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President’s Report

Horsham Golf Club – Regional Victoria’s Best Golfing Experience

Our new Manager/Director of Golf, Paul Riley, arrives in Horsham next week. He will

be spending the week getting to know Horsham and setting up his rental home before

starting officially on the June 18. This is a really exciting time for the club and I know

that we will all give Paul a warm winter’s welcome when you meet him. The Board is

also excited with the opportunities that we believe are in front of the club and are

confident that Paul will be lead us in reaching our potential.

There will be an opportunity to meet Paul at the Member’s Roast on Friday the 15th. It

would be great if as many members as possible are out at the club that evening to meet

him. We might take this opportunity to have him say a few words in what will be a very

casual evening. Get organised and make a booking to be there – phone the club on 5382

1652.

Memberships

The membership renewals have been out a week or so now and we are getting

subscriptions in already. Please get them paid ASAP. Our goal is to grow our membership base by 50

people each year for the next 3 years and we need your help to achieve this target. I think that this is the

single most important request that the Board is making of its members at present. We have already had a

number of new member applications from across most categories but we believe there are others out there

just waiting for an invite and encouragement to join. Please assist them in making a great decision!

Proshop move

The Proshop move is now complete and we have received many favourable comments from members and

visitors alike. The reason for doing this is to enable a better member experience. There have already been

some encouraging signs and while we still have some work to do to get the best possible efficiencies, we

are off to a good start. It is a trial and we will be constantly reviewing its success – or otherwise – over

the second half of the year. Special thanks must go to Jenny for doing a terrific job in getting the shop set

up. Thanks also to Craig O’Connor and his team and to Mike Munn and Matt McKinnon for their skills

and commitment in transforming the room. Thanks also to Lewis and Jordy for their effort.

Other

Kerri Phillips finished up as administration officer last week after some 12 months or so. We wish Kerri

all the best with her new job and welcome Carrol Binny in an acting administration officer capacity while

we go through the process of applications and interviews for a newly specified job.

John Ackland finished up as acting manager on May 25th. John did a terrific job and the club appreciates

his stabilising role in giving the staff a point of contact and also in dealing with other stakeholders.

REPORTS Page

President 1 Captain 2 Ladies 4 Photo Gallery 5 Autumn Tournament 6 New Membes 6 Functions 6 Catering 7 Course Com. 7 Ladies Social 7 Early Birds N/A Hole-in-1 info 8 Junior 8 Pro Shop 8 Golf Aust. 9 Notices 10 Flyers 11-14

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Land

We have rearranged the land sale working group as we try and get a clear understanding of our options

and timing of any land sale. Noel Ferguson, who has done a great job in developing options, has not been

well for some weeks now. Noel will continue to be involved when he can. It will be sometime yet before

we have options for our members to consider.

Sponsorship and Constitution

Growing our sponsorship contribution is important and we are currently working on new sponsorship

packages that offer excellent value for sponsors. With the end of June deadline coming up, if you, or a

business you know would like more information, please contact Adrian Wade on 0419 328 369 to discuss

an opportunity that could suit.

We are also working through the constitution and bylaws and will hopefully have some proposals for the

members to consider by late July. If anyone has a particular area of concern that they want explored,

please send an email to manager@horshamgolfclub.com.au stating the area of concern, proposed action

and the reasons why for such a change.

Western Open

The club is pleased that Horsham Telstra – Samsung have taken up the opportunity to sponsor the Western

Open this October for the next three years. This is a fantastic sponsorship and will be an ideal base for

developing a feature event on our terrific course. Thanks to Gary and the team at Horsham Telstra and to

Samsung for their support.

Happy Golfing

Leo Delahunty

Captain’s Report

The last couple of months have again been a busy time for the golfing events, the most prominent being the

Autumn Tournament, the Club Championships, Monthly Medals and two Board Events.

The 2nd round of the President’s Cup was held on 24th March, the A, B and C grade winners on that day

being Adrian Taylor (+2), Mark Douglas (+4) and Mike Coffee (+3) respectively. The 3rd round was held

on 21st April the A, B and C grade winners on that day being Ray Gilmartin (+4), Pat Dunn (+5) and

David Salter (+6) respectively. The 4th and final round will be held on Saturday 23rd June.

The April Monthly Medal winner was Paul Holmes on the countback from

Craig Kemp with a net score of 64. The May winner was Scott Grover with a

net 66.

The two Board Events contested during the month of May were the Langlands

and Eleanor Brookes Memorials. The Langlands Memorial, held on Saturday

28th April was won with a very good 4BBB score of 47 points by Owen Wooster

and Michael Gilbert on the countback from Brian Bilson and Ron Pouliot. The

Eleanor Brookes Memorial was a Mixed Canadian format and was held the

next day, the winners being Maggie Clarke and Nick Thomson with a net 71.37.

