REEF BREEZES FROM THE PRESIDENT

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1 Reef Breezes

2 REEF BREEZES September 28 th 2018 Ph: Fax: FROM THE PRESIDENT LRGC plans to carry out a number of course and clubhouse improvements over the next few years. Two projects are scheduled for 2018/19. The first will be the completion of the wetlands project by creating a 7,000 square metre and 6+ megalitre capacity lake in the location of the recently demolished maintenance shed. This will be the final stage of Thomson Perrett designed pond/wetlands system, designed to capture the storm water run-off to feed the ponds. Previously storm water run-off from the Long Reef/Collaroy areas had created significant problems for Fisherman s Beach with storm water debris and beach gouging impacting on the amenity of the beach and ocean. Over the past 15 years LRGC has invested more than $3 million of its own funds (with some relatively minor grant assistance) in the various stages of storm water diversion infrastructure which feeds the existing pond system and has greatly reduced the LRGC s reliance on town water. The benefits of the new wetlands project include; increasing water storage capacity for the golf course providing greater water selfsufficiency creating additional habitat for a diverse range of fauna including migratory water and shore birds and a variety of other fauna significant increase in flora with the planting of native grasses and plants. Consequential improvements to the golf course as a result of layout changes required to build the Wetlands include; a replacement chipping green and bunker. improved playability of the 4 th and 8 th holes. use of the fill from the Wetlands site to create mounds between the 14 th and 15 th fairways, 15 th and 16 th fairways and at the end of the practice fairway. raise the level of the practice fairway and increase its area. (LRGC is required by Northern Beaches Council to retain and disburse on the course all fill taken from the Wetlands site). The second project is the re-development of the Halfway Kiosk situated aside the 9 th tee. Plans are in place to construct a weather resistant structure. Once completed we will be able to provide year round catering for both golfers and public, point of sales facilities (including use of the LRGC membership card) and an App to alleviate service delays. Both these capital works projects will be funded from revenues generated by the business and from cash reserves. However where possible we will also look for other funding opportunities. We continue to explore and make application for government grants, however success is a lottery. We recently established a facility to accept tax deductible donations via The Australian Sports Foundation (ASF). Many sporting clubs throughout Australia have taken the opportunity to raise much needed funds using this system. The ASF is supported by the Australian Sports Commission and was established by the Australian Government to help community organisations raise funds for development of Australian sport. In addition, the ASF provides support for the Club s projects by helping in taking tax deductible donations. It then refunds these donations back to the Club in the form of grants. The unique advantage is the incentive of tax deductibility for donations. This means that individuals or groups that donate over $2 to help support one of the Club s projects will receive a tax deduction on that donation. We are hopeful that the provision of this facility may encourage members and others to donate funds in support of our capital projects and assist the club to meet its goals. To make a donation please visit our Australian Sports Foundation web site and follow the instructions. Thank you for your kind support. If anyone has any queries they can contact our General Manager, Anthony Dignan at adignan@lrgc.com.au or Stephen Twigg President

3 Results of competition 21 st September Division 1: (1-19) 1 st Adam Elliott (7) 39 pts 2 nd Maurice Loomes (10) 37 pts Division 2: (20-27) 1 st Gary Pethybridge (21) 42 pts 2 nd Rod Macqueen (23) 40 pts Division 3 (>27) 1 st Karen Pethybridge (48) 37 pts 2 nd Sue Phillips (44) 36pts NTP Div 1 Div 2 Div 3 Balls to 34cb Michael Smiles Susan Telfer John Miller RULES WITH GEORGE QUESTION: Eric and Terry are opponents in a match. They each have a caddie. On the second hole both caddies have gone forward to the right of the green with their players' equipment. Eric played his tee shot and his ball hit Terry's bag and ended in a greenside bunker in a nasty lie. Which statement is true? a. Terry loses the hole. b. Eric loses the hole. c. Bad luck, no penalty to either player and Eric must play his ball as it lies in the bunker. d. No penalty to either player and Eric may cancel his stroke and play again from the tee, playing his first stroke. CHARITY DAY 27 September 2018 EVENT - BEST 2 0F 4 STABLEFORD 1 st Kathy Johnson, Eve Bagnall, Laurel Lawrence, Anne Collis 94 2 nd Sue Dewell, Michelle Perkins, Nan Crump, Diane Evans 93 3 rd Karen Smith, Jen Jansson, Ali Gattas, Kim Sloane 89 2 nd shot to 2 nd Hole (31-45) Diana Muir 7 th Hole NTP (19-30) Meriam Matheson 13th Hole: NTP (0 18) Jeanette Reitzer 18th Hole: Closest to Squiggly Line Division 1 (0 30) Denise Scott-Fell Division 2 (31-45) Ondrae Heiser Balls to: 87C/B Men s Weekly Results Saturday 22 nd A & B Stableford C Stroke A Grade Tony Holley (3) 39 B Grade Stewart Nettleton (17) 40 C Grade Grady Clarke (28) 67 Women Karen Smith (17) 36 NTP 2 nd N Hitchcock, 13 th M Oaten - Hole in One Balls A & B - 34cb C - 74 Sunday 16 th Stableford, W/E Premiership & Team Men Brian Ferguson (12) 34 Women Pauline McMahon (25) 69 4BBB B Ferguson/G McManus/ Todd/P Hemmel Monday 24 th Stableford A Grade John McKeon (10) 40 B Grade Kevin Munce (18) 35 C Grade Peter Hayes-Williams (19) 36 Tuesday 25 th Stableford Winner Doug Mansfield (14) 35 Wednesday 26 th Par A Grade Glen Evans (10) +1 B Grade Stewart Nettleton (16) Sq C Grade Peter French (23) +1 Scratch Tony Cooper -4 NTP 2 nd J Steuart 13 th G Bush Balls -4

