Golf Report - 12th September 2011

Mens 2011 Taylors Holden, Nissan, Mazda and Far North Insurance Brokers Open Golf Tournament
Beautiful weather and a course in great condition greeted players from all over the Far North Queensland region participating in the 2011 Taylors Holden, Nissan Mazda and Far North Insurance Brokers Innisfail Open Golf Tournament on the weekend. The two day 36 hole event attracted a total of 83 men from around the region.

Our current Innisfail Club Champion, Andrew Rose, conitnued his great form beating all and sundry with a credible 143 for the 2 rounds. He was followed by Oliver Duncan from Half Moon Bay Golf Club with a 150. Competition for the daily nett prizes and in the various grades, long drives and nearest the pins was keen

The results were as follows:

36 Hole Gross Winner: A. Rose (Innisfail) 143, R/U: O. Duncan (Half Moon Bay) 150.
36 Hole Nett Winner: K. Baker (Mareeba) 131, R/U: R. Harker (Innisfail) 134.
36 Hole A Grade Gross: P. Birchley (Innisfail) 154; 36 Hole B Grade Gross: L. Doyle (Innisfail) 160; 36 Hole C Grade Gross: C. Gosley (Innisfail) 177.
36 Hole A Grade Nett: G. Camilleri (El Arish) 139; 36 Hole B Grade Nett: D. Vohland (Cairns) 137; C Grade 36 Hole Nett: I. Rule (Innisfail) 135.
Senior 36 Hole Nett: D. Lee (Innisfail) 143; Junior 36 Hole Nett: D. Zecchinatti (Innisfail) 148; Bradmans: J. Smith (El Arish) 161.

Results for Saturday were:
Winner: R. Harker 76/64, R/U: P. Otto 77/65, K. Baker 83/65, I. Rule 87/66, L. Doyle 79/67, M. Jarrott 93/67; NTP's 1/10 O. Duncan, 3/12 P. Otto, 5/14 K. Baker, 7/16 A. Grieve, 9/18 T. Mann; Long Drives - A Grade: O. Duncan, B Grade: P. Otto, C Grade: C. Gosley.

Results for Sunday were:
Winner: C. Gosley 83/62, R/U: D. Toy 80/65, K. Baker 83/66, P. Birchley 76/67,P. Carter 82/67, A. Rose 69/67; NTP's 1/10 T. Mann, 2/11 A. Rose, 4/13 T. Mann,6/15 D. Lee, 8/17 A. Rust; Long Drives - A Grade: A. Rose , B Grade:D. Toy, C Grade: J. Smith.

Full results are available for viewing and download at www.innisfailgolf.com/open2011.pdf

Next Saturday the men play a 18H stableford for the Steve Valente Trophy and on Sunday they travel to Cairns for the return match of the Wargent / Anderson Challenge. If travelling on the bus please be at the Clubhouse before 6am. If not travelling on the bus please let Trent Mann or Patsie Brown know before hand.

Golf Report - 29th August 2011

Mens 2011 Championships
The final days of the 72 hole 2011 Mens Championships saw a couple of the leaders consolidate their leads, while one grade had a a turn over on the very last day.

Following Saturday's 18 holes Andrew Rose consolidated his lead carried over from the previous 36 holes and led by 11 strokes in A Grade from Alan Gould, Peter Birchley led by 7 to Andrew Grieve in B Grade and John McKaskill led Rob Mills by just 2 strokes in C Grade.

The final 18 holes on Sunday saw both Andrew and Peter extend their leads in A and B Grade while "Millsie" reversed the results on "Killa" beating him by 5 strokes giving him the C Grade Championship by just 3 strokes.

The final results were:
2011 Mens Champion and A Grade Champion was Andrew Rose 283 from Alan Gould 298; B Grade Champion was Peter Birchley 308 from Andrew Grieve 315; C Grade Champion was Rob Mills 366 from John McKaskill 369; Senior Champion was Peter Bichley.

Saturday 27th Captain's Trophy results were; Winner - P. Birchley 73/62, R/U - D. King 77/64, Third - A. Rose 68/65; T. Wikander 75/66; N. Roderick 82/66; A. Gould 73/67; T. Kopp 74/67; A. Grieve 77/67; A. Rogers 91/69; L. Doyle 81/69; M. Jarrott 97/70. NTP's were 3/12 A. Gould, 4/13 T. Mann, 8/17 C. Gosley, Pro Pin J. Lombardi.

Sunday 28th Patron's Trophy results were; Winner - P. Birchley 77/67, R/U - T Wikander 77/68, followed by - A. Rose 71/69; A. Gould 75/69; N. Roderick 85/69; A. Grieve 77/69; R. Rogers 81/69; R. Mills 90/69. NTP's were 2 J. Hills, 3/12 A. Rose, 8/17 D. Wall, Pro Pin T. Kopp.

Next Sunday is the first round of the Wargent / Anderson Challenge against Cairns. All players are reminded that all moneys are to be paid by this Friday without fail. The Next big event on the calender is the Far North Insurance Brokers / Taylors Nissan, Mazda, Holden Dealer Innisfail Open on the 9th, 10th and 11th September. The time sheet is in the clubhouse.

Womens Results
Thursday 25th August - Mary Balzan Trophy
Winner was P. Burton 37pts from R. Cook 36pts. The winner of NTP 2/11 was P. Burton.

Saturday 27th August - Patsi BrownTrophy
Winner was P. Burton 39 pts and the runner up was R. Bliss 38pts. The winner of NTP 2/11 was P. Burton.

2011 Mens Champions
(L to R) - Peter Birchley (B Grade and Senior), Andrew Rose (Club and A Grade) & Rob Mills (C Grade)

Golf Report - 22nd August 2011

Mens 2011 Championships
The first two days of the 72 Hole 2011 Mens Championships saw a great roll up of 66 players for the two days. Competition was keen in all three grades with no run away leaders appearing. With two more days to go this coming weekend the largest lead is 6 strokes in A Grade, just 3 strokes in B Grade and 2 strokes in C Grade.

