Member News – 2 June 2023

Board Update

The board has recently been working on several plans including, a 5-year strategy, a course plan and an upgrade to the clubhouse.

The strategy outlines our vision for the club over the next 5-years and focuses on four main aspects – our community, our profile, growth and core business. Richard has been instrumental in ensuring that this piece of work has been carried out and the board appreciates the time and effort he has put in to assisting us to complete the strategy/vision. This plan allows the board and management to ensure that we are focused, that all decisions are in service of the best outcome for the club and that we can measure and evaluate the progress we are making.

The course plan is an 18-page document (one hole per page) outlining plans for our course. The board acknowledge and appreciate the time, effort and hard work that Chris and Colin and have put into developing this plan. We know that they have had thoughts and ideas for the betterment of the course in their heads, but it has been great for them to articulate them and share them in the plan.

The clubhouse plan is an exciting development and is a concept for an upgrade to the club.  Richard has worked alongside an external consultant to draft plans/concepts for a proposed upgrade to the clubhouse. The board are keen to explore opportunities to improve the clubhouse, to ensure that it is fit for purpose and offers a welcoming space for our members and visitors.

The board acknowledges and thanks Richard for his leadership in these projects and we look forward to sharing these plans with members. It is our intention to present these documents at a session straight after the AGM on 13 July.

Course Development Update– General Manager

For those who have been to the club this week would have seen the work being undertaken on the course. Wood’n’Tree have done a great job so far, and there is minimal impact on the course itself. Further work will be undertaken over the next week.

There have been hole closures on 4, 5 and 13 at different times during the week for Health and Safety reasons. I would like to thank those who played during the week for their patience as we remove the trees.

As for the long weekend the whole course will be open.

Below are some images of the work so far…Be safe and enjoy the long weekend

Weekly Update – By Club Captain Phil Barlow

A light winded and warm but very overcast day greeted last Saturday’s players. The ladies had FMS Stableford while the men had All Irons off the Yellow tees, with the others playing Par from the Whites. It was great to see 40 men playing the All Irons on the day. The most disappointing thing for me on the day was the number of deep divots in the fairways where little or no effort had been made to repair them. The very least players can do is replace the divot taken, but even this was not taking place. It is every players responsibility to take sand buckets with them and use them whether carrying a bag or pushing a trundler.

We are also noticing that there are a number of players not handing in their scorecards after their round. It is expected that you always hand in your card after every round of golf. Failure to do so is wasting a lot of time by the Pro Shop staff searching for your card when it is showing as missing in DotGolf.

This weekend’s competition is the Centenary Kings Birthday Shotgun starting at 11:30.

The shotgun is the last Saturday before we move to the 2 tee starts for winter on 10 June. There will be a lot of pressure on bookings for the Saturday players, so if you can’t make a booking you have on a Saturday, please contact the Pro Shop or remove your name online as soon as possible so any reserve players can be slotted in your tee booking. It is also important to play ready golf through this period and make the effort to stay with the group in front of you.

Results for last Saturday

Two’s were $16 and there were 16 on the day.

Pro Tip of the week – Craig Mitchell

Next time you’re going to the range to hit a bucket of balls do this.

Go to the putting green and do some short game work first, then hit the bucket of balls second, because all of us have the best of intensions of doing this after the bucket of balls but it never happens.

Rule of the week - Penalty for Playing Wrong Ball (Rule 6.3c(1))

In stroke play, the player gets the general penalty (two penalty strokes) and must correct the mistake by continuing play with the original ball by playing it as it lies or taking relief under the Rules. This means you must go back and find your original ball and play it from where you find it:

• The stroke made with the wrong ball and any more strokes before the mistake is corrected (including strokes made and any additional penalty strokes solely from playing that ball) do not count.
• If the player does not correct the mistake before making a stroke to begin another hole or, for the final hole of the round, before returning their scorecard, the player is disqualified.

Upcoming Saturday golf (for full details refer to the 2023 programme).

3 June – Centenary Kings Birthday Shotgun – Stableford – 11:30 start.

10 June – Note: Winter 2 tee starts today. Men: Monthly Medal. Women: LGU Rnd 5, Putting, Sullivan/Dodgson finals, Harewood Cup Rnd 3.

17 June – Men: BCHP Rnd 1, others Stableford. Women: Finals of Buck, Vaile, Dutton, and Coker trophies. Others Stableford.

24 June – Men: BCHP Rnd 2, others Par. Women: Centenary FMS Stableford Rnd 5, Grandmothers prize.

Enjoy your golf.

Midweek Men Results – from David Williams-Jones

Monday May 29th, 4BBB

The last day of Autumn golf saw some good scores, a cluster of '2's' and some welcome return to form for many:

1st      Bill Turner & Jacky Zhang

2nd     Barry Crowther & Dennis Morgan

3rd     Ted Zhang & Eric Wilson

4th     John Keepa & Peter Moore

5th     John Gilmore & Ramiro Guerrero

Thursday June 1st, Greensomes

Despite the formal arrival of winter and the work on the course, 32 Mid-week Men tackled a relatively unfamiliar format. Some good scores resulted:

1st    Ted Zhang & Chris Straker                       66 Nett

2nd    Kevin Stewart & Paul Skellerup             69

3rd     Barry Crowther & Alan Dickson            70

Midweek Ladies Results – from Sonia Brown

Tuesday 30 May

STABLEFORD:

1st     Pam Hopkins        38 stb

2nd   Lisa Cotterrell       37 stb  c/b

3rd    Linley Trapp.         37 stb

4th    Deb Morrison       36 stb

5th   Julie Jones              34 stb

TWOS:

  #6    Lynda Hague

NETT  EAGLES:  

#2     Joyce  Speedy

9 Hole Ladies Results – From Kay Worley

Wednesday 31 May

Stableford

1^st        Robyn Ogle                    20 points

2^nd       Faye Sedgley                 16 points