59 adults and 4 children, including 41 golfers, attended the 2020 Clare weekend. The weather was near perfect for most of the weekend, being mostly sunny and moderately cool for most of the 4 days with a little breeze at times. It was good to see some of our new sponsors and also new members attend. This was our second outing to Clare for our end of year tournament.

Both the Clare Golf Club and the Clare Country Club were great hosts with plenty of food and drink available for everyone. The relatively hilly course is picturesque and quite challenging, however a fun time was had by all. The greens were generally in very good condition.
Our SAOGA sponsors provided teams in the Friday competition with a total of 11 teams entered. It was a great day with good feedback from our generous sponsors. Well done to Trevor Reardon and the Prochem team for winning the Presidents Cup and to Dave Garrick and the Bent Creek Wines team for winning the Sponsor’s Cup.

It was also refreshing to see young Sam Garrick (our only junior golfer) win the Stealth Tools Cup with the most overall Stableford Points on Saturday and Sunday.

There were many Covid-related challenges this year with some uncertainty regarding our budget and sponsorship. Great work by the Committee in bringing it together, and to the catering efforts by the Clare Country Club on Friday and Saturday evenings as well as to Steve for providing the excellent BBQ lunch after golf on Saturday. 

Dave & Nina Garrick also very kindly put on an excellent wine-tasting event near the hotel tennis courts on Saturday afternoon, which was great fun to attend. Dave Garrick and Andrew Hudson also hosted an excellent BBQ on Sunday night – so bad luck to all of those who rushed home on Sunday afternoon after the prize-giving ceremony, you should have stayed until Monday morning!

Here is a summary of the results:

Thursday / Friday Winners:

• JFK Cup (Thursday Stoke): 1st = Stu Thomson, 2nd = Darren Griffiths, 3rd = Bob Troubridge.
• Presidents Cup (Friday Ambrose, 1st) = Prochem Team (Travis Reardon, Stewart Campbell, Brian Ferraro, Tony Steward)
• Sponsor’s Cup (Friday Ambrose, 2nd) = Bent Creek Wines Team (Dave Garrick, Sam Garrick, Darren Griffiths and Stu Thomson)

Saturday / Sunday Winners:

• Bardrill Cup (Ladies Stableford): 1st = Lisa Wedge, 2nd = Carolyn Kernahan
• Stealth Tools Cup (Best Stableford – Sat & Sun): 1st = Sam Garrick, 2^nd = Mark Duerden, 3^rd = Darren Griffiths
• Cavpower Cup (Most Consistent Golfer): Graeme Wheare
• Ensign / OD&E Trophy (Best Stableford – Sat): 1st = Benn Cox, 2nd = Tony Carter
• SAOGA Cup (Best Stableford – Sun): 1st = Peter Trezise, 2nd = Bruce Clark
• OICS Cup (Best Scratch): 1st = Jamie Trezise, 2nd = Jai Brown (same as in 2019 !)
• Santos Cup (Eclectic): 1st = Chris Skewes, 2nd = Stu Thomson
• RD Koch Trophy (Most Improved): 1st = Chris Skewes, 2nd = Mike Willis
• NAGA = Vera Mortimer
• Halliburton Cup (Calloway): 1st = Natalie Bird, 2nd = Steph Thomson
• SAOGA Club Championship:
  • A Grade: 1st = Al Macdonald, 2nd = Benn Cox
  • B Grade: 1st = Graeme Wheare, 2nd = Jim Day
  • C Grade: 1st = Bob Troubridge, 2nd = Lisa Wedge

In addition to all of the above trophy winners, 35 prize vouchers (worth $25 each) were won by 26 different players for various Nearest the Pin, Long Drive and Novelty Hole prowess displayed during the Friday, Saturday and Sunday games. The Novelty Hole competitions, included for the first time during the Ambrose game on Friday and comprising a “Straight Drive”, a “Target Drive” and a “Long Drive with a Practice Ball”, were added for a bit of extra fun on this light-hearted day.

Again, many thanks to our generous sponsors who make the weekend possible. Also, thank you to all who donated (and re-submitted) prizes for the raffle on Saturday night.

