Today’s game is at Auburn at 6.30am.
This is our lastgame for the year and will be a 4 person Ambrose. We askeveryone who is playing to bring a gift for the table (valued between $10 and $20). This will be part of the prizes for everyone at the end of the game.
Winner’s from Woodville on 11th November:
1st place: Stuart Hurley- 41pts
2nd place: Ian Barber- 33pts c/b
3rd place: Charlie Scully- 33pts c/b
4th place: Bernie Freeburn- 32pts
TOOTH: Enda Scully and Fred McCarthy
Nearest the Pins:
5th hole: Craig Brown
7th hole: Bernie Freeburn
11th hole: Jae Min Maeng
15th hole: Jae Min Maeng
Drive and pitch:
4th hole: Fred McCarthy
8th hole: Jae Min Maeng
16th hole: Not won
17th hole: Not won
Individual Scores for Woodville
Stuart Hurley: 41pts
Ian Barber: 33pts
Charlie Scully: 33pts
Craig Brown: 33pts (Provisional)
Bernie Freeburn: 32pts
Col Bentley: 32pts
Garry Mitchell: 32pts
Jae Min Maeng: 32pts
Troy Newall: 31pts
Eddie Habib: 31pts
Jenny Delaney: 30pts
Peter McCabe: 30pts
Enda Scully: 30pts
Peter O'Brien: 29pts
Jenny Freeburn: 28pts
Fred McCarthy: 27pts
Keiran Jackson: 25pts
John Poropat: 25pts
Bruce Farquhar: 24pts
John Slater: 24pts
Perpetual Trophy Winners for 2023:
A Grade Championship: Bill Kain Memorial Trophy: Winner: Enda Scully
B Grade Championship: Peter Ross Memorial Trophy: Winner: Peter O’Brien
C Grade Championship: Pat Connell Memorial Trophy: Winner: Mark DeHaas
AGrade Net: Fred Delaney Memorial Trophy: Winner: Stuart Hurley
B Grade Net: Dennis Collins Appreciation Award: Winner: Bruce Farquhar
C Grade Net: Bill Belkovskis Memorial Trophy: Winner: Jenny Delaney
Match Play: Terry Kenny Appreciation Award: Winner: Col Bentley
5 Best Stableford Scores (from rounds 1 to 11): Steve Woods Winner: Col Bentley
Country Shield – (Cootamundra): Peter Kennedy Memorial Winner: Jenny Delaney
Congratulations to all winners
Golf dates for 2024
3rd February-Sefton 8.30am
24th February- Woodville 7am
23rd March- Auburn 6.50am
27th April- Woodville 7.30am
25th May- Auburn 7am
22nd June- Woodville 7.30am
27th July- Sefton 8am
24th August- Auburn 7.15am
21st September- Woodville 7am
12th October- Auburn 7am
16th November- Woodville 7am
7th December- Auburn 7am
Drinks
We try hard to keep our drinks costs down, however we have noticed from time to time that the money taken and the drinks used do not correspond. Could you please ensure that if you take a drink, you pay for it – it is easy to forget. The list to record your name is near the BBQ for halfway golf and we always have somebody at the end of the game to collect drink money.
GOLF DINNER - 2024 AGM and 2023 PRESENTATION NIGHT
Given its increasing size, the Dooleys Parent Club has decided to discontinue the Annual Sports Council Nights and instead provide function rooms for the Intraclubs to hold presentation nights (including funding trophies and prizes).
The committee feels that this presents a great opportunity to combine our annual golf dinner, AGM and presentation into one night of celebrations.
The Golf dinner (including 2024 AGM and 2023 presentation night) will be held at:
DOOLEYS LIDCOMBE (BANKSIA ROOM) on THURSDAY 25 JANUARY at 6pm for a 6.30pm start.
Cost is $50 per person (payable on the night).
Menu is similar to previous years and consists of platters of food being served for each course. The menu is as follows:
Mains
Roast Pork
Penne Primavera
Beef Stroganoff
Dessert
Petit fours
Drinks will be available for purchase at the bar.
