Handicap: 1/4 combined handicaps. Female players attract an extra 4 shots to their handicap which is calculated from the Blue Course.
Both players are to tee off on all holes and play all shots.
A minimum of 6 tee shots shall be selected for each player and marked on the score card.
Select the best ball to play and mark its position. Decide as you walk to the balls which ball to play so as to keep play flowing. Both players will play from this spot. Both players place their ball within one club length (10cm on Putting Green) of the selected ball (or mark) and play their next shot.
If the position of the selected ball is in the rough, a sand bunker or a penalty area then the other players balls must be placed and played from the rough or same penalty area or sand bunker.
This process continues until the team has completed the hole.
Single players are to play stableford and act as scorer for the other team. No groups of only 1 pair can participate. A separate marker is required.
If you are having a problem logging on to OUR GOLF, the club’s booking page, then it is possible that your password has been lost in the program for various reasons.
If this is the case then contact Marie in the Office and she will fix up the problem.
A lot of action today at the course with players struggling on the firm, fast greens and tightly mown approaches.
The best score of the day was recorded by Mal Garrett with a highly credible 38 points.
Andrew Ball was the 4 way countback winner with 35 points in A Grade.
Another person who did not struggle was Rod Poidevin who was the winner on a countback in B grade with 36 points. His round included a hole in one on the 13th.
Rod used his 8 iron to great effect on the 13th where his ball landed just short of the flag and went in on the bounce like a rabbit down a hole!
Rod will receive the following to commerorate his great moment.
A bottle of wine, certificate and cap from St Halletts wines, official sponsor of holes-in-ones for GolfNSW, a special trophy with his successful ball mounted, placement on the Jamberoo ‘Hole-in-One’ Honour Board, and 6 balls into his account.
Well played Rod.
Memorial Benches Arriving Soon
You may remember that a ‘Memorial Day’ was held earlier this year to commemorate our lost clubmates who are now teeing it up ‘upstairs’. Part of the concept was for the club to purchase some outdoor benches, similar to that found on the 5th tee.
Those benches have now been ordered and we are awaiting for them to be delivered to the outlet in order for us to pick them up. After their arrival we will purchase some plaques to place on the chairs.
It is planned that one will go on the sixth tee, one on the 12th tee and one on the 17th tee.
‘Golfie’ remembered at Champagne 9 Presentation
The Champagne 9 celebrations today!
Joan Walton, long time carer of Golfie, was invited to share the afternoon – cutting the cake. Thanks to the cooks:- Neen & Tracey.
The winner for today’s ‘Stroke’ competition was Rachael Kennedy. A fantastic round of 55, nett 29.5.
It was great to see John and Del Brand join the team as well as Ben Moore. 🏌️♀️
Cheers,
Pam Middlebrook
Club Mathchplay Draw
A record number of players nominated to qualify today with the final seedings and draw completed tonight.
I’m sorry but it is now too late to nominate to play in this year’s event. A fourball matchplay event will be held later in the year.
We will need four preliminary matches to be played before the end of May.
Preliminary Match 1 – Peter Young vs Steve Rippon
Preliminary Match 2 – Allan Wight vs Shane Townsend
Preliminary Match 3 – Martin Perry vs Rob Maclean
Preliminary Match 4 – Paul Rodgers vs Ron Hewson
The cost is $9 per player to be paid at the commencement of your first match.
For privacy reasons no list of phone numbers will be published.
Both players in each match should contact the golf shop to find out the contact details of their opponent and then arrange a mutually aceptable date and time to play their match.
Please adhere to the scheduled dates for the playing of each round.
The qualifying round of the 2023 club individual matchplay will be held tomorrow. The purpose of the round is to seed the players into order. The largest number of stableford points scored in the competition will receive the number 1 seeding and so on.
There will be no additional charge for this round but please inform the starter of your intention to qualify. The starter will then place a large Q on your scorecard. If you change your mind during the round and wish to qualify then place a Q on top of your scorecard.
The matchplay will run from June to August and is generally played out of regular comp times. Entries are open to members of either gender with women playing off a new special par 67 course.
If you are not playing tomorrow but wish to qualify then please contact the club this week so that your name can be added to the bottom of the list.
After a hectic start to the year and as we move into winter, it seems an opportune time to publicly acknowledge and thank Nick, our Course Superintendent and all the Green Staff: Shaun, Brendan, Hamish, Keelan and Warren.
Thank you for your persistence, against many difficult weather patterns and pressures of the many important events, to keep our beautiful course in top condition.
The past four months have been particularly busy with both Men and Women’s Pennants being the main focus. The Women hosted the WGI Club Committee Day with 91 players as well as two large Pennant Days. The demand on these days; Sundays & Mondays is difficult, involving not only the preparation of the course but also the removal of rubbish, branches & other debris and removal of leaves off the greens.
