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From the Captain

Who's been winning?

The winners were more like survivors given the gale force conditions on Wednesday 1st June and Tim Cruickshank's 36 points in the conditions was outstanding. The "daily difference" for the course on the day was +5, which is the highest in ages. So Tim was a thoroughly deserving winner of both A Grade and Scratch. Mark O' Connell was a very creditable second in A Grade with 35 points with Michael Long (31) third. B Grade saw Simon Rorke beat David Quinn on a countback after both finished with 32 points, while Alan Dean was third with 29 points, after a countback. Simon also paired up with David Sullivan to win the 4BBB with 41 points, beating Tim and Clint Sulway after a countback. The tough conditions really had an impact on C Grace with 28 points the best score on the day and after a countback, Will Hocking beat John Briscoe with Simon Thorn a point further back in third.

We had the first Medal since February on Saturday 4th and four Members all shot nett 69 but the "Score of the Day" winner, after the countback was Adam Elliott. Congratulations to Adam, who not only won the A Grade Medal, he also won the President's Cup. The other three were Lindsay Bates (B Grade winner), Chris Stoneman (B Grade runner-up) and Ray Carless (C Grade winner). Mark O'Connell had his second A Grade runner-up placing of the week with nett 70, beating Steve Sapsford into third after a countback, who in turn beat Scott Bovis after a countback. Will Sloman was third in B Grade, behind Lindsay and Chris, with nett 71, after he beat John Steuart on another countback. Phil Hooper was second to Ray in C grade with nett 72 and he also shared the Hidden Holes prize pool with Josh Malin. Neil Lucey came third with nett 73. Chun-Ta Wu won Scratch with 74 and Emma Thurlow was the Women's Medal winner with nett 78.

Wednesday 8th was a Par event and the "Score of the Day" went to Trent Bracey after a countback with Jimmy Little. They were first and second respectively in A Grade but Jimmy's 1 under par off the stick did win him the Scratch prize on the day. Andy O'Brien was third in A Grade with par (0). Par was the winning score in both B and C Grades and a countback was required to settle both. Richard Thomas came out on top in B Grade after he beat Alan Dean on a countback while Ross McNicol got the better of Mark Hansen in the C Grade countback. Mark might have had to settle for the runner-up spot individually but he teamed up with Richard Wray to win the 4BBB with +8, after a countback. Unfortunately for Alan, he came up second best in the 4BBB as well because he and Steve Warren were the ones beaten on that countback. At least we now have a runner-up prize in the Teams event of the day!!

Saturday 11th saw the removal of 30cm preferred lies on almost all holes and the scores reflected the tougher playing conditions. Phil Moss was the B Grade and "Score of the Day" winner with 37 points. He beat Robert McLaughlin (36) into second in B Grade with Denis Watchorn third with 35 points, after a countback with Stewart Nettleton. 36 points took out all the places in A Grade with Mark Gillespie beating Steve Prior and Peter Watson into second and third, after the countback. Bill Chapman had a very successful day, winning C Grade by 4 points with 36 points and combining with Robert McLaughlin for 72 points to win the 2 ball aggregate event and he also shared the Hidden Holes with Dave Farrell.

Perry Yeldham was runner-up in C Grade while Peter Skiffington (30) beat Peter Lindwall and Barry Young in a countback for third. Chun-Ta Wu won Scratch again with 1 under par and the Women's winner was Alyssa Starc with 34 points.

Worth the wait

He's been playing golf for 64 years and on Monday 13th, Peter Dawson scored his first ever hole-in-one on the 13th. Congratulations Pete!

Upcoming events

This Saturday (18th), sees us host the annual Long Reef Medal and Salver with a number of low markers from clubs around Sydney coming to play in the event. We have a field of around 100 taking part and you will have noticed that the Members competition will have all of the afternoon tee times. A couple of Members asked about reciprocal tee times at other clubs but unfortunately there are not any available this year due to the shorter days and the timesheet pressures everywhere.

