Marina Hills – 31st July 2018
Hi to all around the Globe,
I have returned from my journey around the United States over the past 3 months I rode a motorcycle over 9,000 miles and visited 29 states, I saw some amazing country and meet some wonderful people. I have some people to thank during my absence firstly Terry Chapman who took over writing the newsletter and attending to our website, Terry you did a wonderful job of picking up the tasks required to post our newsletter and to edit our website Im sure to all the readers it was great to have something refreshing and a different style communicating to our audience Thanks Terry really great job, I know you are now heading off for 5 weeks so I wish you safe travel and look forward to seeing you when you return. To all the other Committee members Warwick, John, Steve and Dave Walters and Dave Paliwoda thank you for the extra efforts, we cant have a successful club without having a group of dedicated people organising things in the background sometimes we need to acknowledge the work that they do so thank you.
Ok lets talk about golf and what happened yesterday during our weekly tournament, the rains have continued to fall on a regular basis and Marina Hills doesn’t cope with a lot of rain so it was off to Beverley Place the course looked beautiful even after a couple of days of heavy rain it was in very good condition however that greens were really hard and didnt hold the ball as much as I expected. The weather held off for us and we were able to complete our round under dry conditions.
There were some good scores but nothing like last week when Col Clark blitz the field with 47 points, great game Col, hope your keeping well.
New & Returning Golfers
Wayne Muras – Tom Casey – Brendan Anderson – and myself Anthony Cullen
WINNERS
1st Anthony Cullen – 75 – 42 points on a countback from none other than
2nd Warwick Sharpe – 42 points
3rd Fred Cannova – 40 points
Nearest the pins – Not Played
NAGA: Steve Arnold on a count back from Terry Kerim 23 points – The only time you dont want to win on a countback Steve.
POOL Comp: Pool comp was won by little johnny Cummins who not only defeated steve turner once but did it again in the final to win, Johnny asked me to make a special mention of that Johnny Cummins Pool Champ for this week anyway.
Other Good Scores
Daniel Brias 39 – Dave Paliwoda 39 – John Cummins 37
Special Messages
A special thank you to one of our new members Wayne Muras who kindly donated some prizes to the club we certainly appreciate your kind gesture thanks Wayne.
Terry Chapman will be absent for the next 5 weeks, Terry helps with transport in the mornings so could I please ask those players who visit regularly and know all the players could you approach some of the players and perhaps organise transport to golf that way it will leave Dave some space for any new visitors.
Transportation to Golf – If you need transport you should be contacting Dave Paliwoda (0949 894 1419) on Monday to let him know that you need transport this gives Dave an idea of how many players need a lift – if there are any other members that could help out during the next 5 weeks we would appreciate your help.
For those members who have Golf buddies (GPS) I have 3 new replacement batteries if you need one.
Thailand Trip – Its only 8 weeks away we currently have 22 players attending and we would like to boost the numbers up to around 28 so if you have any friends or your thinking of coming please let me know its a great experience and you get to play some amazing golf courses.
Finally I will be going out to Marina Hills on Sunday to inspect the course I will be posting an advisory on the website on Monday as to where we will be playing and what the event is, next Tuesday is a scheduled Monthly Medal however if Marina Hills is to wet then we will play a stableford event at Beverley Place.
Presentation Bar – Gentlemens
Thank you for supporting our Club
Marina Hills – 24th July
Hello world and still a very wet Philippines! Yet again we could not play at Marina Hills, it was even wetter than last week, which resulted in 17 hard core BSGC golfers rocking down NLEX to Beverly Place, San Fernando. Considering how much rain had been dumped on BP during the last week the course was in surprisingly good shape. The fairways were a tad soft but the greens were good, and the sun came out in patches but the most important thing was the rain held off. We had very nice playing conditions the only irritations being the few groups of locals that inserted themselves between our pre-booked flights and really took their time!
You scribe has been asked to point out by the management to remind members that the weekly BSGC fee of P1,000 is based on P600 for the M.Hills green fee and P400 for the club which covers prizes + the presentation bar drinks. When we do not play at MH we only pay the P400 which entitles the payer to the drinks and pool games but more importantly to be recognized in the tournament. Non-payment of the P400 will not allow a submitted scorecard to be considered and of course no club drinks or pool games.
Getting back to the golf, as usual there were no distinctions made today regarding “A” and “B” grades, all players competed as one using their Beverly Place handicaps and, as can be seen, some very good scores were carded. An update of these handicaps can be found in the “Beverly Place Golf Competitions” web page.
New and returning golfers: Glenn Wong and Cliff Hetherington
WINNERS
1st Col Clark 47 points (this could be a club record this year)
2nd Phil Nelson 42 points
3rd Steve Arnold 40 points
Nearest the pins – These were not played for.
NAGA: Ernie Standen 23 points
Other good scores: Daniel Brias 39, Fred Cannova 38, Terry Kerim 38 and Mike Evarts 37
Well played gentlemen especially Col Clark with his whopping haul of 47 points. We wish him a good trip home thus giving us lesser mortals a chance next week!
