November 2023 Newsletter
President's Report:
Forty two golfers took the lengthy drive down to Lang Lang Golf Club to find the course in great condition and with ideal weather. We played for the Bernie Coyle Trophy and it was great to see former president Bernie present to award his trophy.He remarked to everybody's amusement that its great to have life member who is still alive.
As usual the starters did a great job getting us off and especially the indefatigable Peter Ross who always manages to get our money in despite the technology fighting back. We had two guests today in Peter and Kaye Butterworth both of whom received a complimentary golf ball.
The committee is looking at OneGolf which is an on-line app that can manage booking sheets and scores, more info will come out soon.
Hope to see you all at Waterford on 4th December and dont forget the Christmas Dinner at Keysborough which can be booked on the web page.
Happy golfing from Allan Logan on behalf of the committee.
Captains Report:
Results from 'Lang Lang'
Captain Jeff Stevens welcomed members to Lang Lang Golf Club for the Bernie Coyle Trophy Stableford event.
Overall winner
Gary Morland (19) with 38 points won the Bernie Coyle Trophy
Gary received a $40 House of Golf voucher for this effort.
Grade winners
A Grade: George Weaver (20) 36 points
B Grade: Brendan Cooney (26) 38 points
C Grade: Neil Wilson (31) 35 points
Balls down the line:
37 points George Robinson (27) John Molloy (26)
36 points Allan Logan (19) Jeff Stevens (24)
35 points Peter Frost (17)
34 points Peter Fischer (25)
33 points Mark Slatter (17) Tony Villani (30)
NAGA Award:
Winner Angelo Mercuri won a House of Golf 30 minute lesson !
Nearest the pin
Hole 5 Peter Garbellini
Hole 9 Brendan Cooney
Hole 12 Jeff Stevens
Hole 15 Jeff Stevens
Door prize Winners:
George Robinson celebrated a good day at Lang Lang by winning the door prize of a round for 4 at Lang Lang.
Peter Fischer will be able to enjoy the wonderful flavours of a Jimmys Jam pack.
Birthdays for November 2023
Congratulations and best wishes to our members whose birthday falls in November.
David Shutler
Garry Laird
Peter Frost
John Marshall
Jeff Casley
Gary Finnis
Christopher Thorne
Cheap drinks
Four men are walking down a street where they see a sign that says:
They look at each other and then go in, thinking, this is too good to be true.
The bartender says in a voice that carries across the room, "Come on in and let me pour one for you! What'll it be, gentlemen?"
There's a fully stocked bar, so each of the men orders a pint of bitter. In no time the bartender serves up four frothing pints of bitter, and says, "That'll be 10c each, please."
The four guys stare at the bartender for a moment, then at each other.
They can't believe their good luck. They pay the 40c, finish their pints, and order another round.
Again, four excellent pints are produced, with the bartender again saying, "That's 40c, please."
They pay the 40c, but their curiosity gets the better of them. They've each had two pints and haven't even spent a $1 yet.
Finally one of them says, "How can you afford to serve a pint of bitter as good as this for a 10c a piece?"
"I'm a retired tailor," the bartender says, "and I always wanted to own a bar. Last year I hit the Lottery Jackpot for $25 million and decided to open this place. Every drink costs 10c. wine, liquor, beer, it's all the same."
"Wow! That's some story!" one of the men says.
As the four of them sip at their pints of beer, they can't help noticing seven other people at the end of the bar who don't have any drinks in front of them and haven't ordered
anything the whole time they've been there.
Nodding at the group at the end of the bar, one of the men asks the bartender, "What's with them?"
The bartender says, "They're retired people from (fill in with your own image of a parsimonious group). They're waiting for Happy Hour when drinks are half-price."