The new season is almost upon us, so I thought I would give you a reminder of what's on offer.....some of which is not mentioned in my Newsletter.
Ladies Competitions - Wednesdays and Saturdays
We now have competitions on Wednesdays and Saturdays which are bookable 16 days in advance and will be played on the opposite course to the gents medal. These competitions are for Ladies only and time zones have been set aside for us as follows on both days*:
8.30am-10.40am (split 8.30am-9.10am and 9.20am-10.40am)
12.30pm-1.20pm
5.30pm-5.50pm
(*unless there is an event which has been agreed last year, which will be honoured by the Club)
Please note that after the competition window has closed (9 days before play at 10.00am), unused tee times will be released.
Ladies Information Sheet and Terms of Competition can be found online by clicking on "Information" then "Club Information Sheets" and a hard copy is also in The Bible in the Ladies Locker Room.
Friendly Matches
There are 16 friendly matches this year (a mixture of home and away). Marion Kay (Match Secretary) has put up more sign-up sheets, so please put your name up. It is a great opportunity to represent your club in a fun format and to meet new friends. (also open to Lansdowne Associate members)
Birdie Tree
When a player has a Gross Birdie (or better) during any SGL medal, Stroke play or Stableford competition, she can put her name on a flag and pin it on the first ‘nest’ on the Birdie Tree in the upstairs Ladies Locker Room. When she has another Birdie, she progresses up to the next ‘nest’ and so on. There is a Robin trophy for the player with the most Birdies in Division 1 and a Pheasant Trophy for the player with most Birdies in Divisions 2 & 3 combined. The office will provide birdie reports for each competition as a means of verification.
Par Bar
Similarly, Gross Pars may be recorded by entering the details (name, date, hole on which Par was scored) on a card and posting it in the pocket of the Par Bar chart behind the door in the Ladies Locker Room. A trophy will be presented at the end of the season for the player with the most Pars in Divisions 2 & 3 combined (i.e. with an end of season handicap index of 20.5 & above). Again, the office will provide a report for verification purposes.
Summer Ringer
Similar to the Winter Ringer, cards can be submitted for the Summer Ringer for rounds played as part of a competition or during bounce games (up to a maximum of two cards per week) on Lansdowne. The first score recorded must be over 18 holes; thereafter at least 9 holes must be played. Players can improve the score on up to three holes on each card and the score on each hole can be improved only once after submission of the first 18-hole card. The Hilda Hendry Memorial Trophy is awarded to the player with the lowest final score less half her handicap index as at 30th September.
Summer Eclectic
The Eclectic runs on all Strokeplay and Stableford competitions on Rosemount over the summer. This is administered by the office and updates will appear on Intelligentgolf.
Competitions - signup / general info
There is an entry fee of £1 payable prior to every full section competition (50p for all Wee Course competitions). In addition, all ladies wishing to enter the full section competition will have the chance to enter an optional sweepstake and an optional twos which will cost £1 and 50p respectively per competition.
On a medal day, all ladies should check in at the PSI system in the Foyer OR use their Smartphone app to check in before play. At this point the compulsory entry fee of £1 (50p for Wee Course competitions) will be taken and all full section competition ladies will then have the option of entering the sweep/twos competition.
Sweep money won will be returned to the members Clubhouse (bar) account and twos money won will be put on to the members Pro Shop account. Please note failure to check in before play will mean that the player will be unable to enter their scorecard after their round.
Full details of all Summer competitions are available in the Ladies Competition Bible in the upstairs locker room.
I wish you all an enjoyable and successful golfing season !
