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Below are notes from the Board Meeting held on Wednesday 25th January 2023

1. BAG, BUGGY, BATTERY STORAGE AT PRO SHOP

Following on from the note in the 11th January edition of Reef Breezes, the Board continue to monitor the risks in allowing lithium batteries to be charged under the Pro Shop and will be implementing additional measures to reduce the risk of a fire in the area.

Members Equipment Storage agreements will be distributed to Members utilising the Equipment Storage facility.

2. CYBER SECURITY AUDIT

The Club's external IT provider conducted a Cyber Security Audit on the IT infrastructure in use at the Club and provided a comprehensive report indicating the Club currently has the appropriate controls in place.

3. BUNKER MASTER PLAN

The Bunker Master Plan from Craig Parry Design was distributed to Members via email on 20 January 2023 and an information night was held for Members to hear from Craig Parry and view the hole by hole design.

The project will commence in mid-late April with the first stage covering holes 1,2,3,5,8,17,18. It is expected these holes will be completed by mid-August depending on weather and minimal setbacks.

A copy of the Bunker Master Plan can be viewed here.

4. CLUBHOUSE CONSTRUCTION

As communicated through the November 'From Your Board', remedial and compliance works are scheduled in the Function Kitchen, Pacific Room and back storage area between 26 June 2023 and 7 August 2023. The Club has appointed INTREC as the construction manager for the project, with early investigation works commencing this month.

5. FINANCE

The result for December 2022 was a net surplus of $186,965 defined by the largest month the Club has had in green fees, cart hires and food & beverage sales. This was also the first December since 2019 where there hasn't been COVID prevalent in the community or overarching restrictions. The net surplus year to date is $732,339 and the updated full year forecast surplus is $1,115,931.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch with me if you would like clarification or further expansion on any of the items above.

Keith Warren | President

Note: This document is not intended to be a minute of the relevant Board meeting but is intended to provide members with a summary of the significant decisions made or issues discussed by the Board at its most recent meeting. Certain matters may be commercially sensitive, subject to privacy considerations or otherwise confidential and will not be included in this summary document

From your Captain

Deadlines looming

The closing date for entries into this year's Mick Snell Cup - individual handicap Matchplay - is this Sunday. If you wish to be included in Monday's draw, please visit the "Bookings" page in the Member's portal and register your name on the sheet dated Sunday 12th February.

If you wish to bring your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews or neighbours for a fun introduction to golf this Sunday (12th), please book their spots by Emailing jenny@lrgc.com.au. It's free and the fun starts at 3pm and runs until 4.30pm.

Strokeplay Cup

After the third round last Saturday, Matt Hunter has an eight shot lead over Ian Brown in A Grade. Wayne Portlock has a narrow one shot lead over Scott Haley in A Reserve with James Dean just a further shot back, Stephen Rowe has a commanding seven shot lead over Glen Brown in B Grade while Josh Malin has a massive ten shot advantage over Greg McHugh in C Grade.

The final round will be played in conjunction with the March Medal on Saturday 4th March.

There are only two ladies that have played in all three rounds and Jenni Brown leads Jane Hagan by 18 shots.

Founders Cup

This is awarded for the best nett aggregate scores in the January and February Medals and this year's winner is Chris Stoneman with a nett score of 141 (68 and 73 respectively).Well done Chris.

February Medal winners

Doug Moult shot an outstanding nett 64 last Saturday to win Score of the Day and the C Grade Medal by three shots, He narrowly beat A Grade Medal winner, Mark Gillespie who's nett 65 also beat the rest of his grade by three. Richard Thomas was the B Grade winner with nett 68. Nick Mundy's level par round took out Scratch.

The Women's Medal winner was Natalie Driver with nett 73.

Saturday 28th January winners

There were three sub par rounds on the day with Glen Evans shooting 1 under par (off 6), a score matched by Nick Mundy but Scratch went to Luke Shahmatov who almost went bogey free but a five on the 17th meant he finished with 69 (2 under).

Glen can feel a little hard done to because he went under par for only the second time in his life but his 43 points was not enough as Alan Shuttlworth shot a brilliant 44 points to win Score of the Day and B Grade. Glen did take out A Grade with Peter Skiffington winning C Grade with 40 points.

