It is with deepest sadness that I inform members of the passing of club stalwart and foundation member, Betty Chittick.

Betty was a member of the initial Board of Directors when the club was established in 1981, a position she held continuously for 25 years till her retirement in 2005. This included being President in 1984 and Honorary Secretary for the last 15 of those years. Betty continued to contribute to the club as a volunteer in the Golf Shop, as an office holder on the Ladies Committee as treasurer of the Ladies Committee for 25 years and in other capacities.

Raised on a Jamberoo dairy farm the much valued Life Member was awarded the Kiama Council Australia Day Citizen of the Year for 2010 and awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday honours list. Betty received these awards for her unstinting contribution to the Municipality and its people in a wide variety of voluntary and professional roles, including her services to Jamberoo Golf Club.

Some of Betty’s other achievements included:

• Assistant General Manager of the former Jamberoo Co-operative Dairy Society
• Life Member Jamberoo Women’s Hockey Club
• Life Member South Coast District Women’s Hockey Association
• Life Member Jamberoo Combined Sports Association
• Life Member Kiama Show Society
• Secretary and Treasurer for 27 years of Terragong Drainage Union
• Served for periods on the boards of the former Kiama District Hospital, Mt Warrigal Nursing and Blue Haven Home.

Not bad for a girl who as a 15 year old clerk used to help milk the cows in the morning before walking from Jerrara down to Mark’s corner to catch the bus to work.

Betty will be sadly missed by her many friends at the club.

I have no details of her funeral arrangements as yet but will immediately inform you as soon as they become available.

Womens Golf Illawarra Pennants

Results from Gold Pennants 3^rd April vs PortLinks at Wollongong.

Elizabeth Armstrong lost 3/2

April van Woerkom lost 2 up

Judi O’Brien lost 5/3

Kay Brennan won 4/2

Pam MIddlebrook won 5/3

This leaves Gold team equal first with one round to be played.

Silver Pennants had a bye.

Bronze Pennants had a wash out with no play.

Thanks to all who helped with the Silver bye – getting all the teams out on the course and preparing the lunches for all. Well done.

Good luck to all pennant teams for 17^th April.

Judi O’Brien

VETERANS NEWS – Trevor Bell Shield

On Monday 3 April, the first round of the 2023 Trevor Bell Memorial Shield competition was held at Kiama Golf Club. The TBMS is an inter club veterans competition where each Veterans group in the Illawarra Veteran Golfers Assoc. enter a team of eight players and the best six stableford scores are aggregated each round through to the end of the competition.

After round one, Jamberoo (192 pts) is in 3^rd place behind Links SC (198) and Kiama (196). In the individual competition, Phil Gosling (36 pts) was 4 th on c/b and also picked up a nearest the pin.

The match was played in fine and calm conditions except for about 15 mins of rain.

Jamberoo team for the day was Larry Kent, Geoff Reynolds, Ian Unsworth, Phil Gosling, Peter Francis, Mal Hoy, Don Thompson and  Alan Jones. Well done fellows.

The next round is at The Links Shell Cove on 8 May followed by Jamberoo on 8 June.

Lance Fredericks

Preferred Lies to remain in place.

With the current damp conditions it has been decided to continue with preferred lies until the end of April. This should give the damaged areas more time to recover.

You are reminded to please repair divots and to use your sand bucket often.

Junior Golf at Jamberoo – School holiday golf development day – Thursday April 20.

Golf is a great game to learn and something you will enjoy for a lifetime.

Its about FUN with your friends.

Valuable life skills are gained playing the sport that will not only assist on the course but also in everyday life.  As a sport, Golf focuses on specific skills including respect, being fair and a good sport and perseverance.

GAMES – we believe in learning through fun, team-based and inclusive activities which allow for skill repetition and progression.

The essence of the sport for juniors is to enjoy it while learning to develop proficiency along the way.

It is important from the outset, regardless of age or ability, to realise that golf is simple and easy to understand.

Golf is a game for everyone. It provides friendships, experiences, and lessons for life.

Golf is about plenty of fresh air, sunshine, and time away from the mobile phone or the computer screen. Golf helps develop the social skills you will need to succeed in life.

If you are a junior aged between 12 and 17 then please come along and begin your golfing journey.

Date: Thursday 20 April
Time: 8.45 am to 12.30 pm. Meet at the golfshop.
Lunch and drinks and equipment supplied.
Come join your fellow junior golfers for a fun day which includes group golf lessons, questions on rules of golf and a few holes of golf.
No problems with your golfing ability as all standards are catered for.

Please reply by Friday 14 April either to Jamberoo Golf Club Golf Shop on 4236 0404 or email patrickchristine@me.com
Regards
Patrick Paris, co-ordinator.