Molong Golf by the Ghost Walker The morning showers deterred almost all of the golfers from making an appearance at the Royal Molong Golf Course on Sunday. Only the most ardent of golfers fronted on wha turned out to be a great morning to play golf. The rain cleared and there was the occasional pocket of sunshine and best of all there was no cold breeze. By the time we finished there was almost a blue sky. Scott was there but decided not to play so he went home which left just the three of us in Stubba, Bell and myself. We played eighteen holes. None of us played exceptionally well but there were no lost golf balls and only the occasional tree got in the way. On the eleventh hole the head of my club came off so as well as the golf ball hitting a branch so did the head off my club. Bell, standing close by didn’t know what had happened when hearing the loud “ping” off the tree branch. Stubba usually plays with a slice (the golf ball curves out to the left and then comes around to the right when hit) but on Sunday he was playing quite a few straight shots and as usual was full of great quotes including the now regular “ if I hit the golf ball towards the hole I might have a chance of sinking the putt.” Bell also hit some good drives and managed a par and just missed a couple more. On Monday July 10th the Central Western Veteran Golfers played the Royal Molong Golf course with twenty nine golfers in attendance and Molong’s own Roger Wood was the winner with thirty eight stableford points. Congrats to Roger on the win.
Sport Soccer Club excited to welcome new local Ref, Alex MDSC would like to welcome one of our new local residents Alex Volodin and his son Denys to the club. Alex recently completed his Football Referees Course hosted by Orange District Football Referees Association. It’s wonderful the club will have Alex available to Ref our local competitive games. In addition to this, Alex will also help out with refereeing games in Orange, for ODFA. Originally from Ukraine, Alex was a keen Football (Soccer) player before moving to Australia recently. We look forward to getting to know Alex and his family, and are excited to have them be part of our wonderful club. Cheers, Ralph Chrystall (Club President). Alex (on the right) is pictured with local ODFRA President Michael Lewis.
This Sunday July 23rd the Central West Small Towns Shield Golf Tournament is being played at the Molong Golf Course. This is an eighteen hole event with six players from each club but only the best four scores are included in the final result. Molong is the current holder of the shield. Last year this competition was played between Molong, Yeoval, Blayney and Wattle Flat Golf Clubs. At the time of writing these notes I’m not sure which clubs are involved this year but I hope it’s the other three clubs from last year and it would be good to see a couple more clubs involved. Regular golfers can still have a game of golf at the Molong LADIES GOLF NEWS Last Monday the Molong Golf ladies hosted 29 Vets to our beautiful 18 hole golf course, we received many compliments on both the meal and the course which looked amazing thanks to the many volunteers that keep it in such great condition. Molong should be very proud that it has such a great 18 hole Golf Course.
Golfer: "What is going wrong with my game?" Coach: "You're standing too close to the ball - after you've hit it." An argumentative drunk had been looking for a fight all afternoon in the club bar after losing his match, finally aiming a punch at the man next to him. The man ducked and the drunk, losing balance, fell off his stool on to the floor. By the time he'd dusted himself down and picked himself up, his opponent had departed. "Not much of a fighter, was he?" he complained to the barman. "Not much of a driver either, sir,” said the barman, gazing out of the window. “He's just driven over your clubs." A man walked into the clubhouse and noticed a friend sitting in a corner wearing a neck brace. He sat down and
asked his mate what happened. “Well, I was playing golf and I hit my ball into the rough,” replied his friend. “Then I met a lady who was looking for her ball too. Finding mine, I thought I’d give her a hand. There was a cow nearby and I noticed that every time the cow twitched its tail there was a flash of white. So I went over to it and lifted its tail and sure enough there was the ball. I called out to the lady, ‘Ma’am, does this look like yours?’ And she hit me in the neck with her driver!”
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Events
22 July Old Boys Day Molong vs Coonabarabran @ Molong Rec. 22 July 70 Years of Molong Rugby Magpies Dinner @ the Telegraph Hotel Tickets via Humanix 23 July Walla Rugby Union Gala Day Molong. MOLONG EXPRESS, Thursday 20 July 2023
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