WELCOME Ladies to the April Newsletter and hoping everyone enjoyed their Easter activities surrounded by family and friends, indulging in lots of hot cross buns and yummy chocolate Easter eggs. The weather was very unkind with massive amounts of rain. It has however been enormously beneficial with the fairways looking so lush and green and our water catchments lovely and full for the Winter months ahead. MARCH QUALIFYING EVENTS: On March 24 th the Final of the J P Mullholland Cup was played in great conditions and our congratulations go to both Therese Tathem and Diana Wilson for their previous wins to make it to the Final. Super Congratulations to Therese who was victorious on the day winning this very prestigious event with a 2/1 result. WINNER 2015 J P MULLHOLLAND CUP THERESE TATHEM 2015 RUNNER UP- DIANA WILSON 1
THURSDAY LADIES 9 HOLE COMP (The Nudgee 9): Shannon wishes to advise that this competition is open to members and non-members and is being very well supported by many regular ladies enjoying their 9 holes on Thursday mornings. There is a trophy fee of $3.00 per player on top of green fees (if applicable). John has kindly offered to establish and manage handicaps for non-members, provide cards and advise the winners. Please remember to use the wait list in the Pro Shop if there is not a spot available in the timesheets. Come along and join in the fun on Thursday mornings and assist with developing our very keen new ladies skills in course management, golf rules and etiquette. RAFFLE: The Nudgee Ladies season-long weekly raffle has now commenced and the lucky winners for the first 4 weeks draws are listed below with Deanne Steel now well in front of her initial outlay (Well Done, Deanne!) WEEK NO 1 st Prize $35 2 nd Prize $25 3 rd Prize $$15 4 th Prize $10 5 th Prize $5 1 Babs White Bernadette Sally Pitchard Heather Sonja Pryor Fitzgerald Hyland 2 Deanne Steel Maureen Lyn Kenna Margaret Gloria Bignell O Brien Taylor 3 Deanne Steel Christine O Brien Claire Cameron Lena Merzliakov Helen Crowther 4 Gillian McAdam Marg Emerson Kay Clifford David Elford Ann McMillan Congratulations to the lucky winners who have already been drawn. Fingers crossed to everyone else still waiting for their Lucky Number/s to be drawn for a win. GOOD LUCK in the coming weeks. FUNDRAISING BEGINS! In conjunction with this year s Mid-Week Championships and the Ann Costin Memorial Cup matches, the Ladies Committee has decided to offer the chance to win something a little extra over the two Tuesday rounds in May and the two Saturday rounds in June by making available the option for you to choose your First Four. To enter you will group yourself with any 3 other ladies playing in the field on each of the days competitions (for example, the 3 ladies playing in your group or you may choose whoever you think will come in with a good Nett score on the day). You must complete your entry before leaving the 1 st Tee. Ros Russell and other helpers will have entries available on the 1 st / 10 th Tees to purchase for $5 each entry. You may purchase as many entries as you wish for each day. The proceeds will go towards our chosen charity for 2015. Don t forget our Open Invitation Ovarian Cancer Charity Days on Saturday, 11 th July and Tuesday, 18 th August. The winners of the First Four will be presented with their prizes after the final round of each of the Mid-Week Championships in May and the Ann Costin Memorial Cup in June. 2
UPCOMING EVENTS: Notices have been received from other clubs for the following events: Date of Competition Club /Event Closing Date for Nominations Fri.10 th April (Game 1) Fri.10 th July (Game 2) Fri.25 th Sept (Game 3) Thurs. 7 th May McLeod Country Golf Club Black Marker Challenge-3 Rounds of Stroke with winner having the lowest combined nett score from 2 of the 3 games - 8am Shotgun start Irish 4BBB Stableford - 8:30am Shotgun Start Thurs.7 th & Fri. May 8th Ballina Golf & Sports Club-Two-Day Tournament. 36 & 18 Hole Gross/Scratch and Nett Events. Stroke & Stableford Divisions Wed. 20 th May Riverlakes Golf Club - Ladies Open Day - 4BBBStableford 2 Divisions. Pins & Long Drives for A, B & C Grades. Wed. 27 th May Thurs. 28 th May Friday 29 th May Thurs. 4 th June Thurs. 11th June Fri. 19 th June Thurs. 25 th & Fri. 26 th June Mt Warren Cup Cup Winner Best Overall Nett, 2 Divisions Wynnum Golf Club Open Invitation Day, 8:30am Shotgun Start Bribie Island Golf Club White Tee Challenge Single Stroke Wynnum Open Cup 18 Hole Stroke Handicap Event Gailes Golf Club - Gailes Cup - A, B & C Grade Open Day Links Hope Island Golf Course - 7 th Annual Vanity Fairways Ladies Open Golf Day in support of the Leukaemia Foundation Qld Bribie Island Ladies Classic Limited Handicap GA 24.4 Registered as Stroke Average Event & QSOOM Event Also open to all women with a GA Handicap - Best 2 of 3 Games of Stableford. Thursday 30 th April (Late Entries if times available) Monday 27 th April Wednesday 7 th May Wednesday 20 th May Tuesday 19 th May Event held the last Friday of every month. Thursday 28 th May Entries Available Mid May The flyers for these events are located in the specific red binder in the Ladies Locker Room. It is a member s individual responsibility to nominate for these events, as per the Instructions on the flyers. 3
