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The following Local Rule is in use from Saturday Nov 30th

Areas in bunkers where sand has been removed by the movement of water, resulting in deep furrows through the sand are Ground Under Repair.

Please note that where this condition exists, the bunker itself remains in play but free relief from the affected area may be taken by dropping a ball in the bunker within 1 club length of it, no nearer the hole.

Information is available at the clubhouse and this Local Rule will appear on the scorecard when the next batch of scorecards are printed.

It is always best to agree with your playing partners that your ball is affected by such an area before taking relief.

If you would like to send Christmas Greetings to other ladies in the section, please sign the card in the locker room for a £1 donation to the Lady Captain's Charity. Either place £1 in an envelope with your name and place in the Competition Box or sign the sheet and the £1 will be placed on your fees!

LADIES CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST

SATURDAY 14th DECEMBER - 8.45am

FULL ENGLISH + TEA/ COFFEE & ORANGE JUICE

SCRAMBLED EGGS AND BACON + TEA/COFFEE & ORANGE JUICE

Sign Up Sheet for the breakfast will be in the locker room in the next two days

FOLLOWED BY GOLF -  FIRST TEE 10.06am -book in on HDID as normal

CHRISTMAS LUNCH

TUESDAY 10TH DECEMBER

12.15 onwards for 1pm LUNCH Prompt

Traditional Roast Turkey with all the trimmings.

Vegetarian option: Carrot Wellington with trimmings.

Christmas Pudding with Brandy Sauce

OR: Fresh Fruit Salad

Cost: £22.95

Sign Up in the locker room by Monday 2nd December 

Cost to go on your fees unless paid cash or cheque before Monday 2nd December

Roadworks start on Monday 4th November at southerly end of Hunston Villlage (before Green Lane)  lasting for  7 weeks

Please note if you had winnings in this quarter they have been put on your card.

Cups and prize money from those competitions will get presented at the AGM

Please note work has started on filling in the greenside bunker on the 3rd Hole Cathedral

The 2nd Hole Green on the Cathedral is back in play. Please note there are various areas which are GUR. Please also note as per the rules of GUR as per the Local Rules on the back of the scorecard "All areas of GUR are No Play Zones. If a player's ball lies in GUR  or GUR interferes with the player's stance or area of swing, relief MUST be taken under Rule 16.

Work has started on filling in the greenside bunker on the 3rd Hole on the Cathedral. Please note there is therfore an area of GUR and the rules of GUR apply - see above note on Cathedral 2nd Hole

The right hand bunker on the 2nd is being filled in and a bunker on the right hand front mound of the green is being created. Whilst this work takes place there is a temporary green in place.

Qualifying Competitions can still take place whilst there is a temporary green as the distance the course is reduced is less than the maximum allowed.

The Committee has decided that as well as being played off 100% Course Hcp ( N.Qualifying Competition as not all clubs allowed to be used)) for this year the Competition will be trialled using 100% Course Hcp plus 2 shots.

Lady Captains Day

This years Lady Captains Day is on Tuesday 30th July 2024

We will be running 12 Hole and 18 Hole competitions concurrently on the Tower Course.

You can sign up using HowDidIDo or put your name down on the Sign-up Sheet in the Ladies Locker Room.

If you have any special dietary requirements, please note them on the sign-up sheet or email cgcladycaptain@gmail.com

The cost is £22.95 and can be paid by cash, cheque or charged to your fees.

Come along and join the fun!

An issue was raised regarding a number of players booked into Singles Competitions that had incorrect Course and Playing Handicaps. After some investigation, we found that when the players were booked in initially, their Course and Playing Handicaps were correct using the new calculations of Course Rating - Par. However if a player then had a handicap index adjustment, following on from the completion of the overnight handicap download from the CDH, their competition handicap recalculation was not always including Course Rating - Par; causing these competition handicaps to be updated incorrectly.

We have released a fix and as of May 17th, all Singles Competition handicaps have been recalculated to ensure they are correct. This only affected the handicaps displayed on the start sheet, so once players signed in or entered a score, their handicaps would have been recalculated again using the correct calculation. 

A similar issue was raised for Team Competitions but unfortunately we are unable to recalculate these automatically. All bookings into Team Competitions made from this point forward will have correct handicaps, however for Team Competitions where a team has booked in on or prior to May 17th, this may nor be the case. Once the team sign in or enters a score, their handicaps will recalculate using the correct calculations. 

Remember you would have received this email from Ann a while back. The walk took place today 29th April. The pair walked the 26,2 miles in 7hrs 33mins.

More to follow in the next newsletter BUT there is still time to donate!

My friend Susie and I are fundraising for The PSP Association by walking a marathon in one day between local golf clubs.  We will start at Bognor GC, then go to Littlehampton GC, Ham Manor, Worthing and back to Littlehampton where we will collapse exhausted!  PSP is a cruel disease (very like Parkinsons but also like Motor Neuron) for which there is no cure, the husband of a golfing friend suffers from it, hence the choice of charity for our walk.  

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to The PSP Association, so it's the most efficient way to give - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

You can donate to the JustGiving page by clicking here https://www.justgiving.com/page/susie-de-las-casas-1708615309200?utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=page%2Fsusie-de-las-casas-1708615309200&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=pfp-email

JustGiving sends your donation straight to The PSP Association and automatically reclaims Gift Aid if you are a UK taxpayer, so your donation is worth even more.

Thank you for your support!

Best wishes,

Ann

It is worth reading the definition of GUR in Rules of Golf under definitions as it is very extensive.

Please note you should only enter areas of GUR to retrieve your golf ball

You should not walk through an area of GUR and not with your trolley!!

Relief from GUR is "Free Relief" at the nearest point, no nearer the hole.

Depending where your ball is sitting in the GUR your nearest point of relief maybe to the side of the GUR.

It is always best to check with your playing partner that they agree with the point at which you are taking free relief is the nearest point of relief and not nearer the hole.

The red penalty area posts have been removed up the right side of the 17th hole on the Cathedral. The Out of Bounds have been moved to the right edge of the general play area i.e. the OB posts are on the edge of the ditch running up the right side of the hole, so the ditch is now Out of Bounds.

See photos below

PLEASE NOTE THE BOX FOR BLISTER PACKS IS NOW UNDER THE MIRROR. THIS IS FOR SAFETY REASONS AS THERE IS NOW A NEW HEATER ON THE WALL NEAR WHERE THE BOX WAS BEFORE.

PLEASE DO NOT PUT THE BLISTER PACKS IN THE RECYCLING BIN, WHICH IS FOR PAPER AND CARDBOARD.

Thank you

The Away Day Competition is not run by the Ladies' Committee, so is therefore not a qualifying competition. It is like a society competition, so can be run using 100% of Course Handicap as the "Society" is not affiliated to England Golf, as is the Ladies' Section.

Did you know the recommended pace of play for a four ball is:

Cathedral Course

Front nine No more than 2 hours 20 minutes

Back nine No more than 2 hours

Tower Course

Holes 1-11 No more than 2 hours 15 minutes

Holes 12-18 No more than 1 hour 45 minutes