Saturday 20th Presidents Trophy results were: Gross A Grade - A. Gould 74, T. Mann 74, A. Rose 75; B Grade - J. Tissizis 74, D. Wall 75, R. Rogers 77; C Grade - J. McGrath 90, R. Mills 93, C. Gosley 93.

The Nett results for the day were: Winner - J. Tissizis 74/63, R/U - D. Wall 75/64, Third - R. Rogers 77/65, followed by C. Alman 76/66, A. Gould 74/68, K. Wilcox 83/68, P. Carter 84/69, J. Lombardi 80/69, P. Otto 81/69, T. Mann 74/70, D. King 83/70, J. McGrath 90/70, B. Smith 96/70. NTP's were won by A. Rose 1/10, L. Doyle 4/13, R. Harker 11, S. Valente won the Pro Pin and L. Doyle won the Eagles Nest.

Sunday 21st Vice Presidents Trophy results were: A Grade Gross - A. Rose 69/66, A Grade Nett - S. Valente 76/6; B Grade Gross - P. Birchley 74/62, B Grade Nett - R. Harker 79/67; C Grade Gross - J. McKaskill 85/66, C Grade Nett - J. McGrath 89/69. NTP's were won by T. Mann 1/10, B. Smith 2, A. Grieve 3/12, C. Alman 4/13, T. Kopp 6/15, A. Rose 7/16, P. Birchley 8/17, A. Rose 9, J. McKaskill 11.

The total Gross results after the first two days are: A Grade - A. Rose 144, A. Gould 150, T. Mann 151, C. Alman 154, S. Valente 156, T. Wikander 160, T. Kopp 167; B Grade - D. Wall 155, P. Birchley 158, R. Rogers 160, J. Tissizis 160, A. Grieve 161, R. Harker 163, P. Otto 164, P. Carter 167, D. King 167; C Grade - J. McGrath 179, J. McKaskill 181, R. Mills 183, C. Gosley 185, A. Rogers 192, B. Smith 198, A. Kopp 200.

The draw for next Saturday and Sunday is as follows - 12:26pm - A. Rose, A. Gould, T. Mann, A. Alman; 12:33pm - D. Wall, P. Birchley, R. Rogers, L. Doyle; 12:40pm - J. McKaskill, R. Mills, C. Gosley, A. Rogers; 12:47 - S. Valente, T. Wikander, T. Kopp, A. Grieve; 12:54pm - P. Otto, P. Carter, D. King, J. Tissizis; 1:01pm - J. Lombardi, D. Lee, J. Christensen, J. Hills; 1.08pm - N. Roderick, A. Kopp, B. Smith.

All players are reminded that all moneys must be paid for the Wargent / Anderson Challenge by this weekend without fail.

Womens Results
Saturday 13th August - Golf World Trophy
Winner was P. Burton 104/75 on a c/b from D. Kann 103/75, third was G. McGrath 100/78. The putting competition was won by N. Zangrande and the NTP's were 2/11 P. Burton, 7/16 D. Kann, 9/18 L. Toms.

Thursday 18th August - Beth Jones Trophy
Winner was R. Cook 39 pts and the runner up was S. Morrison 37pts.

Saturday 20th August - Currajah Hotel Monthly Medal
Winner was R. Cook 87/70 and the runner up was P. Burton 101/72. The NTP 2/11 was won by S. Morrison.

Golf Report - 15 August 2011

Currajah Hotel Monthly Voucher

Saturday 13th August
Men
A good field of 27 men turned out on a beautiful day to play the 18 hole stableford for the Currajah Hotel Monthly Voucher. With the course looking splendid low scoring was expected.

The winner was Alan Gould with a fine 42pts from Phil Pearce, on a countback from Trent Mann, both on 40 pts. Fourth was Mick Harker 39pts followed by Andrew Rose 38pts, Ian Rule 37pts and John Tissizis 37pts.

The nearest the pins were 3/12 Troy Kopp, 5/14 Mick Harker, 8/17 Andrew Rose with the Pro Pin won by Jeff McGrath.

The members are reminded that there are a number of important events coming up over the next few weeks. For the men the 72 hole 2011 Championships begin next Saturday and Sunday, and continue for the following weekend. With the change in the handicap for the cut-off of the 3 grades competition is going to keen to see who can be the A, B and C grades Champions.

On Sunday September 4th is the first round of the annual Wargent / Anderson Match Play against Cairns here at home, to be followed 2 weeks after by the return match to be played in Cairns on September 18th. We urgently need players to confirm their participation and shirt size, either for both days or just 1 day and to pay their money by the end of this weekend coming please.

The 18 Hole Ladies Far North Insurance Open is on September the 9th, followed by the 36 Hole Mens Taylor West Autos / Far North Insurance Brokers Open on Saturday and Sunday 10th and 11th September. The Opens should attract golfers from all over the Far North and is the chance for our local players to compete with the best. More information and the entry form are available for download Click here

Golf Report - 25 July 2011

2011 Vandeleur & Todd Solicitors Foursomes Championships

Saturday 23rd July
Men
26 men turned out on a fabulous day to play the Vandeleur and Todd Foursomse Championships. With the course looking splendid low scoring was on the cards. The competition was intense from the first group.

The winners of the Gross event were John Lombardi and Craig Alman who fired an excellent 73. They finished 1 shot in front of Troy Kopp and Alan Gould. Great golf fellas. Their trophies will be awarded at the end of year presentation.

With vouchers for the winners of the Nett event supplied by Steve Valente, the winners were again John Lombardi and Craig Alman with 73/63 nett. Runners up were Troy Kopp and Alan Gould, Steve Valente and Keith Marshall,and Joe James and Phil Pearce, all on 68 nett. Following them were Brett Gould and Andrew Rose on 69. Congratulations to all the winners.

The nearest the pins were won by: Rob Mills and Arthur Rogers on 3/12, 7/16 was won by Des “ Carrie Webb” Hensler and Ian McDonald, Brett “ #1 “ Gould and Andrew Rose won 8/17. The pro Pin was won by Lombo and Craig Alman. The Impy Tavern Beers nest didn’t go off, but the Eagles nest was won by Alan Gould. For his effort Alan won aroundt 20 balls. Hope he shared with his playing partner of the day.

