1940-2010

OH. BY THE WAY..JUST PUT ME DOWN FOR A ONE!!!

‘TWAS SEVENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
THAT CLARRIE’S DREAM BEGUN.
IT STARTED PRETTY SIMPLY, WHEN
HE GOT SOME HOLES – IN –ONE.

HE WAS JUST YER NORMAL GOLFING BLOKE,
SOMEONE LIKE YOU OR I,
WHO LOOKED FOR ANY OL’ EXCUSE,
TO GIVE A COURSE A TRY.

ASSEMBLED WITH HIM WERE SOME MATES,
TWENTY SEVEN SO THEY SAY,
WHO TEE’D UP AT THE SANDGATE COURSE,
ON THAT HISTORIC DAY.

IN SEVENTY YEARS THE GROUP’S GOT BIG,
AND GOLF’S BECOME A PASSION,
MANY HAVE MADE THAT EAGLE ONE,
WITH A SHOT THEY’D HAD TO FASHION.

NOW ANYONE WHO’S WORTH THEIR SALT,
HAS JOINED OUR MEMBERS’ ROLL,
THEY’LL TELL YOU ’BOUT THE SPECIAL DAY,
WHEN THEIR BALL WENT DOWN THE ‘OLE.

THEIR EYES LIGHTS UP, THEY GRITS THEIR TEETH,
THEY RELIVE THE MOMENT THROUGH,
THEY GRABS YER SLEEVE AS THEY TRACE THE SHOT,
THEY KNEW THEY’D STRUCK IT TRUE.

THEY’LL TELL YOU HOW THEY WATCHED IT GO
IT SEEMED A LITTLE TIGHT.
IT HIT THE GREEN, DROPPED IN THE HOLE
AND OUT OF BLOODY SIGHT.

NOW THERE’S WIVES AND HUSBANDS AS YA KNOW
WHO’LL SAY YER BLOODY MAD,
TO HIT A BLOODY LITTLE BALL
AROUND A BLOODY YARD!

TO CHASE IT ’ROUND THE COUNTRYSIDE,
YOU MUST BE JUST A FOOL.
TO HIT AND WALK, AND HIT AND WALK,
JUST TO PUT IT IN THE ’OLE!

FRUSTRATING AS THE GAME CAN BE
YOU CAN’T LEAVE IT ALONE,
‘SPECIALLY WHEN YOU’VE HIT THE BALL
AND HAD A HOLE –IN–ONE.

THIS QUEENSLAND CLUB, UNIQUE IN GOLF
TO OLD CLARRIE WE GIVE THANKS,
ALONG WITH OTHERS SO INSPIRED,
WHO’VE COME UP FROM OUR RANKS.

‘TIS TRADITION NOW WE FEEL
THAT’S BROUGHT US THROUGH THE YEARS,
THE HOLE-IN-ONE WE DREAMED ABOUT,
IS THE ENVY OF OUR PEERS.

THE WORST THING ABOUT THIS GAME,
JUST WHEN YOU’VE GOT IT LICKED,
IT JUMPS RIGHT UP AND BITES YOU BACK,
AND THEN YOU BLAME YER STICKS !

CLARRIE’S LEGACY TAUGHT US THAT
GOLF’S MORE THAN JUST A GAME,
IT’S ALSO MEETING MANY MATES,
ON COURSES TO BE TAMED.

WE’LL ALL RECALL THIS SPECIAL DAY,
OF FRIENDSHIP WHICH NEVER FAILS,
WHEN WE PLAYED HERE AS A FAMILY,
AT THIS GRAND OLD COURSE CALLED GAILES.

SEVENTY YEARS ? CAN THIS BE TRUE?
IT SURELY MAKES YOU THINK,
A PLATINUM ANNIVERSARY BASH
A HOLE-IN-ONE THE LINK!

AS THE YEARS ROLL ON, MORE
WILL JOIN OUR HALLOWED BAND,
AND KEEP THIS WONDEROUS CLUB OF OURS,
THE ENVY OF OUR LAND.

Thought up and written by John Tiplady 29th October 2000.
To celebrate The Hole-In-One Club of Queensland’s 60th birthday.
Updated and modified for our 70th Anniversary Year 27th March 2010.