April Newsletter

Newsletter

As we approach the May Bank Holiday Weekend the weather forecast is good, with temperatures just ideal for golf!

There is a varied fixture list for the weekend and week ahead.
Saturday 3rd May Invitation Ladies and Gents Singles Sponsored by 
Liam Brennan.
Sunday 4th May Open Any Combination Fourball Sponsored by Sanrose
Monday 5th May Invitation 4 Person Scramble
Tuesday 6th May Ladies Day Sponsored by Azure
Wednesday 7th May Open Men's Singles
Friday 9th May Italian Themed Night 4 person InvitationTeam Event
Shotgun Start @ 6:00 pm. (€20 p.p.inc. food)
Saturday 10th May Any Combination Fourball
Sunday 11th May Scratch Cups
Tuesday 13th May Open Ladies Day 2 Person Team Sponsored by Flogas Ltd.
Wednesday 14th May Open Men’s Singles
Saturday 17th May Ladies & Gents Singles
Sunday 18th May Any Combination Fourball Sponsored by The Green Restaurant

As always many thanks to our kind sponsors.

Friday 9th May sees a new competition in the fixtures. A 9 hole Shotgun start Invitation Team Event followed by Italian themed food in The Green Restaurant. Meet at 5:30pm for shotgun start at 6:00pm. After golf we can enjoy Italian themed food in The Green Restaurant.
Golf, Food, maybe a beverage in the company of friends…... a good way to end the week or start the weekend!.
Note: Limited number of Teams of 4 on the Front 9. The Back 9 will be available for casual golfers.
Menu
Spaghetti & Meatballs, Penne Carbonara, Vegetable Lasagne, Mini Pizza Caprese Salad, Olive and Feta Cheese Salad
And for dessert everybody’s favourite, Tiramisu.
€20 p.p. For Golf and Food.

Congratulations to John Redmond who had a Hole in One on the 14th on Wednesday 30th April.

Ladies Matchplay sheets are in the Ladies locker room. There are 18-hole Singles, 9 hole Singles or Fourball matchplay.
Please put your name on the sheet before 8 p.m. on Tuesday 6th May.
Draws will be made, and all details will be on the Ladies Notice Board.
Mens Matchplay Draw Sheets are on the Men's Notice Board and the Mixed Matchplay Draw may be viewed on the Notice Board opposite the computer.
All draws may also be viewed on the Clubnet App by clicking on Competition Hub and then on Matchplay.
Please try to play your match within the allotted time frame. Good Luck Everyone.

Our Inter Club Teams started with the Ladies Intermediate Foursomes last Monday versus Rosslare. After a playoff that went down the 20th Rosslare emerged as the winners. Well done to our Team and Team Managers.
Next out is the Gents Jimmy Bruen versus Wexford on Sunday 4th May.
Saturday 10th May Ladies Minor Foursomes versus Rosslare and Sunday 11th sees the Ladies Challenge Team take on Blainroe.
Please support our teams if possible.
Best of Luck to all our Teams and Managers.

Monday 5th May Scramble is a fundraising event for our teams and your support would be greatly appreciated. There will also be tickets on sale for a Raffle with the fantastic first prize of an Electric Trolley and Waterproof Golf Bag, second prize a wedge, third prize a Courtown top. The Raffle will run until the end of the golf Season with all funds going to the Teams Fund. Tickets may be purchased in the Bar, Pro Shop or the office. There can only be one winner of this fabulous prize so you never know “It could be you”!



As you may have noticed the new Trolley Shed is now freshly plastered and the roof is expected to arrive any day. We will keep you informed of the opening date. Our sincere thanks to the many volunteers who have worked tirelessly on this project.

The new feature at the Ladies 6th tee has received numerous compliments and is now ready for planting by some of our green fingered members.

With the longer evenings and fine weather it’s great to see the Academy in full use. When practising please be aware of golfers on the 12th and 13th holes.
Any stray range balls on the 12th or 13th may be hit back to the practice area without penalty as detailed in our last newsletter.

As usual please don’t forget to replace your divots, rake the bunkers and repair pitch marks on the greens.
Some of the fairway distance markers are damaged or broken and it has been decided to remove them. The distance fairway stakes will still be in place.

Unfortunately, the Welcome Evening planned for new and not so new members had to be cancelled, so any members that may have a query about the Clubnet App please contact the office for help. As the App is a constant source of club updates and information we would ask that you keep up to date and check it.

Golf Rule 15.3 a 
Ball or ball-marker helping or interfering with play - Ball helping play If you reasonably believe that a ball on the putting green might help anyone’s play (such as by serving as a possible backstop near the hole), you may mark and lift the ball if it is your own, or if the ball belongs to another player, require the other player to mark and lift the ball. In stroke play only:
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A player who is required to lift a ball may play first instead, and
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If you and another player agree to leave a ball in place to help one of you, and that player then makes a stroke with the helping ball left in place, each player who made the agreement gets the general penalty (two penalty strokes).