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The Balnarring Invitational Tournament 2012

 

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Steve (Bull or Rubber Man)

13th October 2012

St Andrews Beach

Player groups BIT 2012

On course at the BIT 2012

BIT presentations 2012

 

 

Event Report:

‘Bull Take BIT by Horns

Saturday 13th October 2012: Well, this was the 10th running of the Balnarring Invitational Tournament (BIT) and it certainly didn’t disappoint. Nor did St Andrews Beach Golf Course (rated 10th best public course in Australia), which was in superb condition and hosted perfect conditions (until the last three holes).

Truly national field: As one would expect with such a prestigious event, there was a truly national field with competitors flying in from five mainland states and territories (The Interlopers). And of course there was a quality field from the home state of Victoria (The Mexicans) setting up the perfect environment for a fierce competition at the individual and team level. “And I thought we were going to charge Interlopers for food this year. An opportunity missed” lamented The Mist as he imagined what could have been.

So it was Pup, The Bloke, The Tanunda Kid and The Hanging Judge that led the field away (The Heavies), followed closely by event sponsor Nurse Min, Billy, Clean Phil and Freddie Five Iron (The Softies). Behind them were The Maroon Breasted Warbler, The Cardinal and Critey (The Three Amigos), followed by Shags, The Captain and Thombei the Mist (The Dreamers), and finally Stavros, Rubber Man and The Mild Colonial Boy (The Seniors). With a line up like that you could tell it was going to be a sensational day (see BIT player groups 2012).

The weather was mostly kind: Unlike last year, everyone did finish the round (that’s right, no injuries and no work for the on course medic and event sponsor Nurse Min), which didn’t reflect the difficulty of the course because it was a tough day out there for most. But St Andrews is such a lovely looking course with its challenging tees, undulating fairways, deep and meaningful bunkers, rolling greens ….. Just a delight to play on. And the most impressive performances were split up across the groups so it was a pretty difficult to tell who was doing well and who wasn’t - right up to the end. “It wasn’t difficult to tell that some weren’t doing it well” observed Clean Phil who was playing on a golf course for the second time ever (the first time being the previous day). To add to it all, a touch of rain during the last three holes distracted a number of players creating that extra bit of challenge at the end of the round (see on course at the BIT in 2012)

Three Way Play-off: And at the end of the day when the scores were tallied there was a three way tie between Critey (SA – 108,36,72), Rubber Man (VIC – 96,24,72)), and The Mild Colonial Boy (WA – 91,19,72). And of course no one discovered this until they were back at Balnarring Beach meaning there had to be a three-way chip-off on the beach (the second play-off or ‘chip-off’ in two days). “Well I hope this chip-off is more entertaining than yesterday’s disappointment” murmured the Hanging Judge as he assisted The Cardinal to set up his papal cross as a target some 100 metre down the beach. But it wasn’t disappointing and was very exciting too. “Particularly because it was fair with the handicap adjustment” nodded The Cardinal approvingly, who was referring to the fact that lowest handicap Mild (19 strokes) got three shots, middle handicap Rubber Man (24 strokes) had four shots, and highest handicap Critey (36 strokes) had five shots at the pin or should I say cross. “Being religious, it was a bit daunting deliberately trying to hit a ball at a cross being held by a man of the cloth” reflected Mild later that night as he imagined what could have been (see full video of BIT Play-off 2012Warning Large .wmv File)

Bull Takes BIT By Horns: Which implies that Mild didn’t win (he came in 3rd), and that was because Rubber Man proved very convincing, just touching out Critey (he came in 2nd) with his last shot. “I had my chances but Bull just took the BIT by the horns didn’t he” acknowledged Critey as he congratulated Rubber Man on his win. “There is only one thing wrong with that public golf course we played on young Tony, and that’s the Public. If they could get rid of the public …..” suggested Bull as he settled into the idea of being the BIT champion for 2012.

