25 Members made the trip to South Lakes Golf Club nestled between the Southern Ocean and the mighty Murray River .Very windy conditions made good scores hard to come by as players struggled to play to handicap. The course was in excellent condition and Clubhouse food was very good. Gary Davies 1st with an excellent 38, 2nd Liz Wedge 35 and 3rd Mark Mancini on C/B.
A Grade
Chris Skewes 30
Andrew Reid 30

B Grade
Mark Mancini 35
Rob Pearce 32

C Grade
Gary Davies 38

Ladies
Liz Wedge 35
Annette Pearce 30

NTP
5th Bruce Clark 6m
8th Mark Harkins 2.1m
10th xx
15th xx

See you at Rennmark.
John Mortimer

36 Members teed up at the Vines in windy conditions for our second event at this well kept course
It’s a great test of golf with sloping tree-lined fairways, blind tee shots, water hazards, and well placed bunkers protecting the greens.
Results: 1st John Mortimer, 2nd on C/B Chris Belshaw, 3rd Mike Willis

A Grade
John Mortimer 38
Mike Willis 35
Rob Mulder 34
Tony Carter 34

B Grade
Mark Duerden 34
Andrew McDonald 33
Ben Cox 33

C Grade
Chris Belshaw 38
Dave Crimmins 34
Scott Healy 32

Ladies
Liz Wedge 33

NTPS
3rd Leon Mulder 2.7m
6th Scott Healy 2m
10th Andrew Reid 3.5m
14th Wolf Engel 5.5m

See you all at South Lakes
John Mortimer

A real test of golf for Members and guests at Blackwood with cold and windy weather.
Most scores reflected the difficult conditions with only one player playing to Handicap.
Vera Mortimer 1st 36 pts , Graeme Wheare 2nd 33 pts , CB Dave Crimmins 3rd 33pts
Tony Carter 32pts
Alistair McDonald 31pts
Mark Harkins 31pts
NTPs
3rd Andrew Hudson 5m
8th John Elliot 6.5m
11th Wolf Engel 1m
12th Mike Willis 4m
14th Rob Pearce 0.4m
Congrats to the winners see you all at The Vines for our next game
John Mortimer

36 Members enjoyed our annual round at Tanunda Pines – a great test of golf in the heart of the beautiful Barossa. Excellent conditions with no breeze for our tee off time with the day warming to a hot 36 for the finish. A fantastic game from Tony Harrison for an easy win.
Winner Tony Harrison 48
2nd Andrew Hudson 37
3rd on cb Graeme Wheare

A Grade
Wolf Engel 36
John Mortimer 35
John Elliot 34
Ethan Ellis 34
Andrew Reid 34
B Grade
Graeme Wheare 37
Teof Rodriguez 34
Kris Rodriguez 34
C Grade
Tony Harrison 48
Andrew Hudson 37
Ladies
Liz Wedge 33
Vera Mortimer 30
NTPS
6th Ethan Ellis 4.5m
8th Tony Harrison 1.8m
11th Mark Duerden 6m
16th Andrew Reid 1.6m

John Mortimer

Great Weather and the course was in excellent condition for our 1st game for 2017.
Ben Cox had a fantastic round with 45pts to win in a big field.
2nd Scott Healey 39pts 3rd Chris Skewes 38pts
A Grade
Ben Cox 45pts
Chris Skewes 38pts
John Mortimer 36pts
B Grade
Scott Healy 39pts
Len Dewsnap 36pts
Graeme Wheare 34pts
Dwi Dwiatno 34pts
C Grade
Bob Troubridge 36pts
Masayuki Ohara 34pts
NTPS
5 Mark Mancini 1m
9 Tim Kernahan 3.5m
12 Mike Willis 1.75m
14 Wolf Engel 3m
See you all at Tanunda
John Mortimer

SAOGA Championship Tournament – 24th through 27th October 2016

64 adults and 9 children, incorporating 47 golfers, attended the 2016 Renmark weekend. Weather was excellent for all 4 days with a windy change coming through late Sunday morning.  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 fair condition with preferred lies on the fairways.

