Next Game Mareeba GC 20th September

Veteran Golfers

Next Tuesday 20th September, Mareeba Golf Club are hosting us. Mareeba, I expect will have a lot of run on the fairways and fast greens. Mareeba Golf Club always present us with a very well prepared course.

The event is a Single Stableford and is sponsored by TGT Hardware, Mareeba. They have been long time supporters of Veteran Golfers and I thank them for the continued support.

Next Monday at about 1:00pm Golflink will close down until about 4:00pm on Wednesday 21/9, this is to make changes to the handicapping system. So if you go online to check your handicap do it before 1:00pm Monday 19/9. It also means we will not be able to process Tuesday's event until after 4:00pm on Wednesday, which will probably mean we don't do it until Thursday morning.

Certainly you need to look at your handicap after  Wednesday  as the new calculation system will change most handicaps.

This is what is happening

Details of the Four Priority Changes

The following Four Priority Changes to the GA Handicap System will come into effect on

Wednesday 21 September:

1. Alter ‘Best 10 of 20’ to ‘Best 8 of 20’.

2. Change the Multiplier from 0.96 to 0.93.

3. Introduce an Anchor which will prevent a player’s handicap from increasing any

more than 4 strokes beyond their best exact handicap from the previous 12-month

rolling period.

4. GOLF Link will cap the score that goes into a player’s handicap record at no more

than the following amount over the course rating:

· 50-women

· 40-men

It is getting to the latter part of the year, which means we are preparing our 2012 Program as well as getting ready for the AGM etc. If you are interested in becoming part of the committee, please make it known to us, you probably have an idea of what it entails, but let me tell you it is the best environment I have worked in a committee. The members are all appreciative of the efforts and I find it very rewarding. There will probably be three positions vacant this year.

When making up the Program, it also means filling spots for sponsors, if you know of any company or person who is willing to sponsor an event or more during the year, please talk to me about it. It is always good to have sponsors who are local to the area we play. A good example of this is Mareeba, the majority of sponsors there are local sponsors.

The next games after Mareeba are Tuesday 27th September is Gordonvale Golf Club, Single Stableford, then  Tuesday 4th October is Half Moon Bay Golf Club, Single Stableford.

Hope to see you at these games

Regards

Ross