The Club Championships were held over two consecutive weekends

commencing on Saturday 19th May. In general, only a few shots separated the

leaders in each Category which made for exciting golf. Adam Tribe was able to hold off challengers and

is the 2018 Club Champion with gross score over four rounds of 297. Well done Adam. Second only one

Maggie Clarke & Nick Thomson

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shot back was Nick Thomson who won the handicap trophy with a net score of 215. The other Category

winners, scratch and handicap respectively were:

Intermediate: Peter Burns (335) and Wayne Anderson (220)

B Grade: Mark Douglass (366) and Damian Thomson (229)

C Grade: David Lavithis (368) and John Burford (223).

It is noted that the handicap event winners were

assessed over the first 3 rounds of the

Championships.

Finally, the Wimmera District Championships were

held at Nhill on Saturday 2nd June. It was pleasing

to see Tim Coffey win this event. Congratulations go

to Tim.

Looking ahead into June and July, we start with this

coming long weekend by welcoming our friends from the Southern Cross Golf Club for their annual visit.

Please welcome them if you get the opportunity.

Monthly Medals: Saturday 16th June and 7th July Presidents Cup: Round 4, 23rd June

Bleakley Memorial – Board Event: Saturday 21st June (4BBB Par).

Good golfing to everyone.

Peter Jackson

Captain

SMOKING IS OFF THE MENU

From August 1, 2017 in Victoria, smoking will be banned in outdoor areas at

hospitality and food venues during the times food is available.

This ban also applies to e-cigarettes and shisha tobacco. Please respect the right

of of everyone to enjoy clean air, by not smoking in outdoor eating areas.

Adam Tribe

Mark Douglass

Wayne Anderson, John Burford, Damian Thomson

& Nick Thomson

David Lavithis

Peter Burns

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Ladies Golf

Since the last Newsletter, we have had a very busy and enjoyable

couple of months of golf.

President v Captain Stableford was played on Thursday 5th April.

59 women competed, with the Captain’s team winning for the 3rd

year in a row. Scores were average 28.2 stableford for the

President and 29 points for the Captain’s team. It was a fun day

with everyone getting into the spirit of the challenge.

Our Golden Putter on 19th of April was a very successful event. It was the

biggest field that we have had in the past few years. 110 women playing 4BBB

Par on a beautiful day. The Clubhouse was full afterwards with everyone

having lunch and drinks. Winners on the day were Robyn Watts and Sharon

Wynne with 7up on a c/b from Colleen Dix and Leanne Taylor. Our new

sponsor Rod Shurdington, Financial Planning was represented by Clair, who

presented the trophies. As well as the Golden Putters, the winners also

received $100 vouchers to be spent at a Murray River course. Donated by

our chef, Chris Seers.

Medal winners in April and May have been Julie Wirth with an excellent score

of 75-9-66. The May Medal was won by Melika Toy with an excellent score

of 91-22-69, and Gail Jenner was the winner of the Saturday Medal with a

score of 103-30-73. Melika and Gail were first time Medal winners.

The Championships were played in cool and windy weather conditions, but we were very fortunate to

complete the 4 rounds without getting wet. We had 54 entries- A grade - 12, B grade – 27 and C grade -

15. Players who could not play in all four rounds played in the Daily Competitions.

Championship winners were Jenny McRae, A Grade and Club Champion for the 20th time, A Grade

handicap - Julie Obst, B Grade - Peg Muszkieta, Handicap - Joy Tonkin, C Grade - Wendy Rule and

Handicap - Shirley Quick. The Puss Smith trophy was won by Joy Tonkin.

Congratulations to all the winners and all those who

played in the competition! A huge thankyou to Latus

Jewellers for your continued sponsorship of the

Championships. It is very much appreciated.

Sharon Wynne & Robyn Watts

Joy Tonkin, Julie Obst & Shirley Quick

Peg Muszkieta

Jenny McRae

Joy Tonkin

Wendy Rule

Winners – Kerri Harvey, Captain Helen

Burke, Lorraine Mitchell & Lil Mayer

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The helloworld Travel Classic was competed for last Thursday, 31st of May.

We had a fantastic field of 112 entries, with the winners Kerrin Smith and

Barb Uebergang +10, and runners-up Marge Rich and Donna O’Connor

with +8. Also, a hole-in one by Annabelle Plowright on the 15th, and an

eagle on the 12th by Sally Hood! Fantastic girls and great scores everyone!

