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S O C I A L S U N D AY S AT T H E G O L F C L U B WHEN Wally Albion, Graeme Byers and Eric Kenzler sat down for a few beers after a round of golf a little over 40 years ago in Cooroy, they conjured up and hatched an idea – and hey presto! a Sunday social golf club was formed. The social golf event started in 1979 after spreading the word and getting plenty of support, with about 20 members finally getting the event off the ground, and numbers rising to about 80 players soon after. Other social clubs jumped on board, forming similar events, coming to Cooroy to play, and from that an interclub competition arose between four teams. The popular idea resulted in too many players signing up, so organisers devised a ‘best 20’ from each club to compete for a shield. The shield in question was made by Pomona’s Page Furnishers, donating it to the Cooroy club, and each year’s winning team would henceforth keep the shield until hosting the annual comp the following year. The years passed, but numbers dwindled through natural attrition to about 15 players about 20 years back. Then a fellow called Lester Bonnell stood up to run the club nearly single-handedly from thereon until his recent retirement. Lester was a stalwart for the game - in fact the only time he couldn’t play was
Social Club memebers on a recent day trip to Gympie Sports Club
when he was called up to play Santa Claus on Christmas Day. Numbers are now slowly rising again, with about 30 players involved, all of whom just want a good social day out. But there’s plenty of room for more, and you don’t have to match Tiger Woods’ handicap to qualify. Just show up. If the idea of a leisurely social Sunday on the golf course with just a hint of friendly competition appeals to you, head down to Cooroy Golf Club at 6am on Sunday and give yourself a good time. Everyone is welcome, you do not need to be a Pro, in fact the less experience the better! We run a different event each week from Stapleford to Monthly Medal with regular bus trips to other golf courses. You could even win one of our
great prizes which include vouchers from local businesses, thank you to our great supporters and sponsors Wright Cut Meats, Cooroy IGA, Cooroy RSL and Cooroy Golf Club. Jump on our website www.cooroygolf. com.au and check out our calendar of events. Last months winners were: 2-5-21 - Monthly Medal - Zac Blanch 9-5-21 - Gympie Ambrose - G. Hall & R. Cao 16-5-21 - Stapleford - Neil Dwyer 23-5-21 - Stroke - Andy White SAVE THE DATE September 5 Tin Can Bay Country Club
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Cooroy Golf Club’s Course record has been broken by this distinguished young long time member by the name of George Giblett. ‘67’
AU ST R A L I A N B A S S C LO S E D S E A S O N ( F R E S H WAT E R ) Graeme Rummler, Borumba Fishing & Outdoors SPARE PARTS - We Do It All Cooroy BATTERIES • Mower • Motorbike • Jet Ski • Deep Cycle Marine • Truck • Car • Lead Acid
Cooroy BEARINGS & SEALS
THE Freshwater season is closed from June 1 to August 31 in all tidal waters including Kin Kin Creek, Noosa River upstream, and the Mary River downstream (Petrie Park Weir at Tiaro through Maryborough to the Hervey Bay Area). The upstream section of the Maroochy River including the Maroochy North River and Petrie Creek are also tidal and closed. Bass need saltwater to spawn for that period of time, once spawning is over they will start to head back upstream. Any Bass caught in tidal waters must be returned to the water, absolutely no keepers! This is always about sustainability of the species. In any non tidal waters including dams, rivers and creeks there is no closed season, but practice catch, photo and release.
Australian Bass caught & released by Graeme Walker from Imbil on Borumba Dam.
The natural habitat for Australian Bass is from the Noosa Region through to Wilsons Promontory in Gippsland, Victoria.
• Ball & Roller Bearings • V-Belts • V-Pulleys • Sealants & Adhesives • Oil Seals & Castors
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Monday-Thursday 7:30am-5:00pm Friday 7:30am-4:30pm Saturday 8:00am-11:30pm
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The Cooroy Gymnastics Club has once again proved that you can still win through hard work at this years Australian Gymnastics Championships on the Gold Coast. The small community club has produced five individual medals including three National Championships plus team silver at this years event. Cooroy had three athletes selected for the level 9 squad - Dean Chandler, Lyam Chandler and Finlay Jones with Cooroy senior mens coach Greg Smyth named team coach. Well done!
