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Member Update – 13 October 2023

Members

Following our committee meeting last night (Thursday 13 Oct) we thought it was timely to do a Member Update to bring you ‘up to speed’ on a number of matters:

Membership fees

2023/24 membership fees are due now as you are hopefully aware from the various correspondence and messages you will have received. Those competing in Club Championships will already have paid their fees. If you haven’t yet paid your fees, note that they are due by 13 October after which your booking rights will be removed. If not paid by end of October (31^st) you will become unfinancial and your membership will be cancelled on the system. I refer you all to the email regarding your fees sent out my Marie Barendrecht (Ainslie’s Membership Officer) and my letter which was one of the links provided by Marie, in her email.  A copy of my letter can be accessed at the following link – Membership Fees letter 2023-24 final.  If you are yet to pay your fees and find that you cannot access the timesheets please speak to Tim Payne, our Golf Manager (via email at gungahlinlakes@gmail.com) or via his office number (02 61800821).

From the Greens Committee

This coming week marks the beginning of our greens’ renovation program.  Coring, sanding, fertilising will all be occurring – which is designed to ensure our greens remain healthy for the next year.  We are asking for volunteers to help with some of the manual labour – mainly shoveling up the cores that have been removed from the surface and moved to the edge of the green.

Volunteer time sheets have been placed on the notice board ouresday and Wednesday.  Feel free to jot down your availability on one or both of the sheets.  We use the sheet to simply get a sense of who might be available to assist on each day.  Work begins at 9.00 am and we meet at the Superintendents shed.  Doing this work is a good way to get to know some of the others who volunteer at the club.  Working gear a little of your time are the only prerequisites. 

Because of the renovations, please note that the course will have limited play available on the early days of the week.  Only the front 9 holes will be available on Monday with only the back 9 holes available on Tuesday. There will be no competitions offered on Tuesday or Wednesday and players will be playing on freshly cored greens for the remainder of the week.

Presentation day

Our annual presentation day will be held on Saturday 18 November. Please save the date for this great event. The day opens with an 8:30 am shotgun start to the Green Keepers’ Revenge game. Be prepared for all sorts of challenges our greens’ staff will inflict upon us! It will be a great day, and concludes with lunch, our normal presentations for the day’s event, the $300 members badge draw, and the end of year presentations for the key Honour Board event winners and the winners of the recent monthly medals.  We should be finished golf by around 1.00 pm, a proper lunch will then be served and presentations will be made.  We expect the events for day will conclude around about 2.00/2.30 pm.  Please schedule enough time into your diary to play in the event and then stay for some lunch and the presentations.  Remember this is the day at which we celebrate the achievements of our members. There will be around 130 spots on the time-sheet so remember to book in early.

Drop Zones

There has been lots of commentary about the new drop zones on the course recently.  These drop zones have now been in place for almost 5 months. The viability of the various drop zones is still under review (especially the new drop zone on hole 14), and we thank those who have provided feedback on them to committee members. If you’ve yet to provide feedback and would like to do so, please chat to any of the committee members. A decision as to the permanency of the drop zones will be made in coming months.

Nominations for the Committee and the AGM

Just a final reminder we soon call for nominations for the 2023/24 Golf Club Committee. You may care to give some thought to nominating.  The timeline for these arrangements is as follow:

• Nominations for the committee open on 30 October – nominate via the form outside the Golf Managers office or found at the link –  GLGC Nomination for Committee 2023-24
• Nominations close on 8 November.
• Voting for the committee will open (if required) online on 9 November.
• Voting will close on 16 November.
• Results will be notified at the AGM on 21 November commencing at 7.00pm in the Spike Bar.  The bar will open at 6.30 pm with hot snacks served with the meeting commencing at 7.00pm.  The bar will close for the meeting then re-open following the meeting.

We look forward to seeing you at the meeting and to receiving a nomination for the committee if you are interested. 

Good golfing.

Richard Oliver/President

2023 Men’s and Women’s Foursomes Championship

Our next Honour Board event is fast approaching.

The 2023 Men’s and Women’s Foursomes Championship will be held on the weekend of 4/5 November. 

Find yourself a partner and get your entry form in by Friday 27 October.

Entry form is attached and will also be available outside the golf office before the end of the week.

Entry fee is $50 per team. Drop your entry form and cash entry fee in the red box under the main notice board outside the Spike Bar.

2023 Foursomes Entry Form

Splash October 2023

SPLASH-Oct 2023

GLGC Men’s Pennant Season 2024

Would you like to represent Gungahlin Lakes Golf Club (GLGC) in next year’s 

DGA Pennants competition?

The ACT Monaro DGA Pennants competition is a highly competitive, prestigious event which runs for several months in the first half of each year (usually February – April). Comprising teams of players from most clubs in the district, this competition is a great way to represent your club, improve your golfing ability, compete at the highest level of your ability, meet new people, and play on many other courses.

The format is ‘match play’ (don’t know what this is? ask a committee member!), with most matches on Sundays, and seniors (over 50) played on Thursdays.  While the ideal match play competitor is someone able to play all 18 holes well, the format often favours those players who play (say) 15 or 16 holes well, but perhaps not so well on a few holes.

We are seeking nominations from members who are interested in representing GLGC in one of the men’s Pennant grades (Womens’ teams are being arranged by  Janet Jenista):

• Division 1
• Division 2
• B Scratch
• Handicap
• Senior Handicap (Over 50yo; plus a separate Division for over 65yo)
• Juniors

(Note: GLGC is not nominating a team in the Senior Scratch Division for the 2024 Pennants competition as we are unable to secure a sufficient number of interested/competitive/available players).

Finalisation of teams

Each team is required to present six players for each competition round, plus an appropriate number of reserves.

We want to provide as much notice as possible to all players and commence preparations for the 2024 season, which is why we are seeking nominations now, even though the season commences in February next year. We will start firming up squad selections after the 2023 GLGC Club Championships

Things to note before nominating

Pennant representatives are provided with a club Pennant shirt. GLGC will only select players who are able to represent our club in a favourable light; those with a tough competitive spirit who are seen to be fair, reasonable and exhibit good sportsmanship. Players are required adhere to the GLGC code of conduct and behaviours at all times, and it should be no surprise that your behaviour in normal competition rounds is noticed and will be taken into account in team selections.

Interested? Please nominate now! Not 100% sure yet? Have a chat with a committee member, previous managers, players, or the Pennant Coordinator (Craig Farrell).

Craig Farrell

0434 601 433

craig.farrell@iinet.net.au

2023 4BBB Matchplay Championship results