Oatlands Enews – Friday 28th April 2023

Published on 28th April 2023 in E-News, Guests

Content

This week’s Enews covers the following topics:

  • General Meeting, Wednesday 3rd May 2023 – Summary of Important Information Regarding Attendance and Voting
  • From the Course
  • Mothers Day High Tea – Sunday 14th May – Menu
  • Minors (under 18yrs) in the Clubhouse
  • MiScore Dual Signature Submission
  • Callaway Fitting Day – Tuesday 30th May – Limited Space Available
  • Recent Trophy Event Winners
  • Upcoming Trophy Events
  • Members Only Facebook Group

General Meeting, Wednesday 3rd May 2023

Summary of Important Information Regarding Attendance and Voting

The following is a summary of the important points relating to the upcoming General Meeting on Wednesday 3rd May with regard to Attendance and Voting:

  • Members must be present at the meeting (in-person or online) in order to vote
  • Voting will be opened and completed during the meeting
  • Attendance at the meeting requires registration
  • To help ensure efficient administration of the meeting, please ensure that you register in advance, preferably by 5pm on Tuesday 2nd May. This is particularly important for members attending online.
  • Once registered, you will be sent the Vero Meeting Platform details.
  • The Vero Meeting Platform will include the Zoom Meeting details for those attending online – These Zoom Meeting details will not become active until the day of the meeting.
  • The Vero Meeting Platform will include the Voting Portal for all members attending online and in-person.
  • Voting will open during the meeting to those in attendance (in-person or online) only.
  • For those attending in-person, Kiosk terminals will be available if members are unable to access the Voting Portal via their own devices (smart phone or tablet).

A copy of the Notice of Meeting and Explanatory Memorandum is available by clicking here.

Click here to register for the General Meeting of Oatlands Golf Club Ltd – Wednesday 3rd May 2023

For questions relating to the General Meeting, Notice of Meeting, or Explanatory Memorandum, please contact the Club’s General Manager, Sam Howe at gm@oatlandsgolf.com.au. 

From the Course

Rainfall for the Week: 12.5mm,  Rainfall for 2023: 485.0mm, Dam: 100%   Green Speed: Renovations

Greens are recovering very well from the recent renovations and are ahead of where they would usually be. This means our greens will be back to their true putting surfaces before we know it!

We gave the greens their first cut on Monday morning at 5mm and we would then lower this height of cut by 1mm each week until we are back down to our standard cutting height of 3mm. Because the greens have recovered so well, we have lowered the cutting height to 4mm for the Thursday morning cut and the greens have handled this well. We are still waiting on parts for one of our greens rollers. Once they arrive, we will be able to give the greens a roll to smooth out any irregular areas from the aeration process.

Bunkers on the 5th and 18th have been trimmed this week to give that nice sharp edge appearance to these intimidating bunkers. Sand in these bunkers has also been moved around to provide correct playing conditions.

Winter grass weeds have emerged throughout our collar areas, with the fertiliser applied to greens during the renovations also feeding these weeds. We have modified a spray hawk applicator and sprayed the back 7 collars on Thursday afternoon behind the morning field. Once again, the team must be very cautious with this herbicide application to ensure that this chemical isn’t tracked onto the greens, as our greens are also predominantly winter grass as well. We will get the front 11 collars sprayed on Friday.

All greens received a fungicide application on Thursday morning to ensure these surfaces remain disease free. Root development products were also added to the tank as well as a wetting agent and soil penetrant to assist with moisture management of these surfaces. The wetting agent and soil penetrant drag moisture away from the surface down into the profile to provide firmer putting surfaces. The true test will be over the weekend with predictions of up to 20mm on both days, just what we don’t want with the course starting to dry out nicely from last week’s rainfall. 

Our volunteers were on course Monday morning, with reduced numbers as some required a week off after their extra efforts last week. Fairway sprinkler heads and path edges were trimmed, the fly traps were brought in, and a new set of red tee markers were painted. Thank you gentlemen for your assistance!

Greens will be cut on Saturday and dew will be removed from them on Sunday.

Have a great weekend!

The Course Team

 

Mothers Day High Tea – Sunday 14th May – Menu Available

Mothers Day at OGC will look a little different to previous years with a High Tea style event for members and guests to spoil their Mothers.

Mothers’ Day High Tea Menu

Savoury

  • Moroccan chicken sandwich with roasted capsicum spread
  • Pulled pork slider with ranch apple slaw
  • Sweet potato quiche with goats cheese and onion relish
  • Tiger prawn rice paper roll with soy sauce vermicelli and crunchy salad

Sweets

  • Freshly baked scones with berry jams and vanilla cream
  • Whipped ricotta filled cannoli with blood orange
  • Chocolate salted caramel tart with fresh strawberries and almond praline
  • Valrhona dark chocolate delice
  • Mini macarons

Bookings are available via the Club website. We hope to see as many members as possible celebrating this wonderful occasion at Oatlands GC!

