With good drying weather this week it appears that motorised vehicles will be allowed this weekend.

There is a proviso and that is that there is no further rain.

More news as it becomes available.

Congratulations to Daniel Adams who played the perfect shot in today’s competition at the 13th hole.

Hitting a wedge, Daniel’s ball landed to the left and above the hole. Taking backspin the ball spun towards the hole and to Daniel’s delight fell into the cup like a well hit putt.

Apparently Daniel raced up to the hole to confirm the result and after a very load “yahoo” was seen doing a lap of honour around the green!

This was Daniel’s first hole-in-one.

Congratulations and well played.

To commemorate his achievement Daniel will receive a bottle of red win, hole in one cap and marker, and certificate from GolfNSW, complements of their sponsor St Hallet’s wines.

From the club, Daniel will have his name added to the list of Hole-In-One achievers, receive 6 balls, and have the successful ball mounted onto a permanent trophy to keep.

Great work Daniel.

Par Event Scoring

When you play any event you must put your score down for every hole, or a wipe if you don’t score if the event is not a stroke round.

In today’s round many players just put down +, – , or 0 on their own without a score. Put the score and the result down for each hole.

The same applies to stableford rounds, put the score and the points allocated down on the card for each hole.

Routing of the Course

Currently we only have 16 holes in play with the 5th and 9th still not ready for play. This week we have been playing two holes twice, the 1st and 4th, to make up the quantum of 18 holes.

It was suggested today by Paul Rodgers to the starter that it might be better if we replay the 2nd and 3rd holes instead. I think this is a better plan and it is what we will do until the 5th and 9th holes are back in play.

So the new routing is 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 2*, 3*, and finishing on 18.

It has also been difficult to follow scores on score cards with at least three versions of recording the extra holes results being used.

Record your score on 2* next to 5th on the scorecard and your score for 3* on the scorecard next to 9th.

With good weather hopefully we can get back to playing the full course soon.

Despite reasonable weather forecasts for the rest of the week there are too many of our holes still very damp and not in good enough condition to host an important Illawarra Open Series event like the Jamberoo Open.

Consequently it has been decided to postpone the Jamberoo Open until later in the year, probably to be played in conjunction with the Junior Open, on October 30 (to be confirmed).

It is unfortunate but we wish to present our course in top condition and without teeing up through the green.

We look forward to seeing Kiama’s Toby Cullen defend his title in the near future following his impressive 65 off the stick last year.

Play will still be possible Wednesday and Saturday on a shortened course for those prepared to walk. Motorised carts at the moment are still not possible.

The Mens Club Championship, scheduled to start on August 6 and August 7, will still be contested as planned.

Dave Ransom,

Captain

Congratulations to Arthur Bosanquet who today was successful in winning the Jamberoo Golf Club Veterans Championship in a tight finish.

Arthur managed a very impressive 81 off the stick defeating a gallant Ken Bradley by 2 and an equally courageous Wayne Arnott by 3.

Again the course was playing very difficult and very wet underfoot so all 41 competitors are to be congratulated in supporting this important event on our golfing calendar.

Paul Rodgers is the nett champion after he fired a nett 69 in a very good performance. Wayne Arnott, Gary Eagleton and Ken Bradley all finished 3 shots behind Paul with nett 72’s.

Jim Robb found the sixth hole easy today recording an eagle 2. Well played Jim. Enjoy those 3 balls that you receive as a reward. Unfortunately Jim has been the victim of a ‘wrong score recorded error’ and consequently has been disqualified. I think Jim should ask his scorer on the day for an apology.

There is a lesson to be learnt from this matter of course. Both the player and scorer should check the card at the end of a round, just in case.

It is with the support of our members that Jamberoo will remain strong and I commend all players for their solidarity and perseverance in less than ideal conditions.

Congratulations to our two champions.

The Mixed Open is a unique mixed event in the Illawarra being a Canadian Foursomes. Having been first contested in 1983 today’s event continues that fine tradition. Thank you to all the players who took part.

Jamberoo Golf Club welcomed visitors from Port Kembla, Kiama, Russell Vale, Shoalhaven Heads, and the Links Shell Cove. We hope you enjoyed your day on the course despite the wet underfoot conditions. It was a perfect day, from the ankles up!

Competitors were welcomed to a perfectly azure sky without the hindrance of any wind. The course was playing as difficult as it could get with little run on the fairways. Holes 5 and 9 were out of play and were replaced by a replaying of holes 1 and 4.

It is true it was very wet under foot in places and we appreciate the resolve of all competitors to allow this important event to run.

The Mixed Open winners today were Elizabeth Armstrong and Arthur Bosanquet with a fantastic round of 82.

The nett winners were Gordon and Kerrie Bickle from the Links Shell Cove with a nett score of 74.375.

Ball winners were Jenelle Anderson & Del Crockford (78), Loretta & Phil Green (78.375), and Kay Brennan & Bruce Byers (79.875).

Well played to all teams and congratulations to the 2022 Champions, Arthur and Liz.