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REEF BREEZES

Wednesday 15 December 2021

Dear IAN,

From your Board

Cocktail Party

On Thursday 2 December we celebrated our end of year Cocktail Party. The night celebrated the beginning of the festive season and was also the last major event in our Centenary year. The Cocktail Party is unique to LRGC, in that I know of no other golf club that hosts a free night for its Members each year to celebrate Christmas and the end of the golfing year.

For many it is an opportunity to catch up with friends but this year we had many new Members and their partners attend and it is great to see so many new faces.

Thank you to Ben, Alex, Toni and the team for the effort to making this night so memorable.

I am going to make special mention to our head chef Michael Mulquinny. This year has been extremely difficult with staff shortages due to the pandemic. . Michael and his team have been

working long hours and I am constantly amazed at the presentation of such wonderful food. Their efforts, skills and cheerfulness make every event at Long Reef special - thank you.

On the night I omitted to make mention of 2 apologies for the night - Jason Falinski our Federal Member and Doug Campbell our Club Captain, whose daughter was being married the next day at Berry.

As this will be the last newsletter for the year on behalf of the Board, I would like to wish all Members and their families, a very merry Christmas and more optimistically, a great new year, filled with success, happiness and good health.

Stephen Twigg | President

From the Captain

NSW Junior Championship-

After a delay of 6 months due to COVID restrictions, this 4 Stroke rounds event went ahead last week at Lynwood Golf Club. Our newly crowned Club Champion, Chun-Ta Wu did extremely well, finishing 3rd in his Under 16 age group (only 3 shots behind the local winner) and tied for 12th overall, with rounds of 71.69.76 and a closing 73, for an overall +1 score.

Harry McKerihan finished a credible 8th in his Under 15 age group and tied 37th overall, averaging only 4 over par across the rounds.

NSW Senior Order of Merit-

Congratulations to Geoff Cranfield who topped the Nett Leaderboard over the entire season. Geoff won twice and finished 5th overall on the Gross Leaderboard.

Captain's Trophy-

Saturday 4th was the December Medal and the Captain's Trophy is awarded to the best Nett score of the day. There were three excellent 66s in A Grade but after a countback, Tony Holley was the 2021 winner, from Cam Gillespie and Soren Norgaard. Congratulations Tony!

Major Trophies-

With the extended lockdown putting paid to some of the events and others being presented at the time of them being played, the decision was made to cancel the 2021 Major Trophy Presentation afternoon but the winners of the events that were completed were as follows:-

Mixed Foursomes Champions- Jenni Brown and Ian Brown (for the third year in a row)

Mixed Foursomes Cup - Jie Cheng and Denis Watchorn

Barling Trophy - Matt Pook

Whytock Cup - Stephen Rowe

Hudson Shield - Colin Thomas

Founders Cup - Chun-Ta Wu

President's Cup - James Dean

Strokeplay Cup - Chun-Ta Wu, John Carroll (A Reserve), Glen Brown (B Grade) and Barry Murray (C Grade), Tanya Heber (Women)

Midweek Strokeplay - Andrew Kim, Peter Munro (B Grade) and John Crowley (C Grade)

4BBB - Rick Christensen and Scott Irwin

Left Hander's Trophy - Anthony Dignan

Centenary Cup - Peter French

Congratulations to all and your winnings have been added to your voucher account.

"Once, Twice, Three times a Lady"-

If you need any tips on how to play the 2nd hole, I suggest you go and ask Tanya Heber. Tanya won "Nearest the Pin" on the 2nd, three days in a row - Saturday 4th, Sunday 5th and Monday 6th. Well played Tanya...some of us don't win NTP three times in total!!!

Other Notable Scores-

Wednesday 1st December- Shane Parsons won A Grade with 43 points with Craig Mott 2nd with 41 and Phil White 3rd with 39. In B Grade, James Kirby was the winner with 39 points, one ahead of Lindsay Bates with Mark Pitt a further point back in third. Peter Carson took out C Grade with his 41 points, with Greg Bourne beating Peter West after a countback when they both finished with 39 points. Michael Buckley & John Davison were the 4BBB winners with 49 points and Luke Edgell won Scratch with 2 under par.