Next weeks event is 18 hole Stableford sponsored by Magee’s Mensware. The club would like to thank all the sponsors who help to keep the golf coming at our club.

A reminder to all the men that the 2011 Pairs Matchplay and Individual 72 Hole Championships are only a few weeks away. The Pairs Matchplay is on 14th August so organise a partner and nominate on the board. The Individual 72 Hole Championships begin on the 20th August.

Ladies
The winners of the Ladies Foursomeome Championships were Robin Cook and Sue Morrison on 99 from Dell Steve and Rhonda Bliss two shots behind on 101. Well done Ladies. The winners of the Nett event were Desley Kann and Patricia Burton on 76.5 beating Dell Steve and Rhonda Bliss by .20 of a shot.

The nearest the pin on 2/11 was won by Glynis McGrath.

The ladies would like to thank Vandeleur and Todd for their generous sponsorship of this event.

Golf Report - 18 July 2011

Golf World Cairns Open 36H Stroke.

In truly trying conditions over the weekend the men competed for the 36 hole Golf World Cairns Open on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday saw drizzly rain on and off with moderate winds that added to the chill factor. Following more rain on Saturday night, Sunday was drier, but the wind had picked up a fair bit making it extremely challenging for the players.

Unfortunately, the ladies were forced to postpone there Saturday Competition for the Open till a later date due to insufficient numbers.

Saturday 16th July
Considering the weather, a good field of players braved the Innisfail golf course on Saturday for the first day of the Golf World Cairns Open. Conditions were difficult to say the least and some were comparing it to what they were watching on TV in the British Open overseas.

The net winner on the day was new member Andrew Smart with a fantastic 92/63. Unfortunately for Andrew, the great score of 12 under his handicap led to it being cut by a huge 7 strokes overnight. Congratulations and commiserations Andrew. Runner up was Peter Birchley with 79/67 followed by John Lombardi 79/68 and Arthur Rogers 88/68.

Nearest the pins were won by Phil Otto 4/13, Jack Hills 6/15, Karsten Schimkat 7/16, Troy Kopp 8/17 and the Pro Pin was won by our hard working House Director, Arthur Rogers.

The close scores for the day meant that the competition for the 36 hole event was very much open in most of the grades as well as the overall on Sunday.

Sunday 17th July
No rain, but a howling wind greeted the players on the final day of the Golf World Cairns Open. Although the field was a little depleted, those that played were in for a chalenging day and all were in good spirits with the prospect of a chance to take home some of the many prizes on offer.

The net winner for the day was Trent Mann with a 68/62 followed by Craig Alman 80/71 and David Lee 88/74. The nearest to the pins were won by Trent Mann 1/10, David Lee 7/16, Trent Mann 8/17, John Lombardi 4/13, Alan Gould 6/15 and Trent Mann won the Pro Pin.

The 36 hole Overall Gross Winner was Trent Mann with a very commendable 143. In fact Trent also won the 36 Hole Net competition, however, due to the policy of the Club of not awarding more than one major prize per player, the overall net prize was awarded to runner up Peter Birchley who had a total of 161/138. The various overall grade results were: A Grade winner Alan Gould 152/140 from Troy Kopp 155/142; B Grade winner Jack Hills 161/139, runner up was John Lombardi 162/140; C Grade winner was Andrew Smart 196/145 from Bernie Smith 198/146.

Congratulations to all the winners and a huge thank you to Golf World Cairns for their continued major sponsorship of our Club.

Next Saturday 23rd the men and women both play for their respective Vandeleur & Todd Foursome Championships. Organise a partner and nominate on the time sheet at the clubhouse.

Golf Report - 11 July 2011

Men's Ron and Dan’s Butchery 18 H Stroke.
Saturday 9th July
34 players braved the Innisfail golf course on Saturday for the Ron and Dan’s Butchery stroke event. With the course looking a picture the winner on the day was Keith Marshall who fired a great 83/63 to take the event. Well done Keith. Runner up on was Jack Hills who shot 79/67. I am sure the handicapper will have some fun cutting their handicaps - they will not be on 17 and 12 for this week’s event.

Next in line was John Lombardi 80/68 who beat Tully visitors T. Sorohan and T. Brogan, shooting 88/68 and 93/68 respectively. Glad to have you two playing our course and hope you enjoyed yourselves. Following our visitors was John Tizzisis who shot 79/69. Well done to all who collected the winnings.

The nearest the pin on 1/10 was won by Keith Wilcox, 4/13 was won by Glen Louttit, 9/18 Craig Gosley. The pro Pin on 2/11 was won again by Steve Valente. The Eagles Nest was not won and the Imperial Tavern Beers Nest also was not won.

The next event on our calendar is the 36 Hole Golf World Open this weekend, 16th and 17th. The time sheet is up at the clubhouse, so call in or phone on 4061 2223 to reserve a time slot.

Ladies
Thursday 7th July
The ladies played their Thursday Monthly medal sponsored by Tempest Hair and Beauty. The winner on the day was Rhonda Bliss who shot a very good 90/70. Rhonda beat Deslie Kahn who also shot a very good 100/71. Well done ladies on some good golf. The nearest the on 2/11 was also won by Rhonda Bliss.

Sunday 9th July
The ladies had their Saturday Monthly medal sponsored by Collins Catering and Chemicals. The winner was Sue Morrison who fired a 96/73. Well done Sue on winning this hotly contested event. Sue beat the in form Deslie Kahn who shot 102/73 on count back. The nearest the pin on #2 was won by Deslie and #11 was won by Dell Steve.

Golf Report - 27 June 2011

Ladies 2011 Championships
Saturday 25th June
The Ladies played the third round of the 2011 Championships.The Gross winner for the day with a 82 was Pam Anderson, followed by Glynis McGrath 93 from Robyn Cook with a 97 and Patricia Burton 98. The 54 hole totals at this stage were Robyn Cook leading with 277 from Glynis McGrath 285, Ann Alman 292, Sue Morrsson 296 and Desley Kann 309.

The 54 hole Nett results at this stage saw Ann Alman leading with 209 from Glynis McGrath 216, Robyn Cook 228, Desley Kann 220 and Sue Morrison 227.

