Sale Golf Gossip Sale Golf Club Newsletter (Issue 11) February 2017 What s in this edition? 1. Happy Gilmore Golf Day 2. Meet your Committee 3. Presidents Report 4. Captains Desk 5. Birdie Talk 6. From the Greens 7. Pro Shop News 8. Coming Events 9. Sponsorship 10. Vale Notice 11. 40+ Fitness Program 12. Social News Happy Gilmore Golf Day Please try to get a team together for our Happy Gilmore Golf Day, February 12 th, 4 person Ambrose. The sheet is up on the board. The Social Committee are hosting the day to raise funds for a much needed Greens Mower. Greens Mowers are approximately $45,000.00 to purchase. The club is in desperate need for a new Greens Mower and this fundraiser is the start to getting the much needed funds. There will be Bacon and Egg rolls in the morning and an ongoing BBQ all day. There will be mulligan cards and string for sale to improve your golf game. You will need coins also along the way if you want to improve your score.
Volunteers are needed for the day so please see Pam Schaper if you can Volunteer. Drinks Cart will be available on Course with Bribe Cards on board. Raffles and Much More. Please Support this day. $20.00 per team of 4 Players. Meet your Committee Jo Ballinger - Ladies Captain Jo has been a member since 1982 and in this time till now Jo has achieved outstanding achievements in her Golf Career as a junior and Senior Player. One of her greatest golfing accolades was being chosen in the Australian Secondary Golf Team 2 years Running. Another excellent achievement was wining the Victorian Champion of Champions when representing the Sale Golf Club. Jo has taken on the position as Lady Captain for the first time as well as being on the Match Committee, Social Committee, Corporate Committee as well as the Challenging position of the Sale Golf Club Secretary. Jo has a very happy and helpful person who is willing to help out at all times so that all will have a very pleasant experience at the Sale Golf Club. Kevin Maxfield Men s Captain This is a photo of Kevin and his lovely wife Maria. Kevin has been a member for quite some time and has held different roles throughout his time at the Club. Kevin also voluntarily assists in the Golf Shop and with maintenance around the club. At the AGM in 2016 Kevin was elected Men s Captain. He is adventurous golfer with a handicap of 20 and is passionate on and off the Golf Course. Presidents Report December 2016 2016 has been a very good year for the club. I would like to THANK everyone who has helped out. We have had a count up and we have over forty members volunteering part of their time each week. This is ten percent of the club members, that is incredible but we will accept more help at any time. They have got many jobs done on the golf course, in and around the clubhouse. Looking forward to next year to what else we can achieve.
The club was saddened with passing of Paddy McNaughton who was a life member and Ladies past President. She was also on Ladies Committee for seven years. John Leslie our longest serving member passed away quite suddenly. Cec Jackson a long term member passed away. Ted Brown also a long term member passed way. I would like to congratulate Claire & Matt Portelli on the birth of their first child Ruby all are doing well. I would like to thank all our staff for their work this year. Alan Smith (Smithy) has done a great job again this year serving terrific meals and cold refreshments. Mat Portelli has been busy this year with a lot more golf classes especially the schools, the shop has been busy and the new online time sheet will be a big benefit for the club. Aaron Grame has come and done a great job on our course. The work he put into getting the greens back to a playable condition after coring was very impressive. The course is looking great. Mark Durrant has done a great work with the book keeping this year as well. I would also thank Darren Felmingham and Tom Love for all their work over many years. We wish them well. I would like to thank everyone that came to Presentation Night, especially those that helped organise the night. It was a great success. Our first Service Awards were presented to Pam Schaper, Kevin Maxfield, Ron Smalley and Joanne Ballinger all very deservedly winners. Thanks to Poolside, Heating and Leisure s Glen Schuback for donating again a Webber Q BBQ, winner was Ben Walker. It was good to see a bit of fun in the club house on the Ladies Christmas day breakup, a good day had by all. The Super Santa Sunday was a lot of fun hope all enjoyed it. Thanks to everyone for helping especially Santa. Thanks to Al for a great meal. Thanks to the General Committee for all the work they have done this year and to everyone for such a good year. Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. President Greg Good golfing. Program Books The program books are now available in the Golf Shop at the Clubhouse. Please ask a staff member for your copy.
