News Archive

Play Conditions & Information

The Club would like to acknowledge and thank the many volunteers who have assisted in getting the course to a position that we can now re-opening.  Furthermore, the Club would also like to thank those members that couldn’t attend the working bees but have offered financial assistance.  The Club is pursing insurance as well as several grant programs & with some good fortune these opportunities will go a long way to covering the significant costs involved with reinstatement.  In the interim the best the support the club could ask is seeing members utilise the facilities & various retail & hospitality services available.  A reminder, please refer to front page of Member homepage for timesheet release information.

Course & Fixtures

While the course is reopening there remains a significant amount of reinstatement work, which will impact all playing opportunities over the coming weeks. Member only social play timesheets are now open for booking.    

Current course conditions require competition formats to be modified as noted below. This requirement will be reviewed on a weekly basis.

• All competition will be played in a Fourball Stableford Medley format until further notice.
• There will be no handicapping for any competition play until further notice.
• The Old and West Courses will be played over 17 holes (8^th hole out of play). For the purposes of the MiScore App, those playing these courses are to allocate the team 2 points, either player can be allocated this score.
• Regular timesheet releases (pre flood) have now been adopted and initiated.

Safety

Every effort has been made to repair/prepare the course to a level where general play is possible.  Extensive safety & risk inspections have been conducted & although it is difficult to list all the areas with changed conditions, there is a several areas that have been marked or divided off.  We encourage members to adopt the upmost care whilst playing the course.  Placing oneself at risk for the purposes of retrieving a golf ball is simply not worth it.  We encourage players both individually and as a group to look out for each other. 

Local Rules

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Carts

There will be minimal restrictions on buggies – however operators are expected to remain vigilant and adopt a “Common sense” approach.

8^th hole – MiScore

A reminder the 8^th hole is out of play.  For the purposes of the MiScore App, those playing the Old or West course are to allocate the team 2 points, either player can be allocated this score.

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Ladies Event 29th March

Tuesday March 29th will be a four person Ambrose with a 8 am shot gun start.  A boxed lunch will be provided by the Ladies Committee.

The time sheet for this event is now open. Please fill out the time sheet as quickly as possible, as we need to provide numbers to the Club for the lunch.  Also, if you have any dietary requirements please email me via suetruckey@hotmail.com- so we can accommodate your needs.  This event will be sponsored by Tangalooma Island Resort.

Cheers,

Sue Truckey

Lady President

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General Play & Timesheet Information

Clubhouse & Course:

While the course is reopening there remains a significant amount of reinstatement work, which will impact all playing opportunities over the coming weeks. Member only social play timesheets are now open for booking.    

Current course conditions require competition formats to be modified as noted below. This requirement will be reviewed on a weekly basis.

• All competition will be played in a Fourball Stableford Medley format until further notice.
• There will be no handicapping for any competition play until further notice.
• The Old and West Courses will be played over 17 holes (8^th hole out of play). For the purposes of the MiScore App, those playing these courses are to allocate the team 2 points, either player can be allocated this score.
• Regular timesheet releases (pre flood) have now been adopted and initiated.

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Vale – Tino Palella

It is with much sadness that we share the news of the passing of Member Tino Palella.  Tino was 64 years of age and had been a Member of the Club since 2019.  The Club’s thoughts are with his friends and family at this time.

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March 10th Update

March 3rd Update

It is pleasing to report that over the past 24 hours, the Maintenance Team have completed several vital tasks to improve accessibility to the course and ultimately aid its long-term recovery. I can confirm that all course bridges are still in sound condition, albeit some remedial work will be required. Except for a slight 4m stretch of concrete adjacent to the 21st Tee block, I can confirm that all pathways are intact. This essential infrastructure has significantly improved our ability to remediate the course. Presently we have two Bobcats pushing and stockpiling debris to the sides of fairways, and up until this morning, we are also sweeping these areas in an effort to remove the gravel and rock. Unfortunately, the storms we experienced this morning which delivered a further 20mm of rain, have hindered these activities. The course team has mown all greens and tees (with the exception of Green 8 and Tee 11). Where possible, tee and green surrounds have also been mown. In the main, the course remains exceptionally wet, and for the safety and wellbeing of those working on the course, this has been carefully monitored. Whilst these conditions remain, a decision to defer a wide-scale volunteer working bee has been made. Initially, we were hoping for this to take place tomorrow (Friday 4th); however, based on current weather predictions, we are now hoping to run this activity on Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday of next week (8th/9th/10th) between the hours of 6 am to 10 am. This will be confirmed via email and the member home page on Monday AM.

Yesterday, the Club did invite members to inspect the Course and several of those that attended expressed how overwhelming it was to see the damage. We are fortunate to have an extremely experienced management team and course superintendent who possess first-hand experience managing events of this nature. Although the task will be significant, I have complete confidence in the Team and the quality decisions which have already been made only further support this belief.

It is unfortunate that the severe weather conditions have caused wide-scale damage and create significant disruption and inconvenience. Regretfully a decision has been made to defer the Gent’s Club Championships scheduled to commence on March 12th. New dates will be communicated in due course.

It remains challenging to predict when the Course will be re-opened, but it is still expected to be several weeks. Needless to say, the goal is for the Golf Course to be reopened as soon as possible.

Again, my thoughts and prayers are with those members and staff who have had their homes impacted by the flooding.

Kind regards,

Rod Rhodes

Club President

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