Despite the extremely hot weather, a great day of golf was enjoyed by all on 13 February at the picturesque Maylands Peninsula Golf Course, overlooking the beautiful Swan River with views to the city of Perth.
This popular annual event saw 128 players take advantage of the social and networking opportunity. This year, the players included approximately a dozen interstate as well as a number of international visitors, who were combining their golf trip with business in Perth.
The teams-teed-off at noon to play an “˜Ambrose’ 18-hole tournament in teams of four, enduring the sweltering 36°C heat for the majority of the day.
Maintaining their onsite health, safety and environment-conscious attitudes, the pipeliners kept plenty of water in their golf carts, and the “˜course steward’ Steve Dobbie was also on hand driving the “˜pipe-mobile’ with a couple of big ice-filled eskies, delivering not only refreshments but also plenty of social banter. The Fremantle Doctor eventually kicked in later in the afternoon, bringing some cool relief to the determined players. Despite the hot weather, experienced golfers and amateurs alike could be heard enthusiastically cheering their team’s long putts and chip-ins.
Once again a $10,000 cash prize was also offered for a hole-in-one, however, despite numerous predictions to the contrary, there was no winner on this occasion.
After finishing the course, 125 pipeliners gathered at the clubhouse to freshen up for dinner and to prepare for the prizes to be awarded. This year, the prizes – including – the winning team, the nearest to the pin, and the longest drive – had a total value of $3,800, an impressive budget that was reflected in the quality of the prizes.
Competition was tight on the leaderboard, with the Lucas Construction and Engineering team – consisting of Chris Allen, Pradip Desia, Jon Pattingil, and Brian Briscoe – winning the tournament and the coveted Bredero Shaw Perpetual Trophy. In close second, the APA team edged out the third-placed Lean Field Developments team.
Other winners included Mike King (Chevron Gorgon) who won nearest to the pin on the second shot on hole number 2; Progressive Global Energy’s Ryan Way won the nearest to the pin for hole 5; and Gregor Black took out the longest drive with a hit of nearly 300 m.
This hugely successful day is only made possible by the enormous generosity of the sponsors and the APIA Western Australia Chapter committee would like to thank the following: Canusa CPS, as drinks sponsor and closest to the pin second shot; Thistle Fabrication, also as a drinks sponsor; ISA Group Immigration and Recruitment as the dinner sponsor; Mitubulars, sponsor of the post-golf drinks; APA Group, sponsor of the “˜Winning Team of Four’; Monadelphous KT Pty Ltd, sponsor of the second team of four; KD1 Pty Ltd, sponsor of the NAGA; Bredero Shaw, sponsor of the putting competition; Denso Corrosion Prevention, sponsoring “˜nearest the pin’; Enerflex, sponsor of the longest drive; Lean Field Developments, sponsor of the straightest drive; and APIA, for offering the as-yet unclaimed $10,000 hole-in-one prize.
Hole sponsors also comprised APTS, Enerpac, Century West Transport, McConnell Dowell, OSD, SVT Engineering Consultants, Plexal Group, TD Williamson, Nacap, PLM-Cat, Flexpipe, Lucas Engineering and Construction, Dial Before you Dig, MSI and Atteris.