Churchill Park Results

Newsletter February 2012 ARBN 0008532C www.foothillsgolf.com.au

Round Winner Andrew Manning

Golfer Of The Month Bernie Herbert

2nd Bernie Herbert

3rd Dean Glatzer

NAGA—Tony Watson

Snail—Jason Bowyer

Andrew Manning 69 15

Bernie Herbert 70 14

Dean Glatzer 73 13

Wes Bucci 74 12

Rod Crisfield 74 11

Steve Thiele 75 10

Matt Wallis 75 9

Brendan Schuring 76 8

Ian Falconer 76 7

Jason Bowyer 76 6

Shane Elso 76 5

Ken Stevens 76 5

Joe Fekete 78 5

David Castles 78 5

Mick Elliot 78 5

Darren Bergwerf 79 5

Neil Dipple 79 5

Ron Cooksley 80 5

Paul Munro 80 5

Dean Cartwright 81 5

Stuart Kent 81 5

Mark Otten 82 5

Andrew Wylde 83 5

Geoff Goullet 83 5

Rob Laurie 84 5

Dennis Hyslop 84 5

Les Major 84 5

Larry Adami 84 5

Jason Cooksley 85 5

Stuart Ray 85 5

John Glancy 86 5

Andrew Robertson 86 5

Dave Levington 88 5

Peterwwright 89 5

Paul Dossiter 93 5

Tony Watson 99 5

Danny Lamb 75 5

Jamie Griffin 83 5

Next Game

Date: 18th March

Course Address 131 Bunjil Way, Knoxfield

Assembly: 6:30am

Cost: Members $ 60

Honorary Members (Inc $5 membership fee) $ 65

Carts: Book via the Pro-shop on 9753 3200 $ 40

Event/s: Stableford—Sponsors Day

Lunch: BBQ—Neil Dipple'’s House

Bookings:

If you do not have internet access or require assistance….

Contact Mark Otten on 0418 350 337 or Email motten@ottenconstructions.com.au

by Thursday, 8th March before 8.00pm.

Editors Mail Bag

Good Health and Safe Golfing

A guy stood over his tee shot for what seemed an eternity; looking up, looking down, measuring the distance, fig-

uring the wind direction and speed and driving his partner nuts.

Finally his exasperated partner says, "What's taking so long? Hit the blasted ball."

The guy answers, "My wife is up there watching me from the clubhouse. I want to make this a perfect shot."

"Forget it, you don't stand a chance of hitting her from here."

He left home around 8:00 to play golf with his friends. On the way out the door, he answered his wife’s “What time will you be

home?” question with “Probably around 1:30 – I’ll have lunch at the club.”

1:30 came and went, 3:00 passed, 6:15, still not home, finally at about 7:00 PM he rolls in the driveway, leaves his clubs in the

garage, and presents his wife with a pizza, and begins the apologetic story.

We finished our game about 11:30, had lunch, and I started home, when alongside the road I saw this attractive girl with a flat tire

on her car. I stopped to help, got the tire changed, and looked around for a place to wash my hands. She offered money, but I

refused, so she suggested that I at least allow her to buy me a beer. She said there's a tavern just up the road, and they have a

restroom, you can clean up a bit. I agreed to stop, we had a beer, then another beer, then a couple more, and I realized that this

girl was not only pretty, she was very friendly, and a good companion to spend time with. Before I knew it, we were in the motel

next door having sex. And that is why I am so late getting home.

His wife looked him right in the eye and said ʺDonʹt bullshit me you played 36 holes, didn't you?”……

Quotes—Author unknown...or are they ?

When I die, bury me on the golf course so my husband will visit. (Angela Theile).

I don't say my golf game is bad, but if I grew tomatoes they'd come up sliced. (John Glancy).

I've spent most of my life golfing. The rest I've just wasted. (Andrew Manning).

Golf is played by twenty million mature men whose wives think they are out having fun. (Tony Watson).

Golf is a game in which you yell "fore," shoot six, and write down five. (Should your name be listed here ?….)

Give me golf clubs, fresh air & a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air. (Dean Glatzer)

The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.(Normie).

Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will come very close to hav-

ing a golf swing.(Larry Adami)

It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.(Brenden Shuring)

Golf and sex are the only things you can enjoy without being good at them. (David castles)

May thy ball lie in green pastures .... And not in still waters.(Stuart Kent)

Other Competition Winners

Committee Notice

Nearest the pin 3rd Hole Mick Elliot

Nearest the pin 6th Hole Rob Laurie

Nearest the pin 11th Hole Andrew Manning

Nearest the pin 18th Hole Matt Wallis

Longest Drive Dean Cartwright

Eagles Nest—8th Hole Andrew Wilde

Most Putts

Least Putts

Stuart ray (47)

Darren Bergwerf & Jason Bowyer (27)

Best Visitor Matt Wallis

Beer Raffle 1 Dean Cartwright

Beer Raffle 2 Dave Leverington

Ball Raffle Matt Wallis

Snail Award Jason Bowyer (AKA Marilyn, Austin, Virgil).

