Because of this unusual event, Knockout matches have been played thick and fast - HUGE THANKS TO YOU ALL FOR MAKING THE TIME AND PUTTING IN THE EFFORT TO GET THESE EVENTS COMPLETED!
There were 3 finals played BARBARA McCARTHY TROPHY, ROSEVALE PLATE & JUBILEE FOURSOMES.
BARBARA McCARTHY TROPHY
8 women qualified for this event on Thursday 16th June. They were:-
Jane Clifford, Ellen Goodwin, Wendy Burke, Jill Scott, Leonie Carroll, Marg Anthony, Pam Barker & Jan Tuite.
The final, which was held yesterday was between Jane and Leonie. Jane won 5/3.
CONGRATULATIONS JANE - WINNER OF THE BARBARA McCARTHY TROPHY 2022!
The qualifying round for this event was also played on Thursday 16th June. The qualifiers were:
Di Lindsay, Barb Mead, Jane Whittaker, Sharon Rowe & Penny McKenna.
The final was played on Wednesday 19th October between Di and Jane. Di won, 2Up.
CONGRATULATIONS DI - WINNER OF THE ROSEVALE PLATE 2022!
The qualifying round for The Jubilee Foursomes was held on 24th February! (It was actually a DRY month, can you remember??).
The 8 pairs who qualified that day, 8 months ago, were:-
Leonie Poulton & Jill Malone, Pam Barker & Chris Hill, Wendy Burke & Jill Scott, Carol Warner & Shirley Brereton, Marg Horwitz & Annie Geddes, Di Lindsay & Jan Ferguson, Sue Flaxman & Jane Clifford and Judy Windybank & Maggie McKenzie.
The final, played yesterday was between Wendy & Jill and Marg & Annie. Wendy & Jill won 4/2.
CONGRATULATIONS WENDY AND JILL IN WINNING THE JUBILEE FOURSOMES 2022!
The Men's Championships, due to start tomorrow, have been postponed, along with the other Trophy events that were scheduled. These Trophy events, including The Women's Lifestyle Trophy will be played on the 12th November. Sally-Anne Ferguson & Emma Fernandez will be contesting this trophy for 2022. Good Luck girls!!
DAILY RESULTS
Saturday 15th - Stroke. Winner Michelle Alcock with Nett 79
Tuesday 18th October - Stableford. Winner Jane Clifford with 39pts!!!!!!! NTP (2nd shot on 15th) - Sue De Cseuz. Pro Pin - Wendy Burke - $25.
Thursday 20th October - Stableford. Winner Jane Whittaker with 32pts.
CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE!
WHAT'S COMING UP?
Mmmmmm - well this is all in the lap of the Gods!
Hopefully we will play Rounds 1 & 2 of our Club Championships on Tuesday and Thursday. However, the weather is not looking really brilliant for next week.
We will make a decision on Monday as to whether or not we play the 2022 Championships. If the Championships cannot be played on the 1-18 GA course, with carts allowed, then we will have to re-think the situation.
As The Championships are such an inportant event in our calendar, we are very mindful of treating them with the outmost respect, and allowing EVERYONE a chance to compete.
I will email you all on Monday, after the Match Committee have met.
Thursday 10th November - Stroke. Medal of Medals/Prosper Ellis Salver. If you have won a Club Medal this year, you are eligible to win The Medal of Medals - a very prestigious Honour Board Event.
Tuesday 15th November - 4BBB v Stableford
Thursday 17th November. CSGA Gala Day @ RMC - see flyer in Locker Room.
I listened to Richard Fidler this morning interviewing Andrew Greig, who experienced a "Near Death" experience whilst climbing the Himalayas. He lives, for 6 months of the year on Scotland's Orkney Islands.
He is an author and poet, and a golfer! His book, PREFERRED LIES, sounds fascinating, and I can't wait to read it. Here's a brief description.....or you might want to listen to the Podcast - Conversations with Richard Fidler.
Surely golf is a game for posh people, country clubs and networking businessmen, for unfortunate sweaters, politics and trousers?
Andrew Greig grew up in Scotland, where playing golf is as natural as breathing. He sees the game as the great leveller, and has played on the Old course at St Andrews as well as on the miners' courses of Yorkshire.
He writes about the different cultural manifestations of the game, the history, the geography, the different social meanings, as well as the subjective experience, the reflections between shots.
He plays alone, with friends and brothers, with ghosts.
He is looking for the essence of golf, the pure heart of it, which can be found, Andrew Greig believes, on the free 9 hole course on North Ronaldsay.
Mountaineer, novelist and poet Greig (In Another Light, 2004, etc.) examines life and golf.The sport conjures up a great many images, most involving upper-crust aristocracy, private clubs and affluent practitioners. The author, a proud Scot and on-and-off golfer, argues that it is actually remarkably universal: a game for men and women, for blue-collar workers as well as executives, for those who enjoy the beauty of somewhat overgrown nature as well as those who prefer well-manicured greens. Recovering from brain surgery, Greig approached the links to meditate on a variety of issues, most relating, perhaps not unexpectedly, to mortality. He took the opportunity to visit 18 golf courses in his native Scotland, from the northern point of the Orkney Islands to the celebrated greens of St. Andrews. Along the way, he ruminates on issues relating to the game and to life in general. The attempt to quantify the success of a round of golf with a scorecard can artificially taint and ruin a perfectly valid pursuit, he declares. A lopsided scorecard cruelly shows one player failing to measure up to a superior; declining scores suggest age and his mortality. Greig's self-consciousness about his game also leads him to question his preference for playing alone as a means of avoiding the frustrations of competing. He eventually learns that company does not necessarily require competition and comes to enjoy fellowship on the course. He explores with great vulnerability and openness his relationships with his friends, brothers, father and wife. A portrait emerges of a man by no means perfect, but in many ways complete. A lyrical and moving meditation.
I hope you all have a happy weekend. see you next week..... hopefully!!
Annie