4 BALL AMBROSE MYSTERY PARTNERS: On Tuesday 28 th April the 4 Ball Ambrose Mystery Partners event was run and won with 67 Ladies playing in beautiful conditions and the successful winning teams were 1 st Elizabeth Mc Sweeney, Loretta Whyte, Rhonda Rooney & Jo Harvey 59.3 2 nd Enisal Newstead, Gillian McAdam & Elizabeth Moran 60.5 As there were no Pins for the day, it was decided to reward all ladies in the field with a Ball in the Run-down. The more recent lady members at Nudgee have expressed their delight in being able to participate in such a fun golf day and are very grateful to the Nudgee ladies for making them feel included and welcome. Junior Golf at Nudgee Join the Nudgee Golf Club Junior Program The Nudgee Futures Register at www.mygolf.org.au Questions? juniorsgolf@bigpond.com.au Or call Gary on 0411 184 125 You may have noticed the Nudgee Futures board outside the Pro Shop. The Nudgee Futures are the children involved in the Junior Program which is based on MyGolf. The Junior Committee is working to develop the skills of the juniors involved in the program and we are seeking your help. Please contact Shannon at LadiesLetsGolf@gmail.com if you have any queries in relation to assisting in this fabulous program. Many of our members have been very generously putting their hands in their pockets and paying $5.00 for the chance to WIN $400.00 with $100.00 going to The Nudgee Futures. If you wish to enter the draw and give yourself the chance of walking away with the moola, you may pay your $5.00 entry in the Pro Shop & choose your lucky number. All results will be placed on The Nudgee Futures Noticeboard which is located on the wall just outside the Pro Shop. Each draw takes place once the board has been filled, so hop in quickly for your chance to win. So far there have been 2 draws and the lucky recipients of $400 were First Draw Nick Lawler Second Draw Wayne Pickering Congratulations to both participants and many thanks for everyone s support. 4
NEW LADY MEMBERS: On behalf of the Ladies Committee and lady members, we wish to extend a very warm welcome this month to three new ladies, Bronwyn Hope, Kirsty Veron, Tracey Noble and Cath Alley who have joined our friendly club and we hope they enjoy playing in the many and varied daily competitions available to them. TROPHIES TO BE COLLECTED: There are a number of prizes to be collected from the office. Please see a committee member or Peter in the office for collection. Uncollected prizes are waiting for the following winners: J Spencer R Yeo W Edmiston K Mayes S McLean G Blackmore x 2 K McCloy C Nash T Noble M York A Corcoran SPEED OF PLAY: Please consider your speed of play. There are several things that each of us can do to keep the pace of play fair for everyone. Each player in a group should take their turn to step up to the tee in short order while the others are marking cards. Take your turn stepping up smartly and don't leave it to the same person each time. Think about your choice of club as you approach your ball and keep moving to the ball if you are a reasonable distance from a player and not likely to affect their strike or place yourself in any danger. Be ready to play in turn. If you are losing the group in front then the two players who have finished putting should leave the green and move to the tee block to begin the next hole. Adopting some or all of these practices really helps to keep the pace of play a pleasant experience for everyone. Please give consideration to others enjoyment of the game. GET WELL WISHES: On behalf of the Ladies Committee and lady members we wish to send warm Get Well Wishes to Pam Nicholson who is recovering from an operation and we hope to see her fully recovered and back on the fairways soon. We also hope that Denis is proving to be a great nurse!! 5
