Our annual round at Sandy Creek found the course in the best condition we have played. Nicely grassed fairways and great weather made for a very enjoyable round. This course has teeth and can spoil a good round very quickly should you venture off the Fairways! Some good scores were posted and here are the results
Winner Bruce Clark 37 points
2nd John Mortimer 35 points
3rd on count-back Ethan Ellis 34 points
A Grade
Ethan Ellis 34 points
James Gielb 33 points
Darren Griffiths 30 points
B Grade
John Mortimer 35 points
Daryl Letts 31 points
Chris Skewes 31 points
C Grade
Bruce Clark 37 points
Rob Pearce 31 points
Ben Wruck 31 points
D Grade
Bob Troubridge 34 points
Ladies
Liz Wedge
NTPs
2nd XXX
4th James Gielb 0.3M
6th Daryl Letts 2M
11th James Lunnay tie with Bob Troubridge 3.1M
See you all at Flagstaff Hill for our next Round.
John Mortimer

Tanunda Pines 2016

28 Members contested this challenging Course in Perfect conditions with some great scores posted.

1st Ben Cox 39 on countback
2nd Daryl Letts 39
3rd Jim Stobie 36

A Grade
Wolf Engel 35
Ethan Ellis 34
James Gielb 34

B Grade
Ben Cox 39
Daryl Letts 39
Andrew Reid 36

C Grade
Ben Wruck 36
Len Dewsnap 34
Dave Crimmins 33

D Grade
Jim Stobie 36
Tim Kernahan 35
Bob Troubridge 35

Ladies
Vera Mortimer 33

NTPS
6th xxx
8th Mike Willis 17m
11th Darren Griffiths 3.3m
16th Ben Cox 0.1m

See you all at Victor Harbor for our next Round
John Mortimer

Great weather for our first game for 2016 at the fantastic Fleurieu Golf Course, Mt Compass. A good showing of Members enjoyed the great conditions on this tricky layout with bunkers, water hazards and throw in some thick rough testing the Field.
Some great golf was played and here are the Results
1 Jim Stobie 40
2 Vera Mortimer 39
3 Len Dewsnap 38
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A Grade
Tony Carter 38
Wayne Robbins 35
Wolf Engel 32
B Grade
Mike Willis 34
Bob Troughbridge 34
John Mortimer 34
C Grade
Mark Harkins 37
Tom Wihodo 35
Dwi Dwiyatno 31
D Grade
Jim Stobie 40
Gary Davies 32
Tim Kernahan 31

Ladies
Vera Mortimer 39
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NTPs
5 Mark Mancini 3.2m
9 Tie Wolf Engel & Tom Wihodo 1.5m !
12 Daryl Rebbeck 2.5m
14 Darren Griffiths 2.6m
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See you all at the mighty Tanunda Pines for our next Round
John Mortimer

65 adults and 15 children, incorporating 49 golfers attended the 2015 Renmark weekend. Weather was excellent for all 4 days. It was good to see some of our new members attend.
The Renmark CC was a good host yet again with plenty of food and drink available for everyone. The course was in good condition.
Our aim to encourage SAOGA sponsors to enter teams in the Friday competition was successful with a total of 10 teams entered. It was a great day with good feedback from our generous sponsors. Well done to Mat Kennedy and his ALS X Drilling Tools team to win the inaugural Sponsors Trophy.
Due to the downturn in the industry we were very concerned about our sponsorship but still putting together an enjoyable tournament – it worked out well. Everybody had a great time with good weather and golf. We even found some Karaoke stars at the dinner.
Good scores were around on all of the days.

Here is a summary of the results:
Thursday / Friday Winners
• JFK Cup (Thursday Stoke) – 1st – M Duerden, 2nd – R Troughbridge, 3rd – D Brooker
• Presidents Cup (Friday Ambrose – Winning team) – J Lunnay, L Dewsnap, D Crimmins and D Mancini
Saturday / Sunday winners
• Bardrill Cup (Ladies Stableford) – 1st – C Kernahan, 2nd – C Brooker
• Stealth Tools Cup (Best Stableford – Sat/Sun) – 1st – B Cox, 2nd – R Troughbridge, 3rd – T Carter
• Cavpower Cup (Most consistent) – Masayuki Ohara
• Ensign Trophy (Best Stableford – Sat) – 1st – A Dewar, 2nd – M Willis
• SAOGA Cup (Best Stableford – Sun) – 1st – D Crimmins, 2nd – A Bray
• OICS Cup (Best Scratch) – 1st – J Tresize, 2nd – J Lunnay
• Santos Cup (Eclectic) – 1st – D Dwiyatno, 2nd – M Harkins
• RD Koch Trophy (Most Improved) – 1st – C Kernahan , 2nd – R Troughbridge
• NAGA – G Wilkin
• Halliburton Cup (Calloway) – 1st – , 2nd –
SAOGA Club Championship
• A Grade – 1st – M Willis, 2nd – W Engel
• B Grade – 1st – D Griffiths, 2nd – J Mortimer
• C Grade – 1st – B Clark, 2nd – D Dwiyatno
• D Grade – 1st – F Topolnjak, 2nd – R Troughbridge
Again, many thanks to our generous sponsors who make the weekend possible. Also, thank you to all who donated prizes for the raffle on Saturday night.

