The Seaside and Valley Veterans week of golf is set to be played from Monday 21st of November to Friday 25th.
Jamberoo will be the host club for the Monday and Friday of that week.
Any members who have some time to spare are requested to help out on the course as marshalls, starters, scorers or cooks on either of the two days. If you can help please contact Lance Fredericks by SMS on 0407 899 453 or complete the form on the starters desk at the club.
Your assistance would be most appreciated.
A trio of Champs.
Gail, Rhonda and Barb, in memory of their friend Deb McCloud, have raised $500 for Ovarian Cancer to increase the funds raised by our Womens Club to over $2000.
Three real champions.
2022 MondayVeterans Golf
Due to the incessant bad weather that swept the East Coast of Australia our golfing calendar was severely affected. Of the 48 Mondays that Vet members could play in the last season October 1, 2021, to September 30, 2022, 12 of those rounds were cancelled and for quite a few others golf carts were not permitted.
The published rules of the season were that “to be awarded an Xmas bonus a Vet golfer would need to play 12 rounds to qualify, 17 rounds to reach the first level and 30 rounds to qualify for the upper level”. These numbers equate to the approximate cost of goods at each level.
The Board of Directors felt that, given the 25% reduction in possible playing days, many vets would not have the opportunity to reach these levels.
The qualifying standard, level 1, will now become 9 games, level 2, 15 games and level 3, 24 games, allowing many more to reach the qualifying and other levels.
A complete list of members at each level will be published shortly and placed on the Noticeboards at the club.
Xmas Bonus Structure
It was also decided by the Board of Directors that given the uncertainty of pricing and delivery of goods and the lack of storage facilities at the club; it would be better if Club Vouchers be awarded instead of the awarding of goods as in previous years.
If you qualify in Level 1, then a $18 voucher will be awarded,
If you are in Level 2, then a $30 voucher will be awarded,
If you have reached Level 3 then a $48 voucher will be awarded.
These Vouchers will be available by 14 November from the Office.
Vouchers can be used for purchases in our golf shop; at the Jamberoo Valley Butcher shop, at the Fredericks IGA in Jamberoo, at Drummond Golf Shellharbour or at the Illawarra Golf Complex at Windang.
Alternatively, you can ask to have the vouchers credited to your trophy account to reduce your 2023 membership fees.
2022 Xmas BBQ
The annual Vets Xmas Comp and Party will be conducted on December 19. It will be a shotgun start, meeting at 7 for a 7.30 am hit-off.
The XMAS BBQ comp fee for Jamberoo Vet Members will be $10.00, Visitors $16.00 with 1/2 Hams as prizes and all invited to a free BBQ.
Raffles will be run as well with bottles of wine and boxes of chocolates as prizes.
2023 and the Future
The Board feels that the strength of our Veterans days is with members enjoying competition and fellowship with friends and fellow vets on our beautiful course, rather than a season long chase for a Ham. We would like to encourage members to enjoy as many rounds as possible and not have concerns of how many games they have played if weather intervenes again.
The Board believes that all should share in the benefits of Monday Veteran Golf.
Subsequently, from November 14 Competition fees will remain at the current amount with increased prizes and/or a larger extension of winners.
There will be at least 3 shotgun starts held in 2023 with free BBQs with $10.00 entries into the comps for Jamberoo Vet members and $16.00 for visitors.
The past system was a credit to its innovative designer and great kudos is deserved by Chris Goodwin.
Each year an eclectic competition is held at Jamberoo. This year it ran from 03/08/2022 to 05/11/2022.
Competitors play two or more rounds and the eclectic score is the lowest stroke score obtained at each hole on the rounds. The total score for the holes is subject to deduction of ½ the player’s handicap held on the last day of competition.
We kept the records of every round played in this time and as usual some great scores were recorded.
The overall winner this year was Jake Willoughby with a nett score of 49 (gross 59)
Runner up was Chris Leckey, also with a gross of 59, for a nett 52.5.
Arthur Bosanquet finished 3rd on 53 nett, with equal best gross score of 58. This was shared by Daniel Adams who ended with a nett score of 53.5.
Rounding off the top ten were Tim Ashby, Peter Francis, Alan Jones, Greg Quigg, Matt Tedeschi, and Bob Neilson.
The Fredericks IGA trophy will be awarded to Jake. Congratulations.
Which hole ceded the least number of birdies? – The 4th, 14th, 15th and 18th all ceded 3 birdies this year, but the 1st ceded none!
Which hole ceded the most birdies or better? It turns out that 7th ceded 39 birdies and overall 5 hole in ones were recorded over the 3 months of the competition.
The 2023 competition will kick off early in August and run to early November.
Gold Medalists Decided
Congratulations to our 2022 Gold Medalists.
Mal Hoy in A grade, Andrew Ball in B Grade and Greg Quigg in C Grade.
Each will receive a special gold badge and receive an engraved piece of glassware as a memento of their fine achievement.
The 2022 Golden Putter is Ken Bradley.
2023 Gold Medal Qualifiers
By winning the November Monthly Medals the folowing players become the first to qualify for the 2023 event.
Well played today to Mal Hoy, Andrew Ball and Jacob Brookfield,
Our first golden Putter qualifier is Ron Chilby with 25 putts.
The course was in amazing condition with the greens in sensational condition, I hope you enjoyed your day on the greens.
With the course now in good condition there is no need to play preferred lies any longer.
Therefore we will ‘play the ball as it lies’ from Saturday 5th November.
If you finish in an abnormal ground condition (ie in temporary water, on a bare patch on a fairway, in GUR, or in an animal scrapping), then you may take free relief not nearer the hole following the procedures outlined in rule 16.
Note:
There is no relief when it is clearly unreasonable to play your ball :
When playing your ball as it lies is clearly unreasonable because of something other than an abnormal course condition (such as, when you are standing on an immovable obstruction but you are unable to make a stroke because of where your ball lies in a bush), or
When interference exists only because you choose a club, type of stance or swing or direction of play that is clearly unreasonable under the circumstances.
A ball lying on a bare patch in the rough should be played as it lies with no free relief unless it is on a tyre track caused by a vehicle.