4 CAPTAIN S CORNER Although Wednesday was almost a wash out it was great to see the rain. The 30 mm has certainly greened up the course. Tony Smithyman had spent his NTP voucher after being less than 1cm on 13, however Matt Oaten denied this by holing out. Men s Championships 2018 C Grade - Qualifying Rounds Craig Pecar led the qualifiers with two good rounds (178). Yutaka Yoshino (184) second and Russell Smylie third (186). Peter Hensman scraped into the 16 with (192) CB Draft Match Play Draw is on the Notice Board and members section of the website. Championship, A Reserve and B Grade - Qualifying Rounds Saturday 29th September and Saturday 6th October. These are also the dates for the Junior and Senior Championships. The Match Play Schedule R1 Saturday 13 October 18 holes from 6.24 Members Comp from R2 Saturday 20 October 18 holes from 6.24 Members Comp from 8.16 Semi Sunday 21 October 18 holes from 6.38 Members Comp from Final & Major Presentation Sunday 28 October 36 holes from 6.52 Handicap for each grade is based on the player s GA Handicap on the first Qualifying Day- A Res B Grade C Grade 16.1 and above Full details and Conditions on Notice Board and in Pro Shop. Women s Weekend Premiership With two solid rounds Jen Jansson ran out winner from Jenni Brown. Congratulations. Saturday Eclectic Final results to be published next week. Juniors Good luck to Jack, Kai, Noah, Millie and Harry who travel to Cessnock to compete in the Jack Newton International next week. New Rules 2019 The new Rules of Golf will be effective from 1 Jan Long Reef will be hosting Rules Night on Tuesday 27 th November to go through the major changes. New 2019 rule books are available from the Office. Les Browne Captain VINCE HORAN MEMORIAL TROPHY The best net score in the 1 st Wednesday competition of the month qualifies for the Vince Horan Memorial play off. The 12 qualifiers then play off in the stableford event on Wednesday 3 rd October to determine the winner. VINCE HORAN MEMORIAL TROPHY MONTH OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER QUALIFIER Richard Wray Brian King Richard Wray Tony Cohen Edwin Zemancheff James Pysar Brian Cronan Trevor Waters Andrew Kim Rob Bowie Ric Larkins Maurice Fischer LADIES BEGINNER CLINICS If you have been thinking of taking up golf or have friends who would like to try it now is a great time. Long Reef Golf Club s PGA Professional Sam Newbrun is running numerous weekly golf clinics for ladies starting out at golf. The 1-hour clinic is $25 per week and they will run all year long. Please register your interest with the proshop at proshop@lrgc.com.au or

