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REEF BREEZES

May 3rd 2019 Ph: 9971 8113 Fax: 9982 4648

Email:

office@longreefgolfclub.com.au

CAPTAIN’S CORNER

With great weather and the course in top condition there were some good scores over the holiday period. Matt Savage followed up his 39pts with a 43, Andrew Daddo had his best with 2 under (43pts), Ross Guignon holed out at the 2nd, Brian Ratcliffe (42pts) performing better than his footie team and Russell Lee (44pts) his best for some time. A good first up win at Roseville to our Masters Pennant and Long Reef cleaned up Goulburn on Sunday

Wednesday Eclectic – Results Over 400 competed in the event and with the good conditions some great scores were recorded; A Grade – 53 Don Brown, Trevor Waters. B Grade – 51 Graham Davies, 52 Greg Davies, Peter Hensman, Jeff Pross. C Grade – 46 J. Dertateossian, 49 Jim Campbell, Michael Connaghan, Dennis Hughes, Neil McDowell. Saturday Eclectic - Results With 400 Men and 20 Women the scores went down to the last round; A Grade – 51 Roland Merhab, 52 Shane Parsons, Richard Smith. Scr 55 Jimmy Knox. B Grade – 51 Jeremy Gruzman, Michael Harding, Anthony Papandrea. Scr 64 Michael Harding, Shane Parsons. C Grade – 48 Michael Clements, Josh Malin. Scr 70 Roger Sharp.

Women – 55 Abagail Gruzman. Scr 65 Catherine Gould Vouchers will be added to players’ House Accounts next week. Men v Women – Sunday 5th May The men are looking to make it four in a row. Open to 5, 6 & 7 Day Playing Members. Draw on line. Barling Trophy This event is for Members with 20+ years membership. This year the trophy went to Kim Sloane (37pts). Mick Snell Cup – Qualifying Sat 25 May Singles knock out – details on Notice Board Wetlands Project - Starts Mon May 13. What will change? See details at end of the Newsletter and full details on the Notice Board. Times at other Courses. We have been offered times at other courses during our Wetlands Project. Ben will publish tee times (on the notice board and members portal) each Friday for the week beginning 10 days later (Monday Week). So tomorrow, tee times will be published for Monday 13th to Sunday 19th and who is eligible etc. To secure the time you need to email Ben at ben@longreefgolfclub.com.au Example - Avondale, who we helped out during their renos, have the following available (4 spots); Tue May 14 – Social Play – 1.30pm Thu May 16 – Men’s Comp - 11.00am Fri May 17 – Women’s Comp - 10.30am Sun May 19 – Mixed Comp – 9.30am Sat May 25 – Men’s Comp 11.00am As they don’t have ‘time sheets’ you need to arrive and report to pro shop 45 minutes prior to expected hit off. Did he recover his ball???

Photos courtesy of Perry Yeldham on his way to 26 points!!!

Juniors Some great results from our Juniors over the school holls in JNJG events. Details later in newsletter. Volunteers Our volunteers have been doing a terrific job in improving areas on the course. With the Wetlands project there will be much more to do to get the course back into shape. If you have an hour or two to spare on a Tuesday or Friday morning from 8.00am it would be much appreciated. Please ring the front office on 9971 8113 to register your interest in helping Les Browne Captain

CONGRATULATIONS TO BILLY Billy Watson has been asked to help the Jack Newton Junior Golf Foundation run their NSW Development Program starting in June, a huge boost for him to work with kids who have been identified with talent to hopefully progress through the junior and senior ranks into the future RULES WITH GEORGE

QUESTION: In a match play event Peter is playing Angus. Angus has relief from an Abnormal Ground Condition on a fairway. He carefully marked his reference point with a tee and determined his relief area with his driver. He dropped his ball and the ball hit the ground in the relief area and stayed in it. Angus played his shot from where his ball had come to rest. Immediately Peter, his opponent, said "you dropped your ball from shoulder height, my hole I believe". Which is correct? a. Angus loses the hole. b. No penalty to Angus . c. One stroke penalty to Angus. d. Two strokes penalty to Angus.

