New Season membership invoices have all been sent out with a note from George following advice from the Executive Committee to re-establish a set criteria for people who wish to make progress payments on their Subs. As outlined within your invoice email for existing Club Members (not available to new members) we have set a fixed schedule for progress payments with a 2-month upfront payment as a deposit, then 10 monthly payments thereafter, which will see all subscriptions paid in full by June. Please note, if we cannot achieve this structure, we may have to add an increased administration fee. We do not wish to do that so please ensure you revise your bank payments to meet the new criteria for payments. 

Thursday and Saturday golf continues to see good numbers of members out playing and now we will have a full 18 holes playable we should see a return of visitors playing in the Thursday Tournament. Green fee players have certainly been very supportive through our irrigation installation, and we hope to see these numbers pick up as the days stretch out with warmer weather.

Course bookings and Tee times:

Please be patient, check in when you arrive, if all of your booked group have not arrived you may be required to play in another group to make up 4’s which helps to clear No1 tee as fast as possible. At the end of the day the “starter/duty manager” is working to get everyone playing as efficiently as possible, so please cooperate with their directions. Be aware that if everyone has special requests it quickly becomes impossible to manage.

Of late there has been a noticeable increase in unrepaired ground. We have enough going on with the course already with the irrigation work, therefore please do as much as you can to replace, repair and lightly sand the damaged areas.

Please help out on course by carrying sand, replace large divots/sand smaller ones and repair pitch marks on all greens. If we all contribute a little it means the course will be in much better condition for your next game.

A very appreciative shout out to those who repair more than their own divots and pitch marks, you know who you are. If we all make one extra repair when we see it, the course will be looking in much better shape.

Get out and enjoy your golf.

Chris Collins, President

Congratulation to Chris Collins winning the Head Shield over Andrew King last weekend. Good one to win - too big to leave the clubhouse.

Speed of play; seems I mention this a lot. If your group is losing ground on the group in front, please make an effort to catch up:

• two going to hit while two are still putting
• walking to your own ball on the fairway - or rough!!
• not following to watch every shot
• and generally being efficient with your time.

On the flip side to this, there are some very fast groups out there, and sometimes with a big field patience is required.

Volunteers

Many of you may not realise just what a big part the volunteers play at our club. Apart from general tidy ups with sticks and cones and branches that come down in the wind, they split wood for the fire, empty the rubbish bins, clean and care for the hire carts, look after the many garden/tree areas and sand the thousands of divots on the par three tee boxes. Plus other odd jobs around the course and clubhouse. If you have time on a Tuesday morning they can always find work for you, plus there are always tasty biscuits and good yarns at smoko time!

While on that subject I would like to acknowledge on behalf of the club all the good work Graeme Clark did over the last eight years or so as a volunteer and general handyman. He has done countless hours of fixing doors, windows, roof etc and I know he was the go-to guy whenever Kay had a job around the clubhouse. Graeme has retired from playing golf and we wish him all the best for the future.

That's all from me, enjoy your golf and I'll see you out there

Captain Warren

Rule of the month - Sand Bunker

1. Free Relief (No Penalty)

If something in the bunker is in your way (like water, a rake, or ground under repair):

• You can drop the ball somewhere else in the bunker, no closer to the hole.
• Drop from knee height.

2. Can’t Drop in Bunker?

If there’s no good spot in the bunker to drop:

• You can drop the ball outside the bunker, behind it.
• You get 1 penalty stroke.

3. Unplayable Ball in Bunker

If you think your ball is unplayable:
You have 3 options (all with a penalty):

1. Go back to where you last hit from (1-stroke penalty)
2. Drop inside the bunker, going back on a straight line (1-stroke penalty)
3. Drop outside the bunker, behind it (2-stroke penalty)