next week.

Pauline R. 🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️⛳️

We had a team event for the day and after all the rain we experienced over the past week the fairway’s, greens and generally the bunkers were in good condition, please remember fill in your divots on the course to ensure they remain in good condition.

We had a field of 82 players, hopefully everyone enjoyed the day.

Congratulations to one of our golfers, Brian Brown on his election as Chairman of Twin Towns, also best wishes to both Ken Mount and Ray Wixey who are both going under the knife next week, have a speedy recovery guys.

Congratulations to our winners on the day;

Winners

Jeff Trichter and Trevor Neil –72 points

Runners Up

Michael Druhala and Graeme Veivers –71 points

Ball rundown to 66 all inclusive.

NTP 2^nd– Div1-Kim Thackeray, Div2-Wayne Stone

NTP 7^th– – Div1-Mark Kenny, Div2-Dave Harrod

NTP 12^th– Div1-Dave Wallis, Div2-Mick Byrne

Pro Pin- Mick Byrne $70 (2 Wednesdays in arow)

NTP 16^th – Div1-Dave Wallis, Div2-Ross Telfer

Raffle- K Haddrick (1), W Martlew (1), A Danks (1) and G Scott (1)

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS

We also had some very good individual scores and they deserve a mention

Ken Walker 39 points (20)

Dave Von Itzstein 39 points (9)

Graeme Hopkins 39 points (15)

Please remember the COVID restrictions when you are playing.

Joke of the Week

Bob was a religious golfer. Every Sunday morning, he headed to the golf course.  It didn’t matter what the weather was like.  It could be raining and cold, Bob didn’t care.  It was off to the course every single morning for years.   One Sunday, Bob finally met his match with the weather.   He got up early and drove out to the course hoping the weather would improve by the time he hit the first tee, but once at the course he knew he was beaten. It was just a few degrees above freezing and the rain was coming down steady and icy cold. For the first time in years Bob headed back home on a Sunday morning.  His wife was still in bed when he got there, so he took off his clothes, snuggled up to his wife’s backside and said “terrible weather out there”.  “Yeah” his wife replied, and can you believe my idiot husband is playing golf.

Kevin Haddrick–Captain

Due to a change in the COVID 19 rules and on notification from Mr Rod Payne, Twin Towns, we are unable to hold a Presentation until further notice.

Our Pink Lady Day will go ahead on the Golf Course with Covid 19 rules in play and you will be advised of the winners of the two games via the Blogg.

I am not sure if the Island House will be available for purchase of food but only 10 people will be allowed in this venue at any one time if open.

Enjoy your game tomorrow and I hope we will soon be able to hold a Presentation.

Pauline R 🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️⛳️

Information received from board chairman Mike Fraser. The AGM is still being held with the current COVIDSafe restrictions in place . We encourage you to make the effort to attend and support your club. Meeting is 7 pm Tuesday 28th July. President Brent.

Once again our field was reduced due to the threat of rain. Luckily for the 26 Ladies who came along to play no rain eventuated although it was pretty chilly for most of the day. The course has dried out beautifully and the greens were fast and tricky.

There were some lovely scores returned today and the winning score of 39 pts was put in by Denise M Culpitt. Well done Denise, good to see you back in the winners circle. Runner up was Kaye Mills 37 pts, again a great round. Some ladies obviously enjoyed the challenging
conditions .
N T P 2nd Pauline Ryan. 7th Dotty Gronn.
Pro Pin was won by Janet Fisk $26.
Rundown went to 31pts
Lucky Number today was 15 and the winners were Penny Martlew, Janet Fisk and Colleen Kelly.
Good luck to Colleen and Glenda who face knee operations in the coming weeks.

I am happy to advise that Kaye Mills gas taken up the position of Treasurer on the Management Committee. The Ladies Rep vacancy has been filled by Rosie Connolly who is well experienced in golfing matters and is involved with the running of our very popular Mixed Sunday Comp. Welcome Rosie.
Please look after the course by filling your own divot and at least one other as you traverse the course.
We are still under COVID Rules so please keep your distance and observe all the necessary rules.
Next Thursday is Pink Lady Day and each team will be given a pink ball. The first person on the score card is to be responsible for making sure the ball is cleaned when handed over.
Have a great week and let’s hope we have a lovely day for our game next week.

Pauline R 🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️🏌️‍♀️⛳️