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Reef Breezes 22nd June, 2018
REEF BREEZES Weekend Eclectic – Starts this Sat
The event will run in A, B & C Grade and Women
for Scratch and Net. The ‘system’ will automatically
collate the scores, so make sure you check and enter
your card, even if you don’t play well.
White Tee Event- This Sat - 23 June
With the requests to ‘play something different’ and
to coincide with the start of the Weekend Eclectic,
June 22nd 2018 the men will play off the White Tees (Slope 129) and
Ph: 9971 8113 the Women’s tees will be well forward. A good
Fax: 9982 4648 chance to put some good numbers on your eclectic
Email: score.
office@longreefgolfclub.com.au
Whytock Cup – Play Off
The following players have qualified for the play off
on Saturday 7th July. You need to book in on Fri 29th
CAPTAIN’S CORNER
A Grade B Grade C Grade
Matt Oaten Ken Turner James Walker
Amos Hessell Ken Turner Barry Collins
Steve Twigg John Steuart Harry Phillips
Rob Cordaiy Derek Johanson George Wing
Ross Bockman Kurt Raidy Mark Sier
A close and exciting win by the Masters Pennant in Michael McKerihan Jack Meakins David Halliday
very windy conditions on Sunday secures a spot in Mick Snell Jack Davies Paul Bradford
the finals, starting in 3 weeks.
Dragan Mitrovic Phillip Barwell Kevin Smythe
When Ross Kocass holed out on 13th on Sat he was
Khan Gallagher Brad Boyce Craig Wood
gloating about the 4 pointer until playing partner
Cha Loh sank his birdie put also for 4 points. Michael Hodgett David Karlsson Cha Loh
Doug Campbell Ken Turner Harry McKerihan
It was sad to hear of the passing of Peter Thomson
Christian Eberhardt Murray Zimmer Michael Rogan
this week. His dominance of the Open
Championship where in the 7 years between 1952 & Inter Club Pennants going forward
1958 he won 4 times and was runner up in the other Ben and I attended an information session by Golf
3 years was unequalled. He also won in 1965 with NSW where they sought views on all Pennant
the likes of Palmer, Player, Sneed in the field. events. There were some positive ideas and they will
His design company has been involved with Long be conducting a survey to ascertain preferred future
Reef for many years and he rated us as - “the best conditions.
site of any golf course in Sydney”.
New Rules and Handicapping – Jan 2019
Course With the changes now 6 months away Golf NSW
With the rain the greens are quite soft. Please make will be running seminars to update Clubs. We will
sure you repair your pitch marks. use these resources to hold a Members Information
night later in the year.
Les Browne Captain
Dates for the Diary –
June
Sat 23 Winter Eclectic commences
July
Please be careful – A clean cut hole should be Sat 7 Whytock Cup Play off
expected by all players so please, when you take Sat 14 Captain v President Team event
your ball out of the hole ensure you don’t touch the Sat 21 Men’s Foursomes Qualifying
side of the cup as it could cause damage .. this Sun 22 Women’s Weekend Foursomes
particularly applies to those of us who us a device Sat 28 R1 Men’s Foursomes
on the end of our putter.
FROM THE WOMEN NTP
7th Julia Bowen
13th Rosemary West
2nd to 10 th Kim Sloane
Marg O’Connell Women’s President
Our pennant teams, though working hard, continue RULES WITH GEORGE
to face some tough opposition.
Silver 2 wrapped up their season with a 3 ½ - 1 ½
loss to Muirfield. Congratulations to Wendy Millson
who scored a win and Ali Gattas who squared her
match. Special mention to Ali who finished the QUESTION: Playing the 11th hole
season undefeated. And well done the entire team at Long Reef, Vince hit his second stroke to the
for a valiant effort. Team convenor Gilda Severino green and finished well right of the green very close
is to be commended for her untiring support and to the out of bounds pegs just inside a fence. His
organisation each week. ball was clearly in bounds but his backswing for his
Bronze 1 was narrowly defeated by Killara 3/2. next shot to the green was impeded by the fence. He
Congratulations to Gay McCorby and Marilyn considered that he could drop away from the fence
Denner who won their matches. This week Bronze without penalty because of the interference.
1 play Asquith at Wakehurst. The team comprises Which is correct?
