Craig's new son

For those of you who have been around for a few years, you will be happy to know that Craig and Elisha have had a second son, Calder Scott Mills, born Dec 16 weighing 7 lbs 7 oz. Big brother Ethan seems pretty happy with the little munchkin:

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On Dec 11 these women from our section enjoyed the Christmas Buffet provided by Chef Jen. Good food and even better company:

Putting Video

How often do you miss a curling putt on the low side even though you hit your target? The video link below is one of the best I have ever seen to explain where you need to aim in order to make a breaking putt. We have sometimes been told to aim at the apex (highpoint of the curve) and this video will show you why that may not be correct. It is about 5 minutes in length and really worth watching.


https://youtu.be/7e8UgT6LrW4

We have 12 people coming to the Christmas buffet lunch on Dec 11 at 12:30. If you haven't let me know please do so by email (jbeaith@sympatico.ca) before next Friday, if you wish to attend.

Merry Christmas all!!

Christmas Buffet - Friday, Dec 11 - 12:30

As we have done the last few years, let's get together to celebrate the season. Chef Jen and Dalewood are offering their annual Christmas Buffet. The cost is $18.95, plus tax and gratuity. We are booked for Friday, Dec 11 at 12:30.

Please email me at jbeaith@sympatico.ca to reserve a spot at the table. I will email you back to confirm I have received it. (Do not email Jen directly, please.) Thanks.

Please pass on this invitation to those who might not be blog subscribers and any new members to the club that you know.

3 club golf results

Many of you probably thought you would score a lot higher when you could only use 3 clubs, instead of your full bag. Thanks to Joan's statistics, about half of you scored pretty close to the week before. Maybe there was less thinking going on; or we learned we can hit a club less than the maximum distance; or we are better at improvising than we thought. A few had a little more trouble coping with the restriction (or maybe they had a really good game on the 15th!)

Solheim Cup and High School Golf Results

As we say it the summer, it's not the heat; it's the humidity - last Saturday it wasn't (just) the cold; it was the WIND! I don't think anyone would have played had it not been for the Solheim Cup. All 20 brave and hardy souls showed up and played all 18 holes!! (Unlike the men, who had a similar event scheduled.) That in itself is worthy of a "Congratulations"! It was a great day of fun competition and camaraderie. Thanks Sandi for organizing it. In each of the singles and doubles, the East beat the West by one point - couldn't get much closer than that. Congratulations to the East! Here are the results:

Warming up afterwards!

High School Golf:  The COSSA area (including: Belleville, Lakeshore, Peterborough, Lindsay) golf tournament was held on Tuesday at Trillium Wood in Belleville. Several Dalewood golfers had very successful days. Danielle Sawyer placed first with a score of 77; Rachel Jackson was second scoring 93 - both girls will travel to Windsor for the OFSAA (all Ontario) Championship, October 14-15. Natalie Hubbs placed fourth and also qualified for OFSAA.

On the boys' side, Nick Oosterhof (who plays at Dalewood and works in the back shop) won a 4-man playoff over Sam Meek of Kawartha GC (who won the Ontario Junior Bronze earlier this year at Dalewood), Will Richardson of Dalewood, and Sean Trapp of Lindsay. Nick and Sam will also represent COSSA at the OFSAA final.  Be sure to congratulate these young golfers when you see them!

Closing Field Day

On Sunday, Sept 28 our Women's Section Closing Field Day took place. The weather was fantastic, the golf course great, the food delicious, and the company wonderful.What more could you ask for? Oh yes, prizes!! And here they are:

 The winning team - Janet Hull, Diane Moffat, Thelma Jacobsen, Jane Gibbens

The year end prizes were given out as well.

And the trophy winners are:

Joan Hayward - 18 Hole Match Play

Joan Hayward - Mickey Ayres Putting Competition

Barb Pemberton and Donna Todd (in absentia) - Doris Mitchell Doubles

Barb and Donna again - Bulger Two Ball presented by Yvonne Shannon

Joan Hayward and Carol MacGregor - Greta Philips Better Ball

Jeanne Beaith - Low Net Club Championship

Before closing out the evening, Linda presented Patty with a President's Survival Kit, which included the infamous boa, the black heels, and a bottle of Bodacious wine. 

