Today’s competition was stroke/count putts held at Marina Hills contested by 52  players with fairways and greens in good conditions. Our Christmas function this year was by the pool at Orchard Inn Resort and we had 50 players and 14guests attending. Unfortunately the weather was a bit hot for the venue but the food was great and many drinks were a plenty.

Some shots taken at the Orchid Inn resort.

New and returnee golfers today were:- Roy Speer, and Carl Daniels.

Photos from Golf Course unfortunately one group was missed players in that group were Scott Paul, Bill Roycroft Jack Graham, and Bill Kamalski.

Good news was able to locate a photo so here it is, thanks to Scott

Scott, Bill R, Bill K and Jack

                        Ben, Gianni, Glen and John                                Bruce, John and Bruce

                 Carl, Johnny, Bill  & Mike  C,     Eric J. & Stephen      Fred, Lawrence Mike A. & Les

                      Gerd, Garth, Brad, and Greg.                            Howard, Paul, Walter and Eric.

                 Nobby, Warren, Corpus and Hans                    Ross, Phil, Keith and Dave.       

 Steve Jnr, Wolfe, Gary and Dave               Steve Snr, Rod, Buss and Tony.

                   Svend, Eric W. Ron and Tim.                           Wayne, Sam and Chris.

During 2011 up until last week we had 182 individuals who played golf with us at an average of 30 players per week. This compares with 2010’s 169 individual players for

an average of 23 per round.

Thanks to the Orchid Group for their support and the use of their facilities here at the Orchid Inn Resort for registration on Tuesdays.

Thanks to John from Strawberry Fields and Cold Drop, Dave from midnight Rock and Vidar from Just My Luck bars for their support throughout 2011.

Thanks to all those players and especially these guys who played 20 or more

games in the year, Mike Anker 30, Eric Brown 30, Fred Cannova 22, Mike Carr 35,

Ron Carter 24, Neville Chandler –Cross 35, Tim Daly 29, Bill Goodell

31, Rob Guthrie 30, Wayne Hall 20, Hans Hauser 21, Sam Kielley 39,

Rubin Martinez 30, Bruce McAdams 20, Lawrence Meek 21, Nobby O’Connor 33,

Svend Pedersen 20, Stephen Peters 36, Greg Robinson 26, Howard Thomas 33,

Eric Wolfe 27.

These guys keep the club alive through their support.

We had 66 players who played one game in 2011 and never played with us again; obviously they did not enjoy the day, or did not stay in town long enough.  I

 apologize if it was something I said that upset them, or maybe they did not appreciate my Australian sense of humor.

Special thanks to Eric Brown and recently Neville Chandler- Cross for their work in registering players at the course so that they do not need to come to the Orchid

Resort in the mornings.

Also thanks to Sam Kielly who did the registering when Eric was away, Sam also comes by the Orchard and picks up the NTP flags so that they will be at the course for the early hitters.

As well as Bill and myself there are guys who come to Orchid Inn Tuesdays, and provide transport if required namely Howard Thomas, Greg Robinson, Mike Carr, Mike Anker and Keith Morrell when in town, thanks to those guys.

This year we lost 9 playing days at Marina Hills, on three occasions we were able to play at Air force City but this year has been the most rain-affected year we have had since my involvement with the BSGC.

Some facts about the club:

In 2011 up to last week

We collected 777,850  peso in Tournament payments of which we unfortunately we had to waste 439,350 peso paying  green fees to Marina Hills golf Club so we would have an excuse to drink and go bar hopping after the game.

We spent 17,780 peso buying tee shirts which we sold for 24,200 peso.

We also collected 6300 peso for club hire. We could have made a lot more renting clubs but Gath Knight would not let me rent out his new R11 Taylor Made driver.

We wasted a further 5, 950 peso on stationary, printer ink and score cards so Bill can work out handicaps for everyone to bitch about and I can keep a record of all this information that no one gives a shit about any way.

One small request for next year, I have to enter all the names in a spreadsheet alphabetically and it take a lot of time, especially when you realize that the last two to arrive most days are Mike Carr and Walter Smith’

When I was back in Australia I used to check the funeral notices and noticed that everyone died in alphabetical order so I ask if next year you could check in in alphabetical order.

We also wasted 5,000 peso giving money to those players who were arsy enough to get their ball within a flag stick on holes 6 & 7. How many of these were good shorts or just pure luck I do not have records for, but I hope that this money was put to good use by those who won it and was not squandered on food or clothing.

We wasted money on 12.600 peso on experienced balls, trophies, monthly medal prizes, give away mugs and a few other odds and ends,

We gave 9,050peso to waitress at the various venues as tips, which is money well spent as the girls all think I am the one who personally gives the tip and I get good service when I go bar hopping.

We very wisely spent 250,200 peso on drinks at our after golf functions.

This year we had a very successful trip to Thailand with a maximum of 24 players on one day, we plan to go again next year with golf starting on Monday 15^th October, so we will be looking for names in the New Year for the 2012 tour.

We also had two Match Play events between BSGC and FRGC competing for the Wayne Rush trophy, the first was played at Beverly Place San Fernando on April 13 and was won by BSGC 5 games to 4.

