Wednesday Competition

26/08/15:  North Adelaide

Eight starters on a mild, calm day, with just a hint of run returning to the fairways.    Reasonable scores in most cases.

Front nine:       Boyle (21) from Mensforth (17) & Pring (16)

Back nine:       Pring, Mensforth & Whicker (16) from Batty & Beggs (15)

Overall:           Boyle (34) from Mensforth (33), Pring (32) & Whicker (31)

Birdies:                     Nil
Four point holes:     Batty:              Par 3 sixteenth

Quite unexpectedly, the Boyle/Pring combination triumphed over Milde/Whicker

Next Wednesday:    Early start -  9.40 am tee time (to avoid the Koreans)

Wednesday Competition

13/08/15:   North Adelaide

Played on the Thursday to avoid forecast bad conditions on the Wednesday.   Only three starters due to the full social calendar of the other retirees.

Front nine:    Don (16)

Back nine:    Damien (17)

Overall:        Don & Damien (31) from Bob

Four point holes:

Damien:      Par 4 first

19/08/15:   North Adelaide

The forecast  "few showers'' didn't arrive, so the seven starters enjoyed mild and calm conditions, although the course is still playing very long.

Front nine:     Phil (18) from Greg (16), Bronte (15)

Back nine:     Greg (21) from Bronte (16) & Don (15)

Overall:         Greg (37) from Phil & Bronte (31)

Birdies:

Bronte:       Par 5 fifteenth

Greg:         Par 4 eleventh, Par 4 thirteenth and Par 3 sixteenth

Four point holes:

Phil:          Par 3 sixteenth

Teams:

As expected, Phil/Greg snuck in over Bronte/Kevin

Sunday Competition - Barossa Valley & Gawler

Saturday 08/08/15:   Gawler

Fourteen ventured to Nuriootpa Caravan Park for the traditional August weekend trip.  
Nice weather - fine, cool, generally sunny and relatively calm conditions, with the course in very good condition (with no sign of mud or slush).

Ten players entered Gawler's Saturday competition, with only George & Bronte (31) and Damien & Dave Bartlett (30) avoiding embarrassment.

2015 EET Singles Comp - first round
After a titanic, long-hitting contest George snuck in over Dave Oreo on the final hole.  Both played well, with Dave fighting back mid-round to even the match.  A couple of excellent shots by George late in the round sealed the win.

Sunday 09/08/15:   Barossa Valley (Nuriootpa)

Sixteen starters on the Sunday, including the four ladies.   Absolutely perfect conditions - probably the best weather all winter, with the course in good condition.     
Noel noted in his after-match speech that the conditions were a true test of golf in which the best players prevailed.

Noel                       35 points
Greg                      35
Damien                  30

Long Drive (mens)         Ross, from an unlucky Dave O
Long Drive (ladies)        Kerri
NTP (mens)                   Greg (2)
Ladies winner                Jenny

"VINNIE" trophy for the trip -   Damien Mensforth 

Thanks to the Secretary for the arrangements, Sunday breakfast and magnificent weather.

Wednesday Competition

05/08/15:   North Adelaide

Eight starters on a morning with forecast light rain - it arrived in the form of several brief, light sprinkles.

Due to the heavy course conditions, it was decided to play a two-ball Ambrose - except for a last second decision that Whicker would represent Wellman against Burrett in their long-delayed first round match of the 2015 Singles Comp.     An unfortunate decision by Noel, as he would have had a better chance with a coin toss.   Craig helpfully noted on the first tee that he would have slept a whole lot better if he'd known that he was playing Greg, rather than Noel.  Harsh, but clearly true, as Craig triumphed in a fairly high-quality contest.

The Methofer/Beggs coupling won the Ambrose prizemoney in a close contest.

Next week:   To be advised - just waiting on the weather forecast that currently looks a bit dicky for Wednesday.