Special mention to Mitch Bockman who shot level par overall and within that saw the high of an eagle 2 on the 6th, immediately followed by a double bogey 5 on the 7th - golf gives with one hand and takes away with the other!!! Why do we love such a frustrating game so much??

Wednesday 1st February

There were a lot of players who beat their handicap so well done but congratulations to Pete O'Reilly who won Score of the Day and B Grade with 41 points, one ahead of fellow B Graders Kevin Macmillan and Doug McGrath, A Grade winner Roger Ehret and C Grade winner Kevin Stanton and runner-up Ross Guignon. Jimmy Little won Scratch with level par.

Major Pennant

After a very convincing 6-1 home win against Camden, the Major Pennant Team got a reminder of how hard it is to pick up points away from home when they went down by the same scoreline away at Camden last Sunday. We were always looking second best overall but around the turn we were up in two matches, square in one and only 1 down in another so with a strong finish, we might have sneaked a half but as the scoreline suggests, local knowledge prevailed and only Chun-Ta managed a win. We have another away match this Sunday at Twin Creeks before coming back to Long Reef on Sunday 19th for the reverse fixture.

Chun-Ta has had a big couple of weeks -I am delighted to inform you that yesterday he was one of five boys selected to represent NSW at the Australian Junior Interstate Teams matches in Tasmania this April and he has also just accepted a place at the University of Minnesota to continue his studies and further develop his golf game. He's still got Year 12 to complete this year and will head to the US around mid 2024. Congratulations Chun-Ta.

Bunker Master Plan

Thank you to all the Members that took the time to email me with their feedback and to those that came down to last Thursday's Information night with Craig Parry.

The full plan is available on the website and we also have it on display in the Members' area.

Work will commence in April and the first phase will include the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 17th and 18th.

A few Members were of the opinion that the course would be much easier when the work had been completed and were concerned about our course rating..We had already consulted with Golf NSW on this topic but after the evening approached them again and we have confirmation that they see no reason why our rating would change. We will obviously monitor scoring etc after the changes have been completed.

Contacting me

Please note that captain@lrgc.com.au is inactive so please email me @ dougcampbell188@gmail.com with "what's on your mind".

Enjoy your golf.

Doug Campbell | Captain

From your Women's Committee

2023 season for golf has opened. Thank you to everyone who played in the weekend and weekday opening days.

The weekend opening day on Sunday 29^th January saw Michelle Milsted and Jie Cheng win the 4BBB with 46 points. Congratulations to Gilda Severino (21) who had 39 pts and won on a C/B from Catherine Wiggett (30).

Congratulations to Janet Atchison who won the 2023 Weekend Gold Medal.

Congratulations to Alyssa Starc for having the best scratch score - 75 gross for 2023. Jie Cheng had some fantastic stableford scores throughout 2023 and won the Weekend Stableford Aggregate Trophy.

Thursday 2^nd February was the weekday opening day. It was fantastic to see 122 players play Dropout Ambrose. Thank you to Ben Russell for the update of events happening in 2023.

The winners were Emma Thurlow, Janine Banks, Elizabeth Wilkins and Corinne Crawford 64.375, 2^nd Jie Cheng, Julie Campbell, Nan Crump and Sue Dewell 66.125, 3^rd Jen Vasseleu, Pat Williams, Jenni Brown and Jeanie Reitzer 67 and 4^th Wendy Milson, Adrianna Bowyer, Lisa Jenkins and Sue Blanche 67.125.

Scratch winners were Sue Smiles, Sue Kruse, Diana Sier and Mary-Jane Sanderson 80.

NTP's on the 7^th were won by Sara Backes division 1, Rowena Robinson division 2, 13^th hole Jenni Brown division 1, Jen Vasseleu division 2. The Longest Drive on the 1^st for division 1 was won by Kim Sloane and division 2 Lyn Ashton.

Congratulations to Dani Seisun who won the most reduced handicap for 2023.

Our Women's Club Champion, Josie Garrett played in the Champion of Champions at Manly Golf Club on Monday 30^th January. It was a tough day but Josie enjoyed the opportunity to play with the champions of the other golf clubs.