Friday Club Results 12th April 2019 Division 1 (1 – 19) 1st Ross Guignon (16) 38pts 2nd Dave Collett (14) 36pts Division 2 (20 – 27) 1st Greg Black (22) 39 pts 2nd Paul Garrodd (20) 38 cb Division 3 (>27) 1st Sue Smiles (27) 37 cb

2nd Geoff Lowe (26) 37pts NTP Div 1 Nil Div 2 John Fallowfield Div 3 Nil Balls to 36 c/b Results 26th April 2019 Division 1 (1 – 19) 1st James Kirby (18) 41 pts 2nd Dave Collett (13) 37pts Division 2 (20 – 27) 1st Peter Safronek (20) 36 pts 2nd Phil Ton-That (28) 35 cb

Division 3 (>27) 1st Wayne Grundy (27) 33 cb 2nd Frank Wu (29) 33pts Leading Lady Jean Conway (47) 32 pts Teams Best-Ball Event 1st Harry Maynes, Di Kirby, James Kirby 51 pts 2nd Janet Atchison, Phil Ton-That, Perry Yeldham, Greg Heathcote 50 cb NTP Div 1 Peter Verrills Div 2 Harry Maynes Div 3 Bruce Hein Balls to 33

FROM THE WOMEN

I am sure all have enjoyed the Easter and Anzac break. The weather was sensational, in particular for playing golf. Our Silver Pennant Team were unsuccessful against Pennant Hills at Pymble GC, 1.5/3.5. Great win by Wendy Millson 3/2 and Karen Smith squaring her match. This Friday our Silver Team travel to Gordon Golf Club to play Ryde Parramatta. The team is Susan Hay, Karen Smith F/C, Fiona Bone, Jane Hagan, Rachael Loomes. Reserve Cath Piper. Good luck!!! This week we invited guests to play in our annual Ladies Visitors Day. 120 players entered in the competition. Over 20 golf clubs were represented. The winners on the day were; Game Format: Best 2 Stableford Multiplied By 3rd 1st Valerie Wilson, Victoria Pye,

Claudia Gillis, Kylie Southwell (Manly) 168 points

2nd Pam Burke, Dani Montgomery,

Colleen Mansfield, Gail Ronson (Mona Vale) 162 points

3rd Rachael Loomes, Alyssa Starc,

Tamra Moore, Ingrid Burgess (Monash) 157 points

4th Karen Smith, Jen Jansson,

Jan Jacka, Lyn Hall (Lakeside) 151 ponts

Hole 18th Longest Drive Div 1 Long Reef - Alyssa Starc Div 1 Warringah - Vicki Sargent Div 2 Long Reef - Dani Montgomery Div 2 Manly - Beth Minogue Hole 13th NTP Div 1 Long Reef - Jen Jansson 57 cm Div 1 Manly - Annette Lord 63 cm Hole 7th NTP Div 2 Long Reef - Jeanette Nell 1.39cm Div 2 Bayview - Bev Jenkinson 9.5 m Other winners for week were; Saturday Par Gaby Bennett (22) - 5 Sunday Stableford. Julie Preston (23) 34 Monday Stableford Dale Ronald (26) 34 Tuesday Stableford Prue Bardsley (26) 38 9 Holes Helen Kook (45) 17 Helen Cregan (35) 17 Jody Fleming continues to do wonders with our Rookie program. Winners this week were: 1st Wendy Hague (37) 19 pts 2nd Tracey Cantwell (41) 17pts

Next Thursday is the Stroke Medal Round. It is also 1st Qualifying Round for the President Trophy. If you still haven’t entered your name please feel free to enter your name on the Late Entry Sheet located in the Ladies Locker Room Have a great week. Gilda Severino Women’s President

Vale Ian Grant McDonnell It was with much sadness that Members learned last week of the death of yet another of our valued and respected Members, Ian (Macca) McDonnel at the age of 73. Ian had been a Member of the Club for 27 years, having joined on 1st July 1991. Due to illness, Ian was unable to play in recent months but prior to that had been a regular player in weekend and weekday competitions. He was particularly enthusiastic (some might say passionate is a more appropriate word) about his participation in Friday Club competitions with his mates and he had been a member of the Committee of that Club. Ian was a very competitive golfer who, on his day, liked nothing more than to strike the ball a couple of hundred metres down the fairway. He won the Founders Cup in 1997 which is a long standing trophy awarded to the player with the best total net score over the January and February Medal Competitions. Ian is survived by his wife, Pam and family, and we extend our sincere condolences to all who knew and loved him. Brian Cummins Welfare Coordinator

