Our dear (?) friends at Macq Uni, the model plane enthusiasts, probably hit more trees than we did! We have now learned that they are there every weekend from early morning to late afternoon. This forced us to change two holes thus adding to most people’s score. Their efforts to bring one plane down from a tree delayed the start with 15 minutes. If there’s a 1.73 m gap 15 m in front of the tee and there’s a guy in that gap on a ladder balancing a 6 meter fishing rod, you don’t throw. Especially not if his $72.000 4WD is parked next to him…

Anyway, 15 players (from Sydney, Wollongong, Newcastle and Blue Mountains) struggled with the diabolic baskets, designed to teach you humility. It’s a truly beautiful area and the course is good, but most stories shared during lunch were about putts that made it… and fell out/through or simply bounced off the bottom of the baskets! Roger Barnes was the only one taking advantage of the USO (Ultra Star Only) division rule; hit on basket, chains or top counts as in, but in the beginning he shocked us all by nailing almost every single putt! He swapped to golf discs for second round and had some problems, but with that talent, he’ll be fine soon! (Not the only one with huge talent, though!)

Troublesome with divisions; what if a Rookie beats an Open-player? Do they swap for next round? To avoid unfairness regarding prizes in various divisions, we had an equal-opportunity-raffle for discs instead of trophies. To increase the number of Followers of the Rule Book, a Mini Marker was given to all players and miraculously nobody lost it! A lot of fun and next chance is (regardless of what you’ve read or heard before). Results follow…

Results MADD MACQ’S 001
Sunday 5th of June 2005-06-06

				1st 9	Back 9	1st	1st 9	Back 9	2nd	Total
1	Kurt Karlsson	Sydney	Open	26	26	52	25	25	50	102
2	Luke Williams	Sydney	Open	28	29	57	32	27	59	116
3	Phil Meeker	Sydney	Semi	30	30	60	33	28	61	121
4	Albert Munoz	Wollongong	Open	33	33	66	28	29	57	123
5	Filip Rosenbaum	Sydney	Open	31	34	65	31	32	63	128
6	Steve Mercer	Sydney	Semi	33	34	67	34	38	72	139
7	Christopher Timko	Newcastle	Semi	36	33	69	35	38	73	142
8	Roger Barnes	Sydney	Rookie	36	33	69	40	36	76	145
9	Brad Hurvitz	Sydney	Semi	35	39	74	37	37	74	148
10	Peter Stack	Springwood	Semi	34	36	70	32	DNF
	Uai Stack	Springwood	Women	36	40	76	42	DNF
12	Lee Coady	Sydney	Open	32	30	62
13	Tim Keighley	Sydney	Semi	34	33	67
14	Tom Brennan	Sydney	Semi	36	32	68
15	Sally Hill	Sydney	Women	39	36	75

Next Event: MADD MACQ’S 002, Sunday 24th of July at 9.30.