Tasmanian Meanderings
Our very own John Alexander continues on his merry way around the Apple Isle that is Tasmania. As John describes he was lost in a one horse town, or could it have been a one kangaroo town. It goes by the name of Tullah. If you check out Google Maps it's about where the arrow is.
John was attracted to this little house where he thought a Blue Heeler might be in residence. Anyway no sign of the hound and the wee house was a bit on the tight side for John to squeeze into but he got the photo nevertheless. Good work John, keep the stories coming.
A Nervous Senaka
With the smoothest swing in the Waggler family it's surely only a matter of time before Senaka gets his name on the club's honours board. Not sure what oil you use to lubricate those shoulders Senaka but if you could bottle it and sell it you'd make a fortune. However .......
It's Club Championships season and Saturday just gone Senaka was drawn against our very own Bolty. All was going well for our Tommy Fleetwood lookalike until the business end of the match came round. Senaka was dormie 4 meaning on 15 he had a chance to close it all out. Witnesses have described that Senaka had nothing more than an 8 incher to claim victory. Your guess is as good as mine and nothing wrong with Bolty asking him to putt it out but then somehow Senaka missed it.
Long story short they went all the way to the 18th where after 2 shots both players were just short of the green. Senaka played first and made the fatal error of leaving his third short, it was left on the front apron and it rolled back close to where he was standing. Bolty saw this and figured he wouldn't make the same mistake but in doing so he got a bit excited and knocked it long. Senaka regained his equilibrium and knocked his 4th to about 4 feet. Bolty had a snotty one back down the hill and his 4th shot rolled 10 feet past.
Then the fun began when Bolty holed his 10 footer for a 5 which left Senaka nervously standing over his 4 footer to claim victory. In fine style Senaka confidently strode up, composed himself, and knocked the ball into the middle of the cup. Otherwise it was the 19th hole here we come.
Four of us played 9 holes on Tuesday afternoon. When we were walking up the 4th hole who should we see walking the other way on hole 5 out doing some sneaky practising. It's that man Tommy Wickramagedara who you can see in the gap in the trees.
For those of you who have nothing to do on Saturday afternoon why not buy a ticket to watch the latest installment of this year's competition. For more fun and games Senaka takes on Lloyd in the next round. It's the silky smooth swing versus the 90 metre bunter. We won't take sides in this one but will wish both all the best and say that we trust the better player will win and progress in the tournament. Some naughty person suggested Eddie should have drawn Senaka and Lloyd to play this week but that would have been cruel.
The Living Legend
Bec Ruthven
Our favourite lady behind the bar is off on a well earned break in Fiji. For those who were present you may remember that a couple of weeks ago Bruce Carvell organised a whip round to give Bec a little offering to buy herself a drink or whatever made her day better. Clearly a little uncomfortable with this Bec said that we didn't have to do that, we all insisted, she said no again, we all insisted, rinse repeat three more times and it was left hanging. So what happened ?
Armed with soccer balls, rugby balls and bags full of goodies, Bec went to one of the local schools in Fiji and handed it all out. Apparently somewhere in all of the presents there's even a Waggler's hat. So our gift to Bec was spent putting smiles on the faces of kids in Fiji.
All of the kids queued up for cuddles and why wouldn't they.
One of the qualifiers in order to be welcomed in to the Wagglers group is that you have to be a good bugger. I don't think there is any doubt that Bec would be top qualifier. I'm sure I speak from all of us when I say well done you, thanks for doing this and not only have you put smiles on the faces of a school full of kids in Fiji, you've also done the same for a bunch of old blokes in Dunedin and beyond.
Who Wants To Win A Car ?
Not Me
John Marsh was playing in a big tournament at St Clair. I believe Andrew Simms is one of the big car garage owners in town and had offered a car as a prize for a hole in one on one of the par 3s.
John Marsh ( another garage owner ) was playing the hole and you can see how close he came to an ace and thereby winning a car.
In the end John won closest to the pin and won a $300 car service voucher.
If anyone needed to win a car as a prize or a service voucher it's our John.
Bolty's Tree Troubles
Don't have the back story to this only that the ball with the moustache on ended up in the branches of a tree somewhere on the golf course. Don't have the hole either. It's not a good situation .....
And this is not a good idea ........
In fact where is that on the golf course ????? Not sure it's a place I recognise.
Then we have this emerging trend..... We know that Nick Nicolson has a history, a long history, on MacGlashan's and has bought whisky many a time for not reaching those distant green pegs.
A small jug of whisky with 4 glasses is a dead set giveaway of an on-course misdemeanour. A couple of weeks ago we reported Murray Cooper on hole 3 where his ball rebounded and finished behind where he started. Well guess what, same player same hole. This time he buried his ball in the pampas grasses for it never to be seen again.
Hey Murray, they say things always happen in 3 s. Look forward to more stories of your tee shots on the 3rd hole.
And So To Wednesday And The Results
The first order of the day was to sing Happy Birthday to Derek and to wish him well for his recent 60th birthday. To celebrate Derek scored 35 points off a two handicap meaning if my maths is correct he knocked it round in 74 today. He's nothing if not consistent. Thanks for the shout Derek and many happy returns.
In the sixes it was an even share out. Birthday boy Derek, Lloyd, Warren Alcock and Fairway Phil strolled away with the first set with 31 points. 42 points saw Vaughn, Deano, Alastair and Neil help themselves to $140 for the middle scramble. Finally our group of David B, Murray Edgar, Bruce Carvell and John Marsh sneaked in with 47 points late on in the piece.
Before we forget, Sandy Ross won the raffle.
This is Geoff's second Blue Jacket for 2026. Again quite astonishingly, he was the only player to score in excess of 36 points on a day when the golf course wasn't playing that hard. 40 points was 4 better than the rest.
In bad news for Seneka and his imminent match with Lloyd at the weekend, the Swinger's Trophy was won by Lloyd who scored no fewer than 3 birdies. Fuel to the fire for the explosive match this weekend.
And finally that's a wrap.
