Jack Brooks.
Jack joined the Club on May 1st, 1968, to become one of our long-standing members until his resignation on March 31st, 1998.

Both Jack and his wife, Barbara, played many a game at Mt. Lofty and enjoyed the company of other members on Mixed Days as well as in individual competitions. On one occasion, January 31st 1988, to be exact, Barb, Jack, Christine and I played in an Ambrose, (I suppose it's still an Ambrose - the Americanism 'Scramble' is rapidly supplanting the traditional name), coming home with in 29 off the stick on the back nine for a net 49. Probably not a record but we thought it pretty good. This performance was in no small way the result of Jack's absolute consistency. It's not surprising that Jack won a number of trophies simply by playing regularly to his handicap or a bit below.

I can picture him on his front lawn after work, practising his swing with a club and a few plastic, 'holey' balls. This is one reason that he retained an A Grade handicap for so many years.

A great fan of Bradman, Jack had something of 'The Don' in him, and played some pretty good cricket in his time. Now his grand children can't escape the odd game in the backyard at "grand-mum's".

When Barbara could no longer cope with our slopes and hills, she joined Mt. Barker. Jack plays there too, at times, though business and nagging ill health have reduced his participation somewhat.

The couple still live in the Uraidla area and are of-ten seen playing the odd game at Mt Lofty in the company of dauntless June and Ron Willsmore.

Sorry we've lost you, Jack. Get back to serious golf soon while you're still young enough to enjoy it!

Frank Coulter

Have You Noticed? 

1. Regularly playing off the blue tees in competitions makes the course more difficult, but handicaps become more equitable for play elsewhere. 
2. After one of the driest spells for years and during a light shower of rain, one of our esteemed Life Members was heard calling to member, Joe Brannan, who was just completing his round, 'Get off the course your keeping the rain off the ground.' Coming Events Refer to your Handbook or See the full programme in the Office & Pro Shop.
3. If you make a habit of chasing the ducks (actually Maned Geese) whenever you see them chomping away at our greens and fairways, they will tend to look for more congenial pastures - perhaps Mt. Barker or Blackwood!
4. That the Rules of Golf do not allow you a free drop from a road or path as such, but rather from the artificial surface thereon, if there is one!
5. Past member, Les Hill, 100 yrs old this year, with his wife Olive, was recently pictured in The Advertiser receiving the 31,000,000th dinner from Meals on Wheels in S.A.. They weren't all his!