5 FROM THE WOMEN The Women s Weekend Premiership was decided on Sunday with Jennifer Jansson declared the winner after a 2-round total of 180. Jen is doing very well this year after also lifting the Mixed Foursomes trophy with Les Browne. Jenni Brown was the runner up with 186. Very steady golf from both players in windy conditions. Pauline McMahon played consistent golf to be the handicap winner over 2 rounds with a score of 148. Her round on Sunday of 69 nett was a pleasure to watch. Our Coronation Medal representatives played very well on Monday to finish in a tie for tenth overall. Marg O Connell took a break from Charity Day events to play great golf at Asquith and record nett 75. Ali Gattas also played well for a nett 77 and was fortunate to have Jen Jansson as her caddy. Thank you also to Pam Burke for returning to her role as Nat s caddy at Pymble. Well played everyone. Charity Day for Bringa was a resounding success with our biggest field in some time. A huge thank you and Well Done to our fundraising team of Dani Montgomery, Di Muncke and Jill Hensman who were supported by Marg O Connell, our President. Fantastic team effort and great funds raised for this worthy cause. Trish Bramble from the Bringa resource centre had most of the women teary as she recounted stories of how their centre works to assist women and children in times of crisis. We know the funds will be well utilised Winners this week Saturday Karen Smith (17) 38points Sunday Gilda Severino (21) 29pts C/B Women s Weekend Premiership round 2 Wendy Millson 90 C/B Jen Jansson 90 Pauline McMahon (25) 69 Women s Weekend Premiership (trophy to be presented at the Major Presentation) Winner Jen Jansson 180 Runner Up Jenni Brown 186 Handicap over field Winner Pauline McMahon (25) 148 Rachael Loomes (18) 154 Monday Kim Sloane (13) 32 points Tuesday Cath Piper (19) 38points 9 Hole Competition Meriam Matheson (24) 18points Welcome back Pam Martin and Shirley Loveridge. Great to see you out on the course again. Next Tuesday we will play the Annual Long Reef versus Cromer day at Cromer. Let s hope we retain the trophy. Thank you to all who have agreed to play on the day. Please wear our Long Reef shirts. We play as Cromer guests on the day. GIGL golf launch will take place on Thursday October 4. Again, we all appreciate the efforts to make the day a success. A reminder to place your names on the Entry Sheets for the Club Championships. These are in the Locker Room. A representative from Footjoy shoes will be attending the club on Thursday November 1 after golf to show the women s range of shoes. Discount will apply on the day. Thank you to Billy Watson for organising this option. Rookies A full field of Rookies took to the field this week. We also saw a large group at the clinic with Sam before play. New beginners also had their first clinic with Sam. Welcome Julie Libby. Winner this week- 8 hole competition Jeanette Newman (R45) 19points. Congratulations on your first win Balls to Liz Patrick, Helen Ayres, Felicity Brown, Judith Kerr and Babs Robertson. It was exciting for us to welcome you as players in the Charity Day. Please Note NO COMPETITION on 9 th October at Long Reef due to an Empower Golf Day. However, you are fortunate that Sam will be conducting a 2 hour clinic on short game at Terrey Hills Par 3 Pitch and Putt course. The cost is $50 and you will need to book via the pro shop ( ) or proshop@longreefgolfclub.com.au Wendy Millson Women s Captain

6 THE ARCHIVES A Golfing Professional and an "All-Rounders family. As it is the Championship time of year, the framed photos of some of the Club s great Champions are being displayed in the Pro shop. Check out the achievements of Des Lofthouse, Ruby Watts, Gordon Thomson and Dulcie Fouracre in particular, the Club s all-time multiple Champions. September - this is the month we remember Frank Eyre s win in the 1930 Australian Open. Although The Open had been held since 1904, this was the first year that the Stonehaven trophy had been presented. So Frank s name appears on the top of the engraved list. Baron Stonehaven was completing his five years as Governor-General and as an enthusiastic Scottish golfer was keen to donate the trophy. It has been mentioned before in this newsletter that this Open was held in atrocious weather conditions at the New Metropolitan Club in Melbourne. Light weight players were literally blown off their feet and Frank was credited the win, not only because he was used to Links conditions, but because he was a man with a solid build and he could stand tall! He was the only player to break 80 on all four days and finished 7 shots ahead of the rest of the field. Frank receives the Stonehaven Cup 1930 A few years ago, thanks to Betty Twight and Barbara Maladay, the family of Frank was contacted and we got to see the family scrap book, the trophy that Frank was able to keep from that win, and the silver tray that the club gave him when he left the Club after 41 years of service. Along with newspaper articles from a variety of achievements were two newspaper cuttings from the 1940 s which listed achievements on the Rugby field. The Eyre family were all-round sportsmen. The articles come from the Rugby News in 1942 and The Sun Sporting Gallery, which is not dated, but would have been around the same time. Football runs in Eyre blood - a third generation footballer Jack will play in Manly in the Rugby Union premiership grand final against Randwick tomorrow." We know that Frank, (the Club s first Professional) used the title Happy as his trade mark, but it should have really read as Happy mark 2. His father Eddie Eyre (a New Zealander) was the original Happy. He played Rugby Union for Manly and was selected to play for NSW against NZ in 1894 where he scored the winning try. He was equally famous as a surfer and became the first official lifesaver in Australia at Manly beach in Frank grew up in Manly, was a keen swimmer, member of the North Steyne Surf Club, a caddy at the Manly Golf Club and a Manly Rugby player. He too represented NSW at Rugby. It was in the season. He played against Queensland, the AIF, and the All Blacks. By the 1940 s it was Frank s turn to watch his son (Edward John) known as Jack compete at Manly Oval. The Rugby news, explains that this third generation player was to represent Manly Junior Union v Metropolitan. A lad with a football future, and with a very high standard to follow. Jack was tipped to have a future in NSW Rugby -but the war years may have squashed this ambition. We do know that Jack was a member of the Collaroy Surf Club and a member of a Champion junior surf boat crew and served in the Navy on the Shropshire and at intervals had a game with Manly s first fifteen. Frank s sons Jack and Alan became members of Long Reef Golf Club, in 1949 and 1950 and were both pennant players in the '50s. Jack was a member of the Committee from He resigned in Alan left the club in 1961, but not before he won the Foursomes with his brother in Sandra Mellowes Frank s Cup from the 1930 Open win.

