Friday 2nd February 2024
There's a change to the February program the 2 from 3 Stableford has been changed to a Individual Stableford Qualifier.
Committee Meeting 2nd Feb 2024
Unofficial Report
Present
Mark Cording - Chairman
Andy Rowland & Keith Hunt – Captain & Vice
David Asquith; Barrie Heath; James Siabi; John Pearce;
Chris Gingell; D Mugridge
Apol :- John Wandless; Ian Thomas; Frank Martin
Late :- Keith Branchflower – sitting in wrong Bar
1.
How are we doing ?
a.
Attendance at Roll Up
i.
Big Turn out of late, exceeding Tee
Times
ii.
Ask for more slots during spring
iii.
Book extra on Scramble Days
b.
DQ
i.
Recent DQ explained – more info
available especially on duplicate card. Good discussions took place at the time
– but be warned, cards must be filled out correctly.
c.
Play from 6th Tee
i.
Captain summonsed to Pro Shop ( as
expected) We are only authorized to start on 16th in Winter and this
privilege can be easily lost if abused.
d.
Coffee & tea in Morning
i.
Seems to be working OK, Capt to show
Machine used at Lyme to Owners- but difficult to envisage any changes
2.
What is Planned
a.
Very Busy Calendar – Fixture Card
will be out soon and a Blog Page will be created.
b.
Challenge Cup Dates
i.
Oake Manor Monday 15th
April
ii.
Stover Thurs 16th
May
iii.
Lyme Tues 11th
June
iv.
Final 4th July ( see
below)
c.
Captains Away Day - Isle of Wedmore Golf
Club Wed 3rd July
i.
33 Booked – room for more – see NB
d.
Unfortunate clashes on following Day –
July 4th
i.
Avalon League Match –
Mendip Springs
ii.
Challenge Cup Final at St
Pierre
e.
Friendly Match Captains
i.
All Match Captains confirmed.
ii.
Barrie Heath offered to cover Brean Match
iii.
Home Meals £17
f.
Avalon/ Knighton/Somerset Bowl
i.
Dave Mugridge/ Mark Cording organizing
g. CST Open Week – 15th to 21`th July-, Zero Roll-Ups
i.
All Details on Club Website
Monday Ladies
Wednesday Seniors
Friday Everyone, S/M/L/J
Sunday Mixed Pairs
See Captain's Charity Day Page
ii.
Seniors Open is Wed 17th,
8 Man Team
1.
4 Pairs in 4BBB, Max Playing H/C 28
2.
£120 Team Entry
First 8 from Dainton Park already Signed Up.
3. Rafflea.
Quite a task for Capt & Vice
b.
Feelers out for Volunteer to run (
Jim ?)
c.
Seems to work fine at moment
i.
Contributes around £100 per Month to
Charity
ii.
5 Prizes this Month ( thanks Jim)
iii.
Consider Card Reader to enable
payment by Card or phone – with monies going direct to Treasurer.
1.
1.75% Charge – but many don’t have
cash
2.
David Asquith expert and will present
options
4.
Future Roll-Up Games
a.
Raised by David Asquith.
b.
Proposed survey of all members to see
which are the preferred formats and match these onto Schedule.
i.
Suggested that many
Seniors do not know what format we are playing when they arrive at
Clubhouse.
ii.
Vice suggested that most
don’t know the format when they leave the Clubhouse.
5.
AOB
a.
J. Wandless unable to attend, but
informed Captain that he and Paul Manley had carried out a full review and concluded
that no adjustments to Handicaps required.
i.
A caveat was that a new WHS Handicap
system is impending, and this would make significant changes.
ii.
Qualifiers
1.
Captain said we had a fully measured
Blue Course that can be used in Winter, and we would endeavor to plan this format
when weather permitted,
2.
David Asquith said there was an
excellent 3-page precis of the WHS in the England Golf Website.
b.
Several Members asked that the Blog
Committee Page be tidied up.
Meeting Ended
at 15:30 and Captain thanked all members for their valuable input. Vice-Captain
was busy writing everything in his Scouting for Boys Annual, which did a marvelous
job of keeping him fairly subdued.
These are informal notes, taken by a Member
and you are requested to await the Official Minutes before entering into
meaningful dialog.
Latest Cliff Fall on Bridport Golf Course...
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| CCTV geo-locates cause of landslip |
Wednesday 31st January 2024
Following JKP search for a Card Table..one Member phoned up to say "How many do you want"
Hi John
golfer6276@gmail.com
Or on Whatsapp group
" Andy did confide in us at Roll-Up that he was upgrading to one twice the size to convert to a Trophy House."
Monday 29th January
Abandoned - no play before 11:30 due to Fog
Friday 26th January 2024
From Monday we will be back on club winter rules Pick Clean & Place on fairways only
Wednesday 24th January 2024
Wow- that was a busy one as 47 Players rolled-Up. including some newer ones, or returnees.
Paul England was in the building....after wintering in Lopen and building a scale model of the Eiffel tower in his garden over the winter.
Tons of low handicappers on display, including 5-Handicapper Kevin Barry, with Ian H, Danny, Dave etc and appearances by Wayne Salter, Steve Sutcliffe, Charles Summers etc
Bert Robinson was out with Mick Aldridge. Bert had a lovely Christmas, travelling to Manchester to Family and ended up spending 29 Days in Manchester Hospital full of tubes & biotic things.
Bit of a slow getaway on 1st - but well done for ansence of grumpiness.
Tough game today with 6 drives each - so no spares.
I was left with drives on 17 & 18, but managed to cock them up twice, Luckily Muggo & Bob the Builder were able to recover and hit the greens from just about anywhere I put them.
Idea of the game - keep Bogies off of your card....just one Team managed that - Danny /Mark & James who started 3,3,3 and were out in 32 - already 3 shots ahead of the nearest team. Unfortunately with only 6 stroke handicap - and others receiving up to 17 - it was always going to be tough for them to win.
15th was toughest Hole.
67 Bogies in total with course playing the best it has for a while as it stayed dry and warm.
,,think what it would have been like without a buggy-ban....
Monday 22nd January 2024
We had been underway for an hour, when the skies darkened as per the picture - and Niagara Falls was re-created atop Windwhistle Hill and several greens disappeared underwater completely.
This all took just 17 Minutes as rainfall of Biblical Proportions sucked in a bitter wind and we lost about 5 Players.
For the next hour then Greens were crazy, but typical CST - The sun re-appeared, the water left us and all was forgiven.
Thanks to Keith and Mike for the Pictures.
Friday 19th January 2024
Early Birds set the pace in glorious Sunshine.
Captain's Away Day at the beautiful Isle of Wedmore Golf Club
Wed 3rd July
Just 40 Miles North of here, near Glastonbury
Wednesday 17th January 2024
15 Already, just need a handful more to make if viable
Sidmouth, Lyme & Cricket do battle on the Sunshine in first competitive event of 2024
..Captain Andy reports, 80% of players score under 35 and 45% were in the twenties...
The first match in the Tri-Match series was played away at Lyme Regis. The weather was sunny and warm (I know who would have thought it) The course was in good condition for the time of year with all greens open. Star of the day for Cricket was Mark Cording who returned 41 points. However a member of Sidmouth had a hole in one!! apparently it hit some hoops and was diverted in. Who cares?
Scores are on the table below.
Thank you to the seniors that played.
Next round is at home on February 06th team sheet on the notice board.
Andy
Monday 15th January 2024
