Roe Park Newsletter 2016 A Message from the Captain Seamus Mc Conalogue Roe Park Captain 2016 It was an honour to be asked to be the 23rd Captain of and as the season is in full swing I would like to wish all our members a healthy and enjoyable year. I would like to say a big thank you to our 22nd Captain Mr Frank Boyd for all the hard work he has done over the past few years and for the help he has given this year to assist me in order to make this year as successful as the previous years. Also I would like to welcome Arnold Simpson as our Vice Captain and wish him every success over the next two years and I will support him as much as possible. Congratulations to Mrs Karen Brown on her appointment as our Lady Captain I look forward to working with Karen and I wish her and her committee all the best for the year. Our chosen local charity which we have agreed will be Jennifer s Journey. (Jennifer from Eglinton became quadriplegic in a gymnastic accident 2013). I wish President James Mc Guinness another successful year in office and for his help when attending the team days and for his support and encouragement to the teams when out representing Roe Park, sometimes fighting the elements. Special thanks to the team captain s and the players and I hope they will have a successful year. I wish to congratulate Ornie and his team of workers on the condition of the course and for all the hard work to get the course in the condition considering it is one of the wettest winters on record. As you are aware our head professional Mr Michael Mc Crudden is working very hard to build our junior section. To all our members, the junior section the next generation are important to our club going forward and you never know there might be a wee Rory out there. My congratulations goes to Philip Callaghan on his appointment as Junior Captain and I wish him every success for the year. As Captain I would like to thank our committee members for giving up their time to support and I would like to welcome our newest members to the committee Mr Mervin Brown and Mr Derek Simpson. As you know has many sponsors and I would like to thank all of them for their support and sponsorship throughout the year, I have been successful in getting a few new sponsors this year and look forward to their continued support in the future. Finally to all our members I wish you all the best for the year and hope your golf is as good as mine!!!!!!!!
Roe Park Newsletter 2016 A Message from the Ladies Captain Karen Brown Roe Park Lady Captain 2016 It is a great honour for me to be Lady Captain of 2016. Thanks to Past Captain Ann for inviting me to be her Vice Captain, Ann has worked tirelessly with her committee and members throughout her year of office and benefited the club greatly. Our AGM was held on Monday 15th February 2016. The following ladies have been appointed as office bearers. Treena Boyd Honorary Secretary Mary McCloskey Honorary Treasurer Bernie Lowry Competition Secretary Ann Kearney Handicap Secretary Ann Dean, Carol McAllister, Shona O Connor, Valerie Gillanders, Jill Riley and Joan Dallas Committee Members Team Captains for 2016 are as follows: Ann Kearney Junior Foursomes Christine Wilson Challenge Cup, Vice Captain Ann Dean Revive Active Jennifer Lapsley Northwest League Joan Dallas Coast and Country A big thank you ladies who are captaining the teams this year and good luck in your forth coming matches. A warm welcome to our new Men s Captain wishing him a successful year and looking forward to working with you in my year as Lady Captain, also congratulations to our new Vice Captain Arnold. I am very grateful for the generous sponsorship for our competitions from a number of businesses and individuals and look forward to there continued support during 2016. Mr Captain and myself have Jennifer s Journey as our charity this year. Mr Captains Day will be held on Saturday 28th June. Lady Captains Day will be held on Wednesday 6th July. Our ladies have three Open Days this year. Monday 6th of June Teams of Three, sponsored by The Northwest Independent Hospital. Sunday 14th August Mixed Open, sponsored by McAtamney s Butchers. Monday 29th August, Teams of Three, sponsored by The Spa at Roe Park and Elemis. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Christine for agreeing to be my Vice Captain,together we will work to make 2016 a great year for Ladies Golf. Michael our PGA, is getting involved in ladies golf at Roe Park organising a Get into Golf programme. To President James, looking forward to working with you in my year as Lady Captain. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our Honorary Secretary Treena Boyd on qualifying for the R & A Tournament Administrators and Referees School at St Andrews and becoming and I.L.G.U. Rule Official, Treena congratulations from all at. Special thanks to all the Resort Staff. Mr. Terry Kelly, Golf and Spa Manager, for his help and support. Mr. George Graham, General Manager. Kim and her colleagues at Hotel Reception. Michael McCrudden our PGA and his staff at Golf Reception and also I d like to congratulate David and Jenna on the birth of their beautiful baby boy Will. Ornie and his team who keep the course in great condition. Stephenie and her staff for excellent service in the Coach House. Finally to all members of, I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very successful and enjoyable golfing year.
