15 February 2020 - Woolooware Golf Course - Individual Stableford - 6:19am

31 players teed off on a warm morning after a week of torrential rain which threatened to make the course a bog in which plenty of balls would plug. There was no rain  during our game but it was very humid.

The golf course was in very good condition considering the amount of rain that Sydney has had in the past 7 or 8 days.

The greens were in very good condition with no blemishes to speak off - even cover across the entire green although the green might have been a little long but that would be preferred to having them burnt from the ensuing heat.

The fairways were also in good condition except for the low lying areas where water congregates but we had no problem with that as it was "preferred lie through the green".

The Guzzlers Cup was won by Brad Nash.

1st Place:                           Brad Nash (43)

2nd Place:                          Adam Compton (42)

3rd Place:                           Scott Whyte (36)

Pink Ball:                            Rob Guidi (23)

Ball Prizes:
  4th Hole: NTP:                  Phil Beardsley
  9th Hole: NTP:                  Brett Coventry

10th Hole: NTP:                  Denis Daniels

  6th Hole: D&P:                  Brad Nash

15th Hole: D&P:                  Graham Clarke 

16th Hole: Eagles Nest:      Nobody. Jackpots $15.50

Longest Drive: 14th Hole:
A-Grade:                              Tim Tillbrook

B-Grade:                              Scott Whyte
C:Grade:                              Alan Griffiths

New Members:

Nil

Visitors:
Nil

Wine Draw:
Phil Beardsley

Ball Raffle:

Fred Pearce

Horse Lotto ($100):

N/A

Notifications:

The Annual General Meeting for Miranda Social Golf Club will be held at 7pm on Tuesday 25 February 2020 at the Caringbah Tradies Club.

8 February 2020 - The Ridge Golf Course - Individual Stableford - 6:15am

Motorized carts were not allowed out on the course so about 8 of our members who turned up to play decided against it considering they need a motorized cart to get around the course.

10 die-hards ventured out onto the golf course amid heavy rain that was forecast to get even heavier.

Those who played were:
Moz Huertas
James Huertas
Darren McDonald
Matt Saunders
Kelvin (friend of Matt)
Graham Clarke
Chris Lee
Adam Compton
Brad Nash
Peter Bull

The group finished after 9 holes as we were all drenched and the forecast was for even heavier rains to come.

We then had a BBQ which was cooked by Matt Saunders for which we all thanked him.

1 February 2020 - Boomerang Golf Club - Yellow Ball Team Event - 7:30am

32 players teed off on a warm dry morning for which the temperature was forecast to reach into the mid 40s.

It actually reached 43 degrees on the course and several of our players pulled out as they were too, ill to continue.

The course was in reasonable condition given the heat and lack of rain over recent weeks.

The Guzzler's Cup winner was Moz Huertas (42)

The winners of the Team event were as follows:
Graham Clarke, Scott Whyte, Steve O'Toole (39). 

Pink Ball: Gary Barnes (23)

Ball Prizes:

  3rd Hole: NTP:                    Graham Clarke
10th Hole: NTP:                    Graham Clarke
14th Hole: NTP:                    James Huertas
  1st Hole: D&P:                    Tim, Tillbrook

17th Hole: D&P:                    Andrew Johnson

  7th Hole: Eagles Nest:        Nobody . Jackpot Amount ($16)

Longest Drive: 15th Hole:
A-Grade:                               George Soravia
B-Grade:                               Andrew Johnson
C-Grade:                               Jeff saunders

New Members:

Nil

Visitors:

Nil

Ball Draw:
Nil

Wine Draw:
Nil

Horse Lotto $100):
Nil

Acknowledgements:

Thanks to George Soravia & Steve Carr for cooking the BBQ

Notices:

Nil

25 January 2020 - Calderwood Valley Golf Course - 2 Ball Best Ball - Individual Stableford - 7:00am

29 players teed off in warm but moist conditions. Thanks to the recent rain there was not a lot of run on the fairways and the greens were a bit softer than usual. There was very little water in the dams and the creeks had no flowing water.  We were told that they had to buy council water recently to supplement the dam water.

In addition to winning the Guzzlers Cup with 40 Stableford points Matt Saunders won the right to have his name engraved on the Ray Fenton Memorial Shield which was once again well contested. This Shield is offered in commemoration of all of our members who have passed on but as Ray Fenton was a member of the original members of the Miranda Golf Club and as he performed several roles within the Miranda Golf Club for in excess of 20 years he is considered to be a founding member of the club and a significant contributor to its longevity.