Dates for the Diary May Sun 5 Men v Women Sun 5 Masters Pennant @ Bayview Sun 12 Mothers Day Mon 13 Wetlands Project Starts Sun 19 Masters Pennant @ Georges Hall Sat 25 Mick Snell Cup Qualifying

Sun 26 Masters Pennant @ Long Reef June Sat 1 President’s Cup Sun 2 Masters Pennant @ Long Reef Sat 8 R 1 Mick Snell Cup Mon 10 Queens Birthday – 2 Tee Start Sat 15 R 2 Mick Snell Cup Sat 22 R 3 Mick Snell Cup

BRIDGE CLUB

Results of Pairs competition on 17th April N/S 1st Elaine Luscombe/Joan Rutherford 2nd Kaye Miller/Elaine Coldham 3rd Mary Farrell/Joan Fawcett E/W 1st Mary McAdam/Jan Steward 2nd Jean Morey/Di Kirby 3rd Arlene Veith/Ellen Kassel Results of Teams competition on 24th April 1st Judy O’Malley/Joyce Low/

Val Miller/Kaye Miller 2nd Barbara Phillips/Kay Brideau/

Peg Hulton/Jan Byrne 3rd Joan Fawcett/Gail Thompson/

Trish Turner/Sue Cameron

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FROM THE COURSE

The weather over the past month has been fantastic with very little wind and plenty of mild sunny days. After a very wet March with over 210mm of rain, April/May has been very dry with only 18mm. This week has had some spectacular sunrises, some of the best I have seen. Vandalism on the course has been continuous over the past few months with many thousands of dollars in damage. The greens have been dug up on regular occasions, rakes are constantly being destroyed, flags and tee markers stolen and signs of parties and drinking with rubbish and damage being left behind. If members see anything unusual or people doing things they shouldn’t be please report it; these problems are becoming more regular and the cost to the club is substantial and it affects the playing

surfaces. Preparations for the new dam project are almost complete with many trees removed from the 8th & 9th holes and the old shed site tidied up of tree stumps and other material. Fencing and barriers will be installed soon to allow for access for trucks and machinery and to ensure safety. We are currently doing a number of repairs to irrigation valves and tracing irrigation wiring to ensure we can isolate areas and reduce damage risk to irrigation lines.

RULES WITH GEORGE

ANSWER: c. is correct. Rule 14.3b (3), in the Full Rules of Golf, applies. Because he dropped from shoulder height, Angus had dropped in a wrong way although his ball ended in a correct place( The Relief Area). He was entitled to drop again correctly without penalty, but must do this before playing a stroke at the ball wrongly dropped. The same penalty of one stroke applies both in stroke play and match play.

MASTERS PENNANTS

First round of the Masters Pennants and we were on unfamiliar territory at Roseville, tight with lots of tall brown and green things we didn’t recognise. “Never underestimate your opponent, especially at home” and so it proved. We welcomed back JB and Sean Lee who impressed with strong wins. Also welcome to Andrew Daddo who played at number 8 in his first outing. After 9 holes it was touch and go with Roseville leading three of the eight matches. Duffy was ready to give up golf forever at 4 down but Ken Dewell coaxed him back from the ledge and Duffy made a superb comeback to win 2 up. Tony Cooper was solid and also won. Ian Brown and Tony H played 1 and 2, I played their club champ. Both our opponents sank putts from the next suburb but we did enough for two halves, my highlight being a skanky chip in from a dead position on pine bark in the bush on the 16th. So, a solid win 10-5. Thanks to Ross, Ken, Doug, Glen and Les for coming out. Thanks also to Mick Snell who found a set of yardage notes he’d paced out himself years ago. It was a big help, especially on the greens

Next week we’re at Bayview 11 am, if you want to see the big names of Knox, Bockman and Campbell

come out and support us.