The big news for the day was the Hole In One scored by Pat Burton on the 17th hole. Incredibly this is the second hole in one that Pat has scored on that same hole. Congratulations Pat.

Sunday 26th June
The fourth and final round of the Ladies 2011 Championship on Sunday, the Patron's Trophy, saw Robyn Cook consolidate her lead of the previous three rounds. Robyn won the 2011 Womens Championship with a total of 362 from Glynis McGrath 373, Ann Alman 394, Sue Morrison 403 and Desley Kann 415.

The Nett results for the 72 holes saw a much closer result with a bit of a turn around, with Glynis McGrath taking the win with a total of 282 from Ann Alman 285, Robyn Cook 297, Desley Kann 297 and Sue Morrison 311.

Congratulations to all the ladies that completed the Championships and especially to the Ladies Captain, Robyn Cook for her win.

Men's Saturday Competition
Saturday 25th June
Once again 29 players ventured out into windy and cool conditions to play the 18H Stableford competition sponsored by The Currajah Hotel. A close fought comp was expected and that is exactly what we got. With 6 shtst separating the top 8 or 9 players it was anybody’s  game.

The man to come out on top was Phil Pearce with a score of 43 points. Great golf Phil. Runner up with a score of 41 points was current B Grade champion, Craig Alman, followed by Men’s Vice Captain, Phil Otto on 40 points. Troy Kopp was third with 39 from John Logan on a countback. Next were Joe James on a another countback from Captain, David Lee with Darryl Wall on 37 points completing the rundown. Well done to all the winners.

The pin shots were won by Trent Mann on 3/12, John Christenson on 4/13 and Keith Wilcox on 7/16. Lucky Craig also won the Pro Pin on 2/11. The Eagles Nest on  5/14 was not claimed again this week. There should be quite a few balls in there at the moment. The Imperial Tavern Beers Nest was not won again this week. Since its inception a few years ago, it has only been claimed once.  

Next week we play for the Imperial Tavern Monthly Medal #6, so get your name down on the timesheet. The Captain for the day for this is Ian McDonald.

The Sportz Look single Matchplay is progressing well. Just a reminder to all still playing that this 2nd round has got to be FINISHED by the END of this month. If you cannot play your round let David Lee or Phil Otto know.

Don’t forget the Golf World Open that is being played on July 9th and 10th. It is a 2 day event and all golfers with a current AGU handicap are invited to the club to join in the fun and games.

This has been Calla Way from the 3rd tee reporting.

Golf Report - 21 June 2011

2011 Harvey Norman Classic

Ladies
Saturday 18th June
The Ladies played the Harvey Norman Classic as the first round of their 72 Hole Championship.The winner with a 95/67 was Del Steve, followed by Ann Alman 97/69 from Robyn Cook 88/71 and Glynis McGrath 94/71.

Sunday 19th June
In the second round of the Ladies 2011 Championship on Sunday, the President's Trophy, the winner for the day was the hot performing Desley Kann with a 96/66 from Ann Alman 95/67. Two ladies followed with the same net score; Rhonda Bliss 93/72 and Sue Morrison 95/72.

So after 36 holes of the Championships the competition is extremely close with many ladies being in contention. Ann Alman leads on 136, followed by Desley Kann 140, Rhonda Bliss 145, Glynis McGrath 146, Robyn Cook 147, Sue Morrison 151.

Men's Harvey Norman Classic
Saturday 18th June
Another successful Harvey Norman classic was held at the Innisfail Golf Club, on Saturday 18th June. 29 players ventured out on to the fairways on a cool and breezy day.

The early starters had it a little bit easier as the breeze blew a bit stronger for the afternoon starters. With a fairly even split of numbers between the 3 grades, a tight contest was expected and that’s what transpired.

The man to come out on top of the 3 way contest was President of the club, Ian Rule, who shot a very good 86/65 to win the overall nett from runner up Mick Harker who shot 77/65. Well done guys on some great golf.

The A Grade was won by Alan Gould who shot 74/68 from Troy Kopp 77/70. The B Grade was won by John Logan who also shot a very good 82/65 from Peter Birchley who shot 82/70, while C Grade was won by Bernie Smith with a 92/67. Bernie beat Phil Pearce by 1 shot. Phil shot 97/68.

The run down was as follows Jeff McGrath 89/69, Des King 83/70, John Christenson 83/71 from Men’s Vice Captain Phil Otto who shot 83/71. Nest was Craig Gosley with 93/71, Joe James 95/71, Daniel Zecchinati 80/72 followed by Captain for the day, Steve Valente. Next in line was reigning Mens Club Champion Andrew Rose 76/73.

The nearest the pins were on 1/10 Troy Kopp, 3/12 Phil Otto and Andrew Rose collected the pin shot on 7/16. The Pro Pin was won by Alan Gould.

The club would like to thank Nathan from Innisfail Harvey Norman for his continuing support of this valuable event for the Innisfail Golf Club. Without the support from valuable sponsors like this theses major events would not be possible.

We would also like to thank Mrs Jo Rose for her keeping Rosie under control behind the bar and to Lance Doyle, our Greens keeper who had the course in the fantastic condition it is.

Next week is a 18 hole Stableford for the Currajah Hotel Voucher. The timesheet is up in the clubhouse. Also, don’t forget that the 2nd round of the Sportz Look single matchplay has to be finished by the end of this month.

The lucky Captain for the day next weekend is Peter Birchley.

This has been Calla Way reporting on the 2011 Harvey Norman Classic. See you on the Greens

Golf Report - 14 June 2011

Ladies Competitions

Saturday 11th June
The Ladies played for the Ron and Dan’s Butchery stableford  trophy. The winner on 42 points was Ladies Captain Robyn Cook. Well done Robyn, as she also collected the nearest the pin on # 2. Runner up was Sue Morrison who also had a great score of 39 points.

This week is the start of the Ladies Championships and also the Harvey Norman Classic. The time sheet is in the clubhouse.