The Final Tuesday, AGM & Team Play Awards

Beautiful, sunny weather greeted our women's section for the last Tuesday. This heron was on #13 relaxing beside the pond, enjoying the warm weather and some fishing.

After dinner, President Linda ran her final AGM before passing the baton to Patty McDonald.

Joan delivered the prizes for her final Tuesday - thank you for two years of running the Tuesday league. So, ladies, how did you enjoy the "3-club game"? Better or worse than you thought it would be? And would you pick the same clubs another time? The BIG prize of the event was luckily (?) won by Ann Hall. Enjoy your year with Harry, Ann!!

Team Play Awards

MVP - contributed the most times to their teams, with at least 8 rounds played:

Back Row L - R: Beaudacious Babes - Martha Killoran; Ariane's Angels - Ariane Macdonald; Shades of Green - Donna Todd. Front Row - Bridge Over Troubled Water - a tie between 

Bridget Smith and Laura Roberge

First Place

Bridge Over Troubled Water 

With our cupcakes and "tee candles": back L - R: Susan Ross-Foster, Judith Copeland, Gail Richards, Laura Roberge. Front L - R: Jeanne Beaith, Bridget Smith (captain), Sharon Klan. 

Missing: Thelma Jacobsen, Marylyn Schroter, Stephanie Senior.

Second Place

Beaudacious Babes

Back L - R: Barb Pemberton, Dale Hodge, Martha Killoran, Joan Hayward, Ann Hall

Front L - R: Nancy Sharpe, Yvonne Shannon (Captain), Joy Vogt

Missing: Lynn Attley, Sally Okazawa, Lynda Rennick.

Coming events

Team Play - Tuesday, Sept 15. This will be the final playoff. The team standings are close and anything can happen on Tuesday. Current standings can be seen at www.golfscoring.net.

AGM, Team Play Awards, and 3-club golf - Tuesday, Sept 22. The AGM and Team Play Awards  will start at 7:30 6:45 pm. If you don't golf in the afternoon/evening, come on out and join the fun. The game on the front 9 that day will be 3-club golf, meaning you choose which 3 clubs you are going to play with (and that includes your putter, if you want to use it.)

Closing Field Day - Sunday, Sept 27. The sign up sheet is posted in the lower hall. The format is the always fun "step-aside scramble". Prizes for the day and prizes for the year will be awarded following dinner.

 

*NEW EVENT*

Solheim Cup - Saturday, Oct 3 - Next weekend the US women will compete against the European women in the real Solheim Cup in Germany. We will have our own Dalewood version on Oct 3, with tee times starting around 11 am. We will have an East team and a West team, with the club being the dividing point. The format will be: front 9 - doubles better ball match; back 9 - 2 singles matches (all with handicaps). This will only work with groups of 4, (16, 20, 24, etc.) so sign up soon (first come, first served). Sept 27 will be the closing date for signing up. This will be a good opportunity to learn about match play, if you are not familiar with it. This is open to all women members of Dalewood GC. No cost - just bragging rights!!

Did you know that . . .

. . . you can figure out the trajectory your irons are supposed to have by stepping on the head and looking at the angle the shaft has? As you can see below, Sandi, in the foreground, is stepping on a sand wedge and Barb, behind, is using a 6 iron.

So when would this bit of trivia be useful? If you need to hit over or under a tree or bush, it would help to know how high or low the ball should start out.

Inspiration

If you are feeling down about your game sometime, watch this video. Amazing timing, wonderful position during impact with the ball, and incredible follow through. If this doesn't make you feel good about golf, nothing will!!

https://www.facebook.com/tommymorrissey3yrold1armgolfer/videos/1547293485510128/

If you can't click on this to go to the video, copy and paste into your browser. It's 15 seconds long and so worth it.

Devil's Tournament

Beautiful weather greeted the women who played Tuesday afternoon in the Devil's Tournament. Who says Tuesdays are cursed? Thanks to my helpers: Bridget, Dale, Joan, and Martha for the paperwork.
Everyone played in about 4 hours; some in much less! Delicious food was presented by Chef Jen once again and everyone had a great time.

Primed and ready to go!

Post round drinks on the patio. . . .

. . . . and in the bar

The prize winners:

3rd - Carol MacGregor and Joan Hayward

 

2nd - Eleni Ponting and Martha Killoran (entertaining guests at home)

1st - Yvonne Shannon and Jeanne Beaith 

Full results:

Be careful out there

On Tuesday afternoon, Diane Arsenault found a very small tick on her leg after walking near the fence line on #7. It resembles the one pictured below on the right and was about the size of the "C" in the word "cents" on a dime.





 Diane did some research for us and this is what she found out:

http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/healthy-living-vie-saine/environment-environnement/pesticides/ticks-tiques-eng.php

As well, there is a weed that is growing rampantly in Eastern Ontario - Wild Parsnip. Having recently been east of Belleville, this weed is growing everywhere! It resembles Queen Anne's Lace (also known as Wild Carrot), but is yellow in colour. It causes skin damage in the form of blisters and has actually caused blindness when eyes have been exposed to the sap. Dogs can carry the sap to their human friends on their coats, too.

I have not seen any around here, but it has been found in Durham. Here is an article about from a Pickering paper about the dangers of the weed, spotting it, treating exposure, etc.

 http://www.durhamregion.com/community-story/5739665-pickering-boy-11-burned-by-toxic-wild-parsnip/

Both articles are worth reading.

Member-Guest - Aug 9

Greetings!

What a great time we had on Sunday!  Everything was perfect - the weather, the course, the game, the dinner, the prizes, the beautiful raffle baskets, and most of all, the friendship!  Golfers were all decked out in their bling and glitter.  We were certainly a dazzling group!

Congratulations to Yvonne and committee:  Ariane, Lynn and Tracey.  You couldn't have planned a more fun day for members to show off our club to their friends.  It was wonderful to see some former members come back as guests. They all commented on how much they miss Dalewood. 

For those of you who were unable to play in the Member Guest consider participating next year if you can.  It's one of our best events!

A special thank you to the Jamie, Brad and Dave.  They helped to make the tournament a huge success!!

Linda 

Some photos are below; more to follow:

 

 

  

 

Rainbows, hawks, and other stuff

Tuesday's golf was cut short by a thunderstorm arriving around 5:30, but not long after it was followed by a rainbow (and a faint double one) captured by Lynn Attley.

Speaking of capturing, Ariane managed to get this great photo on hole #7 of a hawk capturing its dinner - a gull. Now if only we could train them to do something about the geese!

A sign up sheet will be posted this week for our annual Devil's Tournament on Tuesday, Aug 25 - 12:30 shotgun. The game will be as usual: one member from the higher handicap group will partner with one from the lower handicap group and play in a 6 better ball, 6 scramble, 6 alternate shot format. The cost will be $10, with all the money returned as prizes. Dinner selections to be announced later. (Members do not have to be part of the women's section to participate.)

I have been asked to advertise the Mixed Member-Guest on Sunday, Aug 30 - 1:00 shotgun. Flyers are posted in lower hallway. The cost for guests is $110/couple (dinner and golf); for members it's $70 (dinner). There is a $10 fee per 4-some for prizes.

Club Championship Results

Junior Girls Championship

L-R Rachel Jackson, runner-up, and Champion Natalie Hubbs

Flight Winners:

L-R: B Flight - Lynda Rennick, A Flight - Sandi MacDonald,

C Flight - Ene Milner 

Double Diamond Champion - Annabel Thorpe

Diamond Champion - Joan Hayward

Senior Champion - Sharon Klan

Overall Champion and Low Net Winner - Jeanne Beaith

And All the Champions