REEF BREEZES June 17 th 2016 Ph: 9971 8113 Fax: 9982 4648 Email: office@longreefgolfclub.com.au CAPTAIN S CORNER Men s Club Championships We changed the timing of our Championships this year as follows; Foursomes Qualifying - Sat 23 July. Match Play - 30 July, 13 Aug Final 20 Aug. Championships C Grade Qualifying 17 & 24 Sept. A, A Res, B Qualifying 1 & 8 Oct. Match Play 15, 22, 23 Oct Final 30 Oct. Did You Know When did the 14 th change from a par 5 to a par 4? Answer; This is a bit of a trick the current 12 th was the 14 th and changed to a par 4 in 1995 however the current 14 th was a par 5 for Women but changed to a par 4 in the early 90 s. When did Long Reef win the NSW Junior Pennant? Score Card Return - Condition Score cards must be scanned at the Kiosk in the Clubhouse within 10 minutes of the last group of the day finishing their round. Masters Pennant Round 4 saw Long Reef take on Muirfield at home. It was great to get back home after 3 away games that came with good wins. Expectations were high given the away record that we had to this point and the team didn t let anyone down. We came away with a 7 1/2 to nil win with some very good golf played by the whole team. In fact not one game went past the 16 th to indicate the strength of the win. I thought that might put a bit of distance between Bankstown and our team but Bankstown matched our result at Chatswood to leave themselves with a chance to win the division. We enter Round 5 with 4 game wins and 24.5 match wins versus Bankstown at 3 game wins and 21.5 matches. The crunch game comes this week against Bankstown when we host them. A win will secure the division and a loss will make the last round very tense. New Maintenance Facility The side walls have arrived and are being installed. Left Handers Cup Is on this Sat. 18 June, in conjunction with the normal competition. Left Handed Golfers need to register at the Pro Shop prior to hitting off to be eligible (there is no additional fee) The winner will be invited to play with the Captain and Rex Langthorne (NALGA President) on Saturday 2 July with the presentation afterwards. Golf NSW 4BB Championships. The event is run with Club representatives playing off in a metropolitan qualifying for the opportunity to play in the final at Bonville; Men s 4BBB Club Qualifying Metro Play Off Bonville Final Mixed 4BBB Club Qualifying Metro Play Off Bonville Final With winter now here please ensure you get on with the game. If you hit off on the 1 st it should take you a 1h 50m to get to the 9 th tee and off the 9 th 2h 10m to the 1 st tee = 4hrs. This ensures the later players hit off on time and finish before dark Winners Are Grinners Saturday 11 th June Par A Grade Paul Pirana (3) +1cb B Grade Wayne Picknell (13) +1cb C Grade Graeme Anderson (21) +4 Women Brooke Bourne (17) -1 Scratch Billy Watson sq Balls -2
Sunday 12 th June Stableford +4BB 4BBB S Perkins/T Strangman 46 Men Peter West (27) 40 Women Lynne Parsons (30) 34 Balls 32 FROM THE COURSE Monday 13 th Stableford A Grade Simon Correggia 36 B Grade Ted Lecouteur 35 C Grade David Strevens (29) 41 Scratch Michael Buckley 29 Tuesday 14 th Men Simon Hopwood (20) 37 Wed 15 th Singles Stableford +4BBB 4BBB N Langthorne/J Pross 48 A Grade Adam Lynn (4) 39 B Grade Max Turnbull (15) 39cb C Grade John Briscoe (20) 42 Scratch Adan Lynn 35 NTP 2 nd Ian McDonnell 86cm NTP13 th Trevor Lobb Hole in One Circle Trevor Lobb Balls 33 Dates for the Diary June Sat 18 June Medal + Presidents Cup Sat 18 Left Handers Cup Sun 19 Masters Pennant @ LR Sat 25 Saturday Eclectic Ends Sun 26 Masters Pennant @ LR July Sat 2 July Medal Sat 16 Captains v President We have had some perfect sunny winter days, although the nights are quite cool. This may all be about to