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Thank you to those Members who have paid their Membership subscriptions well in advance of the due date which is this Friday 31^st May.

The first day of the Membership year falls on Saturday 1^st June, so if you have a game booked in over the weekend and are yet to pay your subscriptions, please ensure payment is made by this Friday to avoid being removed from the timesheet.

If paying via BPAY and playing over the weekend, please process your BPAY transfer by Thursday 30^th May as it can take 1-2 business days to be received.

Non-financial Members will have their access to timesheets removed from 1^st June.

The Club offers a range of Membership categories and monthly payment options. If you wish to view the subscription fee schedule, transfer your category or pay your Membership via monthly instalments, please click here for more details.

This year Members will have to 30^th June 2024 to spend remaining funds on their House, Prize and Ball Accounts that were collected in the previous Membership year. Any prizes won after the 1^st May 2024 will be valid until 31^st May 2025.

From your Captain

Captain's Cup

Congratulations Michael McKerihan (left) for winning the Captain's Cup (Nett) with a score of 564.

The Captain's Cup is the best 8 out of 12 Medal Rounds played in the 2023/24 Membership year.

Autumn Eclectic
Saturday 25^th May was the last day of the Autumn Eclectic.

Congratulations to Mark Stevens (Nett) 53.3 and Jenni Brown (Nett) 58.85 who are the overall winners of the Men and Women's Saturday Autumn Eclectic.

Legacy Day 2023
Due to wet weather, no carts and finding a mutually agreeable time for our returned servicemen to all play, the 2023 Legacy day was played on Wednesday 22 May 2024. The following Members played:

Doug McGrath, Brian Tapp, David Churchley, Tim Becker, Geoffrey Luck and Brian Grey.

Congratulations Brian Gray who won the day with 34 point on the countback.

The 2024 Legacy Day will be held on 23 September.

Hole in One

Greg Hunter achieved a hole in one on the 13th on Sunday 26th May.

Craig Wood on the 2nd and David Freedman on the 13th both achieved a hole in one today! Wednesday 29 May.

Congratulations to all three!

Master Pennants
Our Master Pennant team took on Monash in the return match at home on Sunday 26^th May. It was a tightly fought contest with the home team coming out on top winning 5 matches to 3. Next Sunday 2^nd June the team plays Macquarie Links at home.

Results

Wednesday 15 May - Singles Stableford and 4BBB with a field of 200 players.

The overall winner with a score of 37 points on the countback was Dean Murphy.

Full Results

Saturday 18^th May - Single Stableford and Split 6s with 165 players.

In very testing weather conditions, the winner was Jimmy Little with a score of 36 points.

Full Results

Wednesday 22 May - Single Stableford & 4BBB with a field of 213 players.

The overall winner of the day was Gary Bellamy with a score of 42 points on the countback.

Full Results

Saturday 25^th May - Single Stableford & 4BBB with 217 Players.

The overall winner and score of the day went to Dragan Durdevic with 41 points.

Full Results

Rob Cordaiy | Captain

From your Women's Committee

Pennants - Bronze Plaque
Due to the wet weather the Bronze Plaque did not play their first round on Friday 17 May 2024 at Warringah Golf Club against Bayview. The second round was played at Manly against Mona Vale. The team was Jeanette Reitzer, Prue Bardsley, Debbie Hankey, Veronica Bertram and Danielle Seisun with Lisa George and Debra Trim as reserves.

The team had a fabulous 5-0 win. Congratulations, what a wonderful effort!

Foursomes Championships
The Women's Foursomes Championships final round was played on 16 May 2024. The Open Championship final was played over 36 holes, with the B and C Grade Premierships played over 18 holes.

The Open Championships was a real test of golf with the course in fantastic condition given the weather. The golf was just as spectacular with the four women Rachel Buxton, Vanessa Murphy, Kim Sloane and Jen Jansson playing magnificent golf. It was a pleasure to be able to walk around and witness such great golf. Pars and Birdies were the order of the day with very few holes squared with bogies. However, there had to be a winner on the day with Rachel Buxton and Vanessa Murphy squaring the 34th hole to win the Championships 3 and 2.

Well done to Rachel and Vanessa and to the runners-up Kim and Jen you all played beautiful golf.

