Wednesday 13th November 1st round of the Midweek Strokeplay Cup

Monday 18th November Long Reef Senior Medal (PM)

Wednesday 20th November 2nd round of the Midweek Strokeplay Cup

Saturday 30th November 3rd qualifying round of the Hudson Shield

Saturday 7^th December - December Medal and the first round of the Strokeplay Cup - awarded for the best gross aggregate score across the December to March Medals

Saturday 21st December Christmas Dress Up Day

Christmas Cocktail Party - Thursday 5th December from 6:30pm. Members are invited and are welcome to bring their partners.

Christmas Invitation - An email about entry into the Invitation Day held on Saturday 14th December will be sent in the coming week. If you are bringing a guest, you have priority access to the timesheet (it opens on Thursday the 21^st November at 2pm). You will be able to book 2 Members & 2 Guests per row. If there are spots available on Monday 9th December, the timesheet will open as normal for Members to put their names down to play in either the morning or afternoon shotgun start competition. Entry fee will be $20 per person on this day and Christmas hams will be available as additional prizes.

Tuesday Competitions

From 1^st January 2025 there will be a change to the format of the Tuesday competition. The current format has a separate Men and Women's comp which will be replaced with a Medley Competition.

This change is in keeping with the Club's current competitions on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The nine hole competition will continue to be played with no changes.

Optional tees will be available for all competitions, except Monthly Medals, for both Men and Women.

Slow Play 

As summer approaches, the Club has increased the number of timeslots on the timesheets for Member competitions. Consequently, more Members are looking to play and full fields are becoming more common. It is important that all Members are following the Pace of Play  policy of the Club which states: Your place on the course is directly behind the group in front, not directly in front of the group behind.

We are also monitoring late cancellations on timesheets. We can identify repeat offenders and a warning letter may be sent. Please be considerate to others who are wanting a game.

Results

Wednesday 30 October - Single Stableford and 4BBB with a field of 221.

The winner and score of the day went to Greg McHugh with a score of 41 on the countback.

Saturday 1 November - November Medal with a field of 184.

The winner of the Men's November Medal with a Nett 65 on the countback was Nigel McCook.

The winner of the Women's November Medal was Kate Shanks with a Nett 74 on the countback.

Wednesday 6^th November - Single Stableford - Vince Horan Qualifying with a field of 226.

The winner of B Grade and score of the day went to John Crowley with 45 points. What a score!

Saturday 9^th November - Medley Stableford and 4BBB with a field of 191.

The score of the day and overall winner was Michael Cooper with a score of 41 points on the countback.

Rob Cordaiy | Men's Captain

Charity Day 2025, It was decided that you will receive an email during the next week with information about the 3 charities and a poll for which charity you would like the women members to support next year. We encourage you to vote.

Women's Club Championships

The Women's Club Championship final match play round was  played on Thursday 31 October 2024.  The final matches were all played with a great spirit and definitely hard fought. It was wonderful to see so many members walk the course and follow the matches.

The winners were:

Open: Jennifer Jansson defeated  Wendy Millson 3 & 2

Bronze: Karmen Whitford defeated Clare John 6 & 4

C Grade: Aki Lee defeated Petrina Rousel 6 & 5

Congratulations to you all.

The annual President v Captain competition is due to be held on 20 November 2024.  The competition will be a 4BBB and the first two names on the sheet will play for the President's side and the second two names will play for the Captain's team.

Northern District Pennants

For any women interested in playing pennants next year the draft draws for Silver Salver, Bronze Plaque, Bronze II and Bronze IV 2025 are on the notice board. 

Results

Tuesday October 29^th 2024 Division 1 was won by Jennifer Jansson (13) with 38 points from Rosemary West (21) with 37 points. Division 2 was won by Karen Scott (29) with 38 points on a C/B from Carol Sherlock. Division 3 was won by Sandra Haberlin (40) with 41 points from Fiona McKnight (35) with 39 points. The gold tee competition was won by Heidi Lillyman (41) with 39 points from Jeanette Black (40) on 37 points. The 9 hole competition was won by Clare John (28) with 19 points from Ann-Maree Pearce (45) with 17 points.

Thursday October 31^st - Division 1 was won by Helenka O`Connell (19) with 41 points from Sue Smiles (23) with 36 points. Division 2 was won by Julie Preston (30) with 42 points from Meredith Van Wensveen (31) with 41 points. Division 3 was won by Helen Cregan (41) with 37 points from Jodie Mcpherson (38) with 35 points. The gold tee competition and overall winner was Lydia Sloman (42) with 43 points from Virginia Murphy (41) with 40 points. The 9 hole competition was won by Suzanne Rossi (40) with 20 points from Anne Neilsen (45) with 19 points.

