Dear Club Members
The Club Championships weekend, 11 and 12th May 2024, is fast approaching.
At the time of writing there are 53 entries for the White and Blue Tees, Medal Format.
The Committee have reviewed this low level of entries, for what is one of the most important Club Competitions of the year.
The Committee has tried to analyse why the entry numbers are so low and we have received the following responses from a number of members who haven’t entered the Competition.
The main reason put forward was that playing from the White and Blue Tees in a Medal Format for 2 days is just too difficult for many of the Senior/Super Senior Members, both Male and Female.
Another issue related to the fact that if a couple shared a buggy because they need to use a buggy, on Day 2 of the Championship, they would not be paired together.
The Committee have decided to introduce a supplementary Club Championship Plate based on a 2 Day Stableford Best Score for Members who would prefer to play from Yellow and Red Tees on both Days:
Day 1 – White and Blue Tee Medal Entrants tee off first – Yellow and Red Tee Stableford entrants follow
Day 2 – Yellow and Red Tee Stableford entrants tee off first in the same order as Day 1 to be followed by White and Blue Medal entrants who tee off in a Scoring order
Two issues to understand:
Stableford Yellow and Red can only win the Championship Plate Prizes, Medal White and Blue can only win the Championship Prizes.
Yellow and Red Tee Times on Day 2 will start from 07.00 am
The Committee are proposing this initiative so that a very full field of Members can have the opportunity to participate in the Club Championships “weekend”. The presentation ceremony will be held soon after the competition, where the Club champions as well as Championship Stableford Plate winners (both men and ladies) will be announced. There will be a small concert and a BBQ style buffet on the grass area. No payment is required from the competition participants.
More details to follow.
Best Regards
Boris Zilbermints
Club Captain
