October 2022 Newsletter
Presidents Report:
The field of 50 members including guests played at the Centenary Park course for the Ken Gangell trophy. The course is in good condition considering the wintry weather we have experienced over the last month - a credit to the ground staff.
The starters - Peter Ross, Peter Garbellini and Jeff Stevens had the field walking to tees on time on a brisk morning.
We had three guests, Gary Laird, Peter Jackson and Peter Rodwell for the day and each gent has now joined as members of the Vets Golf Club, welcome gentleman.
Laurie Comerford won with 40 at Patterson River last week, along with the President winning a Stableford round last Thursday at Centenary Park and Trevor MacGilton had a Hole-in-1 at Brighton on the 8th hole - Congrats to all gents.
Members were made aware of the unfortunate compromise to our website with the CoM hoping to come up with a solution sooner than later.
Very important dates for your diaries:
Next game at Southern on the 7th November.
Last Game for 2022 at Waterford Valley on December the 5th.
The Presentation and Christmas Dinner for 2022 will be at Keysborough Golf Club on Monday the 12th of December. More details will be forwarded later this month, watch for the email.
Our Sponsors - House of Golf and Jimmy Jams would appreciate your support.
Our Marketing guy, Daryl has advised the Golf Digest books will be available for 2023 shortly at a discounted price around $15 to $20. If interested, please place your order with Daryl.
Chicken lunch
The chicken lunch today was (sadly) a one-off relating to the particaular arrangements at Centenary Park where we use the Clubrooms of the Club rather than a dining room of the course owners. It proved better than the lunch provided by most of our host clubs who are unlikely to approve importing meals to the dining area.
Web site
Disappointingly, we received very little feedback from members on their thoughts about a more secure password system. Our thoughts that our hacker was a self-aggrandising child who would get bored with havking out site and there are some indications this has happened. Laurie has also made some changes to the booking sheet which should mkae it harder for the hacker to enter the same guest time after time.
We will watch what happens and it may prove possible to return to opening two booking sheets again.
Presentation Lunch
The Presentation/Xmas lunch will be at Keysborough this year on Monday 12th December. We are awaiting advice from the Club whether there will be 8 seat tables or 10 seat tables.
The booking sheet will be available beside the event booking link on the web site about 60 days before the event.
Using the booking sheet
Members may book for themselves and partner, nominating the table at which they sit. You can prearrange with other members to share a table and any mamber can enter all people to share that table. The image below shows how the booking sheet works.
Captains Report:
Results from 'Centenary Park'
Ca[tain Jeff Stevens welcomed members to Centenary Park Golf Club for the Ken Gangell Trophy Stableford event.
Overall winner
Bernard De Robillard (20) with 34 points won the Ken Gangell Trophy
Bernard received a $40 House of Golf voucher for this effort.
Grade winners
A Grade: George Weaver (13) 29 points
B Grade: John Molloy (19) 29 points
C Grade: Joe Cirnigliaro (27) 29 points
Balls down the line:
30 points Peter Rodwell ()
29 points Christopher Thorne () George Robinson ()
28 points Jeff Stevens () Geoffrey Milne () Gary Morland () Ray Desmond ()
NAGA Award:
Winner Rod Seach won a House of Golf 30 minute lesson !
Nearest the pin
Hole 2 Peter Rodwell
Hole 8 Patrick Ryan
Hole 13 Jeff Stevens
Hole 18 Taffy Davies
Door prize Winners:
Peter Garbellini celebrated a good day at Centenary Park by winning the door prize of a round for 4 at Centenary Park.
Johannes Tetteroo will be able to enjoy the wonderful flavours of a Jimmys Jam pack.
Gary Morland won the third of our door prizes, a nice bottle of red.
Birthdays for October 2022
Congratulations and best wishes to our members whose birthday falls in October.
Mark Slatter
John Hendrie
Miguel Magana
Brendan Cooney
Tony Villani
Russel Montgomery
Barbara Grant
The bounds of Dementia
Over the past six months, your husband has caused quite a commotion in our store. We can no longer tolerate this behaviour and have been forced to ban both of you from the store. Our complaints against your husband are listed below and are documented by our video surveillance cameras:
- June 15: He took 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in other people's carts when they weren't looking.
- July 2: Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals.
- July 19: Walked up to an employee and told her in an official voice, "Code 3 in Housewares. Get on it right away." This caused the employee to leave her assigned station and receive a reprimand from her Supervisor that in turn resulted with a union grievance, causing management to lose time and costing the company money.
- August 4: Went to the Service Desk and tried to put a bag of M&Ms on lay-by.
- August 14: Moved a "CAUTION - WET FLOOR" sign to a carpeted area.
- August 15: Set up a tent in the camping department and told the children shoppers they could come in if they would bring pillows and blankets from the bedding department to which twenty children obliged.
- August 23: When a clerk asked if they could help him he began crying and screamed, "Why can't you people just leave me alone?" emergency medical officers were called.
- September 4: Looked right into the security camera and used it as a mirror while he picked his nose.
- September 10: While handling guns in the hunting department, he asked the clerk where the antidepressants were.
- October 3: Darted around the Store suspiciously while loudly humming the "Mission Impossible" theme.
- October 6: In the auto department, he practiced his "Madonna look" by using different sizes of funnels.
- October 18: Hid in a clothing rack and when people browsed through, yelled "PICK ME! PICK ME!"
- October 22: When an announcement came over the loud speaker, he assumed the fetal position and screamed "OH NO! IT'S THOSE VOICES AGAIN!"
- October 29: Took a box of condoms to the checkout clerk and asked where is the fitting room?
- And last, but not least: