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Summer Comp

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2020 is almost here and so it is time for our Summer Comp, which will take place every Thursday in January. All days are already open for you to enter on both the kiosks in the club and on the members portal. Reminders This year will be much the same as last year. You can choose to play 9 holes or 18. Just let the Pro shop know when you pay. It will be $12 for both 9 or 18. If you choose 18, your score will be sent to Golflink. Balls will be given to the top third in both comps , with one NTP on the 2nd hole (not the 11th) for everyone. Vouchers will be presented on Opening Day in February to the point score winners in both comps. Please note that balls expire after 3 months so don't forget to check if you need to collect them. Happy New Year and good golfing in 2020.

UPDATED Further...

1. Points on your members card. As you are all aware, any points on your members card, including golf winnings up to today, will expire on 31st December. If you still have some on your card, or won money yesterday for example, make sure you have either spent them or moved them to your Pearl Rewards card before the end of the year. However, there will be a little leeway.  A ny money won from tomorrow, will not be added to your card until January 2nd , so if you happen to win next Saturday, that money won't expire this year. 2. Judy McCristal We have had the sad news that one of our lady members, Judy McCristal (aka Judy Holmes)  has passed away after a long battle with a blood disorder. I'm sure many of you will remember her as she had been a member for many years but spent a lot of time travelling once she retired. Her health also meant that she wasn't able to play 18 holes in recent times but always hoped to get back to it. Judy's funeral will be held at Mac

It's A Wrap!!

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Wow what a great day celebrating 2019. Congratulations to all our winners. It was so nice to see the surprise on so many of your faces with unexpected prizes. We have received some wonderful feedback from many ladies about how enjoyable the day was. So thank you for your support. The committee would like to wish everybody a wonderful and safe Christmas🎄🎅 and we are looking forward to another year with you all in 2020. Here are some photos from yesterday's celebrations.

MEMORIAL STONE

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It was great to see so many people make their way to the memorial stone near the second tee this morning to mark the passing of two of our long serving lady committee members, Jill King and Pat Whittle. Jill's grandson, Matthew represented the King family and, of course, Bob was there to honour his wife as their names were added to the stone. Unfortunately, we have recently heard news of the passing of another of our Life Members, Paddy Hearn. Her funeral will be held at 11am on Monday 16th December, at Star of the Sea, Serpentine Road, Terrigal for those who may wish to attend.

STOP THE PRESSES!!!!!!!!!!

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That last post about Di Rudd was all correct. Yes she did come 4th overall in Division 3. However, there were several sections and SHE WON 18 HOLES NETT BRONZE MEDAL, THIRD, COUNTRY DIVISION. Here she is receiving her prize and showing off our new club shirt, which had lots of positive comments as well. FANTASTIC ACHIEVEMENT DI. CONGRATULATIONS FROM US ALL.

Di Rudd at State Final

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Congratulations to Di Rudd who competed today in the State Final of the GNSW medal. Her score of 82 nett was impressive on a very challenging course, placing her 4th in Division 3. Thanks to her caddy, Charmaine, who reports that Di thoroughly enjoyed the experience and thought the course was interesting. Check out all the goodies she's coming home with. Something for us all to aspire to next year!

CCWGA Opening Day

Hi Ladies, We have only just received the information for the District Opening Day on 17th February. Given that this Thursday is the last day we can take entries, if you are interested in playing, please organise your team and have money ($20 each) ready for Nell and Lynne on Thursday. PLEASE READ ALL INFO BELOW. DISTRICT OPENING DAY GOSFORD GOLF CLUB Monday 17 th February 2020 STABLEFORD TEAMS EVENT 4 PLAYERS - 2 SCORES TO COUNT        SHOT GUN START     8.00AM       HIT OFF   FIELD LIMIT: 144 (first come, first served) ENTRY FEE $20 PER PLAYER Maximum Handicap 45   It is the responsibility of players to book carts if required.

BREAKERS COUNTRY CLUB CHARITY DONATION

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   On Monday the Central Coast Women's Golf Association (CCWGA) held their annual Executive Day at Breakers, with all committees attending.     We were very pleased to welcome Julie Wicks who spoke about the work of  Lifeline Direct, the District Charity we have selected for 2020 on behalf of the CCWGA.  This is a local charity which provides much needed support for families affected by mental health and suicide.     A huge thankyou must go to Breakers Country Club who have kick-started the donations by presenting a cheque for $500 to Julie during her visit.         

Kathy Porter

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As many of you will be aware, Kathy Porter was taken to hospital by ambulance during play yesterday. This message from Kathy shows what a very brave and positive lady she is. It also shows how well everyone responded. All the best from us all Kathy. Am very fortunate everyone acted so quickly as apparently I had a major heart attack and had three stents in one major completely blocked artery and another stent in the other major artery which was blocked 90%. Would you please thank Vicky and girls for looking after me. I am indebted to Nicki for  her professional attention as well as her thoughtfulness. We are lucky to have her as our Pro. I was told that any further delay would not have had a good outcome. A real bummer as I was actually playing quite well even with the terrific heart pain!  Gives me hope for when I come back to golf

Christmas Closing Day

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Great day, shame about the weather. Despite the smoke, almost everyone chose to play in the final event of the year, which was a 2BBB All Ways. As usual, many teams went to a lot of trouble to look the part.     Congratulations to Di Rudd, with a spectacular score of 42 points. Her teammates all managed to improve her score on several holes to dominate the 2 Ball scores. Good luck to Di next Wednesday as she competes in the State Final of the GNSW medal at Stonecutters Ridge. She's certainly in form. Let's hope she hasn't peaked too soon. 🤞🤞 . https://portalpreview.micropower.com.au/breakerscc/competition/prizes?CompetitionId=141155 https://portalpreview.micropower.com.au/breakerscc/competition/prizes?CompetitionId=145322 There was lots of fun afterwards with both the Christmas raffle and Kris Kringle. Thanks especially to Ione and Colleen for organising this and I guess mention must be made of Michelle Collyer's efforts to speed up play!  It really got

Upcoming Events

This week is our Christmas Special Day...Shotgun start at 7.30. Please be early, all dressed for Christmas. Remember that the event is an individual stableford, which will be handicapped. The 2BBB all ways will be worked out on the computer so you don't have to worry about that. Just mark your individual cards as per usual. The 2BBB is the main event, individual prizes will be across the field. Normal NTPs in divisions, not team prizes. There will be no normal raffle but please make use of the sandwich order as we will all be in together. IT IS AN EXTREMELY LARGE  FIELD SO PLEASE DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO SPEED UP PLAY AND BRING YOUR CHRISTMAS SPIRIT (not spirits!!!) WITH YOU. After play, we have our special Christmas raffle where everyone gets a free ticket and all will win a prize. Later, we have our Kris Kringle. If you wish to take part in this, you need to bring a suitable (serious or fun) gift, wrapped, to the value of about $10. Next week, 12th December, is our Pre

Thursday 28th November

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  Some people were very clever and chose the right clubs.  Did you?  Some great scores.        https://portalpreview.micropower.com.au/breakerscc/competition/prizes?CompetitionId=141143         Who knows the rule for this situation?  Did she have the right club for this shot?

Olivia Green

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Please welcome our Committee Blogger Olivia Green 😎 When you see a post from Olivia on Facebook it means it has been posted from your Committee members 😉

Stableford 21st November

Wow, there sure is a lot of run. Perhaps it was most noticeable later in the day, given the scores in the last few groups. Congratulations to Gerda on 42pts, Anara on 40, Trace and Helen on 38 and Viv, Peggy and Terry on 37. Check out your new handicaps ladies!! Prize sheet below.. https://portalpreview.micropower.com.au/breakerscc/competition/prizes?CompetitionId=141142 Next week is our 3 clubs and a putter event. Please only bring these clubs. It won't be handicapped even if the scores are as good as today. 5th December is our Christmas day. The event is a 2BBBB all ways. Don't forget that we have our special Christmas raffle, to be followed by Kris Kringle. If you are interested in joining us for the Kris Kringle, please bring a wrapped present to the value of about $10. 12th December is the Presentation Lunch. If you haven't got your ticket yet, see Deanne with your $10 next week. Finally, don't forget that any prize money that is left on your blue membe

CHRISTMAS FUN

  Hi Ladies As December is not far away it’s time to remind you of our upcoming Christmas events. Thursday 5 th December is our closing day.   We will talk about the golfing side of things later but we want to encourage as many of you as possible to join in the fun and come into the Club following play.  This is the day when members present will receive a raffle ticket and there will be many prizes including vouchers to share around.  It’s always a good idea on shot gun start days to take advantage of the sandwich order to save time.  We also welcome everyone to join in the Kris Kringle present exchange after our presentation and raffle.   There will be a Christmas Elf or two making sure we all have fun.    Please bring a wrapped gift to the approximate value of $10. Thursday 12 th December is our Presentation Day.  Some of you will have tickets already and Deanne will be selling them again on Thursday.  Would anyone attending who has special dietary requirements please

Las Vegas Ambrose

It was a lovely day for golf today and there were some great results in our Las Vegas Ambrose event. See prize sheet below. https://portalpreview.micropower.com.au/breakerscc/competition/prizes?CompetitionId=141148 We have at last received our new club shirts which look terrific. If you didn't collect your shirt/s today, please do so next Thursday. We were also able to give out our new Breakers socks to our NTP winners today. Congratulations to the teams of Cheryl Baker, Di Rudd and Kerrie McInerney for being the first socks winners. Something new to aim for on team days! Don't forget that any money you win in competitions or raffles now goes onto your members card as points. These points disappear at the end of December so it is important to either spend them all or set up a new Pearl Reward card so that your money can be transferred onto that instead of disappearing. If you are not sure what to do, please see Jenny for assistance.

OOPS

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Never ask someone from another Club to take your team photo.  Ha Ha.

Shelly Beach Invitation Day

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A great invitation day at Shelly Beach today.  It was good to see so many Breakers ladies there & we did very well.  There were 36 teams of 4.  Anne Roach & her team came 1st; Trace O'Meara's team came 3rd;  Barbara Holt's team came 4th; Jan Portelli's team came 8th.  Michelle Lee won longest drive for 3rd Division; Jan Portelli's team won NTP 9th hole ( thank you Jill 😊); Jill Lavery, Viv Ball & Sandra Kunze won raffle prizes.

Results for the 2 day Tournament

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It was a hot one at Toukley today 🔥. It was also a great well run event by the district with a lot of hours put in to make it successful. Jan Portelli was the Breakers star for the 36 hole stableford Div 3 winning with 68 points. Jan also had NTP on the 6th and to top it off she won a ball for todays event. Congratulations 👏👏👏

Mixed Ambrose

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Congratulations to Sheryn & Wayne Fuller the runners up in the mixed Ambrose 2 ball Championships on Sunday.

Tournament Results Monday 11th Nov 2019

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Great conditions for the 1st day of the 2 day tournament at Magenta. Breakers were very successful with some great results. Day 2 is at Toukley tomorrow. Standouts were Michelle Collyer won 2nd division, Jan Portelli was R/up in 3rd Division and Judi Eaton was 3rd and Deanne Curby 5th. Judi was also NTP on the 15th. Ball winner was Michelle Hughes and Sue Tierney won a raffle prize. 👏👏👏 Results:

Results for the 7th November.

A few fantastic scores today to finish our continuous comp. Lots of gobblers and birdies on the last day as well. For the rest of the year we have some fun games planned, including nest weeks Las Vegas Ambrose. https://portalpreview.micropower.com.au/breakerscc/competition/prizes?CompetitionId=141141

PINK DAY

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What a great day! Smokin'!! The most important thing was the fantastic amount of money raised today...over $2500. Congratulations to all and a special thankyou to Jason for the "refreshments" on the 6th tee. By the way, the winners were .... the ones who bought the most cheat sheets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pink Day

We suggest you pre-order your sandwiches before starting to help speed things up at the finish .  Pay your $18 then proceed to the veranda to receive two cards and a pink ball for each team. Cheat sheets will be available from Bronwyn for $5 each and buy as many as you like.  Note the practice nets are out of action tomorrow due to maintenance. Teeing off on the 13th will be in front of the normal tee which is being renovated. Please hand both cards in promptly as you enter the club as they are being manually checked. It's a monster Raffle with some amazing prizes so bring your money. 3 for $10 and 7 for $20.

DISTRICT CHAMPIONS DAY

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The CCWGA Champions day was held today at Everglades. The course was in excellent condition and, as befits the event, the pins were in very challenging positions. The Breakers star today was Di Rudd who kept the tradition going by winning the Division 3 GNSW Medal playoff, just as Charmaine and Deanne have done in recent years. She is now eligible to play in the State Final at Stonecutters Ridge in December. Unfortunately for Di, this coincides with her knee op. Janice Adlard and Gai Catanzariti both won balls. See everyone bright and early for a 7-7.30 Shotgun on Thursday, looking IN THE PINK!

PINK DAY CHARITY.

OUR PINK DAY CHARITY - LOOK GOOD FEEL BETTER It’s important to know where the money we have raised for Look God Feel Better last year has been spent, especially as we will be focusing on donating more to this worthy cause following our Pink Day on Thursday 31 st October. Last year we donated $2508 to this cause.   LGFB has advised that our donation has assisted them in running 8 workshops in the Gosford area so far with 2 more to run.   These workshops are on track to directly support over 120 people in the local community going through cancer treatment. Each workshop costs approx.$1000 to facilitate and listed below are items that are essential to running the workshops – Workshop Promotion:   Patients receive a brochure as part of a kit when leaving hospital.   Banners are also displayed in Oncology departments where allowed $120 Staff Expenses: 1800 number, travel, parking, accommodation where required to visit workshops and to recruit pati

Medal of Medals Stroke Thur 24th

Beautiful day with the weather getting warmer. We can now slip slop slap before we start with the sunscreen stations at the pro shop and on the first tee. Congratulations to Judi Eaton winning the Medal of Medals and Barbara Holt runner up. Results: https://portalpreview.micropower.com.au/breakerscc/competition/prizes?CompetitionId=138127 Bring your money next week for a great Pink Charity Day. 7:00 for 7:30am shotgun start.

Pink Day Information

PINK DAY THURSDAY 31 ST  OCTOBER So we can give our thanks and recognition for the generous donations we have received so far for our Pink Day prize giving and raffle please see the attached list of donations. As you can see the raffle prizes are well worth winning so we hope you support this day so we can raise as much money as possible for our Charity Look Good Feel Better. Raffle tickets will cost 3 for $10 and 7 for $20. DONATIONS PINK DAY 31 ST OCTOBER 2019 Avan Morisset – Peter Crowder (Gill Wilson’s partner) $250 cash donation.  Will present prizes Clean Green Strata via Denise Earthrowl’s son Christopher $250 cash donation. ================================= NEAREST THE PIN PRIZES Belle Property – Sheila Caulfield Sponsoring NTPs on 2 nd   /11 th holes.  Will present  prizes. Retire Australia – Jason Millers Sponsoring 6 th Hole;  Marquee + Bubbles and OJ at hole for players; 4 x NTP prizes.  Will present prizes. ===================== RA

AGM THURSDAY

A reminder that everyone will need their Membership Card to attend the AGM, which will take place from 1.45pm after golf this Thursday. To save time, as it is a shotgun start 7-7.30, please consider taking advantage of the sandwich order forms before you hit off.  Please also hand your cards in asap so that the presentation can be finalised well before the AGM is due to start.

Ladies Stableford & Irish Stableford

Congratulations to our winners today, particularly those in Division One, who also managed to scoop the pool in the Irish Stableford. https://portalpreview.micropower.com.au/breakerscc/competition/results?CompetitionId=138120 https://portalpreview.micropower.com.au/breakerscc/competition/results?CompetitionId=138118 Anyone wishing to play or cancel next week, please ring Colleen as it is a drawn event. Remember it is a shotgun start, 7 for 7.30 prior to the AGM at 1.45.

Thank You from Zonta

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Over the last two years we have been donating to a local charity call Zonta. We received a thank you and two detailed reports to show exactly what was bought and where it was donated to locally.

THURSDAY 3RD OCTOBER

Another lovely day for golf. Getting ready for Daylight Saving as of next week. don't forget we start at 7.30 for the summer months. Highlight of the day was the 6cm Eagles Nest from Debbie Smith on the 2nd hole. Congratulations! 6 balls to come. Other results below. https://portalpreview.micropower.com.au/breakerscc/competition/results?CompetitionId=138124 Two competitions next week. Individual Stableford....mark your card as normal. In conjunction, the computer will work out your Individual Irish Stableford score. (Multiply your first six holes by 1, second six by 2 and third six by 3) Please check your hole for 17th October. If you have a problem, please ring Colleen.

Thursday 26th September

Par At last we saw some positive par scores, thanks to lots of run and beautiful weather. Congratulations to all our winners. https://portalpreview.micropower.com.au/breakerscc/competition/prizes?CompetitionId=136246

Press Release by Deanne Curby

STABLEFORD SHOOTOUT PRESS RELEASE Forget the publicity, all the hype, the fashions of the field and the marquees filled with the so called ‘beautiful people’ surrounding your usual trip to the Everest or Melbourne Cup. You haven’t witnessed anything until you have had the privilege of attending the Breakers Ladies Annual Stableford Shootout.  This annual event is packed full of excitement, tension, enthusiasm, fair play and sports’woman’ship. In charge of today’s prestigious event is Course Marshall Dwyer, Referee Gibson and Recovery officer Armbruster. The talented 10 fillies all earn their place in the field by having exceptional rounds of the course over the period of a year.  And boy was the field diverse this year as was each individual’s approach to the race of the year!! Most fillies and their caddies co-ordinated their apparel, some often enter events with the same combination of filly and caddy gear. There were a couple of standout individuals namely the fillies from th

Stableford Shootout Results Monday 23rd Sept

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What a great day and thank you to all those that came to support the players. It was perfect conditions for all and it was a hard fought battle from beginning to end. What a finish............... for the 1st time we had a tie! Jenny and Colleen made it to the 9th tying the hole and then with 4 chip offs and putt outs it was decided it had to be a tie nothing was going to seperate them. CONGRATULATIONS JENNY AND COLLEEN 👏👏👏👏

Comp Cancelled for Thursday 19th

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Due to the amount of rain we have had Comp is cancelled for tomorrow 😢. Please join us at 11.30am for coffee and lunch. As always the course is not closed so those wishing to play can.

Notice for Thursday 19th

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We have 7 Toukley ladies visiting us this Thursday and a very full field of 72 playing. With the large numbers we thought putting on morning tea for the half way point would help with the small wait we will have. It would be appreciated if you could bring a small plate of either something savoury or sweet to have with tea and coffee. Drop your plate into the pro shop in the morning. The pie warmer will be on if anything needs to be heated. Thank you from your Committee.

STABLEFORD SHOOTOUT

Congratulations to the following ladies who have qualified for this year's shootout to be held on Monday, 23rd September, starting at 12 noon. In order of qualifying..... Michelle Hughes Nancy Carey-Berryman Jenny Chapman Colleen Henry Nell Spargo Judi Eaton Debbie Lorking Denise Newman Wendy Fox Di Rudd Reserves are Vicki Duesbury and Veneice Higgin. We look forward to as many as possible as a gallery. Afterwards, there will be afternoon tea from about 2.45 in the club. If you would like to attend and did not pay at the beginning of the year, you can still pay $7 to Deanne prior to or on the day. THANKYOU LUNCH Don't forget that the Thank you lunch is on next Monday, 16th September at 12 noon for those who received an invitation.  NEWS from NSW Vets at Kooindah today.... Judi Eaton and Colleen Henry were Division Two winners of the 4BBB Stableford with 41 points. Congratulations!!! Breakers on the map once again.

CAPTAIN V PRESIDENT DAY

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The weather was perfect, the course was amazingly dry, considering over 200 mm of rain in the last week and the competition was fierce!! Congratulations to all those in the Presidents team as they, once again, took home the prize. Winners are below.

Shelly Beach Classic Results

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Another successful Monday for Breakers. Congratulations to Deanne Curby winning the Long Markers Cup Stableford event with 36 points and Trace O'Meara was R/up with 35 points. 👏👏👏 Gill Wilson won the longest drive and ball winners were Judi Eaton, Jenny Chapman, Bronwyn Dwyer, Gill Wilson, Trace O'Meara and Deanne Curby.