Well....its over again....
Another year of Massey tradition has
rolled on by....and the feats of another Massey champion
become etched in Massey folklore forever......and what a
"humble" champion!!!
"WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE TRIPLE CROWN
WAS WON' he stated.
"People will remember the
feats of Black Caviar, Cathy Freeman, Kieron
Perkins...and plenty were there to see these great
feats. "BUT ONLY 11 PEOPLE IN
THE WORLD WERE LUCKY ENOUGH" he said....to witness the
BEAN take all before him and do what NO MASSEY MAN has
ever done....the TRIPLE CROWN
MASSEY CHAMPION
NANCARROWS CUP CHAMPION
DEWARS CUP CHAMPION.
Although perhaps a little overstated
it was true...the BEAN had done what none of us has ever
done before....and he should be congratulated for it. We
have seen "The Bean" the Bean Machine!!!
Some summaries of the trip away
Metung weekend-
FRIDAY AMBROSE at Lakes Entrance GC:
Team 1 Schimma, Beano, Glenn
and Kenny off 12 and 3/8
Team 2 Westy, Jimmy and
Scoot off 11 and 3/8
Team 3 Murph, Quinny and
Mike off 10 and 1/8
No Gooey or Fusspots...they would
make the early morning trek down Saturday leaving
Melbourne at 4AM.....what idiots they thought they
were...UNTIL THEY WITNESSED HISTORY
Fussy said...."I remember where I was
when Elvis died...and I'II remember forever where I was
when the Bean took out the triple Crown!!!"
Anyway..back to the Ambrose.
Schimmas group 1 finished with 74 off
the stick....ending up with a score of 61 and 5/8.
Got off to a bad start with 4 bogies
and only 1 birdie on front nine to turn with a score of
39.
4 more bogies on back nine killed
them ,despite 3 birdies along the way, finishing with 35
for total of 74 = SHITFUL and NO CIGAR!!!!
Team 2 Westys group shot 69
ending up with 57 and 5/8.
Scorched on front nine with
3 birdies in 1st 4 holesand turned 4 under.
Solid back nine with mostly pars, 2
bogies and a birdie.
****HIGHLIGHT OF ROUND- last
hole...had to get Scoots last drive on card...18th hole
over water...and it was Scoot's turn to play 2 balls,
which is rather ironic as he often seems to play with
his 2 balls.
Anyway, 1st ball off
tee...into the lake, scattering birds all over
Bairnsdale. Scoots 2nd ball off tee..into the
lake...more birds scatter and flee the seemingly unsafe
waters. From waters edge point of entry Scoot takes 2
more shots to get over the water, so hes actually there
for 3. Fat boy Westy hits his usual boring superb
straight up the frikin fairway shot that lands on the
green...on for 4. They putt and Scoot drops a huge putt
to end this unbelievable adventure with 5 shots!!!Can
you believe that****
Meanwhile Murphs team 3
shoot 68 to end up with 57 and 7/8.
Parred all 1st 7
holes.......eagled the 9th where Quinny...preparing for
a long putt from off the green gets advice from Murph
"Just get it close Q"....only to see it dive into the
hole!!!
Another birdie on 10,
followed by mostly pars...and Quinny stated that Murph
hit the ball magnificently.
***BUT THE IRONY WAS that
Quinny had another long putt on the last hole which
would have won the match...only to see it lip
out...whilst Scoots monster putt dropped to give Scoots
team the win by the slenderest of margins!!!
NANCARROWS CUP MATCHPLAY:
SATURDAY SEMI FINALS at Bairnsdale GC
Jimmy played the Bean
Bean lead Jimmy most of the
way...both played fairly ordinary golf....Bean was 3 up
with 3 to play so Jimmy was stuffed cause even a tie
would lose him the match...so The Bean won 3 up with 2
to play.
Kenny played Quinny
Kenny got 3 up early teeing off with
massive 3 irons 120 metres down the fairway.
He was still 3 up after 11 holes,
then Q won 13, 15 and 17 to make it all square on 18th.
Q teed off in the middle of
fairway. Kenny was in fairway as well with an extra shot
on the hole. This made Quinny think he had to "muscle
one" onto the green...so he attempted to launch hard at
his 2nd shot..only to MISS THE BALL, HAVE AN AIRY, and
virtually hand the match to Kenny. They both had 6, but
Kenny won with the extra shot.
SUNDAY FINAL at Kings Cove
Club in Metung - KENNY vs THE BEAN or THE "MAN WHO
CREATED HISTORY!!!"
After both had wiped the first two holes - Bean then won
the next three. Still 3 up after 9, with not much
happening from Kenny. Kenny won the 10th, but not much
changed after that until Bean won the 16th to take the
chocolates....BEANO won 3 up with 2 to play!!!!
