NOMADS GOLF CLUB BRISBANE Nomads Creed No man is an Island entire of itself; Every man is a piece of the continent a part of the maine. Any man s death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee Page 1 Dec 2015
Captains Corner And yet again a few months have pass by and we played golf on some of our best courses in Australia. I hope you all enjoyed the last few months of golf and I hope to see full playing fields in the New Year During our August game, held at North Lakes we participated in our yearly Queensland Cup competition, competing against the Sunshine Coast club. We had a total of 107 players at the day, with 23 guest and 33 Sunshine Coast players. Unfortunately for Brisbane, the Sunny Coast boys brought along their A game and had a very convincing win on the day. More details to follow in the match summary. Our September game at Carbrook was one of the lowest attendance games ever, with 48 players playing a Carbrook in very good conditioning. I personally think it was in the best condition we have ever played the course. We had a big contingent of players attending the Zimbabwe golf day thinning out our numbers of attending members. From the 23 rd 25 th October 19 of our club members represented Brisbane in this Year s Nationals tournament held at The Vines in Perth. We again as previous years were leading the pack when it came to enjoying the weekend so much that for the second year in a row one of our club members won the overall crying towel. I want to mention David Hall as the new keeper of this record for Brisbane, although not winning any of the days Crying towels, he won with an overall score of 44 points for the weekend (19 & 25).David was not the only one competing for the towel, Rob Dunsmuir tried his very best every day with an overall score of 45 (21 & 24). In Rob s defence I have to mention his ability to stay awake, arriving Friday afternoon from a two day wine tour, he lead a pack of six (Tony Schafer, Dave Barr, Sean Bell, Paul McIlroy and myself) to play coinage till 2.30am on Saturday morning, and apparently after Paul and I left, continued further. Off course therefore the score of 21 points on Saturday. Unfortunately for his liver the day continue to the same time Sunday morning, staying awake with almost the full contingent of attending Nomads members to support the Boks against the Kiwi s. Regrettably for most of us, except Kel Hirini and Gary Mulholland, we were supporting the losing team. Due to the big contingent of Brisbane players enjoying the Friday night air, with the scores Saturday below average, which meant we end absolutely last on the day. But when the rest of the Nomads did the same on Saturday night, we show them we can play golf after a late night, increasing our overall standing to second for the weekend. Well done Brisbane, I am proud of your improved golf and actions on and off the course. To Paul McIlroy who has now passed his President s jacket to Chris Fichardt, welcome back into the red Brisbane shirt, we appreciate everything you have done for Nomads the last six years as part of Natex, now you can start enjoying the games, without all the responsibilities. At our Hope Island game Warwick presented a cheque for $20,000 to Sporting Wheelies who we supported this year as our charity. I again want to congratulate Warwick on a very well managed Charity Day, and let Gary know he can count on all members for support in preparation of his Charity day next year. Nomads support to Charities from inception in Australia has now after the Perth and Page 2 Dec 2015
Sydney North Charity days increased to almost $550.000. We had our biggest field to date this year at the Hope Island game with 86 players attending. Our final game for the year and first game at Brisbane Golf club presented even bigger numbers than Hope Island with a total of 88 players. Our Gold cup competition was played and the final round of the Peter Thompson knock out was contested. Nationals 2016 date and venue has been finalized. Brisbane will host the Nationals at Hope Island from 28 30 October 2016. I am looking for members to be part of the organising team, especially someone to look after sponsors, please let me know if you are interested to be part of this team. Registration will open early 2016 and will be based on a first in and paid registration process as I expect we will have a full field of 144 players and we will have to limit the numbers to each club. Our clubs membership is continuing to grow with a total of 111 members and 15 probationer members. We also have at least two new guests at every game, which mean further growth for the club and I again want to thank all members for the continuous marketing of the club to your friends, family, colleagues and acquaintances. Below is a summary of the 2015 games and results: 2015 Attendance and Scoring 120 100 80 37 29.17 39 30.47 36 27.08 37 26.30 42 33.64 41 29.48 38 26.54 40 30.33 38 27.20 39 30.73 36 27.31 40 30.71 45.00 40.00 35.00 30.00 Field 60 40 20 57 76 77 84 67 58 83 79 100 68 72 76 25.00 20.00 15.00 10.00 5.00 Points Gailes Indro P G Coast Bwater Em Lakes Nudgee Sanc Cove G Greens N Lakes Carbrook Win Lakes H Island Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Members Guests Total Avg Scoring Max Score I urge all our members to focus our attention on the speed of play and request arrival at least 40 minutes before the tee off time for registration. As we now have shotgun starts at every game, the clubs want to start the pre match procedures at least 15 minutes before tee off, and if members Page 3 Dec 2015