This is the biggest field for one of our open days for quite a while. Thanks

to Chris Buwalda, the winners will enjoy a trip for 2 to Tasmania. Chris

Seers Catering provided some vouchers for the runners-up. Thanks also for

your support Chris.

The entries for our women’s club competitions and open days are increasing

continually. In April and May, apart from our recent open days with entries

of 110 and 112, we have averaged almost 60 players in all events. This is

due in no small part to the commitment to provide a varied and interesting

fixture. Also, having everyone in the Clubhouse after golf to enjoy a coffee and/or a meal, followed by

presentation of the results makes for a great day of golf with friends. Raffles conducted have raised over

$6 000 in the last 7 months. Thankyou everyone!

Happy golfing,

President Julie Neumann & Captain Helen Burke

Photo Gallery

Louise Cameron, Lil Dwyer,

Michelle Blain and Frances Dalton,

Colleen Dix & Leanne Taylor

Championship Trophy table

Barb Uebergang, Chris

Buwalda & Kerrin Smith

15th hole Annabelle Plowright

Sally Hood & Annabelle Plowright

Donna O’Connor & Marge Rich

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Autumn Tournament report

The Autumn Tournament was held over the three days starting on

Friday 13th April.

The Friday event was a 4BBB Par event with Golden Putters as the

prize. This was won by John and Brad Gillin with a very good score

of 11 up. It was terrific to see John travel up from Warrnambool and

win the event with his grandson Brad. A great thrill for them both.

The ladies played 4BBB Par with the winners being Marg Moore and

Pauline Salter with 9 up.

The Saturday event was a four person Texas Stableford, the winners

being Iain McNee, Mark Douglas, Ron Dodds and David Rule with an

aggregate score of 117 points. The Ladies winners were Frances

Dalton, Lil Dwyer, Michelle Blain and Louise Cameron from Port

Fairy with 124 points (14 points clear of 2nd!).

Sunday was a 4 person

Ambrose, the winners being Graeme Puckle, David Gebert,

Scott Grover and Pat Dunn with a net score of 56. The Ladies

winners were Frances Dalton, Lil Dwyer, Michelle Blain and

Louise Cameron from Port Fairy with 59 3/8. The Port Fairy

ladies loved our course and the weather conditions! (Ladies

pictured above in the photo gallery).

Thank you to Betta Home Living for the trophies for 1st place

on Sunday.

Welcome to new members to Horsham Golf Club

Full Members - Barry Cross & Jamie Nield

2 Day Members - Selwyn Ellis, Jeffrey Tracey & Jennifer Noonan

U 21 - Baillie Batchelor

Country Members - William (Bill) Hayes, Hugo Papst, Greg Earle, Stephen Johnston & Richard

Hacknell

Functions

We have been busy in the Bar with both functions and golfers. Fortunately, Olivia and Ellena have been

able to help out during their holidays from their studies, as both Shonie and Amy are on leave - Shonie is

in Queensland enjoying the warm weather, and Amy is exploring Europe.

The annual visit from the Southern Cross golfers from South Australia and Victoria will take place again

over the long weekend - we hope they enjoy their weekend of golf with us.

New manager Paul will be coming out to our next member’s carvery night, which is Friday the 15th June.

Amy & Hayley

Functions

John Gillin & Bradley Gillin

David Gebert, Scott Grover,

Graeme Puckle & Pat Dunn

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Catering

There is a chance to win tickets to Etihad Stadium to watch Western bulldogs VS North Melbourne. Raffle

tickets available from Monday 4th June and winners announced on June 15th carvery night. $5 per ticket

with the game on Saturday 23rd June.

The Carvery will be roast and dessert for $25 and also have pot and Parma for $25

Chris Seers Catering

Course Development Committee

Normal day to day activities on maintaining the golf course have continued. The course has remained in

great condition thanks very much to the efforts of Superintendent Rod, Ayden and Nick. There has been

minor renovations done to the greens following the Championships, mainly in the form of aeration using

solid tines. The holes created should disappear within 5 days or so.

The volunteer work continued in the period leading up to the Autumn Tournament but it has been difficult

to continue this given this event was followed by the ladies and men’s club championships and the

helloworld event. The volunteer program will continue and, while being focused on Thursday mornings,

this doesn’t have to be the case for everyone. Rod would welcome anyone available to help at any time as

there is always work to be done. Rob Pizzoni has started tackling the annoying rabbit problem again but

Rob also really needs help to cover the large area involved. Anyone who can assist Rob with this activity

as well would also be greatly appreciated. Anyone who has time and can help out at any time should

contact Rod Gillin.

