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The Balnarring Invitational Tournament 2011

Winner on handicap: Date: Course: Competitors: On course coverage: Prize winners:

Harry (Teflon) 8^th October 2011 St Andrews Beach Player groups BIT 2011 On course at the BIT 2011 BIT presentations 2011

Event Report:

‘A BIT For Teflon’

Saturday 8^th October 2011: Once again it was a sensational turnout at St Andrews Beach (rated 10^th best public course in Australia) for the annual running of the Balnarring Invitational Tournament (BIT) for 2011. Once again it was a breathless perfect day for golf, as one would expect for one of the most glamorous events on the nnomads Golf Club annual major event circuit.

A Dapper led field: Event sponsor Nurse Min was looking very dapper as he led the first group off the tee which included The Tanunda Kid, The Bloke and Mild Colonial Boy. This was somewhat surprising considering Min’s last recorded position the night before (being fast asleep in a chair by the fire on the beach in the small hours with his mouth wide open…..don’t tell anyone but here is a reminder of the scene at the time – see Nurse Min in fine form). Second onto the tee were Teflon, Afheed and Markus Octavious who were closely followed in the third group by Pup, Thombei the Mist, The Dream and Billy before the fourth group - The Hanging Judge, Critey, Bull and The Captain, and finally the fifth group with Shags, Slugger, Pitte Man and The Maroon Breasted Warbler. And if you were counting that made nineteen competitors in this challenge for the highly sought after BIT plate trophy (see BIT player groups 2011).

Fearsome competition with casualties: As one would expect the competition was fierce. In fact, it was so tough on course that there were two casualties during play including The Maroon Breasted Warbler who injured his wing and couldn’t complete the course, and The Tanunda Kid who injured his mojo and couldn’t complete the course (finally died in a bunker on the last). The remaining seventeen players successfully completed this magnificent Tom Doak designed layout and ‘in style’ to say the least (see on course at the BIT in 2011).

Teflon slides one in: When I say ‘in style’ I mean in the ‘style’ that nnomads always approach such competitions as exampled by Critey who famously said ‘Never let the golf get in the way’. And of course he is right, because those who prevail under the pressure of competition get into the zone, that mental state of mind that makes the difference under pressure. And that was exampled by a group of four players who gained a break over the rest of the field. And what do you know it included Nurse Min who ended up even with the card (106,36,70) and outright third, a stunning performance in anyone’s language. Then in equal second place on handicap were Afheed (103, 34, 69) and Mild Colonial Boy (87,18,69) both under the card and again stunning performances in anyone’s language. But the performance of the day went to Teflon who lost numerous balls yet prevailed by one stroke (99,31,68), a two under the card performance, and enough to take Balnarring Invitational Tournament for 2011. “I’ve always aspired to winning the BIT. It’s a dream come true” smiled Teflon at the media during the post-game press conference.

Fiery presentations: Actually, the results weren’t known for some hours and were announced around the fire back at ‘Chez Mins’ later that night. There was a real build up as Steve, Jack and Nicko were recognised for their Nearest the Pins, and then Shanksy and Steph for their Longest Drives, not to mention BC for his Narga award, or Min, Emile and Tony for their place-getting. But the focus of the night was on the new champion Teflon, who was as surprised as anyone but delighted to get his name on anything let alone the highly sought after BIT plate trophy (see 2011 BIT presentations).

The committee congratulates Harry on his superb performance, his first win in this most prestigious event. And the committee congratulates all other prize winners on the day and wants to thank event sponsor Minnow because without his outstanding accommodation and facilities the event couldn’t be what it is (And in fact Thombei as well if we didn’t thank him previously).

Detailed Results

The Balnarring Invitational Tournament 2011

Player	Gross	HCP	Net	Prizes
Harry	99	31	68	Winner on handicap 2011
Emile	103	34	69	Equal 2nd
Tony	87	18	69	Equal 2nd
Min	106	36	70	Outright 3rd
Rodney	95	23	72
Tom	97	25	72
Steve	98	25	73	NTP
Steph	97	23	74	LD
Critey	112	36	76
Rhett	93	16	77
Jack	103	24	79	NTP
Pete S	99	19	80	LD
Shanksy	102	22	80
JB	119	36	83
Ricko	117	30	87
Mark F	122	34	88
Mark Vas	115	25	90
Bryan C	DNF	29
Nick	DNF	23		NTP

Player groups BIT 2011

On course at the BIT 2011

BIT presentations 2011

This month’s competition: How much did Slugger bid for his own golf shoes and why?