President Donald welcomed us to Churchill Waverley
Golf Club
and asked all present to thank the club for the use of their excellent
facilities, and their generous donation of our main raffle prize. He
thanked his playing partners, Stan Odachowski, Laurie Comerford and
Trevor McGilton for their good company and their enduring patience as
he struggled to reacquaint himself with a golf ball. There followed a
delayed presentation to Noel Valle, our February winner of the Royce
Hollingworth trophy at Rossdale. Well done Noel !!
Number of Players:
He said that today we had a total of 50 players including 1
guest, Mark Pearson, introduced by Trevor Spence. It is great to
report that Mark has since become a member of the club. Welcome
Mark !
Donald also asked the members to put their hands together for our
Captain, Harold Hayes, who did a terrific job arranging today's
4BBB Pairs competition under difficult circumstances. We will
review our approach to the use of pairs/teams competitions within
our syllabus, and streamline their execution. They are an
essential part of the social charter that this club adheres to,
namely the opportunity to meet and enjoy the company of fellow senior
golfers. Suggestions such as a "mystery pairs" competition may help to
make the starters life a bit easier. We are open to constructive
ideas. Please contact our Captain Harold if you have any suggestions.
Apologies:
A very lengthy list of apologies for today (20) - Donald
Barrett, Hans Bleeker, Peter Brewster, Tom Buzza, Peter Charlewood,
Bernie Coyle, David Davies, Tom Govern, Neal Hills, Ian Hoskins, Chris
MacGeorge, Noel Manning, Alan Millard, Roger Selwood, Jeff Taylor
(non-playing), Barry Taylor, Christopher Tierney, Kelvin Tyler, Ray
Underwood, Colin Wiseman. We look forward to seeing the
'boys' back on course at Cranbourne.
Guests:
As noted previously, we had 1 guest today and we welcome Mark
Pearson who received the customary golf ball.
Please note that when members bring a guest along please ask them
for their Golflink
Number, if they have one, or provide the Handicapper with a guideline
to their playing standard.
Starters today:
Donald thanked Ronnie Chong and Robin Miller for a job well done
under the usual trying circumstances associated with pairs
competitions! We cannot
proceed without volunteers to run these events every month, so please
consider helping as it is a bit of fun and you will get to know more
members
of the club.
Membership News:
Donald said that the Committee had received a letter from Lindsay
Quennell expressing his concern that we need to be more vigilant in
regard to the care of members who become unwell while out on the golf
course. We are at an age where such incidents do happen, particularly
during hot and/or humid weather.
Lindsay stresses the
absolute need to place a person who is
experiencing breathing difficulties and/or chest pains (etc.), in a
horizontal (lying-down) position until ambulance staff are in
attendance. The Committee has undertaken to urgently review the
type of procedures required for such emergencies. We have already
consulted with a number of the 'host clubs' that we use within our
syllabus to understand their approach. When we have completed our
review, we will ask Lindsay to comment. We are also considering
the possibility of a suitably qualified paramedic to come and brief the
membership on best practice. We take our 'duty-of-care'
responsibilities seriously, but please bear in mind that we can only do
so, within the limitations of the resources at our disposal. Donald thanked Lindsay for his determination to see this
matter addressed. The members will be appraised of our findings.
As an adjunct to this issue, members were requested to ensure that
they have filled out their emergency details on the golf bag tag issued
to the membership. Our motto must be "Tag the Bag!"
A reminder was given to members that ultimately, it is their
responsibility to ensure that they have the necessary level of golf
insurance in place in order to play golf on a frequent basis. A letter
to this effect was issued to all members by our Secretary, Jeff Taylor.
Please read it and make sure that you are covered.
A couple of golfing etiquette matters were raised:
a) please ensure that all pitch marks on the green
are repaired as a courtesy to your fellow competitors.
b) any notices at a golf course which indicate that "this
area is environmentally protected" must be honoured. 'do not enter'
means precisely that. You are entitled to a 'free drop' with another ball should this happen.
Updates on the developments at both Centenary Park and Churchill
Waverley (Churchill Park and Waverley are now a merged entity) were
discussed. It is early days in both situations, but we do need to
stay abreast of both developments as they are regular 'host clubs' in
our annual golf schedule. Any further news will be advised to members
as and when we become aware of it.
House of Golf' Sponsorship:
He reminded us of our sponsorship from the House
of Golf (Moorabbin), who are subsidising our monthly winners' vouchers
and he urged
us to support them. Please go and see Innes at
his new super store near DFO at Moorabbin Airport.
Special Achievements:
Donald informed the members of our latest successes on the golf
course.
First up was the recent VVGA event at Euroa GC. It was a 2-day pairs
competition involving some 120 competitors from all over
Victoria. We had 9 members representing our club (Jeff Taylor was
a late withdrawal).
Although we were unable to quite match the tremendous achievements of
2016, where we took out both the individual and team titles, we did
manage to pick up some prizes.
Laurie Comerford won 2 of the "nearest-the-pin" prizes while John
Currie also won a "N-T-P" prize. There was some real controversy
when it appeared that Gary Finnis and Daryl Edwards had the best score
of the day, only to be disqualified because of an incorrect score card
caused by their playing partners. Cruel luck indeed!!
Because of the hot and humid weather at Euroa, some of our members
experienced some difficulties and had to retire early. This is yet
another reminder that we need to know what procedures are in place to
deal with health risks. We will be writing to the VVGA about
their 'duty of care' procedures at Euroa (or indeed at any VVGA event).