Minors (under 18yrs) in the Clubhouse

Oatlands Golf Club has one of the largest junior programmes in Sydney with over 100 members in our Junior Development Programme and many of these young members have been utilising the Club. This has resulted in feedback and enquiries with regard to the Club’s policy and license requirements around Minors (under 18yrs) accessing the Clubhouse.

The following are the main aspects of the Club policy and license as they relate to clubhouse access by minors:

  • Minors may access the Clubhouse at any time under the direct supervision of an adult
  • Minors may only approach the bar in the direct company of an adult
  • Minors may access the Clubhouse as part of sporting related activities – This means they may sit with their group post golf but may not approach the bar unaccompanied

Members, and in particular, the parents or guardians of Junior and Junior Development members, should be aware of these requirements and ensure that no minors access the clubhouse unsupervised. Members who bring children, who are not members to the Club, must ensure those children are under direct supervision at all times.

Breaching these requirements could result in disciplinary action under the Club’s Constitution.

The Club’s policy and license requirements have been reinforced to clubhouse staff, who have been instructed to actively address any breaches that arise. 

We thank you in advance for your co-operation in ensuring the Club’s compliance with regard to this matter.

 

MiScore Dual Signature Submission

Golf Australia today have advised the removal of COVID19 Rules to conclude by the end of April 2023. This will affect OGC’s current self-score submission method.

To comply with these requirements, the MiScore App will be amended to have the player’s marker record the scores and submit at the conclusion of each round. This will include capturing both player and markers signatures prior to score submission.

Once implemented, for a pairing whom both players score via the app, they will record each other’s score, sign and submit.

In the circumstance of a pairing whereby only one player is using the app, the app user will need to source a physical scorecard to provide to their marker. 

MiClub will action this change to the MiScore App between 24th and 28th April, which will be applied in an update to the system during the evening so it doesn’t affect daily competitions. This will ensure the deadline of 1 May 2023 is achieved, as per notice from Golf Australia.

Callaway Fitting Day – Tuesday 30th May – Limited Space Available

The Club will be hosting a CALLAWAY Fitting Day on Tuesday 30th May 2023, with spaces limited to just 5 fitting sessions between 9am and 1pm.

  • Driver or Fairway Wood – 30 Minutes
  • Iron Fitting – 45 Minutes
  • Full Set Fitting – 1 Hour

Bookings for the CALLAWAY Fitting Day are available via the Club website or by contacting the Pro Shop.

Recent Trophy Event Winners

There were no trophy events decided in the last week.

We wish all competitors in the Semi-Finals of the NB Charlton 4Ball Knockout on Saturday 29th April, and Semi-Finals of the inaugural Ladies Weekend Handicap Matchplay Cup on Sunday 30th April, the best of luck for their upcoming matches!

Upcoming Trophy Events

Men’s

  • Saturday 29th April – NB Charlton Semi Finals
  • Saturday 6th May – NB Charlton Final
  • Wednesday 10th May – Midweek Club Championship Rnd 1
  • Saturday 13th May – Club Medal
  • Wednesday 17th May – Midweek Club Championship Rnd 2
  • Saturday 20th May – Mens Foursomes Championships 36 holes
  • Saturday 27th May – Doug Spurway Memorial Trophy

Ladies

  • Sunday 30th April – Ladies Singles Handicap Matchplay Cup Semi-Finals
  • Thursday 4th May – Club Medal
  • Sunday 7th May – Ladies Singles Handicap Matchplay Cup Final
  • Thursday 11th May – Barbara Koch Charity Day
  • Thursday 18th May – Ladies Foursomes Championships Rnd 1
  • Thursday 25th May – Ladies Foursomes Championships Rnd 2
  • Monday 29th May – Dorothy Besemer’s Trophy

Members Only Facebook Group

The engagement among the membership on our Members Only Facebook group has continued to grow in recent months with posts from members and staff happening daily. 

So if you aren’t already part of our Members Only Facebook Group, join up now and join in the fun banter.

We now have over 370 members who have joined the group and hope to see this get closer to 700 in the next 12-months.

Importantly, members are advised that this social media platform will not be used for the Club to communicate critical information, that will remain via the Enews, website and direct email however, it is a place that members and the Club can post interesting Club and golf related items to compliment this Enews.

To join the Members Only Facebook Group please click on the link below and then click on the “JOIN GROUP” button. You will be asked a few questions to verify you are a member and then approved by the group administrator shortly thereafter.

www.facebook.com/groups/870087546972166/

 

 

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