Saturday 4th was the December Medal, as I mentioned earlier and after the best three scores of the day were all in A Grade, the next best was nett 67, which won Andrew Dunn the C Grade Medal. He beat Phil Hooper by two shots, with Russell Young third with 70. The Medal winner in B Grade was Jeremy Gruzman with nett 68, while George Aitken finished runner-up after a countback, when he and Peter Munro both had nett 70s. Jenni Brown took out the Women's Medal with nett 74. Luke Edgell shot 2 under for the second time in four days to win Scratch again.

Jamie Knight had "Score of the Day" on Monday 6th with 43 points, while Norman Taylor, Peter Markovic and Peter Verrills all had 41.

Knowing Wendy, her 40 points on Tuesday 7th to win the Women's comp (from Jan Hanson on a countback), will hardly rate a mention in her section, so I'd like to recognise it in mine. Well done to Wendy Thomas, the Lady Captain!

John Crowley had an excellent 44 points the same day to win the Men's comp.

Peter O'Reilly had a day to remember on Wednesday 8th. His 40 points won him B Grade, "Score of the Day" after a countback from Barry Young and Bill Chapman and he combined well with Steve Cunningham to take out the 4BBB as well with 48 points. Mark Cruise won Scratch with 1 under.

The wind blew on Saturday 11th and only two players in the entire field managed to play to their handicap - so take a bow, Peter Munro and Josh Dowse who both had 36 points with Pete winning "Score of the Day" after a countback. He also won A Grade by two points from Terry Hill and Mitch Bockman but Mitch did also win Scratch. Josh won C Grade with Sascha Plate the runner-up with 35 points. Grant Piper won B Grade after a countback with Dave Slaytor when they both finished with 34 points and that was the score with which Kate Shanks won the Women's comp. Chris Yates took out the Circle on the 8th while Graham Davies won Nearest the Pin on the 2nd and Steve Prior was closest on the 13th. Graham also combined with Glen Evans for 42 points to win the 4BBB.

"Is it a first"?-

Please forgive my self indulgence but it's more of a dig at my opponents...When Ross Kocass and Stewart Nettleton were 5 down after 5 to Jimmy Knox and I last Wednesday, they told me that their comeback would be "Newsletter worthy". What transpired from there was that Jimmy and I won the next 5 holes as well to win our match 10&8. Now that's "Newsletter worthy"!!! None of the 4 of us had ever been involved, or knew of that scoreline being achieved before, so ïs it a first?"

"Thank you"-

It would always be customary at this time of year to thank everybody for their hard work during what was another difficult year. The course has never looked better so "thank you" to Pete, Kurt and the rest of the fantastic Course Team. They are very ably assisted by Dad's Army (aka the Volunteer Crew) and Mick Snell and I truly appreciate the time they give up to help maintain the appearance of our course and Clubhouse surroundings. Kimberley is off getting married so best wishes to her on her special day - she has been a great addition to the Office Team and I thank her for all her assistance in pulling the Newsletter together. Events have been few and far between in 2021 but Toni's Team are back at it and 2022 will hopefully return to something more like "normal" (whatever that is!!) but they also refreshed the Clubhouse during lockdowns and inside, it has not looked better either. Thank you to Alex and his Catering / Hospitality Team that have shown great patience and flexibility during the year. Laura has exciting times ahead in 2022 with the arrival of what will be her first child so she won't be around much next year but she has assisted me greatly in the administration of all golf related activities and I thank her and wish her all the best with the birth. Thank you to Ben, who continues to grow as a General Manager for everything he has done to help me - far too much to list - and to the rest of his Team. To Cam Gillespie, my Vice Captain this last year and to the Golf Committee, thank you for your contributions and thanks to Danny and the Teed Up Team.

Finally and most importantly, this may turn out to be my last Newsletter article as Captain of Long Reef Golf Club, so, in case it is, I must finish by saying a massive "thank you" to you, the Members, for your support, encouragement and feedback over the last 2 years. It's not always been easy but it has been my absolute privilege to be your Captain.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everybody.

