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1-12-2024: BRIGHTON LAKES GC-GUZZLERS CUP FINAL

2024 GUZZLERS CUP
JAY KRISHNA [19] 45 POINTS

The guzzlers cup final is a very sought-after trophy by our members. Throughout the year, the 3rd place getter is awarded the guzzlers cup for that week and they also qualify for the final which comes with a $50 Dan Murphy voucher at presentation day if they happen to win it.
The venue today was Brighton Lakes GC which has been in great shape of late but, the rain during the last few days could have an impact on the state of play today. Carts were allowed using the 90-degree rule but bunkers were out of play. The blue tees were in play and it was preferred lies on fairways only.
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With so many members of RWCMGC also being members of this course, it was expected that the winners might come from these select few.
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The outright winner and 2024 Guzzlers Cup champion is Jay Krishna who played of 19 hcp to shoot an incredible score of 45 points. Well done Jay.
A grade was won by Joy Mesuria [12] with a solid score of 38 points on a countback from Seb Ares.
B Grade was won by Cliff Bourquin [17] with a score of 38 points
C grade winner was Wayne Jol [22] with the score of 35 points
The Guzzler was Seb Ares [15] with a good score of 38 points
The A grade Bradman is making a habit of getting this prize of late and that is Manny Petris with 26 points.
B Bradman was Dean Heffernan with 24 points
C Bradman was Brian Craven with 26 points.
The next game will be at the terrific Cumberland course next week so keep an Eye out for the booking sheet which will be published soon.
The Prez.
December 2nd, 2024 | Category: Results | Comments are closed

24-NOV-2024: THE RIDGE GC-SINGLE STABLEFORD

OUTRIGHT WINNER: CLIFF BOURQUIN [18] 39PTS C/B

Another early start for the 23 keen golfers who started arriving at 6am today at The Ridge GC.

Today’s event was on the schedule as a 2BBB but was changed to individual due to having 3 visitors which would have complicated the draw.

The members were very keen to finish the round before the heat of the day and, to enjoy the after-game BBQ and open bar tab.

The round started from the 10th tee at 6:20am and the rules for the day were yellow tees and preferred lies on fairways only. Armed with new and lower handicaps after last weeks event, the boys were out to prove that they weren’t one-week wonders.

Johnny V got the groups of in orderly fashion and sent the cooks off in the first group so that they could get back and have the food ready before the last group came in.

The course was in good condition, but most of the complaints were about the slow and bumpy greens, as well as a few stories about the condition of the bunkers. The scores today were a vast contrast to the normal 40 plus points which may have been a result of the handicapper’s axe going to work.

The outright winner today was Cliff Bourquin [18] with a steady 39 points on a countback.

A Grade was won by John Varrica [10] with 38 points. Probably a result of not losing any strokes the prior week.

The B Grade winner was Bob Mallia [18] with 39 points. Bob got chopped last week but still managed to shine with his new handicap. He has gone from C to A grade in two games.

The C Grade winner was Phil Heaton [26] 38 pts. We hadn’t seen Phil for a while, so we suspect he might have taken time off to practice. Well done.

The Guzzlers Cup winner was Dean Heffernan [18] 38 pts. Usually a great prize to win but not when the drinks a free.

We had 3 visitors today and the best of them was Brian O’Kelly [16] 32pts with the others being Brad Kennedy and Scott Young. Welcome fellas, hope you enjoyed the day.

Apologies for the absence of prizes today. Mark McSwiney had a procedure done during the week and did not play. He also forgot to remind us to pick up the prize bag. Get your “Arse” into gear Mark and make sure that you fix the winners up at the next event.

Lastly, a big thank you to Rossco Hamer, Peter Davis, Manny Petris and all the other helpers that prepared today’s feast of a BBQ. It was spectacular.

Also, thank you to club member Peter Macaulay from Bresnahan’s Butchers in Mortdale for supplying the meat for today’s BBQ. It was amazing and the service also.

 

 

The next game will be at Brighton Lakes next week, so keep an eye out for the booking sheet when it is posted.

Until the next event

Johnny V

 

November 26th, 2024 | Category: Results | Comments are closed

17-11-24: CALDERWOOD VALLEY-PRESIDENTS CUP

2024 PRESIDENTS CUP CHAMPION: KEN TYNE [24] 48 POINTS

Today’s round nearly did not happen as it was scheduled for Wollongong Gc but due to an administrative error by them, we were not able to play there.

Our Secretary, Santo Sammarco went to work and rang many courses until he was finally able to get a late notice booking at the picturesque Calderwood Valley GC. Many thanks for your persistence, Santo.

The downside was that it was an early tee off from 6:20am, meaning that most would have to get up at around 4am to get there at that time.

