RIP

Eric James Welton

It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of Eric Welton (our handicapper – Adam Welton’s father). Eric played the odd Saturday game with us, and also several Association games. We send our sympathy to Adam and his family at this time.

May he rest in peace.

 

Sick list: Peter Kennedy is unwell presently, please keep him in your thoughts and prayers

This Saturday 27th May 2023 is at Auburn with a 6.30am tee off.

This is a single stroke event for the first round of the Club Championships as well as for those who are playing Matchplay. For those playing matchplay, we will be using the stableford index on the front of the card.

 

Winner’s from Woodville on 22nd April:

1st place: Enda Scully 39pts (c/b)

2nd place: Col Bentley 39pts (c/b)

3rd place: Garry Mitchell 38pts

4th place: Pat Kain 36pts

TOOTH: Charlie Scully & Noelene Leggat

 

Nearest the Pins:

2nd hole:  Mark DeHaas

5th hole: Amanda DeHaas

11th hole: Mark DeHaas

15th hole: Jenny Delaney

 

Drive and pitch:

4th hole: David Finn

8th hole: Not won

12th hole: Shannon Finn

17th hole: Shannon Finn

 

Matchplay for 27th May at Auburn:

Bernie Freeburn vs Eddie Habib

Bruce Farqhuar vs Peter O’Brien

Col Bentley vs Fred McCarthy

Charlie Scully vs Enda Scully

 

Proposed trophies for 2023:

A grade winner- The Bill Kain Memorial, Club Champion.

A grade runner up- The Fred Delaney Memorial.

B grade winner- The Peter Ross Memorial.

B grade runner up- The Denis Collins Appreciation Award

C grade winner- The Pat Connell Memorial.

C grade runner up- The Bill Belkovskis Memorial.

Terry Kenny Award - Match play

Steve Woods Trophy - Stableford competition

The Championship (stroke) rounds will be played over 4 games, with the three best scores being counted. These rounds being played in 27th May, 24th June, 19th August and 16th September. Youmust play at least three of these four games above to qualify.

Handicaps for the Championships are as follows:

A Grade: 0 to 28

B Grade: 29 to 39

C Grade: 40 + over

GOLF COMMITTEE MEETING: Our upcoming meeting will be on Monday, June 5 at 7pm, Dooleys Regents Park

 

INSPIRATIONAL STORY

ANC’s, South Africa’s governing political party, Deputy Secretary-General Jessie Duarte, who was Nelson Mandella’s personal assistant between 1990-94:

“He always made his own bed, no matter where we travelled. I remember we were in Shanghai, in a very fancy hotel, and the Chinese hospitality requires that the person who cleans your room and provides you with your food, does exactly that. If you do it for yourself, it could even be regarded as an insult.

So in Shanghai I tried to say to him, ‘Please don’t make your own bed, because there’s this custom here.’ And he said, ‘Call them, bring them to me.’

So I did. I asked the hotel manager to bring the ladies who would be cleaning the room, so that he could explain why he himself has to make his own bed, and that they not feel insulted. He didn’t ever want to hurt people’s feelings. He never really cared about what great big people think of him, but he did care about what small people thought of him.”