Congratulations to Pam for the outstanding achievement of scoring an eagle 2 on the 15th hole of the Womens Course during the Friday round of the Seaside and Valley Vets week of golf.
This was Pam’s first eagle and she was most pleased to add this to her list of achievements.
Well played Pam.
Bye Bye Jim’s Shed
A real shame but it was riddled with termites and AC so it was necessary to remove it for safety’s sake. It will return in a new form and perhaps at a new location in the near future.
Thanks again to John Anthony and his father for removing the AC and making the site safe.
Upcoming Events
The busy Christmas period is upon us and Ham’s Days are being contested.
Thursday December 1 sees the Women Vets hold their annual Christmas Party and Hams Day. A shotgun start meeting at 7.30 for a 8 am hitoff.
Saturday December 10 – Men’s Hams Day
Tuesday December 13 – Womens Christmas Fun Day 3 person Hartball 8am shotgun start
Monday December 19 – Veterans Xmas Stableford and XMAS BBQ and Party.
$10 comp entry fee for Vets Members and free BBQ at conclusion.
Shotgun start from 7.30.
Saturday January 28 – Memorial Day Ambrose. A new event in our golfing calendar to remember all of our recently departed members.
A great day weather wise was enjoyed by all for the eventual playing of the 2022 Open Day. It was well worth the wait.
Welcome to all of our visitors. I’m sure you enjoyed the day on our beautiful course and we look forward to having you back in future days to celebrate golf with us at Jamberoo.
A special thank you to Vivienne Marris, of Elders Real Estate Jamberoo, our kind sponsor and great supporter of the club.
The popular format today was a 2 person Ambrose and was enjoyed by all.
Well played to all competitors and congratulations to the winners on the day. As you can see the scores were very close indeed.
Results:
Gross Winners – Kelley Greaves & Kay Brennan 77 scr.
Many members will be aware that the Board has been working for some time on producing a masterplan to guide the golf club in its investments in maintenance and improvements over the next 10 to 20 years. With invaluable help from club member and experienced architect Terry Graham, the masterplan has been developed to a point where its main features can be presented to the membership for discussion.
The masterplan brings together many of the projects and improvements that have been considered for a long time, and includes many standard maintenance items.
Most of the major cost items will require Council Development consent. To seek individual DAs for each item is extremely time-consuming, so one of the key ideas behind the masterplan is that we present to Kiama Council a “staged development plan” which, if approved, will allow us to move ahead with a whole series of projects without tying us down to specific timing or priorities.
Many of the projects will be dependent on grant funding. The catch is that most grants require a DA (which in turn necessitates a variety of consultant reports – environmental, planning, engineering, landscape design, geotechnical and survey). If we can secure a blanket approval for a whole series of projects in a large masterplan, we can save ourselves time and money in the long run and we will be in a much better position to apply for grants.
In the short run, there will be very significant consultancy costs to be able to present the plan to Council.
Remember that we will not be locked into doing things in any order; we can choose what to do when and we will be able to delete projects if we wish to.
I urge you now to have a scan through the table of works below to get a better idea of what is on the drawing board. I want to have a couple of consultation days with staff, volunteers and the general membership over the coming days and am looking forward to getting everyone’s feedback.
Consultation Days (lounge/verandah):
Staff, Volunteers and Women’s Committee: Friday 25th November 4.00 pm
Members: Sunday 27th November 4.00 pm
Phil Hahn
President
Project
Details
Relocate 4th Green north, build new practice green & relocate 1st tee north.
Lease of Club Jamberoo Land ends 30 September 2025.
Build Greens Nursery near works compound.
To facilitate repairs to greens as necessary.
Rebuild, modify 13th, 16th & 18th Green to address excessive slope.
Expand 8th Green to add more depth.
Build new 9th Tee to the east.
Renovate or replace 4th Bridge.
Raise 6th Bridge to ease flood impacts.
Raise 16th bridge east end.
Build path new 4th Green to 5th Tee.
Upgrade all pathways to either concrete or Geohex.
Modify or replace Causeway across Hyams Creek between 8th & 10th .
Rebuild Retaining Wall 16th .
Potentially connect 2nd Dam with 16th/17th Dams.
Dredge cleanout drainage canals, dams, remove weeds and install water fountains in main dams. Replace, upgrade ring mains to all greens.
Tree and vegetation management works
Removal of undesirable or inappropriate species, planting new trees, riparian zone weed eradication, improvement and management of clear tee/fairway chutes, address root invasion & shading issues.
Club House Precinct Works.
Install Glass Stacker Doors between members lounge and Deck, Replace deck area blinds with louvre windows or similar. Extension west so building can accommodate kitchen, stores, cleaner, disabled toilet, club professional, improvements to bar, shop starters area and office. Construct new convenient cart storage facility.
Entrance & Parking.
Relocate service road to works compound, reseal car park, improve stormwater drainage, rebuild car park retaining wall, improve waste management, upgrade car park entrance.
Supported Charity – Riding for DisabledAssociation (Illawarra)
Competition Fee: $25
Handicap: 1/8 of combined handicaps. Players without an official handicap are to play off 18 for men and 24 for women.
Rules:
All players tee off and play a shot from every position.
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.
The chosen shot is played from where it lies. The other three players place their ball within one club length (15cm on Putting Green) of the selected ball (or mark) and play their next shot in turn.
If the position of the selected ball is in the rough, sand bunker or a penalty area then the other players balls must be placed and played from the rough, sand bunker or penalty area. This process continues until the team has completed the hole.
Two tee shots from each team member must be used and shown on the scorecard.
The scorecard must be signed by the marker and one other team member.
Nearest the pin and Super Shot will be played as usual but there will be no drive and pitch prizes on the day.
The latest GIG at Jamberoo GC has been completed with 14 women learning the ‘tricks of the trade’. Over the six weeks the clinic has focused on driving, chipping, putting and sand bunker shots. The last two weeks the players have been able to play a few holes and understand the etiquette and rules of the game.
Four women have applied to join the club and we look forward to seeing them on the course gaining their handicap cards. We also hope to see them at “Champagne 9” at 1pm on a Saturday.
A special thanks goes out to Geoff Wilson (Community Coach) for providing the opportunity for people to learn, practice and fine-tune their skills in a friendly environment.
I also want to thank the members who assisted at the clinics to make it a very social experience.
Unfortunately, the next clinic will not be until the new year.