Box Hill Golf Club

Congratulations to Ken Stevens & Rod Crisfield for shooting a combined 52 points in club comp to take

home the trophy...

Reminder—Don’t forget to book a spot at the next game via the FHSGC Web site

The Instructions have been included again as a reminder (Last Page).

Slow Play

Groups are falling back as far as 2 holes. So could all members please be conscious of not holding up play

for others...

Play to keep up with the group ahead, not the group behind…

Utilize the provisional ball rule. Don’t spend excessive amounts of time looking for lost balls.

Please keep your group constantly moving.

Line up your putts while others are putting.

‘Ready to play golf’ applies.

Q. So Mark—what’s the ‘OC’ all about?

R. Well Larry, OC Constructions has been around for over 60yrs starting with my Grand Father back in the early fifties and

yes at 97 yrs. old he is still interested in the running of the business. We have mainly catered for the small to medium

type builders in all areas of structural concreting and have recently been getting into some commercial work.

Q. You & Brenden have been teamed up for some time…how did that come about?

R. Brenden starting working for the OC when my dad ran the business so I guess his dad got him the job - I of course was

only about 10 yrs. old so it wasn’t for another 10 yrs. that brenden and I started working together and in 2008 when my

father retired we became business partners.

Q. How long have you two been playing golf, do you remember your first game?

R. I took up golf when I was about 16yrs old, my father who was a member at Rosebud Country club used to get me to

come along to caddy, so I thought I might as well take it up. Dean Glatzer and I started playing socially after work at

Morack golf course which might have been an excuse to drink beer.

Q. When did you join the Foothills Club & how did you get invited to your first game?

R. I first started playing with foothills in 1985 as I had been dropping Dean Glatzer off at peninsula games before I went

surfing but after many wipeouts thought maybe golf was a safer option. Foothills must have been pretty popular or may-

be they didn’t like my character as I had to wait 3 years before becoming a full member.

Q. I see you’ve won a few titles along the way; do you have a favorite local course or hole?

R Sorrento golf course is where I had my first ever win which was even more memorable as the event was par which I

know most people hate but for some reason suited me. In 1994 when I won the club championship I also nearly won the

NAGA. (Most wins and most NAGA’s not bad - some people reckon it was a tactic to keep my 36 handicap).

Q You’ve done something a lot of golfers only dream about….attended the Masters in Augusta?

R Yep the masters was a once in a life time experience, standing on the 7th tee talking to Stuart Appleby who we bought a

couple of slabs of VB over for, having Tigers ball nearly hit us and just the aura of the place were major highlights. my

uncle is lucky enough to work there, he looks after the 6th hole and is mates with a lot of the golfers so had some very

interesting stories, if you’re watching on TV you can normally see him he looks like an old member of foothills ‘Ralph

Baker’ ( funny that he is my uncle as well ).

Q And finally, you’re a big Hawks fan, where do you see them finishing at the end of the home and away

season 2012?

R Yes I am a big Hawks fan, so are all my family and so are 90% of my employees. When my Grand Father emigrated

from Holland, the first place they put him up was Hawthorn which started a tradition that every living Otten Male bar-

racks for Hawthorn, not a bad tradition since we have won the most grand finals since the Fifties. Anyway if the Hawks

heads don’t swell to much with all this media (Buddy in every second ad) we certainly have a team that can go all the

way.

Sponsor Snapshot

The Bandit

Jessica Korda practicing before teeing off

on the last day of the Handa Womans

Open. She went on to win a 6 way play off.

The Mole is a mole! Sorry to everyone for the late newsletter, but The Mole has crawled down his own hole (which he loves

doing) and could not be approached to write the report unless somebody was willing to put their hand up to pull him back

out.

Therefore it is I who shall come to the rescue and tell you all of the crap that happened at Churchill Park.

‘Twas a fine day for golf, with not a breath of wind, and no sun to be seen, but that did not stop the sweat from dripping

down thy own crack.

The weather was hot and humid, and only the guys who could handle their own sweat stench could handle the pace.

With a home ground advantage, Andrew (Mumbles) Manning took the honours with a 69 which I believe is the first one of

his life. He has had 3 holes in one, but those holes have all seen it before, and so I guess they don’t really count. Who else

wants the easy option of being where many men have been before?

Bernie (Kung Fu) Herbert came in second with 70 and Dean (Prez) Glatzer took out 3rd with a fine 73.

The shootout has now left 16 players vying for the inaugural players vest which Mark Otten wears with pride for a year. Un-

fortunately Mark is out of the shootout because of a severe case of “getting the mole out of his arse” syndrome in January.