Our SAOGA sponsors provided teams in the Friday competition with a total of 7 teams entered. It was a great day with good feedback from our generous sponsors. Well done to Dave Brooker and Chris Watson for their Bardrill / ABC Sales team winning both the Sponsors Trophy and the Presidents Cup.
The continued downturn in the industry presented a challenge with raising adequate sponsorship – but still enabling us to put together an enjoyable tournament – it worked out well. Everybody had a great time with good weather and golf.  Good scores were around on all of the days.

Here is a summary of the results:

Thursday / Friday Winners:

• JFK Cup (Thursday Stoke) – 1st – A Dewar, 2nd – T Carter, 3rd – G Wheare
• Presidents Cup (Friday Ambrose – Winning team) & Sponsors Cup – D Brooker, R Brickell, J Watts and C Watson

Saturday / Sunday winners:

• Bardrill Cup (Ladies Stableford) – 1st – C Kernahan, 2nd – V Mortimer
• Stealth Tools Cup (Best Stableford – Sat/Sun) – 1st – T Carter, 2nd – M Duerden, 3rd – B Cox
• Cavpower Cup (Most consistent) – V Mortimer
• Ensign Trophy (Best Stableford – Sat) – 1st – B Cox, 2nd – T Carter
• SAOGA Cup (Best Stableford – Sun) – 1st – M Duerden, 2nd – T Carter
• OICS Cup (Best Scratch) – 1st – J Lunnay, 2nd – T Carter
• Santos Cup (Eclectic) – 1st – A Hudson, 2nd – D Dwiyatno
• RD Koch Trophy (Most Improved) – 1st – W Engel, 2nd – K O’Donnell
• NAGA – C Brooker
• Halliburton Cup (Calloway) – 1st – Darlene Crimmins, 2nd – Jane Bray

SAOGA Club Championship:

• A Grade – 1st – T Carter, 2nd – J Lunnay
• B Grade – 1st – M Willis, 2nd – B Cox
• C Grade – 1st – B Clark, 2nd – M Duerden
• D Grade – 1st – T Kernahan, 2nd – S Healey

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.

Port Hughes Copper Club 2016 – Bruce Clark Wins

23 Members & guests enjoyed our annual trip to the Greg Norman designed Copper Club Golf Course. The Course was in great condition with well grassed fairways and slick greens.  It is a real test of golf and can spoil a good round very quickly with thick rough and huge Bunkers.

Results:
1st on countback – Bruce Clark 38 points
2nd – Vera Mortimer 38 points
3rd on countback – Darren Griffiths 37 points

A Grade
1st on Countback – Darren Griffiths 37 points
2nd – James Lunnay
3rd Wolf Engel – 32 points

B Grade
1st on countback – John Mortimer – 34 points
2nd on countback – Chris Skewes 34 points
3rd – Rob Mulder 34 points

C Grade
1st – Bruce Clark 38 points
2nd – Mark Duerden 33 points
3rd – Masayuki Ohara 32 points

D Grade
1st on countback – Jim Stobie 30 points
2nd – David Crimmins 30 points

Ladies
1st – Vera Mortimer 38 points
2nd – Annette Pearce 32 points

NTPs
4th – Wolf Engel 5m
7th – Mike Willis 6.5m
13th – Jim Stobie 8m
16th – Masayuki Ohara 7m

See you All at Renmark!

John Mortimer

72 people, incorporating 54 golfers attended the 2013 Renmark weekend.  Weather was excellent for all 4 days – moderate temperatures, little wind and no rain.  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.  This was the first year where we have seen the new greens.   All are excellent and very challenging – especially with the interesting pin locations.  Most tee boxes and bunkers have been replaced or upgraded.  Hole 11 (the old long Par 3) has now become a nice Par 4 and the Par 4 13^th has now become a long Par 3.  The 14^th fairway was one of the poorest has now become one of the best.

Good scores were around on all of the days and we had 2 sets of sponsors (Wakefield Trucks and Fyfe) attend the Ambrose.

