The premier event on the Albany golfing calendar is the 10 day Wittenoom Cup tournament, which culminates in a 2 day stroke event on the final weekend. Being the keen golfers that we are, we entered all events but one, and on that day we volunteered to assist as starters for the field.It is a very popular tournament, with many golfers coming down from Perth, as well as closer towns such as Busselton and Bunbury. In fact, many of the events had a full field, with some late entries on a waiting list.
Albany managed reasonable weather on most days, with barely a shower during the entire time, and only a few days having the ferocious winds that the Albany golf course is renowned for. The scoring was pretty fierce, with winning scores such as +14 in the ladies 4bbb par (Wendy and her partner had a very respectable +9) and 51 points in the mixed 4bbb stableford (we had 45 points and just scraped in for a ball). John featured early in the tournament, winning the nine hole comp on the opening day and coming runner up in the men's par competition with +5. Wendy had a slower start, and after 8 days of golf straight was starting to wonder whether she had over-estimated the ability of her back to absorb punishment. However, a full body massage on our day off (courtesy of a birthday present from John) restored her to full vigour, just in time for the 2 day stroke event.
Our Saturday tee times were a bit of a shock, with Wendy teeing off at 7:32, about the time we tend to be thinking about getting out of bed on a usual day! However the conditions were perfect, with the first nine holes played before the wind started, and before it got too hot as this was Albany's best attempt so far at a summer's day. Everything went right in Wendy's round and she came in with a gross score of 77, nett 69. This was easily the best gross, and put her ahead in the nett by 1 stroke. John played fairly well but had a few problems on the green and came in with gross 84 nett 75.
On Sunday we played in the afternoon, which once again proved to be the best of the day as it avoided the showers that were about earlier. John improved his score, with 79/70, while Wendy kept playing good steady golf and scored 76/68. This meant she had the best gross score on both days and the best nett score on both days, so needless to say the best overall gross and nett. In common with most tournaments they only allow a player to win one prize, Wendy was awarded the major trophy for the best nett - the photo above shows her with the perpetual trophy which is displayed in the club house and will have her name added to the previous winners'. She was given a small replica bowl of this trophy, and a very nice overnight bag.
The complete list of scores for the week is available here, as well as the report on Wendy's overall win.
As well as the golf, the club also had a quiz night on Tuesday which we attended. Our encyclopedic knowledge stood us in good stead, and our team took out the victory prize by a comfortable margin of 3.
So all in all a fun and rewarding week, but we might have a rest for a few days now to give our bodies a chance to recover!
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