Great Catch That!

The trees were well watered a fortnight ago and have become rather ‘handsy’ as Bob Neilson will attest.

Bob’s hooked tee shot on the 6th today ended up in a very tricky spot. Luckily Alan Jones kept his head up and found Bob’s ball.

Competition Updates.

Anzac Day Stableford.

Tomorrow’s competition is a walk up start with tee times from 6.30 to 10 am. Please inform the starter of your intention to play.

As is the usual Jamberoo custom players are requested to halt proceedings at 11 am and observe a minute of reflection on the sacrifice and contribution of all those who have served.

Perhaps a sprig of Rosemary or a red Poppy should be worn. [Rosemary is an ancient symbol of fidelity and remembrance. The aromatic herb grows wild on the Gallipoli peninsula in Türkiye, where the original Anzacs served in World War I].

Lest we Forget.

Sunday Mixed Fourball bookings are available.

The monthly Mixed Fourball competition is scheduled for this Sunday with tee times from 9.09am. If you are interested in playing then please book your team into the comp via the new booking app or by ringing the golf shop.

Women Vets to play Thursday 2nd May.

The May Women’s Vets game is a 3 person Ambrose. Bookings are available now.

17th April Greens Meeting Update.

notes from Bob Neilson, Hon. Secretary Jamberoo Golf Club.

• Clean-up: Focus is on greens and fairways in order to open course; debris in rough can be left for the moment. Fire brigade is coming out; hope is to burn much of the debris. BN has contacted a business called Avcon which does clean-ups, but issues are expense and possible damage to course; BN has written to Council seeking help with drop-off fees and possible pick-up. Volunteers have helped a lot. IB: Could we have volunteers chain sawing safely? BN: We haven’t allowed unlicensed members to do this in the past for safety reasons.
• Pathways: BN: The gravel we currently use is a nightmare after flooding; we need to concrete as many pathways as possible. This is expensive, but we can do it gradually. A plan with clear priorities so we can estimate costs and get going, one path at a time. Agreed that we should prepare a prioritised list of pathways to be concreted (with a cost estimate); the proposal will be presented to the Board. We can explore grants, especially if we push the community use idea. The proposal will be presented to the Board.
• The pipes below the current small concrete bridges get blocked during flooding; NG wants to replace the bridges with something higher that lets the water flow underneath.
• Some tree pruning has been done. Next tree application has been submitted. You may have seen some plastic tags attached to certain trees; white indicates that approval has been sought, blue indicates that a tree can be trimmed, and red indicates that a tree can be removed. Zac the arborist is willing to trim and remove (according to guidelines) so we can continue to use him.
• Are we using red pegs and no yellow? BN: We should check with Golf NSW that this is OK, assuming that it is not normal to replace yellow with red. Discussion. LK will seek advice from Golf NSW.

Tuesday News.

Famous Words Remembered.

Article by Col Booth.

In 1977 Kiama Council purchased Tate’s Farm alongside the Minnamurra River.  Through persistence especially from the late Elsie Churchill whose words are worth quoting given the recent cleansing of the course with the April flood.  (Note: The Jamberoo Social Golf Club as it was at that time were fully aware of the Flood Plain and the regular risk of inundation) but Elsie’s letter to the Kiama Council is worth repeating in the aftermath of the latest flood event.

 “Council should welcome with open arms a group of local citizens willing to turn this raging torrent into a picturesque, serene, quite country golf club ” and may I add the envy of many a Golf Club with it’s volunteer tradition, members and staff spirit to enhance the land from its once open pastures to a well (perhaps too well) vegetated oasis providing a balance of natural habitat and area for community recreation. 

Elsie and the Golf Social Club at the time took up the Challenge to create the course and it’s the responsibility of our Board and members to inspire and maintain that legacy.   

Results of today’s Women’s American Foursomes:

Winners:  Pam Middlebrook & Marie Smith  70.125   Runner’s Up:  Robyn Gregson & Cheryl Legge  72.125

Balls to:  Helen Wainwright. Gail Rutledge, Linda Kirwan, Kerrie Michie, Lidia Waine & Lieve Stassen.

WGI Pennant Results

Bronze Pennant – Jamberoo defeated St Georges Basin 2-1 at the Grange.

Cheryl Smee won 2/1

Barbara Costello won 4/3

Sue Paul lost 3/2

Silver Pennant lost 3-2 against Shoalhaven Heads at The Grange.

Lyn Kuskey lost on 18

Jenelle Anderson won 5/4

Lidia Wayne lost 3/2

Gail Rutledge won 3/1

Margaret Cook lost 3/2

Gold Pennant won 4-1 against The Grange at Shoalhaven Heads.

Liz Armstrong won 6/5

April Van Woerkom lost 4/3

Kay Brennan won 5/4

Pam Middlebrook won 8/6

Dell Brand won 3/2

The Bronze and Silver teams are in 5th place and the Gold Pennant lead their division.

Great work for all 3 teams to do so well representing Jamberoo.

Good luck to all teams next week

Judi

Special Deal on Club Stubby Holders.

‘Winkee’ has asked to be put on special for the rest of April to celebrate the recovery of the course from the floods with the help of our volunteers. Instead of the usual $10 a 20% discount will be applied so you can get one for just $8.

Hurry while stocks last!

Good news on the horizon.

With the total of member donations to the flood appeal just over $6140 and with the cost of repairing the pumping station at about $8000 it has been decided to use these funds on the repair and flood proofing of the pumps so that our water supply can be re-established and again be used to irrigate the course.

The toilet near the 12th tee is in working order again with water now restored.

Thanks to all of our members who have donated from their trophy accounts to assist the club. The following members have lately contributed: George Goor, Jack Cashmore, Alan Parr, Al Thomas, Bruce Michie, Sue Paul, Arthur Morris, Alan Jones, Greg Clough, and Lance Fredericks.

Our green staff are busy with the cleanup and preparation of the course and we hope for further good news later in the week…

Email notifications of tee times.

Some members have queried why they are no longer getting e-mail notices of their tee time bookings, The answer is that MiClub was only partially installed to allow members to access the new timesheets and MiScore and to allow access to the new GA handicap management.

The membership component of the programme, where email addresses are held, has not yet been installed. This will change once the MiClub member management component is turned on to replace Slice in the near future, and at that time you should again get e-mail notifications. 

Handicap Adjustments.

Support from the software company, when golf clubs across Australia are all changing over to new systems, is limited. This is why member’s GA handicaps haven’t been adjusted for recent Jamberoo rounds during the 9 hole twice period. MiClub hasn’t given us any updates on how to enter nine-hole scores twice from the same nine holes, only given us templates for 18 hole events. We are still learning.

Reporting in that our TV ad has started to be aired.

Gail Rutledge saw the Jamberoo promotion on “Sunrise” this morning.

Yeah!

Pam Middlebrook. Women’s President

Course update and local rules.

Course cleanup.

Larry Kent, Club Captain

The next volunteer day is tomorrow Friday 19th & all focus will be on back 9 on this day. Possibly some on front 9 as-well if time permits. A massive thanks from Nick & the board.

Still only 9 holes with preferred lies through the green. Relief maybe taken from damaged sections of greens no nearer the hole, if your ball lies on that section or if it interferes with your line of your putt [only if your ball is on the green].

Any debris that is stock piled for removal is GUR.

Local rule: all the car park & area behind the 4th green including practice putting green is OB.

Any member requiring some river rocks can pick them up along the 12th fairway. A trailer will be necessary.

Member Donations

It is great that members are donating back to the club to help out. 

Please also note the largest cost of the clean-up may well be replacing the 2 flooded control panels in the pump shed on the 17th. They have been inspected today and need replacing, now awaiting a quote.  

Geoff Wilson, Honorary Treasurer

Women’s Golf News.

Tuesday Comp Results

Stableford

Div 1 (0 – 32)

Winner – Gail Rutledge 34 pts ($25)

R/Up – Judy  Casey 33pts c/b ($20)

Div 2 (33 – 54)

Winner – Lorraine Southwell 28 pts ($25)

R/Up – Helen Wainwright 27 pts ($20)

Balls – Margaret Cook; Judi O’Brien; Marie Farrant; Lidia Waine; Marie Rodgers

WGI Pennants

Gold – equal 1st place – defeated xxx at yyy 4-1

Elizabeth Armstrong – won 7/6

April van Woerkom – won 1 up

Kay Brennan won 7/6

Pam Middlebrook won 2/1

Judi O’Brien lost 2/1

Silver – 4th place – defeated xxx at yyy 3-2

Lyn Kuskey won 5/4

Jenny Strong lost 2/1

Jenelle Anderson lost 4/3

Jo Burke won 9/8

Margaret Cook won 3/1

Bronze – 5th place lost to xxx at yyy 2 -1

Marie Smith won 7/6

Barbara Costello lost 4/3

Sylvia Karschies lost 6/5

Good luck to all teams next week.

Remember to give me your names for drawn game on 30th April.

Judi O’Brien, Women’s Captain

The April volunteer working bee is planned to be held this Friday where we will work on the back nine. Please meet at the clubhouse at 8 am.

Those who have played in the last few days can see the mountain of work needed to rehabilitate the course back into its former glory.

We look forward to seeing you on Friday and appreciate your help.

Toilet near the 12th tee out of action.

The floods have affected the pumping station and consequently the water supply to the toilet near the 12th tee has caused the toilet to be temporarily out of order.

Please use the toilets at the clubhouse in the meantime.

2024 Flood Damage Repair Fund (Updated version 2)

In the true spirit of Jamberoo Golf Club 22 members have donated from their trophy accounts to the Flood Damage Repair Fund so far.

Much appreciation is given to Mick, Farmilo, Stef Tinworth, Andrew Ransom, Giles Rooney, Bob Neilson, David Piccirillo, Eric Nyholm, Peter Agrums, Shane Townsend, Tracey Watson, Kelley Greaves, Alan Wight, Sylvia Karschies, Geoff Reynolds, Dave Ransom, Lidia Waine, Don Thompson, Lyn Kuskey, John Anthony, Daniel Adams, Peter Wallace and an anonymous member.

The total amount donated is currently $4500.

All money donated will be used to make repairs to our pathways, bridge approaches and rubbish removal.

If you would like to contribute then please contact the club office who will gratefully accept your donation.

Missing seats have been located (corrections).

The missing seat that once stood near the 15th tee has been found.

Thanks to Bernie who recovered the seat at the little bridge across the Minnamurra River on the McGlinchey Farm on Swamp Road.

The chair that belongs to the 11th tee is now located in the drain behind the 7th!

The chair that stood beside the 3rd tee has returned to its home after a ‘little walk about’ down the fairway in the flood.

Our access to the OUR GOLF app ended yeaterday. If you can’t wait to check your trophy account balance then please contact the Office.