The 2^nd leg of this competition was played at Marina Hills on November 22 and again BSGC were victorious winning 5 games to 3.

The results are always close and the games played in good spirit, Tony Long as Captain of FRGC to presented the Wayne Rush Trophy to Bill Goodell Captain of the BSGC.

Tony & Bill with Wayne Rush Trophy

Hopefully the golf course at Binictian Subic will be playable for the first round next year at a date to be arranged.

On a sad note we lost a couple of good friends suddenly this year, Jim Norlund and John Tidy.

Jim paid us a visit in the early part of the year and went back to the USA in February, unfortunately was diagnosed with cancer and passed away about three weeks after the initial discovery.

John had not played with us for some time as his work commitments did not allow him to play in the morning, but he often joined us for a drink or two at the after golf functions. He sadly passed away whilst on a business trip to Japan.

Good scores recorded today were:-

Rod Guthrie 65, Lawrence Meeks 65, Keith Morrell 68, Bruce Milner 68, John Greenhalgh 70, Tony Long 71, Les Greentree 72, Mike Anker 72, Brad Armstrong, 65, Tim Daly 67, Ron Carter 68, Mike Carr 70, Bruce McAdams 70, Gianni Bicego 71, Gerd Buntzow 71, Wayne Hall 71, Howard Thomas 72.

Best Net

Best Gross

Least Putts

 Thanks go to those who donated prizes for this tournament namely and in no particular order:- Phil Kennedy, Mike Anker, Peter Quealey, Neville Chandler-Cross, Stephen Peters, Rosco’s Bar Pattaya, Rod Guthrie, Mike Salaris, Sam Kielley, Wayne Hall, Bill Goodell, Wolf Samandl, Chris Von Dippie FRGC, Glen Wong, Marina Hills Golf Club, Hans Hauser, Fred Cannova and Les Greentree. My apologies if I inadvertently missed anyone.

Photos of Prize winners:-

 Hole # 1/10 NTP 2nd Shot 0-18 H'ca p   Hole # 1/10 NTP 3rd Shot 19> H'cap

Hole # 2/11 NTP 2nd Shot 0-18 H'cap      Hole # 2/11 NTP 3rd Shot 19> H'cap

 Hole # 3/12 NTP 1st Shot 0-18 H'cap         Hole # 3/12 NTP 1st Shot 19> H'cap

Hole # 4/13 NTP Longest Putt 0-18 H'cap  Hole # 4/13 NTP Longest Putt 19> H'cap

Hole # 5/14 NTP 3rd Shot 0-18 H'cap         Hole # 5/14 NTP 4th Shot 19> H'cap

 Hole # 6/15 NTP 2nd Shot 0-18 H'cap       Hole # 6/15 NTP 2nd Shot 19> H'cap

 Hole # 7/16 NTP 2nd Shot 0-18 H'cap         Hole # 7/16 NTP 2nd Shot 19> H'cap

  Hole # 8/17 NTP 2nd Shot 0-18 H'cap       Hole # 8/17 NTP 2nd Shot 19> H'cap

  Hole # 8/17 NTP 3rd Shot 19> H'cap                                  NAGA

Unfortunately Carl was unable to attend the function so his prize for NTP Hole 9/18 was

given to him earlier.

2 Major Trophies played for this year were eligible for players with established BSGC handicaps which is based on five games were the Club Champion and Monthly Medals incorporating Medal of Medals playoff.

This year saw the Monthly Medal winners presented with a coffee cup with our l

ogo and the Month and year, next year Monthly Medal winner will receive a

BSGC key chain with the month of winning engraved on the reverse side.

Monthly winners and those who equaled the winners are then entitled to play i

n the Medal of Medal Round held each year in conjunction with our Christmas Tournament.

Winners were:-

The winner of the Medal of Medals for 2011 is Fred Cannova with a gross of 84 and net 63.

During the 2011 year players played in the Club Championship, normal Club championship round are played on the first Tuesday of January, March, May, July, September and November make up rounds can be played at any time, if you are not going to be in the Philippines for any of the nominated rounds, Just advise when registering and your score card will be marked accordingly.

The top 5 players in this year’s Club Championship (I am announcing the top 5 this year because I finished Fifth.)

Here are the top five
 

Stephen Peters          74-70-72-72 = 288
Greg Robinson          69-71-74-70 = 284

Mike Carr                  66-83-67-65 = 281
Nobby O'Connor       73-68-70-67 = 278

 

The winner of the Orchid Resort Trophy for 20 with rounds of 72-69-65-64 for a score 18 under par total of 270 was Fred Cannova. The Orchid Resort Trophy will be displayed at the Orchid Resort Hotel and competed for in coming years. Fred gets another trophy to display in his trophy case at Home.

Next week at the function we will be holding an election of officers for 2012 year nominations for the positions of

Club President

Secretary/Treasurer

Committee members

Will be received from the floor, we need some new blood in the  committee as some of us have been doing it for a considerable time  and would appreciate the break, and the opportunity not to be in the last flight every week.

We passed a hat around for tips for the staff at the Orchid Inn and collected 3, 722 peso which was a great effort.

Next weeks tournament will be 2 man Alternative Shot Stableford chose your own partner (combined handicaps divided by 2) returning to Cold Drop.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM B.S.G.C.