After a year's break, due to COVID, the Men's Foursomes Championship returns with the qualifying stroke round to be played on Saturday 9th July, with the top 4 pairings in each grade (Championship, A Reserve, B and C Grades) progressing to play matchplay over the following two Saturdays. The timesheet will be released as normal on Monday 4th July and we will play in groups of 6.

The July Medal on Saturday 2nd will also double as the Whytock Cup play-off. The field will be much smaller this year with COVID causing the cancellation of the August to November Medals and the weather causing the cancellation of the March, April and May Medals but the winners of the other Medals from July 2021 through to June 2022 will be notified and the best nett score of those qualifiers on Saturday 2nd will win the Whytock Cup.

Course conditions

The wind and sun has really dried the course out now and so with effect from yesterday (Tuesday 14th), preferred lies are no longer in operation and we will play the ball as it lies.

Enjoy your golf!

Doug Campbell | Captain

Did you Know?

I have often been uncertain or confused about what happens if I hit a ball out of bounds and happen to damage a car or worst case hurt a passer-by. As such I have researched and clarified the following. Please excuse the legalese.

As a playing Member of Long Reef Golf Club and having affiliation with Golf Australia, each active Long Reef Golf Club Member is covered by Player's Personal Liability cover.

What is Player's Personal Liability cover?

Personal liability insurance covers the legal liability of a player to pay compensation for personal injury or property damage which occurs whilst playing or practising golf or attending a golf event or venue as a player, guest or spectator.
Personal liability insurance also covers personal injury or property damage arising from the use of a motorised or non-motorised golf buggy whilst playing or practising golf or attending a golf event or venue as a player, guest or spectator.

Long Reef Golf Club Members are covered through this policy when playing, practising or watching golf

at Long Reef Golf Club or other golf clubs within Australia.

In other words, we Playing Members are covered if something goes wrong resulting in personal injury or property damage.

However the Club can be caught out if something goes wrong and the Club can't be sure that the issue was a result of a Members action covered by the insurance.

If Members don't let the office know if they have hit a ball out causing injury or damage then, the Golf Australia's Player's Personal Liability claim cannot be lodged and the Club is left dealing with a claim from a member of the public eg for a broken windscreen.

I personally now initial my golf balls so if one ever ended up in a car's front seat there is no confusion and I can let the office know. I am covered and the Club is covered.

Keith Warren | President

From the Women's Committee

Pennant Teams

The Bronze Plaque Pennant team has played the last two Fridays, the team played well but sadly lost both matches The team of Veronica Bertram, Sally Hill, Lyndall Bacon, Wendy Thomas, Helenka O'Connell and reserve Jan Daniel narrowly lost to Manly 2- 3 at Wakehurst on 3^rd June. On 10^th June the team of Sally Hill, Veronica Bertram, Wendy Thomas, Jan Daniel, Jenny Watts and reserve Sam Sparke played Wakehurst at Mona Vale and lost 0.5 - 4.5.

The last round is at Long Reef on 17^th June versus Mona Vale, and good luck to Sally Hill, Veronica Bertram, Helenka O'Connell, Wendy Thomas, Jan Daniel and reserve Jude Sandvoss.

Bronze 111 Pennant team started their matches on Friday 10^th June. The 1^st round was at Long Reef and thank you to Jenny Schulenburg, Gilda Severino, Prue Bardsley and spotters Michelle Ackerman, Michelle Milsted, Clare John, Linda Sinclair and Julie Campbell for giving up their time to help out on the day.

Good luck to Rowena Robinson, Julie Campbell, Aki Lee, Clare John, Michelle Ackerman and reserve Debra Trim who play at Bayview versus Mona Vale.

Results

It was great see carts back on the course so everyone could play some golf.

The wind has certainly been blowing hard over the last few weeks and at times has made playing very hard. There were some good scores during this period. Thursday 2^nd June Kim Sloane (16) 38 pts and Danielle Seisun (45) 38 pts. Colleen Thompson (37) had a great 9 holes on Tuesday 7^th June with 20 pts.

On Saturday 4^th June, a medal round was played for the first time since February. Congratulations to the winner Emma Thurlow (9) net 78.

