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Sunday 11 December 2005

Location: Newcastle

Tournament Organiser: Alan Waddington

First tee time 8:00am.

2005 Results:

Group	Player	Handicap	Front 9 Stableford	Back 9 Stableford	Total Stableford
1	Rick Butler	9	17	13	30
	Bruce Rowe	14	17	8	25
	Rob Lowndes	23	9	11	20
	Steve Figgis	36	10	12	22
2	Nick Hillyard	14	11	13	24
	Rick Chadwick	20	8	9	17
	Alan Waddington	21	7	15	22
	Peter Thornton	25	12	5	17

The Prizes:

Winner	Rick Butler (12 balls)	Front Nine	Not Awarded
The Hexham Grey Award	Group 1 (2 balls ea)	Back Nine	Not Awarded
NTP	Rick Butler (2 balls)	Long Drive (2 balls)	Alan Waddington

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The Obelisk (back to top)

Sunday 6 November 2005

2005 titleholder: Peter Thornton

The Event: Yes, it’s the three club event, ….. now which irons to take??

Tournament Organiser: Nick Hillyard

The Day: See results

The Bobbick (back to top)

(or The Golden Putter)

2005 titleholder: Peter Thornton, 4 Dec 05

The Event: At the Tour Organiser's discretion, awarded for most putts or least putts on the "back nine".

Tournament Organiser: Nick Hillyard

The Day: Peter Thornton with just 12 putts and a wipe on the last hole - how did he do it??? Read on .......

"A scurrilous rumour has been published on the website about my performance on the 18th in scoring a wipe while still taking out the golden putter - truth is I was lucky to make the green at all let alone get the ball down the hole in one putt.

Shot 1 - Off the tee - a mighty lash with the driver - club slides effortless under the ball which pops up vertically and lands about ten feet away in GUR. Shot 2 - after a drop, a shank with the four iron down to the tree where Nick likes to leave his buggy on 13. Shot 3 - a six iron to soar over the tree onto the green but it doesn't - lands under a tree instead. Shot 4 - the wedge - pops onto the green , runs past the flag into the sloping fringe at the back Shot 5 - off the green with the putter - ball takes off down the slope, slows past the pin, then accelerates to the edge and down to the 14th tee box. Shot 6 - the sandwedge - jams on the top of the slope runs back to my feet
(nearly)
Shot 7 - the putter - whack up the slope past the pin (ball knows pin quite well by now) Shot 8 - the putter finally on the green - a long putt across the slope started with a 10 degree deviated line uphill; struck with a 300 mm backswing, with firm contact, balls moves off on intended line and commences an initially slow spiral trajectory with a sharp late curl into to the cup - no worries! 8 shots - no points - one putt - magic!

I deserved the golden putter for that effort alone!!
Peter Thornton"

St Nicholas Cup at St Michaels (back to top)

4 January 2006

Tournament Organiser: Rick Butler

2006 Results:

Group	Player	H'cap	Front 9 Stableford	Back 9 Stableford	Total Stableford
1	Bruce Rowe	14	12	9	21
	Rob Miller	15	12	18	30
	Steve Figgis	36	12	9	21
2	Rick Butler	7	17	19	36
	Gary Skulander	23	7	15	22
	Rob Lowndes	21	12	7	19
3	Peter Macdougall	10	13	18	31
	Peter Thornton	25	14	14	28
	Alan Waddington	21	13	11	24
4	Nick Hillyard	14	17	13	30
	John Ferreira	18	12	8	20
	Peter Burns	30	13	10	23

The Prizes:

Best Individual	Rick Butler	Front 9 Individual	Nick Hillyard
Back 9 Individual	Rob Miller (countback)	Longest Drive (9th)	John Ferreira
NTP (12th)	Peter Macdougall	Best team	Group 4 (helped by guest, Kevin)

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Mother Mary McKillop Miracle Cup (back to top)

Thursday 26 January 2006

Tournament Organiser: Nick Hillyard and Rick Butler in the authorised absence of Peter Thornton

The Event: The 2006 MMMMC was played at Royal Northbridge on Australia Day in benign conditions with an impressive field of 14 participants.

Acknowledgement was given to the new Super Veteran status achieved by Bruce Rowe during the week. Bruce now joins Phil Alexander in this playing category.

