Weekly Results 7th December 2019

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Written by Paul Nunn

Swansea Golf Club Report 7th December 2019

A nice warm day although still plenty of wind to tantalise the participants in this month’s Monthly Medal very generously sponsored by Tasmania Abalone Farms.

Medal Winner and Men’s winner on the day Max Hall 61, Runner up Rod Smith 63.

Ladies Winner Sally Siepen 63, Runner Up Leza Thornton 72.

Nearest the Pin 6/15^th Alison Smith, 2/11^th Rick Dance

Super Pin 4/13^th Tim Bond 7/16^th Alvin Douglas

Encouragement award Zane Brown.

Club Champion Ricky Wright competed in the Champion of Champions held at the Orford Golf Club winning the best nett for A Grade.

Wednesday 4^th December

Ladies – Club Trophy - Stroke

18 Holers Winner Pat Hardcastle 60 Runner Up Val Kemp 65

9 Holers Winner Helen Hall 36.5 Runner Up Judith Cleaver 38.5

Nearest the Pin 18 Holers Lyn Lyne, 9 Holers Judith Cleaver.

Birdies Leza Thornton.

Club Trophy Annual Playoff 18 Holers Jan Darke 67, 9 Holers Judith Cleaver 38.5

Chicken Run

Wednesday; Rod Smith 28, Max Hall 30 Putts Alvin Douglas 12.

Friday; No Event

Coming Events

11^th Ladies 9 Hole Comp. Christmas Breakup 1pm

14^th Ambrose - Sponsored by Swansea Pharmacy

18^th Ladies Monthly Medal – Stroke

21^st Foursomes Event

My favourite shots are the practice swing and the conceded putt. The rest can never be mastered. ~ Lord Robertson.

This week’s new competition, see if you can spot a typo….

Weekly Results 30th November 2019

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Written by Paul Nunn

Swansea Golf Club Report 30th November 2019

Stroke Event

Today’s Stroke event was generously sponsored by the Bendigo Bank and played in near perfect conditions.

Div. 1 Men Gross Rick Dance 72 Nett Winner Len Evans 56, Runner Up Jack Hardcastle 58.

Div. 2 Men Gross Jim Morris 86 Nett Winner Paul Nunn 61, Runner Up Greg West 65

Ladies Gross Lyn Lyne 81 Nett Winner Jan Darke 62 c/b Runner Up Alison Smith 62.

Nearest the Pin; 6/15^th Paul Nunn, 8/17^th Steve Dart

Super Pin; 4/13^th Steve Dart, 7/16^th Leza Thornton

Wednesday 27^th November

Ladies – Monthly Medal - Stroke

18 Holers Winner Pat Hardcastle 64 Runner Up Lyn Lyne 66 c/b

9 Holers Winner Judy Cleaver 36.5 Runner Up Helen Hall 39.5

Nearest the Pin 18 Holers Lyn Lyne 9 Holers Judith Cleaver All Comers Sally Siepen.

Gobblers Val Kemp, Helen Hall, Pat Hardcastle.

Chicken Run

Wednesday; Paul Morris 28, John Cotton 29, Alvin Douglas 29. Putts Rod Smith

Friday; Ricky Wright 30 c/b Putts Rick Dance

Up Cumming Events

4^th Club Trophy Play off – Stroke

7^th Monthly Medal Sponsored by Tas. Abalone Farm – Stroke

11^th 9- hole comp. and Christmas Break Up Lunch

4^th Sponsored by Swansea Pharmacy - Ambrose

Golf can be best defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle. - Anonymous

Weekly Results 23rd November 2019

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Written by Paul Nunn

Swansea Golf Club Report 23rd November 2019

FOBS Final Round

FOBS (Freycinet, Orford, Bicheno, Swansea) is an annual event played over 4 rounds. Today was the 4^th and final round for 2019 played at Orford Golf Club.

FOBS Results on the day; Orford 186, Swansea 158, Freycinet 155, Bicheno 136

Results after 4 rounds; Swansea 702, Orford 693, Freycinet 653, Bicheno 641.

Swansea Men Best Max Hall 37, Tim Bond 36.

Swansea Ladies Best Jan Darke 30, Leza Thornton 29.

Nearest the Pin Ladies 2/11^th Jan Darke 7/16^th Sally Siepen.

Wednesday 20^th November

Ladies – Canadian Foursomes

Winner Kathy Dance/Leza Thornton 57.5

Runner Up Alison Smith/Lee Bennett 65

NTP 2^nd on 3^rd Leza/Kath, 2^nd on 4^th Leza/Kath, 3^rd on 6^th Jan/Judith, 7^th Angela.

Birdies Leza Thornton, Kathy Dance.

Gobblers Alison Smith, Joanna Whelan

Chicken Run

Wednesday; Rick Dance 28, Steve Kenny 28 Putts Tim Bond 10

Friday; No results available.

Cumming Events

27^th Ladies – Monthly Medal – Stroke

30^th Bendigo Bank Sponsored Day - Stroke

4^th Club Trophy Play off – Stroke

7^th Monthly Medal Sponsored by Tas. Abalone Farm - Stroke

Every great golfer has learned to think positively, to assume the success and not the failure of a shot, to disregard misfortune and too accept disaster, and never indulge the futility of remorse and blame. These are the hardest lessons of all. Pat Ward-Thomas.

Weekly Results16th November 2019

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Written by Paul Nunn

Swansea Golf Club Report 16th November 2019

Ambrose

The Saturday event played in very windy conditions was generously sponsored by the Swansea Corner Store.

1^st Rick Dance, Paul Nunn, Rod Smith, Darryl Down 60 nett 51 c/b

2^nd Jim Morris, Ray Dart, Steve Dart, Jim Miley 61 nett 51

3^rd Ricky Wright, Len Evans, Barry Skeggs, Keith Breheny 62 nett 53

NTP 6/15^th Barry Skeggs, 8/17^th John Whetlor

Super Pin 4/13^th Ricky Wright 7/16^th Len Evans

Apology to Rick Dance who last week scored 48 points not 38 and his gross score of 60 being one of the lowest ever recorded at the Swansea Golf Club.

Wednesday 13^th November

Ladies – Alison Donaldson Trophy - Stroke

18 Hole; Winner Louise Mc Kenna 31.5 Runner Up Sally Siepen 31

9 Hole; Winner Libby Wardlaw 37.5 Runner Up Di Garcia 39.5 c/b

NTP 18 holers 8/17^th Angela Barden 9 holers 7^th Hellen Hall

Birdies Jo Whelan, Sally Siepen, Alison Smith X 2

Gobblers Jo Whelan X 2

Chicken Run

Wednesday; M Woolveridge 29, Barry Skeggs 30 Putts Rod Smith 14 c/b.

Friday; Peter Lea 30, Greg West 30 Putts M. Carr 12

Cumming Events

20^th Ladies Canadian Foursomes

23^rd FOBS at Orford 9.30 for 10.00 am

27^th Ladies Monthly Medal – Stroke

30^th Bendigo Bank sponsored day - Stroke

After all these years, it's still embarrassing for me to play on the American golf tour. Like the time I asked my caddie for a sand wedge and he came back ten minutes later with a ham on rye.~ PGA Golfer Chi Chi Rodriguez