arrive late, we run behind the rest of the field. I appreciate all the members support with registration and speed of play. As this is my last newsletter I want to thank all players and guest for a great year, I thoroughly enjoyed the year as Captain and I hope all of you will return in 2016 to help grow Brisbane into one of the best social golf club in the world. I appreciate all the support and banter during the year and want to wish Warwick and his committee all the best for 2016. I wish you all a Blessed Christmas Season and a Prosperous New year, hope I see most of you at our first game at Indooroopilly on 17 January 2016. Yours in Nomads Nell Schoeman Page 4 Dec 2015
Match Report This month I will give you the results for the games at Gainsborough Greens, North Lakes, Carbrook, Pacific Harbour, Hope Island and Brisbane Golf Club. Our July game was at Gainsborough Greens with 59 players attending (52 members and 7 guests). Our August game at North Lakes golf club had 107 players (61 members, 33 Sunshine Coast and 23 guests). Our September game at Carbrook had 48 players (40 members and 8 guests). Our October game at Pacific Harbour had 64 players (49 members, 6 Sunshine Coast members and 9 guests). Our November game at Hope Island had 88 players (68 members, 1 Sunshine Coast member and 19 guests). Our best supported game this year was at Brisbane Golf Club with 88 players (65 members and 23 guests). We had the following results for the July Gainsborough Greens game: We started a cold morning but finished with reasonable scores with an average score of 30.43 and especially the guest finishing with high scores. Our A division winner was Dave Pelan (35 of 6 handicap) beating Laurens Hamman (35 of a 8 handicap) on a count out. B division was won by Gavin Farmery (35 of a 14 handicap) beating Ryan Broodryk by one point (34 of a 12 handicap). C division was won by Eric Kritzinger (37 of a 24 handicap) over Mike Williamson with 36 points off a 21 handicap. The best guest for the day was Ric Roach winning on 39 of a 12 handicap. The best approach was won by Dave Pelan with Andrew Munn and DavePelan winning the nearest to the pins. We had three two clubs this month for Chris Humphreys, Gavin Farmery and David Pichanick. Our lucky draw winners for this month were Warwick Rust winning 2 nd prize, Wayne Richardson winning 1 st prize and Dave Pichanick winning the first $300 contribution to the Nationals entry fee at Hope Island in 2016. Our best drawn fourball winners for July was Dave Barr, Laurens Hamman, Iain Ross and Roger Warren each winning a case of Crown Golden Ale from our sponsor Carlton & United Breweries. Page 5 Dec 2015
Iain Ross, Michael Santomaura, Andrew Howes and Gary Mulholland won the best fourball for the day with a total of 133. Our crying towel ends up in the hands of Darren Hillier with 20 points of a 13 handicap. Queensland Cup at North Lakes Golf Club during August was well attended with 107 players, 23 guest, 33 Sunshine Coast players and 51 Brisbane members. Unfortunately Sunshine Coast arrived with their A Game and had a significant win with and avarage of more than two shots better than Brisbane. The avarage score for the days was a very low 27.25. Wim and Ralph both looks very happy with the new addition to Ralphs trophey cupboard. Page 6 Dec 2015
Trevor Pieterse received his 5 year tie. We had the induction of one new member, Raymond Sterley. A division was won by Michael Berry (SC) (31 of 5 handicap) beating Ian Horsley (31 of 5 handicap) on a count out. B division was won by Nick Cloete (SC) (37 of 13 handicap) beating his fellow Sunshine Coast member Warren Daniel (34 of 14 handicap). C division was at least won by Brisbane s own Gus Battaliou (36 of a 19 handicap) beating the Sunshine Coast captain Wim Jansen by one shot (35 of 21 handicap). The best guest for the day was Andy Greenwood with another 32 of a 1 handicap. Best draw fourball for the they was won by Nick Marot, Steven Hack, Peter Jonsson and Lindsay Bungay each winning a case of Crown Golden Ale from Carlton & United Breweries. Gus Battaliou, Dave Pelan, Manni Ribeiro and Andy Greenwood won the best fourball with 130 points. Mick Endicott and Warren Daniel won the nearest to the pins with Manni Ribeiro winning the best Approach in 2. At least for Brisbane we kept to our track record of winning crying towels, with Lloyd McIlroy again taking the famous position underneath the crying towel with a round of 20 points from a 7 handicap. We had seven two clubs this month. Wim Jansen, Leon Jordan, Dave Pichanick, Ryan Broodryk, Arno Oosthuizen, Craig Baxter and Warren Daniel each had a two club. Our lucky draw winners for this month were G Flemming winning 2 nd prize, Laurens Hamman winning 1 st prize and Clifton Sim (SC) winning the $300 contribution to the Nationals entry fee at Hope Island. Page 7 Dec 2015
