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Captain’s April ‘Celebrational’ Update

CAPTAINS APRIL UPDATE - COMMUNICATION NUMBER 4

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Your seniors have won the seniors CBL league following their great win against Chartridge today.  Congratulations to Steve Sargeant and his team.

GENERALLY

Welcome to my latest Captains Communication which I hope you find useful and interesting.  It has been a very busy time but still pretty challenging weather wise. That said the various planned competitions and matches all successfully took place.

CLUB CALENDAR – APRIL 2023

I attach the current APRIL 2023 detailed calendar and, as was March, April is another busy month with further various matches and the men’s and ladies Spring Stablefords. This also includes the start of the Hillman trophy at the end of the month and of course the commencement of the WAGS on 5th April.

As usual if you wish to play in any of the competitions, please simply follow the normal process for entry. And please don’t forget if you want to represent the club in matches, please contact myself, Steve Sargeant or Dick Pooley. We are always looking for new blood!

CHARITY QUIZ 17th MARCH 2023

The Charity Quiz was a great success with 92 people attending and over £650 being raised for the Ladies and Gents charities, the MND and MS Societies respectively. A massive THANKS to Sue Pomeroy for all her hard work and to you all for your superb support. Further fundraising events will be organised throughout the year so please watch out for publicity and communications for these.

SUMMER PAIRS AND SINGLES TOURNAMENTS

The entry lists for the Club and Seniors summer pairs and singles tournaments are now closed and Steve Sargeant is now working on the draws for the various events. Please ensure you play your matches within the allotted timescales.

MARCH MENS RESULTS

Congratulations to the following March winners:

  • Dick Pooley for winning the Club Stableford on 11th March with 38 points
  • Doug Taylor for his win in Seniors Stableford on 14th March with a superb 44 points,
  • Dennis Mawby for his incredible ‘net 60’ in the first club medal of the year on 25th I understand Dennis took a couple of lessons from Bruce (see later information), which most obviously worked.
  • Mike Smith for winning the Seniors. Champion of Champions on 28th March and to Alan Caldicott for winning the ‘Best of the Rest’

MATCH RESULTS

As mentioned, the Seniors have won the Senior’s CBL and in the month won matches against Weston Turville away; Little Hay away; Chartridge home having lost the away leg.

In addition, we unfortunately lost our first match in the Club CBL to a very strong Wycombe Heights team, away.

And we have won our first two Senior’s friendlies against Whiteleaf and Weston Turville both home.

Overall, a very successful month. Thanks and congratulations to all those who played in the various matches

COURSE UPDATE

We have received very good comments about the course from visiting teams, particularly regarding the standard of our greens. So, a big thanks to our green keeping team who are doing a great job.

Dick Pooley together with a number of members have carried out the first divot/badger damage repairing exercise, and more are planned. Please let Dick know if you are able to assist with this.  In addition, the green keepers have applied topsoil to the damage on the 7th which is making a big difference to that fairway.

COURSE ETIQUETTE

We are continuing our drive for better and consistent course etiquette and would remind you to remind all players in your groups to maintain high standards of etiquette and in particular repair all pitch marks, replace divots and rake bunkers. The more we do to look after our course the better it will be for all.

MIXED PAIRS SUMMER ‘ECLECTIC’ 2023

I have separately launched this years mixed pairs eclectic and am looking for more teams. If you want to play in this tournament, please advise me together with your playing partner. If you don’t currently have a playing partner let me know and I will find a suitable one for you.

COMMITTEE ASSISTANCE

We are still looking for further assistance, particularly in the areas of competition organisation, 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

A reminder that Bruce is now available for lessons and as evidenced by Dennis’s great score in the medal they do make a difference! If you are interested in Bruce helping you to improve, please contact him at blpga@me.com.

And finally, thank you for your continued support to our club and the various events and competitions.  As usual if you should have any related comments, feedback 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

30th March 2023

PRGC Win the SCBL Bill Wells Trophy

PRGC Seniors win the prestigious Bill Wells Trophy and are the 2023 Seniors Breakfast League champions!!

Another CBL triumph for Steve Sargeant's valiant men.

The winning captain was wonderfully gracious and his words will be music to the greenkeepers ears - "no complaints, the greens were superb!"

It was a little nerve wracking at 3-2, with Al Bowyer and Steve Williams marching up the 18th - but they too won and PRGC came in as 4-2 winners.

Well done Sarah, well done Trish, well done the greenkeepers and of course well done Steve and team - what a top day

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