Breakers Men's Golf Blog

PENNANTS – WEEK 3 – 30/1/22   Correspondent: Rod Hutchinson  Breakers faced the high-flying and undefeated Gosford this week up in Wyong. The odds were stacked against us – the punters taking on short-priced Gosford odds early. Surely with such a record, they’d sweep the plate – surely, I mean – #whatcouldgowrong for Gosford.  The Breakers boys stepped up to the plate, locked horns with the beast and came away from the day ALL SQUARE across both grades. Good and fair result from the slugfest that was.  Darren and Rod (Your Correspondent) share a beer on the 19th celebrating victory B Grade  Team 3 – Darren “H Bomb” Hutton & “Rocket” Rod Hutchinson = WON 3&2 Hutto and Hutch found themselves 2 down after 2, fought back to all square through 4 though. From there, the boys were 1 down 3 more time on the front nine – but each time fought back to level it. Come the back 9, it was like watching Winx and Classique Legend have a run, WINNING 3&2 to send...

When Can I Declare My Ball Lost Contrary to what some golfers believe, the rules of golf do not allow you to declare your ball lost. If you have hit your ball into a particularly bad spot, you may decide not to look for it but your opponent or playing companions may still look for it and stumble across it. If they do, you will have to deal with it from where it is found - however bad!  Of course, you could always play another ball from where the original bad shot was taken without declaring it a provisional ball. In this situation, the second ball automatically becomes the one in play, but beware - if your original ball had taken an unseen ricochet into a favourable spot, you would not be able to play it. Playing a provisional Ball Playing a provisional ball is an option taken into account in a golf game under penalty of stroke and distance to save time when the ball in play might have gone out of bounds or be lost outside a penalty area. In other words, this is the second ball yo...

Round 2 of Pennants,  B and C Grade teams headed to the hills to Mangrove Mountain to take on high flying Everglades, who demolished Shelley Beach last week. Course was heavy from overnight deluge, resulting in official declaring preferred lies through the greens - the right call too as was very boggy in many parts.  The greens were varied, some were lightening quick we expect - others quite slow. Overall, very much improved results from last week so well done to all!  B Grade (A/S - 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 pts)   Team 1 - Peter Searle & Neale Carr (A/S). Came back from 3 down to level it on 17 with a 20 foot putt from Peter, then just missed the putt on last for the win.  Team 2 - Colm Carey & Rod Hutchinson (Down 2 & 1) Great match going back and forth all day, level on 15 but were edged out by some really good shots over last few.  Team 3 - Rod Mickelson & Paul English (WON 2 &1) The two super subs leading the way for the team with a great...

The first round of pennants kicked off for the year, with the B and C grade teams heading up to Kooindah Waters to take on the Mangrove Mountain posse.  Varying paced greens, but the course was otherwise in good condition with moderate winds and steamy conditions.  B Grade Pennant Team B Grade (0 to 3).  Strong team for MM this year with some masters pennants players returning, but very tight matches all round coming down to the last couple of holes.  Team 3 (Colm and Wayne) fought back from 4 down to square it, then some late magic cost them.  Darren and Rod went tit for tat all day, had 4/5 putts sit near the lip but not to be.  Peter and Neale had Mr Chatty and Mr Tree Ricochet who both just had one of those days together.  T1 Peter Searle & Neale Carr (Lost 2&1)  T2 Darren Hutton & Rod Hutchinson (Lost 1 down)  T3 Wayne Fuller & Colm Carey (Lost by 2)  C Grade Pennant Team C Grade (1/2 to 2/12).   Again a strong ...

  Over the past few weeks everybody has been commenting on how good the course looks. Its so nice to see the definition between the rough and the fairways and the picture tells the story, the greens staff have received their new Kubuta Rough Mower and what a difference it has made If you see Wayne and his team whilst playing a comment on how good the course is wouldn't go astray

After the 2021-22 Election the following people were elected on the mens and Ladies Committees  Mens Golf Committee Mens President: Glenn Bainbridge  Vice President: Paul English Captain Peter Crowder Treasurer: Brian Ferrao  Secretary Bruce Grant Computer  Co-ordinator: Wayne Fuller  Committee Adam Quale Darren Hutton Roderick Hutchinson  Patron: Jeff Perry  Ladies Golf Committee President: Colleen Henry  Vice President: Jeanice Gibson  Captain : Michelle Hughes  Secretary: Jill Lavery  Vice Captain: Gill Wilson  Treasurer: Deanne Curby  Computer Co-Ordinator: Jenny Chapman  Committee: Sue Frankham, Sheryn Fuller, Linda Ball,  Susan Tierney, and Vicky Duesbury Patron:Judi Eaton

The 2022 Pennant Season is about to kick off and the following players have been selected to represent Breakers Golf Club B Grade Pennant Squad,    Peter Searle (Captain)  Rod Hutchinson  Neal Carr  Darren Hutton  Paul English  Wayne Fuller  Peter Crowder  Colm Carey  Glenn Barsi  C Grade Pennant Squad  Jeff Perry (Captain)  Gary Evans  Garrie Johnstone  Adam Quayle  Phil White  Colin Coote  Pat Hudson  Chris Mott  Gary Burke  Troy Mitchell  6 players per team, playing a format of Two Ball Best Ball Matchplay.  Our first match is against Mangrove Mountain at Kooindah on the 16th January.   The match committee would like to wish all the players good luck and good golf.   Match Committee

Allowances for Older Members  Players 75 years of age and over with a handicap of 28 and over are eligible to play from the following tees.  7th hole when blue markers are at the back you may hit from white.  8th and 17th holes you may hit from the yellow.  1. 18th hole you may hit from the blue.  2.  Ladies Red tees On Saturday  THIS RULE APPLIES TO MONTHLY MEDAL, STROKE AND STABLEFORD GAMES.  ALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES TO BE PLAYED FROM NORMAL TEES. THE COMMITTEE  BREAKERS MENS GOLF

"The Alan Black Memorial day was played on Thursday 30th December.  The organiser,Breakers life member Alan Sinclair said the event was first played around 1980 with Big Al organising the golf day until he passed away in 2002.  The day was then renamed in his honour and was expanded from a 9 hole ambrose comp to include a round robin bowls competition as well.  Tim Black, a former Breakers golfer attends every year to present his father's trophy.(see photo)  This years winners were the St George team of Alfred Helbling, Rod Michelsen, Glenn Bainbridge and Peter Crowder. The defending champions, John McGrath's Tigers team were ineligible to win two years in a row.  A great day was had by all.