June 2021 Web Notes
Condolences were extended to the family and friends of Mary Kennedy and Gaye McGettigan on their recent deaths.
Draws took place to determine the entrants for this year’s Australian Spoons and 9-hole Mixed competition. Five pairs entered the Australian Spoons draw and only two pairs entered the 9-hole draw.
Golf Ireland directed that the Ladies Committee decide on the entrants for the Silver and Bronze Medal competitions. The choice is to send 2019 winners or run Medal competitions in June & July and pick from these competitions. All agreed to send 2019 winners.
The Valerie Doyle competition takes place on the first day of the Lady Captain’s competition. As a result Wicklow GC will not enter the competition this year.
We will not enter the Granard Cup this year. The minimum entry fee for the club is €150 and it is unlikely that we would have enough entrants to cover the cost.
Timesheets are now open from 7am daily. Lady Captain asked for some of the new picnic benches to be moved away from the 5th tee boxes.
We will continue to use category draws for our major competitions as it worked well in the President’s Prize to Ladies. The entries will be divided into categories with a low, medium and high handicap player on each line.
The lady card checkers would prefer that the computer terminal continues to be used only by them due to COVID even though the men are allowing all men and juniors to use their terminal. The card checkers will continue to enter the scores for those ladies who don’t have/are unable to use the app. The average number of ladies playing in the weekend competition has risen to around 30 ladies.
Weekly competitions continue with a 9-hole competition on Mondays for SIG ladies, an 18-hole Open competition on Tuesdays, our usual 18-hole competition on Wednesdays as well as a 9-hole competition for SIG ladies and those who are unable to play 18-holes on the day. We also have our 18-hole weekend competition run over Saturday and Sunday.
The Junior section is now very busy. Lessons are continuing for 73 juniors with fortnightly lessons for each junior. Parents are helping out with each group.
The recent Little and Large competition was a great success with 44 juniors taking part. €84 was taken in on green fees for parents playing with their child. It was a great showcase for the course.
The Junior Captains drive-in took place on the same day as the Little and Large competition and was attended by the Ladies and Men’s Presidents and Captains.
There are 116 junior members presently with 3 more waiting for approval. 30 junior members are new this year.
Ilona Madden is working on setting up a schedule of sponsors for the social media pages. Ciaran Doyle has done up a spreadsheet with both men’s and ladies sponsors and this will be put up on the website.
Lady Captain said that kitchen will remain open on Wednesdays until 4pm. Ladies playing late in the afternoon can phone in an order and there are signs on the course to remind people to do this. There is not enough business in the later afternoon to keep the chef on any longer.