President's Bulletin – January 20th, 2023

Men’s Comp.

Last Saturday was the first round of the Chris Rigoni 4BBB, 30 players played which was a great field.

Peter Stewart and myself had a brilliant first 9, 24 points, and held on to win on a countback from Brad Carroll and David Clark on 44 points.

The Rigoni 4BBB will run over the two Saturdays, if you missed last Saturday, you can play tomorrow as it is the best two rounds out of three.

16 players played in the Wednesday comp and Tony Chapman played extremely well with 40 points, runner up Evan Jones on a countback from Peter Ternes on 38 points.

Next Wednesday, a trial of a 9 hole comp., we need 4 for a competition, all members welcome, 8.30am.

ROSTER

Have you put your name down on the roster????

I wish to thank the members who have helped out to date – the commitment you have made to ensure visitors are welcomed to our course is greatly appreciated and the revenue for the Club is outstanding.

Programme

The programme for the next two weeks:

Ladies Comp

Last Tuesday, 19 ladies played, great field.

Winner of the 18-hole competition with a fantastic score of 42 points, Faye McLees, runner up Sarah Deas,37 points

Winner of the 9-hole comp, burning up the field, Kerry chapman with 22 points, runner up Penny Dawkins with 19 points, Well done to all ladies

Yesterday, only 10 ladies played in cooler conditions

18 hole winner was Marnie Broz with 34 points, runner up and second time this week Sarah Deas with 31 points.

9 hole winner was Robyn Ternes with an excellent 22 points, runner up Kerry Chapman with 19 points. Don’t forget you can play in the 9 hole comp on Wednesday.

Course

A big working bee next Monday at 8.00am, Gerard and Tristan are going to scarify the greens and members are required to spread sand. We need a minimum of 10 members for three to four hours.

I thank Fox for helping me to repair the fences on the 15^th tee.

I give a special shout out to Robert Wheeler who has carried out repairs to our green electric golf cart. We cannot purchase a new axle in Australia. So Robert has removed the axle and repaired it himself, thanks Wheels.

We are having a terrible time with our new Toro rough mower. Some might call it a lemon. It arrived, new, with no oil in the gearbox and since then it has travelled up and down the highway to be repaired. It is in Melbourne now. We are putting up a strong case for a new mower.

Opening Day of NEDGA

Opening Day of the Northeast Golf Association will be held at Myrtleford this year, Sunday 12^th February. It is a 2-player aggregate Stapleford. As the host club, we need good numbers to play also we have to provide lunch and run the bar. Please enter via the attach entry form.(Sorry the form not attached – the Browne email system is acting up!)

Australia Day – Par 3 event

Always a great social day, organized by the Ladies. Meat pies and lamingtons for lunch. Every hole is a par 3, a great social day, Thursday 26^th, 9.- 9.30am. Numbers are so important, for catering so please write your name on the notice board. Thank you.

Alpine Classic

Entries opened this week for our 20^th Alpine Classic to be held on the 20^th,21^st and 23th March.

We have over 120 entries so far, if you wish to play, go to the Myrtleford Golf Club website and follow the Alpine Classic tab. Peter and Robyn Ternes have swung into gear and doing a great job.

Victorian 4BBB Qualifying Round

Do you wish to play in this year’s Victorian 4BBB qualifying round? Jubilee Golf Course, Sunday 29^th January, see your Captain.

Centennial Shirts

Did you miss out early this year in purchasing a centennial shirt.

Following a request for the shirts, orders forms are available at the Club house, cost $45.