Thursday 9^th June Division 1 saw Wendy Millson (19) win with 35 pts and Emma Thurlow (9) 2^nd 30pts on a C/B. Division 2 was won by Pam Burke (24), 2^nd Jie Cheng (26) 33pts and Veronica Bertram (24) 3^rd with 31 pts C/B. Division 3 was won by Tracey Cantwell (41) 36pts, 2^nd Lisa Jenkins (45) 34 pts, 3^rd Danielle Seisun (44) 33 pts.

NTP was won by Alyssa Starc on the 7^th and Robyn Lyon on the 13^th.

9 holes was won by Colleen Thompson (36) 14 pts

Saturday 11^th June was won by Alyssa Start (6) 34 pts

Sunday 12^th June congratulations goes to Helenka O'Connell (25) with a fantastic round scoring 40 pts and with her husband Mark winning the mixed team 4BBB.

Tuesday 7th June the rookies played a dropout Ambrose event. Thank you to Wendy Millson and Jenny Schulenburg for organising the event and Karen Smith, Gilda Severino, Pam Burke, Veronica Bertram and Lynne Parsons for giving up their time to play with the rookies.

Congratulations goes to Lynne Parsons' team, Marieke Blinkhorne, Sonia Cordaiy and Toni Wilson who won the day. The longest drive was won by Jane Holland.

Charity Day Thursday 30^th June raising money for Women & Children First (Bringa).

The cost is $25 (non-refundable) per player including concession vouchers. There will be an 8am shotgun start, with best 3 out 4 stableford competitions for both 9 and 18 holes. You will have received an email regarding payment and entry details and the sheet is also up in the locker room with the information. Please pay by Wednesday 22^nd June as we will be entering the teams in on Thursday 23^rd June. Please ask one member of your team to collect the score card, concession booklets and information from the pro shop. The colour for the day is purple.

Thank you to everyone who has donated prizes so far and if you have any raffle prizes for the Charity day please see a committee member.

Up Coming Fixtures:

23^rd June Stroke - Club and GNSW Medal, please book online in the normal way. Please note it is in divisions and you will only to able to book in your correct division.

Women's Weekend Foursomes is on Sunday 26^th June. The sheet is up in the locker room on Sunday 29^th May. Entries close on Monday 20^th June. You can also email your pairing to ladies@lrgc.com.au.

The Par round in July is now on 14th July and the Club & GNSW Medal round is on the 7th July. Please note the Par on 14^th July will be off one tee only.

Tuesday 19^th July versus Cromer at Long Reef. The registration is on line and will open on Tuesday 28^th June. The game is 2BBB, 8am shotgun start and it is for 30 pairs only. Social Play is from 1pm.
Wendy Thomas | Women's Captain

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Masters Pennants

We have had away matches against Cronulla and then Cromer over the past fortnight and both ended in 4-4 draws. Those results still leave us in a strong position on top of our division and avoiding defeat at home to Cromer this Sunday will see us progress to the semi finals - a win will ensure we are seeded either first or second, depending on results in other divisions.

Mick McKerihan came in for his first Masters Pennant appearance against Cronulla and his match was tight all day but a great approach shot to the 18th saw him close out his match 2up. He then looked in good shape to make it two from two against Cromer last Sunday but a birdie from his opponent on the last meant he had to settle for a halved match.

Knoxy came down with the flu the day before the Cronulla match so Duffy stepped in and played the same opponent that he had beaten on the last at home the week before. As expected, they had another close game but this time he went down 2&1. Adam Lynn also played his same opponent from the previous week and the table was turned in that match too as Adam went down 5&3 and that saw the end of his 100% winning record to that point.

Unfortunately, Adam also suffered a 3&2 defeat away at Cromer last Sunday. Bocko continued on his winning ways with a solid 2&1 win away at Cronulla and an outstanding example of course management saw him win by the same scoreline away at Cromer (against a former Long Reef Member in Mark Taylor) - he didn't hit his driver once and hit virtually every fairway with his three wood and subsequently most greens. Ross now has 5 wins from his 5 matches -very impressive. Having won comfortably away at Cronulla, despite putting poorly on the back nine, my putting woes continued at Cromer and contributed to my 2&1 defeat.

