St Leonards Golf
Our final round for 2025 saw us return to a
longstanding favourite, North Ryde.
Our weather forecast was not good—rain and storms. This prompted a
couple of players to withdraw. We had 13 players booked but with the
withdrawals we had 11 players in one group of 3 and two groups of 4).
At our tee time of 8.30 we hit off into light rain, which persisted for
the first nine. The rain stopped and the back
nine was played under
cloudy skies. The course was in very good condition, although the dams
were quite low (see pic). The greens were excellent, probably made
easier by being wet. Such a big difference in conditions from the week
before.
As our final round for the year we had competitions for the matchplay
trophies (Darlington Cup and Murphy Plate). We also had people vying for
the St Leonards golf shield.
While Mr Handicapper sorted the calculations for
the daily and annual prizes, we dealt with the formal aspects of the day
·
All office positions were vacated and Nominations were called. Existing
office bearers were nominated and positions were filled unopposed.
o
President
- Anthony Ducker
o
Handicapper – Peter Moore
o
Club Captain – Tony Watson
o
Treasurer & Assistant H’capper – Chris
Franklin
o
Secretary – Warren Lever
·
The player fee for each round was formally raised from $5 to $10.
·
The club Captain then read out the financial report which was endorsed
by the meeting.
The outcome for the day saw one matchplay resolved
by forfeit – one of the late withdrawals was a finalist – meaning Steve
Greene won the Darlington Cup. The other matchplay, for the Kevin Murphy
Plate, was won by Rey beating Phil 2&1.
There were some very good scores on the day in fact eight out of the
eleven players scored 36 or better and four
players turned in wipe-free cards, being Wil Lazar, Les Pitman, Mat
Hanscombe and (slight tinge of pride) myself.
·
The individual result was won by Ranjit (Bomber) with 40 points, He was
followed by Mat (39) and Captain Bubba on 38.
·
The doubles were won by Ranjit (Bomber) and Phil on 48 points edging out
Mat and Rey on 47.
·
Winning the Bradman again, was Mr Handicapper on a respectable score of
32 points.
The rain early was unfortunate but it seems it did
not affect too many.
Note from Mr Handicapper on the annual
results:-
"Below
are the Annual Results.
"Unfortunately
I made an error when announcing the
prizes.
In the Shield I had Tony Ducker on 295, Rey Salvador on 292 and Steve
Greene on 291. I had Rey's score wrong. The correct scores should have
been Tony
unchanged on
295,
with
Rey and Steve tied on 291.
"The full list of annual prize awards is shown in the
following table."
Thank you for all your work, Mr
Handicapper!
I would like to acknowledge the time and effort put in by Peter Moore
and Tony Watson. Thanks to both of you for your contributions. Likewise,
our web publisher, Bruce Jones, does an amazing job behind the scenes
and produces what I consider to be the best social golf website in
Australia.
And thanks also, to all you golfers for your participation this year.
After all, it is the playing group that is the community of St Leonards
Social Golf Club.
Tee time for our first round in 2026 is 8.30am, Friday 16 January at
North Ryde. I hope to see everyone there.
Wishing you all and your families and loved ones a Very Merry Christmas
and a New Year full of golf, travel and leisure.
Handicaps