Captains Desk January Qualifiers for the medallist are David Wheeler & Levi Sclater on scratch with Andrew Taylor & Richard Humphrey on nett, Richard Humphrey won the January 2017 monthly medal. I would like to thank those within the club that have continued to help and assist me whilst I am in my current situation. I have about 1.5 weeks to go on my current treatment program. The course at the moment is in as good a condition as many of us have ever seen, particularly at this time of the year. I must congratulate both the course committee and Aaron Grame for the work that is being done. I would also like to thank the team that Ron Smalley has there each Monday morning cleaning up the course. Hopefully I will be back in a couple of Mondays to do the BBQ s again. With a very big thanks to Jo Ballinger, we will have our 2017 Program back at the club for distribution. Within the next 6 weeks we will have the Sale Plate, a Sunday mixed 4BBB Ambrose event as a shot gun start, and then over March Long weekend the Gateway Tournament. The Nine & Dine individual comp has continued over the Xmas break with at times quite a good field. The first half season Team event was won by the Jo Ballinger team, Bamboozies. Well done to Jo and her team. Many thanks to Peter Neligan for his work with the running this event. Regards Kevin Maxfield Club Captain
Birdie Talk CHRISTMAS FUN DAY Twelve Holes of Christmas What a wonderful Christmas golf day. Thank you to all our lady members for their support on this day. Thank you to all the Men that assisted on the holes to make the day a lot of fun. Winners of the Day were Helen Angel, Taylah Ballinger, Lynne Glover, Robyn Quirk and Vicki Horton 21 Nett. Best Dressed were Little Drummers Sandra Kirkpatrick, Dawn Goodison, Mary Jones and Rita Wake.
Thank you to our wonderful Bar Manager Al, what an amazing job you are doing. Happy New Year Happy New Year and welcome back to 2017 Golf. It promises to be another fun year at our club. We are so fortunate that we have so many volunteers and we are so lucky to have such a lovely Ladies Membership. Congratulations Maddie Ballinger Winner of the SUMMER CUP with a total of 113 Points. Results for the SUMMER CUP 13 th Dec Rd 1 Winner : Vicki Horton 39 R/Up: Jo Ballinger 39 C/B 20 th Dec Rd 2 Winner: Maddie Ballinger 47 R/up: Jo Ballinger 35 27 th Dec Rd 3 Winner: Maddie Ballinger 34 R/up: Tracey Potter 32 3 rd Jan Rd 4 Winner: Marg Johns 37 R/Up: Heather Ireland 35 10 th Jan Rd 5 Winner: Heather Ireland 37 R/Up: Margaret Johns 34 17 th Jan Rd6 Winner: Sandra Kirkpatrick 39 R/up: Margaret Johns 34 24 th Jan rd 7 Winner: Jo Ballinger 33 R/Up: Nola Macready 32 Happy Golfing Lady Captain Jo Ballinger Vice Captain Simone McDonald From the Greens With our 2016 season now passed I would like to take the opportunity on behalf, of the Greens Committee to thank the wonderful contributions made to our Club by the volunteers. These people continually give up their time completing all sorts of jobs around the Golf Course.
Now the 2017 season is getting underway we look forward their continued support. Their ongoing commitment is making a huge difference on our Golf course. Our superintendent Aaron is now getting to know the course and the management tools required to produce excellent playing conditions. Although at the present time, due to the extremely dry conditions it can be a challenging job. If any members have ideas, project or chores they would like done or to do, or if people would like to form their own working group by all means contact our Course Superintendent who will be more than willing to discuss and assist in any way he can. We wish everyone good golfing in 2017. Gary Greens Group Pro Shop News & Events January has flown by and we once again have the Gateway Tournament fast approaching. The event, as it always has been, is scheduled on the Labour Day weekend (March 11 th to 13 th ). I would encourage all Members to support and enter this fantastic event with great daily and overall prizes (over $2500 last year) on offer. Entry forms will be circulated within the first half of February. Sponsorship packages are also available. If you are interested, please see a Member of the Corporate Committee for more details. With the Vic Open just around the corner (9 th 12 th Feb at Thirteenth Beach) I have a limited number of season passes available. If you are interested, please see me in the Pro-Shop in the coming days. First in best dressed! Norfolk Island Pro-Am (19 th to 26 th August). A couple of spots still remain. See Matt for package deal information which includes all flights, transfers and accommodation with the best view on the island. Non-golfers / partners also welcome. A big congratulations to Club Honorary Member and Tour Professional David Bransdon on recently gaining his tour card for the 2017 Japanese Tour, which runs from April to November. A fantastic achievement which is well deserved. Good luck Dave!
A friendly reminder to use your club credits either in the Pro-Shop or behind the Bar before the end of this financial year (30 th June). Any credit balance left in the system will be reset to zero on the 1 st July. Any Visitor receiving a DTL or NTP will have credit in our system, with the same rules also applying to them. Both Claire and I would like to thank all of those Members and Visitors that have personally congratulated us on the arrival of Ruby Maree on the 28 th December. Your thoughts and gifts have made this joyous moment in both our lives so much more special. Also, a big thank you to Alan, Sam and the Volunteers for allowing me to have three weeks off over the busy holiday period. Ruby and Mum are doing great and both plan on visiting the Club over the coming months to personally thank you! Etiquette & Course Care I would like to take this opportunity to highlight some general etiquette and course care issues that are becoming a little concerning to Members, Committee and Staff at the Club. 1) If you have booked into a club competition and are unable to play on the day you must personally contact the Pro-Shop and notify the Starter of your intention to cancel, preferably well before your official tee time. This ensures that we can potentially fill the vacant spot and doesn t leave your playing partners hanging on the tee. 2) As per Conditions of Entry General Competitions for All Players (page six of the Golfing Program Season 2017 Starting time). Each Player must be on their designated tee at least five minutes before their official tee time. This is to allow for consistent flow of the tee and to reduce unexpected delays. 3) As per Course Etiquette (page four of the Golfing Program Season 2017 Bunkers) Be sure to smooth out all foot marks and divots with the rake provided. Do not walk up the face of the bunker and please also see that the rake is replaced in the holder. I am astounded at how many golf shoe footprints (most Social Players do not wear golf shoes) I see in the majority of our bunkers when playing in the last group on a Wednesday or Saturday. As proud Members of the Club let us make it our responsibility to see that we leave the bunker we have just exited in a better state than when we entered it. This may involve smoothing out other lazy players marks at certain times. If we all do this it will make a significant difference to the presentation and consistency of each bunker. A win win for all involved.
