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In this week's newsletter:
- Club News: Annual Handicap Review, Nominations for Finance and Course Director, Members Forum, Car Park, House Update, New Members
- Course News: Fairway Mats, Birdy of the Week, Course Works
- Golf News: Rule of the Week
- Upcoming Events: Sunday Carvery Lunches, Quiz Night, Call my Bluff Wine Tasting, Members Christmas Party Night
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Annual Handicap Review
The Competitions and Handicapping committee will be undertaking the annual handicap review later this month.
If you would like your handicap to be reviewed, can you please contact the office by Monday 26th October, explaining why you believe that your handicap index does not properly reflect your current playing ability.
Please note that the committee will not normally review a handicap unless there have been some qualifying scores submitted in the past 12 months, even if only for 9 holes.
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Nominations for Finance Director and Course Director
Do you have the skills to unite our staff and to achieve our vision and want to help develop our strategy plan?
Our Golf Club is seeking nominations for the positions of Finance Director and Course Director.
Please click on the link below for further information.
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Members Forum
A note for your diary - the Members Forum will be taking place at 6.30pm on Thursday 19th November.
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Car Park
From Monday, a section of car park, near the railway line, will be cordoned off for deliveries of material for the works being carried out on the coastal path. This material will then be transported to their compound on the lease field. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and we have been informed that this should be for a short period of time.
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House Update
Over the coming weeks, members will see that the chairs in the bar area will be given a new lease of life with some new arm covers. These are currently being made as we speak and we have tried our best to match the colours of these and we expect these to be in place before the end of November. The chairs will also be professionally cleaned as well.
The landing area and dining room will also be painted during November.
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New Members
- Lawrence Preece – Social
- James Falkingham - Under 40s
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Fairway Mats
Please can we remind members regarding the use of mats.
Mats must be used in areas that are at fairway height or lower.
- In social golf: please feel free to use a mat anywhere in the General Area. That is everywhere except for Bunkers, Tees, Greens and Penalty Areas.
- In Competitions: mats may only be used on fairways or closely mown areas. If you cannot determine whether you are on a fairway or in the rough, please consult with your playing partners before making a decision.
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The team have made excellent progress this week on the winter programme work, despite the weather we have experienced. We would like to thank members for their patience and understanding during this time and appreciate the support for the hole closures.
Two out of the three bunkers around the 1st green have been shaped and are ready to be constructed in the coming weeks. The pathway leading from the green to the tee has been regraded and the team are now working on the shuttering for the path material to be laid. The scaring from the old bunker has been reshaped which will blend in with the existing shape of the apron.
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Both Greenside bunkers on the 3rd have been shaped and are ready to be constructed in the coming weeks. The path from the 3rd green to the 4th tee has been dug out and the team are now installing shuttering for the pathway material to be put in place.
Next week the greens team will focus on some more overseeding following the rain and with the average temperatures forecast. These will mainly focus on the areas that are heavily worn. At this time of the year the course is often prone to disease with the weather continuing to be above average for the time of the year. This will mean that the team will be spraying and keeping on top of any disease pressure.
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The strong north-west wind last Wednesday may not have helped those of us that were braving the elements on the golf course but it certainly enabled a Kestrel to keep station above the cliffs.
The Kestrel is the only small common bird of prey that hovers and so the Norfolk name of ‘wind hover’ is most appropriate. It is able to do this as a result of using its alula, which is the freely moving first digit, or thumb, that bears five small feathers. It functions similarly to airplane leading-edge wing slats that increase lift and prevent stalling. The alula is clearly visible in the attached photo.
Kestrels declined in numbers throughout Britain in the 1960s due to the use of pesticides but have since recovered, yet are now probably less abundant than Buzzards. They are easily separated from Sparrowhawks by their long, pointed wings and tail.
They feed mainly on voles that they spot while hovering and are frequently seen over the golf course.
Kestrel - Wind hover. Name Kestrel from Old French, modern version being ‘crecerelle’ meaning rattle from call.
Sedentary resident & winter visitor from upland areas & the Continent.
Favours open areas of land – parkland, farmland, heaths, commons & saltmarshes. Less frequent garden visitor than Sparrowhawk.
The most widespread & numerous raptor in Norfolk during NBA, following a decline in 1960s due to pesticides. But is it still the most numerous?
Feeds mainly on voles, but will take small birds, spotting them by hovering.
Nests in holes in trees, in old crow’s nests, on cliffs & occasionally buildings & nest boxes.
Medium-sized raptor with long, pointed wings & tail. Reddish-brown above with darker flight feathers. Male has blue-grey head & tail. Female & juv all brown.
In flight less gliding than Sparrowhawk, having a more direct flight action with looser wing beats & less stiff-winged than other falcons. Call ‘kee-kee-kee’.
Primitive Mesozoic birds were not skillful flyers until the development of what is known as an alula, or bastard wing. The name “alula” is a Latin word that is the diminutive of "ala", meaning wing, and so translates as “winglet. The alula of a bird is the freely moving first digit, or thumb, and bears 3-5 small asymetrical flight feathers plus overlying cover feathers.
The alula is used in slow flight with high angles of attack such as landings. It functions similarly to airplane leading-edge wing slats that increase lift and prevent stalls. The alula allows birds to descend swiftly and land in a graceful and controlled fashion, rather than merely gliding into the ground in a haphazard and awkward rough-and-tumble manner.
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Rule of the Week
Bert and Simon are playing the 11th Hole. It is a friendly, but fiercely contested match on a lovely autumnal afternoon. Bert has been using a brand new Titleist Test ball (Titleist send new balls out to various testers to gain feedback on newly designed golf balls) which he has been very pleased with. He is 1 up. He hits his tee shot on the 11th and about 15 yards into its flight the ball literally explodes into three or four pieces which land separately about 20 yards apart.
Simon thinks he must substitute a ball where the bits landed and that they are allowed to agree the spot from which Bert will play his 2nd shot. Bert thinks that that is very unfair and that he should be allowed to replay the shot for no penalty. Simon thinks that if he replayed the shot he would be playing 3 off the tee.
Who was correct?
Answer at the end of the newsletter.
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Answer: Bert - Rule 4.2b. And if you think this doesn’t happen, I can assure you that it does!
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