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      Veterans Golf Club of Victoria


August 2014 Newsletter

On Monday 4 August 2014 we played at Cranbourne Golf Club. Our game on the day was a Stableford event for the John Sant Trophy.

President

President Bernie welcomed all members to Cranbourne GC.

He thanked the Cranbourne GC for the use of their excellent course, their great facilities and lunch.

He also reminded players about slow play. You should keep up with the group in front of you and not the one behind.

He asked all of our members to adopt this approach in future games.

Number of Players:

There were 44 starters on the day.

Apologies:

Apologies were received from Neil Hills, Alan Baker, Brian Guinane, Wayne Lamb, Peter Bryan, Laurie Comerford, Peter Charlewood and Donald MacDonald.

Sick List:

Neil Hills, Alan Baker, Brian Guinane and Ray Read.

Guests:

We had two guests today:-      John Boyce and Roger Selwood.

Both became members on the day.

A warm welcome to you both from all members of our Club.

Starters today:

Thank you to our starters today, Peter Ross and Lindsay Quennell. You were extremely organised and did a great job.

Bernie encouraged all members to try being a starter. It is a good way to meet people.

Raffle Prize:

Bernie thanked John Hiscock and Gary Finnis for running our raffle this month. He reminded members that we are still looking for prize donations.

We now have an agreement with the House of Golf at Brighton whereby they are subsidising all our winners' vouchers, so please support the House of Golf at Brighton and tell them you are from the Vic Vets group.

Special Achievements:

There were five known special achievements in the past month.

65th Anniversary:

Members were reminded that this was our 65th anniversary year and that our Club shirts, Club jumpers and hats were available for purchase.

See Gary Finnis if you wish to purchase our range of products.

Web site:

The Club's web site is now up and running.  It can be accessed at:

http://www.vetsgolfvic.org.au 

Laurie Comerford will address member access problems when he returns from leave. 

Handicaps:

Today was the first day we used our new handicapping system and it appeared to run very smoothly.

Bernie asked members if they had any concerns about it and there were none.

He congratulated everybody who has been involved in the systems development.

Eagle Ridge:

Winners on the day were Ray Desmond and Noel Manning with 63.5pts off a combined handicap of 12.5.

Ken Gangell Perpetual Trophy:

Bernie advised that Life Member, Grant Haselgrove has donated a Trophy in memory of recently deceased Life Member, Ken Gangell.

The trophy will be presented to the winner of our game at Long Island GC on 1st December 2014.

Question Time:

No questions were asked, so Bernie handed the meeting over to our A/Captain, Mike Bainbridge, who announced the winners for the day.


Acting Captain:

Acting Captain Mike welcomed members to Cranbourne GC for today's event.

Winners on the day were:

Our John Sant Trophy winner was Ronnie Chong (30) with 37 points;

Ronnie also received a $30 House of Golf voucher for his marvellous effort.

Grade Winners

A Grade:

Mike Bainbridge (21)

34 points

B Grade:

Reg Davey (24)

36 points

C Grade:

Noel Valle (29)

36 points

Nearest to the Pin:

3rd Hole:

Reg Davey;

8th Hole:

Roger Parker;

12th Hole:

Roger Parker

Balls down the line:

George Weaver (18)

33pts;

Gerry O'Connor (22)

33pts;

John Hiscock (14)

32pts;

Hugh Churchward (33)

32pts;

Harold Hayes (21)

31pts;

Gary Finnis (25)

30pts;

Ray Underwood (20)

30pts;

Malcolm Carter (22)

29pts;

NAGA Award:

Colin Wiseman was our lucky winner, but was he in this much trouble?



Just remember: "The greatest sound in golf is the Woosh, Woosh, Woosh, of your opponent's club as he hurls it across the fairway."

We love you, Colin


Raffle Winner:

The raffle was won by Stan Odachowski.

Birthday Boys for September 2014:

Congratulations and best wishes to our members whose birthday falls in September:

John Currie

Hugh Churchward

Terry Brownscombe

Allan Millard

Rod Goode

Bill Dooley

Norm Gale

George Weaver


Next Event:

Monday, 1st September 2014 at Churchill Park Golf Club

Stableford for the John Coleman Trophy - be there by 7.15 am

Starters: Lance Bolam and Harold Hayes

John Coleman joined our Club in 1989 and was made a Life member in 1999.

He was President from 1994 to 1999. In 2002 he was elected Vice President.

He won the 70-74 Aged Trophy in 1993 and the John Sant Trophy in 1999.

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