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Update for members – 28 April 20….nearly there, the course will now also be open on Thursdays for social play.

All Members

As you may have heard from the discussion in the media, things are looking up and a number of states are moving to allow groupings/gatherings of 10.  For us this means that when the ACT Government gives its imprimatur for the larger grouping, we hope to quickly return to grouping of four off the Tee.  However, until we have the formal clearances the current pairs grouping will continue.

From the last couple of weeks….

• Members are to continue to limit themselves to booking in advance for two (2) competition games per week only. AS noted before this allows everyone the greatest opportunity to plan and play their golf.
• Members are welcome to book in for additional competitions rounds of golf if there is a vacant spot after 4.00pm on the day prior to the competition.
• All Honour Board events: Monthly Medals, Matchplay events etc. are suspended.  A further decision on which Honour Board events will be run in 2020 will be taken when physical distancing restrictions are relaxed. For the time being all events are Pro-shop run competitions.
• Timesheets for both Saturday and Sunday events will now be open at the same time – 7 pm on the Saturday of the weekend prior.
• The toilets at the halfway house will remain open but we all need to be very conscious about the cleanliness of this facility. Please use the disinfectant provided and have some personal hand sanitiser to use, post using the toilet.  Remember, the COVID 19 virus remains on stainless steel for much longer than it remains on other surfaces.   If the toilets are to remain open, we the users, must take every precaution.  The toilets are cleaned every day that the course is open and will be locked on the days that it is not.

New for the week commencing 4 May…….

• We have Ainslie’s agreement for the course to be open for an extra day which will be Thursday. Competitions will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday with the course open for social play on Thursdays and on each of the afternoons on the days that competitions are played.     

As noted earlier, we are nearly back to normal operations and for this progress to continue we need people to adhere strictly to the COVID 19 measures.  If you see someone not doing the ‘right’ thing, please gently remind them that the course remaining open is dependent on players adhering to the measures.

Finally, we have had very positive feedback about Mandy and her Time for Coffee van.  She has agreed to be at the club on Saturdays and Sundays from 6.45 am until 12.00 noon for the next few weeks to see how things go.  I am sure that if business is good for her she will want to be become a regular fixture.  I encourage everyone to get to the club a little early and grab a cuppa  and say hi to Mandy before your game, of course remembering the physical distancing requirements.    

Good golfing.

Richard Oliver/President

Booking Restrictions

Hi All,

Just for clarification, the current booking restrictions are as follows:

Members are allowed to pre-book 2 competition games only over a weekly period (Mon-Sun)

Additional games are permitted to be booked if vacancies exist at 4pm the day before a competition.

Any member found to have booked more than 2 games will have additional  bookings removed (no more warnings)

With the addition of Monday next week as a public holiday we will allow 3 pre-booked games (for that week only)

Thanks to all members for their understanding and patience during this time. The committee appreciates you working with us to allow everyone access to the course

Capt Kev

Rough mowing

After a very harsh Summer, the recent Autumn rains have been a godsend for the course.  With the cooler weather and moisture in the ground, it has been a very rapid growing season. Which has led to the rough growing quickly and densely.   Golf balls are easily lost in these areas – and we accept that this is slowing play down, as well as being extremely frustrating for players that find themselves searching for golf balls continually.  The initial rough cutting is underway, and this is at a slightly longer length than is normal – this is to enable the greens staff to mow the course quickly.  There will be a second cut underway in which the mower heights will be cut lower.  Another cut may be undertaken prior to the frosts – and the growth should slow dramatically once we get to the minus’.  We thank you for your patience

Update for Members…..20 April 20

All Members

Another week has passed and following our regular discussion with CEO Ainslie the following will apply unless you are informed otherwise:

From last week….with the minor change of the Timesheet opening times reverting to normal. 

• Members are to limit themselves to booking in advance for two (2) competition games per week only. This will allow everyone the greatest opportunity to plan and play their golf.
• Members are welcome to book in for additional competitions rounds of golf if there is a vacant spot after 4.00pm on the day prior to the competition.
• All Honour Board events: Monthly Medals, Matchplay events etc. will be suspended.  A further decision on which Honour Board events will be run in 2020 will be taken when physical distancing restrictions are relaxed. For the time being all events are Pro-shop run competitions.
• Timesheets for all competitions will open 7 days prior at 7.00 pm.

New this week….

• The toilets at the halfway house will remain open but we implore members to be very conscious about the cleanliness of this facility. Please use the disinfectant provided and have some personal hand sanitiser to use, post using the toilet.  Remember, the COVID 19 virus remains on stainless steel for much longer than it remains on other surfaces.   If the toilets are to remain open, we the users, must take every precaution.  The toilets will be cleaned every day that the course is open and will be locked on the days that it is not.
• The course open days for this week will be the same as for last week. Competitions will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 
• Next Monday is the Anzac Day public holiday and we will run our normal public holiday competition on this day, so for next week the course will be open and competitions will be run on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

We will continue to talk to Ainslie about getting the course back to full operation noting the difficulty of the trading environment, particularly for Murray as the Club Professional.  CEO Ainslie continues to be happy to reassess the days open at the beginning of each week, as we have been doing for the past few weeks.  Hopefully, at least six days regularly in the near future and then maybe more.

CEO Ainslie, in his latest email to me, thanked the Committee and its Executive members for work that has been done in managing the recent changes.  I would like to reiterate this and also add my thanks to you the members, for bearing with us as we work to repair the course and, in the context of COVID 19, bring us back to full operation.

Good golfing.

Richard Oliver/President

Advice to members …. halfway house toilets will be open commencing 18 April – Update 17 April 20

All Members

Apologies for the latest of this advice.  We have agreed with the CEO Ainslie that the toilets at the halfway house will be open commencing 19 April.  Please note that although the tap will be available for hand-rinsing we would ask that members carry with them some hand sanitiser for their personal use, after using the toilets.  As you will appreciate hand sanitiser is a hard-to-come-by product and, if supplied, is likely to disappear in the current environment.  

Our thanks to you for your patience, as we deal with the issues relating to COVID 19 on the course.

Richard Oliver/President