Saturday November 2^nd monthly medal was won by Kate Shanks (10) 74

Sunday November 3rd was won by Samantha Rumery (45) with 42 points.

Monday November 4^th Division 2 - 2^nd was Cath Piper (20) with 40 points.

Tuesday November 5^th Division 1 was won by Diana Sier (19) with 39 points from Jenni Brown (14) with 38 points. Division 2 was won by Carol Sherlock (30) with 38 points from Julie Campbell (32) with 37 points Division 3 was won by Denise Catling (38) with 38 points from Fiona McKnight (34) with 37 points. The gold tee comp was won by Fran Taylor (45) with 37 points from Fiona McDonald (45) with 36 points. The 9 hole competition was won by Petrina Rousel (32) with18 points from Ann Henderson (38) with 17 points.

November 7^th Ambrose was won by team -  Lydia Sloman, Julie Campbell, Karman Whitford and Jodie Mcpherson with 56.5  2^nd was team Elizabeth O'Brien, Carolyn Maras, Maryanne Yeldham and Caroline Berner with 58.125. 3^rd was team Mary-Jane Sanderson, Di Heffernan, Elizabeth Wilkins and Jie Cheng with 59.25. Gross winner was team Corinne Crawford, Liz Morton, Lisa George and Emma Thurlow.

Saturday November 9^th C grade  Michelle Milsted (30)  3^rd with 34 points

Sunday November 10^th 3^rd Judy Gietz (37)on a C/B with 35 points

October saw 19 wonderful Long Reef lady golfers travel to Orange for the annual Duntryleague tournament. I believe a good time was had by all.  They also had some great successes.

Division 4 Monday  Handicap was won by Kerry McCallum, Kerry also was runner up in the 18 hole scratch.

Division 1 Monday 18 hole stableford was won by Gilda Severino, Gilda also came runner up in the Division 1 handicap on Monday.

Division 1 on Tuesday Ali Gattas won the 18 hole Handicap and came runner up in the Div 1 18 hole stableford.

Division 2 on Tuesday the 18 hole stableford was won by Pam Burke with Di Heffernan runner up.

Division 4 on Tuesday 18 hole scratch was won by Lyn Ashton, Lyn also won the 18 hole handicap for Div 4

We have almost completed the tee major renovation and they are recovering well. We are hoping the weather remains stable and we will see consistent growth heading into summer. I'm planning on re turfing the back of the 13^th tee in the next few weeks as the surface has become bare due to the amount of foot traffic and wear and tear.  We have spread a significant amount of cores at the back of the 3^rd tee to promote growth and to improve the playing conditions in the worn out area.

We are beginning our program to remove couch from the greens by applying a selective herbicide. As a result, you may start to notice small patches of dead couch grass around the edges of greens. This is all part of a process as the couch is being selectively targeted and will die out over time. This process will need a few applications over a few months.

Kurt Schulenburg | Course Superintendent

Here's what to expect:

• Small Group Coaching: You'll work in groups of 8, spending one hour with each Professional on specific areas, rotating through focused clinics.
• On Course Play: After lunch you will tee off at 1 pm with our Pros providing tips and guidance as they float between groups.
• Post Round Debrief: Wrap up with drinks and nibbles in the clubhouse, reviewing key takeaways from the day.

All for just $220! This makes for an ideal early Christmas gift. Secure your spot soon before it's booked out!

Jenny Schulenburg | Director of Golf

A. Adrian may place his ball on the green in the relief area.
B. Adrian may drop his ball on the green in the relief area.
C. Adrian must ignore the portion of the relief area on the green, and drop his ball just off the green

Our men players have their annual visit to Goulburn now in to its 71st year, but did you know that the women have a long standing history of visits to Orange in October each year?

Pam has attended many 'weeks of golf" since 1994.

Adrian acted correctly in determining his reference point and outlining the area for relief.

In Definitions  Rules of Golf. It is made clear that the Reference Point is the point from which the size of the relief area is measured. Additionally the fact is made clear that there may be limits to the location of relief areas. This limitation varies between the different areas of the course such as the general area, putting greens, bunkers and penalty areas.

In Adrian's situation his ball was lying in the general area. When the ball was in the general area the relief area must also be in the general area. Rule 16.1b.

If Adrian had used the area overlying the green he would have been penalized for playing from a wrong place.