Men's Saturday Competition

Saturday 11th June
A field of 23 men turned up for the My choice Butchers 2 Ball Ambrose competition on Saturday. With clouds around, a wet day was anticipated, however, the rain stayed away and it actually made for great playing conditions, though a little chilly in the shade.

The winners were Alan Kopp, Tom Wikender and Bernie Smith with a great score of 51. That’s 19 under par. Well done guys. Runners up were the two Keith’s, Wilcox and Marshall with a score of 55, followed by Jack Hills and Trent Mann on 56.5 who finished ahead on countback from Ian Rule and Joe James. The nearest the pin on 1/10 was won by Alan Gould, on 3/12 Barry Scott, 7/16 John Lombardi and the Pro Pin was won by Trent Mann.

Next Saturday is the Annual Harvey Norman Classic. The time sheet is at the club so put your names down to compete for hundreds of dollars of prizes. A huge thank you goes to Nathan from Harvey Norman Innisfail for his generous support of this event.

The Captain for the day is Steve Valente, and the lucky person on the bar roster is Andrew Rose.

Golf Report - 7 June 2011

Ladies Competitions
Thursday 2 July
The ladies played for the Woolworths Innisfail Monthly Medal. Continuing her great form of late Delsley Kann took first place with a 97/64 with runner up Robyn Cook with a 85/66. Rohnda Bliss took the NTP at 2 and Robyn Cook on 11.

Saturday 4th June
On Saturday 4th the ladies competed for the Currajah Hotel Monthly Medal. An excellent score of 92/63 was carded byDel Steve to take the win. Pam Anderson was runner up with 81/66. R. Bliss took the Pro Pin on 2.

Men's Saturday Competition
We had 26 players brave the sunshine to play the 5th Imperial Tavern Monthly Medal for the year. With the course looking a treat some great scores were carded. The winner on the day was “Jumpin’ “ Jack Hills who shot a great round of 76-12-64. Runner up was Craig “Sugardaddy” Alman who won on a countback from John “ Teach” Christenson and Lance “ Chopper” Doyle all on 66 nett. Craig shot a very good 77, while John and Lance shot 78. Next in line was John “ Lombo” Lombardi 78-10-68, from Bernie Smith 95-26-69 and John “ Tizzo” Tizzisis 81-11-70.

The pin shots were claimed by Lance Doyle on 4/13, Phil Otto on 6/15, Tizzo on #8/#17 was a great shot to be about 150mm from the hole. We really hope he got that birdie! The Pro Pin was won by Steve Valente, who I have been reliably informed missed the birdie put by about 1 Foot. Shame Steve, shame.

Men's Single Matchplay
The 1st round of the Sportz Look single matchplay has been completed. The 2nd round has to be played by the end of this month. Once again if you do not try to play your match before the end of the month there will be forfeits. The matches are as follows: D. King vs A. Gould, C. Gosley vs L. Doyle, T. Wikender vs C. Alman, J. James vs I. Rule, S. Valente vs R. Harker, K. Marchall vs T. Mann, J. Jombardi vs P. Otto, T. Kopp vs K. Wilcox. Please ensure the matches are played by the end of the month.

Next week’s Captain of the day is Tom Wikender. The event is a 2 Ball Ambrose sponsored by My Choice Butchers.

Invite a Friend Competition
On Sunday the 5th, the club held an Invite a Friend day. 11 club members invited 13 friends. Everybody had a great fun day and all enjoyed yourselves. The winners were the team of Cullen,Hills and Otto with a nett score of 21.34. Next was James, Anderson and Lee with 22.33, followed by Cook, Horton and Payard on 23.67; Lavell, Smith, and Roberts 24.00; Steve, Spagnolo and Rule also on 24.00.

The Harvey Norman Classic is to be held Saturday 18th June. Timesheet is open to all golfers who have a golf link number is available at the Clubhouse.

This has been Calla Way on the practice green for the Innisfail Golf Club.

Golf Report - 30 May 2011

Ladies Thursday Competition
Thursday 19 May
The ladies played for the Coffee Club Voucher. The Stableford event saw Pat Burton take the prize with 39 points with Desley Kann runner up on 38 points. A great tee shot from Desley resulted in her collecting the Eagles nest.

Thursday 26 May
The standard of golf matched the beautiful conditions on Thursday 26/5/11. An excellent score of +8 was carded by Ann Alman in the Dom's Gifts sponsored V's Par competition. Desley Kann was runner up with +6 on a countback from Sue Morrison. Making up for missing the runners up position Sue took the NTP on 2/11.

Innisfail Tyre and Brake Aggregate Championships
Ladies
Congratulations go to Ann Alman and Desley Kann who won both the Gross and Nett 194/128 in the Innisfail Tyre & Brake Aggregrate Championships last Saturday. Runners up were Beth Jones and Robyn Cook 194/142. Ann took the Pro Pin with Robyn collecting the NTP on No 11.

Mens
A great roll up of 30 men turned up at the Innisfail Golf Club, to play the Innisfail Tyre and Brakes Aggregate Championships. This is the start of the real golfing season, with most of the clubs major events coming up in the next few months. A huge thankyou to Sue Morrison and family, from Innisfail Tyre and Brakes for the fantastic sponsorship of this event. The Gross winners of the event were, drum roll please ……….. Lance Doyle, (The greenkeeper) and Andrew Rose, (the reigning Club Champion) with a good score of 154. They were lucky and just beat runners-up Troy Kopp and Phil Otto with 155. Great golf guys and the trophy will be presented at the end of the year.

The Nett winners were Steve Valente and Keith “Burglar“ Marshall with a stupendous 135. It has been whispered that a certain “Burglar” who used to play off a handicap off 18, but is now on 16.8, shot 78-18-60. That left the school teacher to only shoot a nett of 75 from a handicap of 8…. I wonder who did all the work on that team. It was lucky that burglar did what he did, because with Steve not helping a lot, they just scraped home by 1 shot from Troy Kopp and Phil Otto who shot 136. If the Vice captain had sunk his put on the last, or “Toy Boy” had not had that POWER SHANK on the 16th, that ended in front of the 2nd green, things may have been different.