change with predictions of another east coast low forming this weekend. Let s hope in doesn t eventuate. The new Maintenance shed is progressing very quickly with the steel framework going up in the past week. Thursday morning the trucks arrived with the concrete panels for the walls and the walls were put in place by a crane and finished by lunch time. Over the coming weeks the remainder of the steel cladding and roof will be attached and the shed will start to look complete. Most of the services to the site are in place work will continue around the 9 th tee shortly connecting services to the clubhouse. Hope the weather stays fine enjoy your golf. RULES WITH GEORGE Tickets to support Billy Watson s trip to the US are in the Pro Shop and at the office - great prizes Les Browne ON THE COURSE Captain Tues 21 st NSW Veterans Golf Day 7.30am 2 tees Fri 24 th Forest Rugby Union Club 8am S/G Friday Club 1pm 15-Hole S/G QUESTION: Jack and Henry were opponents in a match play event. While searching for Jack's ball in the rough, Henry accidentally kicked Jack's ball, which moved about 10 cm. Jack replaced his ball and played his next stroke. Which of the following is correct? a. Henry lost the hole. b. Henry incurred a penalty of one stroke. c. Jack incurred a penalty of loss of hole. d. There is no penalty to either player.
FROM THE WOMEN Pennant Teams continue to be the talk of the women around the club. Loads of enthusiasm and hard work are giving some fine results. I was the guest at Warringah last Friday to see our Silver 2 team grind out a Square with the eventual winners Pymble. Well done to this very committed team of Karen Smith (F/C), Lynne Clayton, Leonie Malcolm, Susan Hay, Susan Walker and Alison Gattas, as well as their convener Robyn McCormick. Look out next year. Bronze 1, under the guidance of Kim Sloane and with Clare John leading the team, had a win over Cammeray 4 1/2 to ½. Well done Rosemary West, Clare John, Elaine Coldham, Marg O Connell and Julie Preston. This week to Cammeray to take on Monash are Rosemary West, Clare John (F/C), Robyn McCormick, Liz Ruthven and Marg O Connell. Our Bronze 2 Shield players had a great 3/2 win over Monash and this week headed to Cromer to play Mona Vale. The team was Nicki Wiebe, Susan Ramsay (F/C), Lynne Parsons, Maria Russell and Catherine Hancock. Again our thanks to Helen Black for her assistance with this team. The Rules seminar at Cromer was well attended by Long Reef. If you missed this one, another is available soon please check the locker room notice board. Swingers 11 new players started the clinic with Michael last Tuesday and all seemed to have the hang of putting pretty quickly. Numbers in this group continue to grow and in the next few weeks they will be headed out on course for supervised play with our members. Thanks to those who have offered their time. Winners this week Saturday Brooke Bourne (17) -1 Sunday Lynne Parsons (30) 34 pts Monday Brooke Bourne (16) 32 cb Tuesday Susan Kelly (31) 35 9 Hole Marg Mullins (39) 16 cb Thursday Semi Final Women President s Trophy Kim Sloane defeated Di Murray 3/1 Gilda Severino defeated Wendy Langthorne 3/1 Stableford Div 1 1 st Sandra Gillies (15) 35 2 nd Susan Hay (19) 32 c/b 3 rd Jen Jansson (16) 32 Div 2 1 st Gay McCorby (27) 36 2 nd Vronica Bertram (28) 33 3 rd Julie Simpson (31) 31 Div 3 1 st Anne Nielsen (37) 27 2 nd Fran Candrick (45) 26 c/b 3 rd Sharyn Hillman (45) 26 c/b Nine Hole Comp 1 st Kaye Miller (31) 19 2 nd Peg Hulton (38) 18 Coming Events Thur 23 rd June Final Women s President s Trophy Thur 30 th June Scherrie Hughes Plate Stableford Tues 5 th July Stableford Qualifying round for 4Ball Knockout. Enter in pairs online. Wendy Millson SWINGERS Another stunning day at Long Reef. Results: 11 hole competition Winner: Balls to : Robyn Lyon (s45) 17pts Jude Sandvoss Liz Patrick Di Cowle Women s Captain 8 hole competition 8 Hole Competition Winner Vicki Pye ( s45) 9pts Balls to : Shaz Young Sally Woodey Judith Kerr Thanks to Anne Nielsen who walked and helped these girls. Our Beginner Clinic with 5 new members joining them this week had a putting clinic with Michael Infanti and the entire group had a chipping lesson. Next week they have a clinic on long irons. All had a great day. Pam Burke Convener