MASSEY OVERALL RESULTS
1st...THE BEAN...having 27 points
only on Sat (finishing 2nd last), and having 30 points
on Sunday (finishing 6th) was enough for the great man
to take the title...finishing the season with 58 points
and the trophy.
2nd...Mike Stableford
Hall...sensational weekend scores...2nd on Sat with 38
points....1st on Sunday with 37 points......finishing
the season after barnstorming home with 55.5
points...only 2.5 behind Beano.
Great effort Mike,
perticularly after nearly breaking your toe in the
bubble on Sat night.. Thats what true Massey champions
do!!!!
3rd...Quinny...30 points on
Sat (7th place) to move within 2 points of The Bean,
then only 28 points on Sun (7th place again). Could have
figured in the finish but didn't do enough...kinda like
Richmond in round 1 every year!!!! Finished season with
55 points.
4th...Murph...shot the
lights out at Bairnsdale Sat to finish 1st with 40
points (even Murph was stuck for words for a minute) but
had a steady but not sensational Sunday with 34 points
(3rd place) to finish season with 52.5 points (and
missed one round).
5th ...Kenny...still waiting
to put something in the trophy cabinet at home...put the
cat amongst the pidgeons on Sat with 33 points (4th
place) to put pressure on The Bean, only to "Do a
Richmond" on Sunday with 20 points in stone motherless
last place....and throw away another possible Massey!!!!
He finished the season on 47.5 points.
6th...Ray "only half the man
he was" Wiseman...with a miserable 29 points on Sat (8th
place) and a steady 34 points on Sun(equal 3rd).. to
finish season with 45 points. Not enough quality this
season from the past Massey champ...
7th..Jimmy...early round
form indicated a fired up Jimmy, but late form shitfull...Centenary
bad round before trip away, Sat at Bairsdale 25 points
(last place), and 24 points on Sunday (10th place).
Finished season with 41 points.
Rumour is he was too worried
about the wankers in the bubble destroying the place and
burning down his Metung Oasis...and he was too tired
from cooking up a storm every day for all of us.
Well done on that point Jimmy and
THANKS FOR HAVING US!!!!
8th...Gooey...missed 2 rounds thru
season so that made it impossible....32 points on Sat
(5th place) and a disappointing 23 points on Sunday (2nd
last). Seemed to lack "fire in the belly" this
season..finishing the year with 36.5 points.
Equal 9th....Fussy...also
missed 2 rounds this season...1st time in many years
have gone away NOT in contention...and probably just as
well as 27 points on Sat (9th place) and another 27
points on Sun (8th place) didn't set the world on fire.
Finished season with 35.5 points.
Equal 9th...Westy...played
magnificent for a while on Sat until he got the "what's
the use" "sooky lah lah attitude" and proceeded to 2 and
3 putt many holes on his way to a dismal 27 points (9th
place). Fired up on Sunday with 36 points (2nd place).
Finished season with 35.5 points......only has to "TRY"
more to play the "WESTY" way.
11th...Glenda...Consistent weekend
with 32 points Sat (5th place) and 33 points Sun (5th
place) to finish a disappointing season with 33
points....had lots on his mind this year with a house
move, pressures at work trying to bury huge wads of
money, and coming to grips with the potential demise of
the beloved saints - also missed two rounds.
12th...Scoot...having a sensational
Sat round with 37 points (3rd place), only to come back
to earth with a thud on Sun with 25 points (9th place).
finished season on 26.5 points and looking to improve
next season!!
SOME FINISHING HIGHLIGHTS....
Michael Hall is still having trouble
putting a shoe on after potentially breaking his toe
being stupid down in the bubble....
Friday night Murph declared
himself a "winner" before starting Bairnsdale.
Friday night Jimmy declared
himself a "winner" before starting Bairnsdale.
Murph WON...Jimmy came
LAST...........
Jimmy and Quinny looked at
Beano and Kenny having a headlock/wrestle on a bed down
in the bubble after too much alcohol.....
Doing the headlock they both over
balanced and fell off the bed....Q and Jimmy looked at
each other and said "we'll smash them tomorrow"""
THEY LOST!!!!
Fussy and Gooey trekking down to
Metung Sat morning leaving home at 4am to make the 8am
tee off.
Well worth it when you look at their
scores over the weekend...but at least they witnessed
HISTORY!!!
Scoot purchasing $280 worth
of golf clubs at Bairnsdale on Sat..and then to
capitalise on this bargain by having one of his best
rounds ever with 37 points...and thinking he is back and
has conquered the golfing demons...until Sunday when he
had 25 ordinary points and became a Massey hacker
again....and note...THE CLUBS ARE NOW ON EBAY!!!!
GOOD GOLFING EVERYONE
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES AND A GREAT
2011-212 SEASON
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL NEXT
SEASON...
FUSSPOTS