18 players rolled up for the prestigious Presidents Cup event. Was supposed to be 19 but a late withdrawal by the captain Joy meant that Johhny V had the chore of starting the group off today (poor Johnny). With the assistance of the ever-willing Mark McSwiney and Manny Petris, the money was collected and the groups sent off.

Play was from the white markers, and the course was in very good condition. It did play a little short with many of the gorillas driving some of the par 4s. Some big scores were expected.

After the round it was up to poor Johnny V again to tabulate the results and do the presentation. Thank you to Michael K for the assistance.

The Outright winner and Presidents Cup Champion for 2024 is Ken Tyne. Ken played off 24 hcp, a bad knee and a great score of 48 points. Congratulations Kenton.

The A Grade winner was gorilla No1-Manny Petris playing off 8hcp and scoring 45 points. It was like throwing darts for him today.

The B Grade winner was Bob Mallia [21] with 43 points on a countback from Claude Poletti. Bobby was salivating after being given Johnny’s world class salami to take home.

C Grade went to Brian Craven with a respectable score of 40 points off 24 hcp. Brian has been missing for a short while, but the spell did him good and produced a good run to take the win.

The Guzzlers Cup winner was Michael Kabalan who is used to these easy courses and came home strong. Armed with a generous hcp of 14, Mick shot 45pts. The first person he hit up for a drink was his mate and client Santo. Well done, Mick.

The Bradman’s today had a rough time as their scores would have been podium finishes some weeks but not in today’s points fest.

A Grade- a very unlucky John Varrica ( tired from all the work he had to do) 35 points.

B Grade – Steve Vaughn who is still recovering from his Mollymook episode with 36points

C Grade – The VP Rossco Hamer was also a little unlucky with 36 points.

We also had an Eagle 3 on the par 5 –  5th hole by Santo Sammarco. It was a temporary green and he did well to almost drive it, chip on and 1 putt on a very bumpy green.

Next game is next Sunday at another easy course being The Ridge. There will also be a free BBQ put on by the social committee with the meat supplied by Pete (the butcher) Macaulay.

The Booking sheet will be posted later tonight.

Keep happy and keep swinging,

 

The exhausted Prez.

November 18th, 2024 | Category: Results | Comments are closed

10-11-2024: HOGAN/McKEOUGH SHEILD - REVESBY V CANBERRA

CANBERRA WIN THE SHEILD 6.5 TO 4.5.

 

After many months of planning, the time had arrived to embark on our journey to Mollymook for the annual grudge match against the Canberra Labour Club boys. This event has been running now for over 50 years and has only been interrupted for about 5 years due to Covid-19 and bad weather.
Last year at Yass golf club, Canberra won it’s first challenge in around 10 attempts which had some of the Revesby crew calling for some drug testing. So this year the Revesby boys were intent on giving the opposition a good whipping.
23 Revesby players started making their way to Mollymook on Saturday morning. Some elected to drive, while the rest were on the big bus hired and driven by the VP Rossco Hamer. The bus left at 8.00am and we arrived at our accommodation in time for Pete Davis to take over the bus driving duty take 15 players to Batemans Bay for the customary warm up game at Catalina Country Club while the remainder of the group headed straight to the Ulladulla Ex Servos Club for a few drinks with the Canberra boys.
Catalina GC was in immaculate condition and the winners of the 2BBB were Santo Sammarco & Mick McCarney on a countback from John Varrica and Joy Mesuria.
After a few drinks it was on the bus again for Pete to drive us back to Mollymook to check in and ready ourselves for some food and banter at the club.
After a few hours of fun at the club, the boys tucked themselves into bed at the Harbour View apartments for some much needed rest for the battle the morning.
After a brief breakfast stop at Maccas, the bus ferried the group to Mollymook Gc where the two groups were given the rules of the day by our organiser, Michael Kabalan.
The first group hit off from the 10thhole at 7.00am and the event was off and running.
Mollymook Gc was in picture perfect condition with lush fairways and quick greens. Play was from the White plates which should not have suited Canberra as the course played longer and tougher for these high handicapped players.
Once the last group had finished play, the two groups headed off to Mollymook Beach Bowling and Recreation Club for the all-important presentation lunch.
The food and service at the club was amazing and the free drinks made it all the better.
The 2 tour Captains, Michael Kabalan & Les Brown started the presentation by welcoming everyone to the event and the proceeded with the all-important results which would determine the winners of this year’s challenge.
For the second year in a row, the handicap mountain was too much to climb for Revesby and, Canberra were declared the winners by 6.5 matches to 4.5 matches.
Congratulations to Canberra Labour Club for their great win and, commiserations to our boys who fought very hard but just fell short in the end.
I think that I can say that everyone from both sides had a great time. The camaraderie between the two clubs is always spectacular and our group chemistry is the best it has ever been.
On a sad note, it was unfortunate that Steve Vaughn fell ill during the trip and ended up in hospital. Both he and Claude Poletti had to pull out of the event because of the situation and they were both greatly missed. I am happy to report that Steve is much better and should be at our next event at Wollongong GC.
We would like to thank Michael Kabalan for his meticulous planning of this event which made it such a success. Also, many thanks to our drivers Rossco Hamer and Pete Davis for organising the bus and for getting us around promptly and safely during the weekend and, to the other committee members that contributed towards the event.
All of the results are attached and if you would like to see some pictures, please ask to join our facebook page or visit our website www.rwcmensgolf.org
Until next year
The Prez.
2024 HOGAN/McKEOUGH SHEILD
November 13th, 2024 | Category: Results | Comments are closed