GOLFER OF THE MONTH!: On Tuesday 21 st April, Kate Oudenryn had a day to remember whilst playing in the ladies comp. It was her first day of playing in Div. 1 with a Handicap of 22, she scooped the pool by collecting the Div 1 WTA, the Div 1 Approach and best of all, she had an EAGLE on the 7 th Hole. WELL DONE Kate!! EXTRA EARLY TEE TIMES FOR SAT: The Ladies Committee decided at the April meeting that the two early Saturday tee times which were being trialled for the month of April will remain available until the end of May, 2015 and the usage will be assessed at the next meeting. These new times are on Saturday mornings at 6.35am and 6.42am which will allow 8 more ladies to opt for early play on Saturdays. LADIES PENNANT: Message from Elizabeth (Lady Captain) Please stay in touch with your team Captain and team members to ensure that everyone is in the right place at the right time for Pennant matches. If in doubt, please contact me by one of the following means: * phone the Nudgee Golf Club office (3267 7744) and leave a message for me * via Nudgee email golf@nudgeegolf.com.au * via my email emmoran@bigpond.com Please check the noticeboard in the Ladies Locker Room for Pennant dates and venues or go to the B & D website bdlga.com.au and from the menu go to <golf> <pennants> <2015 Pennants> Or click on the link below to the 2015 Pennant information page http://www.bdlga.com.au/content/2015-pennants When checking dates and venues, please remember that Nudgee will have teams entered in Gold 1, Gold 3, Silver 2, Weekend 2 and Bronze 3. First matches for Gold and Silver Teams begin on 1st May and for Weekend Team on 3rd May. The Ladies Committee wishes all players and caddies GOOD LUCK for the 2015 Pennant season and hope that you fly the Nudgee Flag high and hopefully we can bring home the flag. 6
We wish to thank most sincerely the continued sponsorship from Rachelle and Graeme Connolly, Cargo Transport (Total Logistics Solutions) for once again supporting our Nudgee Ladies for the coming Pennant season. EVENTS FOR MAY: Tuesdays (North Course) Saturdays (South Course) 5/5/15 Single Stableford 2/5/15 Monthly Medal to be rescheduled due to rain & course closure 12/5/15 Monthly Medal/Mid-Week C ships Rnd 1 19/5/15 Single Stroke/ Mid-Week C ships Final 9/5/15 4BBB Stroke 16/5/15 4BBB Matchplay Qtr Final / Single Stableford 26/5/15 4BBB Stableford 23/5/15 4BBB Matchplay Semi-final / 4BBB Stableford 30/5/15 4BBB Matchplay Final / Single Stroke 7
RULE OF THE MONTH: http://www.golf.org.au/rulesofgolf BALL UNPLAYABLE (Rule 28) The player may deem her ball unplayable at any place on the course, except when the ball is in a water hazard. The player is the sole judge as to whether her ball is unplayable. If the player deems her ball to be unplayable, she must, under penalty of one stroke: Proceed under the stroke and distance provision of Rule 27-1 by playing a ball as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played or Drop a ball behind the point where the ball lay keeping that point directly between the hole and spot on which the ball is dropped, with no limit to how far behind that point the ball may be dropped; or Drop a ball within two club-lengths of the spot where the ball lay, but not nearer the hole. If the unplayable ball is in a bunker, the player may proceed under Clause a, b, or c. If she elects to proceed under Clause b or c, a ball must be dropped in the bunker. When proceeding under this Rule, the player may lift and clean her ball or substitute a ball. Penalty for breach of rule: Matchplay Loss of hole; Stroke play two strokes. 8
Spirit of the Game Honesty, integrity, courtesy: three words that have come to represent the spirit in which the game of golf is played. Part of that spirit sits beneath the term, etiquette and part of it relates to the Rules of Golf. But the Spirit of the Game goes much deeper than just those two tangible terms. It is something that every golfer should develop an innate sense of, something that is born of golf s unparalleled history, and something which lifts golf, one could argue, above other sports. Whether it s through divot and pitch-mark repair, or simply through silence on the tee, the spirit of the game dictates that players make sure they give others on the course, often opponents, a fair chance to play the best shot they can. For most of us, the game of golf is self-regulating. There is seldom a referee present so we are reliant upon our own honest adherence to the Rules in order to enjoy the game. As a result we are all occasionally forced to call a penalty on ourselves for infringements which often will go unnoticed by everyone else. Honesty, integrity, courtesy: three words that have come to represent...the game of golf. 9