Well done Steve and Keith. Following Troy and Phil were Peter Birchley and Karsten Schimkat, who mysteriously had a 36 on the front 9, which after seeing the end result of his drive on the 8th hole this author finds encouraging. Birch and Karsten also finished on 136. 4 shots behind these 3 pairs were the Gross winners of Doyle and Rose.

The nearest the pin on #1 and #10 was won by Andrew “ Give him another trophy” Rose. The pin shot on # 3 and #12 was won by “Toy Boy” Kopp with a picture perfect 2nd shot. What he didn’t tell this author is that it was from just in front of the Ladies 3rd tee …… Go figure!! The pin shot on #7 and #16 was won by John “Teach” Christensen. Well done to all the pin shot winners. The hotly contested Pro Pin was won by Barry “Bazza” Scott.

Upcoming Events

Next Saturday, the 4th of May is the Imperial Tavern Monthly Medal is to be run by Alan “Captain for the Day” Gould.

The following day, Sunday 5th May is our “Invite a Friend Day”. For the cost of $5.00 comp fees with FREE green fees you can come and play with the local members. For members, it is up to you to bring a friend and help your club build its appeal to more players. This event is open to all players wanting to have a fun day on the golf course and to experience our great club. It will be starting at 12.30 so be there by 12.00 so teams and equipment can be organised. Call David on 40616105 for more info.

One of the Club’s biggest days is the Harvey Norman Classic. It is to be held Saturday 18th June. Timesheet is open to all golfers who have a golf link number. So visitors and golfers from the local clubs, get your name down and come for the day.

Cost is $15.00 for the day. All prizes kindly donated by Harvey Norman Innisfail are included as well as a BBQ lunch. This event is open to men and women, and for Innisfail Golf Club members will be the first round of the Ladies Championships. So Ladies let’s see you turn up in droves and outnumber the men!

Signing off, this is Calla Way, on the practice fairway reporting for the Innisfail Golf club.

Golf Report - 22 May 2011

Mens Saturday Competition
Saturday 21st May
Windy and damp weather met the 17 golfers who ventured out to play the 18 hole stroke event sponsored by the Innisfail Fish Depot. The man to come out on top was men’s vice captain Phil Otto.  Phil shot 79 of a handicap of 12 for a net 67. Phil beat Men’s Captain David Lee, who shot a very good 83. With a 16 handicap that also gave him a net 67.

Unfortunately for David, Phil beat him on a countback. Next in line was Craig Alman who shot a 82-11-71. He beat Jeff McGrath also on a countback. Jeff shot 91-20-71. Next in line was Alan Gould. Alan shot 78, off a handicap of 6 that earned him a 72 nett. The nearest the pins were on holes 1 and 10 which was was won by David Lee. Holes 3 and 12 was won by Craig Alman. Holes 7 and 16 were won by Alan Gould. Well done fellas.

The Pro Pin was on hole 11 and this was won by Phil Otto. The Eagles nest didn’t go off this week and the Imperial  Tavern Beers Nest also was not won. The beers nest currently sits on 3 6 packs. To win this prize golfers need to be inside 50 centermetres from the hole on their 2nd shot.

This is only available on the 18th hole.

Next week is the Innisfail Tyre and Brake Aggregate championships. The time sheet is up in the clubhous, however, if you cannot get to the clubhouse, call Phil Otto on 0408616572 to put your name down. This event is open to both Ladies and Gents.

A reminder that the first round of the Men's Individual Matchplay must be played before the end of this month otherwise forfeits will be enforced.

The Captain for the day next week, 28/05/11, is Trent Mann.

Good golfing to all,  

Calla Way.

Golf Report - 16 May 2011

Mens Saturday Competition
Saturday 14th May saw 23 men venture out for the Mick and Mark's 18H Stableford trophy. The winner was Captain for the day, Jack Hills who had a great 40 points. Well done Jack. Three players tied on 37 points being Craig Gosley, Richard Rogers and Maurie Jarrott. Next in line were Peter Birchley and John Lombardi.

The nearest the pin on #3/12 was Men’s Captain David Lee, #6/15 Steven Valente, #9/18 was Alan Gould. The pro pin was won by Richard Rogers. The Impy Tavern beers nest did not go off and is now up to 1 Dozen. The Eagles Nest was not won either.

Nominations are now being taken for the Innisfail Tyre & Brake Aggregate Championships to be run on Saturday May 28th. The time sheet is in the clubhouse.

The club would like to welcome two new members to competition play. Daniel  Zecchinati  and Tarquin Stevens. Welcome boys, glad to have you joining us and hope to see you out playing.

The Captain for the day this Saturday 21st is John Lombardi who will be running the 18H stroke sponsored by Innisfail Fish Depot.

Don’t forget those that have not played their 1st round of the Sportz Look matchplay, you only have till the end of the month to get it played. If not, forfeits will apply. Also those that have played and have not yet paidt, see David Lee or Phil Otto at the club.

Ladies Competitions
Thursday 12th May - 9 Players competed for the Radio 4KZ Stableford. Desley Kannn won with 42 points, from Robyn Cook 41 points and Rhonda Bliss 40 points. Nearest the Pin Mary Wimberley No 11 went begging

Saturday 14th May - Naida Zangrande Stableford had 8 players competing in great conditions. Very good scores were carded with Ann Alman winning with 45 pointsfrom Pam Anderson 44 points. NTP No 2 was won by Robyn Cook and the Pro Pin by Desley Kann. The ladies also had a putting competition won by Pam Anderson with 29 Putt.

This has been Calla Way reporting.

Golf Report - 9 May 2011
Saturday 23rd April the men of the Innisfail Golf Club played an 18 Hole Stableford sponsored by Cairns Hardware. The winner was Alan Kopp with 42 points. Well done Alan. Next in line was John Lombardi with 39 points, followed by Craig Alman with 38. Tied with 36 points was Phil Otto and Andrew Rose.

The nearest the pins on the day were on #3 won by Andrew Rose, #10 won by Richard Rogers, while #17 was won by Craig Alman. The Pro Pin, which was on #11 was won by Steve Valente. The Eagles Nest on #5/#14 didn’t go off and neither did the Beers Nest.

