October 2018 Trip results

19/10/2018:   Waikerie

A strong breeze made for tough conditions, but the showers held off (just).   The course was in good condition with the greens consistent, but tricky.

Well done to: 
Peter Pring (38), Noel Wellman(32), Pam Deacon (31), George Cleland (30)

Birdies:   
Peter Pring - par 3 sixth;  Peter Harding & Graeme Kewen - par 3 thirteenth;  Kevin Sampson - par 4 tenth


20/10/2018   Burra

Fine and cool conditions with the fairways average (due to recent frost damage) and the greens OK.  Pretty good scores all round, with the feared combination of Bartlett & Milde winning the four ball-better ball competition

Well done to:
David Bartlett (40), Paul Crathern (38), Greg Whicker (37),  Jenny Wellman (36), George Cleland (34), Stephen Gordge & Ross Townsend  (33), Helen Cooper & Steve White (32), Joan Connell, Kevin Sampson & Bronte Milde (31),  Dave Oreo (30).

Birdies:
Dave Bartlett - par 5 seventh and par 5 twelfth:  Steve White - par 5 twelfth;  Greg Whicker - par 3 fifteenth

Five Point Holes:
Helen Cooper - par 5 seventh


21/10/2018  Barossa Valley

Perfect conditions (24C & sunny) with the course in excellent condition.

Well done to:
Kevin Crathern (39), Paul Crathern & Greg Whicker (37), Noel Wellman & Ross Townsend (36), Steve White (34), Peter Harding (33), George Cleleand (32), Bronte Milde (30).

Birdies:
George Cleland - par 5 fourteenth;  Ross Townsend - par 5 seventh & par 3 seventeenth; Greg Whicker - par 5 second; Kevin Crathern - par 4 sixteenth

Five Point Holes:
Kerri Oreo - par 5 fifth - (this is not a computer glitch)


Major Awards:

Vinnie Award:   Congratulations to Paul Crathern (60 points).  
First Loser - Greg Whicker (59), Second Loser George Cleland (54).

NAGA:    Ken James.   Second - Daylight

Murray Bridge & Lake Albert Results

Saturday 26/05/18:   Lake Albert

Five starters on a pleasant day with the Lake Albert course in very good condition and fast greens - a big improvement on our last visit.   Reasonable scores, with no-one disgraced !

Steve White (33), from George Cleland (32), Ross Townsend (31).

Sunday 27/05/18:  Murray Bridge

Ignoring the forecast of rain, the day turned out beautifully - warm and calm throughout.    Thirteen starters, with reasonable scores generally.

Well done to:
Ross Townsend      (34)
Paul Crathern & Peter Harding         (33)
Steve White & Kevin Crathern         (32)
George Cleland      (31)
Greg Whicker        (30)

Birdies:
Kevin Crathern:     par 5 twelfth

Highlight:
Ross' drive on the par 4 fifteenth (the mongrel with the 90 degree dogleg) went to the right of the dogleg trees, bounced along the brick path next to the 16th tee, rolled over several mounds and finished on the fringe of the green, about 12 feet from the flag.  Scrambled the par !!

Blackwood Results and Wednesday Comp

Sunday 15/04/18:   Blackwood

Seventeen intrepid starters in slightly misty conditions - OK, it rained on at least six of the first nine holes.   Not bad on the second nine, but very damp underfoot after heavy rainfall over the past few days.

EET Singles Comp 2018 - First Round

David Oreo snuck in over  Paul Tatarelli
Ken Freestone snuck in over Bob Batty

Stableford Ball Winners:

Kev Crathern   (33)
Craig Burrett & David Oreo  (32)
Greg Whicker (31)
Paul Crathern  (30)

Birdies:

Oreo:       par 5 seventh
Cleland:   par 5 fifteenth

Wednesday 18/04/18:    Echunga

Six starters for an early start at Echunga - finished in ~3 hours - on a perfect day (although the course was still quite damp from the rain the previous weekend.

Front nine:    Whicker (19) from Harding (18)
Back nine:     Crathern, Pring & Whicker (18), Harding (17)
Overall:         Whicker (37), Harding (35), Crathern (32), Cleland (30)

WWL (What We Learned)

(i)    EET is universally recognised as having caring, supportive, polite members -  doesn't apply when you chip in from 20 metres off the green twice within 3 holes.

Wednesday Competition

Wednesday 28/03/2018:   North Adelaide

A nostalgic return to the South Course on a perfect autumn day for golf.   Just the four starters, with George Cleland being the only one to play two good nines.   The back nine was downright embarrassing for some. Probably won't rush to play there again.

Front nine:    Whicker (21) from Crathern (18), Cleland (17)
Back nine:     Cleland (19)
Overall:         Cleland (36) from Whicker (31), Crathern (30)


Wednesday 04/04/2018:   Mount Barker

Eight starters on an absolutely perfect day for golf.  The course was in excellent condition and scores were generally very good, with Peter Harding and Mal Freeman really damaging their handicaps.