A considerable effort has been put into developing a machinery and equipment register that can used and

regularly updated to plan for equipment replacements, particularly planning for the funding of these. A

10-year forward look equipment replacement plan has been prepared, but replacements are still subject to

available funding. In general, the equipment is performing well but as items age, they will require ever

increasing annual maintenance and repair. The bunker raker is an example which was taken out of service

for a couple of weeks for repairs.

Finally, foot prints in the bunkers and damage to the bunker faces remain an ongoing problem. I received

a report from one of the Saturday morning golfers that some bunkers on that morning were a disgrace.

This is not good news and the messages we have been trying to convey to members about raking up the

bunkers and not entering and leaving the bunkers at the low points are obviously not working for some

members. It is incumbent on all members to watch out for this and advise/help playing partners look after

the bunkers correctly. I would like to add that, at the Junior Championships at Nhill recently, a junior

competitor advised an adult of the correct procedure of entering and leaving the bunkers. How refreshing

is that!

Peter Jackson

Chairman, Course Development Committee

Monday Social Ladies

Monday golf continues on. Always available for anyone wanting a 9 hole hit, while at the same time, new

ladies learn the many aspects of the game including etiquette, while improving their skills.

Just when we wonder, ‘where is ???’ ‘she’ turns up! It is especially pleasing to see Tuesday/Thursday fields

continually bolstered with ladies who began, or mostly play on Mondays. Recent Championship results

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say it all - Peg and Wendy (B and C winners) and Joy and Shirley (B and C nett winners). It was also great

to see the number of ladies having a go at stroke during the Championships. Congratulations also to Barb

Uebergang and Kerrin Smith on their helloworld win.

From June to the end of August, Monday golf begins from 9.00 am and clinics will be planned once Paul

Riley (Manager/Pro) arrives at the Club. June is our Back 9 month and Stableford is mostly offered.

If you know of any potential lady players now is the time to encourage them to come and join us.

Julie Obst

Early Bird Report

No Report – Russell has been too busy holidaying!!!

Hole-In-One Competition – New competition started

Any member (male and female) of our club can join the Hole-In-One Club by contributing $50 payable at

the bar; (money to be accompanied by an entry form which provides basic players details).

The money collected sits there until early November. At this point 50% of the fees are allocated evenly

between those lucky enough to have had a hole in one during the year in an official event at HGC. If 100

players entered at $50 each then the pool of $5000 x 50% ($2500) would be distributed to those achieving

a hole in one. If only 1 player had a hole in one they would get the $2500. If 10 players had a hole in one

then each would get $250.

The remaining 50% is distributed amongst the other players via a shoot off from 100, 125 and 150 metres

distance from the 18th or 9th hole prior to Sunday Brunch. Any hole in one on the shootout is regarded as

occurring after the main competition has closed and would only be paid out as nearest the pin on that day.

On the shootout day each club member will have 3 shots from each distance and the winner for each grade

will receive 1/2 of the 50% pool. Grades are handicapped based and will include male and female players

within that handicap bracket. If a player cannot participate in the shootout they can nominate a proxy who

has a handicap within one shot of their own.

If no-one was lucky enough to get a hole in one during the year 50% of the pool will be distributed via the

shoot off and the 50% is put on the bar for food and drinks instead of players paying for the whole luncheon.

A bit of fun for all. Have a crack and support your club.

Junior Golf

Wanted a Junior Golf Coordinator.

Bec McIntyre has resigned from this position. If you are interested in helping out, please let Peter or Helen

know and they can point you in the right direction.

Golf Shop News

It has been fairly busy in the Proshop at the moment

with the move to within the clubhouse, so will touch

on a few key points that are of interest.

- Obviously shop location has changed

- New Footjoy range has just arrived (apparel,

shoes)

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- New Taylormade m3, m4 gear is available to demo (woods only)

- New Callaway Rogue gear is available to demo

- Expecting Under Armour items to arrive in July

- Still trying to clear old stock, so we are open to offers on certain items

Jenny McRae, Lewis Gebert & Jordy Briggs

Membership discussion paper link:

http://www.horshamgolfclub.com/images/HGC_Membership_proposal_1805.pdf

From Simon Magdulski

Director – Rules & Handicapping, Golf Australia

The R&A and the United States Golf Association have announced the finalised

changes to the Rules of Golf.

The new rules come into effect on January 1, 2019.

For details of the announcement on the 2019 Rules please go to the following page of the

Golf Australia website – www.golf.org.au/final2019rules

Players and officials are reminded that the current edition of the Rules of Golf (2016) must be applied when

playing or competing for the remainder of 2018.

Have you liked Horsham Golf Club on Facebook yet?

The official site has the picture on the left as the Horsham Golf Club

Have you changed your contact details lately?

Contact Admin in person, by phone 5382 1652 or

Email – admin@horshamgolfclub.com.

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