Shop Specials All Winter stock reduced by 20% - Get in quick as sale ends on the 28 th Feb. A Limited number of ex demo Titleist and Wilson Staff woods reduced to clear. See in store for pricing. Bridgestone e series ball special. The more you purchase the more entries you receive into the draw to win a limited edition 2016 British Open staff bag worth $499. Offer ends Saturday 4 th March. See in store for details. Don t forget Sale GC offers a free Titleist / Wilson Staff club fitting service. See Matt to organise your no obligation fit today. Teaching Programs MyGolf (Term 1 - $55) kids golf clinics for ages 5-12. Five one hour sessions, dates of as listed below: Sunday Feb 19 & 26, Mar 5 & 19, Apr 2. All starting at 9am. To register or for more information please visit mygolf.org.au
PlayGolf beginner clinics (Term 1 - $100) for ages 15 and above. Learn the basic fundamentals of the game. Five one hour sessions, dates as listed below: Sunday Feb 19 &26, Mar 5 &19, Apr 2. All starting at 4:30pm To register or for more info see Matt in store. Did you know that Qantas and the PGA have now teamed up so that you can use your frequent flyer points to purchase golf lessons with a registered PGA Professional? To find out more see the poster on the club notice board or in the Pro-shop. Until next month. Keep swinging! Regards, Matt Portelli, Director of Golf Coming Events Tue 31 Jan Opening Day Stableford Tue 7 Feb Priceline Stroke Monthly Medal Sun 12 Feb Happy Gilmore 4 Person Ambrose Tue 14 Feb ANZ 4BBB Stableford Wed 15 Feb President/Captain 4BBB Lakes Entrance Sun 19 Feb EGDGA Open Day Maffra Tue 21 Feb President/Captains Day 4BBB Sale Tue 28 Feb Laugh at Life Stableford Mon 6 Mar East Gippsland Open Meeting Bairnsdale Tue 7 Mar East Gippsland Open Meeting Lakes Entrance Colin Maddock Memorial Day, nett score stroke, event will be held on the Saturday of the Gateway Tournament The event will only be open to fully financial members of the Sale Golf Club and is open to Club members that have not entered the tournament. Sponsorship Members with businesses that may be interested in Club Sponsorship should contact either John Simic or Gary Sisley for more information. Packages can include advertising on course, in club or in newsletters, tickets to special events or Corporate Days and other benefits can be tailored to your needs.
Our corporate committee is looking for more members. Anyone that can help in any way would be greatly appreciated. We have a lot of very good and long term sponsors and we ask that you support them as much as possible. They are locals, employing locals so please support them. Thanks / Regards, Corporate Committee Please help promote our sponsors at every opportunity. VALE NOTICE Paddy McNaughton Life Member The President and Members extend their sympathies to the family of Paddy. Paddy joined the Sale Golf Club in 1958 and was awarded life membership in 1994. Paddy served on the ladies committee for 7 years and as Lady President from 1967/69. John Leslie Honorary Member John was a very generous person and did alot for the Sale and District Community. He was an OBE and the longest serving member of the Sale Golf Club. He was given an Honorary Membership for his time with the Club and was also a B Grade Champion. Our deepest sympathies to his family and friends. Ted Brown The President and Members extend their sympathies to Ros and Family on the passing of Long Term Member Ted. Our deepest sympathies are with Ros at this sad time. Cec Jackson Honorary Member 27.4.1926 02.01.2017 Cec was a Sale Golf Club Member for 60 years. He was also a member of the Sale Golf Lawn Bowls Club where he was a former champion. Our sympathy to his family. Jo Ballinger Honorary Secretary, Sale Golf Club Inc
40+ Fitness Program Build your strength and flexibility to improve your golf. Get fit for golf training sessions held by Gerard Callinan now at Sale Golf Club, please refer to the attached flyer. Social News Sale Golf Club Friday Night Out a get together to get to know each other 1 st Friday of every month at Criterion Hotel Happy Hour 5 6 pm Members and friends all welcome We now have 2 vacancies in the cart shed. Contact Pam Schaper 0428441697 to reserve your spot. The Mens locker room has some vacant lockers, should you be interested in a locker, please talk to Matt in the Pro Shop. At the November General Committee Meeting it was decided that Golf Day Prize vouchers would be held for collection in the Pro Shop for 2 weeks from issue date. After that time, the value will be added to the players account. This gives everyone the opportunity to support the local business's that support our club. Voluntary Position The greens committee is looking for a member who has expertise qualifications and time to assist Aaron with the maintenance of course equipment. If this is you, please contact Pam Schaper, Aaron Grame or Gary Sisely. Volunteers Wanted Part-time / Every Monday / Hours between 9-11 BBQ afterwards / Phone golf shop 5149 7160
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