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Here we go again
Welcome to another week of the Ausfarm Online SLF, if you haven’t ventured online to look at what Ausfarm Online has to offer then do so, I am tipping this type of business model will be the model of the future for 2 main reasons. 1) Its low cost. 2) It can reach a nationwide audience. Anyway enough about that, let’s get on with the real stuff.

Corporate Cup
Well what and event, this event just keeps getting better and better and do you want to know why it works, because it’s unique. With that in mind I want to make a point or two (take it or leave it) to the people in charge of the event. My suggestions are: 1) don’t worry about all the individual trophy’s, that happens at every other golf day. 2) Have a trophy for the winning team that they get to keep for the year, like a premiership cup and celebrate it in some way. 3) Keep all of the action on that decking, that was fantastic and worked really well (especially the heaters). 4) Keep thinking of new ideas that make the event unique, remember what people are going to remember the event for, if it’s the same as every other golf day then it is going to get boring and loose it uniqueness. 5) Because it’s the major fund raiser promote it as such, promote it as though people are missing out if they don’t attend.

Corporate Cup results
The team that won this year event was Barham Insurance, they are a company who not only know how to sell insurance but they also went out of their way to pick a top team, all with the aim of winning. All I can say is well done, smart work.

Unique bush tucker
Talking about unique, the lunch time meal and dinner time finger food was once again fantastic and a credit to the ladies once again. It was interesting to note that when I was travelling in the car from Yarra one of the blokes said “can we pull up here I’m hungry, oh no I remember last year we go this big roast for lunch, let save up for that”

Eighteen teams
I think it was 18 teams that graced the Royal turf over the weekend and many travelled a long way. It was a little disappointing that one local team pulled out at the last minute and at this particular business most locals spend plenty of money. It’s not that I want to bag this particular company it’s just I (and others) thought they could have made a greater effort.

Councillor Cameron wows the crowd
Gary “Councillor Larry” Cameron’s reputation is building as an entertainer and he didn’t do his cause any harm on Saturday night when Mr President Graeme “Grey skies above” Ellen announced that Larry had turned 40 on the weekend. Not one to pass up an opportunity Councillor Larry did a little Irish jig to the applause of the gallery, he then bowed and dropped his “Terry Towling” hat to the ground and the crowd started throwing coins. It was a “had-to-be-there” moment but let me tell you it was gold.

The fangs, the fangs
Former milk bar proprietor John “Noisy” Nisbet had a big day out as you would expect but it was nearly cut short on the second hole of the day. The big fella came face to face with an aggressive brown snake which would have taken 10 years of his life. I caught up with him at the next hole and he was still in a state of shock “The fangs, the fangs, he stood up and had his fangs flashing” he said in an animated tone. One of his team members managed to run over the snake and they left him in the middle of the fairway and if Noisy lost 10 years then I lost 15 after I also nearly stepped on the reptile.

Start your engine
Former Mayor Derek “Mayor” Cameron had a great day out and was probably in the running for the belt. He was a little bit wobbly on his feet when his lovely wife Donna came to the rescue and took him home. He managed to get himself to bed and put his sleeping mask on (an aid that helps him sleep better) but failed to start the machine. But it didn’t seem to matter though as he had no trouble sleeping that night.


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