1st Place:                        Team of Ian Tillbrook & Ian Cooper (47 points) on a count back

2nd Place:                       Team of Rob Guidi and Mark Santer (47 points)
Pink Ball:                         Brett Coventry (28) on a count back from Grant Lethbridge

Ball Prizes:
 4th Hole: NTP:                Jono Muhs
 6th Hole: NTP:                Graham Clarke
13th Hole: NTP:               James Huertas

 2nd Hole: D&P:               Mark Santer
14th Hole: D&P:               Jono Muhs
 8th Hole: Eagles Nest:    Nobody - Jackpots $14.50

Longest Drive: 18th Hole:

A-Grade:                          Graham Clarke
B-Grade:                          Steve Carr
C-Grade:                          Matt Saunders

Acknowledgements:
Moz & James Huertas cooked the BBQ.

Members Wine Draw:

Rob Gillespie

Golf Ball Raffle:

Brett Coventry

New Members:
Nil

Visitors:

Tom Kirby

Horse Lotto ($100):
Brett Coventry

Notifications:

Nil

18 January 2020 - Woolooware Golf Course - Individual Stableford - 5:51am

18 players teed off on a warm morning for which heavy rain was forecast but none eventuated until after we finished and even that was not all that heavy at the course.

Those girls (fair feather golfers) who did not want to play for fear of getting their knickers wet missed out on a good day of golf.

The Guzzlers Cup was won by Moz Huertas.

1st Place:                           Moz Huertas(38)

2nd Place:                          John Adelerhof (36)

3rd Place:                           Chris Gordon (33) on a count back from Frank Fuller

Pink Ball:                            Danny Yu (22)

Ball Prizes:
  4th Hole: NTP:                  Mark Santer
  9th Hole: NTP:                  Tim Tillbrook

10th Hole: NTP:                  Graham Clarke

  6th Hole: D&P:                  John Dunn 

15th Hole: D&P:                  John Dunn 

16th Hole: Eagles Nest:      Nobody. Jackpots $9

Longest Drive: 15th Hole:
A-Grade:                              Graham Clarke

B-Grade:                              Mark Santer
C:Grade:                              Rodney ('Hot Rod') Dixon

New Members:

Kieran Merrigan

Visitors:
Nil

Wine Draw:
James Huertas

Ball Raffle:

Frank Fuller

Horse Lotto ($100):

N/A

Notifications:

-

11 January 2020 - Rosnay (Auburn) Golf Course - Individual Stableford - 6:33am

23 players teed off on an morning on which a light drizzle kept things cool for about 6 holes. Some softies even dragged out their dust-covered umbrellas.

The greens were slow due to a thicker carpet than normal required to stop them from drying out from the heat that had turned most of the fairways brown and littered with patches of dirt without any grass cover.

Guzzlers Cup was won  by Matt Whibley

1st Place:                      Matt Whibley (35) on a count back from Danny Yu & Matt Saunders
2nd Place:                     Danny Yu (35)
3rd Place:                      Matt Saunders (35)
Pink Ball:                       Moz Huertas (??)

Ball Prizes:
  6th Hole: NTP:             Gary Barnes 
  9th Hole: NTP:             Matt Saunders
13th Hole: NTP:             Frank Fuller
  3rd Hole: D&P:             Steve Carr
14th Hole: D&P:             Phil Beardsley
16th Hole: Eagles Nest: Matt Whibley ($25)

Longest Drive - 18th Hole:
A-Grade:                         Matt Whibley
B-Grade:                         John Dunn
C-Grade:                         Matt Saunders

Visitors:
Fred Pearce

New Members:
Nil

Horse Lotto:
Nil

Wine Draw:
Andrew Johnson

Ball Draw:
Rob Gillespie

Notifications:

-

4 January 2020 - The Ridge Golf Course - Individual Stableford - 5:50am

29 players teed off on a perfect morning for golf, no wind, no rain, not too hot (22 degrees at 6am). The fairways were dry under foot and the greens were in prefect condition.

Members welcomed back Brad Nash after a long lay-off and coincidentally he was the Guzzler's Cup winner for the day.

1st Place:                           Brad Nash (43) on a count back from

2nd Place:                          Moz Huertas (43)

3rd Place:                           Brett Coventry (43)

Pink Ball:                            Graham Clarke (30)

Ball Prizes:
  8th Hole: NTP:                  Brett Coventry

11th Hole: NTP:                  Fred El-Daher
15th Hole: NTP:                  Jono Muhs

  1st Hole: D&P:                  Tim Tillbrook

12th Hole: D&P:                  Chris Gordon

  5th Hole: Eagles Nest:      Nobody. Jackpots $14.50 to next week.

