Ashbourne Picnic Golf Day

Sunday 13th November 2011

The EET Golf Club, which started as a social club activity of DEET some 20 years ago, is holding its annual Picnic Golf Day at Ashbourne (between Meadows & Goolwa). It’s a nice course, pleasant setting & greens (not scrapes).

The format is an Ambrose, with maximum male handicap of 27 and female maximum of 36. Anyone not able to pull together a 4 person team will have regular club players allocated to them to complete the numbers. We have NTPs and Long Drive prizes as well as Team prizes.

We supply the BBQ (meat, bread, condiments, utensils, plates, onions & potatoes) you bring your own salads, refreshments & something on which to sit.

We put a bottle of Port out on each hole, along with plastic cups, just in case you get thirsty! It’s available all day but just remember that someone has to drive home.

The golf, food, Port & prizes are supplied at a cost of $30 per player. If an adult wants to come along for the BBQ only then the cost is $5. Children & pets eat for free. A few people have been known to bring pets along - not an issue at this course.

The day starts between 8.30-9am with lunch after 9 holes are completed. Eventually once lunch is partially digested, we struggle back out to play the second nine holes. The golf part is usually all over by 3 - 3.30pm.

To nominate a team, or just numbers if a full team not available, contact any (or both) of the following:

pring@people.net.au Peter Pring – 0433 818 173

kevin_crathern@yahoo.com.au Kevin Crathern – 0423 601 330

Bronte Milde – 0407 797 883

DIRECTIONS

Firstly, get to Meadows. Simplest method is SE Freeway to Hahndorf, turn right at the chemist (main turn off main road), a left and a right at Echunga, and a left at Meadows. If you live in the southern suburbs, probably easier via Flagstaff Hill Rd, Chandlers Hill, Clarendon and Kangarilla (about 50 minutes from the bottom of Flagstaff Hill Rd to Ashbourne Golf Course)

From Meadows

1.Head east on Mawson Rd (main road) towards Mill St for 1.2 km

2. Slight right onto Adelaide-Goolwa Rd for 10.1 km (at the fork in the main road)

3. Continue onto Ashbourne Rd for 3.3 km (don’t turn off to Paris Creek)

4. Turn left onto Ashbourne Rd (at the Greenman Inn, as the telephone box is no longer there, as discovered in 2010) towards Strathalbyn for 900 metres

5. Take the 1st right on to Green Rd for 600 metres

Go along Green Rd and about 600 metres on the right is the world famous 9 hole Ashbourne Golf Course, with a tall row of pines lining the driveway (about 50 minutes from the Tollgate)

XMAS

Traditional Xmas round at Echunga and the traditional Xmas breakup BBQ following at the Ros/Ross hacienda has now been finalised as Sunday 11 December, with a 7.30am tee-off (that's in the morning Ocky).

BYO everything, and a later post will advise how much catering was left over after the Ashbourne Ambrose, so you'll be aware of exactly what you need to bring along (Burretts - just stick with the chocolates!).

While I'm on the subject, please organise your groups for Ashbourne - as usual, EET will top up your group with perennial winners if you don't have a full complement of 4.

Mr McCaw - are you right for the traditional rissoles?

Next game is Tanunda, 28 August at 11am (got it now Ocky?), and a small group will be making a weekend of it, going up early to play another course, and possibly play a game of cards. Numbers please for Tanunda and expressions of interest to the new Singles champion for the weekend away option.

Meister

October 15 and 16

Some cabins have been booked at the Coomealla Caravan Park, including breakfasts. Pay for golf as you go! 3 to a cabin, so choose your mates wisely!!

Clarification

Kaptn Kev was looking for the button to delete the email to see the dates.

All I meant was that you no longer need to go searching through your email (that may have been deleted) to find the detail, just come here!

DB

Next Dates

From the Meister:

28 August - Tanunda - 11am, with a small group making a weekend of it, staying up and playing at least one other course. Contact the new EET Golf Club Singles Champion if you are interested.

18 September - Fleurieu (or Mt Compass if you are so inclined) - 9.30am. Don't think there'll be any interest in the AFL season by then.

Weekend of either 15/16 or 22/23 October - Annual Road Trip, and this year it is Mildura. Probably play Riverside Friday, Mildura Country Club Saturday and Coomealla on the Sunday. The new EET Golf Club Singles Champion will be booking 5 rooms at this stage, but if anyone not at golf yesterday is interested, please scream out. Actual date will be confirmed shortly, but the current EET Golf Club Singles Champion is waiting to see if Tatts is coming just for his betting prowess at either the Caulfield Cup or the Cox Plate. (for those who are unaware, Tatts said one year - "give me your money, I've got a hot tip!" Backed the wrong horse number, wrong race number, and I think the wrong State, but won a lot of cash for those of us drunk enough to part with the hard earned!!!)

November will be the traditional Ashbourne Ambrose, so start getting your teams organised now! Usually the second Sunday, but will confirm later, when the newly crowned Cadel Evans of the EET golfing world, the Maillot Jeune EET Golf Club Singles Champion books and advises. Maybe we can start another EET Golf tradition, a bit like the TDF, and present our champion with a golf shirt???? Given that he is probably the only person able to fit into our current stock of shirts, he can probably pick his own colour - either blue or green, and we can label all future champions "the blue or green shirt"!!!

Happy to discuss this proposal with anyone stupid enough to respond, but open to further developments or improvements on the suggestion - (eg. Not allowed the Wellman Award, as our club shirt lacks the panache of the salmon, taupe or lemon coloured standards we've come to expect of a worthy winner). Also don't want the negative stifling crap that SoftOck usually responds with, as I see the EET Golf Club as a progressive and positive individual nurturing type of organisation. (well at least one learns very quickly how to cope with abuse, slanging matches, the Judge's encouraging words and bad behaviour!)

December - we're gunna play Echunga, (usually about a 7.30 tee-off) and turn up at Ross and Ros's for the traditional XMAS BBQ, whether they're there or not! Usually the first or second Sunday - also will confirm after the recently crowned EET Golf Club Singles Champion advises.

Welcome

With the next AGM approaching I thought I had better discharge my duties as IT Officer or whatever you called me.

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DB