CAPTAIN'S BLOG - NEWS

The course is closed today, Monday and Tuesday due to the ongoing rains. Wednesday and the rest of the week has much more promising weather outlook, so hopefully the course will be open for golf on Wednesday (no carts).
No carts on the course up to and including Friday with a decision to be made this Friday as to when they will be back.

The Club Championship Qualifying rounds have been moved to Saturdays' the 12th of November and the 19th of November.  Once we these completed we can determine the knock out rounds due dates; as you can appreciate planning to far ahead with the current weather patterns is problematic.

Foursomes Championship knock out.  MiClub fixtures has been update with the extensions to the completion of the rounds, again, weather dependant:
Round 1 by Sunday 30th October
Round 2 by Sunday the 6th November
Finals on the 13th November.

Wednesday
4BBB Stableford
With 44 points the winners were David Ferguson and Brian Hanrahan from Adem De Manincor and Ashley Southon with 43 points.
Eagles Nest  6th hole winner was Warren Ryan, NTP 11th hole was Ashley Southon and 14th hole Pro-Pin winner Tony Hobson.
Individual winner was Adem De Manincor with 37 points.  Of note was David Fergusons great round, also with 37 points, playing off plus 1. Countbacks are cruel sometimes.
9 Hole Temporary Cart Course
Warren Ryan won with 20 points and runner up was David Bleakley with 18 points.

Saturday - Single Stableford
With storm fronts to the West and to the East of  Bowral we were able to get through the day in good golfing conditions. The "heavens opened up" just as the last groups were finishing.
Terry Downing won with 40 points and runner up was Peter Chen with 39.
Andrew Bova won the drive and pitch on the 13th hole and Nick Reinhard won there 14th hole Pro-Pin.

Saturday 29th October
This is a single stableford event and we will play the Vicars Shield Trophy - over one round not the normal two due to the congested timetable.
Wednesday 2nd November
3 Ball aggregate team event with single stableford in conjunction.
Saturday 5th November
Redmond Dalton Trophy - Single Stableford
Saturday 12th November and 19th November - Club Championship Qualifying
Plus Lifestyle Cup /Watsons Cup /Country Cup /Bradford Trophy (Junior Trophy) Vets Plate over these two days.

Club House Repairs
The Clubhouse bar/dining areas will be closed from Saturday 29th of October to Monday 7th of November for internal repairs.

Moss Vale GC.
There are a few places left in the Legends Pro Am next Monday at Moss Vale GC. Click here to get the details. 

Dave Burgess

Please Note

The BGC website section in the MEMBERS drop down tab - Information for Members and their Guests has been update in order to ensure the smooth running of competitions and effective communications with the Pro Shop. The changes relate to the bookings for match play rounds, please see below:

STARTING TIMES
Starting times are available on the ClubHouse computers or by contacting the Pro Shop. 
The Pro Shop is responsible for all tee times.
Members wishing to arrange playing times on the day of the competition may contact the Pro Shop. Members may play prior to competition starting times provided the Pro Shop is consulted regarding such bookings. 
For all match play tee times, please contact the Pro Shop to organise a suitable time. Match play tee times on Saturdays are only available after the last competition tee time and will not have right of way through the field.

Regards,

​Dave Burgess

Saturday 22nd and Saturday 29th October

This Saturday (22nd) and the following Saturday (29th) are the qualifying rounds for the Club Championships.  In addition the following trophy events will be played on these two days:

• Lifestyle Cup - Lifestyle members trophy event; handicap stroke
• Country Cup - a new trophy for our Country members; handicap stroke
• Veterans Plate - handicap stroke event for 65 years and over
• Watson Trophy - scratch even; this will be limited to two rounds this year

Carts will be on the course for these Saturdays unless we get significant downpours. We will keep you informed accordingly.

The temporary nine hole course will not be available for these two Saturdays.

Matt and the team are busy with preparing the course for these two rounds with the rough mower out getting to all possible areas.

Recent Results
Wednesday  - Ambrose Competition
As the course recovered from the last drenching it was appropriate to have a "tee it up" Ambrose competition.  A small field of 23 took part with the winners with a nett score of 60.33 were Peter Shortle, David Burgess and Brian Hanrahan.  Runners up with nett 65.5 were Martin Flaxman, Tony Hobson and Neil Landry.  Piero Dal Bianco won the NTP on the 11th hole and David Burgess won a modest Pro-Pin.

Saturday 
Monthly Medal
A tough scoring day for the field of 53, only one nett score at par, great weather for golf, however.  
A Grade - winner Paul Barnes nett 70 with Jimmy Pinkstone runner up nett 71.
B Grade - winner Chris Kunz nett 69 with Gregory Morgan runner up nett 73.
C Grade - winner Peter Chen nett 70 with Christopher Dyer runner up nett 71.

Temporary Nine Hole Course
Warren Ryan won with 18 points on a count back from David Stanley.

NTP 11th hole - Adem De Manicor
Pro-Pin - Jimmy Pinkstone.
Scratch winner - with a great gross score of 74; Jimmy Pinkstone.

Sunday  - White Course Medley Stableford
Winning with 34 points John Buchanan.

Clubhouse Roof Repairs
Last week the repairs started on the clubhouse roof to replace rusted sheeting and broken tiles to arrest the leaks which caused the ceiling damage some months ago.  The building team worked efficiently to remove areas of tiles, instal sarking, replacing sarking boards and refitting the tiles.  Cracked tiles have and are being replaced.  While the recent strong westerly winds have been good for the course, not so great if you are working on a roof.  Once this work is completed the internal repairs will commence.  We will keep you posted on when this work will be done and the potential impact on club opening times. See the photos below, click on them to enlarge for more detail.

See you on the course or at the clubhouse...

​Dave Burgess

The course has had close to 200 mm of rain in the last fortnight. While the recent drainage works is moving water off the course, the volume of rain combined with the lack of sunlight and wind resulted in the course closing last Thursday.

Good news is today the greens mower was out on the course doing its job and a novelty event is programmed for tomorrow Wednesday the 12th.

The October monthly medal is more than likely to proceed this Saturday, however, it's doubtful whether carts will be on the 18 hole course.  Check the MiClub site for details.

Foursomes Championship Rounds - revised dates:
First Round extended to 23rd of October
Semi Finals extended to 30th of October
​Finals extended 6th of October.

"Hat's off" to the four brave souls who competed in last Wednesday's competition; strangely enough they stated it was enjoyable. Note: the Vicars Shield has been postponed.
Paul Barnes won with 31 points and David Bickford was runner up with 27 points.

Saturday 15th October - Monthly Medal
Saturday 22nd - Club Championships Qualifier - Round 1
Saturday 29th - Club Championships Qualifier  - Round 2
Saturday 5th November - Redmond Dalton Trophy - Single Stableford. The family will be playing and presenting the trophy on the day.
​Saturday 12 November - Monthly Medal Remberance Day Shield

Best Regards,

​Dave Burgess