Longest Drive:  7th Hole:
A-Grade:                              Jono Muhs

B-Grade:                              Steve O'Grady

C:Grade:                              Rob Gillespie

Visitors:

Fred Pearce

New Members

Kieran Merrigan

Wine Draw:
Andrew Johnson

Ball Raffle:

Steve O'Grady

Horse Lotto ($100):

N/A

Acknowledgements:

Steve O'Grady cooked the BBQ with support from Scott Whyte

28 December 2019 - Boomerang Golf Course - 2 Ball Ambrose - 7:00am

28 players teed off on a warm dry morning n overcast morning on a day in Sydney.for which he temperature was forecast to reach into mid to high 30s.

The winners of the Team event were as follows:
1st Place:   Garry Daniels & Mick Connor with 64 strokes (NETT) and a score of 51 after handicap deducted. 

2nd Place:  Frank Fuller & John Adelerhof also with 67 NETT and 58.75 after handicap was deducted.

3rd Place:   Steve Carr & Peter Bull also with 67 NETT and 58.75 after handicap was deducted.

Last place:  Rob Gillespie & Moz Huertas. They were awarded a PINK BALL each.

Ball Prizes:
  3rd Hole: NTP:                    Ben Everson
14th Hole: NTP:                    Steve Carr
18th Hole: NTP:                    Frank Fuller
  5th Hole: D&P:                    Graham Jones

17th Hole: D&P:                    Nobody

  7th Hole: Eagles Nest:        Steve Carr. Jackpot Amount ($40)

Longest Drive: 15th Hole:
A-Grade:                               Mick Connor
B-Grade:                               Andrew Johnson
C-Grade:                               Denis Daniels

New Members:
Nil

Visitors:
Dylan Connor

Tom Kirby

Ball Draw:
Danny Yu

Wine Draw:
Denis Daniels

Fred El-Daher

Horse Lotto $100):
Danny Yu

Acknowledgements:

Thanks to John Dunn & Craig Franklin for cooking the BBQ

Notices:

Best wishes for all players and their families for a safe and Happy New Year. We look forward to seeing you again in 2020.

23 December 2019 - Woolooware Golf Course - Individual Stableford - 5:30am

29 players teed off on a warm and sunny day on which temperatures were forecast to reach into the 40s in Sydney.

The Guzzlers Cup was won by Chris Slack.

1st Place:                           Chris Slack (38)

2nd Place:                          Graham Clarke (37) on a count back from Peter Bull

3rd Place:                           Peter Bull (37)

Pink Ball:                            Moz Huertas (19)

Ball Prizes:
  4th Hole: NTP:                  Chris Gordon
  9th Hole: NTP:                  Joe Taylor

10th Hole: NTP:                  Joe Taylor

  6th Hole: D&P:                  Graham Clarke 

15th Hole: D&P:                  Nobody

16th Hole: Eagles Nest:      Nobody. Jackpots $14.50

Longest Drive: 12th Hole:
A-Grade:                              Graham Clarke

B-Grade:                              Peter Bull
C:Grade:                              Phil Beardsley

New Members:

N/A

Visitors:
Glenn Secco

Wine Draw:
Tim Tillbrook

Ball Raffle:

Chris Gordon

Jeff Saunders

Brett Coventry

Horse Lotto ($100):

N/A

Notifications:

-

14 December - Calderwood Valley Golf Course - XMAS Cup - 2BBB - 7:00am

27 players teed off in warm dry conditions.

The Guzzlers Cup was won by Garry Daniels (48 points)

1st Place:                        Team of Ian Till brook & Danny Yu (54 points)

2nd Place:                       Team of Moz Huertas and Grant Lethbridge (51 points)
Pink Ball:                         Al Griffiths (24)

Ball Prizes:
 4th Hole: NTP:                Mark Santer
 6th Hole: NTP:                Grant Thompson
17th Hole: NTP:               Graham Clarke

 2nd Hole: D&P:               George Soravia
14th Hole: D&P:               Fred El-Daher
 8th Hole: Eagles Nest:    Nobody - Jackpots $13.50

Longest Drive: 18th Hole:

A-Grade:                          George Soravia
B-Grade:                          Grant Lethbridge
C-Grade:                          Moz Huertas

Acknowledgements:
John Adelerhof & Ian Cooper cooked the BBQ.

Members Wine Draw:

Brett Coventry

James Huertas

Golf Ball Raffle:

Fred El-Daher

Al Griffiths

New Members:
Nil

Visitors:

Nil

Horse Lotto ($100):
N/A

Notifications:

Nil