With Knoxy out for the Cronulla match, Tony Holley and Ian Brown stepped up to play numbers one and two and Tony looked like winning when 2 up with 3 to play but unfortunately had to settle for a half and Browny won the 17th to square his match but an unfortunate 3 putt from the front of the green on the last meant he went down,

They returned to their customary spots at 3 and 4 for Cromer and great "up and downs" on both the 17th and 18th helped Tony to a 1up win, while Browny suffered the same fate as Mick- came to the 18th 1up and hit the green, only for his opponent to pinch a half by making a birdie.

Jimmy Little looked a winner at Cronulla but an impressive birdie from his opponent on the last meant he had to settle for a halve while he came up against a strong opponent at Cromer last Sunday and was always behind and eventually lost his match 3&2.After a week away, Knoxy got off to a slow start at Cromer and was possibly fortunate to only be a couple down after 7 holes but he hung in and started to turn it around and coming to the last 1up, he needed at least a half on the 18th to ensure we drew the match overall. So, he stuck his tee shot to 3ft and holed the putt to settle it, 2 up.Mick Snell comes to every match and we never take his support for granted but I would also like to thank Duffy who, despite not playing this week, went the whole way round with Knoxy and Paul Bowler who caddied for Adam. Thanks too to the Members that came out and supported us - Peter Frith, Paul Hughes, Jimmy Moore, Paul Bradford ,Glen Brown and Denis Watchorn.

Next week, we play Cromer again, at home. It's an 11am start so if you are about, it would be great to see you as we look to secure a spot in the semis.

Doug Campbell | Captain

Men's Health Week is June 13-19
Unfortunately, men are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer than women, with 1 in 2 men diagnosed at some point in their lifetime.
Bowel cancer, melanoma and lung cancer are three of the most common cancers in Australia, however, men are considerably more likely to be diagnosed and die from these cancers.

The good news is that there are steps you can take to reduce your risk of cancer or to help find cancer early. This Men's Health Week, check-in with your health:

Ensure you have had a bowel screening test in the last 2 years if you are aged over 50
Make healthy lifestyle choices, such as quitting smoking, exercising, eating well, and using sun protection if the UV is 3 or higher
Visit your GP if you have any health concerns or symptoms

For more information, visit the Cancer Council website or call 13 11 20.

Dear Members,

As some of you know I am off to play collegiate golf in America at Central Alabama Community College and the Club has kindly allowed me to run a raffle to fundraise. Over the next 3 weeks I will be selling tickets from outside the proshop and behind the counter with the draw taking place on 20th June. I just wanted to thank you all in advance for all the help and support you have shown me throughout the years.

For those who don't know me, I have been a Member of Long Reef since the age of 9 where I started playing golf with Danny Vera on Saturday mornings in the chippers. Since then I have progressed all the way up into the representative teams, being involved in the Encourage Shield, Junior Pennants, Eric Apperly Shield and the Major Pennants. I have been lucky enough to win the Long Reef Junior Championships twice and made the final of the Men's Club Championship. I am now looking forward to the next chapter of my golfing career when I head over to America to compete in the collegiate system. See you around the golf course.

Regards,

Cian Hughes

Anders Kobula to represent NSW at Special Olympics National Games
Long Reef Member Anders Kobula will be one of 12 athletes selected to represent NSW at the Special Olympics National Games in Launceston in October. There will be 40 golfers from across Australia playing 3 rounds at the Prospect Vale Golf Club vying for the elusive golf medal, and the opportunity to represent Australia at the World games in Germany 2023.
Special Olympics provides sports training and competition for people with and intellectual disability and autism.

The event in Tasmania will involve over 800 participants in 10 sports.

Anders joined Long Reef after his golf skills were identified and receiving coaching from Club Professional Danny Vera. Long term member Rex Langthorne AM will be in charge of the golf event at the National Games.

Please congratulate Anders when you see him at the Club.

