March 2022 Web Notes
Condolences were extended to the family and friends of members Aggie O’Brien and Leonard Kelly.
An email was received asking if the Club would be in a position to raise some money to donate to the Red Cross in support of Ukraine. The matter was also raised at the recent CoM meeting and a raffle is being organised.
Golf Ireland’s A.G.M. is on Saturday, 26th March and will be attended by Lady Captain.
It is suggested that the Course Report message be updated after a closure to say it is open but not to put a date on it.
Facebook sent out invitations to non-members to join the Members Facebook page without any knowledge of the admins looking after the page. Once a person accepted the invitation they were given access to the page by Facebook without being approved by the admins of the page. The CoM felt that the page is not being used very much now and will fade out.
On advice from Golf Ireland, the CoM has decided to examine the processes and systems of how the Club is run to ensure that the proper controls and practices are in place. The CoM has set up a Governance subcommittee to deal with this. The Terms of Reference for the subcommittee have been approved by the CoM and are now being brought to the Ladies Committee and Men’s Committee along with the Trustees for approval. All present approved the Terms of Reference and acknowledged that there is a lot of work to be done.
The number of counting weeks for the Weekend League will be reduced due to the number of cancelled weeks while the money from the 9-hole league is down, due to lost days because of the bad weather.
Louise D’Arcy will run some putting and bunker clinics soon. Louise sponsors the PGA Tankard and would like the ladies committee to promote this. Louise benefitted from the PGA during her training and would like to support them now. The winner of the ladies and men’s competitions will go with Louise to the regional final.
There are 30 new juniors and 23 of them will attend an induction day at the club on Sunday, 20th March. Ian Cuddihy will give a talk to small groups in the pool room while there will be different sections out on the practice area – putting, short chips and long chips. The Junior Captains will also help out on the day showing the new juniors around the clubhouse. There are now 130 junior members with 15 on the waiting list.
From next year onwards International Ladies Day will be a permanent item on the calendar.
An email was sent to members re this year’s Get into Golf. It will be a much shorter course than previous years. Once the ladies complete an eight week course they will have to choose to become a member at that stage.
The pathway from the 16th green to the 17th tee box will be re-aligned soon. There are new tee box signs around the course.
A notice will be put in the locker room to see if any ladies will help sponsor Sunday competitions.
The Spring League Presentations will be on Wednesday, 6th April and the Paint your own Pottery night will be the following Wednesday, 13th April.
A discussion was held on Slow Play. The R&A has a video with some great tips. Players have to be reminded that they must call a group through if they are holding them up.