WOMEN'S DIVISION NEWSLETTER Spring 2019

Are You Ready To Tee it up…

... fore the 2019 Season?

MESSAGE FROM BETTY Hello Golfers:

With the sun and warmer temperatures we were successful in kicking off the 2019 season with our

scramble and semi-annual meeting. Sixty-Eight members braved the cold! It was great seeing many

returning players choosing our lovely Ken-Wo golf course! Thank-you for participating and bringing your

fun spirit/camaraderie to the recreational/competitive golf program that we so enjoy!

Jane Cayford and Debbie Boutilier, on behalf of the executive, prepared a survey and solicited your

feedback in March. We received excellent feedback from over 80 members…..great response! Thanks for

completing it and we will share the results. The Match Committee have been working hard and have

many fun activities planned for our Thursday days of play. This year we have new golf rules. Around

twenty people, took the opportunity to attend the Rules clinic on April 27 with Head Professional Derek

MacKinnon. This was very informative!

We hope you will have fun, participating in our Club Championship on August 10 and 11th. Linda Durling

and myself are co-chairing this event and we encourage all members to enter.

This year we have initiated a Mentorship program for new and returning members. Mentors have been

assigned to orientate new members to our club, allowing them to have a smooth transition to our

programs.

On May 28th , the Valley Seniors have invited our membership as well as women from other clubs to

participate in the Valley Seniors program. We look forward to meeting other Valley women and senior

men. Those interested please sign up. We are hoping for an excellent turnout from our Ken Wo women!

I want to thank the following people: Debbie Sutherland – reporting of provincial/national results of our

Ken-Wo women; Beth Lloyd – Chair of the Scramble Fore Cancer Care (your Division’s only fundraising

event); and Cheryl Hawboldt – Handicap Chairperson. We are so fortunate to have one of the most active

clubs in the province and much of this success is due to the members who volunteer……. help out

whenever they can. It is so greatly appreciated! Having said that we need members to volunteer for the

executive positions. Many of you have various skills to fill the Vice President position which is vacant.

Next year we will need other positions. Stayed tuned for more information to follow!

To all members of the Women‘s Division, as an executive, we look forward to coordinating the season’s

events and playing many rounds of golf with you! Enjoy and if you need to reach us you can email at

KenWoWomen@gmail.com. Enjoy the season!

Betty Mattson, President-Ken-Wo Women’s Division

2019 EXECUTIVE President Betty Mattson Match Chair Cathy Coates

Past Present Linda Durling Match Assistant Patti Sheehy

Vice President Vacant Match 9 Hole Rep Noreen MacGregor

Secretary Gail Hazel House Mary Marshall

Treasurer Debbie Boutilier Prizes Jane Cayford

Publicity Joan Merlin

From left to right: Debbie Boutilier, Treasurer, Gail Hazel, Secretary, Noreen MacGregor, 9 Hole Match Rep., Patti Sheehy, Match Assistant, Mary Marshall, House, Betty Mattson, President, Linda Durling, Past-President, Joan Merlin, Publicity, Cathy Coates, Match Chair, (Missing,, Jane Cayford, Prizes)

MESSAGE FROM MATCH COMMITTEE Cathy Coates, Noreen MacGregor and Patti Sheehy are this season’s Match Committee,

with assistance from Linda Nette (9-hole draws), Linda Durling (Match play) and Cheryl

Hawboldt (Handicap Chair).

This season’s prizes on Thursdays are similar to last year: $5 gift certificates for the dining

room – a great way to support our Food and Beverage operation. Most weeks there will be

two random draws as well as a variety of skill-testing prizes, like putting, chipping, fairways

hit on your tee shot. Our objective is to make it fun and challenging for everyone and we

would like everyone to have a chance to win, so we are encouraging everyone to keep a

scorecard and turn it in at the end of the round.

Thank you to everyone for their helpful comments on the recent survey. Many of you indicated you would like

to see more mixing up of the draws. This is always top of mind when we do the draws, and it is challenging to

keep track of who has played with whom, while juggling the schedule and personal requests. We are working

on ways to get better at it and welcome your suggestions.