Marilyn Denner, Gay McCorby, Liz Ruthven, Sue
Smiles and Jenny Watts F/C. a. Vince is correct, the fence is an artificial object
Bronze 2 hosted at Long Reef last week. My thanks which is not defining out of bounds so is an
to Gilda and Prue Bardsley for assisting. Thanks, as immovable obstruction.
usual, to our wonderful staff Michael Mulquiny and
Steph Bull with Ben Russell and Alex Knight ably b. The fence is not an immovable obstruction so
assisting as backup due to the unexpected high Vince does not get free relief
demands in the cafe. Bronze 2 play Manly at
Wakehurst this week. Team members are
Jan Daniel, Angela Brown, Prue Bardsley F/C, Members’ Use of Practice Facilities
Wendy Thomas and Amanda Biffin. “A Member may only use the practice facilities on
Due to the inclement weather the Rules Seminar the days according to the class of membership held.
was cancelled. It will now be held Thursday June28. They must report their practice intentions to the Pro
For those of you attending please bring your rule Shop for clearance, before commencing practice.”
book.
Membership Category Use of Practice Facilities
Weekend Winners 7 Day, 7 Day Special, Life, Sunday to Saturday
Saturday Karen Smith (14) 32 7 Day Gold, Intermediate
Sunday Diana Sier (16) 30 7 Day, Student 7 Day,
Staff 7 Day
6 Day, 6 Day Special, 6 Day Sunday to Friday
Gold, Intermediate 6 Day,
Thursday 21 June Par Student 6 Day, Staff 6 Day,
Division 1 5 Day, 5 Day Special, 5 Day Monday to Friday
1. Rosemary West (16) -4cb Gold, Intermediate 5 Day,
2. Julia Bowen (5) -4 Student 5 Day, Staff 5 Day
Junior, Cadet, Chipper Sunday to Saturday
Retention Plus Immediately before a
Division 2 Competition game ONLY
1. Jan Daniel (29) -2 Country Immediately before a
2. Angela Brown (30) -3 Competition game ONLY
Easy Golf Immediately before a
Division 3 Competition game ONLY
1. Jill Hensman (35) -3 Overseas Monday to Friday, except
Public Holidays
2. Sue Rossi (40) -4 Honorary, Corporate, At the discretion of the
Temporary, Provisional Board
Balls to -6 House, Retention No access
MASTERS PENNANT putts and the match remained tight with never more
than 1 hole in it, either way. Jimmy gradually started
vs CROMER to claw his way back and wins at 13, 14 (courtesy of
a penalty shot for his opponent hitting a moving
After a few weeks wait, last Sunday we got our ball) and 15 meant he was now 2 up with 3 to play
chance to avenge our embarrassing loss at Cromer and looking likely to secure 2 of the 3 points
with the winner taking out the division and needed. Whilst the drama of the moving ball ruling
advancing to the knock-out stage. The strength of was unfolding, Knoxy was sitting on a 4ft putt for
the wind made it very tricky for both sides and par on the 14th with his opponent only just on the
potentially took away some of our home course edge of the green in 3. Given he had just won the
advantage. 13th to go back to 1 up, I had mentally decided he
was going 2 up but don’t you love matchplay! – his
I named an unchanged side from the win over opponent holed across the green and he then missed
Strathfield which meant that Coops and Bocko led and now it’s back all square. He bounced back with
us out. Just like he has in many of his matches, a birdie at 15 but then lost 16 to be back to square
Coops got off to a good start and kept building on playing 17. Jimmy halved 16 so he now couldn’t be
his lead while Bocko was hitting it really well tee to beaten and a brilliant up and down from
green and hit every one of the greens in regulation dangerously close to the out of bounds posts (at
on the front nine but still found himself 1 down. least from my perspective!!) resulted in a 2&1 win
for him and we now had 7 of the minimum 8 points
Tony Holley and I were out next and had that we needed. Having hit two great shots, into the
contrasting starts with me being 4 up after 7 and strong wind, onto the 16th green, Knoxy’s opponent
Tony 3 down. Tony won a couple of the next four uncharacteristically put his second shot to 17 out of
to get his match back to 1 down while I won all four bounds from the middle of the fairway so when
to close out my match 8&7 and The Captain had Knoxy chipped stone dead to win the hole with a
secured the first win (making up for last time’s par, we were guaranteed at least the point we needed
half!!). Coops eventually ran out a 5&4 winner to get and we had won the division.