We would like to thank Cairns Hardware for sponsoring the day and also the Imperial Tavern for sponsoring the Beers Nest that stands at 11 cartons.

30th April 20 the men played for the Ron and Dan’s butchery 18 hole stroke event.

The winner was visitor, Mark Walker who shot a good score of 82 / 65 to win by 4 shots. Finishing tied for 2nd and on a countback was Ian McDonald with 84 / 69. Also on nett 69 was the previous week’s winner Alan Kopp who shot 98. 1 shot behind was Craig Alman 81 / 70 and following was Richard Rogers with 84 / 71.

The nearest the pins for this week were on #1/10 which didn’t go off, #4/13 won by John Tissizis, #7/16 was won by Alan Gould. The Pro Pin was won again by Steven Valente. The Eagles nest didn’t go off.

The big news is that the Beers Nest has finally been claimed. It was introduced a few years ago on the 18th hole as a bit of incentive for the boys and girls of the club to have a go at the pin. You needed to be 50cm’s from the hole. The person who claimed this was 10cm’s from the hole, and yes he did get the birdie. It was claimed by Phil Otto. The club would like to thank Andrew Ghietti and his staff at the Imperial Tavern for their wonderful sponsorship of this initiative.

On 7th May, 20 players turned up for the 4th Imperial Tavern Monthly Medal of 2011. With fine weather around the winner on the day was Steven Valente with 74 / 66. Well done on winning this event.

With the win he qualifies for the Monthly Medal final at the end of the year. Runner up was Richard Rogers, 80 / 67. He won on count back from Lance Doyle who shot 79 / 67. Then Joe James, 93 / 70, followed by Craig Gosley 73 / 71. Next was Ian Rule who hit 92 / 71. The nearest the pins were on #1/10 won by Phil Otto. #3/12 was won by John Christenson, #8/17 won by Alan Gould. The Pro Pin was won by Peter Birchley. The Eagles Nest was not won this week and neither was the Beers Nest.

Next week is 18 Hole Stableford sponsored by Mick and Mark’s. Hopefully the weather will stay fine and sunny and we can get more players out for the competitions and get some bigger fields. Jack Hills will be the captain for the day.

On Sunday May 15th the 1st round of the Sportz Look single match play championships are to be played.

The draw is as follows: A. Ghietti vs K. Marshall, J. Hills vs T. Mann, A. Rose vs J. Lombardi, H. Barclay vs P. Otto, J. Christensen vs T. Kopp, K. Wilcox vs D. Wall, D. King vs J. Tissizis, B. Scott vs A. Gould, C. Gosley vs J. McGrath, L. Doyle vs P. Wollschlager, D. Lee vs T. Wikander, C. Alman vs P. Birchley, J. James vs A. Rogers, R. Mills vs I. Rule, J. McKaskill vs S. Valente, R. Harker vs R. Rogers.

If you cannot play on the 15th, you have till the end of the month. There will be NO extensions to this under any circumstances. We need this to be completed after the rain that we have had so far this year. A big “thank you” has to go to Lance Doyle, the greenkeeper who has worked hard in the wet weather to keep the course in great condition. Well done Lance.

Coming up soon will be the Aggregate Championships to be played on Saturday 28th May. These championships are to be sponsored by Innisfail Tyre and Brake.

David Lee has kindly decided to take the position of men's Captain for 2011, and Phil Otto has offered to be Vice Captain. The roster system is working well for the table, and it will take a load off the shoulders of these two. Also, we have installed a computer at the competition table, so now all comps will be processed immediately on completion and handicaps will be updated on the day.

Golf Report - 21 April 2011
On a beautiful dry Sat the Men contested the Imperial Tavern monthly medal, to our surprise after an ugly 11 on the par 4, 5th Craig Gosley won with an 89/66, on a count back from Craig Alman 77/66 and the ever consistent Alan Gould 72/66.

The nearest the pins were taken by 3 Alan Gould, 10 Richard Rogers and 17 Craig Gosley. Alan Gould also took the pro pin. John Lombardi hit a great approach to take the eagles nest on 5/14.

This Saturday the men will fight it out for the Cairns Hardware trophy.

Happy hacking

karsten.

Golf Report - 11 April 2011
Hooray, the sun is shining and the rain has gone! As we all know, our golf course only requires a very short time of fine weather to dry out and make it a great place for golf. Throughout, the greens committee and green keeper has continued to do a great job of maintaining the course in a playable condition in very difficult circumstances.

Unfortunately, due to the prolonged wet not a lot of competition golf has been played to date. However, with the current long distance forecast things are looking up and hopefully we can get right into the official programme for the year.

Mens Individual Matchplay
The men's Individual Match Play draw has been done and is as follows. The first round is to be played on Sunday May 15th (or optionally by consent by both players, anytime before the end of May), with the following Round 2 to be played by the end of June, Round 3 end of July, Round 4 end of August. There will be no extensions to this timetable. If any player can not fulfil their match commitments then they will be required to forfeit. It is up to the players involved to agree on a mutually acceptable date to play each round.

The Round 1 draw is: A. Ghietti vs K. Marshall, J. Hills vs T. Mann, A. Rose vs J. Lombardi, K. Schimkat vs P. Otto, J. Christensen vs T. Kopp, K. Wilcox vs D. Wall, D. King vs J. Tissizis, B. Scott vs A. Gould, C. Gosley vs J. McGrath, L. Doyle vs P. Wollschlager, D. Lee vs T. Wikander, C. Alman vs P. Birchley, J. James vs A. Rogers, R. Mills vs I. Rule, J. McKaskill vs S. Valente, R. Harker vs R. Rogers.

This Saturday the men play an 18 hole stroke for the Imperial Tavern Monthly Medal.

Easter will hopefully be a great time to come and have a hit, whether competition or social. Our club needs your support following the many months of disruption we've experienced.

Golf Report - 23 March 2011

Mixed Saturday Competition
On Saturday we played the Northern Stock Supply Trophy and back to the winners circle this week was Jack Hills carding a tidy 79/65, second was the consistent Craig Gosley with a 91/67 and third this week was great to see Andrew Ghietti back with an 83/67.

