February 2024 Web Notes
Minutes from the January 2024 meeting were approved and signed and all associated actions were discussed and either completed or agreed as ’ in-progress’ with assigned follow up actions.
Vice-Captain Paula has volunteered as the Chair of the House Committee and will be looking at the suggestions raised in the club 2023 AGM and club survey. Paula informed that the spring menu and new initiatives are being discussed and will be communicated to members as soon as known and approved by the Committee of Management. The objective is to have these details available for communication early April 2024.
Captain Valerie is continuing recruiting members as Team Managers. If you are interested in becoming a Team Manager, please contact Valerie.
The committee thanked President Ilona for her work in assisting with the compilation of the WGC Newsletter, which is receiving very positive feedback.
New process of calculating course handicaps is being introduced by Golf Ireland from 1st April 2024. There is an information meeting on 6th March in Bray golf club in relation to this topic and Mary Cahill, our Competition & Handicap Secretary, will be attending and communicating to us all changes / requirements prior to 1st April 2024.
Captain Valerie and Competition & Handicap Secretary Mary have nearly finalised the 2024 competition schedule and will communicate same to WGC Administration to facilitate set up of the BRS.
International Women’s Day competition format and planning for the day and communication of same were discussed at length and agreement made amongst the committee for the distribution of the approved to WGC members and within the wider community. We hope that you will all join in this event and invite your golfing or non-golfing friends to this event. Louise Darcy has agreed to be the main speaker at the event.
The weekday Spring League has not had the usual number of entries and we would appreciate feedback on same. However, the weekend Spring League has more entries than norm. The presentation night for the Spring League is on Wednesday 27th March.
Play in Pink Competition – registration for this event is underway and details will be communicated to members by competition organisers.
The committee discussed the possibility of introducing Handicap Categories for competition prize winners and agreed that during the period from 13th Feb to 4th March all committee members will assist with the collation of information from a number of sources to discuss options, this will include, but is not limited to, WGC men’s section, other local golf club offerings, data from our 2023 competitions. This information will facilitate an informed decision being made for the prize allocation for the 2024 competitions and time to communicate to members prior to our first qualifying competition.
If you wish to sponsor a competition in 2024 or know of a business that may be interested in sponsoring one of our women’s competitions, please contact Clodagh Doyle. A list is displayed in the locker room if you wish to contribute towards sponsorship of a member’s competition.
If any member wishes to communicate with the Golf Committee, please email ladiesgolfwicklow@gmail.com as near as possible to, and by 1700 hrs. on, the Friday prior to the next committee meeting.
Current dates for the 2024 remaining Women’s Golf Committee meetings:
· Monday 4th March
· Tuesday 2nd April
· Tuesday 7th May
· Tuesday 4th June
· Monday 2nd July
· Tuesday 6th August
· Monday 2nd September
· Monday 7th October
· Monday 4th November
Volunteers Neeed:
Golf Ireland
We ask members to start thinking about the possibility for being a volunteer to stand for Golf Ireland so that there Leinster region has a ‘voice’ within this organisation. Nominees and election process will commence towards the end of this year.
Wicklow Golf Club
We still have vacancies on women’s sub- committees and are looking for volunteers for following:
· Rota for prize presentation table
· Prizes
· Sponsorship
· Competition sub-committee
· Food & Beverage
Please support our section by calling Women’s Captain Valerie, who hopes to hear from you soon.