Great spring weather for our round at Victor Harbor this year. The course was in very good shape and the meals in the Clubhouse were excellent.

Bob Troubridge took out his second Trophy for the Season following his win at Tanunda ⏳⏳

1st Bob Troubridge 37

2nd Jim Day 35

3rd John Elliot 33

NTPS

3rd Stuart Cornell 3m

7th Martin Henderson tie John Elliot 3.5m

10th XXX

14th Carolyn Kernahan 6m

Next event is Clare on November 5th-8th

John Mortimer 

Move over boys, one for the Ladies! Liz Wedge wins the day

25 Members enjoyed great weather and the Course was in excellent condition for our round at The Vines.

It’s a very well looked after golf course and has a great mix of challenging holes. Must comment on the Clubhouse food (considering the COVID restrictions) was very good .

1st Liz Wedge 36

2nd Wolf Engel 35

3rd Jim Day 34 c/b

NTPS

3rd Frank Topolnjak 45cm🔥

6th John Elliot 8.0 m

10th Bruce Clark 4.5m

14th Stuart Thompson 3.3m

Next Round Royal Victor 13th September

John Mortimer ⛳️🏌️

Thaxted Park 2020 – Benn Cox back to back Winner.

Course conditions were very testing for the 23 members who made the trip down South. After some heavy overnight rain the Course was a bit soggy making scoring difficult with no one playing to their handicap.

Ben Cox off a 6 handicap had a great round with 35 points. Benn is on a hot streak after winning at Flagstaff Hill.

A warm welcome to our new SAOGA Member Ewan McDonald.

Results

1st Benn Cox

2nd Al MacDonald 33 C/B

3rd Ryan Mancini 33

NTPS

3rd Frank Topolnjak 1.7 m

8th Mark Mancini 4.5m

11th James Lunnay 4.5 m

15th Wolf Engel 1.8 m

Next Round  at the Vines on August 16th

John Mortimer 🏌️⛳️

Benn Cox had a sparkling day out with  75 strokes off the stick, finishing with 41 Points off a handicap of 8. Great golf Ben ! (And could  have been better having missed an eagle putt on the tricky 8th hole!)

It was a miracle we even got to play with the forecast weather rain and wind. 20 members enjoyed a rain free round on this challenging course and with COVID Laws easing enjoyed a chat in the Clubhouse for only the 2nd time this Year

1st Ben Cox 41

2nd John Mortimer 38

3rd Al McDonald 37

NTPS

7th Al McDonald 2.0 m (Al nearly aced it hitting the pin, almost a hole in 1!)

9th Wolf Engel 7.0 m

13th Frank Topolnjak 8m

14th Bruce Clark 7 m

Next Round is Thaxted Park 12th July 🏌️⛳️

John Mortimer

The Pat 2020 – Mark Mancini the Winner

25 Members and 1 Guest lined up for our first game since the COVID Safe Restrictions eased. The Course was in excellent condition and it was great to see everyone enjoying a restart to our Season. Special mention to James Skewes for his 38 points, although not eligible for a prize did beat his dad Chris by 1 point!

1st Mark Mancini 41

2 nd Chris Skewes 37

3rd Bob Troubridge 36

NTPS

2nd Stuart Thompson 3.0m

5th Al McDonald 4.0m

12th Ben Cox 2.5m

16th Leon Mulder 1.1m

Note: prizes will be distributeed at our next game, Flagstaff Hill on 21-June-20

John Mortimer 🏌️⛳️

Tanunda Pines 2020 – Bob Troubridge breaks through for the Win. 

Only 20 members made the trip up to the Barossa this year, not unexpected given the current situation we are in.

The course was as always a challenge with many of the field practising “social distancing” by steering clear of fairways via the trees and rough destroying their scores for the round!

Some good scores were achieved and results are:

1st Bob Troubridge 39

2nd Ryan Mancini 38

3rd Al McDonald on c/b 38

NTPS

6th Bruce Clark 4m

8th Wolf  Engel 1.2m

11th Mike Willis 5m

16th Len Dewsnap 9m

Our next round is Victor Harbor on the 16th of April – lock downs permitting 

John Mortimer 

Mike Willis Magnificent,Wins with 40 big points. 

