Mother Mary McKillop Miracle Cup   (back to top)

Friday 26 January 2007

Tournament Organiser: Nick Hillyard and Rick Butler in the authorised absence of Peter Thornton (Mongolia!)

The Event:  Royal Northbridge presented in admirable condition for the 13th MMMM major which this year was contested by 11 stalwarts (plus The Phantom) of the Ancient and sometimes Royal Society of Smergs.

Co alternate Tournament Directors undertook to organise the event in the absence of the "never organised an event in my life" assumed tournament director. In consequence there were never likely to be any disputes particularly as the eventual winner deserved far greater penalties than even the Co-T.D's. could muster.

In teams of 4, apart from team 1 who played with the high scoring phantom, play commenced at approximately 6.30 and the first group led by Dancing Queen Robbie Miller ably supported by The Commentator Timmy Becker and the Spanker Gary Skulander duly stroked their tee shots.

Team 2 featured co alternate TD's Rick The Contortionist Butler and Nick Bananas Hillyard with grumbling from Peter Doris Day Macdougall and Alan Out of Bounds Waddington.  Always going to be a tough group to beat with two A TD's.

Team 3 featured the Septagenarian Twins of Mountain Man Phil Alexander and Major Rowe partnered by Rob Sleep Deprivation Lowndes and Phil Honest Handicap Stabback.


2007 Results:

See results page.  The Dancing Queen, Robbie Miller won with the modest score of 25 points off what can only be described as the embarrassing handicap of 21 and thus won the front nine and the major to lose 2 shots. This brings his Smerg handicap down to within 60% of his club handicap!!!!!  (This unauthorised breach of longstanding SMERGS handicapping tradition as enunciated on this very website has been rectified by the loss of only one stroke by the action of the web page editor (temporary, acting).)

Teams 2 & 3 shared the spoils in the team event which was scored by the method of the highest score of the group being recorded for the first 3 holes, then 2 highest for the second 3 holes and 3 highest for the final 3 holes.

Nearest the pin with 2nd shot to 11th was won by OB Waddington, NTP on 16th was won by Honest Phil S and the longest drive (in spite of some rather unchivalrous remarks from group 3) was won by Rick The Contortioist Butler, with a huge hit.

Congratulations to all for their good grace and charm for Australia Day. To Timmy B for flaunting the warnings from the organisers about wearing traditional Aussie headgear and above all to Robbie Miller for taking out yet another major and accepting with his customary good grace the 2 shot penalty.

Our next major is rumoured to be the Killara Open, to be known as the IYD Open (In Your Dreams) where there will be a 5 shot penalty for winning!!!  (The Hillyard Challenge)
 

Winner	Rob Miller - 25 pts (10 handicap)
NTP 11th (2nd shot)	Alan Waddington
Longest drive 14th	Rick Butler
NTP 16th	Phil Stabback
Winning teams (46 pts)	Teams 2 & 3
Details	See Results page

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).
 

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THE DAWN PATROL  (back to top)

 

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

Alan Waddington - Acting Permanent Tournament Director
 

Wednesday,  25th April 2007

 

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 (missed this year.... again!)

                                            Hit Off.

Post battle:                         Presentation (2 balls each)           

2007 Results:   Thank you to those SMERGs who attended the fifteenth consecutive Dawn Patrol.

Eleven intrepid SMERGS turned up but only ten finished in alternating light to heavy rain. Was the eleventh man missing in action, did he desert, or did he simply cut and run?  Rick Butler was posthumously awarded the George W Bush Cut and Run Award for deserting his team in action.

Congratulations to overall joint winners Alan O'Donovan and Rick Chadiwck.

Also victorious were:
  James Halliday     Nearest the Pin at Lone Pine
  Peter Thornton    Longest Drive
  Group 1                Best Group

                 

                                  The Prizes:

 

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