Ian Brown Co-Captain

FROM THE JUNIORS

When only one week of the school holidays was done and dusted I was pleased to announce the following results already from our talented juniors. Some of our juniors started their holidays early playing various events in QLD. Jack Davies represented us at the Australian Junior Age Division Championships at Royal Pines GC, while the result wasn't what he wanted, he still had fun on a championship golf layout. Noah Komulainen won B Grade Pacific Junior Open - and had the best scratch score in U13 division which automatically qualifies him for the Greg Norman Junior Masters later in the year. Kai Komulainen was also representing Long Reef at the biggest Junior Tournament in the country - the Australian Boys Amateur Championship - which was held at Southport GC. The 156-man field was capped to a handicap of 2.1, showing the top calibre of junior golf we have across the country at present. Kai exceeded all expectations in his first big Junior event, having rounds of 75,71,72,73 to finish T26 overall and to win the Australian Boys U14 Amateur Championship - by 7 shots, a huge achievement Kai - well done! Now on to the Jack Newton 2 Day Ballina Junior Masters where we had 6 of our Juniors competing. Little Millie Komulainen made it back-to-back JNJG JM victories with a win in the U11 girls - with scores of 88,95. Noah (84,81), Mitch (89,84), Jack (79,81) and Cian (78,78) all had solid tournaments. Finally, Kai Komulainen continued his fine form from the week before, and like sister Millie, made it back-to- back victories with a 2 shot win in the 12/13 boys and T12 finish overall.

JNJG Illawarra Junior Masters We had 8 representatives in this event, which is great to see! Again, some good golf was played by the majority. Kai and Millie nearly made it a trifecta in wins for them each, narrowly coming runners up by 1 shot in their respective age divisions. Jack Davies bounced back from a poor start Day 1 for a great second round with a 4 over par nett 66 to finish the event. Mitch Jones played well on the second round as well.

Harry McKerihan was again very solid for the two rounds, playing consistent golf. Just want to quickly congratulate all the kids for the hard work they are beginning to put in, it is really showing in all your results and it’s great to see so many of you enjoying your golf. It’s quite humbling to get comments from parents at other clubs when I do go out to watch these tournaments saying how

well-mannered you are on the golf course.

Billy Watson Junior Elite Coach

GOLBURN VISIT

We had 26 Goulburn members come up for the biannual visit last weekend. As always the away team seem to go a little too hard on the Saturday night, while Long Reef players are a tucked up in bed by 11pm. The result was a comprehensive Long Reef win 11 to 3 and the Dr McCarthy Shield. The Rae Harvey trophy was won with a good combined score of 87 by Paul Bradford, Mark R Stevens, Darrel Clarkson and Michael O’Neill. The Mick McGuigan trophy for the best score went to Grady Clarke and Phil again O’Regan with 48. The best score from Goulburn was Brett Lawson and Adam Zagar with 41cb. Runner up for Goulburn, Noel Ostini and Paul Falk with 41 and Long Reef runner up was Denis Watchorn and Robert Butcher 42 cb. The Dave Cooper trophy for the best individual score for the visiting team on the Saturday went to Ryan Day with square. Thank you to Greg Croker (Captain) and all the Goulburn lads for a great weekend and I look forward to going down to Goulburn on the weekend of the 9th and 10th of November. Any Long Reef member who hasn’t been but fancies a golf weekend away don’t hesitate to get in contact with me and I can discuss what the weekend holds.

Jimmy Knox

The Board of the Sargood Foundation would like to thank the Board of LRGC, Members, Guests and Staff for the wonderful fundraising lunch last week and the fabulous support of all involved $22,605.50 was raised on the day thanks to your generosity, this will directly help people who are dealing with a situation that none of us could imagine being in. This donation will help us support stays at Sargood on Collaroy for people living with spinal cord injury who are aged over 65 and who have limited resources. Our guests will enjoy the world’s first health and wellness resort, providing purpose built, accessible accommodation and services for people living with a spinal cord injury and their families will also benefit from being able to stay with them and share in the experience of the amazing adaptive activities on offer. Your generous support - from the financial contribution of members, to the wonderful volunteers and the welcoming community at the Club is greatly appreciated. Special thanks to Mitch, Alyssa, Cameron, Andrew and Gordon for their outstanding efforts on the day Together with the long term and committed support of LRGC Board and staff you are all helping people with a spinal cord injury to live a fuller and rewarding life. Remember, the Sargood Foundation is a not for profit organisation who represent the whole community with a 25% ownership in the Centre. We would like to extend an invitation to all Club Members and friends to visit Sargood on Collaroy for a behind the scenes tour to see the beautiful resort at the end of Beach Street. Please RSVP to reception on 9971 8113 or office@lrgc.com.au

Saturday 18th May at 11am

WETLANDS PROJECT - UPDATE 1st May 2019

Start Date – Monday 13th May

Safety Fences erected w/c 13th May

Preparation and excavating w/c 20th May

Duration – (weather permitting)

Construction – 12 to 14 weeks

Turfing and recovery – 6 weeks

Course back to full 18 holes with new work GUR – September 2019

Course almost fully recovered – December 2019

Preparation;

The practice chipping green has been de turfed. This turf is being used for the temporary 14th

green. Some of the trees around the new wetlands and the dying pine on the 9th have been

removed to enable construction.

