March 2016 Newsletter

President:

President Bernie welcomed all members to a warm Waterford Valley, especially those who have not played here before - he said that this place is a hidden gem in the landscape of Melbourne Golf Courses. He thanked the Club for the use of their course and facilities. He also thanked the noisy trio of Tom Govern, Bill Dooley and John Hiscock for playing with him - he enjoyed it.

Number of Players:

He said that today we had 50 starters - a magnificent result.

Apologies:

Today we have a number of apologies - George Weaver, Alex Johnson, Gerard L'Hullier, Colin Wiseman, John Killmister, Ken Griffiths and Gerry O'Connor.

Sick List:

Only a few on the sick list, which is great to see - Bill Frey(back pain), Ken Pride(flu), Reg Davey and John Farrow for golf only. He wished them all a speedy recovery.

Guests:

We have one guest today. George Robinson, who is a guest of Roger Huxstep. Welcome and thanks to Roger for bringing George along.

Starters today:

Bernie thanked Jeff Taylor and Lindsay Quennell for their help today, especially for bringing in the NTP markers. We cannot proceed without volunteers to run these events every month.

Raffle Prize:

Bernie also reminded us of our agreement with the House of Golf Brighton, who are subsidising all of our winners' vouchers and urged us to support them.

Jeff Taylor continued the run of Committee members in winning the raffle prize of a game for 4 with carts at Waterford Valley

Sub - an important issue:

Bernie stated that a large number of members had not paid their subs for this year. He stated that they could pay today or their last chance will be next month. ( they are not paid next month members will be ineligible to play and win any prizes).

Special Achievements

Bernie stated that he knew of several this month.

• On 27 February, John Farrow at Rossdale won C grade with a net 69 points off 27 handicap.
• On 4 March, an ex Rossdale man, now playing at Patterson River, our webmaster, Laurie Comerford won with 43 pts off 20.
• George Giles won at his social club last Sunday with 38 pts of 36.
• Chris Tierney won at his social club on 6 March.

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. 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

Its development continues thanks to Laurie Comerford - well done Laurie..

He asked if there were any other issues that members would like to raise??
He stated that our Captain, is going to have a few "procedures" done shortly and we wish him all the best.
Bernie then handed over to the Captain.

Captain:

Donald welcomed members to Waterford Valley Golf Club for today's event.

Overall winner:

Chris Tierney (28) with 41 points won the Thord Lorich Trophy.

He received a $30 House of Golf voucher for his effort.

Grade winners

A Grade:  Laurie Comerford (18)  40 points

B Grade:  Jeff Stevens (21)  39 points

C Grade:  George Giles (36)  40 points

Nearest to the Pin:

13^th hole: George Robinson  17^th hole: Laurie Comerford

Balls down the line:

38 points  John Molloy (19),  Lindsay Quennell (23)

37 points  Ronnie Chong (27)

36 points  Bernie Coyle (18)

35 points  Lance Bolam (16)  Neil Hills (27)

34 points  Mike Bainbridge (19)  Bill Dooley (22)

NAGA Award:

Malcolm Turner carded our third NAGA award for the year.

Birthday boys for March 2016

An artist's explanation