us our next point while Bocko was also starting to
wrestle back control of his match and when he Cranny, Browny and Knoxy all halved the last with
knocked it onto the 15th green in two to set up their opponents and so they ended in two 1 down
birdie and move 2 up, we only had to wait for one defeats and a 1 up win respectively a final overall
more hole as he finished up his 3&2 win and we had match score of 9-6.
maximum points from the first three matches
finished and only needed a win and a half from the A special mention goes to Jimmy Little who was the
remaining five matches to clinch the victory. Tony’s only one of us to go through his 6 matches in the
fight-back, however, couldn’t be maintained and he division undefeated.
eventually went down 3&2.
There was plenty of support out there for us from
Cranny and Browny also both got off to very the members and the whole Team would like to
different starts with Cranny jumping out to an early thank those that came out on a very windy day.
3 hole lead while Browny struggled to find his form
Doug Campbell Team Manager
and was down by a similar margin. Whilst birdies at
8 and 9 and a par at 10 got Browny back into his
match, unfortunately, Cranny’s match turned the
other way as he lost 4 holes in a row to find himself
CRAZY WHIST
behind for the first time. Browny’s match remained
all square through to the 17th when he missed he
short putt for a half and both of them went to the
last dormie. Given that we could now not win either
of matches 3 and 4, the focus turned to the top two
matches. Friday 6th July– 6.30pm for a 7pm start
Jimmy Little is getting himself a reputation as a $20 pp including Dinner
consistently slow starter and not to disappoint, he Bookings Recommended Please see Reception
found himself 2 down after 7 whilst Knoxy was 1 up It’s nice and warm in the clubhouse!
at the same stage. Again, Knoxy found himself on
the receiving end of an opponent holing some good
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Pat Cropper Vic Cropper
Special Membership and Special Members. Captain 1965-68, Captain 1970-75
President 1968-71
It was noted in President Twigg’s report in the
newsletter last week, that from 1st June 2018 any Helen Cordaiy Ray Cordaiy
new 7,6,5 day member will not be entitled to a President 1971-74 President -1975-77
concession on their annual subscription after 25
years and being 65 years of age. From an archive Tibby Playfair Edmund Playfair
point of view - we know a little about when this Captain 1988-91 Captain 1988-1993
concession commenced and the changes to it over
the years. So far we have not been able to find the Pauline McTaggart George McTaggart
proposal in the Minutes that suggested such an idea Captain 2004-06 Captain 1997-01
in the first place, but an educated guess would be
that it was introduced in the 1940’s, when the Club Margaret Verrills Peter Verrills
had existed for twenty years and at much the same President 2009-11 Captain 2007-09,
time as the Barling Trophy commenced. We might President 2010-14
assume that it was intended as a reward for loyalty
and to keep members in the club as they reached the Next week we will look at 'The Cropper Years’.
retirement age of the times, by relieving a financial Their leadership and influence covered a decade
burden. Until 1979 only 20 years of membership from1965-1975.
and reaching the age of 60 was the requirement to
receive the 50% reduction in fees. It was changed up
to the present 25 years of membership and 65 years
of age in 1979. The next change came in 2015 when
the proportion of reduction was changed to
40%/60% which remains for exisiting Special
Members.
Both Men and Women play in competitions
designed for the long suffering! The club has both
the Barling trophy and the Dot Leonard trophy in
the Annual Programme.
Many of the Executive committee members, whom
we will be looking at over the next few weeks would
have gone on to be Special Members. "Special in Pattie Cropper (Life Member)
name, Special in nature!"
We have looked briefly over the past weeks at
families who have been members of the club for a
long time and the volunteer positions that they have
filled. Detailed charts of both Club and Women’s
committee members over the years are a very well
used resource. (Collated and typed by Archive
Committee member Judy Hore). These lists easily
show a pattern of service and how much more is
done before becoming a President and or a Captain
or after stepping down.
A glance at the Presidents and Captains Honour
Boards in the Club house, for both the Club and
Associates/Women’s committee, you will see
familiar names appear and reappear. The stories to Vic Cropper
be told show how many couples have become
leaders of our club, and for three couples in
particular, how they served at the same time as each Sandra Mellowes
other, and the marriage survived!