Their response will be interesting, and in conjunction with our own
review, will be advised to the members in due course. Meanwhile, hearty congratulations go to our 9-man team of members!
Also in the news were:
Tom Buzza (25) finished 5 up to win the trophy at Brighton GC.
Malcolm Turner won B grade at Brighton on 11th March.
Peter Charlewood (26) had a nett 60 at Brighton.
Barry Pollock was a member of the team at Centenary Park which
won the
4 person Ambrose competition last week. They had a nett 60 off a team
handicap of 10.
Eight of our members (the Baker Bunch) who play at Centenary
Park are involved in an 8-week stableford competition over each of the 4
seasons. The winner of the Summer 16/17 season comp was Ronnie
Chong (now where have I heard that name before?) with a grand total of
56 points for the 18 holes at CP.
Recent winners of the Friday comp at Centenary Park are: - Alan
Baker (41 pts) on March 3rd, Ian Lacey (41 pts) on 10th March and Reg
Davey (39 pts) on 24th March.
Congratulations to all our winners !!
He asked if there were any more good performances but alas, no.
If you do win, please let me know as we sometimes miss the notices.
Membership :
Donald reminded everyone that today was the last
day to pay your annual subscriptions ($30) for 2017. Please see
our Treasurer David to make your payment.
He stated that we need to keep bringing along new members because of
natural 'attrition' affecting our membership numbers. He
urged all members to look around and ask their friends to come along.
'Word of mouth' is still our best weapon for new members.
Please note that it may be useful for members to make use of the 'Club
Business Cards' when you speak to friends, acquaintances and fellow
golfers about our Club. The card includes our website
address which they can use to find out a bit about the Vets. Easy to
hand out when you meet an interested party.
Cards can be obtained from our Webmaster, Laurie Comerford on match
days.
Club Merchandise :
As always, he urged the members to join in
with the 'spirit of the club' by making use of the Club
Merchandise. Our strength in a social sense is our obvious
desire to be part of this great Club. A new addition to Daryl Edwards'
fashion line is a ripper hat to shield us from this magnificent
Melbourne sunshine. Daryl hopes to bring along a variety of hat
sizes so you can find one that fits and then place your order - $20 a hat. Sleeveless vests with the club logo can also be
ordered through Daryl.
Vets Web Site :
It is up and running and continues to perform well.
Question time :
Donald asked the members if they wished to raise any
issues. Nothing this month.
He then handed over to our Captain, Harold Hayes.
If you play with a photographer it's reasonable to expect you'll get a style analysis image.
Unplayable lie
Your webmaster, having had this lie today, felt it appropriate that Captain Harold organised George to explain about unplayable lies. After the drop, the fourth hit from here on a par 4 meant it was essential his playing partner had to do something special.
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Captain:
Overall winners:
Harold Hayes (21) & Noel Valle (28) with 44 points won the Captain-Presidents Trophy.
Runners up:
Lance Bolam () & Rod Goode (28) with 40 points
Nearest to the Pin:
Some of us had a hard time at school long before the exams.
3rd hole: Jeff Stevens 6th hole: Laurie Comerford
11th hole: George Weaver 17th hole: Rod Goode
Balls down the line:
38 points Chris Procter (33) & Robin Miller (36)
37 points George Weaver (15) & Michael Montgomery (36)
37 points Trevor Bottomley (18) & Philip Horsburgh (35)
Yippee! - we didn't have one. No-one had the joy of playing from this lie.
NAGA Award:
Door prize Winners:
wasn't content with picking up last month's Trophy, sharing today's win with Harold, but he added a voucher for 4 players with carts at Churchill/Waverley from the raffle. Sadly he had to pay for the armoured escort himself.
Birthday boys for April 2017
Congratulations and best wishes to our members whose birthday falls in April
6th Tony French 70
7th Geoffrey Milne 67
18th Shay McQuade 61
Bernie Coyle 71
19th Marg Holden 65
John Molloy 70
21st Lance Bolam 82
25th Joe Cirnigliaro 73
26th Reg Davey 76
29th George Giles 82
joke
International commerce:
Nescafé arranges a meeting with the Pope at the Vatican. After receiving the Papal blessing, the Nescafé official whispers "Your Eminence, we have an offer for you. Nescafé is prepared to donate 100 million Euro to the church if you change the Lord's Prayer from 'give us this day our daily bread' to 'give us this day our daily coffee.'"
The Pope responds, "That is impossible. The prayer is the word of the Lord. It must not be changed."
"Well," said the Nescafé man, "we anticipated your reluctance. For this reason we will increase our offer to 300 million Euro."
"My son, it is impossible. For the prayer is the word of the Lord and it must not be changed."
The Nescafé guy says, "Your Holiness, we at Nescafé respect your adherence to the faith, but we do have one final offer. We will donate 500 million Euro - that's half a billion euros - to the great Catholic Church if you would only change the Lord's Prayer from 'give us this day our daily bread' to 'give us this day our daily coffee.' Please consider it." And he leaves.
The next day the Pope convenes the College of Cardinals. "There is some good news," he announces, "and some bad news.
The good news is that the Church will come into 500 million Euro." "And the bad news, your Holiness ?" asks a Cardinal.
"We're losing the TipTop account".
Next event:
Cranbourne for the Grant Haselgrove Trophy starting at 8:00 on 08th May
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