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    Default 2013 - The Official Wash Up

    After 3 days of golf, drinking, pool and various other journeys, NSW's first foray into an official Champs weekend is over.

    The Southern Highlands provided an all in all fine setting for the inaugural NSW Champs, with the customary Friday social hit at Moss Vale GC followed by Round 1 at Mt Broughton (coincinding with their Monthly Medal event) and the championship round at Highlands. In between the golfing was time spent at Mittagong RSL contributing to their bar and bistro sales, and annoying one of the bar attendants whenever the pool tables wouldn't give us the white ball back.

    FRIDAY

    The 6 Friday players were greeted by the rural charm of Moss Vale Golf Club. A little tight in spots, but it was a pleasant round after the 2 threesomes joined up at the 2nd hole and enjoyed the scenery and tested each other's drivers, fairway woods and 2 iron heads with +1" 8 iron shafts (often with a response implying a desire to buy said club in the future).

    Scores:

    6th Liptout 29pts
    5th Stuartd147 30pts
    4th RqRox 30pts
    3rd AnfieldRed 31pts
    2nd Matty 33pts ($20)
    1st KristianJ 37pts ($40, spent on a case of Stella Artois, most of which has ended up back in my fridge at home)

    Check in at the motel followed by dinner, drinks, escaping Friday night's in house "entertainment" (2 middle aged gents singing 70's covers), and chat about various topics ranging from disciplining children to Liptout's various sporting and motorcycling aspiratons. Half retired for shuteye at 10:30 and the others continued contributing to the club's bar sales until they closed at midnight.

    SATURDAY

    Under clear blue skies the combatants assembled at Mount Broughton, arriving at various times between 9:30 and 11am, to find that the competition of the day was stroke (Monthly Medal). Despite this, the decision was made for the Champs competition to remain stableford.

    As we got on the putting green, there was a sense that our experiences with the flatstick might be a little difficult - indeed there were a few bemused comments to be heard about the roughness of the surfaces post-maintenance. Slowish, a little bumpy...personally as a first timer there it put a little dampener on the experience - I enjoyed the course otherwise.

    Word got around that wazandnic had popped his hip out on the 3rd tee, yet he was able to soldier on and complete his round. Jono (who, after his post shoulder surgery weight loss was almost unrecognisable) had to withdraw mid round after that shoulder started to cause him dramas.

    Lost balls a plenty in the fescue/lantana and the railway line (one player was heard to say that he almost shot the lights out after putting a ball OOB on 14 that passed near the railway signal lights), plus a couple of lost balls after shots that seemed to be near flawless.

    The putting comp was, as expected, dramatic to the end. As the competition was whittled down to semi finalists and finalists, the typical putter ho's tried each other's flat sticks, dibs were made, and Jado came out on top, being the first to sink the 6 metre putt (which went right, left and straight at various times) and enjoy the adulation of those looking on.

    Scores:

    1. Stuartd147 (38 - also a winner on the day with 70 nett)
    2. stealth2 (37)
    3. rqrox (35)
    4. TS (34)
    T5: matty, KristianJ, titleist (33)
    T8: Dotty, 7rabbits (30)
    T10: virge666, JADO75, Liptout, Anfieldred (29)
    14: The Castaway (27)
    15: Peppas (26)
    W/D: Jono, wazandnic (Saturday play only)

    15 blokes returned to the motel and Mittagong RSL. Dinner, drinks and chat ensued, and when Satur
    day night's in house "entertainment" kicked in, (a chick and a guitarist singing, yep, you guessed it, 70's and 80's covers that were so predictable that you knew an Eagles song would be played some time during the night), we migrated to the pool tables, where Stu showed his skill on the felt and a few of us made some arsey flukish shots to look impressive. More drinks, talking about how awful the Socceroos have become, and other topics before a few headed off to bed and a few were taken on a wonderful journey around the poker machines which may or may have not looked like a Ponzi scheme...

    SUNDAY

    The early start was off set by the fact that Highlands was a couple of minutes up the road from the motel (never mind that a couple of cars missed the entrance...).

    Undoubtedly the pre-round highlight was the sight of Liptout, who appeared as if he was crouched near a reed-filled water hazard in solemn reflection, only to turn around and vomit into said hazard. In hindsight, that may have been the spark he needed to get him going and he may have actually expelled the driver demons that plagued him the previous day as well as whatever other stuff is now in that pond.

    Highlands only knows one type of par 3 - the type that is all downhill and easy to either over club or under club. Swirling winds didn't help, plus the altitude bit and what not...

    As the round closed, word spread that rqrox had managed a spectacular 23 points on the front 9, jostling with Stu for the lead in that group.

    They were square as they came to the 18th, not knowing any of the other scores that had come in, so when Dicky put his tee shot into the hazard and Stu played safe, sinking his birdie putt and raising his arms in jubilation, little did he know that there had been one of those career type rounds played by someone else...

