Golf Poem
In My Hand I Hold A Ball, White And Dimpled, And Rather Small. Oh, How Bland It Does Appear, This Harmless Looking Little Sphere…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Sport, 2017
45 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 3
Twilight Golf Twilight golf will restart on Thursday 19th January 2017, but for now the latest twilight golf
Round was held on 22 December 2016. The winner of the closest to the pin competition was Garth Allen. The runner up golfer for the nine holes of twilight golf was Mick Rumble, scoring 19 points. The Thursday afternoon social club golfer who won the day with 22 points was Garth Allen. Great Golf…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Myall Masters Swimming Club in the Swim - ISSUE 8
In previous issues we have been primarily discussing freestyle stroke swimming. Three other popular strokes are breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly. Once you have mastered freestyle, it is fun and challenging to try one or more of the other strokes. This gives your mind and body new challenges and provides the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Myall Masters Swimming Club in the Swim - ISSUE 9
This issue, we continue on with our discussion covering the remaining j stages of the breaststroke swimming cycle: Pull The pull is one continuous and smooth motion, where the arms simultaneously…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Twilight Golf by Luke Boyd
The first week back of the social club twilight golf started the way it finished last year, with Garth Allen winning the nine hole competition with 22 points. Frank Murphy was the running up golfer with 20 points and the nearest to the pin golfer was Corey Bates. Great…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Myall Masters Swimming Club in the Swim - ISSUE 10
Myall Masters swimmers are fiat out on their backs! That's right, talk about relaxed swimming. Why? Because as well as freestyle and breaststroke which have been covered in previous issues), we also swim on our backs in a direction we can't see. This stroke is called backstroke. In this issue and next issue we…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →A Game Called Golf Excerpt from Port Stephens Pilot, 29th July 1927 courtesy of Jan Winn
Golf is what letter-carrying, ditch digging and carpet beating would be if these three tasks had to be performed on the same hot afternoon in short pants and coloured socks, by gouty looking gentlemen who require a different implement for every mood. Golf is the simplest looking game in the world when you decide to take it up, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Myall Coast Vets Golf Myall Coast Vets Week of Golf
6 February 2017, was the first day of the annual Vets week of golf being played over four days. Following are the results for the first competition played under quite hot conditions with the golf course in great condition. Irish Fourball Team Event…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Twilight Golf By Luke Boyd
On Thursday 9 February the winner of the raffle prize was Gary Porter. Garth Allen won the nearest to the pin competition and Jim McDonald was the runner up golfer, scoring 20 points. The twilight golfer winner was Leon Katz who scored a very impressive 21 points. Thursday afternoon, 2 February, was the weekly daylight saving social club nine holes of…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Milo T20 Blast Cricket
Students from the Bulahdelah Milo T20 Blast cricket group had the opportunity to participate in the on-ground entertainment at the SCG (Sydney Cricket Ground) on day 2 of the Test Match Australia vs. Pakistan. The children got to play a same of cricket during the lunch break entertaining the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Myall Masters Swimming Club in the Swim-issue 11
Last issue we introduced Backstroke, which is best considered as a rowing stroke. The body is similar to a rowing scull, with the arms stroking through the water like oars. The hand and forearm enter the water pointing towards the side of the pool and force is applied predominately in a backward direction to create propulsion…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Twilight Golf
Thursday afternoon, 23 February had 24 social golfers play their round of nine holes of golf. The nearest to the pin competition winner was Ian Ingram. Ian Ingram also won the title of runner up golfer, scoring 20 points for his great round of golf. The stand out player, scoring 24 points, was Jed Malone, winner of the Twilight social club golf…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Bulahdelah Central School Secondary Swimming Carnival
After a cancellation due to extreme heat, the Secondary Swimming Carnival was held on Monday, 13th February. The day began with a continuous swim which got all students enthused and motivated to contribute to their house point score. The racing then began, with freestyle, butterfly, backstroke and breaststroke events…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Bulahdelah Central School Primary Swimming Carnival
With extreme weather conditions forecast (and endured) our Primary Swimming Carnival was postponed, until cooler and more suitable…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Help! for the Tea Gardens Swimming Pool
Tea Gardens Swimming Pool needs the residents of Hawks Nest and Tea Gardens to be its guardian! Mid Coast Council has let the pool decline to such an extent that usage of the pool is being negatively compromised and limited. In October, 2016, the Council "decommissioned" the solar system which heats the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Myall Masters Swimming Club in the Swim - ISSUE 12
'Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee..' one of the iconic quotes by one of the world's most famous sportspersons. Muhammad Ali may not have excelled in swimming but a self-appointed description of his boxing style could easily be a fit description of a swimming style. If done correctly, butterfly is…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Twilight Golf
Thursday 9th March twilight golf was once again a very good round of social member and guests golf. The winner of the Nearest to the Pin competition was…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Myall Masters Swimming at Raymond Terrace
Montanna Gessey, Myall Masters Swimming Club's youngest member,…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Bowls Get Serious at Karuah
Karuah men are battling out the Club Triples Championship in one of the highest standard competitions in many years. At the time of writing this, only 2 teams remain in contention from the original 10 or so who started. Each game has been a cracker with enthralled spectators on the verandah of the RSL witnessing some…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Poets Corner It Just Aint Cricket.'
In the armchair he slumped, a set look on his face. I 'What they've done to this game is a bloomin' disgrace. To his grandson he spoke, a 'ONE DAYER' they watched. 'They've ruined it boy, a great game they have botched.'…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →