Club Captain's Messages

Winners of 4BBB Mark Sewell with a fantastic net 62 & Harvey King 47 Points

Sunday

An enjoyable day had for our Shootout Final

Winner on the 18th Mark Goodhew over Jimmy Hardgrave followed by Stu Chapman 17th, Brian Leonard 16th, & Steve Compton 15th

A big thank you to Neville Newburn for refereeing & overseeing the day.

Closing Day December 4th

This will be closing day to honour our winners over the year & combined with Christmas Hamper.

The competition this year will be combined stableford with Mens Pairs, Ladies Pairs & Mixed Pairs all included in the one competition.

The winning Mens Pair will also receive the Dave Moyes Trophy.

Please mark your partner only on your card.

Thanks Dave McEwing

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Hi All
Just arrived back from the Bush!!!
Thursday November 25 -9/18 Holers day out to Waimate.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
A further reminder that your opportunity to have your say on our club is coming up:
 
Wednesday 1 December 2021
7:30pm
Timaru Golf Club, 87 Lynch Road 
 
Nomination forms, and Proxy forms are on the club noticeboard (by the bar) - if anyone has any questions about serving on the committee, please contact any of the committee members to discuss - they are:
 
President: Mark Hervey
President of Vice: Mike Hogan
Club Captains: Dave McEwing & Cath Preen
Vice Captains: Craig Miller & Lynda Brown
9 Hole Captains: Dave Stewart & Sharon Smith 
Committee Members: Freddie Ng (House); Wayne Sidaway (Finance); David Schrader (Fashion); Steve Compton (Secretary)
 
We look forward to seeing you there 

Weds Xmas Stableford Comp
A reminder that this will take place on Weds 1 Dec - details to follow when George supplies them

Electric Trundler Request (another one)
Having sourced one electric Trundler, another of the competitors would like to hire one for the week commencing the 6 December - if anyone has one they are happy to loan/hire out, can they please contact me asap
 
Either timarugc@xtra.co.nz or 027 492 1660
 
Many thanks
 
Steve 

The Week Ahead

Mon

5:15pm – Sixes

Tue

9:30am Ladies 9 Hole
Ladies 18 Hole

Wed

18 Holes Stableford – All welcome

Thurs

9:30 am Ladies 9 Hole
5pm Ambrose

Fri

Mens’ and Womens’ 9 Hole 9:30am.
Stableford/Par/Medal, teeing off on 1st or 10th Holes

Sat

9:30am Ladies 9 Hole
18 Holes Competition – All Welcome


Results - Top Tens & Ties
Wed 17 Nov - Stableford
 
42 M Mayman
40 I Morrison (Mt Nessing)
39 J Annett, R Crossan, N Newburn (Highfield)
38 E Megaw, N McKinnon, L Leonard (Gleniti), T Hayman, K Barlow (Pleasant Point)
 
Twos: 

4th Hole: Michael Mayman
6th Hole: Brian Leonard, Michael Ussher (Pleasant Point), Riegardt Du Plessis
 
Sat 20 Nov
 
Barbara Angus Stableford (Ladies 18 hole)
 
34 M Jones, R Carruthers, W Smith 
 
4BBB Stableford
 
47 H King & M Sewell
46 R Hobbs & M Goodhew; J Colman & M Jones; R Slater & T Moir; J Yellowlees & M Sandri; J Wilson & N Beatson
44 W Smith & R Carruthers
43 T Underdown & P Rodden; N Jones & J Small; R Grant & C Corry; D Sparks & M Ussher
 
Twos:
 
6th Hole: Mark Sewell
12th Hole: Barto Greeff, Chris Diederiks, Dave Schrader, Peter Shaw
15th Hole: Barto Greeff, Mark Goodhew, Tony Moir
 
Nearest the Pin:
Junior: Joe Yellowlees
Senior: Ray "Greenie" Grant
 
Jackpot Hole (16th): Mark Sandri & Peter Rodden 
 
Sun 21 Nov
 
Shoot-Out Results
 
1st M Goodhew
2nd J Hardgrave
3rd S Chapman 
4th B Leonard
5th S Compton 

...and finally
Golf like all sports, is one that just keeps giving.
 