Good luck to the Grade team who play their 1^st match of the year versus Lakeside at Cromer on Friday. The team and caddies are Kate Shanks / Wendy Millson, Emma Thurlow / Mick Snell, Peta Bird / Sue Kruse, Natalie Driver / Pam Burke and Jenni Brown / Wendy Thomas.

Over the last couple of weeks we have had eight players who have had 40 plus points, so congratulations to Helenka O'Connell (26) 43, Jan Daniel (30) 43 pts, Tracey Martin (32) 43 pts, Michelle Milsted (35) 42 pts, Mary-Jane Sanderson (41) 41 pts, Susan Hay (20) 40, Lynne Clayton 40 pts and Veronica Betram 40 pts.

Congratulations to Faye Sinnott (35) 22 and Lisa Jenkins (45) who had 20 pts in the 9 holes.

Congratulations to Natalie Driver (14) who won the Club & GNSW Medal on Saturday 4^th February with a nett 73

GNSW Fees - The GNSW fees $10 weekend or $15 for weekday (opt in / out fees) are due, please pay these online on MiClub, date Friday 10th February. This is the same as you book your tee times. Please only pay for either weekend or weekday fees

Due to Barrenjoey Week there will be no presentation on Thursday 16^th February.

Up Coming Fixtures:

Thursday 9^th February - please remember if you are playing in the stroke round and would like to qualify for the match play rounds for the Singles and Long Markers Knockout Competitions, 21/2, 23/2, 28/2 and 2/3 please enter your name on the sheet in Proshop before you start your round. Please also remember you need to be available to play on all of the dates.

Pink (& Purple) Charity Day for Brash-At CLICK HERE Thursday March 23rd

Next week the sheet will go up in locker room for you to enter your team. We are seeking any donations or services from our golfing community. Please contact Michelle Milsted for further information at ladies@lrgc.com.au

Wendy Thomas | Women's Captain

Janet Atchison Gold Medal Winner

Winners Open Day Ambrose

Janine Banks, Elizabeth Wilkins ,Emma Thurlow, and Corinne Crawford

From your Welfare Coordinator

Rob Keir has been in hospital for the last twelve days after having a prostate procedure. We hope that he will be out soon and return to golf shortly.

Both Dragan Durdevic and Steve Sapsford have had strokes in the past month and are recovering. Dragan is looking at playing today and Steve will be having a walk around the course this weekend.

Peter Burke and David Costello have received positive reports in the last week. It is great to see them responding so well to their current treatment and we hope that these results continue.

If anyone knows of a Member that is experience illness, injury or "tough times" please ring me on 0418118410 or email servicewithservice@yahoo.com.au so that I can contact them on behalf of the Club.

On Monday 3 April we will be holding a golf charity day for the Sargood Foundation. LRGC & the Sargood Foundation have a very close relationship including the "John Mullins OAM Memorial Grant".

Sargood's vision is to provide people living with Spinal Cord Injury an opportunity to live life to the fullest. Our role as a Sargood partner is to help raise money to assist with that vision. At Sargood those with Spinal Cord Injury are able to stay and enjoy both indoor and outside activities with modern adaptive equipment.

"From the bottom of my heart I thank the organisers from Sargood for their constant communication

and arranging every aspect of the trip in advance, the staff that looked after us whilst we were at

Sargood, the team at Long Reef Gold Club - Ben, Sam and all the pro shop and Bar/Restaurant

workers truly made it a flawless experience.

I'll finish by saying that Grants and Opportunities like this have the potential to really change peoples

lives and show them things that they can only dream of doing".

Shem Aitken - First recipient of the John Mullins OAM Memorial Grant

More information will be circulated to Members over the next few weeks but please keep the date free.

Stephen Twigg | Welfare Coordinator

Rules with George | Question

Question: Dan had played his third shot to the 15th hole.The ball had gone through the top of the green and was resting just beyond a sprinkler head, about one club length from the green. He took relief from the sprinkler head, an immovable obstruction and dropped the ball, putting it into play in the general area of the course.

While getting his club to play his stroke a strong gust of wind moved his ball which rolled down the front of the green into a bunker.

Which applies?

A) Dan must play the ball where it came to rest in the bunker.

B) Dan may drop his ball again on its original spot, without penalty.

