Veterans Golf Club of Victoria

President:

President Bernie  welcomed all members to Ranfurlie - it has been a new challenge for us! He asked members to thank the Club for the use of their course and facilities. He congratulated all the Bulldogs supporters here for a job well done. However, he said that one supporter had partied so much that he and his group could not complete the round today - not a true Bulldog spirit! He wondered who now has the record for the longest gap between premierships - He thought it may be Richmond or St Kilda, but was reassured that it is now Melbourne. He also thanked Bill Frey, Noel Valle and Daryl Edwards for playing with him - he enjoyed the banter. Bernie also said that one member was entertaining a black snake on the 11th hole - Noel Manning said he left it there.

Number of Players:

He said that today we had a reduced number of starters with a total of 44.

Apologies:

Today we have quite a few apologies - Hans Bleeker, Malcolm Turner,John Farrow, Tom Govern, Ken Griffiths, Brian Guinane, Harold Hayes, John Hiscock, Alex Johnson, Chris MacGeorge, Stan Odachowski, Ken Pride, Chris Proctor, Peter Ross and Kel Tyler.

Guests:

Today we have one guest, Alan Grisdale - welcome Alan. He thanked Jeff Taylor for bringing Alan along. He was given the usual golf ball! He has subsequently joined.
Just a note for people bringing future guests along - please ask them for their handicap, if they have one and their Golflink Number.

Starters today:

Bernie thanked the evergreen Lance Bolam and Colin Wiseman for their help today. Not easy on days like this in a new club.

Despite that we cannot proceed without volunteers to run these events every month and we really need people to volunteer. Please think about it.

Raffle Prize:

He reminded us of our agreement with the Innes Ireland at the House of Golf Brighton, who are subsidising all of our winners' vouchers and urged us to support them. This company has done much for us and we need to make sure that we use all the vouchers given to us as their prices and deals are very competitive.

Special Achievements

Bernie stated that he knew of only three this month.

• John Sutherland who won last month, has won again at Brighton with a 67, still off a burglerish handicap for him of 17 (he was off 19 last month). Well done John.
• Then the big one - our club's first ever win on an away tournament - we had a team that won the Victorian Veterans Golf Association Teams Event at Belvoir Park in Bendigo - the team was Jeff Taylor, Harold Hayes and Laurie Comerford. They won from our second team. Not only did they win, but Jeff Taylor, our secretary, won the Individual Award with the best round. Well done guys.
  
• Neal Hills advised that had been admitted as a life member of the Cheltenham Golf Club. well done Neal.
• After the meeting, George Weaver advised that he won recently at a tournament in Vanuatu with a score of 45 pts. Quite an achievement.
  

He asked if there were any more but there were none?
If you do win, please let me know as we sometimes miss the notices.

Membership

Bernie stated that we need to keep bringing along new members as Jeff has done today. He urged all members to look around and ask their friends to come along.

Club Gear

He reminded us that the Club polo shirts and jumpers are available from Daryl Edwards.

Vets Web Site

We have been working on a procedure to allow us all to use the website for future bookings for games. We will continue to use the infamous "Green Folder" that is circulated after all games, as the primary social booking instrument, which will be input to the web on the day after each game. From then on, until the COB Thursday before each game, you will be able to use the website for including your name as a starter, cancellations and apologies. After close of business on the Thursday before each game, you will need to ring the Captain for any changes, as the starters will be preparing the cards and we need to advise the course we are playing on, the number coming along.

Special notice

The annual game against Brighton GC - was held on 19 September. I mentioned last month that we need to make sure that our unbeaten record of winning this trophy continues.
However, for the first time in six outings, the BGC won by a small margin. Congratulations to them, but we need to get it back next year, so keep this one in mind.

Also the Christmas Presentation Lunch will be held on Monday 12th December at Rossdale. This year we are subsidising every ticket by $10 to reduce the cost to $25 each or $50 for a couple. It is a great day and the list is being circulated today and will be at our next two events. Please come along and wear your name tags. It is a great social day for our Club.

Question time

He asked if there were any other issues that members would like to raise??
Bernie then handed over to the Captain.

Congratulations and best wishes to our members whose birthday falls in October

5^th  Mark Slatter  56

6^th  John Hendrie  69

8^th  Miguel Magana  71

10^th  Brendan Cooney  60

11^th  Tony Villani  65

12^th  Russel Montgomery  66

30^th  Barbara Grant  71