FOL February 2005

FLAT OUT LIKE

February 2005

WELCOME TO FOUNDATION / LIFE MEMBERS DAY. The Lizards of today are enjoying the same relaxed approach to golf and camaraderie as encouraged by the founder, Leon List, licensee of the Steyne Hotel, the best part of 59 years ago. Leon was first of the 11 to be awarded Life Membership in his club, to date. Hats off to Leon! – we all owe him a downer.

TODAY’S LIFE MEMBER DONORS are Bill Sheehan, Gordon Donald, Bill Epps, Garry Bird, Andrew Warner and Neville Meredith. Nifty forwarded his trophy and sends his best wishes to Vicki and the members.

CAPTAIN-HANDICAPPER’S DAY, with 24 Lizards and 5 visitors, produced the following results:

1^st LIZARDS Matthew Castle - 44 points off 24 handicap

2^nd LIZARDS Colin Lacey - 43 points on count-back off 23 handicap

1^st VISITORS Gerry Manderson - 48 points off 21 handicap

2^nd VISITORS Phil Peddar - 33 points off 21 handicap

BEST SCRATCH Bob Paine - 35 points

BEST FRONT NINE Garry Bird LM - 24 points on count-back off 26 handicap

BEST BACK NINE Brian Ellis - 20 points off 40 handicap

NEAREST the PINS 19+ 1^stMatthew Castle

18- 1^stAndrew Warner LM

NEAREST the PINS 19+ 7^thGary Castle

SECOND SHOT 18- 2^ndJohn O’Meara

LONGEST DRIVES 19+ 8^th Gerry Manderson

18- 8^th Bob Paine

BRADMAN Lizards Andrew Warner LM - 27 points on count-back off 18 handicap

Visitors Mike Dodd - 29 points off 27 handicap

RAFFLE In the absence of raffle tickets, Gary Castle won the scotch when his card was

drawn from the pack.

MATTHEW CASTLE put the Castles back on the winning skyline for the first time since Gary beat John O’Meara, on a countback, in the Foundation-Life Members Day match 12 months ago. Matt fired a 22 pointer on both front and back nines to skim in one point ahead of Col Lacey and Garry Bird and 2 clear of Bob Paine. Congratulations Matthew.

PRESIDENT GARRY BIRD LM scored 24 points on the front 9, that’s six 3 pointers and three 2 pointers, and followed on with an above average 19 pointer on the back nine – no doubt, whilst signing his card, was revelling in the delusions of grandeur. When he fed his card into the classifier/mulcher it spat out a degree of success - THIRD PLACE, NO DIVIDEND – THE CARD IS NOW A FISHO CLUB COASTER…

GERRY MANDERSON’S last recorded winning score was 37 off a 20 handicap. Last month he kicked off with 20 points on the first nine, then effervesced with 28 on the home run – which shows he averaged more than 3 points on every hole on the back nine! Well done Gerry, we like to see the handicapper confronted with little enigmas of this nature every few years.

BOB PAINE, who has not recorded a score of more than 36 points over the past 11 months, completed his round one over the card, for a 42 pointer, and a good chance of being a winner. The average top score last year being 41. Due to an unusual heavy calibre dash for cash, Bob was relegated to 4^th past the post.

ANDREW WARNER LM Bradman on a countback from Neil Winterton! and Jim Small having his photo in last month’s FOL after succumbing to the Bradman baggy cap, having avoided the occurrence for 17 years! Is global warming affecting the top 10 Lizard golfers?

DAVE GILCHRIST returned to Avalon after a lengthy spell and was issued with a fines tin in a vain attempt to keep him quiet during the meeting.

FINES, some were:

Chief Dobber having an air swing with his putter.

Col Lacey grinning when John O’Meara’s buggy tyre rolled down the

11^th

and

laughing as Chris Mooney’s entire buggy escaped down the

steep 18^th.

Jim Small doing anything to get his photo in FOL, and chipping in on the

2^nd, 4^th and 14^th holes.

Hart boasting on the 13^th “I play like a professional. The 7 wood is

my brush, the fairway my canvas. I am an artist – that’s why I

am known as pro hart”

and

creating an international incident by lending his “storm

trooper’s” uniform to Prince Harry.

TODAY’S PLAY

Note: Prizes will be given to 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd in Lizards

Handicap Adjustments