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March 2002
WELCOME to RAYNER MEMORIAL DAY. Dave Rayner, affectionately known as the GRIZZ, enlisted as a Lizard in November '87 and after 11 happy years with the club died in January '99 - aged 41. He was sadly missed - and still is.
DONOR today is Jim Small. Prior to the demise of GRIZZ we had been enjoying SMALL/RAYNER Day. Since that time, Jim removed his name from the fixture card, in deference to his one time son-in-law - hats off to both Dave Rayner and Jim Small.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY, a day celebrated more in the United States and Australia
than in Ireland, is with us again. This is only the 5th occasion it
has coincided with a Lizards golf day. Have a piece of green on your
person to avoid a fine.
FOUNDATION/LIFE MEMBERS DAY, with 21 members and 5 visitors, produced the
following results:
LIZARDS 1st Garry Bird LM 43 points off 24 handicap
LIZARDS 2nd Neil Shackle 40 points off 12 handicap
VISITORS 1st Allan Hight 40 points off 26 handicap
VISITORS 2nd Grant Schwarz 37 points off 30 handicap
BEST SCRATCH SCORE none
BEST FRONT NINE David Gilchrist 21 points off 16 handicap
BEST BACK NINE Dawson Carroll 22 points off 15 handicap
NEAREST THE PINS
18- Handicap: 1st Frank Van Heyningan
10th Neil Shackle
19+ Handicap: 3rd David Gilchrist
12th Andrew Warner LM
4th Neil Winterton
13th Chris Mooney
5th Neil Winterton
14th Neil Winterton
9th Michael Harrison 18th
Andrew Warner LM
LONGEST DRIVES 19+ 8th Alan Hight
18- 6th Neil Shackle
BRADMAN Lizards Wal Hill 26 points off 43 handicap
Visitors Enzo Toppano 21 points off 25 handicap
AIRIES Andy Warner, Wal Hill, John Kelsey and Fred Rees
RAFFLE Andy Warner
GARRY BIRD, one of the two LMs playing on Life Members Day, pulled a couple
of things out of the hat, which he had not seen for 32 months - 43 points
and 1st prize! Congratulations Garry.
DAVID GILCHRIST, suffering from a 3 shot reduction following his 47 pointer the previous month, bounced back toward the pay window but was beaten on a countback for 2nd place by Neil Shackle.
ALLAN HIGHT, visitors winner, was pleasantly bemused when he was awarded a trophy of equal value to the Lizards winner.
NEIL WINTERTON harvested 3 of the 10 N.T.P. prizes on offer.
DAWSON CARROLL cracked it for a best back nine - his sole win during his longest stay in Australia - 4 months. Dawson is heading back to Ireland next Saturday. We hope he enjoyed his sojourn as much as we enjoyed his company. We wish him a happy birthday on Thursday and a pleasant flight home.
The meeting after the game was delayed due to a temporary lack of light
beer for the downers; a profusion of irrelevant names, such as Rex Mossop,
Lennie Le Mon, Dave Collins etc., on the nearest the pin markers; and the
absence of the all important bell. The only other items missing were
Gilchrist and Shackle - no doubt the NOBEL PRIZE winners!
THE LINDENBERG KO COMPETITION ROUND 1 Draw for today:
Garry Bird vs Hartmut Schwarz
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Manfred Wagner vs Neil Winterton /
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F. Van Heyningan vs Noel Quinlan \________/
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John O'Meara vs Colin Lacey
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David Gilchrist vs Glenn Castle
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Tony Della vs Michael Harrison
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Michael Morgan vs Chris Mooney \________/
Neil Shackle vs Andrew Warner /
Good Luck to all contenders
Handicap Adjustments:
Garry Bird LM -3
David Gilchrist, Allan Hight -2
John O'Meara, Neil Shackle -1
Glenn Castle, Michael Harrison, Wal Hill, Colin Lacey, Chris Mooney, Noel
Quinlan, Hartmut Schwarz, Andrew Warner LM all + 1
Fred Rees plus 2
John Kelsey, Enzo Toppano +4
NEXT MONTH is SHACKLE DAY, bring a visitor or two.
Good Golfing……….Bill Epps, Editor