The B Grade Premiership was played between Tracey Martin and Robyn Lyon against Marg O'Connell and Aki Lee. Again, a very close game with Tracey and Robyn winning on the 17th hole 2 and 1.

Thank you to Cath Piper for refereeing the match.

Hole in One

Congratulations to Lyndall Bacon (left) on getting a hole in one on Wednesday 16 May on the 13^th

The C Grade Premiership was played between Sue Dewell, Sheila Dickson and Petrina Rousel and Lisa Jenkins. Wonderful to see two new women in Petrina and Lisa who have not played foursomes before have a go and making it to the final.

Another very close game with the game coming down to the last putt on the last hole. Sue Dewell and Sheila Dickson won 1 up from Petrina Rousel and Lisa Jenkins.

Thank you to Wendy Millson for refereeing the match.

President's Trophy
Thursday 23rd May saw the qualification round for the President's trophy in two divisions. It was a beautiful day out on the course. Congratulations to the eight qualifiers for Division 1: Gay McCorby, Vanessa Murphy, Tracey Martin, Helenka O'Connell, Wendy Millson, Sue Smiles, Kim Sloane and Robyn Lyon. Congratulations also to the Division 2 qualifiers: Lisa Jenkins, Karen Pethybridge, Corinne Crawford, Liz Morton, Sonya Corday, Sue Dewell, Maria Russell and Deb Kent. Wishing everyone the best of luck for the remainder of the competition. Match play rounds will be played over the coming week with the final being played on 6th June. The final will see the winner of Div 1 play the winner of Div 2.

May monthly medal winners

Division 1: Paulette Bailey

Division 2: Gay McCorby

Division 3: Lisa Jenkins

Up Coming Fixtures:

1 June - Weekend GNSW Medal round

6 June - Final of the President's Trophy

13 June - Dot Leonard Rose Bowl

20 June -Par Event, Mixed Divisions

See you on the course!

Michelle Milsted | Women's President

From your Golf Shop | Club Fitting

It's been a fantastic first month since our new Golf Shop opened and the feedback from our Members has been phenomenal! We've already performed 23 club fittings using our state of the art TrackMan technology and look forward to many more in the coming months.

During May, our complimentary club fitting sessions allowed us to demonstrate our top-notch services and our promise to match or beat any comparable price. Starting June 1st, we look forward to continuing to offer our comprehensive club fitting service for just $100. Here's the best part - this fee will be credited to your account! Use it toward your new clubs or any other purchase you desire.

Book your fitting session online by clicking the link below. We can't wait to help you improve your game!

We also have a PING fitting day scheduled for Thursday 20th June. Please see the Golf Shop staff to make a booking!

BOOK A FITTING HERE

Jenny Schulenburg | Director of Golf

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In the last edition, we overlooked Leanne's name as our 'Meet the Team' Employee, apologies to Leanne and our readers!

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Dave Moltzen | Pro Shop

Tell us about yourself
I'm a 59 year old father of five (four boys and one princess!) I was in the police force for 13 years before leaving and taking up new challenges.

What do you like to do on your days off?
I obviously love to play golf and I surf when I can.

How long have you worked at LRGC?
Two year in September.

What do you love about Long Reef?
The view, people I work with and the Members.

Rules with George | Question

Question: Walter was playing in a stroke round. His ball was in a deep bunker. Before playing his stroke, Walter entered the bunker without a club, dug in with his feet in the sand to simulate playing the ball. He then left the bunker to get a club and when he returned to the bunker he again dug into the sand with his feet and made his stroke.

Which applies?

A. Walter gets the general penalty of 2 strokes.

B. Walter gets a penalty of 1 stroke.

C. Walter gets no penalty.

Long Reef v Goulburn

The annual Long Reef versus Goulburn visit is now in its 71st year, the longest inter club competition in Australia, Goulburn has had a fixed date for our visit there for over 20 years being the Sunday after the Melbourne cup, we now have a permanent date for their visit here which is the last Sunday in July (28th).

Numbers are increasing again after Covid and Goulburn are sending a team of at least 20 players this year which we must match, so get your name on the sheet. The sheet will be on the notice board on July 1st. The day starts with breakfast to meet the players, golf, then a presentation dinner. The format for golf is two ball best ball.

