The venue for today’s event was Rosnay GC which is a course that we like to hold BBQ’s at.

Apart from the BBQ facilities, it is hard to say anything good about the condition of the course today. It was quite soggy in a lot of areas, the rough was diabolically long with many a player losing multiple balls from shots that were not that bad.

The event was a 2 Ball BAM where the first 3 holes on each nine are best ball, the 2^nd 3holes are aggregate and the last 3 holes are multiplier. Needless to say, that the multiplier part of the game is the most crucial for good scores.

The winning team today was Brian Craven & Claude Poletti with a top score of 73 points.

The runners up were Wayne Jol and Jay Krishna with a respectable 64 points

The Guzzlers were Mark McDonald & Cliff Bourquin with 63 points.

The Bradmans were Michael Kabalan & Brad Kennedy with 44 points.

After the game, the social committee put on another great BBQ for the members which was very much appreciated. A big thanks to Peter Macaulay for getting up very early to supply the meat, salads and rolls. Thanks also to peter Davis for organising the drinks and the cooking, along with Manny Petris and Dean Heffernan. Great job guys.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The next event will be the first round of the 2BBB Club Championship on 23/3/25 at Brighton Lakes. Please keep a look out for the booking sheet to be posted soon.

26 players showed up for today’s event at Campbelltown Gc. The weather was overcast but very humid. The course was mostly okay but some areas were soggy and some greens were not up to par.

The Matchplay semifinals were played today and they were very close affairs.

Pat Collins defeated Craig Franklin 2&1, and Mark McSwiney defeated Santo Sammarco 2&1. The final between Mark & pat will be played at The Ridge next weekend.

In the daily single stableford event, the outright winner was Dean Heffernan [17] with a great score of 41 points. On the course he was talking doom and gloom yet came home strong for the win.

The A grade winner was Johnny Soo with a very controlled 38 points off his handicap of 6. If only he could control his remote buggy the same, as he keeps tipping it over every round.

B Grade was won by Cliff Bourquin with 40 points off a hcp of 17.

The C Grade winner was Pat Collins [19] with the score of 38 points.

The Guzzlers Cup was won by Jason Christie [23] with 38 points.

The Bradmans were…………………

A – Joy Mesuria 31pts

B – Sachendra Mudaliar 30pts

C – Pete Davis 28pts c/b.

The Leaderboard will be posted once the file is updated.

 

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How time flies, we are already back from our festive break and have officially commenced playing the 2025 schedule of events.

Congratulations to the members for a great turnout today. We had a full booking which was quite surprising being so early in January.

The weather was a dramatic improvement from the deluge we have been experiencing the few days prior, and the course was in immaculate condition with lush fairways and carpet like greens.

Rules for the day were social tees, preferred lies fairways only and bunkers were out of play.

The outright winners today were Steve Vaughn and Peter Davis with a great score of 77 points. Steve was talking up his game prior to the round and Peter felt like his big hook was going to behave today. Think they were right, well played guys.

The runners up were to players who put there “mark “ on the golf course. They were Mark McSwiney and Mark McDonald with another good score of 75 points.

The guzzlers were Santo Sammarco and Wayne Jol with a good score of 71 points.

The Bradmans today were the father and son team of Bob Mallia and Jayden Mallia. Jayden tried hard to keep them in the game, but the weight was too much for his young shoulders to bear.

On a different note, the numbers for the HUNTER VALLEY trip are low and it would be nice to get a few more coming. Please let me know before the end of the month if you or someone you know can come along.

EFTPOS NOW AVAILABLE

I have applied and been approved to receive mobile payments via eftpos and after trialling it this week, the facility will be available to use in future.. There will be a small surcharge of 1%. Cash will still be accepted if you prefer.

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After an anxious wait because of the previous day’s heavy rain, we arrived at Cumberland GC to be greeted by a glorious morning. The course was a little wet underfoot but as the day got much hotter, the fairways and greens firmed up a little. The course was in great shape otherwise, and the greens were like carpet.

Today’s round was the last competition day for the year and, on the line was the Player of The Year title that would be contested by the leading four players on the pointscore table. Michael Kabalan & Manny Petris were equal leaders with Santo Sammarco 1 point behind them. The dark horse was Joy Mesuria who stood just 6 points behind. A maximum of 8 points was on offer, but none of the foursome was able to post a respectable score so, only received 3 points each for attendance.

A countback was required to separate the two leaders. Attendance for the year was equal, outright wins were equal so it went to 7pt rounds where Michael pipped Manny by 4 rounds to 3.

Congratulations to Michael Kabalan who on 122 points c/b, is the 2024 Pointscore Player of The Year. Well done .

In the day’s event, the conditions made the course play a lot longer than it should haveand it was reflected in the scores today.

The outright winner today was John Varrica [10] with a solid 38pts. John thought that scores would have been better all round and was surprised to have the best score. He is playing well and is ruing having to miss last week’s round due to family commitments.

The A Grade winner was Stephen Floyd with a very handy 36 points off a 14 hcp. He was not as straight with the driver today but recovered well to record the win.

B Grade was won by the ever improving and soon to be A grader, Bob Mallia. Bob is now playing off 17 and this it seems id not slowing him down at all. Bob had 33 pts.

C Grade was won by the Duke, Wayne Jol. He is up and down like a yo yo this year but shot a respectable 32 pts to win his division.

The Bradmans were ……….

A – Santo Sammarco – 24pts

B – Peter Macaulay – 18pts

C – Rossco Hamer – 27pts

Next week is the final event of the year and, it is the Xmas Ambrose event at Georges river GC which will be followed by the Xmas/Presentation lunch at Gasparo’s Restaurant.

Could all of the sponsors that pledged donations please bring the cash next week and as usual, we will be having a raffle. The club will supply wine and chocolates for the raffle but would like any gift donations from members that they can spare to add to the prizes.

Thank you all for a great year and I look forward to celebrating with you all next week.

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