By the time I got to the first tee of todays shootout, I had three stories for this weeks newsletter
 
Firstly though, congratulations to a worthy winner today, Mark Goodhew, one of the worlds genuine nice guys, which is good bearing in mind his profession tends to cause Pavlovian wince inducing reactions.  To be fair to the dental profession, they are dedicated to reducing pain caused by our inability to avoid the stuff we really know we should, and the sum benefit definitely falls in their, and our, favour.  There is just something about the sound of a dental drill coming closer to your wide open gob though....
 
Anyway, it was a well fought contest, and Mark deservedly won, playing the last 3 holes in Net minus 2, edging out James/Jimmy Hardgrave who spent most of the day on a different fairway to literally everyone else - yet somehow conjured wonderful approach shots from angles most of us had never seen before, even from our wildest drives.
 
Getting back to the three tales, and the first I heard was about the furious focus demonstrated by one of our members, Mr Ronnie Hobbs. Golf, like most sports is primarily played between the ears, and as such, the ability to focus through the process of multiple muscles neurons firing off in a just-so sequence is critical.  Apparently (and I should point out that this was reported to me second hand this morning, so has yet to be verified), Ronnie was focusing hard on his swing - taking the club back smoothly, and accelerating through the downswing and on to complete his follow through, clipping the tee oh so sweetly indeed.
 
The tee.
 
Not the ball.
 
The ball had decided that it didn't particularly fancy being given a thwack by Ronnie, so had bailed out off the tee in the midst of his backswing, but tunnel-vision Hobbs failed to notice this and continued with grim determination to complete the job at hand with aplomb.
 
Ronnie, I take my hat off to you, such dedication and commitment is a shining example to us all. 
 
Secondly, Pete Shaw, the angriest Aussie at the club was telling us the story of his recent purchase, a pair of new shoes, perfect in every way, but with one minor problem.  While the right foot was exceptionally comfortable, the left foot was far less so.  Being a well renowned calm sort of chap, Pete was getting mildly irritated by this imbalance.  Now, it turns out that Pete has a habit of storing the remote for his trundler in one of his golf shoes, and amusing as it would be for him to leave that in his shoe and fail to notice it, that would be far too ridiculous.  Instead, while retrieving the remote, he discovered the little packet of desiccated gel in the toe of his shoe, which had been the source of his discomfort.  I am pleased to report that both of Pete's feet are now snug as bugs in rugs, and Pete is now checking all his shoes prior to putting his dainty tootsies in them.
 
The third moment came on the opening tee itself.
 
As we all know, that moment you step on the tee for your first shot is a moment full of nervous, hopeful, anticipation.  This single moment will set the tone for your whole round.  A good drive will ease the tension, slowing the pulse rate and letting the body and brain relax.  A bad drive will lead to an immediate sense of impending doom and an attempt to make the best of it, despite knowing deep down that it would be a day of scrambling, wild swings and general frustration
 
Doing this in front of a large group of your mates, who, let's face it, are not always the most supportive, is designed to increase the pulse rate of all concerned. 
 
Step forward our savior, Mr Murray Keen.  Standing tall and bearing the weight of all of our expectations, as he prepared to boom his ball down the fairway with the opening shot of the competition.  Unfortunately, the swing didn't quite deliver and the topped ball boing-ed it's way past the Ladies tee by a good few metres.
 
It was as if a balloon had been burst. Everybody immediately felt a lot better, and I am pleased to report that despite the roar of laughter from everyone there, Murray proceeded to crush his next shot miles down the fairway and made par.
 
So, all in all it was a great day, and I would recommend entering the competition to anyone, and I would like to thank Dave McEwing for organising the event; Neville for taking on the mantle of impartial referee; and to all of the competitors - I should probably thank the grounds team as well, but this is starting to sound like an Oscar acceptance speech so you'll have to wait until next time.
 
Stay safe, play well, and I look forward to seeing you all soon
 
Steve 
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