The feedback received by Council from the community will form part of a report to be presented to the Councillors to make their determination on granting the 30 year term. We are not anticipating an adverse outcome. As this process progresses, Members will be updated via the newsletter & Members News. 

Clubhouse Compliance Works 
Construction commenced across the Function and Cafe kitchens as well as the Function Rooms on 26 June. We are currently on target to meet the 4 August completion date.

The Cafe Cool room is now in operation and is a vast improvement on the previous storage solutions the Cafe team were having to navigate.

Bunker Construction
The Bunker Construction has been underway since 17 April 2023, and to date, holes 1-3, 5, 8 and 18 have been completed. Prior engagements had the Golf Course Shapers finishing stage one of the Bunker Master Plan at the end of June and returning to LRGC in early 2024, however, changes to their schedule has allowed them to remain on to see out the completion of the project. Whilst weather and supplies will continue to be a major factor, we are anticipating significant work to be completed over the next three months, bringing the project near completion.

Updates will continue to be posted on the Members portal.

Membership Subscription Finalisation
Membership renewal numbers have been finalised and it's pleasing to report the Club has once again maintained a very positive retention rate. 

The final attrition for full playing membership was 4.9%. Thank you to the large majority of Members who ensured payment was made by 31 May. A reminder that all Full Playing Members who paid by 31 May, have received 3 x member guest passes that are redeemable through the Pro Shop.

New Members
Taking into account the attrition rate and ensuring timesheets remain accessible through the winter period, the Club extended invitations to 35 applicants from the waitlist to join as Provisional Members. This is the first intake since December 2022.

A credit to how special Long Reef is as a Course, Club and Membership, many of these new Members had waited over 18 months to join.

We continue to have a waitlist.

Course Machinery Purchase
The production and supply delays that have been witnessed worldwide over the past three years continue in the turf machinery industry. Four items of Toro machinery were approved for purchase by the Board including a Toro Spray Unit vehicle, a Rough Mower, Greens Mower and Walk Greens Mower. Currently the expected delivery time is June 2024 (12-14 months).

The Club is still waiting on a Toro Greens Mower and Toro Surrounds Mower that were ordered in mid-2022.

Board Elections
The next Board elections are to be held through September and October this year. In terms of the constitutional amendments passed at the October 2022 AGM, the term for the next Board will be 2 years. Though we anticipate a high level of stability, some opportunities may arise. 

We would like to encourage anyone wanting to volunteer to support our Club through a transitional period (golf course renovations and Clubhouse modernisation) to get in touch with me, Ben, Doug or any other Board Member. We would like the opportunity to explain what being on the Board entails and how you can make a valuable contribution to your Club.

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

Under the new method, a Member will record and submit their own scores but record the score of their playing partner for reference and verification. If a playing partner is still using a paper scorecard, they will record their own score using that and verification will still need to occur after.

Please CLICK HERE for more details if you require them.  

New Golfing Events
To try and introduce some variety into our competition formats and provide some more fun at the same time, we will be introducing three new competitions into the programme over the coming months.

Handiskins is the ultimate game of skins for club golfers. It will be an optional competition and registration will take place on Saturday 5th August and will be played over five qualifying rounds between that date and 23rd September, with the best three aggregated rounds determining the top 4 qualifiers. Those four Members will have the opportunity to play-off in the final on Saturday 30th September, for upto $1,200 in vouchers - this figure will vary depending on the number of participants and all will receive an invite to the National Championship on the Gold Coast.. 

There is a one-off entry fee of $39 (over and above the standard $15 comp of the day fee), of which $4 goes to the Challenge Foundation supporting kids with cancer. There are prizes for every qualifying round as well as the final prize pool. We need a minimum of 25 Members to register for the event to proceed and if we can secure 40 participants that will generate the $1,200 final prize pool.

Additional details and the rules for the Club final are HERE.

The Club is going to support "Doing It For Jarrod" in conjunction with our 2 Ball Ambrose event on Saturday 2nd September (the weekend after the greens renovations). More details will follow nearer the time but the intention is to enhance the fun side of playing Ambrose while also hopefully raising a bit of money for a cause started following Jarrod Lyle's premature death to cancer in 2018. You've got a couple of month's warning to find something yellow to wear!!!

The Shootout will take place on a date (to be finalised) in Summer and will be played in conjunction with a family funday at the Club. Similar in qualifying mechanics to Handiskins but it will be the top 19 qualifiers aggregated from two of four lead-up rounds that will progress to compete in the shootout. All 19 will tee off on the first hole together and at the end of each hole, one player will be eliminated until only two remain playing the 18th. The worst nett score on each hole will be eliminated. In the event of a tie (of which there will be many in the early holes!!) a chip-off will determine who progresses and who goes out. Further details of the qualifying round dates, Shootout date and Fun Day activities will follow nearer the time.

I hope you get behind the above events and importantly enjoy them.

Please do not abuse the privilege but allow different Members to book each week. There will be a waitlist if it is over subscribed but please only put your name on the sheet if you are fairly certain that you can play because withdrawing late may result in another Member missing out.

Greg and Adam had a great day and highly recommend signing up - there are two spots available for this Friday.

Enjoy your golf!

Doug Campbell | Club Captain

The Bronze Plaque Pennant team played their last game on Friday 30^th June. There was a three-way tussle to win the trophy between Mona Vale, Long Reef and Manly. The team of Rosemary West, Jane Hagan, Wendy Thomas, Prue Bardsley and Michelle Milsted played Manly at Mona Vale. There were some very close games and two went to the 18^th hole but sadly the team lost 3.5- 1.5. This meant the trophy was won by Manly. Thank you to Julie Preston for being the convenor and Veronica Bertram field captain. Also thank you to everyone who was in the squad, whether or not you played everyone was a great support for the team. 