    Aggregate scores:

    1. matty (33 + 43 = 76)
    2. Stuartd147 (38 + 34 = 72)
    3. rqrox (35 + 35 = 70)
    4. Liptout (29 + 38 = 67)
    T5. TS (34 + 32 = 66), titleist (33 + 33 = 66)
    7. stealth2 (37 + 28 = 65)
    T8: virge666 (29 + 34 = 63), JADO75 (29 + 34 = 63), Dotty (30 + 33 = 63), KristianJ (33 + 30 = 63)
    12: The Castaway (27 + 35 = 62)
    13: 7rabbits (30 + 29 = 59)
    14: Peppas (26 + 30 = 56)
    15: Anfieldred (29 + 25 = 54)

    So all in all, it was fitting that the man who set the wheels in motion is the first to have his name engraved on the NSW Perpetual Trophy.

    The other guys who were there: feel free to comment as you wish - post highlights, lowlights, any other lights that come to mind. Plenty happened that this rambling gibberer didn't see for himself.
    Last edited by KristianJ; 13th October 2013 at 07:29 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wazandnic View Post
    Titleist... Have you seen those calves, well...
    More definition than an Oxford Dictionary.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wazandnic View Post
    Titleist... Have you seen those calves, well...

    Poor Waz. Titty was getting a few admiring comments on the Saturday morning re his calves. Funnily enough, I didn't hear another word after you pulled out injured.

    Hope the recovery goes well.




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    Quote Originally Posted by Dotty View Post
    Torn glute, crap shoulder and 'food poisoning'.

    We may need the St John's ambos to set up a tent next year.
    and some premature celebrations.....I heard they have nasal technology for that!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by wazandnic View Post
    So after a couple of GP visits, an ultrasound and a physio appt, the NSW champs weekend has set me back a few hungy and going to see me 6-8 weeks on the side line

    Only positive is that it wasn't old-man hip syndrome... but actually a grade 2 tear to my Gluteus Medius... smaller muscle behind the big Glute butt muscle that connects back of leg to the top front of the hip.

    Looking to make a return mid Dec.

    Wow, not great news Waz.
    Speedy recovery mate!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eldrick View Post
    jesus! who was your roommate!
    Me!
    Nothing happened, i was too pissed...
    Plus i gave him the double bed!

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    Quote Originally Posted by KristianJ View Post
    More definition than an Oxford Dictionary.
    Jado was perving, bloody little Homo!

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    Quote Originally Posted by titleist View Post
    Wow, not great news Waz.
    Speedy recovery mate!
    Thanks mate.

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    Me!
    Nothing happened, i was too pissed...
    Plus i gave him the double bed!
    haha there was a few pale ales knocked back wasn't there... and yes thanks again for giving up the King bed for me whilst you scored the kids single! Greatly appreciated.

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    I've got chickens legs with pigeons ankles so to see those dinner plates on the back of your legs was very special, homo?
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    Quote Originally Posted by JADO75 View Post
    I've got chickens legs with pigeons ankles so to see those dinner plates on the back of your legs was very special, homo?
    You dirty little ****er Jadho, some cracking pre-dinner stories as well!!!!!

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    Just had ultrasound on my shoulder this morning. All clear!

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    Hey little fella, you need to start swinging it easier.

    Good news on ultrasound.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jono View Post
    Just had ultrasound on my shoulder this morning. All clear!
    ... so your saying that stopping play after 10 holes last Sat was more a no-ticker/pride thing??
    You should have just asked Stealth for one of his super-drug/viagra tablets.

    Just kiddin', great news mate.

    Cheers,
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    Quote Originally Posted by wazandnic View Post
    ... so your saying that stopping play after 10 holes last Sat was more a no-ticker/pride thing??
    You should have just asked Stealth for one of his super-drug/viagra tablets.

    Just kiddin', great news mate.

    Cheers,
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    Ha ha. You know us doctors ... worst (or best) hypochondriacs.

    I just didn't want to go through 8 months of no golf again ...

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    haha, yep totally understand!

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    Congrats on the win cuz.

    If I win the Qld champs (extremely unlikely) it'll be an Everingham double.

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    Matty scheduled this well, as bushfires cut off access from Sydney to Mittagong today.
    You don't get me. I'm part of the Union.

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    Would rather have been stuck down there and couldn't get back......

    The weekend could have continued!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by mike View Post
    Congrats on the win cuz.

    If I win the Qld champs (extremely unlikely) it'll be an Everingham double.
    That'd be something. Be worried about the NAGA and you'll go alright.

    Quote Originally Posted by liptout View Post
    Would rather have been stuck down there and couldn't get back......

    The weekend could have continued!!
    Can you imagine! I think your body was shutting down by Sunday night anyway.




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    Honestly think I came back to normal yesterday sometime..... Was a struggle getting things done I gota admit!!


 

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