20-10-24: MACQUARIE LINKS GC-2 BALL BAM

A beautiful morning greeted the group to the popular Macquarie Links GC for a 2 Ball BAM event.

The rules are that the 2 man team will score the first 3holes as a Best Ball, the 2nd 3 holes as an aggregate and the last 3 holes as a multiplier. This is then repeated on the 2nd nine holes to get the final score.

It can be said that the multiplier part of the 18holes is the making or breaking of your total score.

The teams were arranged in the morning by our Captain Joy and to be fair, he teamed up a low and high handicapper in each team.

Play was from the yellow tees which was a bit of a mistake because it shortened the course considerably. It will be blue tees next time.

The Winners today were the team of Steve Vaughn and new member Sachendra Mudaliar. Playing off handicaps of 19 & 13, this team secured the win with a great score of 83 pts.

The runners up were Mark McSwiney [17] & Ken Tyne [24] with a score of 77 points.

The guzzlers cup was won by Santo Sammarco [9] & Wayne Jol [26] with a score of 71 points.

No Bradmans were awarded today as they were pardoned by the President.

Thank you to Mark McSwiney for collecting the fees, Steve Vaughn for the handicap file and Joy Mesuria for the hcp file & starting this morning.

Our next event will be on the 10th November for the trip to Mollymook for our clash with Canberra Labour Club. Don’t waste this time and get some practice because we need to beat these guys convincingly.

If anyone still owes money for the trip, please contact Michael Kabalan and sort it out.

Final details for the trip will be published in the coming weeks.

The Prez.

October 21st, 2024 | Category: Results | Comments are closed

13-10-2024: LAWSON CUP + INDIVIDUAL SABLEFORD

2024 LAWSON CUP WINNERS -REVESBY WORKERS CLUB

This year’s Lawson Cup was contested by Revesby Workers and Blacktown Workers and not the customary 4 clubs that have been involved for a great number of years.
This was due to the folding of Cabramatta Leagues and the non-attendance of Club Mounties.
Discussions are under way to bring the tournament back to it’s former glory by possibly introducing a couple of new clubs in the future.
Today’s event got underway from the 10th tee at 6:21am. 10 groups of 4 were organised with 2 players from each club in each group.
Rules for the day were single stableford with preferred lies on fairways only, and play would be from the white tees.
The Cabramatta course is renown for it’s lightning quick greens and playing from the whites made it a formidable task today.
The average team scores today were Revesby [27.66] to Blacktown [26.44 ] meaning that Team Revesby were once again crowned champions for the 4th time in the last 5 years. Congratulations to all the players and to the organisers for another great event.
This event was also part of our normal Leaderboard schedule and the results are as follows.
Outright winner: Manny Petris [9] 39pts
A Grade Winner: Michael Kabalan [14] 34pts
B Grade Winner: Cliff Bourquin [19] 35pts
C Grade Winner: Wayne Jol [26] 30pts
Guzzlers Cup: Seb Ares [15] 34pts
The Bradmans today were……………
A Grade: Troy Young 22pts
B Grade: Bob Mallia 24pts
C Grade: Nathan Brown 16pts.
October 15th, 2024 | Category: Results | Comments are closed

