August 2022 Web Notes
Condolences were extended to the family and friends of Tom D’Arcy (Louise’s father) and Molly Smullen (Pat Smullen’s mother) on their recent deaths.
Boys and even some men are going into the Ladies locker room to get balls which is inappropriate. The matter will be raised with the Junior committee.
An email was received from one lady who expressed her disappointment that there was a qualifying competition for the Ballycurry Cup as she was unable to play on the designated date. She also stated that matchplay and stableford competitions are two very different forms of golf. All agreed that the qualifier which had been agreed on at both the May and June meetings and would go ahead this year with 16 players qualifying for matchplay. In pre-Covid years the committee had to canvass ladies to play with 8 entries in 2019, 11 in 2018, 14 in 2017 and 11 in 2016 The committee was aware that the date would not suit everybody. As agreed at the previous meetings this will be reviewed before next year.
An email was received from Golf Ireland about inter-club eligibility for 2023. In order to be eligible to compete for their club, members must have a fully developed handicap record - 20 or more scores recorded on their record prior to the end of 2022.
Information was received on the Past Lady Captains outing this year. A notice will be put on the board and send out an email to all. Unfortunately this clashes with our Visiting Captain’s Day on Friday, 16th September.
Any unused Wednesday competition times are released at 12noon each Wednesday. There seems to be a sense of entitlement that a men’s match has precedence on the course on Wednesdays over the ladies competition with men’s fourball matches holding up ladies and not letting them through.
The end of season Little and Large competition takes place on Saturday, 27th August and they are expecting a large entry with 18-hole, 9-hole and 4-hole players.
A question was asked what happens if a ball lands in any of the new flower beds, is there a free drop out of them as they could be damaged if someone played from there? There generally isn’t a free drop out of them unless a local rule is made or the flower beds are marked as G.U.R.
Hand dryers for the ladies locker room and toilets were approved and will hopefully be purchased soon. .
The Governance sub-committee asked for the Ladies Committee’s input on the Dress Code policy. Dress codes are becoming much more relaxed over the last number of years with professional players now wearing hoodies, turtlenecks instead of the traditional collar, ladies wearing very short skirts/skorts and very fitted trousers that look like leggings. A discussion was held with many holding the view that leggings are not suitable whether they are worn by girls or ladies. There needs to be different dress codes for the course and clubhouse as sports jerseys are allowed when in the clubhouse when members/guests are watching rugby/soccer/GAA matches. It suggested that it would be a good idea to get input from the Junior Captains on the matter.