Bronze III Pennant team on Friday 30^th June played at Long Reef versus Bayview. The team of Clare John (FC), Di Muncke, Linda Sinclair, Maria Russell and Tracey Cantwell played well and there were some close matches but sadly lost 3.5 - 1.5. On Friday 7^th July the same team played Wakehurst at Roseville and a had a great win 3 - 2. Good luck to Clare John (FC), Di Muncke, Linda Sinclair, Maria Russell and Tracey Cantwell who play their final match at Monash versus Mona Vale. 

The Bronze IV Shield Pennant team played their first match at Asquith versus Wakehurst on Friday 30^th June, and the team of Michelle Ison (FC), Tanya Tate, Corinne Crawford, Sue Rossi, and Amanda Savage squared the match. The following Friday Michelle Ison (FC), Tanya Tate, Sue Dewell, Sue Rossi and Amanda Savage played Asquith at Cromer, and the team had a great win 3.5 - 1.5. Friday 14^th July good luck to Michelle Ison (FC), Nan Crump, Tanya Tate, Sue Dewell, Sue Rossi, and reserve Judy Geitz who play Roseville at Elanora. 

Helen Ayres and Sue Dewell represented Long Reef in the GNSW Pewter Plate at Wakehurst on Thursday 6^th July. Helen and Sue had a great day but the Wakehurst course proved to be very challenging on the day. 

Thank you to Clare John, Maria Russell and Sonya Cordaiy who will be, on behalf of Long Reef Golf Club, the delegates on the Barrenjoey Peninsula week of golf committee 2023 / 2024. 

The 1^st division stableford round on Thursday 29^th June was won by Kim Sloane (16) 35 pts and runner up Vanessa Murphy (21) 34 C/B. Division 2 was won by Val Wilson (29) 35 pts, with runner up Robyn Lyon (25) 34 pts, and 3^rd division was won Julie Simpson (34) 35 pts, followed by runner up Robyn Carson (41) 34 pts.

Gold Tee was won by Anne Poole (43) 37 C/B from Petrina Rousel (45) and nine holes was won Ondrae Heiser (40) 19 pts, runner up (34) 16 C/B. 

Saturday 1^st saw Jenni Brown (16) win the Stroke - Club & GNSW Medal with a great nett 70. Jenni also won the following week's stableford round with 37 pts. 

On Sunday 2^nd July Paulette Bailey (11) won with a great score of 39 pts, with runner up Judy Gietz (43) 36 pts.

Thursday 6^th July was a Par round and division 1 was won by Mary-Jane Sanderson (13) +2 on a countback from Sue Kruse (17). Division 2 was won by Gay McCorby (29) sq, with runner up Lisa George (27) -1 C/B. Division 3 was won by Julie Simpson (34) -3 C/B from Jill Hensman (38). 

Gold tee was won Grace Ping (45) -4 C/B from Sonya Cordaiy. Nine holes was won by Chris Bush (45) +1 C/B from Marg Mullins (45). 

Sunday 9^th July saw Sharyn Hillman (43) have a great day with 40 pts, with Sonya Cordaiy (45) was runner up with 38 pts C/B. 

Up Coming Fixtures

Thursday 20^th July, Stroke - Club and GNSW Medal. This is also the qualifier for the Women's Captain's Trophy. The match play dates are 25/7, 27/7, 1/8 and 3/8. If you would like to qualify, please enter your name on the sheet in the Proshop before you play on Thursday 20^th July. You can play stroke on the day even if you don't want to qualify. There is also Gold Tee stableford on this day. 

Thursday 10^th August - Par round, Remembrance Trophies, Scherrie Hughes Plate (18 holes), Forget me Not (9 holes). For 18 holes please add your name on the sheet in the locker room. For 9 holes please book as per normal. 

Thursday 17^th August, Visitors Day. To be eligible for a prize you must have at least one visitor. Please enter your names on the entry sheet which is up in the locker room.

Wendy Thomas | Womens Captain

Which is correct?

A) Sam acted correctly

B) Sam acted incorrectly and will have a further penalty.

Pictured: Associates/Women's Committee 1989
Back L-R Aileen McLelland, Jan Hanlon, Shirley Campbell (Jenkins), Shirley Blackburn, Josie Murray
Front L-R Joan Druitt, Sally Woods (President), Tibby Playfair, (Captain), Pat Brown

Having arrived in Sydney, there was more time for golf and Sally's handicap reduced quickly. Within the first year of joining the Club Sally had won The Committee Cup. Within two years she was playing in the Grade Team. Her best results were in the Bronze division. She was runner-up in the Premiership on three occasion in 1986, 1993, and 1995. Two Bronze foursomes wins were to come with Terry Mathews and she also reached the finals on four other occasion, three of these also with good friend Terry. The pairing had another runner-up result in 2006 this time in the C-Grade Foursomes.

Sally represented the Club many times in her more then 30 years playing membership, particularly in the Gordon Shield. It was Sally who proposed the idea of a Library in 1981, to be at a cost of 20 cents per book. The library has grown and is still very popular.

There is now a sign saying- The Sally Woods Library. We can remember her with every book or puzzle we borrow!

In most relief situations, the reference point and relief area must not be nearer the hole than the original position of the ball.

When declaring a ball unplayable under Rule 19.2a and taking stroke and distance relief, the ball may be placed closer to the hole than its original position . The ball may be played from where the previous stroke was made.

Rule 19.2a "Stroke and Distance Relief" applies.

The player may play the original ball or another ball from where the previous stroke was made.

(See also Rule 14.6).