Rated 59 in Australia’s best Courses, our first round for season 2020 at Mt Compass is a great test of your golf game. 26 Members teed up in great weather and some good scores were achieved. 8 Regulars were absent due to the Celebration of Carolyn Kernahan’s 60 th Birthday – Happy Birthday Carrie!

Results:

1st Mike Willis 40

2nd Kris Rodrigues 39

3rd Ryan Mancini 37 on c/b from Graeme Where 37

NTPs :

Hole 5 Ben Cox 7.5 m

Hole 9 Kris Rodrigues 1.0 m

Hole 12 Stuart Thompson 1.3 m

Hole 14 Bruce Clark 1.0 m

Some close ones there, hopefully will will have a hole in 1 this season!

See you at Tanunda on the 22nd of March for our next Round

John Mortimer 

59 adults and 5 children, incorporating 40 golfers, attended the 2019 Clare weekend. Weather was cool and sunny for most of the 4 days with a little breeze at times. It was good to see some of our new sponsors and also new members attend. This was our first outing to Clare for our end of year tournament.
The Clare Golf Club and the Country Club were good hosts with plenty of food and drink available for everyone. The course is differs from Renmark with more variation in alignment – both vertically and horizontal. Also, there are no bunkers – good for those of us challenged by these. Greens were in very good condition especially after the coring.
Our SAOGA sponsors provided teams in the Friday competition with a total of 9 teams entered. It was a great day with good feedback from our generous sponsors. Well done to Bruce Clark and the DrillQuip team winning the Presidents Cup.
There were many challenges this year based on our first visit to Clare and uncertainty regarding our budget and sponsorship. Great work by the Committee in bringing it together – especially Rob Pearce for his efforts with the golf and country clubs. It worked out well based on a first attempt and will be finessed next year, if at Clare.

Here is a summary of the results:

Thursday / Friday Winners:
• JFK Cup (Thursday Stoke) – 1st – F Sampson (69), 2nd – T Reardon, 3rd – B Clark
• Presidents Cup (Friday Ambrose) – Winning team – DrillQuip – B Clark, J Lunnay, T Carter & F Sampson.

Saturday / Sunday winners:
• Bardrill Cup (Ladies Stableford) – 1st – L Wedge, 2nd – V Mortimer
• Stealth Tools Cup (Best Stableford – Sat/Sun) – 1st – R Mancini, 2nd – M Mancini, 3rd – R Mulder
• Cavpower Cup (Most consistent) – K Rodrigues
• Ensign Trophy (Best Stableford – Sat) – 1st – S Garrick, 2nd – B Cox
• SAOGA Cup (Best Stableford – Sun) – 1st – J Lunnay, 2nd – M Duerden
• OICS Cup (Best Scratch) – 1st – J Trezise, 2nd – J Brown
• Santos Cup (Eclectic) – 1st – M Henderson, 2nd – B Clark
• RD Koch Trophy (Most Improved) – 1st – S Thomson, 2nd – G Thorpe
• NAGA – B Ferraro
• Halliburton Cup (Calloway) – 1st – J MacDonald , 2nd – N Bird

SAOGA Club Championship:
• A Grade – 1st – W Engel, 2nd – J Elliott
• B Grade – 1st – R Mancini, 2nd – M Mancini
• C Grade – 1st – D Crimmins, 2nd – T Reardon

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.

The Vines 2019  – Mark Mancini breaks through for a Win. In cold wet and windy conditions 20 Hardy Members teed off at The Vines Reynella.The Results, with no one playing to handicap, tells the story of a tough round of Golf. The Course was in great condition considering the amount of rain we have had.

Results 

1 Mark Mancini 35

2 John Mortimer 34

3 Al McDonald 33

Ntps

3 Al McDonald 1m unfortunately Al 3 putted !

6 Frank Sampson 6.5m

10 Wolf Engel 1.8m

14 Mike Willis 6m

Our next round is on September 15th at South Lakes Golf Club at Goolwa.

John Mortimer