Pool Competition: Steve Turner defeated Mike Evarts at Honey Ko’s
Departing Golfers: Col Clark
Next Week’s Comp: Stableford
Presentation Bar: “Emotions” (Note: This is a new bar for us just up the road from Eruptions)
Marina Hills – 17th July
Hello world and a very wet Philippines! For the first time in ages there was no golf played at all today by BSGC due to non-stop rain which not only waterlogged Marina Hills but made conditions very uncomfortable at Beverly Place. Actually “no golf” is not quite true as 4 of the 10 golfers that turned up at Beverly Place optimistically started a round only to call it quits on the 6th when the heavens opened!
The day was however not totally written off as a fair number of us turned up at Old Mates and had a good pool tournament and a very sociable afternoon despite being interrupted by the late arrival of Will O’Kempe, that noisy Irish-American BSGC member also known as “Crazy Boy”. Not having paid his P400 he was obliged to pay for his own drinks and wait until we had finished the pool before being allowed on the table. It was all in very good humour though.
In the Pool Competition Steve March defeated Dave Paliwoda
Finally, your scribe has posted some photographs of the recent visit to La Union on “The Cliffs Golf Trip” Web Page. Please note these pics are “as taken” waiting for Anthony to return and professionally edit them before moving them permanently to the “Gallery” section of this web site.
Next Weeks’ Competition: STABLEFORD
Presentation Bar: Honey Kos
Beverly Place – July 10, 2018
Hi to all around the world. As Marina Hills was unplayable, due to a waterlogged course after a week of rain, an alternative “Stableford” game was arranged at Beverly Place which was attended by 13 players. For those “fair weather” golfers that ducked out you missed a lovely day of golf in very favourable conditions. The greens were “good” as were the fairways, and as for the rough……what rough?
There were no distinctions made today regarding “A” and “B” grades, all players competed as one using their Beverly Place handicaps and, as can be seen, some very good scores were carded. An update of these handicaps can be found in the “Beverly Place Golf Competitions” web page.
Finally the current standings in the Club Championship have been posted on the “Club Championship 2018” web page…check it out and see where you stand!
New and returning golfers: None reported
WINNERS
1st Tom Grow 46 points
2nd Terry Chapman 43 points
3rd Warwick Sharpe 41 points
Nearest the pins – These were not played for as per reasons reported in a previous newsletter
NAGA: Freddy Cannova 25 points
Other good scores: Daniel Brias 40, Mark Adair 38, Steve Arnold 37, Mike Evarts 36
Pool Competition (at Gentlemans): Battle of the Steves – Tye defeated Turner
Departing Golfers: Tom Grow
Next Week’s Comp: Stableford
Presentation Bar: Old Mates
Marina Hills – 3rd July
Mabuhay to all around the world. Here we are again on the first Tuesday of the month playing the July Monthly Medal back at Marina Hills after an enforced wet weather hiatus of two weeks at Beverly Place. The recent bad weather no doubt affecting our turnout which was only 19 players today. The greens were OK, the fairways playable….and the rough, unplayable!!
Incidentally, apologies for the late posting of this newsletter but your scribe was golfing and drinking up at “The Cliffs” La Union on Wednesday & Thursday (with 13 other BSGC members) and on getting home found there was no internet signal. A match report on the La Union matches can be found appended to this newsletter.
New and returning golfers: Tom Grow
At the last minute we had to switch the presentation bar to “Old Mates” due to the renovation going on at “Eruptions”.
Finally, the Club Championship standings have been updated following today’s Monthly Medal and can be found at the “Club Championship 2018” web page.
WINNERS
Best Gross – Ernie Standen 80
A-Grade (0-22) – Ernie Standen 66
Runner Up – Dave Paliwoda 67
B Grade (23-36) – Mark Adair 74
Runner Up – Terry Chapman 79
NEAREST THE PINS
3/12 Joe Giovenco
6/15 Ernie Standen
7/16 No winner (23 and above ONLY)
8/17 Ernie Standen
9/18 Warwick Sharpe
Least Putts: Ernie Standen 25
Well done gentlemen!
Other good scores: None!!
NAGA: Mike Powell 91
Pool Competition: Steve Turner defeated Warwick Sharpe
Departing Golfers: Brenden Anderson
Next Weeks’ Competition: STABLEFORD
Presentation Bar: GENTLEMANS
The Cliffs – Wednesday/Thursday July 4th & 5th
On July 4 & 5 we had our biannual trip to “The Cliffs” La Union where we played two games of golf and socialized at the Coconut Grove resort. A good time was had by all including those wives/partners that accompanied us. It must be said that “The Cliffs” was not quite its pristine self, with quite a few bald patches on the fairways and many golf carts breaking down. The match results are as follows:
Wednesday July 4th – “2-Man Ambrose”
1st Roger Simpson/Tom Grow 64.75
2nd Walter Smith/Col Clark 65.00
NAGA John Sourk/Eric Brown 76.25
Nearest the Pins
4/13 Tom Grow
6/15 Phil Nelson
Thursday July 5th – Individual “Stableford”
1st Roger Simpson 40
2nd Mark Adair 38
3rd Tom Grow 36
NAGA Fred Cannova 23 (OCB from John Sourk)
Nearest the Pins
4/13 John Cummins
6/15 Tom Grow
A selection of the photographs taken will be uploaded to the web site within a couple of days at the latest.