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September 2001
WELCOME to DELLA DAY MkXV. Tony was the instigator of prizes for the best scratch score, the front and back nines, long drives and nearest the pins on all par 3’s. The Club carried on with these prizes - except the NTP on all par 10 threes.
TODAY the NTP’s on the front nine will be for the 18- players and the 5 short holes on the back nine are for the 19 and overs.
LAST YEAR Tony won the day with 39 points off 14 - his first win since 1993! Michael Harrison was the only player to win 2 NTP’s. Hats off to our benevolent Corey Pavin lookalike.
WARNER DAY, with 19 members and 7 visitors, produced the following results:
LIZARDS 1st Noel Quinlan 41 points off 21 handicap
LIZARDS 2nd Manfred Wagner 38 points off 24 handicap
VISITORS 1st Greg Womersley 37 points off 12 handicap
VISITORS 2nd Andrew Townsend 37 points off 20 handicap
BEST FRONT NINE Brian Harris 21 points off 31 handicap
BEST BACK NINE Michael Harrison 19 points off 7 handicap
BEST SCRATCH SCORE Michael Harrison 31 points
NEAREST the PINS 19+ 1st Bill Epps
9th A. Skinner
18- 1st Greg Womersley
9th Neil Shackle
LONGEST DRIVES 19+ 6th Nobody (markers on wrong hole)
18- 6th Nobody (markers on wrong hole)
BRADMAN Lizards Glen Castle 23 points off 28 handicap
Visitors Gary Castle 27 points off 28 handicap
Custard Ball Winners J. Haas, M Harrison, A. Warner and A. Townsend - 41 Points
NOEL QUINLAN, for the past 15 months, has been chipping away at the winner’s circle - without cracking it. On this occasion he put his ears back, threw caution to the wind, fired a four pointer followed by seven 3 pointers and made it to the winners dais with 3 shots to spare. Congratulations Noel.
MANFRED won the September game last year and came close to notching up two wins in 12 months. His handicapping is still on the ball - the first 10 months past the post had the average score of 35.6. The average handicap of the 18 playing members was 19.9 - seven playing off 18 and under and eleven on 19 and over.
THE LIZARDS have sported some notable visitors - but none as cuddly as the Hairy Nosed Wombat. Weighing in heavily on the countback, he took the visitors’ trophy - and rooted out a nearest the pin before he shuffled off the first tee.
BILL EPPS, whose record boasts a nearest the pin every third pancake day, has knocked off the NTP on the 1st for the past 3 months - that’s the same odds on there being no boat people landing on Christmas Island before the end of the week.
G. CASTLE earned the Bradman members/visitors double - with 3 slots apiece. An unusual downer duet.
THE NIFTY PLATE safari to Port Macquarie 3/4 November is on the launching pad and counting. There are still a couple of vacancies for this once a year adventure, so book in today at the travel counter in the Shed.
HANDICAP Adjustments for Della Day:
Noel Quinlan -2,
Manfred Wagner, Michael Harrison, Peter Kiely, Frank van Heyningan -1
Geoff Warren, Garry Bird, Jim Small, Jake Small, Brian Harris, Neil Shackle,
Dennis Castle, Wal Hill and Garry Castle + 1
Glen Castle +2
TODAY'S PLAY:
NEAREST the PINS all par 3’s
Handicap of 19 or more 10th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 18th.
Handicap of 18 or less 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 9th.
LONGEST DRIVE:
Handicap 19+ 8th
Handicap 18- 8th
NEXT MONTH is CASTLE HILL PLATE DAY - bring a visitor or two!
Good Golfing……….Bill Epps, Editor
