July's golf reports: It's a bit cold for shenanigans

Tradies Social Golf

Barry Thompson reports

There was a slight chill in the air, but Boomerang presented a well-prepared layout for our field of 21 to contest. We played the Stableford format and Kynan Ainsley, Sparrow King, and Roger Hendry mounted the podium with respective scores of 40, 36 and 34. These were good results given that the markers were well back on most holes.

The second round of Match Play saw Mick Carroll, Kynan Ainsley, Gary Overton, Dave Astill, Sparrow King and Geoff Hammonds emerge as winners. This is developing into an interesting competition, and it will be entering the sharp end in the next couple of months.

Match highlight: Sparrow King and the whole four of Paul Morahan’s group were seen scrambling around the rocks on the seventh after they all rinsed their pills in the pond. Some said they were seeking lost balls, but others insisted they were after yabbies. Bit cold to be up to those shenanigans.

Our sponsors, Tradies, Helensburgh Butchery, Gallardo’s Pizzeria, and Helensburgh Driving Range have been very supportive of us, so please remember to support them in return.

Our next outing will be at Boomerang on Saturday, July 8th. We will tee-off at 7am. This is another Stableford event. Please arrive early to assist our starters.

Hope to see you there.

Helensburgh Sunday Social Golf Club

Robert ‘Indy’ Jones reports

HSSGC graced the fairways of Hurstville GC on June 11th. We welcomed the return of Tim Lowe after a long break on the long weekend along with Adam Gersback and Luke Hatcher, and a new face to our group, Gary Ellis. We look forward to seeing a swelling number of players vying for HSSGC championship honours in July and August, following our Mother’s Day and long weekend events.

The details: Luke Hatcher has not lost his competitive edge scoring 34 points, conquering the full 18 holes and he was delighted to become a “Joe Doherty Mug” and Christian’s Premium Meats voucher winner.

Rob Carter carded 32 stableford points in second place and collected a Drummond Golf prize, closely followed by Ross Fagerstrom on 31 point to bag the Helensburgh Golf Range voucher to round off the podium on the day.

On course, Mark Buckley, Ross Fagerstrom, Frank and Frank, and Rob Carter made the most of nearing the pins and drive and pitch holes with only Ross managing to stay on the cut surface and record a longest drive. Low handicappers need to up their game.

The Hurstville Golf Course is hosting the HSSGC championships on July, 3rd (8.30am tee-off), August 6th (8am) and August 20th (8am).

Updates to members via text and email, contact Tony on 0418 863 100 for membership information. Please continue to support our sponsors Christian’s Premium Meats and Helensburgh Golf Range and join us to enjoy a game of golf, the outdoors and good company.

Indy signing off …

A “gimme” can be best described as an agreement between golfers, neither of whom can putt very well.