Our September game at Carbrook was not well presented this year as we only had a field of 48 players with 40 members 8 guest with an average score of 30.65. Unfortunately we don t have any photos of the day. Lloyd McIlroy made up for his crying towel win at North Lakes by wining A division (38 of a 9 handicap) with a tough contested second place with a three way count out between Ian Horsley (35 of 5 handicap), Trevor Goss (35 of a 6 handicap) and Tony Schafer (35 of a 10 handicap). B division was won by Brian Carlton (36 of a 13 handicap) by two points over Leon Stevens (34 of a 15 handicap). Bryce Bungay had his first win as a Nomads member winning C division (35 of a 24 handicap) with Phil Coetzee (34 of a 18 handicap) taking second place. Our crying towel was again won by one of the famous three crying towel families (McIlroy, Birt and Hillier) with farther Rob following in son Darren s footsteps of two months earlier winning the crying towel with the same score of 20 points of a 13 handicap. The best guest for the day was Steven Hack with 40 of a 8. The best approach was won by Ian Horsley with Leon Stevens and Iain Ross winning the nearest to the pins. We had four two clubs this month, Iain Ross, Ian Horsley, Steven Hack and Lloyd McIlroy each winning a golf ball for their efforts. Our lucky draw winner for a $300 contribution to the Nationals entry fee at Hope Island was Joe Gigante. The $200 first price was won by Ryan Broodryk with Brian Carlton winning the $100 second price. Our best drawn fourball winners for September was Darren Hillier, Warwick Rust, Dave Carlton and Brian Chambers each winning a case of Crown Golden Ale from Carlton & United Breweries. Paul McIlroy, Ray Birt, Andy Geuthner and Richard Ralfe won the best fourball for the day with a total of 133. Our October game at Pacific Harbour was again well presented by Sunshine Coast members with 6 playing in the game. The rain stayed away we had the opportunity to play this great course which turned out difficult for most members with an average score of 27.19. The Sunshine Coast members again shined as at North Lakes winning first and second division. A division winner was Mike Berry (33 of 5 handicap) beating Laurens Hamman (32 of a 7 handicap). B division was won by Warren Daniel (33 of a 12 handicap) Page 8 Dec 2015
beating Darren Hillier on a count out (33 of a 15 handicap). C division was won by Drew Pichanick (33 of a 18 handicap) over Doug Birt on a count out again (33 points off a 21 handicap). The best guest for the day was Jason Savage winning on 41 of a 22 handicap. The best approach was won by Burn Ashburner with Trevor Cuss and Lindsay Bungay winning the nearest to the pins. Trevor Cuss finally received his 5 year tie. We had 2 two clubs this month for Paul Seymour and Trevor Goss. Our lucky draw winners for this month were Ian Wynnes winning 2 nd prize, Hugh Brown winning 1 st prize and David Hall winning the $300 contribution to the Nationals entry fee at Hope Island in 2016. Our best drawn fourball winners for October was Ian Horsley, Rob Hillier, David Entriken and Roger Warren each winning a case of Crown Golden Ale from our sponsor Carlton & United Breweries. Doug Birt, Jason Savage, Mike Berry and Andrew Devine won the best fourball for the day with a total of 135. Our crying towel winner for the month was Trevor Goss with 18 points of a 4 handicap. Page 9 Dec 2015
Hope Island What a stunning day to play Hope Island, almost exactly a year from the date our Nationals for 2016 will start at this venue. We had I big field with 86 players attending and special guest from the Sunshine Coast Allan Coulson joining us. The committee decided to present badges to all members indicating the number of years they have been members, similar to the ties, but with the opportunity to wear the badge on your cap as a display to other members. We presented a total of 16 badges to 5 year members. Three members received their 10 year badges. Four members received ties, Dave Pelan and Rob Hillier received 25 Year ties and badges, Doug Birt received his 10 Year tie and badge with Ray Birt receiving his 5 Year Page 10 Dec 2015
