Author Archive: Gary Tubb

Gas Delivery Problems – Update

We have finally received our promised delivery of gas from Calor and apologise for the inconvenience caused.

What happened?

Our gas ran out on Sunday morning with no alert from Calor.  This meant that the clubhouse, the clubhouse accommodation and the kitchen had no gas.  Disaster.  Calor were impossible to get through to but finally after hours and hours of chasing and escalation, we took delivery at circa 9am this Thursday morning.

How it should work?

We have a fully outsourced solution for our gas supply with Calor which, up until recently, has been working extremely well.  A tank sensor alerts Calor that we need a new delivery, they deliver, we pay them by DD - it is as simple as that.

What has gone wrong? A perfect storm.

  1. Supply issues due to the war
  2. Delivery driver shortages
  3. Recent delivery backlogs from the recent weather
  4. A central office re-organisation which the driver claims is having serious teething issues
  5. Call centre in melt down and our account manager on holiday

What are we doing about it?

  1. Escalation contact established
  2. Principles of delayed supply communication agreed
  3. Conducting a gas supplier review
  4. Reducing our reliance on gas
  5. Introducing further electric contingency options to protect us better in the future

I hope that this helps clarify the situation regarding the recent gas supply issues, we will keep you posted on progress and once again apologise for the inconvenience caused.

Ladies Charity Raffle – Update

Sue Pomeroy has kindly updated us on how the Stroke Unit are using the sizeable donation from the ladies raffle - and its a lovely idea.

Please Confirm if You are Attending the Celebration of Dave Evans’ life held at PRGC on Monday, 3rd April at 1.00-4.00 pm – Form

Dave Evans - Celebration of Life

There will be a Celebration of Dave’s life held at PRGC on Monday, 3rd April at 1.00-4.00 pm.

Dress CASUAL and there will be a couple of speeches at 2.00 pm.
It would be very helpful if you could let me know if you will be attending so that I can give Robbie some idea of who will be coming along.
Regards
Beryl

Please use this form to confirm attendance - thank you click here

Next Steps on Clubhouse ‘Spring Tidy’ Renovations…

Dear members,

thank you for your patience and understanding in the unforeseen delay to us concluding phase 2-5 of our spring tidy renovations.

Here is a quick update:

Phase 1: Renovation of the Princes Suite

Per our previous note, the new Princes Suite design is proving to be incredibly popular with members and visitors to the club.  Some finishing touches, including new blinds and a projector screen will complete the redesign. New glass in the blown windows will also add to the new look and feel.

Phase 2: The new Board Room

Just after adding the new veranda, you will recall that we renovated the adjacent Orangery with new flooring and a redecoration. Both course facing additions have, not surprisingly,  proven to be well received.  So much so that we have added a new radiator to the Orangery and reconsidered the usage of the poorly used pot wash area (as it was too far from the kitchen to be practical).  We are now completing the conversion of this area into the 'Board Room'.  We have already had a lot of interest in this room to be used for business / conferences as well as private dining, overlooking the course.  It is not quite finished but the picture below will hopefully provide a good idea of what we will have created.  The flooring will match the Orangery.

Additionally, we have moved our second coffee station into the Orangery to enable a faster self service solution for conferences in the Orangery / Board Room, freeing up staff time.

This renovation also enabled us to tidy the area as you leave the course.  New paving has been laid around this area to stop it becoming such a mud bath.

The adjacent shed has also been renovated to enable storage of a range of items which would otherwise clutter the clubhouse.

A second skip has arrived and Luke / Sarah will be ensuring that all the unwanted items are placed in it to keep the area as tidy as possible whilst the work is being finalised.

Phase 3: The New Bin Tidy:

A new area has been created to hold all of the bins in a confined area with easy access for staff and collectors.  This will stop bins cluttering the car park.  This is nearing completion with just the water grate at the bottom to be finalised.  This will enable us to keep this area clean and tidy.

Phase 4: The new Shoe and Trolley Cleaning Area

The first of the bays has now been free'd up to become the new shoe and trolley cleaning area. It will have appropriate space for people to scrape mud into removable 'mud buckets' as well as to use a new compressor gun to finish the cleaning of shoes and trolleys.  More to follow on this but completion is March.

Phase 5: Path outside kitchen

The path at the back of the clubhouse often gets muddy and flooded.  We will be relaying some of the sunken slabs and improving the drainage in this area. Target date April.

Once again, apologies for the unforeseen delays in completing this work and rest assured that we are moving as fast as we can to complete the renovations which will be of benefit to everyone at the club.

Updates on other areas beyond the buggy sheds will be provided by the Greenkeeping team in due course.

 

 

Princes Suite - new blinds, window glass and a large projector screen to come...

New Board Room - electrics finished - just flooring to be finalised

New storage shed shelving for Bulk items which would otherwise clutter the Clubhouse (NB crockery will move to new potwash area)

New paving to stop the area becoming a mud trap

New bin area complete with grate to enable easy cleaning of the area. Water drainage pipe goes under ground.

Ladies March Update

 Princes Risborough Golf Club 

MARCH NEWSLETTER FROM YOUR LADIES COMMITTEE

Hello Ladies

Well at least we got some golf played in February and details of results are given below.  However, first of all we must mention that it was a very sad month for two of our lady golfers, Joan Ramsey and Val Bate, whose husbands both passed away during February.  Our thoughts and sincerest condolences are with them and their families.