Thank you,

Doug Campbell | Captain

From the Staff

As we close on what has been a year of mixed emotions, the Staff at LRGC would like to wish all Members and their families a very Merry Christmas and Happy Year New Year.

2020 was spent planning for a year worth of celebrations for the Club's Centenary in 2021 and looking back we realise how lucky we were to hold the High Tea and Gala Dinner in May, only one month prior to the lockdown. I'm sure those who attended will still have long lasting memories of the evening even though it seems like it was a lifetime ago.

I would like to make two special mentions; the first being to the Members. It has been an incredibly challenging time in most people's personal lives but also navigating the bookings rules, the restrictions when attending the Club and the incredible surge in rounds played during the lockdown period. The implementation of a new booking system only days prior to the lockdown proved testing but it was refreshing to see the Members adapt to the changes (and yes, I can assure you the lottery is completely random!!!). Our inboxes were busy and so were yours from Club communication but the patience

shown towards staff, the praise for the Course conditions during limited hours of maintenance and the overall support from Members when the Clubhouse re-opened was what makes Long Reef Golf Club so great.
Secondly, to the staff. Since March 2020 our staff have been stood down or on reduced hours for up to 7 months and their resilience through this period has shone through. Whilst many hospitality venues struggled to re-open due to staffing shortages, our staff were all eager to get back to work and chip in wherever they were needed. We look forward to a brighter 2022 and welcoming some new faces to the team as hospitality makes a revival from the past two years of COVID.
Safe travels to those who are going away for Christmas and to those who are staying home, we hope to see you enjoying the Course and Clubhouse.
Ben Russell | General Manager

From the Women's Committee

Welcome to the final newsletter for 2021.

Thursday 9^th December was our last event for 2021 - Christmas Fun Day, three 3 clubs and a putter. The weather came good for us and even though rain was predicted the day stayed dry and the sun shone during the morning.

Fantastic to see everyone getting into the spirit of the Christmas Fun Day and many of the outfits were amazing and creative. We played best 3 out of 4 stableford and this was won by Emma Thurlow, Di Heffernan, Jeanette Reitzer and Jenni Brown 115, 2^nd Tracey Martin, Di Kirby, Tanya Tate and Robyn Lyon 111 C/B from 3^rd Judy Gietz, Di Muncke, Dani Montgomery and Michelle Ison. Scratch was won by Alyssa Starc, Karen Smith, Jen Jansson and Rachael Loomes - 62. Ball rundown to 97 pts

9 hole winners - Annette Miller, Pamela King and Ann Henderson

Thank you to Teed-Up who sponsored our NTP / Santa Hat prizes and the winners were, 7^th hole - Div 1 Dani Montgomery, Div 2 Judy Geitz, 13^th hole Div 1 Jude Sandvoss, Div 2 Nan Crump, nearest the santa hat, 4^th hole Div 1 Wendy Millson, Div 2 Sharyn Hillman, 18^th hole Div 1 Jude Sandvoss, Div 2 Fran Candrick.

Thank you to Wendy Millson for looking after the Rookies and for organising the women players who walked with the Rookies on a weekly basis. We welcome 11 new members from the Rookie program and we look forward to playing with Susan Scott, Denise Van Sever, Sue Gleave, Carolyn Maras, Elizabeth Wilkins, Mel Bradstreet. Fran Shay-Sedillo, Sue Blanche, Robyn Carson and Fiona Macdonald.

We also welcome three new members Janine Banks, Cindy Chen.

Thursday 2^nd December was 4 Person Dropout Ambrose and the winners were Emma Thurlow, Jenni Brown, Jeannie Reitzer and Ali Gattas, net 61.625, 2^nd Karen Smith, Jen Jansson, Alyssa Starc and Rachael Loomes, net 63.75, 3^rd Gilda Severino, Michelle Ison, Dani Montgomery and Di Muncke net 64.5. 9 holes was won by Helen Kook, Judy Hore, Jeanette Nell and Meriam Matheson net 34.625.

