The Cooper Carvell Flying Circus
On The Glen
Life wasn't going too well for our group but when we got to The Glen, things were about to get a whole lot worse...
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From the tee I managed to hook one left out of bounds which didn't bode well for what was to come. But Bruce of the Carvell variety who wasn't having his best day smashed a ball down the middle, under the newly cut tree on the right hand side ( thanks Craig ... ) and onto the fairway. Murray Cooper got a ball away as well.
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Bruce got to his ball, lined up his shot to the green, but pulled it left and after a scream of anguish from Bruce, the ball was seen to disappear into Ray's Creek. So Bruce got another ball from his bag, placed it on the fairway and got ready to play his fourth.
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Murray was fossicking up the hill, I was walking towards the second ball I'd played off the tee when Bruce stepped up and addressed his ball. With the pulled shot left still on his mind, and desperate not to repeat the shot, Bruce over compensated and hit a shank. The ball shot past me in a hurry, flew up the hill, and before Bruce could shout "fore" the ball smacked with a sickening thud into Murray's leg.
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Bruce and I looked at each other fearing the worst. It could have been a serious debilitating injury. But Murray turned round, beamed a big smile and declared "never felt a thing..." The ball had whacked Murray on his artificial leg. "First time that's ever happened" said Murray.
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Only on a Wednesday
Records Tumble
Senaka walked into the clubhouse after golf and was like a labrador at a poker game. With tail wagging and a big smile on his face, his game face, Senaka defiantly declared, "we're going to win the first set of six and it will be a record". Fighting talk many people thought, he'd better be able to back it up, "hope his team remembers to keep their hand for long enough" one wag was heard to say remembering the recent "but we had 29 points" fiasco. A picture tells it all.
And so it was last man standing. Senaka is chuckling away knowing it's in the bag. David Peart is looking admiringly at Mahmoud. Sandy is being Sandy and taking it all in his stride. 33, 34 ,35 said Eric, as Mahmoud's hand was still in the air. "36" exclaimed Eric. "36" they all said.
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So Senaka the tail wagging labrador backed up his claim. That's a pretty good effort from that team with 2 people getting 3 pointers on all of the first 6 holes. 36 - The Record to beat.
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Guess what, the next set went in 37 points, we think an all time low. Senaka's team couldn't better their first 36 points and recorded another 36 er. But going one better was Duncan, Lloyd, Geoff and guest Ken Ferguson.
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The final set went in a very respectable 52 points to Hamish, Eric, Wozza and Murray Edgar.
Happy Birthday Westy
Very generous from Westy yesterday. Westy scrambles over 3 Mile Hill as quickly as he can each Wednesday to play the back 9 with a group of 3. But turning 56 recently Westy provided the necessary lubricating fluid so we could all sing Happy Birthday and wish Westy all the best. Good man, thanks from each and all of us, and hope you have had or will have a great day.
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Talking of great days, it was with great sadness that we all lamented that Jamie's number was drawn in the Captain's Jackpot on Saturday and that he wasn't there to collect. "That's because I was in Riversdale being bestowed the honour of Life Membership of the Riversdale Rugby Club". Is there no end to the gongs this man will receive this year ? Does anything get bigger than being a life member of Riversdale Rugby Club.
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Congratulations Jamie, all good :}
David Peart On Fire
Talk about a hot streak of form. Joining Fairway Phil in going back to back in 2024, David Peart backed up his winning performance last week with another 40 pointer this week to claim line honours. David is away on the Gold Coast next week but when he's back a week later, all eyes will be on David to see if he can be the first to do the threepeat.
The perpetually smiling Senaka won a night in Balclutha beating Derek Todd with 2 birdies on the higher stablefords rule.
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Matt Nicolson and Ken Ferguson joined the field as guests.
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The raffle was won by Bruce Carvell.
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Fairway Phil reminded people to put their name into the pro shop for the draw next week.
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Finally Lloyd reminded people to care for the golf course. Take a bucket to fill in divots, rake bunkers and repair pitch marks on the green. Thanks in advance :}