C) Dan must replace his ball again on its original spot without penalty

After 2 rounds of the NPICC Long Reef sit at the top of the table ....Up against the two clubs who beat Long Reef last year Manly and Bayview one could say it was sweet revenge .

Round 1 against Bayview at Manly, Long Reef won 6 matches to 1.5

Round 2 against Manly at Wakehurst, Long Reef won 5 matches to 2.5

Individual Results Rd 1 vs Bayview

Rob Cordaiy won 4 & 3
Wayne Portlock won 4 & 3
Scott Haley won 3 & 1
Steve Twigg lost 2 & 1
Les Browne won 3 & 2
Paul Harrison won 5 & 4
Brian Ferguson won 5 & 4
Mark Frith lost on the 18^th

Long Reef 6 matches to Bayview 1.5

Round 2 vs Manly
Rob Corday won 3 & 1
Wayne Portlock lost on the 18^th
Scott Haley won 7 & 5
Les Browne won on the 18^th
Colm Gallaway lost on the 18^th
Brian Ferguson all Square
Paul Harrison won 2 up
Mark Frith won 6 & 5

Long Reef 5 matches to Manly 2.5

This Monday 13^th Long Reef vs Cromer at Cromer Tee Off From Midday

Peter Frith | Manager NPICC

From the Archives | Inter-club Competitions - Men

Two 1933 trophies are on loan to the club for the month of February and are on display in the Members'. Bar. One is the Dunlop Trophy presented to our Professional following his win in 1933. The trophies are on their way from the offices of GNSW to the Australian Heritage Society. Society Secretary, Les Browne is to be thanked for making them available.

See pictured 1933 NSW B-Grade Premiership Cup

The larger of the two trophies was presented to Long Reef in 1933. The first name to be engraved on it. It was in continuous use until 2001.

Inter-club competitions were played between the clubs in Sydney as early as 1900. The competing teams then included mostly the heavy-weights - for example in 1911 The Australian, Royal Sydney, Killara, Concord, Manly and Bonnie Doon created an elite competition. They played on neutral courses and had not more than 12 a side. Results of the A, B, and C grade matches in 1911 can also be seen in GNSW archives and the lists include teams from some of the above plus "Hunter's Hill, Dobroyde, Parramatta, Drummoyne, and Cammeray." In 1921 the newly opened Long Reef Golf Club was keen to get in the mix! To get started Long Reef entered B and C Grade and in 1929 also applied to enter an A Grade Team in matches. The Club was accepted but all matches were played away because we were only a 9 hole course

There is little doubt that we had the talented players, and the drive and leadership of Captain William Whytock, but the course itself held us back. We can imagine established teams that did make it over the ferry, where the Harbour Bridge is now and then the Spit punt thinking they were off for a beach side holiday! Long Reef was very much the poor relation.

The Club had made a mark in 1927 as the C-Grade Pennant winners, but it was not until the completion of our 18 hole course in 1932 that we competed on equal terms. In the early 30s following the golf club building boom in Sydney other clubs were encouraged to form teams and in 1933 there was a revision of B and C Division and new trophies created for both. The B-Grade (above) was sponsored by Schweppes. This Long Reef Golf Club win was 90 years ago this September.

There was a revision of the organisation of teams at the NSW Golf Council in 1934 AGM and Long Reef was to go on to play at what became known as Group 1. A team of 15 players was suggested. With their good and consistent performances Long Reef continued to play in Group 1 from 1934 to 2001.

In 2001 The Metropolitan Major Pennant was established. It consisted of 5 Divisions where teams were either promoted or relegated based on their performance and overall score at the end of a season. Long Reef was placed in Division 1 in the first year in 2001 and maintained its Division 1 status until the beginning of 2022.

There have been some close finishes but the Men's teams of Long Reef have not won an A-Division/ Divison1/Group 1 Pennant just yet!

Wishing the present team the very best of luck in this year's competition

Sandra Mellowes | Archives Committee

Information from GNSW and the Golf in Australia Magazine

From your President | Board Meeting Notes

From your Captain

From your Women's Committee

From your Welfare Coordinator

Rules with George | Question

NPICC Report

From the Archives | Inter-club Competitions - Men

Rules with George | Answer

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