Front nine:   Harding (24) from Freeman (22), Whicker (20), Crathern & Batty (17)
Back nine:   Whicker (22) from Harding (21), Freeman, Crathern & Batty (19)
Overall:        Harding (45) from Whicker (42), Freeman (41), Batty & Crathern (36)

Birdies:  Whicker on par 4 ninth.

Next Wednesday:   Echunga - early start to beat the forecast heat - refer emails from Pring

Sunday Competition - Patawalonga

11/03/2018:      Patawalonga

Fourteen starters in perfect weather (although a touch warm by the finish) with a clear blue sky and a slight breeze (~ 1 club).  The course was in excellent condition.

Highlights:
-      As is usual at the Pat, scores were generally good.  Kev Crathern made a mess of the competition with 46 points, including 25 on the back nine.  Vin-like.
-      First EET appearance (and 40 points) by Sam Wellman, aka 'Son of Noel'.  His modesty, talent and quietness-on-course suggests he was adopted. 
-      The Acting-Captain's speech after the game was outstanding.  

EET Singles Competition 2018 - first round.    Four matches decided: 

-   Jill Thomas by 1 shot over George Cleland.  George's 19/19/38 round didn't quite overcome the 28 shots he had to give Jill.
-   Stephen Gordge def  Noel Wellman (who was dogged by bad luck, as usual)
-   Helen Cooper def Peter Harding (despite a slightly sluggish start - 14 on the first)
-   Greg Whicker def  Paul Crathern (Steve White will be surprised)

Stableford Competition - Ball winners:
Kevin Crathern (46)
Sam Wellman (40)
Jill Thomas & Greg Whicker (39)
George Cleland (38)
Stephen Gordge (36)
Peter Harding & Ross Townsend (33)
Noel Wellman (32)
Helen Cooper & Bob Batty (30)

Birdies:
Sam Wellman - par 5 thirteenth
George Cleland - par 5 seventeenth
Greg Whicker - par 4 fifteenth

Wednesday Competition

28/02/2018:    Willunga

Six starters on our first visit to Willunga for a long, long time.   On a perfect day for golf, the course was very busy, well maintained and interesting, with a number of huge greens.    Overall, a pleasant course which is relatively short, but worth an occasional visit.

The highlight of the day was Bronte (henceforth "the new Damien"), arriving at the course without his golf clubs.    Scores were generally pretty average, with Mal Freeman winning the day on only his second round with EET.

Front nine:   Harding (17) from Freeman (16)
Back nine:   Crathern (18) from Freeman & Methofer (17), Whicker & Cleland (16)
Overall:       Freeman (33) from Harding & Crathern (32), Methofer (31) 

Next Week:    TUESDAY      Mt Osmond     12.30 pm (two tees)  
Whicker has 3 Entertainment Book vouchers - can someone please bring one more (just in case).

Wednesday Competition

Wednesday 21/02/2018:      Mount Compass

Eight starters on an excellent day for golf, with the course in very good condition for mid-February.  A special welcome to Mal Freeman for his first game with EET.

The competition was ruined by "Seagull" Milde with a lazy 43 points, which included 24 on the back nine, three scrubs and consecutive birdies.   

Front nine:    Crathern, Harding & Whicker (20), Milde (19), Cleland (17), Feeman & Pring (16)
Back nine:     Milde (24), Crathern & Batty (18), Freeman (16)
Overall:         Milde (43), Crathern (38), Harding & Whicker (34), Freeman (32)

Birdies:
Harding:    Par 5 second (that's 4 for 5, by the way)
Milde:       Par 4 eleventh (3 for 5) and par 3 twelfth
Cleland:    Par 5 second

Next week:   Wednesday 28/02/2018 - Willunga 10.10 am & 10.15 am - Entertainment Book vouchers

Wednesday Competition

14/02/18:   Echunga

Seven starters on a perfect day for golf, with the course in good condition, although damp in places after heavy watering.  Good to see Phil Methofer back after an injury absence, though his knee is likely to require a replacement operation.

Good scores generally, although especially pleasing to see 42 points by Kevin Crathern (reducing his handicap for the Ambrose at Victor in a couple of weeks time).

Front nine:    Crathern (22) from Gordge (20), Whicker (18), Pring (17)
Back nine:     Crathern (20), Whicker (19), Batty & Methofer (17), Pring (16)
Overall:         Crathern (42), Whicker (37), Gordge (34), Pring (33)

Birdies:   Whicker (par 4 third)

Next Week:   Wednesday 21/02/18   Mount Compass at 10.15 am

Victor Harbor

04/02/2018:  Victor Harbor - Group 4 Competition

EET was well represented with 5 groups in the annual Group 4 competition at Victor Harbor. Unfortunately, not amongst the prizewinners, with only Kevin Crathern winning a bottle of wine in C Grade and Mr Beggs winning a raffle (has his luck changed ?).

Well done to:

Kev Sampson 37

Greg Whicker  34

Kev Crathern, Craig Burrett, Paul Crathern (32)

Ross Townsend & Paul Tattarelli (31)

Helen Cooper (30)

The "Ferals" are considering a name change to the "Lumberjacks" given the number of trees they hit.    One Feral, who shall remain nameless (but who is currently devoting more time to his family), brought tears to the eyes of those who witnessed his shots in the trees next to a water hazard on the 16th.

