This month's golf news and features

TOBY CHANUAD MISSING!

Society and committee member has not been seen since 27 March 2005, there is a full “Missing person report” on another page.

MCG. ( Melbourne Cricket Ground ) were beaten again. On 12 th April at Lake View the Society played a 10 pairs a side staybleford aggregate competition and won by 8 matches to 2.

Chaing Mai Vacation. There will be 52 people on the trip including 39 golfers, Results in the next edition. Report Result:

22 nd March at Royal Hua hin 18 players one group 0-36 hcp

1st Erkki 35pts 17hcp

2nd Boom Schroedor 33pts 18hcp

3rd Richard Wasiluk 33pts 12hcp

25 th March at Lake View 47 players

‘A' group 0-18 hcp

1st Johnny Walker 71net 3hcp

2nd Tip Gouldby 71net 13hcp

‘B' group 19-36 hcp

1st Peter Tydoman 38pts 24hcp

2nd Brian Reeve 37pts 19hcp

29 th March at Kaeng Krachan 32 players one group

1st Erkki 38pts 15hcp

2nd Solaman 37pts 15hcp

3rd Boom 36pts 19hcp

1 st April at Lake View 19 players one group

‘A' group 1st Michael Christenson 37pts 22hcp

2nd Boom Schroedor 37pts 19hcp

5 th April at Springfield 39 players

‘A' group 1st Mick Evans 69net 9hcp

2nd Soloman 70net 15hcp

‘B' group 1st Ross Mc Williams 40net 22hcp

2nd Peter Glynn 36net 19hcp

8 th April at Lake View 57 players

‘A' group 1st Mick Evans 41pts 9hcp

2nd Fritz Schroedor 38pts 10hcp

3rd Ulf Sparvman 37pts 3hcp

‘B' group 1st john Anstee 41pts 22hcp

2nd Alan Rawson 40pts 25hcp

3rd John Stuart 39pts 20hcp

12 th April at Palm Hills 57 players

‘A' group 1st Neil Handorson (Guest) 67net 12hcp

2nd Barry Moore 68net 7hcp

3rd Peter Gouldby 70net 8hcp

‘B' group 1st Terry Burge 43pts 12hcp

19 th April at Palm Hills 40 players

‘A' group 1st Jim Kennedy 71net 17hcp

2nd Chris Davidson 72net 18hcp

‘B' group 1st Peter Tydeman 35pts 22hcp

2nd Barry Lockwood 35pts 22hcp

FIXTURES MAY

Tuesday 3 rd Palm Hills

Friday 5 th Lake View

Tuesday 10 th TBN

Friday 13 th TBN

Tuesday 17 th Springfield

Friday 17 th TBN

Tuesday 24 th Lake View

Friday 27 th TBN

Tuesday 31 st Palm Hills

For the coming events

3rd – 7th July Annual Pattaya Trip

8th – 9th August 2 days one night in Ratchaburi.

Golf at Panurangsi and Royal Ratchaburi.

Late October annual match play championship.

Early December annual stroke play championship

Fit for Golf

This month the focus is on posture and how that can help or hinder the swing. The best way to check to see how good or bad your posture is to stand side on to a mirror, look sideways at your reflection and take in the view. What you should see in the back is a slight outward curve in the shoulder blade area and a slight inward curve in the lower back area. With the arm relaxed down at the side you should be able to draw a line from the outside tip of the shoulder down to the bone that juts out from your ankle passing over the midline of the top of the thigh bone. If this is not the sight you see then some work needs to be done.

As in previous articles I bestowed the benefit of having a functional body. If the posture is bad the body cannot function to it's full capability. Not only does it help the game of golf but it also helps the game of life. Tight muscles are the main cause of bad posture. There are many techniques to relieve the spasm of a muscle, stretching is just one way to improve the pliability of the muscle fibres. Some of the techniques I use are designed to let the body stretch out the muscle in it's own time. To explain in more detail. When a muscle is in spasm, that is to say shortened, it is because the body is protecting an area that is under strain. For example if your back is in spasm it is because there is a structure, ligament or joint maybe, under pressure. The muscle tightens to stop you using that area and give it time to repair. Sometimes the muscles don't relax from the spasm and there is tightness long after the repair has finished. This is when some therapy is needed. I use a modality known as Positional Release Therapy. In this technique the muscles are shortened even further. By doing this the muscle fibres are taken to a position that the body is trying to achieve. Kept in that position for a period of time the brain will give the signal to the nerve endings to stop tightening the muscle fibres and the spasm will relax. This will bring the muscles back to their original length and give the bones the chance to re-align, hence correcting the posture.

More remedial work will be needed to get the body strong in areas that have been unused or misused over the years. Some of the exercises I have previously mentioned but there are many more available. Only once the body has been corrected can it function properly and have the freedom to move, allowing you to swing the golf club and not be inhibited by a limited range of movement.

To get your posture checked out and re-aligned give Terry a call 01-0096588 or visit the fit-forgolf website at www.fit-forgolf.com

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