Special Cart Price on Thursdays: Thanks to Rene and the Pro shop staff, we have a special deal on carts again

on Thursdays. You pay for a seat on the cart, not the whole cart, so everyone pays the same, whether you ride

as a single or a double. Not only is this a great price, it also means that Match has more flexibility to make up

the draws because we don’t need to worry about always doubling up carts. The rate is $8.50 for 9-holes and

$17 (or one ticket) for 18-holes.

As a courtesy to our hardworking Pro Shop Staff and the Starter, if you need to cancel, we would like to stress

the importance of calling the Pro Shop as soon as possible.

Have a great season, Cathy, Noreen and Patti.

VIEW FROM THE NEW 13TH TEE BOX …

MAY and JUNE KEN-WO WOMEN’S EVENTS

May 9 9:00 Casual Round May 16 8:00 Clinic with the Pros 8:00-9:15 9:15 Casual Round Match Play begins May 23 9:00 Casual Round or Pin Round # 1 May 30 8:00 Clinic with the Pros 8:00-9:15 9:15 Casual Round

Tuesday evening Women’s golf in the summer – schedule and details will be sent by email June 6 8:00 18-hole players Ollie Drysdale Trophy (Optional Tees) Low net on Front 9 9-hole players Winnie Horton Trophy Low net on Front 9 June 13 8:00 Reversed 9’s; Casual Round or Pin Round #2 June 15 1:00 Saturday Scramble Fore Cancer Care June 20 8:00 Casual Round or Pin Round #3 Qualifying Round for Bronze Competition being held Aug 6 at Eden CC June 21-27 Bronze Qualifying round may be played (prior arrangement with Match is req’d) June 27 8:00 Casual Round (and rain date for Pin#3 / Bronze Qualifier)

WOMEN’S TUESDAY EVENING GOLF The season is upon us again and we have 11 Tuesday nights for you to get out and have some fun with

friends, old and new. NO experience, or even love for golf required . The only requirement is that you

want to have fun. Our first night is May 28 with a shotgun start at 5:30. A poster has been posted at the

clubhouse outlining more details with respect to this night. Please feel free to contact

womensgolfsocial@gmail.com should you have any questions.

Jill, Cathy, Karen and Christine

NEWS FROM THE LOCKER ROOM There is now a copy of the executive binder in the locker room which includes our Women’s Division Policies, Executive Roles and Responsibilities, Past Presidents, Past Champions, etc., for our member’s information. The profiles of names on each of our trophies has been posted on the bulletin board. (Wow, there are a lot of them) And soon to come the Wall of Fame.

2019 MAY and JUNE DATES TO BE ADDED TO YOUR CALENDAR UPCOMING NSGA COMPETITIONS July 5, 6, 7 - NSGA Women’s Amateur and Senior Greenwood GC July 23 - NSGA Womens 2-Ball Brightwood G & CC UPCOMING MIXED TOURNAMENTS May 18, 19 - Lobster Classic Clare G & CC June 22, 23 - Castle Building Supplies Mixed Tournament Chester GC

UPCOMING WOMEN’S FIELD DAYS June 1, 2 - Paradise Classic Eden G &CC June 1, 2 - June Bug Classic Truro G & CC June 11 - Field Day The Links at Penn Hills June 15 - Scramble for Cancer Cure Ken-Wo GC June 17 - Ladies Invitational

Greenwood GC June 18 - Golf for the Cure Scramble Antigonish G & CC June 19 - Ladies Field Day Northumberland Links June 25 - Ladies Invitational Oakfield G & CC

NEW MEMBERS COMMITTEE Welcome to new members, Linda O’Brien and Kay Rhodenizer, 18-Hole members. We look forward to

meeting each of you and playing with you at Ken-Wo. Thank you to Karen MacKay, acting as mentor to

Linda and to Betty Lister, acting as mentor to Kay. Also, welcome back to returning member, Darcy

Fuller.

