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March 2001
WELCOME to DAVE RAYNER MEMORIAL DAY. The Nov 87 issue of F.O.L reports: “THE GRIZZ and JIM SMALL slurped up the visitors trophies in their last fling before becoming Lizard backbenchers. Both aspirants read their application for membership to an empty paddock, the bemused members cringing behind any available cover. The President, attuned more to their wealth, rather than any moral values, had them signed up while the voting masses emerged from the scrub.”
OTHER VISITORS on that fateful day included Geoff Warren, Neil Shackle and Wal Hill.
THE MEMBERS, as well as the Grizz, enjoyed his 11 years with the Club,
JIM SMALL is doner for the MEMORIAL DAY
FOUNDATION - LIFE MEMBERS DAY, with 23 members and 7 visitors produced the following results:
LIZARDS 1st David Calleija 46 points off 18 handicap
LIZARDS 2nd Greg Elks 43 points off 36 handicap
LIZARDS 3rd John O’Meara 43 points off 19 handicap
VISITORS 1st Jake Small 43 points off 59 handicap
VISITORS 2nd Courtney Kingston 36 points off 25 handicap
BEST FRONT NINE Colin Lacey 21 points off 24 handicap
BEST BACK NINE Ian Simpson 21 points off 24 handicap
BEST SCRATCH Michael Harrison 29 points
NEAREST THE PINS 1st Chris Mooney
3rd Tony Della
4th Neil Shackle
5th David Calleija
9th Neil Winterton
10th Neil Winterton
12th Neil Shackle
13th David Calleija
14th Neil Shackle
18th Ian Simpson
LONGEST DRIVES 19+ 17th Courtney Kingston
18- 6th Michael Harrison
BRADMAN Lizards Glen Castle 21 points off
24 handicap
Visitors Mark Lee 26 points off 18 handicap
DAVID CALLEIJA notched up his first win since becoming a Lizard in June — and lost 6 strokes for his commendable effort! Don’t feel too sorry for the youthful prodegy — he still has a couple of shots up his sleeve and improves every time he walks onto a course.
JAKE SMALL, cadet visitor of long standing and Bradman the previous month, burst through the tape for his first victory. Congratulations Jake.
FINES, some were:
Chris Mooney and John O’Meara Usurping senior member status
by using electric buggies.
Courtney Kingston Enquiring whether he could pay his dues with frequent flyer points
Harry Lemmetty Dropping out, with a dull thud, at the half way mark, due to a self inflicted night out.
David Calleija
Not attending for the past 4 months because he was winning Junior Pennant
Matches.
LIFE MEMBER BILL SHEEHAN set the cat among the greyhounds by succumbing to intensive care, in Wauchope hospital, a few days prior to last months golf day.
HOW was a complacent bunch of Lizards going to cause the tablecloths, forks, salad bowls, condiments, cutting boards, carving knives, glasses, pewters, cooks tools, apron, sliced bread, bread rolls, full strength beer, lite beer, ice, 60 litre ice box, esky, latest issue of F.O.L and the Lizard bell to be delivered to the course AND the Shed ,“Bar” and cooking facility to be set up, complete with seating for all, prior to the arrival of the members and visitors??
EASY — five members, with assistance of others, filled the bill, with a minimum of glitches and no time to spare. Well done fellers — just as well the Lizards coped with the task, otherwise we would have had to delay referring to the Plant Engineer-Baggage Man as a useless old fart.
THE JAMBEROO WEEKEND 3-4 March, attracted a record turn out of 14 members and 3 visitors
DAVE COLLINS fresh from Dallas, Texas, on a business trip, ripped 2 days from his tight skedoolie to enjoy rounds on the Jamberoo and Calderwood courses
Results of the Jamberoo Matches were:
JAMBEROO DAY (Played at Calderwood) 4th March, 2001
LIZARDS 1st David Collins 37 points off 10 handicap
LIZARDS 2nd Manfred Wagner 35 points off 23 handicap
LIZARDS 3rd David Gilchrist 33 points off 18 handicap
VISITORS 1st Barry Winterton 43 points off 15 handicap
VISITORS 2nd Peter Kiely 34 points off 15 handicap
BEST SCRATCH nobody
NEAREST THE PINS / LONGEST DRIVES
The longest drive / nearest the pin markers were not put out by the leading
group at the designated holes, so no prizes were given.
BRADMAN Lizards Wal Hill 22 points off 37
handicap
Visitors Graeme Innes 33 points off 17 handicap
Although there was no competition on the Saturday 3rd it was felt that some prizes should be given out - a litre of bourbon for the winning member and a bottle labelled “Fucking Good Port” (yes really!) to the other prize winners.
The winners were:
LIZARDS 1st Hartmut Schwarz 36 points off 33 handicap
LIZARDS 2nd Michael Harrision 35 points off 6 handicap
VISITORS 1st Barry Winterton 24 points off 14 handicap
FRANK VAN HEYNINGAN suffered the only mishap. While cruising around the course in a golf cart, his clubs took a dive from a bridge — the bag and clubs plunging heads first into the mud at the bottom of the creek, effectively taking the shine off his second nine
ALL CONTENDERS GAVE THE WEEKEND 10 out of 10 and are on the waiting list for the next Jamberoo jaunt.
ON THE HOMEFRONT, the PRESIDENTS DAY in May will be a special day for visitors, with additional prizes for place getters plus best front and back nines, nearest the pins and long drives. Start planning now on how many visitors you could bring to help spread the wealth.
THE LINDNBERG ROUND 1 DRAW, and list of reserves, is:
David Calleija vs Neil Winterton \________
Tony Della vs Michael Morgan /
\________
Micheal Harrison vs Chris Mooney \________/
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Ian Simpson vs Noel Quinlan
/
\________
John O’Meara vs Jim Small
\________
/
Garry Bird vs David Gilchrist
/
\________/
Colin Lacey vs Manfred Wagner \________/
Greg Elks vs Hartmut Schwarz /
Reserves - only to be used for round 1 (no-shows or members unavailable
for all 4 Lindenberg rounds)
1) Andrew Warner
2) Neil Shackle
3) Wal Hill
4) Glenn Castle
Members to advise the Captain Handicapper if they will not be available for all rounds of the Lindenberg before commencing play, so that a substitution can be made.
Good luck to all contenders
TODAYS PLAY: David Raynor Memorial Day
NEAREST the PINS:
Handicap of 19 or more 1st, 9th
Handicap of 18 or less 1st, 9th
LONGEST DRIVE:
Handicap 19+ 8th
Handicap 18- 8th
HANDICAP ADJUSTMENTS: David Calleija -6
Jake Small -5
Greg Elks -4
Ian Simpson and John O’Meara -2
Colin Lacey, Garry Bird LM and Courtney Kingston -1
Chris Mooney, Dawson Carroll, Dennis Castle, David Gilchrist, Wal Hill, Steve
Mayo, Noel Quinhan, Hartmut Schwarz,
Manfred Wagner, Neil Winterton and Mark Lee all +1
Neil Shackle and Glen Castle +2
NEXT MONTH IS NEIL SHACKLE DAY
Good Golfing……….Bill Epps, Editor