tie and badge. Congratulations to all four on this achievement. Paul McIIroy and and Wayne Richardson both received 25 year badges, although Paul are almost 30 years a member and Wayne very close to 35 years. We inducted one new member, Steven Hack welcome to the Nomads Brisbane club. Our average score for the day was only 28.51 with only three players scoring more than 35 points, giving us a winner in each division. Our division winners were Jeff Mullan with 35 points of an 11 handicap (A Division). B Division was won by Carl Hager with 38 points of a 17 handicap and Huw van Hoffen with 38 points of a 22 handicap won C Division. Runner up for each division was: A Div: Allan Davidson (33 of 6) B Div: Rob Hillier (34 of 17) C Div: Hugh Brown (34 of 22) Crying towel winner was Leon Stevens with 21 points of a 14 Handicap, Leon is now starting to give a few of our general winners a run for their money with the number of crying towel wins with his second for 2015. Our Closest Approach winner for the day was Rob Dunsmuir. Page 11 Dec 2015
Dean Wooler won Nearest to the pin on the 5 th and Andrew Howes won Nearest to the pin on the 14 th. Allan Coulson and Allan Davidson each had a two club. Our drawn fourball winners, each winning a case of Crown Lager were Paul McIlroy, Mark Singer, Mark Whitaker and Gary Mulholland. Our best fourball for the day had an easy win with 8 points to the closest competition. The winners for the day were Jeremy Peck, Carl Hager, Ryan Broodryk and Jason Savage on 130 points. Warwick also had the opportunity to present a cheque for $20,000 to his selected charity, Sporting Wheelies on behalf of Brisbane Nomads from funds raised at our Charity golf in May at Gailes Golf Club Our Best Guest for the day was Steven Hack with 33 points of a 9 handicap.. Brisbane Golf club for December 2015 has seen one of the biggest fields ever in Nomads history with a total of 88 players including 23 guests. On a beautiful summer s day with temperatures in the low 30 s and a late shotgun start at 7.30, golf, trophies and Eric Kritzinger end up the winners for the day. Today we had our annual Gold cup day as well as the final round of the Peter Thompson knock out. Page 12 Dec 2015
The knock out was contested between Hamish Rodger / Gary Mulholland and Gavin Cubbin / Neill Burne with Hamish and Gary ending up the winners of the knock out for 2015. The Gold Cup this year was very much a One man event with Eric Kritzinger winning the Best Golfer, Best 6 games and the Best 3 Odd games trophies, as you can see in this photo Eric suffering to hold on to all the trophies. Congratulations Eric on a well played 2015. Our Best 3 Even winner for the year was Lindsay Bungay with Rob Ross winning the Best Worst player for 2015. The Gold Cup winners for each division this year was: A Division: Jeff Mullan (36) B Division: Jeremy Peck (37) C Division: Warwick Rust (32) Page 13 Dec 2015
Ryan Broodryk and Graig Baxter received their 5 year ties and badges, welcome to the elite group. Winner of the Crying towel this month was David Hall with a total of 20 points of a 12 handicap. He has decided to start working on his handicap early this year for next year s Nationals. Winners for the various divisions this month are: A Division: Jeremy Peck (37 of 12) B Division: Rob Ross (35 of 16) C Division: Nell Schoeman (38 of 19) Runner up for each division was: A Division: Jeff Mullan (36 of 9) B Division: Andrew Munn (34 of 14) C Division: Mike Winter (35 of 21) Nearest to the pin on the 4 th was won by Dave Pelan. Andrew Munn won the Nearest to the pin on the 13th. Best approach on the 18 th was won by Trevor Penney Page 14 Dec 2015
Our Best Guest for the day was Mark Singer with 34 points. We had a total of 5 two clubs with Dave Pelan, Andrew Munn, Peter Reynolds, Trevor Goss and Brian Chambers each winning a golf ball for their efforts. Our best fourball winners on 127 points were Ian Wynnes, Raymond Sterley, Bryce Bungay and Mike Williamson Our best drawn fourball winners were Jeff Mullan, Pete Dickman, Gavin Cubbin and Brendan Kealy As I have now officially come to the end of my year as Captain, I had the opportunity to present Warwick with his Captain 2016 shirt. Welcome Captain, I hope you enjoy your year as much as I did 2015, and I hope it is a very successful year for you and your team. Page 15 Dec 2015
Sponsors Honour Board Page 16 Dec 2015
From the Rule Book Rule 28: Ball Unplayable The player may deem his ball unplayable at any place on the course, except when the ball is in a water hazard. The player is the sole judge as to whether his ball is unplayable. If the player deems his ball to be unplayable, he must, under penalty of one stroke: a. Proceed under the stroke and distance provision of Rule 27-1 by playing a ball as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played (see Rule 20-5); or b. Drop a ball behind the point where the ball lay, keeping that point directly between the hole and the spot on which the ball is dropped, with no limit to how far behind that point the ball may be dropped; or c. Drop a ball within two club-lengths of the spot where the ball lay, but not nearer the hole. If the unplayable ball is in a bunker, the player may proceed under Clause a, b or c. If he elects to proceed under Clause b or c, a ball must be dropped in the bunker. When proceeding under this Rule, the player may lift and clean his ball or substitute a ball. PENALTY FOR BREACH OF RULE: Match play Loss of hole; Stroke play Two strokes. On the Lighter Side Page 17 Dec 2015