Captains Update January 2024
Australia Day Event - Saturday 27th January
It’s our chance to dress up in your Australia Day themes. The event is a shotgun start for Members only in the morning starting 8.30am. Social play in the afternoon. Pre-match BBQ is available thanks to Rob Hurley and the Pro Shop staff.
The event is a 2-person team event, with Split 6’s format, (2BBB for holes 1 - 6; 2 ball Aggregate on holes 7 – 12; 2 ball Multiplier on holes 13-18)
The prize pool is for your team scores, from 1st to 10th place.
$100pp/ $90 /$80 /$70/ $60/ $50/ $50/ $50/ $50/ $50
(An individual event is available for handicapping purposes only).
Ladies Open Day - Monday 26th February
We would still love more donations for raffle prizes to include in our hampers. If you have a favourite local restaurant or shop, ask them for a Voucher! This is a very popular raffle prize, and it also helps promote local businesses.
All donations are eagerly awaited! Donations to Kerri Cook or drop off at the Pro Shop please!
The booking sheet is filling fast, so please book asap via Alicia on 4336 0107. Members $25, Visitors $90.
Handiskins- Best 3 of 5 Stableford Rounds, held monthly on Saturdays, starting on Saturday 17th February, with the Final on Sunday 7th July. There is a $39 entry fee for inclusion in the skins program. Registration is on the day. A very successful Skins Final for the top 4 qualifiers was held in 2023, with the Skins varying from $450 down to $250 or so.
All details on the Handiskins website: www.handiskins.com.au
Dates for your Diary:
Men’s Pennants – We are hosting Men’s Pennants on January 14th, January 28th, and February 25th. Good Luck to Team Magenta.
Australia Day Event and BBQ – Saturday January 27. Members only in the morning shotgun start. Social play in the afternoon.
Par 3 @ 4pm special event! – The Par 3 event on Friday 23rd February will include a new food offering “on the house” for players. The entry fee for non-golfing partners is $20 and the event is limited to 54 players.
St Patricks Day Novelty Event – Friday 15th March. Maybe Guiness Pies and green beer? Watch this space.
Magenta Ladies Fun Day – Monday 18th March.
Men’s and Ladies Foursomes – Sunday March 24th. There will be dedicated “Foursomes” tee-times on the tee sheet.
Magenta Cup Registration – Opens 4th May, closes 17h May, finals are on June 2nd. See details below.
NSW Womens Open – 29th March – 31st March. Call for volunteers is open – see the website.
Magenta Foundation Golf Day – Easter Monday, 1st April. Let’s get back to Golf after our NSW Open Visitors Leave.
Important Changes in 2024:
1) Collection of Glassware Prizes Monthly Medal Memento:
Once the medal winners have been contacted by the match committee to confirm your choice of glassware (traditional stemmed universal wineglass or modern tumbler type) the glassware can be collected by contacting Alicia Crouch on 02 4336 0107.
Alicia’s office is upstairs in the Magenta Realty building, 2 Pebble Beach Ave. To contact Alicia, please email golfbookings@magentagolf.com.au If you cannot collect the glassware in office hours (8am-4pm), Alicia will arrange for collection in the Pro Shop.
This prize collection system replaces the old system of prizes being left in the Member’s lounge.
Any queries related to medal winner glassware can be directed to Tim Stapleton 0414551718 or stapo@westnet.com.au
2) Honour Board Matchplay changes
The Terms of Competition have changed for all our handicapped Matchplay events.
·Singles K/O (Magenta Cup),
·Pairs K/O (Ross Watson), and
·Mixed K/O (Colin Kaye Bowl).
Pre-register for the Qualifying Round on the nominated Saturday, then the Round of 16 will be held next day, the Rounds of 8 and 4 being held on the Saturday/Sunday of the following week. Finals one week later on the Sunday. All the honour board K/O events will therefore be played over 3 weekends.
Please note that the knockout rounds need to be played by the scheduled date, and the Final is played on the advertised date. Refer to the TOC’s for full details.
The scheduled 2023 dates for the knockout/Finals are:
Magenta Cup: 18 May - 2 June 2024
Ross Watson: 20 July – 4 August 2024
Colin Kaye Bowl: 14 September - 29 September 2024
Please also note our Championships (Qualifying Rounds and Scratch Matchplay) are scheduled over the 3 weekends from 2nd November – 17th November.
Website updates include the updated TOC’s and Major Club Events tab.
Incidents on the Course
Please report any incidents on the course to the Pro Shop. They will record the details on their “Incident Report,” assist as required and investigate accordingly.
Similarly, if there are any security issues on the Course after hours, please contact Hotel Reception.
Congratulations to all our Winners!
Please pick up your Glassware Medal Mementos from Alicia in the Golf Office, (upstairs at No 2 Pebble Beach Ave), or ring her on 4336 0107 for alternate arrangements.
i) December Monthly Medal Winners:
Men’s A Grade: Peter Kealy B Grade: Brian Smith C Grade: Kevin Chamberlain
Ladies Div 1: Louise Lewis Div 2: Lorraine Aitken
ii) December Midweek Monthly Medal:
Men’s A Grade: Rodney Walsh B Grade: Matthew Ravenau C Grade: Anthony Knight
Ladies Div 1: Elizabeth Hunt Div 2: Ruth Hooper
iii) January Monthly Medal Winners:
Men’s: A Grade: Taylor Houliston B Grade: Scott Cooper C Grade: Tony Paola
Ladies: Div 1: Helen Hill Div 2: Kim Legg
iv) Men's Gold Medal:
Men’s A Grade: Matthew Shannon B Grade: Brian Smith C Grade: Brendan Orr Ladies Div 1: Kylie Deller Div 2: Lorraine Aitken
v) Back 9 Shootout:
Men's: Craig Anderson, R/U Tim Stapleton.
Ladies: Mel Hazell, R/U Judy Stapleton.
Club lounge Wi-Fi:
The password for the WiFi is: !Wireless@mag
Happy New Year and Good golfing everyone!
From your Captains,
Margaret Sanger and John Wylie.