In these steamy conditions it's great to still see low net scores. Nearest the pins were 3 and 12 Trent Mann, 6 and 15 David Lee, 8 and 17 Keith Wilcox and Barry Scott took the pro pin.

Due to lack of numbers of ladies for their own competition, those that did play were included in the combined mixed competition, and it looks like they kept the boys honest. This is a new initiative that ensures that all that attend have the opportunity to play on Saturdays. It is not envisaged that this will happen often, but whenever we do have a mixed competition, we will apply a handicap adjustment to women's scores that has been prescribed by Golf Australia.

Another new initiative for the year is the rostering of the men to run the various competitions. A huge thanks to the 18 or so men that have volunteered for this. This will result in the sharing of the load of organisation of competitions, at the same time spreading the knowledge to a larger number.

On Thursday the Ladies will play the Radio 4KZ monthly medal and Saturday the men play for the Steve Valenti trophy.

Nominations are now open for the men's single match play and close on the 2nd of April, it's a closely fought contest so get your name on the club house events board.

Happy golfing.

Karsten Schimkat.

Golf Report - 8 March 2011

Mens Saturday Competition
Fine weather finally greeted us on Saturday for the 2nd Imperial Tavern Monthly Medal.

Craig Gosley who is finally coping with the pressure of Saturday competition shot an awesome 86/61 for the win. Lance Doyle came in second with a handy 79/68 and to round off the top three Andrew Rose carted a very nice 73/69.

Nearest the pins on 1 & 10 were Troy Kopp, on 7 & 16 David Lee, and on 4 & 13 Killa McKaskill. Rosey took the pro pin.

Ladies Competitions
The Lovely ladies also played a Monthly Medal proudly sponsored by Loot Homewares. Rhonda Bliss took line honours with a solid 92/70 and Sue Morrison came second with a steady 95/72. Nearest the pin was Dell Steve on 2 & 11 and the ever reliable Robyn Cook took the money for the pro pin.

This Saturday the men play for The Steve Valenti Trophy. On Thursday the ladies play the KZ Monthly Medal and Saurday the Larsens Newsagenc Trophy.

Happy hacking.

Karsten Schimkat.

Golf Report - 22 February 2011

Ladies Competitions
On Thursday the ladies played the Rosco's Pizza trophy and with a sound score of 35points Sue morrison was the winner, close behind was Robyn Cook with 33 points.

Saturday the ladies challenged for there first monthly medal sponsored by the great team at 4kz, Rohnda Bliss with a net score of 69 was the clear winner, anyone with a sub 70 net round in these thick conditions has shot the lights out, Lois Toms has come back hard to claim 2nd with a 73 net and leanne Schimkat rounds up third spot on a count back also with 73 net. Rhonda cleaned up the girls this week also taking out the near pin and pro pin on 2 and 11 respectively.

Mens Saturday Competition
The men challenged for the first Imperial Tavern Monthly Medal, this was a closely fought event as the first five place getters were within 2 shots and again had net sub 70 rounds in thick conditions.

Troy kopp on a count back came first with a 75/68 from David Lee second with 83/68. Craig handicap Gosley 94/69, the ever reliable Alan Gould 75/69 and smooth swinging Karsten 80/69 all finished tied for third. Near pins were won by Troy Kopp on 6 &15, and Ian Macca on 2, and the Pro pin was collected by Karsten on 11.

Next week on Sat the 26th, the ladies play the Lois Toms Trophy and the men play The In Step PodiatryTrophy.

Thank-you Karsten Schimkat.

Golf Report - 15 February 2011

Hi All, Ex Captain Karsten is back as Publicity Officer for the Innisfail Golf Club.

Here are golf results for the weekend.

Mens Saturday Competition
The first official comp for the year was held on the weekend at Innisfail Golf Club, thank-you to all the volunteers for the tireless work put in to get our course to at least a playable condition, you know who you are so give yourselves a pat on the back, if there is anything good to come out of the carnage the course has endured, it's that there will now be a few less trees getting in the way of our golf balls.

The Ladies decided to give it a miss because of the wet conditions so there's no results to report there.

The few men that decided to brave the conditions decided to play a club trophy stabelford event, the winner on a countback with 36 points was Karsten Schimkat, second was Tom Wikander with 36 points and third was Terry Carter with 34 points.

This Saturday the Ladies will be playing the Radio 4KZ Monthly Medal and the men will be playing the Imperial Tavern Monthly Medal, so get the dust or rust off your clubs and come down and support these great sponsors.

Lastly from every member at the Innisfail golf club we'd like to thank Merve Rackly for the tireless effort he has put in as a volunteer in the day to day running of the golf club, due to ill health he has stood down and the club will sorely miss him, we all wish you a full and speedy recovery.

Golf Report - 23 November, 2010

Hi All, Ex Captain Karsten is back as Publicity Officer for the Innisfail Golf Club.

Here are golf results for the weekend.

Mens Saturday Competition
On Saturday the men played the final of the Monthly Medal competition, It was contested by all monthly medal winners over the past year, the scoring was fantastic with a good percentage of us hitting net sub-par rounds in moist conditions.

Our "big easy", Daryl Wall won with a great round 76/65 and he won himself a free membership for next year. Runner up on a count back was John Lombo also with a 76/65 and myself Karsten came third with a chokey 79/68.

Phil Otto won the club trophy for the day also with a 78/65. Des King won the nearest the pin on 2 Trent Mann won the nearest the pin on 6 & 15 Troy Kopp won nearest to pin on 8 & 17 John Lombo won the pro pin.

Calling all Lady golfers, young or old we need more of you to get down and show us your tallent, I know your out there so please ring our lady captain Robyn Cook, alias "Cooky" and get into the great sport of golf.

On Saturday the 27th we play a club trophy and Sunday 28th we are holding the Movember Day for men's health, everyone is invited golfer or not so all the businesses in town get a team together, we'll be playing a three ball ambrose. Snap-on tools are the sponsors and are supplying trophies.

There will also be a sausage sizzle for lunch, It's a fantastic day for golfers and non golfers alike. The cost will be $60 per team with a shotgun start at 8.00 am. Please ring Innisfail golf club and register your team on 40612223.