29-9-24: FINAL RND CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

OUTRIGHT WINNER: CRAIG FRANKLIN [18] 61 NETT

24 players made there way down to the ever-popular Links Shell Cove GC for the final round of the championships today. The format was stroke play and the course played very short from the chains tees, but showed it’s teeth when on the greens trying to sink a putt. The wind also came up mid round to make it even more challenging.
The outright winner today with a score that even surprised him was Craig Franklin with an incredible score of 61 nett off a handicap of 18. Well done Craig and your reward will be to join the A grade rank.
A grade winner was mister consistent, Joy Mesuria who didn’t deviate from the middle of the fairway all day, and his short game wasn’t too bad either. Joy’s score was 67 nett off a hcp of 13.
B Grade was won by Mr Dry, Mick McCarney who was business like and played to his handicap to post a score of 71 nett of 18 hcp.
C grade was one by another podium regular and that was Bob Mallia who played off 22 hcp for a score of 72 nett.
The guzzler today was Troy Young with a fine score of 68 nett off a hcp of 17. Should go close to winning the B grade championship after that round.
The Bradmans today were ……………..
A-Steve Floyd 89 nett ( and a headache)
B-Dean Heffernan 86 nett
C-Pete Davis 85 nett.
Thank you to our captain and helpers this morning for all there amazing organising.
The Championship results will be posted later in the week when all of the sores have been scrutinised.
Th Prez.

 

 

October 1st, 2024 | Category: Results | Comments are closed

22-9-24: CAMDEN LAKESIDE-3RD RND CHAMPIONSHIPS

OUTRIGHT WINNER: PAT COLLINS [23] 64 NETT

Results: Camden Lakeside – 9/9/2024
3rd rnd Club Championship
A beautiful day greeted us on an equally beautiful course for the 3rd rnd of 2024 championship.
The course was in great shape but the fairway lies were tight and the greens were lightning quick. This made for some tough scoring for most whereas some prevailed in these conditions.
The Outright winner today with a score of score of 64 nett was Pat Collins who played off a handicap of 23. Well done.
The A grade winner was Michael Kabalan with another great score of 68 nett off 15 hcp on a countback.
The B grade winner today on c/b was Craig Franklin who was on fire with the putter. He shot 76 nett of a hcp of 18.
C Grade was taken out by Pete Davis a score of 76 nett off a hcp of 22.
The Guzzler for the day was Seb Ares playing os wff 15 for a score of 74 nett.
We had a visitor today playing for his hcp and that was Peter Macaulay who shot a nett 77 off a 24 hcp. Welcome Peter.
The Bradmans today were……………….
A. Manny Petris 85
B. Jay Krishna 89
C. Wayne Jol 83
The championship culminates at Links Shell Cove next week so get your names down quick for this one.
Good luck to all in contention.
JV.
October 1st, 2024 | Category: Results | Comments are closed

8-9-2024: CABRAMATTA GC-2ND RND CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

OUTRIGHT WINNER: JOY MESURIA [13] 68 NETT C/B

A nice overcast and somewhat cooler day greeted the 27 golfers today at Cabramatta GC.
The course was in good condition but some of the pin placements were quite diabolical.
Today’s event was also the 2nd round of the Club Championship and the format was strokeplay.
The outright winner today on a countback with a great round of 68 nett was the Captain, Joy Mesuria.
A grade winner on a countback was Michael Kabalan also with 68 nett.
B grade was taken out by Mick McCarney who also scored 68 nett..
C grade winner was Brian Craven with the score of 71 nett on countback.
The Guzzlers Cup was won by Santo Sammarco with 69 nett.
The A grade Bradman was Steve Floyd 78 nett
B grade Bradman was Craig Franklin 83 nett.
C grade Bradman was Craig Flint 82 nett.
Many thanks to Joy and all the helpers today who helped get things done.
See everyone at Camden Lakeside in 2 weeks.
September 11th, 2024 | Category: Results | Comments are closed

25-8-24: CAMPBELLTOWN GC-1ST RND CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

OUTRIGHT WINNER: KEN TYNE [26] 63 NETT

The 2024 Club Championship got underway today at Campbelltown GC. The weather was overcast and the temperature was terrific for a round of golf.

The course had undergone the spring renovations, meaning that the greens had been cored and sanded which made it very difficult guessing how your ball would react on them. Putting and chipping were a bit of a lottery, but it was the same for everyone there.

Play was from the new silver plates making the holes a lot shorter than we were accustomed to. This also led to numerous good scores being registered.

The outright winner today was Ken Tyne with a great score of 63 nett. It is obvious that good Ken showed up today and had a day out.

The A grade winner was The Captain who played off 15 hcp to score 64 nett on a countback.

B grade was won by Troy Young [18] with 64 nett.

The C grade winner was Pat Collins [24] shooting 67 nett.

The guzzler for today was Steve Floyd [16] with a 64 nett

The Bradmans were ………….

A-Michael Kabalan 78 nett

B-Steve Vaughn 77 nett

C- Brian Craven 74 nett

Many thanks to Joy, Mick McCarney and Troy Young for their assistance in getting things done today.

The leaderboard and stats will be published once all the cards have been scrutinised.

See you all at the next event in 2 weeks’ time and Happy Father’s day to all the dads out there.

August 26th, 2024 | Category: Results | Comments are closed
 
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