Here is a summary of the results:

Thursday / Friday Winners

• Thursday Stoke – 1^st – D Brooker, 2^nd – A Bray, 3^rd – C Watson
• Friday Ambrose – Winning team – C Watson, D Brooker, J Watts & M James

Saturday / Sunday winners

• FG Wilson Cup (Ladies Stableford) – 1^st – A Pearce, 2^nd – L Thoo
• Transco / Stealth Bits (Best Stableford – Sat/Sun) – 1^st – M Duerden, 2^nd – C Johnson, 3^rd – D Griffiths
• Cavpower Cup (Most consistent) – M Kennedy
• Ensign Trophy (Best Stableford – Sat) – 1^st – R Mulder, 2^nd – D Hudson
• SAOGA Cup (Best Stableford – Sun) – 1^st – J Watts, 2^nd – D Crimmins
• OICS Cup (Best Scratch) – 1^st – J Tresize, 2^nd – J Lunnay
• Santos Cup (Eclectic) – 1^st – M Harkins, 2^nd – P Wingate
• RD Koch Trophy (Most Improved) – 1^st – M Duerden, 2^nd – C Johnson
• NAGA – R Pearce
• Halliburton Cup (Calloway) – 1^st – S Davies, 2^nd – J Bray

SAOGA Club Championship

• A Grade – 1^st – W Engel, 2^nd – J Lunnay
• B Grade – 1^st – R Mulder, 2^nd – J Mortimer
• C Grade – 1^st – M Duerden, 2^nd – L Dewsnap
• D Grade – 1^st – C Johnson, 2^nd – M Harkins

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.  Thanks to Mat Kennedy for the shirt sponsorship.

Congratulations go to Sid Robbins for a superb round of golf in atrocious conditions. With 29 starters and the rain and wind always in our faces, the cream rose to the top and not only was local player Sid Robbins on top of the field with 40 points but Dylis Hinde continues her magnificent march towards the women’s out right championship. I happen to know on good authority that Dylis although enjoying the Renmark weekend has over the years seen little success on the Renmark course. So her plan this year is unfolding as she dominates the early rounds to ensure that no lucky come lately player pips her with better rounds at Renmark, she will have the championship sown up long before November. But Sid’s win and Dave Brooker’s 2nd has opened up the men’s competition with only one more round of the pre Renmark competitions to come. In third place Warwick Pope enjoying his retirement and making a late run for the Championship in C grade made up this week’s winners.

Our nearest the pin winners this week were:

2nd Hole Dave Hudson 12.5m
4th Hole Ron Hinde 4.5m
6th Hole Carol brooker3.5m
11th Hole Kevin Brenton .86m (yes he does carry a tape measure!!
14th Hole Jeff Snedden 5.5m (his only good shot of the day)
17th Hole Andy Dewar 3m

But what stories can I pass on from this weeks adventure, I did hear that with weight loss comes the ability to draw the ball, something about more room to bring the hands over the ball but Mathew Kennedy will I’m sure have more to say on the subject in his newsletter!!

Have you noticed how some player’s ball is drawn towards water even when it is the more difficult shot to play than just plonking it on the green? I witnessed Graham Hackett perform just such a shot. With the open green in front of him he proceeded to chip the ball out to the right connecting beautifully with the only tree for miles and then flying 20m across the fairway to the left into the waiting water hazard. It was beautifully executed and my commentary does not come even close to giving the shot the credit it deserves!!

Congratulations also goes to our illustrious Club Captain, Jeff Snedden, who found himself locked in a pub all day Saturday, but thankfully he managed to drink his way out to be with us on Sunday morning. He told me there were a number of other thoughts that ran through his mind about how to spend his Sunday, but not letting down his team mates was all the motivation he needed. Now that’s what I call a team player!!

Our next outing is to the Patawalonga on the 20th August. Last year we had a team Stableford and although David announced it as a 4BBB at the prize giving in discussions with our Club Captain Jeff we thought we may repeat this competition. So start thinking about your teams for this event.

Finally well done to all the players at Murray Bridge is was a very tough day weather wise and there were some very competitive scores to show for it. Enjoy your golf!!