Fantastic weather for our trip to The Dunes. Many members took advantage of the on-course accommodation and enjoyed a great golfing weekend. The course was a real test of golf with big bunkers and rough that can swallow your ball in an instant. Also, slick greens that break your heart.

Casual Saturday Comp winner
Mike Willis 41 points

The Sunday round had some great scores:

A Grade
Wolf Engel 35 pts
Mike Willis 33 pts
Ethan Ellis 33pts

B Grade
Darren Griffiths 40 pts
Graeme Wheare 38 pts
John Mortimer 37 pts

C Grade
Tom Whihodo 37 pts
Rob Pearce 36 pts
Leon Mulder 35 pts

D Grade
Robert Troubridge 30 pts

Ladies
Carolyn Kernahan 34 pts
Liz Wedge 32 pts
Vera Mortimer 31 pts

NTPS
Hole 4 Brendan Millsom
Hole 7 Wolf Engel
Hole 13 Jeff Waite

See you all for our final round at the mighty Renmark Golf Club
John Mortimer

A very cold tee off for our round at Blackwood Golf Club – an early battle with frozen fingertips awaited the field for the first few holes. Blackwood is a tricky layout, some shots are blind and unless you have local knowledge you can come unstuck very quickly. Wolf Engel won the day with 35 points nice to see an A Grade winner.
Results
A Grade Wolf Engel 35 Pts
Mike Willis 33

B Grade Rob Mulder 34 Pts
Darren Griffiths 33
John Mortimer 31

C grade Mark Duerden 33 Pts
Bruce Clark 30

D Grade Gary Davies 27 Pts

Ladies Liz Wedge 31 Pts

NPT’s:

3rd Darren Griffiths 10m
8th Bruce Clark 3.5m
11th Tim Kernahan 4.5m
14th Stuart Thomson 3m

John Mortimer

The Weather was perfect for our annual venture to take on Flagstaff Hill with a small group of only 23 starters. The usual surprises awaited- Flaggy has Teeth and can blow out your score card very quickly. Not surprisingly only 7 players scored 30 points or more. Must mention the Course was in great condition with very quick Greens.
Some good scores were posted here are the results.

1st Frank Topolnjak 44pts
2nd Bruce Clark 37pts
3rd Mark Harris 37pts

A Grade Mike Willis 34pts

B Grade Darren Griffiths 34pts
Chris Skewes 32pts

C Grade Bruce Clark 37pts
Mark Duerden 35pts

D Grade Frank Topolnjak 44pts
Mark Harris 37pts

Ladies Annette Pearce 28pts

NTPS

7th Rory Burnell 1.25m

9th Wolf Engel 1.5m

13th Rob Pearce 0.5m

14th Daniel Yeoh 2.8m

See you all at the Blackwood Golf Club on July 19th for our next round
John Mortimer

I lovely sunny day greeted us at Gawler and the course was in excellent condition and 33 starters. Some confusion with the bookings with new management at Gawler caused some slow play, two other social clubs were hitting off at similar tee times. It was noted with the Pro and we have been assured next year there will not be a repeat. Still some magnificent scores were handed in:

Overall Winners

1st Andrew Reid 36pts
2nd John Elliott 35pts
3rd Tom Wihodo 32pts

NTP Prizes

4th hole Mike Willis 1.1m

6th hole Chris Skewes 3.25m

11th hole Wolf Engel 2.0m

Best grade scores:

A Grade Wolf Engel 31pts
Mike Willis 28pts

B Grade Andrew Reid 36pts
John Elliott 35pts
Darren Griffiths 30pts

C Grade Tom Wihodo 32pts
Mark Harkins 30pts
Mark Duerden 29pts

D Grade Jim Stobie 28pts
Frank Tooplnjak 26pts

Best of the girls Carolyn Kernahan 30pts

Hello all SAOGA members,

Welcome to 2014 and to a year of good golf.  We are all booked in for this year’s games – see the website for the details.  First game is at Fleurieu on 23^th February – invite to follow.

It is time for our AGM and if you wish to nominate for the Committee and cannot attend the AGM – please email me.

The AGM will be held at 5:30pm on Monday 17^th February 2014 at 7 Briar Ave, Medindie – followed by a few drinks.