In the absence of Official Tournament Director, Peter Thornton, the excitement on the first Tee was enhanced by the sight of two Smergs who arrived prepared to take on the role of Acting Tournament Director. An unseemly squabble was never likely to be the outcome of this situation and after a brief exchange of courtesies the volunteers were honoured to be identified as Joint Assistant Tournament Directors and in time honoured tradition set about changing the rules of the Tournament.

A colossal breech of etiquette was averted when it was noticed that the ball draw was being performed from a random ( and slightly grubby ) golf hat and NOT the official Smergs version.

Two groups of 3 and two groups of 4 were drawn with the customary requests from at least 12 of the assembly who had good reason to play in the first group. Such requests were ignored and play began.

The competitors:

Group 1 (Joint losers) Rob " Boot Scooter " Lowndes Steve " I like Crocs " Figgis Bruce " The Veteran " Rowe	Group 2 Rick " The Robot " Butler Rob " Happy Gilmore " Miller Alan " Irons " Waddington
Group 3 (Comfortable winners) Nick " Paparazzi " Hillyard Phil " You can't win off my Handicap " Stabback John " Gaucho " Ferreira Gary " Big Boy " Skulander	Group 4 (Joint losers) Alan " The Pro " O'Donovan Tim " Moon Balls " Becker Ian " Perfection " Baker Peter " Pro Rata " MacDougall

2006 Results:
NTP 2nd shot on 11th Rick Butler (contested by many of the assembly as there was no pin to be near to and therefore the award should have gone to a genuinely great second shot ).

Long Drive on 14th Rob " Happy Gilmore " Miller (almost disqualified as he was not seen to address the ball and merely attacked it as he ran by).

NTP on 16th Phil " SOS " Stabback (SOS title earned as a result of his exploits on the 15th where he fell so heavily-"-Like a sack of spuds"--as one spectator commented, that he almost levelled Chadwick Hill.

The Miracle Award went to Bruce Rowe--no, not just because he got round the course at his venerable age as some wag cruelly suggested, but because he holed a remarkable shot from off the green on the 17th.

The second Miracle Award went to Phil Stabback who completed his round in exemplary fashion following his fall in spite of a dislocated hip and a pair of badly bruised cheeks!!

Winner - A MIRACLE on his handicap	Phil Stabback - 19 pts (10 handicap)
NTP 11th (2nd shot)	Rick Butler
Longest drive 14th	Rob Miller
NTP 16th	Phil Stabback
The major miracle	Bruce Rowe
Winning team (15.5 pts)	Phil Stabback, Nick Hillyard, John Ferreira, Gary Skulander
Details	See Results page

So there you have it--a fine day, a wonderful field, a smorgasbord of excitement, classic stroke play and a worthy winner.

Thanks to Peter T for the (largely ignored) rules and finely crafted NTP markers, Rick Butler for stepping into the breach and actually knowing how many players were there and Nick Hillyard for recording the scene for posterity (and his own amusement).

THE DAWN PATROL (back to top)

Played each year on the Back Nine at Royal Northbridge Golf Club on ANZAC Day

Tuesday, 25th April 2006

ORDER OF EVENT:

Dawn less 10 mins: SMERGS assemble at 10th tee.

Dawn less 5 mins: The Tossing of The Balls

Dawn: One minute silence
The Last Post

Hit Off.

Post battle: Presentation (2 balls each)

2006 Results: Thank you to those SMERGs who attended the fourteenth consecutive Dawn Patrol.

Congratulations to our overall winner Rob Miller (Handicap 14) who hit three consecutive birdies in accumulating 21 points for a one point victory over Tim Becker.

Also victorious today were:
Rick Butler........ (Longest Drive across Hellfire Pass)
James Halliday.... (Nearest the Pin at Lone Pine)
Ken Miller........... (Longest Drive).

Alan Waddington - Acting Permanent Tournament Director

Group	Player	Handicap	Stableford	Gross Strokes
1	Ken Miller	13	10	47
	Rob Miller	14	21	37
	Gary Skulander	18	12	49
	Tim Becker	24	20	43
2	Phil Stabback	8	7	47
	John Ferreira	18	16	44
	Rob Lowndes	19	10	51
	Alan Waddington	18	19	41
3	Rick Butler	5	13	40
	Nick Hillyard	13	18	39
	Rick Chadwick	17	7	54
	James Halliday	22	11	52

The Prizes:

The Winner	Rob Miller
NTP 17^th	James Halliday
Longest Drive 12^th	Rick Butler
Longest Drive 18^th	Ken Miller

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