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With Dave being away I am doing the whole newsletter this week. Hope he is having a good rest and will be back in full force come Monday.
It was not too good a week for our League Teams. Mid am lost to Milnerton 6.5 – 1.5. Our Premier League did not fair too well either, they halved against Royal Cape and lost to Milnerton and Strand. One player of note was Kevin Loney who won all 6 of his games on Sunday. Well played Kevin. Our 3rd Challenge team flew the flag high on Saturday by beating Somerset West 6 – 2. They are currently second on the log and a strong finish from them could see them walk away with the title. Well played chaps.
We are in the process of putting together a Strokesaver for the course. The company that is doing them would like to give you the member first preference for advertising space. Below is a short note on what this entails and also contact details:
In an endeavour to keep up with our service levels and deliver information valuable to yourselves and our visitors, we are developing a Yardage Guide component to the golf course. Golfers Guide has developed a unique offering which is pioneering the Yardage Guide availability.
Printed Yardage Guides
Each member will get a personalised copy and 500 will go into the Pro Shop for resale.
Golf Course Layouts
This will be linked to our website and is an interactive component that will allow everyone accessing our website an opportunity to see the golf course layout before playing. Golf Course Layouts is also linked to several other Golfers Guide Websites which enjoys over 80000 unique users a month
Mobile Caddy
For those that don’t want a book to Carry Around, Mobile Caddy offers the opportunity for smart phone users to download the Yardage Book onto their phones, which will then remain on the phone.
As valued members, I would like to offer you the first right to refuse to sponsor one of the 20 adverts available. This means you will receive an advert on all 3 platforms at a cost of R6995 ex vat, if you are interested please call or email Jeff by clicking here or 011 467 5455 or 072 1378794. Please note that due to the time sensitivity of the project you do have the first right to refuse before anyone else is invited. Being members we should make the most of the advertising opportunities we get so we can benefit from our membership community and those beyond that community.
Please contact Jeff if you would like the opportunity to advertise in the yardage guides. Also remember that we do +- 55 000 rounds a year so your business could get a lot of exposure.
Club champs is just over a month away, dates 25, 26, 31 March and 1st April. TaylorMade have agreed to sponsor again this year and we thank them for this. The entry sheets will come out on Friday evening at 17:45 in the foyer.
The timesheet for the Fathers and Sons Trophy will also come out on Friday at 17:45; this is scheduled for Sunday 26th from 11:23 – 12:00. So if you would like to play please get your names down.
The Westlake draw which was standing at R 3740.00 was won by Peter Billing. Unfortunately Peter was not here to collect his money. The draw will be at R 3860.00 this week. Since we have moved the draw a little bit earlier to 18:30 we have seen a big increase in the amount of people staying at the club. We urge all members to come down and have a drink and some snacks and you never know, you may be walking out with just under R 3860.00 this week.
Just a reminder to all members that it is Old Mutual International Qualifying this coming Saturday. Please note that the competition fee for the comp is R 50.00. You will receive 2 brand new Srixon ball with this as well. If you manage to get through to regional, national and international finals everything is paid for with just your R 50.00. Last year the international final was played in Scotland, so here’s hoping that two of our members can make it all the way to the international final.
SAGA have also made an amendment to the use of forward/senior tees in club competitions. A short explanation is that if you are playing a club run competition and play off the white markers you must now put your score in off the white markers, previously you had to put it in off the yellow. Another amendment is that because you are entering your score off white you will need to take the difference between the white rating and yellow rating off your handicap. At Westlake the rating difference is 2 so for e.g. if you are off an 18 handicap normally/off forward senior tees you will play off a 16 in club competitions. Please click here to read the whole amendment. This will come into effect from Wednesday the 22nd of February. If you do have any queries please come and see me, I will be happy to explain everything to you.
The ladies had their international day this past Tuesday and what an awesome event it was, the ladies section is growing from strength to strength and by the photos we can see that the Westlake Camaraderie is high amongst the ladies.
Just a reminder to all prentice members that there is a prentice comp this coming Sunday at 10:30. It would be great to see you all here.
Sorry for the lengthy newsletter, but there is a lot happening at the club.
Have a good week.
Regards,
Mark
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