WELCOME TO GORDON “POSTIE” DONALD LM MEMORIAL DAY

 

 

Following the sad demise of our esteemed treasurer and mentor, POSTIE, the club received a call from Mark Macmillan, Lizards 40^th President, offering to provide a perpetual POSTIE MEMORIAL TROPHY “to be awarded to the clubman of the year and presented at the AGM each year.  The recipient to be chosen by the committee.”

 

Sounds like a desirable perpetual trophy at the other end of the spectrum to the Paddle.

 

 

Mark is our sponsor today and provided the normal prizes for Lizards and Visitors.  There is a chance he might visit us during the day.

 

 

DAVE RAYNER MEMORIAL DAY, with 17 Lizards and an absence of visitors, produced the following results:

 

1^st LIZARDS                                     Chris Mooney - 43 points on count-back off 12 handicap

2^nd LIZARDS                                    David Gilchrist - 43 points off 19 handicap

BEST SCRATCH                            Michael Harrison - 31 points

BEST FRONT NINE                       Hartmut Schwarz - 21 points off 29 handicap

BEST BACK NINE                         Michael Morgan - 20 points off 18 handicap

NEAREST the PINS      19+          1^st      Garry Bird LM                    9^th     Wall Hill

                                           18-           1^st      Michael Harrison               9^th     Chris Mooney

LONGEST DRIVES       19+          2^nd    David Gilchrist

                                           18-           2^nd    Neil Winterton

BRADMAN        Lizards                 Brian Ellis - 27 points off 14 handicap

                            Visitors                

 

 

PRESIDENT Colin Lacey opened the meeting without the LIZARD – went back to his car to secure it, then lost it before he could give it a drink.

 

 

CHRIS MOONEY, usually in the select bunch making the last stampede to the tape, has swallowed a lot of dust but never made it to the pay window in the last 17 months.  Congratulations on your win in a knife edge countback.

 

 

DAVID GILCHRIST has not stood on the podium and heard his anthem for 33 months – at least he made it to the platform, even if they were playing someone else’s tune.  He was only a splitz wick away from stardom.

 

 

INTERESTING to see Hart Schwarz and Noel Quinlan finished 3^rd and 4^th with 40 and 39 points.  Congratulations on your efforts – it’s hard to push through that thin layer of ice at the top.

 

 

MICHAEL HARRISON had a windfall – due to the absence of visitors was awarded a prize for best scratch.  He also won the raffle, nearest the pin but Neil Winterton beat him to the fairway on the long drive 2^nd.

 

 

BILL SHEEHAN LM catered for the day – but due to the moon being in the St Patrick’s Day quarter, and his daughter Kathryn being born on the fateful day, was unable to attend as he was overseeing a two day clan bash of rels in his backyard.

 

 

WAL HILL and IVAN TILTINS did an excellent job of cooking the steaks and presenting the condiments and salads.

 

 

THE LINDENBERG – 2006 is underweigh, 1^st round results were:

 

Hart Schwarz               def              Glenn Castle                         2 up

 

Chris Mooney              def              Andrew Warner LM              5 & 3

 

Ivan Tiltins                    def              Brian Ellis                              3 & 2

 

Noel Quinlan                def              Neil Winterton                       3 & 2

 

Michael Morgan          def              Ian Massey                            1 up

 

Jim Small                     def              Garry Bird LM                       on the 19^th

 

Wal Hill                         def              John O’Meara                       walkover

 

Colin Lacey                 def              Michael Harrison                  2 up

 

 

Draw for the 2^nd round of the Lindenberg - 2006

 

 

       Hartmut Schwarz         vs               Chris Mooney                     \_____

       Ivan Tiltins                    vs               Noel Quinlan                       /           \_____

       Michael Morgan          vs               Jim Small                            \_____/

       Wal Hill                         vs               Colin Lacey                         /

 

 

The MORGAN-SMALL encounter with 2 of the biggest names in Lindenberg history will be a good match to watch.  Titleholder Jim was runner up in ’03 and won in ’04 and Michael won in ’05.  Good luck to all contenders.

 

 

 

TODAY’S PLAY

 

Handicap Adjustments

David Gilchrist                     -2

Hartmut Schwarz                 -2

Michael Harrison                 -1

Chris Mooney                       -1

Noel Quinlan                         -1

Glenn Castle                          1

Brian Ellis                              1

Ivan Tiltins                              1

Andrew Warner LM              1