Interlopers Tip out Mexicans: The other sensational development was the highly unexpected win by the Interlopers in the team’s event. In fact the Interlopers (average Net 80 strokes across team) won by a clear five strokes totally embarrassing the Mexicans (average Net 85.9 strokes across the team). “That’s right, embarrassing” reinforced the Tanunda Kid as the Interlopers congratulated each other on hearing the final results.

10th Anniversary presentations: And as this was the 10th anniversary for the BIT, the presentations were long and laborious, I mean long and appropriately celebratory. For example, there was suitable reflection on the past players and past champions in the form of a 12 minute slide show, now available as a video (see BIT of History video – Warning Large .wmv File – You have to wait for a while to buffer by is worth the wait if you like grass growing). For example, The Cardinal coordinated the leader board as the scores were read out painfully from last place to first place (at which point the play-off occurred). For example, all of the sponsors were acknowledged including Day-N-Night Electrical (Sparks R US), Hydralyte (Rehydrate with Hydralyte), Kaessler Wines (Deep Roots for Bastards), and Omni-Foods (We Deliver if it’s Convenient) – See photos of 2012 sponsor representatives.

A true celebration of winners: And then the long list of presentations commenced with Thombei the Mist in 4th place taking out the ‘Golfer’s prayer’ plate for 2012, Stavros and the Tanunda Kid taking out the longest drives, Mild, Shags, Freddie and Critey taking out the NTPs, Clean Phil taking out the ‘Most Improved Player’ (improved 27 strokes from Friday to Saturday), Mild taking out the ‘Butterfly Bottle’ trophy for best off the stick, The Bloke taking out the ‘Shaker it up’ award for kitchen duties beyond the call, MBW taking out the ‘Lust after an update’ award for overt craving of email ‘course updates’ prior to the event (including other relevant content in the emails), and of course Slugger who won the ‘Oh my Gourd’ award for the piss-weakest excuse for not turning up (broke his wrist falling out of a spar after a sip or two of beer the night before the event). “First time I won a trophy for not playing but I must say it’s an honour’ smiled Slugger to the media as he was later awarded his trophy. But of course the focus of the night was on the new champion Rubber Man, who was almost humble in the gracious way he accepted the most sought after perpetual BIT trophy (see 2012 BIT presentations). “While I am proud to win such a prestigious event, the nnomads Golf Club is not a Club Club Tony. It’s not a Club Club he was heard explaining to the media using a street map of Collins street during a photo frenzy after the presentations.

The committee congratulates Rubber Man on his convincing performance and of course all other prize winners on the day. And special thanks to event sponsor Nurse Min for bringing us another brilliant event, Thombei for providing his outstanding accommodation, and Stavros for superb administration.

 

Detailed Results

The Balnarring Invitational Tournament 2012

Player

Gross

HCP

Net

Prizes

Steve

96

24

72

1st on nnomads GC handicaps
after three-way play-off

Critey

108

36

72

2nd after play off and NTP

Tony

91

19

72

3rd after playoff, NTP and best off the stick

Tom

100

25

75

4th and ‘The Golfer’s Prayer’ award

Rodney

104

26

78

 

Pete

101

20

81

 

Ricko

115

31

84

 

Shanksy

106

22

84

NTP

Min

119

34

85

 

Harry

113

27

86

Longest Drive

Steph

104

18

86

The ‘Shake it up’ Award

Bryan C

115

29

86

The  Lust after update’ award

Nick

111

23

88

Longest Drive

Fang

116

26

90

 

Jack

115

24

91

 

Fritz

132

36

96

NTP

Phil

147

36

111

The ‘Most improved’ award

 

 

Player groups BIT 2012

On course at the BIT 2012

Video coverage of the ‘Chip off’ (Large file)

BIT presentations 2012

BIT 10th Anniversary Slide Show (Large file)

 

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This month’s competition: Why didn’t Slugger play and what did he win for his efforts?