There have also been two major Charity Days:- The Ovarian Cancer and Drummond Golf (Lifeline) where, providing the table and chairs on the verandah, marking the straightest drives, etc added to a heavy demand of their time.
Nick and the team have been able to prioritise their course management procedures and have kept the playing conditions in the best possible state – despite being short-staffed.
Thanks also to Mitch Smee who is assisting the Green Staff by cleaning the carts.
Pam Middlebrook
Women’s President
Pam Middlebrook with Lorraine Cram
Club President:
Just a brief update to go with Pam’s note of thanks to our greens staff which I and the Board whole heartedly endorse.
Firstly, Pam refers above to the efforts of our greens staff while short staffed. In that regard I will elaborate a little. Warren Duncan who has been with the club for 8 years has essentially resigned from his groundsman position but has indicated his availability on call as a casual. Warren, “Ding”, has been a wonderful asset to our club, a qualified electrical and mechanical fitter able to deal with machinery breakdowns, the electrical needs of our irrigation system, and all manner of similar needs as and when they arose.
Warren has been a wonderful employee whose contribution to our team will be sorely missed.
Keelan Healey our second year Apprentice Greenkeeper has also resigned to take on a position in the mines. Keelan hasn’t been with us long, but we wish him all the best in his new career path.
Shaun Langlands has been working half time while on workers compensation for a knee injury while awaiting surgery, so all the best with that Shaun and we look forward to your early return to normal duties.
So, Nick’s team has effectively been reduced from its usual 6 to 3.5. To help with our budget repair our Treasurer with Board support has elected to press ahead understaffed for the time being. The pressure on our greens staff will ease with less time spent on the mowers as we head into the cooler season. Accordingly, we ask our members to be understanding if there are issues on the course that haven’t been addressed such as the narrowing flight path off the 5th tee. We only have two chainsaw qualified staff left on deck (one being Shaun Langlands) and they have been flat out with mowing and other priority tasks.
As for other matters in general –
Membership numbers are continuing their slow but steady climb back towards the 565 we had at 31/5/22, 130 members did not renew in June but we are now back to 512.
We were successful in claiming insurance to replace the club house solar panels. Thanks to SolarBlu for replacing the panels and agreeing to maintain the system in the years ahead.
I also congratulate our ladies for their superb contribution to the Club. The Champagne 9 run at 12.30pm on Saturday afternoons is a rip-roaring success. These golf beginners have been a major factor in reviving our membership numbers, and several have now successfully transitioned into competition golf. In just two years since inception of the “Get Into Golf Program” along with our “Champagne 9” these initiatives have fed around 30 new members into our club with many others sure to follow. Many thanks to Pam Middlebrook, Geoff Wilson, Kim Oborn and other members who are mentoring this group.
The Women really are the heartbeat of our club. Members may not be aware but just in the last 12 months the Women have paid for: the purchase of a dishwasher $1,400; A new loud speaker system $200; and $2,000 to paint the club house. Additionally, they have raised $2,726 for charity. Also, the general tasks around the clubhouse should not be overlooked, with the cleaning and scrubbing of the verandah and kitchen, the food preparation and service all contribute to give our Club a good reputation and make the presentation of Special Days memorable for all.
As Dave announced in the Daily Cow recently the Board will be initiating a monthly volunteer working bee which will occur on the last Friday of each month commencing in June. Our club was built on the back of volunteers and volunteers remain a most important contributor to the ongoing success and running of our club. The volunteer working bee will provide our members with an opportunity to invest a few hours on a predetermined project (it could be painting signs, the club house, work on gardens, filling fairway divots etc.) At the end of each working bee session the board would provide a barbecue lunch and a couple of free drinks to each contributor. More on this initiative to follow closer to the date.
The second round of the Veterans inter club competition, the Trevor Bell Memorial Shield, was held at The Links Shell Cove on Monday 8 May.
The day was very cold and very windy which resulted in much lower scores than round one at Kiama last month. Jamberoo’s team came in equal third on the day with Wollongong GC and behind The Links and Port Kembla. The aggregate score for the two rounds puts Jamberoo in third place but the margin to the leader is now 21 points and 2 points behind 2nd place. Balls were won by Mal Hoy and Ian Unsworth.
The next round will be held at Jamberoo on Thurs 8 June.
Thanks to the eight players who played and put up with such poor conditions.
Lance
Womens Pennants
Well done to our Silver team winning 4½ to ½.
Jenelle Anderson won 6/5
Lyn Kuskey won 6/5
Lynne Beringer won 3/2
Jenny Gray squared
Margaret Cook won 3/2
This puts the Silver in the outright lead.
The Bronze team squared their match.
Marie Smith lost 2 down
Lidia Waine won 6/5
Sue Paul squared.
This leaves the team in 2nd place.
A great effort for both teams, especially in this cold windy weather.