7 BRIDGE CLUB FROM THE JUNIORS Results of 1 st Round of Teams Championship on 12 th September 1 st Liz Davis / Helen Gunther/ Helen Kook / Judy Lockhart 2 nd Joan Fawcett / Ada Duignan/ Sue Cameron / Gail Thompson 3 rd Judy O Malley / Joyce Low/ Val Miller / Kaye Miller The final round of the Plymm Trophy, a hotly contested Teams event between the Bridge Clubs of Pymble, Long Reef, Cromer and Manly Golf clubs, was won by Long Reef last Friday. Our team was Val Miller/Joan Fawcett, Kay Brideau/ Kaye Miller, Ellen Kassel/Jean Morey, Noeleen Stewart/Arlene Veith. The final result for the year was a draw between Long Reef and Manly. EMPOWER CHARITY GOLF DAY TUESDAY 9 TH OCTOBER Long Reef Golf Club have been major supporters of Empower Golf and the Paragolfer clinics. Empower are holding their 2 nd Annual Charity Golf event on Tuesday 9 th October therefore the members competition will be a 7.45am shotgun start. If you wish to play in the Empower Charity Golf Event, information can be obtained from reception or at RULES WITH GEORGE ANSWER: d is correct. Rule 19-3 applies. Eric may play his ball in the bunker as it lies, or before another stroke is made by either side Eric may cancel his stroke and play a ball without penalty as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played (Rule 20-5). This means that Eric may tee the ball and play from any position on the teeing ground of the second hole. SCHOOL HOLIDAY GOLF CLINICS Get the kids out of the house and into golf this school holidays. We are conducting three clinics over the school holidays and they are a fun way to get your children involved in golf. Monday 8 th October Thursday 11 th October 9am 3pm Open to all kids aged 8-15 $65 per clinic includes morning tea, Lunch and prizes. To book please download the entry form at FROM THE COURSE We have finally received some nice rain over the last week with around 30mm falling over 5 days. This has allowed us to fertilise most of the fairways which hopefully will help with some much-needed recovery. It would be really nice to get some follow up rain which is predicted, maybe a thunderstorm tonight. Last week we completed a revamp of the start of the 1 st fairway which has smoothed the area out and removed the Parramatta grass and uneven surfaces. We have also recently rebuilt the yellow tee boxes on the 4 th & 18 th holes. Both these tees were in very poor condition mainly due to the dry weather, we now have irrigation installed in these areas. A new seat has been installed at the back of the 2 nd tee, a nice place to sit and watch the whales whilst waiting for the golfers. Have a great weekend and good golfing.

8 FROM THE PRO SHOP DATES FOR THE DIARY Sept Sat 29 R1 Championships PRO SHOP SPECIALS!! - Winter Apparel on Sales Racks 50% OFF!! Anything in store RED, WHITE OR BLUE, take a further 20% OFF Go The Chooks! We d like to welcome James Sampson to the club as part of the fulltime proshop staff. James has come highly recommended from Northbridge Golf Club where he has spent the past 8 months. Oct Thu 4 Sat 6 Sun 7 Sat 13 Sat 20 Sun 21 Sun 28 Sun 28 GIGL Golf opening at LR R2 Championships Daylight Saving starts R1 Match Play R 2 Match Play Semi Final Championships Final Championships Major Presentation CRAZY WHIST Growing up in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, James has played his Amateur and continues to play his professional golf at The Australian Golf Club in Rosebery where he represented the club in Major Pennant competition for the past 10 years. Currently completing his PGA Traineeship, James will be focusing his efforts on a few key tournaments during the year and you will often find him on the range or on the putting green trying to hone his craft. Friday 5 th October 6.30pm for a 7pm start Fun and Easy to play $20 pp including Dinner Bookings Recommended Please see Reception James looks forward to meeting you all around the club over the coming weeks and assisting you however is needed. Tuesday 4 th December 2018 For more information please contact: Angela Brown or Amanda Biffin NO PARTICULAR TALENT NEEDED!!!

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