February Results           Winners

Winter Stableford            Jill Peppett

February Stableford         Chris Stevens

Waltz Competition           Rossie Brand, Fiona Coogan, Judy Pope

Multiply Magic Comp     Chris Stevens & Alma Piddington

Due to various reasons there will be smaller groups playing on 1st and 8th March and the details shown in our Fixture List will therefore be changed in the Calendar - see below:

We hope to be back to a full fixtures list for April, but meanwhile enjoy your golf and hopefully we will get back onto the normal tees.

Beryl Austin - on behalf of the Ladies Committee

26.02.23

Club Captain March Update

MARCH 2023 - CAPTAINS COMMUNICATION NUMBER 3

GENERALLY

I’m pleased to say that the promised weather improvement did materialise, and we have been able to get back to some competitive golf on the full greens. Let’s hope this continues throughout the remainder of the winter months and we can also get on to the main tees soon.

CLUB CALENDAR – MARCH 2023

I attach the current MARCH 2023 Club Calendar. As you will see March is a very busy month with the re-start of Senior CBL matches and the start of the Seniors friendly matches together with the main club CBL matches starting on 25th March, as well as of course all the ongoing men’s club competitions, and the ladies events.

If you wish to play in any of the competitions, then please simply follow the normal process for entry. Specifically, if you wish to be considered for Seniors CBL matches, please contact Steve Sargeant and for general Seniors friendly matches please contact Dick Pooley.

Also, we are proposing to hold the delayed Seniors Champion of Champions Trophy on Tuesday 28th March, depending on course conditions, for which a separate invite will be issued. There will still be a seniors roll up on the same day for those players who are not in the trophy event.

CHARITY QUIZ – 17th MARCH 2023

If you have not already done so and you wish to attend, please apply for your tickets for the Charity Quiz Night being held on 17th March. I attach a further copy of the poster.

SUMMER PAIRS AND SINGLES TOURNAMENTS

The entry lists for the Club and Seniors summer pairs and singles tournaments are posted in the changing room. If you wish to enter and have not already signed up, you need to do so on or before Sunday 26th March.

FEBRUARY MENS RESULTS

Congratulations to Mark Richards for his excellent win in the February Stableford with 39 points and to Sunil Soni for his great win with an incredible 46 points, in the Seniors Monthly Stableford.

COURSE UPDATE

The course overall is coming out of the winter months in pretty good condition, and I have been advised by Mark Tubb that he will be producing a greenkeepers update soon, highlighting the ongoing work particularly for the early spring period.

In this connection a number of us have offered our assistance in repairing/filling divots and helping to repair some of the badger damage. If you are interested in helping with these tasks, please let me know using my contact details.

COURSE ETIQUETTE

One of our targets this year is to continue to improve general course awareness and course etiquette. In this connection there is a small box of credit card sized handy cards on the bar at the club entitled PRGC ‘The 10 most important golf etiquette issues’ You may not agree these are the 10 most important but hopefully it is a good starter for 10! Please take your copy and hand them to your guests and always maintain personal good etiquette. Please spread the word that etiquette is important and hopefully this will help to keep our course in good condition and our play at an enjoyable and consistent level.

MIXED PAIRS SUMMER ‘ECLECTIC’ 2023

I will be separately issuing the details of the Mixed Pairs Summer Eclectic very soon. This will be the second year of this competition which proved successful last year when the winners were Liz France and Mike Smith. Please look out for communications relating to this.

COMMITTEE ASSISTANCE

I am pleased to advise that we have one new volunteering member who is potentially going to assist the Committee. However, we are still looking for further assistance and so if you are able to volunteer some of your time to help, please contact either Steve Sargeant or me for further information.

BRUCE LOOME – PGA PROFESSIONAL

We all want (and need!) to improve our golf and we are lucky to have the services of Bruce available. If you wish to use him, please use his contact details displayed in and around the club house or contact him via the clubhouse team.

I did say it was going to be longer, but I do hope you found it useful. Of course, if you should have any related comments and/or queries please feel free to contact me or any of the Committee Members, and we will do our best to assist you.

Al Bowyer

26th February 2023

 

Stan Ramsey Condolence Messages…

We have started to receive some lovely messages about our Stan.  Please send any thoughts about Stan or messages of condolence to Contact Us and we will compile them for Joan and for a new section of the website we are creating to remember our members.

"Stan Ramsey; part of the bedrock on which our Club was formed. His sense of responsibility, and his strength of character is unlikely to be matched. Without the energy and integrity of people like Stan we might have been a golf course - but we wouldn't have become a Club. We owe him a great deal."

Brian Fowler

RIP Stan Ramsey – great Toff, great friend

It is with great sadness that we must announce the passing of Stan Ramsey.  Stan was PRGC to the core; an absolute gentleman, funny and always generous with his time.  We loved Stan and offer our deepest condolences to Joan and the family.  What an innings though! and on his 90th birthday, cool as a cucumber, he smashed the ball, straight as a dye, down the middle of the first - that's our Stan - absolute legend!
And its not that easy to avoid the hedges when everyone is watching - as ex-Captain Craig, pictured with Stan, will testify 🙂

RIP Stan

Funeral details to follow