Ladies Camden Cup

On Saturday May 25th our annual Women's Camden Cup (Liz Kernohan trophy) was held.  The weather was perfect, and much praise must go to Justin and his team who presented a beautiful course on the day.  48 ladies took part in the day, the largest start in the past 5 years, with nearly as many visitors as Camden Members.  We had ladies from the following clubs: Campbelltown, Glenmore, Penrith, Highlands, Wyong, The Grange, Wollongong, Shoalhaven Heads, Bexley, Hurstville and Cabramatta.

The top seed for the event, Kendell Hunt won the Camden Cup with a score of 83.  The championship was very much up in the air when the leaders reached the 16th tee, but two magnificent birdies by two time local winner Kendell on 16 and 17 gave her a comfortable buffer leading into the final hole.  She finished with a great 2nd nine to record an impressive final score of 83, to win the event by 5 strokes. Shelley Chapman, the Ladies Captain and recent winner of a number of events, had her chances with three holes remaining, but was a very popular runner up with a score of 88.  Congratulations must also go to Kendell for winning the MAYDAY Trophy (best Camden Nett) and the longest drive.  The best Nett Score on the day was Stacey South from Glenmore with a nett score of 76, and Patricia Gleeson winning Overall Nett Runner Up.

And lastly, but not least, many thanks to our sponsors for the day.  Camden Golf Club and the Camden Ladies, Jacinta from JLM Conveyancing, and David and Mark Bexon from Macarthur SteelFixing.  The day's events could not be made possible without the generous donations of those mentioned above.

Monday May 27th saw our ladies pennant team take on Campbelltown at Leonay.  On what was one of the windiest days we've had this season, the ladies proved their strength and got up with yet another win... 3.5-1.5... that makes 4 from 4!

Individual results below: Bec Wright - Halved, Wanda Kozinski - won 4&3, Mindy Ross - won 6&4, Kerry Cahill - lost 1 down and Lola Harris - won 5&3.

This past Monday, June 3rd the team took on Lakeside, at Lakeside.  The ladies went in to this match knowing that a win was needed to continue to secure the top spot.  Playing any team at their home course is hard, but we knew Lakeside were going to be tough!  Again, Camden ladies came away with another convincing win.

Bec Wright - Lost 6&4, Shelley Chapman - Won 1 up,  Mindy Ross - Won 3&1, Maria Thorn - Won 2&1 and Janice Turner - Won 4&3.

This win now secures Camden spot on the top of the leaderboard, and we can't be caught.  With only 1 more round to go, against Leonay at Campbelltown on 17th May.

The grand final will be played on 24th June, course and opponent still TBC.  Well Done Ladies on a very convincing Season!

How easy is it to get a hole in one?  We may need to make the hole smaller here in Camden.  During the last two weeks we have had three hole in ones - well one of them was not here.  Firstly, Neville Hoskin had his hole in one at Glenmore, as mentioned in the Masters Pennant Report below.  To get an ace during a Match Play event is pretty special and Neville was presented his trophy last Thursday night.

The second hole in one was by a visitor, Shane Grogan from Lakeside Golf Club, in our Thursday comp two weeks ago.  As many would be aware, Shane is a local doctor in Camden.

It was Shane's first visit to our Club, first time playing the ninth (I told him it's our hardest hole, he thinks it is too easy) and his second lifetime hole in one - both have come in the last 8 months, having played the game for more than 50 years. (So there is still hope for us all).

I popped down to his John Street Practice last week to present his Camden Golf Club trophy.  Matheson/Sharp granddaughter, Ivy, was on hand to help with the presentation, followed by a needle.

The third hole in one was this week on the 6th during the Monday comp.  Donald Smith, a 5 day member, achieved this special event to score 1 and 6 stableford points.  I can't remember someone getting six points on a hole. 

Well done to all three players!

Membership Deal - A Reminder

As a result of having vacancies in our golfing membership, the following incentive has been approved by the Board of Directors.

If a golfing member introduces a new golfing member, a financial incentive is available to current members, under the following conditions:

 Offer available until 31st July 2019.

The introducer must be a member of our Club for at least 12 months.

The new member cannot be a former member of our club.

20% off all categories of introduction - It does not matter if you are a 5, 6, or 7 day member.  If you introduce a 5 day, 6 day or 7 day new member, you receive a 20% discount from your membership renewal.

The incentive is 20% of the new member's category.  So if a 7 day member introduces a 5 day member the incentive is 20% of the 5 day subscription fee.

If you are interested in participating in this promotion, please contact Club Manager, Donna Bernard in the office.

I am certain that players do not deliberately play slowly.

With this as a given, please be aware that some groups may be slower than others.  Many factors contribute to the speed of a group.  Some groups have multiple players in carts (this can speed up play significantly - although it has been known to have the opposite effect); some groups include better players who will have less strokes to play (this also has been known to have the opposite effect); some groups may have older players walking (this often has no impact also); some groups find the rough and may lose balls frequently, while others regularly find the fairway.

With these issues in mind, it is important to be aware of these factors when considering the group ahead are playing slowly.

It should not be necessary to inform the group ahead of their slow play - they should be aware of this themselves and take the action that we have often publicised to help groups speed up their play within their group.

Groups who are more than two shots behind the group ahead are playing slowly. The strategies to increase pace of play are:

• Two players go to the next tee when they have putted out on the previous hole.

• Ready golf.  This is a new 'rule of golf' anyway.

• Move briskly between shots and move directly to your ball.

• The team captain, lowest handicapper, encourages these strategies within the group.  Fair play is the essence of our game.  Being respectful of other players and their ability is an important aspect of fair play.  Please consider others when playing golf.