Welcome to another week
Another week has just flown by and the party at Murray’s bar is all but a distant memory. But time flies and doesn’t stop for anyone so I’d better get on with it.

The Royals the place to be
Without doubt the action last week focussed on the Royal. Tournament week is always a big one and last week was no exception. However the days are gone where they used to tap up 9 gallon barrels and blokes where known to turn up for the ladies events just to test out the lines. Those things don’t happen anymore but it’s still a big week, following is some of the things that happened.

Beat that
The first men’s event is the fourball and this year it attracted an almost full field of 39 pairs. Honours for the day went to local consumers Stewart “Smacka” MacPherson and Ben “Glendemar” Duxson who won the event hands down with 53 points, with Ben highlighting the day with an eagle on hole number 1. I’m sure they celebrated in true Royal spirit.

Celebrated
I’m told that the Royal resembled Wembley Stadium about midnight on Saturday when the soccer ball came out. One such Wal Wal individual John “Red Beard” Kingston was seen celebrating his first goal of the evening with the shirt over the head trick. I think it’s time for security cameras in that joint, you could make a fortune on you tube.

Be My, Be Quiet
Marnoo West Rat Pack member and founding president John “Be My” Guest fell about 10 seconds short of having tomatoes piffed at him after his long winded speech at the Royal on Saturday night. I’m told that he was in fine form and enjoying himself immensely. As you do at Wallaloo.

If he was a racehorse then he would be banned
I’m confused did the drink actually help him or hinder him, I’m talking about “Be My” who registered a 53 and a 38 for each 9. However I’m not sure whether the bad round was in the first 9 or the last. If he was a racehorse he would be banned.

Me and Dad
Wallaloo East living legend Norman “The Guru” Duxson made his way to the stage to accept his trophy for a B Grade best 9 and guess who followed him for the next trophy, yes you guessed it, number one son “Herbie”. It was in that particular order that they left the Royal on Saturday night but the time gap was several hours!!

Points, all important
Tournaments have been known to put the strain on marriages as the blokes head off for the mixed day on the Sunday. Those blokes who have a golfing wife usually team up with them on the Sunday which is always a points winner but for those without a golfing wife it’s like double points (deducted of course) if you play on the Sunday. And then if you are single like Stewart “Smacka” MacPherson (at least that is what he is telling us} you can do what you like and playing 3 days in a row is like water to a ducks back. After winning trophies on day 1 and 2, I will be interested to see if he kept up the form up on the last day.

Rain please
At the time of writing the forecast was for rain a plenty of it. I used to like the old days when the first you heard of rain was when it built up in the West and within a few hours it was raining. Nowadays we get these internet sites that track our rainfall ten day in advance. So the excitement builds and you can’t wait for the big event. Farmers have then been known to fall into deep depression when that almighty forecast doesn’t arrive.

14 cents
I’m told that in 1974 petrol prices were 14 cents per litre, which is a long distant memory.

Tailored to fit
Hot off the press from one of my intrepid spies came the news that “The Guru” has been buying his pants through Don “Fergie” Murphy’s distributor. Now I heard of people going to Melbourne to get fitted out and I’ve even heard of people going to Hong Kong for the same reason, but Don Murphy I’m not sure about that! It also confirms the little story we wrote about Guru a few weeks ago where he was saying his suit jacket had shrunk. The picture is becoming clearer.

That’s all folks