Men’s Weekly Results
Saturday 16th Stableford & Team
4BBB C Munro/N Chung 46
A Grade Cameron Munro (10) 39
B Grade Cha Loh (18) 38
C Grade Liam O’Brien (35) 38 Results of competition 15th June
Women Karen Smith (14) 32
Scratch Tim Maloney 37 Division 1: (1-19)
Junior Jack Davies 33 1st Peter Burke (12) 36 pts
NTP 2nd Trevor Waters, 2nd Brian Ratcliffe (14) 32 pts
13th Hole in One Ross Kocass
Balls 32cb Division 2: (20-27)
1st Geoff Page (20) 38 pts
Sunday 17th Stableford 2 nd
Frank Wu (27) 36 pts
Winner Michael Sayers (15) 35
4BBB M Sayers/A Herriot 46 Division 3 (>27)
Mixed Rosemary & Peter West 39 1st Susan Ramsay (36) 33pts
Balls 30cb 2nd Bruce Fairhall (31) 32pts
Monday 18th Stableford NTP
Winner Gavin Nagle (6) 34 Div 1 Brian Ratcliffe
Balls 28cb Div 2 Mike Smith
Div 3 Lydia Bryant
Tuesday 19th No Play
Balls to 31cb
Wednesday 20th Par & Team
Team L Bates/D Churchley +7
A Grade James Woodhill(9 Killara) +1cb A PLEA FOR HELP
B Grade David Freedman (16) +1cb We have received the following request:
C Grade John McCririck (23)
+3
Fishing Box & Licence
Scratch Ian Brown -1
nd th Hi there, my husband left his fishing box on the
NTP 2 L Browne, 13 T Smithyman
beach in front of your restaurant on Saturday
Balls -3cb
evening. It has inside the box his fishing licence in
his name, Anthony (Tony) Wightman.
I wonder if someone may have handed it in to your
BRIDGE CLUB restaurant or club please?
Many thanks, Justine Wightman
0466 276 191
RULES WITH GEORGE
Results of Pairs competition on 13th June
N/S
1st Joan Rutherford/Mary McAdam
2nd Kaye Miller/Jan Byrne ANSWER: b is correct.....The fence is not an
3rd Elaine Luscombe/Shirley Blackburn immovable obstruction because, although it is
artificial, it is out of bounds .............
E/W Definitions: Obstructions ...Exception b. Vince
1st Val Miller /Jean Morey may have to deem his ball unplayable and with a one
2nd Jean Kirk/Lilith Gollan stroke penalty drop his ball under one of the
3rd Mary Farrell/Kay Brideau provisions of Rule 28.FROM THE JUNIORS
Kai Komulainen has jetted off for Buffalo, NY to
compete in the International Junior Masters. The
tournament starts next Tuesday. We wish him the
DATE CHANGE
best of luck! Combined Services Golf Event
The Combined Services Golf Day was published
FROM THE PRO SHOP in the programme book for Monday 24th
September but due to a conflict in scheduling the
event has been moved one week forward to
Monday 17th September 2018.
The Combined Services Golf Day raises funds for
Legacy and is open to all members and their
guests. It is a great day with plenty of on course
activities followed by lunch, drinks and raffles in
the Pacific Room.
STOCKTAKE SALE!!
· ALL CLOTHING IN STORE 50% OFF
This event is run by volunteers and all our prizes
· ALL GOLF BAGS 20% OFF
· CLUB BOOSTER E-WHEELS NOW JUST are sourced from members and local businesses.
$499 (SAVE $100) Any member that is in a position to donate prizes
· ALL MIZUNO, CLEVELAND AND WILSON to the raffle please contact Ben Russell.
GOLF CLUBS 30% OFF!! ben@lrgc.com.au
Sale runs until Wednesday 27th June, Don’t Miss out!
Photos by David Wing
Billy Watson Coaching – June / July Special:
9 Hole Playing Lessons available at a severely
reduced price!
Normally $250, NOW JUST $175 (Save $75)
The great thing about a playing lesson is I get to
examine all aspects of your game on the golf course,
which allows me to completely overhaul your game!
Call 0406 202 352 or
email bwatson@pgamember.org.au to make a
booking!LONG REEF GOLF CLUB COPRORATE PARTNERS
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