The rough run sheet for the night will be as follows:
6pm - Event opens
6.30pm - AGM starts
7pm - Start mains
7.45pm - Presentation
8.15pm - Tea/Coffee and Petit fours
The winners of the perpetual trophies will be presented with a take home trophy and a $50 F&B voucher on the night. The perpetual trophies are currently being arranged for engraving. If they are not available on the night then they will be available in the Club for inspection.
It is also an opportunity to thank our volunteers and committee members for their contributions during the year.
All Golfers and friends are invited to attend. We will be taking names on the weekend.
We will also be extending personal invites to the winners of the perpetual trophies, the named persons (or next of kin) on each of the perpetual trophies, former players and the Board of the Club.
I am sure that it will be a great night and I am looking forward to sharing many golfing stories on the night.
Rob Ryan
2024 GOLF WEEKEND: 27th September to 29th September
Next years weekend away will be held at Kandos. We are asking that a $100 deposit be paid to confirm your booking. This can be paid over the coming months.
Location: Kandos is located 229 kms West of Sydney the town was famous for its Cement Production, known as the town, which built Sydney.
Route: Use Great Western Highway/A32 exit Castlereagh Highway/B55
Trip Duration: Time is approx. three hours eleven minutes from Lidcombe.
Weather: Indication of the weather conditions we are likely have in September is in the range of Minimum 9 degrees to Maximum 18 degrees. But would be wise to bring some warm clothing.
When: Friday Night 27th September 2023 to Sunday 29th September 2023 (Some may stay over Sunday Night)
Deposits:This year to avoid the hassles with varying deposits being paid & the need to refund excess payments, we intend to set the Commitment deposit at one hundred dollars per couple. Which will cover the Golf Costs i.e., green fees & Cart hire. All other costs for the weekend i.e., accommodation/ Friday & Saturday Night Dinners & drinks will be at the individual’s expense.
Accommodation: Kandos Fairways Motel & Apartments adjacent to the Golf Club, 4 Henbury Avenue Kandos NSW 2848. Phone Number 02 63794406 Contact – Andrew.
We have tentatively booked the entire fourteen Rooms at the Motel for Friday and Saturday nights. One Family room (two singles beds, one double) (six twin room, one single bed & one large double bed) & seven Queen bedroom rooms. Current cost per Night - $140 Queen, $150 - Twin. If you need an additional Night, you will need to arrange directly with the Motel.
Note: breakfast is available at the motel, however there is a kettle, toaster and microwave in each room.
Additional Rooms:
If we have more players than the motel can cater for, additional accommodation may be available at the Hotel/ Motel in town (approx. 800 metres from the golf course).
Please note that Bookings cancelled with in twenty-four hours of the arrival time will incur a cancellation fee equal to the first night’s accommodation.
Please note that when you check into the motel on Friday 29th September you pay your Accommodation charges on your Credit Card. For those paying the $100 deposit – this will effectively hold a room at the Fairways Motel and you will be asked in the new year to contact the Motel and give your credit card details.
Meal Arrangements: Friday Night after Motel Check In, make your way to the Henbury Golf Club Sport & Recreation Club just behind the Motel at any time after say 5.30pm for meet & greet for drinks & a meal at your own expense.
Dinner Sat Night: We are in negotiations with the Club regarding the Dinner for Saturday night. Further details of the menu will be available once we have the details from the club. Arrangements for Dinner will be different from past, with patrons ordering & paying for their own meals at the designated Bistro/restaurant Cashier.
Golfing Details: Henbury Golf Club is an eighteen-hole grass greens golf course (managed by volunteers); fairways rely on nature to provide the rain for the fairways. Long Term Average Rain for Aug 58mm, Sept 71mm the course backs onto the Capertee Valley & Wollemi National Parks & provides a habitat of a variety of native animals & birds.
Eligibility Details To win the Peter Kennedy Memorial Shieldthe -
1. Player must be a Dooley’s Parent Club member.
2.Player must be a Dooley’s Golf Club member.