NEW RULES CLINIC

Twenty members braved the cold wet weather to attend the clinic. Derek gave a very informative session with respect to the new rules. A booklet containing a summary of the main changes to the rules can be obtained by contacting the executive at KenWoWomen@gmail.com Also the Golf Canada Website is an excellent resource to find out more about the rule changes. https://golfcanada.ca/rules-of-golf/

WOMENS DIVISION OPENING The sun was shining and the temperatures warmed up for us on May 2nd making our opening a success

with 60+ golfers participating. The Semi-Annual General Meeting was held at 4:00. Minutes of the

October 4th, 2018 Annual General Meeting were approved. Treasurer’s report, Match Committee report,

Club Championship report, House report, Prizes report and Publicity reports were received. Up-dates

were provided on the Scramble Fore Cancer Care and Tuesday night social golf. A review of the survey

results were presented by Debbie Boutilier and Jane Cayford. A delicious meal was served at the banquet.

A brief explanation of the handicap system was presented by Cheryl Hawboldt.

Thank you to Rene, Derek and Laura for attending as our guests.

There was a three-way tie for the scrabble and after a draw the winners were declared. Congratulations

to Bonnie Lockhart, Biddy Peverill, Susan Markham-Starr and Edna Harquail.

Closest to the hole was won by Margaret MacLean; closest to the line, Edna Harquail and the 50/50 was

won by Ruth Garapick.

HOLE-IN-ONE

Congratulations to Debbie Sutherland on her hole-in-one. Well done, Debbie

SCRAMBLE FOR CANCER CARE Beth Lloyd reports that the Scramble Fore Cancer Committee has been working hard to provide an

excellent day on June 15th. The good news is that it is full but there is a waiting list so if you have not

registered your team put your name in. As in the past it is sure to be a fun day of golf. Again many

businesses have donated to the cause, helping to support the Annapolis Valley Cancer Navigation

Program.

How Can you help…..glad you asked ….. If anyone would like to donate to the silent auction, your gifts will

be greatly appreciated. Leave them with Brandy. Buy a raffle ticket …. or two … these tickets are for sale

on Thursday Women’s day. Again, all monies raised helps.

OUR NEW DRIVING RANGE AWAITS YOU

NO EXCUSE NOT TO PRACTICE NOW

KEN-WO WOMEN MEMBERSHIP – what do you get?

Free of Charge to all Women Members excluding Flex Members (see below)

- Able to participate in Opening and Closing Scramble

- Receive on-line Newsletter – 4 or 5 editions per season

- Receive email updates on Women’s Division activities/news

- Attend Rules Clinics and Instruction Clinics with the Pros

- New members receive Women’s Division Booklet and opportunity to attend Orientation

- Attend/vote at Semi-Annual and Annual General Meetings

- Participate in Ken-Wo Competitions

-Birdie and Eagle Tree - 9 and 18 hole players

-Singles and Partners Match Play – 9 and 18 hole players

-Ringer Board and Dot Com – 9 and 18 hole players

-NSGA Break Pins

-Bronze Team Competition

-Hole-in-One

-Participate in Women’s Club Championship (have to pay entry/banquet fees)

-Receive Awards/Trophies given out at Women’s Division Closing

Members Prize Fee - $15 for season or $3 occasional play

- Thursday award certificates given out at Closing

- Thursday trophies given out at Closing

- Weekly Thursday prizes

- Organization of Thursday play – casual, trophy and pin rounds

- Draw prizes for Opening and Closing

Flex Members

- Receive on-line Newsletter – 4 or 5 editions per session

- Receive email updates on Women’s Division activities/news

- Attend Rules Clinics and Instruction Clinics with the Pros

- New members receive Women’s Division Booklet and opportunity to attend Orientation

- Hole-in-One – receive award given out at Women’s Division

VOLUNTEERS - HATS OFF TO THOSE WHO STEP UP TO VOLUNTEER, where would we be without them?

2019 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Vice-President

REMINDER TO:

- Participate in Ringer Board, Dot Co, Eagle Tree, etc. - Think about nominees for lifetime achievement award. - Buy 50/50 tickets on Thursdays. - Consider serving on the Women’s Division Executive. - Advise Brandy at bmartin@Ken-Wo.com of any change

to your e-mail.

- Play lots of and have LOTS of fun!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED MATERIAL FOR THE NEWSLETTER.

Joan and the Ken-Wo Women’s

Executive.