Rex Langthorne AM

Rules With George | Question

Question:

Fiona and Blanche were playing a match. Playing to the 8th green Fiona's ball was just off the green on the fringe about one club length from the green. As they walked to the green she said;" I will be able to putt that".

When they reached her ball they noticed a big clump of sand on the green right on her line to the hole. Fiona asked Blanche if she could remove the sand as it would prevent her ball from moving straight at the hole. Blanche replied, well in the Definitions it says: "Sand and loose soil are not loose impediments"
Blanche said "anyway your ball is not on the green".

Which is correct?

A) Fiona is not permitted to remove the sand.

B) Fiona is permitted to remove the sand without penalty.

Callaway Fitting day

Friday July 8 | 8am - 12pm

Mizuno Fitting day

Wednesday July 20 | 7am - 11am

Bookings Through the Pro shop

Ladies Clothing Sale

Thursday 16th | In the Clubhouse

Everything at Reduced Prices!

From the Archives

Golf NSW have sold the property at Arncliffe and are downsizing their office requirements with many staff working remotely. As a result the large meeting room which had on display many trophies, some dating back to the early 1900's, have been packed up and put into storage. One of the trophies - the Women's Silver Division Shield, which was first presented in 1934 and used until 1999, has been loaned to Long Reef, thanks to Les Browne.

This shield is a very sentimental addition to our Club's collection. It is now on display in the Pro Shop and this photo throws a flash of light across the very shiny silver shield to help us see the words '1968 Long Reef' and '1970 Long Reef.' Until very recently the 1968 win was considered to be the first for any male or female Long Reef Grade team.

(It may still be the case, but a win for the Associates in the 1929 Division 1 B-Grade was discovered in 2016 but we don't know how the grades compare.)

We have always felt very fortunate that a team photo was taken in 1968, with the women in their newly created club uniform and we also have two frame photos of hand-painted Grade 2 Pennants.

LGU (Ladies Golf Union) | The Silver Division Shield

The caption at the bottom of the frame says that "This Grade changed to No.2 in 1961"

Between 1934 -1961 the honours were shared by the "big" clubs like NSW, Royal Sydney, Bonnie Doon, The Australian and Killara. After 1961 the No.2 Grade teams like Cromer, Bayview, Long Reef and Concorde can be seen. Our Life Member Lilith Gollan, who was a council member of the NSWLGU and then WGNSW from 1997 suggest that the change was made to involve more clubs and create 2 grades.

Associates' A Grade Team 1968 Premiers

M. Greace.J.Machar, R.Haire J.Nott, R.Watts (Capt.)

D. Fouracre, E. Akehurst, E.Maxwell, B. Backous, B. McClean, M. Glasson (Absent M. Goldstein-Morris)

This 1968 winning team was made up of 12 players in total. Led by 'Super Champion" Ruby Watts the Associates in this team won 19 Singles Championships between them from 1950 -76 and 28 Foursomes titles from 1956, when it started, to 1990. Rene Haire went on to win the Club Championship in 1990 the oldest woman so far to do so at the age of 67. This team spent two solid years of specific coaching and match play practice with their sights on the trophy. They were also runners up in 1967 and 1969.

As far as we know this Silver/Grade No.2 trophy has never visited the club before.

Tennis

As you may have seen in local newspapers The Collaroy Tennis Club is celebrating its centenary, and by all accounts now presents a prize winning facility. Back in 1941 when it was just two rough and ready clay courts the council offered to transfer the management of the courts to the golf club. The golf club declined the offer mainly because of their own lack of staff and resources because of the war. Who knows what the future would have held for the two sports on the park and of course a golf club bowling green was to come in 1950.

Sandra Mellowes | Archive Committee

Rhymes and reasons

The Village Blacksmith (1839)

Under a spreading chestnut-tree
The village smithy stands;
The smith, a mighty man is he,
With large and sinewy hands;
And the muscles of his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands.

Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882)

It's a marvellous poem written almost two centuries ago. It dwells on a hard-working blacksmith and extols the benefits of living a good life, working hard and being virtuous.