3.Player must have played a minimum of 4 Saturday games with Dooleys Golf Club in the current calendar year.
Golf Arrangements: We have tentatively booked in twenty players to play on both Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th September.
Tee Time on Saturday is 12 noonhowever we suggest that you make your way to the Golf Club at around 11.30.am.
Tee Time on Sunday will be 7.00 am.Cart fees will be Twenty dollars per game on a twin share arrangement. Sole use of a cart cost will be Forty Dollars each day. (Just letting you know that the club does not have enough carts, however many of the locals have agreed to let us use their own personal carts. Please ensure you take care of any carts
used). At this stage we have 10 carts booked for Saturday & Sunday.
Green Fees will be Fifteen dollars per player each dayon Saturday & Sunday. The Golf Club has advised that they have the barbecue facilities available on Sunday after the game. We will check out arrangements to have a Barbeque at Lunch time on Sunday.
Places of Interest; Enjoy views of the Capertee Valley the world’s second largest canyon (after the Grand Canyon). You can drive right up to Valley lookout, located inside the canyon within Capertee National Park, between Lithgow and
Mudgee.
There are many Wine Cellars in and around Kandos with wine
tastings, Coffee meals etc also, there is a museum which is
recommended, in the town of Rylstone which is just a few minutes down the road & about half an hour to drive to Mudgee.
If you require any further information about these details,
Please give me a call on my 0418 103553 or email
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Thankyou – Bruce Farquhar
First Game Back for 2024 will be at Sefton 3rd February at 8.30am.
RECOGNITION AND THANKS
Many thanks to the following people for their efforts throughout the year.
- Our Handicapper– Adam Welton. Even though we don’t see much of Adam, we appreciate all the efforts Adam does on a regular basis adjusting handicaps. Even if we don’t like handicap given. Adam’s system is very fair.
- Our BBQ trailer organiser– Garry Mitchell. On golf days Garry arrives at Dooley’s Lidcombe to pick up the trailer whilst most of us are getting out of bed. He arrives at the golf course ready to set up before golf. After golf Gary packs up the trailer and returns it to the club whilst most of us sitting down to a cool drink at home. Garry also picks up the ice for our drinks.
- Our food organiser and Weekend of Golf organiser– Bruce Farquhar. Bruce organises and picks up sausages, bread, onion and butter prior to each Saturday game. Bruce also has done a great job organising our golf weekends away. Many phone calls, emails and conversations have been required to organise, dinners, accommodation, golf tee times and carts.
- Our Treasurer– Rob Ryan. Rob has been busy balancing the books and has improved the way the reporting is done to our Parent club Dooley’s. Our finances are in safe hands.
- Our Cooks– Margaret Bentley and Val Kennedy. Both of these ladies have volunteered their Saturday mornings to cook a top BBQ meal for us. It is great to be greeted with a smiling face, particularly when you are having an ordinary day on the course. Margaret has decided to hang up the tongs and unfortunately won’t be cooking for us in 2024. Please thank Margaret today as she will be spending more time with the grandkids. If you know of anyone interested in helping with the cooking in 2024, please let Bernie Know.
- Our drinks organiser–Kieran Jackson. Kieran tallies and purchases the drinks for each game. Ensuring we have a good selection of drinks available.
- Our Secretary–Sue Delaney. Sue is our main means of communication. Sue organises future games and tee times, individual player info emails, divots and golf draw distribution.
- Our Golf day money collector– Jenny Delaney. Jenny is well organised in tallying playing numbers and payments. She somehow manages to balance the books every time.
- Our Golf day Captain– Eddie Habib. Eddie has been our Captain for the last three years. He hasn’t had too many difficulties, but has been reliable and a willing contributor.
- Our Committee– Rob Ryan, Sue Delaney, Garry Mitchell, Kieran Jackson, Eddie Habib, Bruce Farquhar. Our committee met regularly and were very supportive in looking for improvements to be made. I have been appreciative of their assistance and support.
Finally, Thanks to all our golfers for regularly attending games and keeping the fun in golf. We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year.
Bernie Freeburn
President