Luckily for Mark he has taken steroids and is feeling much stronger now.

Tony Watson must have had a few red wines on the day as he couldn’t find his way to the course. Strange seeing as he is a

member of Waverley which is across the road! He decided to get his moneys worth by taking 131 shots to complete his

round. That gave him a nett 99 which was enough to take out the NAGA by a good margin. Paul Dossiter was invited to play

by Norm, and it seems they are similar in DNA with a 93 and 89 respectively. Great golf guys. If you want to get to Norms

standards Paul, just learn how to throw your club in the correct way.

The nearest the pins and longest drives elude me, but I am sure you are all winners and have balls to prove it!

I hope your new handicaps are to your liking and if not, stiff shit! They are calculated to the new handicapping system so you

can feel free to contact your local handicapper (Ian Falconer) if you have any problems. Mine is 43 so I love him!!!

Be sure to book in for Waterford, as Foothills now has 49 members with a cap of 50, and only 40 – 44 players allowed per

game. Book in early on your computer or miss out on prizes at the end of the year.

See you all at Waterford for the sponsor’s day, Until then, I am

The Bandit

Churchill Park

2011 Championship

Ladder.

Cock Of The Walk .

Rotation. Current Handicaps.

Andrew Manning 27

Ian Falconer 21

Bernie Herbert 21

Andrew Wylde 20

Brenden Schuring 19

Dean Glatzer 18

Wes Bucci 17

Rod Crisfield 16

Jason Bowyer 15

Steve Thiele 15

Brett Cathcart 13

Stuart Ray 13

Tony Watson 11

Andrew Lowe 10

Robert Laurie 10

Denis Hyslop 10

Neil Dipple 10

Stuart Kent 10

Darren Bergwerf 10

Michael Elliott 10

Paul Munro 10

Larry Adami 10

John Glancy 10

Peter Wright 10

Andrew Robertson 10

David Castles 10

Ron Cooksley 10

Dean Cartwright 10

Geoff Goullet 10

Joe Fekete 10

Les Major 10

Paul Dossiter 10

Dave Leverington 10

Matthew Wallis 9

Warren Arnott 5

Clint Bryant 5

Bob Laurie 5

Gary Percy 5

Jason Cooksley 5

Mark Otten 5

Ken Stevens 5

Shayne Elso 5

Danny Lamb 5

Shane Franklin 0

David Lee 0

Jerome Purcell 0

Michael Russo 0

Cheran Sugathapala 0

Name New Var

Larry Adami 34 1

Warren Arnott 21

Darren Bergwerf 18

Jason Bowyer 12 1

Clint Bryant 27

Wes Bucci 24

Dean Cartwright 10

David Castles 16 1

Brett Cathcart 26

Jason Cooksley 28

Ron Cooksley 36

Rod Crisfield 20

Neil Dipple 18

Paul Dossiter 35

Michael Elliott 20

Shayne Elso 30 -1

Ian Falconer 18

Joe Fekete 28

Shane Franklin 24

John Glancy 19

Dean Glatzer 15 -1

Geoff Goullet 26 1

Bernie Herbert 26 -1

Denis Hyslop 20

Stuart Kent 21

Bob Laurie 9

Robert Laurie 14

David Lee 19

Dave Leverington 28

Andrew Lowe 29

Adam Major 28

Les Major 22 2

Andrew Manning 5 -1

Paul Munro 17

Mark Otten 23

Gary Percy 18

Jerome Purcell 25

Stuart Ray 31

Andrew Robertson 2

Michael Russo 25

Brenden Schuring 12

Ken Stevens 23 1

Cheran Sugathapala 36

Steve Thiele 15 -1

Matt Wallis 15

Tony Watson 33 1

Peter Wright 19

Andrew Wylde 7

Cock Ian Falconer

Chall 1 Bernie Herbert

Chall 2 Wes Bucci

Emer 1 Matt Wallis

Emer 2 Warren Arnott

Denis Hyslop

Steve Thiele

Gary Percy

Bob Laurie

Mark Otten

Darren Bergwerf

Michael Russo

Peter Wright

Shayne Elso

John Glancy

Paul Munro

Joe Fekete

Brett Cathcart

Cheran Sugathapala

Larry Adami

Geoff Goullet

Shane Franklin

David Fleming

Jason Cooksley

David Castles

Neil Dipple

Jerome Purcell

Robert Laurie

Andrew Robertson

Les Major

Brenden Schuring

Andrew Lowe

Andrew Manning

David Lee

Jason Bowyer

Tony Watson

Dean Glatzer

Clint Bryant

Andrew Wylde

Stuart Kent

Ron Cooksley

Ken Stevens

Rod Crisfield

Michael Elliott

Stuart Ray

Dean Cartwright

Paul Dosseter

Dave Leverington

Danny Lamb

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