Roe Park Newsletter A Message from the President James McGuinness President 2016 It gives me great pleasure to write my second note for the Roe Park Newsletter as President of the club. I really enjoyed my first year as President and I attended as many matches involving the teams representing the club, as I could. I am trying to do this again this year although to date, my presence has not brought much luck. I can definitely say that Roe Park should be very proud of the way our teams represent the club, with all matches conducted in a friendly but competitive manner. I take it as a great honour to have been asked to continue in the role of President after such an illustrious list of predecessors. It is nice to see my immediate predecessors still participating in the game at the club. Long may this continue. The AGMs of both branches of the club have taken place and I congratulate both Seamus and Karen on their election to the posts of Captain and Lady Captain respectively. I hope that you both have a great year and if I can assist you in any way please do not hesitate to ask. I would also like to pay tribute to our outgoing Captains Frank and Ann. In keeping with the high standards set by their predecessors, both had great years and did so much good work for the club. The committees of both sections have been elected and again I would like to pledge my support in any way I can. Every member should appreciate the time and effort spent by all members of the respective committees which enables the golf club to function in such an efficient way. Considerable effort continues to be put in to developing our Junior section. I think that everyone agrees that the future success of the club greatly depends on the continued strength of the Junior section. I would like to thank all of the members who give of their spare time to run the Junior section. They all do a great job. After a horrendous spell of weather from November up to the middle of April, the course is now improving every week. It was amazing that despite the weather, we continued to have golf almost every week through the winter. The holes across the road proved particularly useful in enabling us to rest some of the other holes on the main 18-hole course. Ornie and his team deserve particular credit for the course being maintained during such unhelpful weather conditions. I have spoken to many visitors from other clubs and they all marvel at the wonderful setting of the golf course. There are very few locations on the course where we are not provided with wonderful views, and the lay-out of the actual holes is particularly impressive. Having visited many other courses in the country, I can think of no other course which affords as impressive a setting as that of Roe Park. The addition of the new 16th, 17th and 18th holes to the course continues to produce many favourable comments from both members and visitors. However it has to be said that, like many parkland courses, we continue to have problems on all greens with players not repairing pitch marks. I would like to take this opportunity to state that it is every player s responsibility to repair any pitch marks they either cause or see on the greens. By doing this we will continue to have some of the best greens in the country. I have often heard it said that unrepaired pitch marks are caused by visiting societies. I can categorically state that this is not the case. It is our own members who do not repair pitch marks and it is therefore our own members who can remedy this. My first Presidents Day competition and presentation took place in early September. I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed the whole event. As well as the golf, I particularly enjoyed having my family and friends at the presentation on the Sunday night. It really was an occasion to remember and I am looking forward again to this year s event later on in the year. I would particularly like to thank Kim and George for all their assistance in making this a special event for me and my family, and also Terry, Michael and the team for helping with the organisation of the actual golf competition. Finally I would like to thank all of our members for the support they give to our club. We sometimes do not appreciate what we have in Roe Park and it is only when we visit other clubs that we can really compare the facilities we have to that of those other clubs. Michael does a great job in running the Pro- Shop, ably assisted by all of his staff, and, although I have seldom availed of their coaching services, I know that both Michael and Sean assist many members in order to improve their games and provide solutions to their problems. Again I would encourage all members to support Michael, Sean and all of the staff. The Coach House is excellent for enjoying an après golf drink or some food and we all should appreciate the attention and service provided by Stephanie and her staff. I look forward to continue working with the Directors, General Manager George Graham, Golf Manager Terry Kelly and all the staff in the Coach House and Hotel. To all members of both branches of the club, I hope that you enjoy your golf and generally being among friends, and I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible throughout the year. Hopefully the weather will improve and provide us with long spells where we can all enjoy the considerable attractions of the entire Roe Park Resort complex.
Roe Park Newsletter Spring/Summer 2016 Check out what s new at Men s Golf Committee Members 2016 Back Row (L-R) Derek Simpson, Anthony O Neill, James McGuinness (President), Glen Nicholl, Barry Toland, Mervyn Brown Front Row (L-R) Derek Powell (Handicap Secretary), Jamie Vinnicombe, Seamus McConalogue (Captain), Arnold Simpson (Vice Captain), Kieran Berryman, Frank Boyd Ladies Golf Committee Members 2016 Back Row (L-R) Valerie Gillanders, Shona O Connor, Joan Dallas, Jill Riley, Ann Kearney, Bernie Lowry, Carole McAllister Front Row (L-R) Christine Wilson (Vice Captain), Treena Boyd (Handicap Secretary), Karen Brown (Lady Captain), Ann Dean, Mary McCloskey