Drummond monogrammed titleist golf balls will sponsor our 2 day FNQVGA Open commencing 30th June, and our Club Championships on the 5th and 12th August, plus 2 more tournaments on the 3rd and 18th November. The unique design of the golf club can help the ball to move straighter, farther and faster. The extra wedges help them play specialty shots around the greens, those that require more loft or greater spin. Bob Billingham is a Millaa Milla member and has donated 2 dozen balls for some novelty prizes as extra incentive to make the trip worth while, so even the NAGA will win a half dozen balls as well as some putting prizes. Next week the game is at Millaa Millaa and hopefully the weather gods will be kinder to us than last time so the Patrons trophy can go ahead. The second round of the Ted Thomasson Trophy. The event was the first round of the Stanton Bailey Memorial Shield. The event was a 4BBB Aggregate Stableford and it was great to see two Ladies, Judy Guzzwell and May Wilkinson, walk away with the Runners Up prize.

Anne Burgess, Judy Hughes & Fran Maclean organised a BBQ lunch for the vets day. There were very heavy showers at times when we thought we would have to call it a day. However there are a lot of golfers who attempt to play the game of golf with clubs that do not match their body sort or swing style. Today was the second and final round of our club championships and from the things I heard at presentations most of you have had enough of stroke rounds and will be happy to go back to good old stableford where huge scores on a hole are out of the question! Not just does the strolling bag save the golf enthusiast cash on leasing golf carts, however it likewise gives the golfer with additional cardiovascular workout, which is constantly a good idea. Some sad news revolved around the passing, on Saturday, of Dave Sloss, a former veteran golfer. He would have been more widely known by the “older” generation of Veteran Golfers. We also congratulate our member Ruth Yelland for becoming Queensland Veteran Golf Ladies Champion, and I believe this is not the first time. He found Davante Adams for a 25-yard gain on the first play of the drive.

With McAlpine receiving a stroke, both players were safely in play from the tee but whilst McAlpine found safety with his second, Scott saw his second drop into the famous Cardinal bunker and come to rest on the grass bank within the hazard. Our thought are with his wife, Doris, and the rest of his family. All odds are courtesy of WynnBet. While wedges are perfect for shots from difficult ground such as sand or the rough and for the approach shots to the green, putters with minimal loft, which forces the ball to stay on the putting surface when struck, are used to play on the green, but can also be used to play shots from bunker or to make some approach shots. Unfortunately one of our members, Kevin Ranger was hit in the face by an errant ball today and had to be taken to hospital where xray confirmed his nose was broken.

The sponsor for todays game was CAPE YORK ACCOUNTING and the event was a four ball aggregate, which provided a small change from the usual with each player recording his own score in stableford points and adding that to his partners’ score. 4. The best combined score on the four par 3 holes was 10 (2 under par) by Dave Rieves. Dave was a Life Member and previous Captain of Half Moon Bay Golf Club and an inveterate traveller when it came to following the Vets circuit. As womens country week was under way at Cairns and Half Moon Bay our numbers were down a little with only 60 men and 9 women facing the starter. WOMENS NTP; 4th & 16th Choo Lim, 9th Cathie Coverdale, 11th Edna Atkinson. WOMENS NTP 11th Kay Bergiel, 15th Betty Lou Pitt 18th Chris Everall. 75, Betty Lou Pitt, Andrina Wilson. Robin Tonk & Andrina Wilson. 33 points, Keith Schirmer, Peter Wyatt, Peter Jostsons, Gordon Smith, Geoff Pratt, Robin Tonks. 64 points Mick Grumley & Keith Sanderson, Bruce Jenner & Russel Griffin.