Welcome to the second month of the year, February, a name apparently from old French and via Latin with a reference to a purification feast held in this month. I am not aware of same in our hamlet of Potato Point, however, there has been plenty of feasting since, well let us say it began with the Melbourne Cup.
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Golf has been a winner for those playing well and last Thursday's 4 Ball Best Ball competition was the first for the year so far.
I played socially with my brother in law, David Payne, who is not a member currently, behind the field at Narooma.
He described the course as gorgeous with the greens quick on the front and the back nine outstanding.
Neil Mackenzie and Andrew Thompson were the winners on countback from Rod Smith and Callum Ann with 45 points, one point better than Jim Grant and Graeme Wilton, who knocked off Ray Gale and the incomparable Graham Mumme with 44 points.
Saturday had great conditions for golf, but if you left the fairways you found long rough and often difficult lies.
Les Campbell, Mark Westwood and I had Matthias Larsson with us for the first Monthly Medal Stroke round of 2016. Matthias, and his dad Stephan, who came for the walk, are from Sweden and loved Narooma. One description, volunteered without prompting, was that Narooma is like Pebble Beach, California, and "... only better and more scenic".
The winners on Saturday were Terence O'Callaghan in A grade with a net 71 on countback from Mitch Gregory and Marty Brooker. Similarly in B grade we had Wayne Rollings winning on countback from Alby Donnelly with a net 68 and Chris Eardley in third place with a net 69. The relaxed Narooma Lions AFL leader, Harold Mackie took out C grade with a net 68 on countback from Brian Brown with Peter Bashford in good form for third with a net 69.
In the ladies’ stroke event played on the red course, par 74, the winner was Tracey Mitchell with a fine net 72 and in hot pursuit were Maureen Hayward and Bettina Wilson, both with net scores of 73. In total there were 133 starters last Saturday.
From my perspective, I look forward to March and the next monthly medal and reflect and am reminded that Mark Westwood had to play the last three holes on Saturday without his 22 year old Carnegie Clark putter. It died on the 15th green without provocation. Will his wife Vicky buy him a new one? Probably not and Mark will have another story to tell. Mark, like myself is a bit of a weather buff and he sent me some great photographs of clouds in our skies during the last weekend of wild weather and great sunsets.