Wednesday Competition

Tuesday 30/01/2018:  Flagstaff Hill

Nine starters on a fine, but cool and breezy, afternoon at Flagstaff Hill which was in good condition (and cheap at $20 per round). The golf shop lad arranged for EET to tee off "before the old blokes" (a horde waiting for the afternoon's 9-hole competition).    We suggested he visit Specsavers.

Batty blitzed the field again.  Unfortunately, his new clubs seem to be working.

Front nine:   Batty & Grybowski (18), Gordge (17)
Back nine:    Batty (21), Harding (18), Pring, Whicker & Grybowski (17), Crathern (16)
Overall:        Batty (39), Grybowski (35), Whicker (32), Gordge (30)

Next Week:   TBA

Wednesday Competition

Tuesday: 23/01/2018:   Mount Osmond

Just the four starters on a sunny day which was about 26C at the start (1pm) but finished up really warm.   The temperature, humidity and hills meant the drinks afterwards didn't touch the sides.

Nothing to brag about with our scores - Unlike the recent round at Thaxted by our former EET Singles Champion, Craig Burrett, who shot 75 off the stick, including four birdies.   Despite his natural modesty, Craig would be happy to describe each shot in graphic detail, should you care to call him and have an hour to spare.

Front nine:   Crathern (21) from Batty (17)
Back nine:    Whicker (17)
Overall:        Whicker (32)

As expected, the Batty/Whicker combination took the money from Crathern/Pring.   Kevin has booked a physio for his shoulders. 

Next Week:   TUESDAY 30th January - Flagstaff Hill - 11.45 am tee 

Sunday Competition - Wirrina

21/01/2018:    Wirrina  

Mr Pring reports:

21 starters on a hot ,muggy day.  The forecast from different sources said 24 or 26, but it felt about 32 and moist.   Out of the direct sun was pretty good and the late sea-breeze made a difference.  The course was in less than perfect conditions – I don’t think tee blocks should be crunching dead grass  underneath, and a couple of greens were half dead.  Also, quite a lot of very fine couch (Maybe Santa Anna, Helen can confirm this, as with most things) but a lot of tendrils were moving onto a lot of putting greens.  The greens were very slow.........

My electric cart died by the 9^th, went to swap it out, and 3 of the 4 carts available were dead as a doornail, and the one I took was half charged only.  They charged $42 per cart – more than most courses.   Most punters I spoke to did not want to return.

 Winner on the day was the Meister with a beautifully crafted 41 points – I put it down to the coaching from the 3 ladies, plus a Jenny Wellman hanger-on!   Guys, if you want a good round, play around with the ladies!! (Editor's Note:  perhaps should read "play a round.." although maybe not ...)

Second with 36 points was shared between Jill Thomas and Paul Crathern

Steve White – 34
Bob Batty and Joan Connell – 32
S Gordge, G Cleland, Kev Sampson and K Crathern all on 31 points.

Long Drive – Men’s – Meister

Long Drive – Ladies – Kerri Oreo

NTPs:    Cleland, D Oreo, Meister, and Kerri Oreo.

Next round , we will treat the Group 4 Comp at Victor as a normal monthly round, due to the low number of nominated teams down there.  So  Victor 4^th February shotgun start 9am.

Wednesday Competition

16/01/2018:    Echunga

Six starters on a fine, warm, fairly calm day for golf which disproved the theory that you putt better the second time you play the course. 

The feared combination of Batty, Crathern & Whicker won the team competition comfortably, as expected.

Front Nine:     Batty ((19) from Whicker (17), Cleland & Crathern (16)
Back nine:      Crathern & Cleland (18) from Batty & Whicker (16)
Overall:          Batty (35) from Crathern & Cleland (34), Whicker (33)

Birdies:
Whicker:    Par 5 sixth and par 3 seventeenth 

Next Wednesday:   Mt Osmond  12.55 pm

Wednesday Competition

Two rounds at country courses have kicked off the Wednesday Comp for 2018.    The general feeling is that we should continue to vary the courses for Wednesdays using Entertainment Book vouchers, Scoopons etc to mitigate costs wherever possible.  Mount Osmond, Mount Barker, Flagstaff Hill, Willunga are covered by EB vouchers, Echunga, Mt Compass & the Pat are popular ..... etc.

03/01/2018:    Mount Compass

Eleven starters for the "holiday" round at Mt Compass, on a lovely day for golf.   The course was in excellent condition, though the greens provided a challenge.  Milde continued his sparkling form, whilst Wellman relished being (currently) the best golfer in his family

Well done to:
Milde and Wellman             37 points
Whicker                               34
Sampson                              32
Oreo                                     31

Birdies:
Milde              Par 4 thirteenth
Sampson        Par 4 thirteenth
Whicker          Par 4 first

10/01/2018:    Echunga

Four starters on a perfect morning for golf - 25C, overcast, faint breeze and no-one ahead of us (< 3.5 hour round).

Whicker (37) narrowly from Cleland (35) and Pring (30).

Birdies:   Cleland on par 4 eleventh

Next Week:   TBA - forecast very hot conditions for Wednesday (will send out email)