FROM THE ARCHIVES. The recent storm and high tides has made the filling of sandbags a very current topic. Close examination of the 1927 panoramic photo on display in the Clubhouse, looking south, shows three majestic sand-hills in the background. Where and when did they disappear? The simple answer is to be found in WWII records and memories. In the rush to prepare Sydney for a likely invasion by the Japanese, with fear that Collaroy Beach could be a chosen landing point, Long Reef and Collaroy were strategically defended and prepared. The sand dunes to the south of the Golf Course were levelled and the sand trucked into Sydney city to fill sandbags for protection of buildings from bombing. Unfortunately the removal of sand dunes destroyed a Little Penguin colony. * The course lost five holes but battled on with an Army presence, loss of members, staff and revenue. An 18-hole game was played rotating through 13 holes, when play was possible at all. A close lookout had to be kept for notices circulated by Australian Military Forces, on notice boards or in the newspapers for the next date of Army practice with live Mortar bombs or Anti-Aircraft Practice exercises covering the Golf Course, Griffith Park and out to sea. Red flags would fly in warning at the entrance to the course and at the Trig point. Sand encroachment on to the course became an issue during the war and remained so even after the course was repaired and restored to 18 holes. In the 60 s a Par 3 hole was abandoned and the work to fortify the now 17th hole continued until the mounds were created. The Council, the Club and volunteer groups like Reefcare helped to make the dunes more stable. Compare the 1943 aerial photo below, with its expanse of sand, starting from the lagoon, with the Headland photo that appears on the feature page of the Club s website today. *Quote from Reefcare website Thanks to Lands Department and Warringah Library for a copy of the 1943 aerial photo. Sandra Mellowes BRIDGE CLUB Results of Pairs competition on 8 th June N/S 1 st Judy Lockhart/Joan Fawcett 2 nd Trish Turner/Sue Cameron 3 rd Helen Crott/Jan Herringe E/W 1 st Maureen Collins/Gerry Setright 2 nd Jean Kirk/ Barbara Phillips 3 rd Rae Milsted/Liz Davis RULES WITH GEORGE ANSWER: d. is correct. Rule 18-3a applies. Because the incident occurred during the search for the ball, there is no penalty. Jack acted correctly by replacing his ball, which had been moved by Henry. If Jack had failed to replace his ball he would have incurred the "General Penalty" for breach of Rule 18. In Matchplay the "general penalty" is Loss of Hole (Rule 2-6)...See also the Penalty Statement for Rule 18
FROM THE JUNIORS Juniors results 11 th June Jethro Browne was the winner with 12 points. Well done! He has really improved and will be beating his grandfather in no time. PSSA Primary Golf Sydney North Trials Chunta Wu won the Nett and was second in the scratch. Harry McKerihan won the scratch. FRIDAY CLUB Results of competition on 10 th Jun Div 1 1 st Tony Hanson 39 2 nd Rob Keir 38 Div 2 1 st Ian McDonnell 39 2 nd Phil Newman 36c/b Div 3 1 st Albert Bullivant 40 2 nd Charles Gay 39 NTP Div 1 Div 2 Div 3 Geoff Bertram Bob Perry Fred Loveridge Balls to 35cb