Galway Golf Weekly in Association With

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1 Friday 31 st March, 2017 Galway Golf Weekly in Association With Dear Member, Welcome to our Galway Golf Weekly. We regret to inform you that the following bereavements occurred recently: PJ Dobbyn Honorary Pavilion Member Ita Mary Kilfeather Mother of Club Member Dermot Kilfeather and Grandmother to Club Members Alice, Leo & Sarah Bernadette Manning Sister of Club Member Mary Melia May They Rest In Peace.

2 Reduced Green Fee Booklet Now Available The Club have again decided to make available the reduced green fee booklet for The same cost will apply for the coming year i.e for which you will receive 5 green fee vouchers. Members can purchase a maximum of 2 books each. Please note the terms and conditions attaching to their use and which are detailed on the back of each voucher. Vouchers are valid until end of March2018 & will be on sale until end of April, Green Fee Vouchers Period of use extended to April 27 th No further extensions shall apply. On-going Course Works Completed New Planting Right of 16 th Green New Planting Right of 13 th Hole Both are completed on Health & Safety Grounds New 14 th Tee Works Completed

3 Raising of Tree Canopies & Stump Grinding Costello Cup 2017 Entries Close April 12 th. Junior Membership Junior Council wishes to regrettably inform members that no applications will be taken this year for Junior Membership. This is due to the high level of membership renewals within the section with the balance of the available places being filled by Temporary Juveniles moving up. Club Lotto In Association With The Winning Numbers from the Lotto Draw on Friday March 24 th were 1, 8, 25 & 31. There was no winner of the Jackpot of 4,550. There was no Match 3 Winner. Congratulations to Tomas Murray who won the 50 Lucky Dip prize. This Week s Jackpot is 4,575 Ladies Presentation of Prizes Ladies Presentation and Welcome evening for new Lady Members on Tuesday 4 th April. Prizes will be presented for the winter league and all February and March competitions and the Juliette McHugh trophy. Changes to Ladies Fixtures - Mor Oil - Norrie and Martin Kearney will now be played on the 13th June - Faller Cup will now be played on the 20th June. - Ward O'Brien -V Par will now be played on 18th July. Spring Aeration Works Spring Aeration Works (Greens & Fairways) took place this week. We apologise for inconvenience caused during these necessary works. For member information greens aeration works involved the following x 18 greens: - Mow green - Verti-drain green to a depth of 300mm - Roll - Hollow 2 x 2 pattern to a depth of 50mm re clean up - Top dress with approx. 2 tonne of sand per green & leave to dry (See images below)

4 - Brush in sand - Double roll - Drag mat green - Apply granular fertilizer - Water in the sand &fertilizer mix Fairway aeration works involved: - Sanding targeted areas of 5 th, 7 th, 3 rd, 4 th, 10 th, 12 th, 14, 16 th & 18 th holes - Verti-drain to a depth of 4/5 in a 4 x 4 pattern - & roll - Brush in sand More images and video of these works are available on the Club Facebook page. Rules Please see attached from our resident rules expert Aine Binchy. US Masters Sweep With just a few days to go to the 1 st Major of the Year make sure you enter our US Masters Sweepstake entries available via bar, dining room & pro shop at 5.00 per entry until next 12 noon. Finger Food Served on the evening of Sunday April 9th as the tournament climaxes. Scratch Match-play Championship As part of the teams preparation for the Senior Cup / Barton Shield the team management are holding a Scratch Match-play event to run over a number of weeks and to help the selection process. Entry is 10pp and payable in the Pro shop by Sunday 9th April. The tournament is limited to the 16 lowest handicap players who enter. There will be 4 seeded groups of 4 who with all players playing 3 round robin matches by 21st April, 5th May and 13th May. The top 2 in each group will progress to ¼ Finals to be played by 24th May. Semi-Finals to be played by 31st May. Final Date to be confirmed. Any queries in relation to this to Kieran O Mahony ( ) or Gerry Cox ( ) One Governing Body Update A One Governing Body Discussions Group (DG) was established in November 2015 and has four representatives from both the ILGU and GUI. Fifteen meetings of the DG have been held to date and significant progress has been made. The DG consulted with a number of Golf Club members amongst others, at a workshop in February of this year on the topic of the Organisational Structure of the new joint Governing Body for Golf in Ireland. Feedback was received on the future competition and administrative structure of the OGB, in addition to how the roles, responsibilities and functions of the OGB should be carried out. The DG are progressing with these recommendations and Clubs should expect further updates on this topic by mid-summer 2017.

5 The DG are hopeful to have a draft proposal presented to Golf Clubs in the autumn of Additional consultation meetings will take place at this stage with club members on a number of topics essential to the successful establishment of a new Governing Body. To make progress in a timely manner the DG established eleven Working Groups (WG) in areas of acute importance, such as Organisational Structure, Future Club Formation, Club Services and Game Development, to name but a few. The eleven WG s will report to the DG in April and May. Recommendations from the WG s will then feed into the draft proposal for OGB. The Communications WG recognised the requirement to effectively engage with all interested parties during the ongoing discussions. In this effort, a dedicated One Governing Body for Golf in Ireland website has been created and can be accessed via: The website provides the public with the opportunity to consult on all relevant materials relating to OGB for Golf in Ireland. The Communications WG recognised the requirement to effectively engage with all interested parties during the ongoing discussions. In this effort, a dedicated One Governing Body for Golf in Ireland website has been created and can be accessed via: The website provides the public with the opportunity to consult on all relevant materials relating to OGB for Golf in Ireland. General queries from Golf Club and Golf Club members should be directed to onegoverningbody@gmail.com Sinead Heraty Pat Finn CEO CEO Irish Ladies Golf Union Golfing Union of Ireland Kind regards, Dave Kelly General Manager