We don't have anyone like that in our fraternity. By that I mean no blacksmiths, no boilermakers, not even a farrier, and no chestnut trees on the headland either.

But we do have a few builders and one of them, Dan Hurley, comes close to fitting the bill of our blacksmith (works hard, big hands, shapely forearms, good teeth).

Dan, as you can imagine, hits a long ball, but not always in the desired direction. However, recently he's discovered the elusive secret of driving the ball straight and it's brought him immediate rewards.

Dan returned a handsome 34 points last Friday to take the honours in division one. He edged out late finishing John Williams, who beat the light but lost to Dan on a countback.

Maurice Fischer, a LRGC Member for many years, has only recently become a Friday Club regular.

Perhaps his exciting win in division three will whet his appetite for more. Maurice returned 30 points in the cold and blustery conditions. Weatherzone described it as a "wintery tongue straight from Antarctica" ... (those meteorologists are spending too much time watching the Disney channel!)

Maurice beat Michael Haysler on a countback.

Division two again somehow provided the two best scores of the day. In an astonishing outcome, your friendly scribe managed to amass 39 points for the round. Nobody knows how, but outrageous luck would have played a major role. Jie Cheng, a regular on the leaderboard in recent times, again featured with a sprightly 37.

The mighty village smith mentioned by Wordsworth, as everyone would remember from school, stood under a spreading chestnut tree.

Unfortunately we don't have any chestnut trees on our golf course. The only thing spreading appears to be our waistlines! And in acknowledgement of this fact Friday Club is putting on its annual lunch spread on June 24.

Friday Club lunch, June 24

The lunch: A function with great food, some frivolity and fine fellowship.

We'll have a shotgun-start competition at 8am: three divisions, nearest the pins and a prize for the straightest drive. We'll also include a "play your joker" component for double points on your selected hole and a "buy an extra joker" option for an extra boost.

Book your place at the FC registration desk on Friday morning, or if you're unable to play, phone Doug Mansfield to make arrangements.

Doug Mansfield: 0418 463 810

Six-club event

This Friday, June 17, we'll be playing a six-club event (exactly like the five-club event but with one extra club!). Players should think hard about which ones they are going to include in their bag.

A whale of a time (June 3)

It's no secret that our humpback whale population is heading north. And why wouldn't they? They're on their way to the tropics, to warmer waters where they can get a tan, dance like there's no one watching, and work up new intimate friendships.
Humans, on the other hand, tend to stay in one place and complain about the weather, particularly when it's an icy blast. On these occasions, smart people stay indoors, eat roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, turn up the heating and watch the telly while curling up under a blanket. However, not everybody opts for the cosy couch and cup of hot Bonox option. On June 3, some intrepid souls took on the weather head-first, among them Friday Club's blue army (blue because of the colour of their shirts, not the cold, at least not all of them!).

And among our courageous cohort, some familiar names came to the fore, none more familiar than Trevor Clayton.

We used up a lot of purple prose last week describing Trevor's heroic deeds. He repeated the feat last Friday and we're running low on flowery superlatives. Trevor's 42 points was again the top score of the day and the best score in
division one (where the players relish the harsh conditions). Ever- competitive Dave Collett was second with a worthy 39.

Trevor is almost certain to come under even further scrutiny from the Friday Club's handicap squad, particularly as a senior member of the squad, club statistician Kim Cook, had the second best score of the day!

Kim's 41 points, while not enough to be the top score of the day, was too good for the rest of the cohort in division two. He had four shots to spare
over second placed Geoff Bertram.

Beware of the wounded golfer is always a popular adage (particularly if you've just been beaten by one) and this was certainly the case in division
three where Valerie Wilson waltzed her way to a handy win.
That she could waltz at all is a testament to her physio and the power of painkillers. You see Valerie has been nursing a foot injury all year. The
wounded one scored a neat 36 points to relegate plucky Helen Ayres into second place with 32 points

Jan Redfern and Valerie Wilson decide it’s beanie weather.

Perry Yeldham | Friday Club President

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