Saturday 4^th December congratulations goes to Jenni Brown who won the monthly medal and the 1^st round of the Summer Cup (12) with a net 74. Jenni also won the weekend Medal Winners Cup.

Congratulations to the following players who have had some great scores during the last two weeks:

18 holes - Julie Campbell (34) 42 pts, Lisa George (31) 42 pts, Tracey Martin (37) 40 pts, Jan Hansen (35) 40 pts, Wendy Thomas (23) 40 pts, Diana Sier (21) 39 pts, Jen Jansson (14) 39 pts, Jeanie Reitzer (22) 39 pts, Michelle Milsted (36) 39 pts, Rosemary West (20) 38 pts, Jan Daniel (31) 38 pts, Aki Lee (33) 38

9 holes Helen Cregan (41) 23 pts including a birdie.

Winners of the golf, Emma Thurlow, Jenni Brown, Di Heffernan, Jeanie Reitzer

Congratulations to Tanya Heber who enjoyed playing the 2nd hole as on 3 consecutive days, Saturday 4th, Sunday 5th, and Monday 6th December, Tanya won the NTP on all these days with 145cm, 160cm and 45 cm, Tanya also won on Sunday (10) with 37 pts.Good luck to Josie Garrett our Women's Club Champion who plays in the Golf NSW Champion of Champions on Monday 17th January at Manly Golf Club.

The Christmas dinner will be held on Tuesday 21st December 2021 commencing at 6.30pm. The cost is $65 per person and will include a full meal.

Women's AGM and 2021 Prize Presentation to be held on Wednesday 19th January 2022 commencing at 6pm. Light meal will be served. Bookings essential. Please advise your attendance by emailing ladies@lrgc.com.au

Any topics/questions to be raised at the AGM please send email to ladies@lrgc.com.au. Attention Gilda Severino

Thank you to Kimberley and Ian for their assistance with the newsletter each fortnight, Peter Donkers and his team for their great work keeping the course in its fantastic condition, Ben and Laura from the LR office, and our hard working committee. We wish you and your families all the best for the Christmas and New Year holidays. Enjoy the break and stay safe. We look forward to a great 2022

Up - Coming Fixtures:

Sunday 30th January 2022 is the Weekend Opening Day, 4BBB and single Stableford. The entry form will up in the locker room shortly and it is a random draw. There will be nibbles and a drink after the game.

Thursday 3rd February 2022 is the Weekday Opening Day, 4 Person Dropout Ambrose - 8 .00AM shotgun start. Golf NSW entry fees are due, $15 for weekday and $10 for weekend, lunch is also to be pre - paid $35. The entry form and how to pay will be up in the locker room shortly.

Barrenjoey Week of golf 7th February, please contact Clare John, Sue Rossi or Angela Brown or enter you name on the sheet in the locker room if you can help out on Monday / Thursday at Long Reef.

Thursday 17th February - Stroke Club & GNSW Medal 1, qualifying for Singles Knockout and Long Markers Knockout, match play 22/2, 24/2, 1/3 and 3/3. The entry form will up in the locker room within the next few weeks.

Wendy Thomas | Women's Captain

Rookies Christmas Party

Tuesday 30th November was the Rookie Ambrose played alongside women members. Some great emerging golfers were evident on the day, with the Xmas theme embraced.

Following a lovely lunch and a few beverages we celebrated the winning team Judith Kerr, Marlene Watson and Bronwen Wade - Leeuwen, 2nd place, Gilda Severino, Danielle Seisun, Denise Van Sever and Elizabeth Wilkins

Rookie of the year was Sue Blanche - a very deserving winner, in Sue's word "I just love the place"

Longest drive was won by Susan Scott and NTP Lisa Jenkins.

With thanks to Laura, Ben, Billy and Michael for their support of the program. There were some eager new members signing up following the day.