What will Change;

We will play temporary Course/Courses- details on Notice Board.

Men-Par 66, Slope 114. Women Par-67, Slope 121.

Score Card (Members and Visitors) will reflect the Temporary Course and Stroke Indexes

changed to reflect hole difficulties. Details on the Notice Board.

Pace of play will be quicker by an expected 20 to 30 minutes as the Temporary Courses are

shorter with 4 additional Par 3’s. Holes in One will be recognized on all holes.

Possible delays on holes 14, 15 & 16 due to four Par 3’s in a row. At this stage it is not planned

to have ‘call up’.

Less tee times available on Wed, Sat & Sun, due to the shorter course – Five AM times and

Three PM times (32 less spots) – This will be reflected in the timesheets released W/C 6th May.

The GPS on the Golf Carts will be updated to restrict entry to construction areas.

Practice fairway: Once works start on this area (mid June) it will not be able to be used.

Special pricing arrangements have been made with Narrabeen Driving Range (see

Notice Board)

Special arrangements will be implemented for teaching by Professional Staff.

Note - when playing social rounds a maximum of two (2) balls can be played.

Thursday’s will have a 1 tee start, except for major events.

Additional Local Rules;

New Work – Compulsory GUR this will include the wetlands area which is currently a

Red Penalty Area.

Entering, or recovering balls from construction areas, bounded by fences is prohibited.

Penalty-Disqualification and Disciplinary action by the Board.

Temporary Course

During Construction there will be Safety Fences and ‘No Go’ areas that will surround the

excavation and the ‘track’ the dump trucks will use to disperse the fill on 15th and 16th. These

areas will be compulsory GUR and players will NOT be permitted to enter (even to recover their

ball).

During construction the following holes will be affected;

Hole Par Tee Green Men's

Distance Women's Distance

8 3 On Fairway Current 138m 108m

10 3 On Public Tee Current 152m 152m

14 3 On White & Red Tee Temp 179m 172m

15 3 On Fairway Current 124m 124m

16 3 On LH Rough area Current 115m 105m

18 4 On Yellow Tee Current 266m 266m

Par

Men 66 Blue Slope 114

Women 67 Red Slope 121

There will be three separate Course layouts during construction.

Course A – Temporary Holes 8,10,14,15,16 & 18.

Course B – Temporary Holes 8,10,14,15 & 16.

Course C – Temporary Hole 18.

The temporary Course layout is displayed on the Notice Board.

The Men’s and Women’ Stroke indexes have been adjusted to reflect the changed difficulty of the

holes.

Depending on recovery we will play the full course once the turf has taken, however there will be

considerable areas of compulsory GUR.

Times at other Clubs

Local clubs have been approached to provide times for Members. These will be advised in the

next week or so. Members wishing to use this facility will need to ensure they comply with the host

Clubs regulations. Booking tee times will be 2 weeks in advance at the Kiosk.

Wetlands Project – Summary of Changes

Holes 9, 14, 15 &16

9th – With the demise of the pine tree (which is an integral feature of the hole) a high mound will be

constructed with a bunker and trees

14th, 15th - Mounding will be positioned between each of these fairways to better define the holes,

which will marginally impact the 10th.

16th - The fairway will be moved to the north to further alleviate balls going OOB. Balls landing on

the fairway will either stay on the fairway or run onto the northern mounding (part of which will be

at fairway height). The area from the tee to the fairway will be partially levelled to alleviate short

drives running into the long grass.

Holes 8, 9, 18, Practice Fairway and Chipper

8th – Will have water on the southern side.

18th – No changes apart from Practice fairway.

Practice Fairway – Will be raised to minimise dampness and flooding. It will be 15+ metres longer

and the tee box wider (as the access road is no longer required).

Chipper – Will be re positioned near the current site and rebuilt including a practice bunker. It will

also be used as a ‘spare hole’ (with water on the left!).