Blow Wind Blow
I hope the wee movie does it justice because boy was it windy yesterday. Like properly windy to the point where people said " I don't think I've played in windier conditions than that". Try Scotland hey Duncan !! I wish I had a stableford point for every time a bag blew over or a hat blew off. It was brutal.
Vaughn tells a story where he missed the green right on hole 7 and Neil Cameron was coming down 9. For some reason Neil still hadn't figured out the wind and did the thing where you throw some grass in the air. It came back at him and nearly knocked him over !! I think the play down hole 9 for your second shot was to aim at the 10th tee and let the wind bring it back to the green.
Some bits of the course were more exposed than others and here we see the desperate measures needed on the 17th tee to ensure the ball didn't fly off the tee peg mid swing. We knew it was a tough day when the Phantom was tied for the Blue Jacket !! More of that in a minute.
Anyway we got through, made it back to the clubhouse, and let's take it from there
Carnage !
The Christmas Party Big Bash
Friday 12 December
Just as a quick reminder to our winner not only will we be awarding the Robin Charteris Trophy but for keeps our Waitahuna winner gets:
It's going to be a magical night of fun and frivolity. As a reminder, here's our menu for the evening ....
Now, after we've eaten and awarded our prizes for the year it's time to dance and dance to the sounds of the Jamie Mackay Boomers Disco Experience. But it's not any old dance, and as a challenge for the evening, if you are attending you have to learn to do the Brooklyn Shuffle made famous by John Travolta in the iconic movie, Saturday Night Fever. We want all Wagglers and partners up on the dance floor, in a line, all marching in lock step to the same tune. You can go to YouTube, type in " Brooklyn Shuffle Line Dance " and plenty of videos will pop up teaching you the necessary steps and moves. How hard can it be ....
Oh and remember, if like Bolty your wardrobe is full of colourful 1970s disco gear, remember to wear it for the evening to make a reasl party.
But here's the routine we all need to learn OK ... remember to turn on the sound.
And So To The Weekly Results
It was a day when 4 phantoms playing together would have cleaned up.......
However in the 6s with Fairway Phil as Master of Ceremony, the advice to Phil after the money had been collected was to start low. One group did very well with Grant, Warren Egen, Hamish and Neil collecting sets 2 and 3 on the back of 38 and 44 points. Very good all things considered. Before that John Marsh, Lloyd Murray Cooper and Fairway Phil squeezed home in 30 points for the first set.
Now we all know of the Wednesday Holy Grail to win all 3 sets of 6 outright and the two individual honours for the day. Nobody has ever done it and 4 out of 5 is the nearest anyone has come. Yesterday another joined that exclusive 4 out of 5 club. Having won sets 2 and 3, when it came to line honours....
When Phil was awarding the Swingers Trophy, he asked the usual question " OK hands up if you had 1 birdie " 3 hands went in the air, Grant, Bolty and Lloyd. "Ok, who had 2 birdies ?" enquired Phil. All hands went down. So 3 birdies for the day.
Now history shows us this is a first for Grant to win the Blue Jacket and the Swingers Trophy. Good man. Next week we'll award the extra special Christmas Jacket.
No birthdays to sing about but to round out an amazing day Grant then won the raffle.
Let's hope the wind drops for Friday and the Charity Tournament - it can't get any worse !
Waitahuna Over The Years
Ever wondered if you're getting any closer to Waitahuna ? Here are the scores over the years.
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Alastair Adam 520 537 525 515 530
John Alexander 519 561 538 515 501
Tony Attenborough 365 550 548 559 554
David Bloor 523 541 531 514 537
Trevor Bolt 547 529
Phil Broughton 538 517 514 532 505
Tony Brown 356 403
Hamish Caithness 537 522 513 526 445
Neil Cameron 549 535 539 528 526
Bruce Carvell 554 547 554 550 537
Murray Cooper 541 548 511 504
Kallum Croudis 530
John Cutler 537 484 292 289 156
Murray Edgar 540 543 514
Warren Egen 534 513 503 518 512
Phil Ellis 526 509 548 508 523
Richard Freeman 548 523 528
Bruce Grant 554 558 551 545 530
Bob Griffiths 547 540 354 304 172
Duncan Harvie 531 518
Stu Heaton 161 164
Mike Henderson 501 540 532 531
Warren Alcock 313
Vaughn Keenan 555 529 555 545 518
Trevor King 500 536 316
Geoff Laney 548 549 529 513
John Marsh 534 526 488 533 520
Lloyd Morgan 509 534 542 527 549
Keith Newton 533 521 535 511 496
Nick Nicolson 524 512 539 517 500
Mahmoud Nikou 537 544 556 558 560
Eric Olsen 546 520 527 544 512
Dean Parsons 511 503 546 491 418
David Peart 511 516 510 532 483
Sandy Ross 558 526 547 546 537
Derek Todd 507
Eddie Walter 533 552 537 553 533
Andrew Whiley 492 236 205 260
Senaka W. 534 554 547 533 541
Jarod Williden 541 543 509 269 243