A huge thank you to every women member who has supported these new golfers throughout 2021

Wendy Millson

Rookies Ambrose
Winners Marlene Watson Judith Kerr and Bronwen Wade Leeuwen
Runners up

Denise Van Sever Danielle Seisun Gilda Severino and Elizabeth Wilkins

Sue Blanche Rookie of the year

Susan Scott Long drive winner

Christmas on the Course

Thank you to the anonymous person for being the judge of the best dressed team, the winners were:

Winners - best dressed Rosemary West, Kerri-Ann Perks, Jenny Watts and Veronica Bertram

Runners up - best dressed, Meredith Van Wensveen, Felicity Brown, Aki Lee and Judith Kerr

Thank you Lynne Parsons and Lyndall Bacon for being the photographers, the photo's were awesome.

Winners of the golf, Emma Thurlow, Jenni Brown, Di Heffernan, Jeanie Reitzer

From the Course

It has been great weather for greenkeepers so far this summer much better than drought and fires and it is very rare to have 2 summers in a row with regular rain. The course is looking great and our dams are full, so far this year we have had 1130mm of rain which is right on average.

Strong southerly winds in the last few weeks have caused plenty of salt burn browning off all the grass especially in the rough. The salt burn acts as a natural growth retardant slowing down the growth significantly apart from visual damage and tip burn it does not cause any major problems, mowing removes the damage turning the course green again (see photo)

Changes to the practice facility have made a big difference to the whole area. We are now cutting the practice fairway at normal fairway height and we have constructed 2 landing pads at 200m and 150m we plan on finishing the next 2 pads in the new year. We also removed part of the large mound next to the practice green for safety reasons so golfers are more visible from the tee. The soil used to construct the practice fairway came from the new dam which is acid sulphate soil and quite poor quality. It is being treated regularly with lime & gypsum it is also being top-dressed with sandy loam & fowl manure. This helps but it will take time to balance the soil and grow quality grass with good colour much like the new mounds which were constructed with the same material. Plans for early in the new year is to rebuild a number of tees the 10th members, 16th Ladies and 16th championship tees, all 3 will be rebuilt levelled and turfed using Santa Ana couch.

Have a Happy and Safe Christmas.

Café Hours on NYE

The Café will be open from 9.00am - 3.00pm for Coffee, Pies, Sandwiches and Sweets and the Bar will be open from 9.00am - 5.30pm.

Please note the Clubhouse will be closed from 5.30pm for our New Year's Eve Event.

Rules With George | Question

Playing the eighteenth hole Jack hit his tee shot well right and his ball finished on the Practice Fairway about 5 metres from the left hand side of the area, just past the right hand bunker on the 18th hole. He found his ball and noticed that it was just inside the white line marking the area as GUR.. His ball was lying in an area of Temporary Water about 10 cm deep so difficult to play.

He discussed his options with the other members of his playing group.

Which is correct?

A. He must play his ball as it lies despite the problems of the water.

B. Because his ball was in GUR he could drop it , without penalty , at the nearest point of complete relief outside the GUR, on his left..

C. He must drop the ball in the nearest dropping zone without penalty. This was at the end of the Practice Area.

D. He may drop a ball within the GUR, at the nearest point of complete relief from the Temporary Water not nearer the hole, without penalty.

Clubhouse Notice

The Club House will close at 5pm on Monday 20th December due to our Staff Christmas Party,

WISHING YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
FROM ALL THE LRGC STAFF

From the Pro Shop

Selected Golf Buggies 20% OFF

Selected Ladies Clothing 40% OFF

Cleveland Golf Bags now $15

Taylormade Spider Putters Now $349

Xmas Vouchers available at the pro shop (available for Lessons and Merchandise)

Members please note we are happy to Price Match and your 10% off is always available

This Saturday 18th 30% Off selected men's Shirts

Merry Christmas to everyone from the Pro Shop Staff

Rules With George | Answer

D is correct. Jack's ball was lying in the General Area of the course with interference by the two abnormal conditions, Temporary Water and GUR., at the same time.

Jack may elect to take relief from either .condition first.

Jack elected to take relief from the Temporary Water and drop his ball in the GUR. He then has the further option of playing his ball from the GUR or taking further relief from that condition, without penalty.

Rule 16.1, and Interpretations 16.1/2, 16.1/3 ,"Official Guide to the Rules of Golf", apply.

Because the GUR is part of the General Area there is no barrier to taking relief for Temporary Water within it.

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