Competition is open to all male members including 5 day. Any questions text Greg Dousset on 0417 752 696.

From the Archives - Meet the Club Captain

Over the next two issues we will look at the Club Captain Rob Cordaiy and the Women's Captain Sue Kruse. Between them, they have more than one hundred years of golfing experience. Something of a co-incidence - both Rob and Sue were born in Parkes N.S.W! Rob's Gold Membership was acknowledged during the Club's 100^th birthday celebration Afternoon Tea in May 2021. Rob is the Club's 29^th Captain since 1921.

Rob was born in 1956, the 4th of five children, two brothers and two sisters to Helen and Ray Cordaiy. The family moved to 17 Hay St. Collaroy in 1960. Keen golfers, Helen joined Long Reef Golf Club in 1963 and Ray joined two years later in 1965.Rob remembers in his early days hitting golf balls in Griffith Park and even working on the golf course during holidays and on weekends, earning pocket money raking bunkers and watering greens. He attended Narrabeen Boys High School, a school that produced other long time members, Eric Tazelaar (Gold member) and Les Browne (Gold and Life member) among them.

Both of Rob's parents were prominent in the Club in the 70s. Helen served as a general committee volunteer before becoming Women's President from 1971 to 1974. Ray served for 8 consecutive years. He was in a general position for two years then stood as Vice-President from 1971 to 1974. In 1973 Ray was the first to hold this positions alone.( From 1934 to 1973 the club had three Vice-Presidents.) Ray was Club President from 1975 to 1977. Helen still lives in Collaroy and has just celebrated her 100^th Birthday.'

Executive Members of the Committees of the 70s, 80s and 90s.

It may be fair to say that the Club Committee had quite a trying time in the 70s. The membership numbers may have reached their largest to that date with over 700, but there were financial problems, and drainage and water issues. The well had to be filled in because of salinity build up. There was a new Greenkeepers shed, but then later a fire in the freshly renovated kitchen. Meanwhile the Associates were having a golden time. The Relationship and communication with the Club(Men) Committee had improved. More access by females was allowed in the Club House, Dress regulations were relaxed and trousers were worn for the first time both on the course and in the Club House. The Associates Grade team managed its second win in four years. On the other two occasions they were runners-up.

This was Rob's first decade of membership. He joined the Club in 1971 as a Cadet Member at the age of 14. At the time the Club's rules would not accept Junior Members until the age of 16. The Club changed the entry requirements to allow Cadet Membership at 14 years of age in 1971. Rob progressed to full membership and around 1990/91, due to family and work commitments, he transferred to House membership. He returned to full playing membership in 2008 .

Rob worked as a teacher, first in Darwin, before accepting a transfer to Western Sydney in 1981 to St Marys where he met his wife Sonya who was also teaching at the same school. He then took promotion positions within the Department of Education and Training, managing the Department's state testing programs.

Over his playing career he has represented the Club in the Junior Pennant, Major Pennant and Masters Pennant teams and is now a member of the successful Northern Peninsula Interclub Challenge Cup team. His lowest handicap, so far, has been 2 and he has won the Hudson Shield, the Founders Cup and just last year won the Mixed Foursomes Cup with Sonya. Sonya joined the club only two years ago having progressed through the Rookies programme and is currently serving on the Barrenjoey Week of Golf Committee.

Rob retired in 2016 and immediately joined the Centenary Committee making a strong contribution to the Club's 100 Year celebrations. He joined the Board as a Director in 2020 and in October 2023 was elected Captain. Rob's aim as Captain is to promote Long Reef Golf Club as the best playing course and club on the Peninsula for Members and visitors. He is enjoying the challenges of being Captain and would like to continue on the Board, serving the Club and Membership. Rob has demonstrated to the members that he is very capable of fulfilling that aim.

Archive Committee

Rules with George | Answer

Answer: C is correct. No Penalty applies.

Rule 8.1b allows a player to place their feet firmly in taking a stance, and this may be done more than once in preparing to make a stroke.

"Player allowed to Dig in Firmly with Feet More Than Once in Taking a Stance"

Clarification 8.1b/1 Official Guide to the Rules of Golf 2023, applies.

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