February, 2020 Newsletter - Tocumwal• Northern Triples – Tuesday 18 February – 3 bowl triples, 3 games of 8 ends, any combination. • Men’s Trade Day – Thursday 13 February,

NewsletterUPDATE FROM THE PRESIDENTUPDATE FROM THE PRESIDENT- Jennie Hehir

February, 2020

Following a time of many changes and disruption with the club over the past twelve months, the board is delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Gemmill as our new CEO. The club has been very fortunate to have John Waters as acting CEO since late October 2019. It is expected that Paul will commence with us on the 17th February bringing with him a high level of experience in food and beverage management. I thank John Waters for his constructive and excellent leadership with us and wish he well for his next venture.

In line with the Board recommendation on gaming replacement, we have recently obtained six new state of the art poker machines and a number of upgrades. It was felt that the gaming installation was falling behind our competitors and investment in new machines was necessary to maintain and improve our market share. The Board will continue to monitor this area as it is a major source of income for the club and must be supported.

Some of you will have noticed the new solar panels on the greenkeepers shed. This project provides a dual purpose of reducing our energy costs as well as endeavouring to become more environmentally sustainable. Continuing with the same solar panel theme, we have submitted a development application (DA) to the council to install a ground based solar system that will support the club’s electricity use. In tandem with the DA, we have applied for a grant through the local council. If we are successful, the funding will contribute towards the construction of the system.

Members don’t forget we have a fantastic mega raffle with a choice of two great prizes. Wouldn’t it be great to have $10, 000 to spend on that holiday of your dreams OR to follow that white ball in your brand new Yamaha golf cart. Tickets and books of six tickets can be obtained at the reception desk or the main Bar. We look forward to your support with this fundraiser and wish you luck!

We are about to commence the long overdue repairs to the clubs exterior. I’m sure you will have noticed that the front entrance of the club and the surrounding exterior is in desperate need of some replacement carpentry and painting. The board are looking forward to the exterior being freshened up.

The Board has made the decision that this will be the last monthly newsletter and the newsletter will now be distributed on a quarterly basis. Please note, that if there is information in between newsletters, there will be circulars distributed. Information can also be obtained by visiting our website or facebook page.

I wish you all the best for the 2020 Bowling and Golfing year, and look forward to your continued support around and within our magnificent club.

With the move to the new Member Portal, members will need opt in to have their Phone and Mobile details visible in the Member Directory (Member Search). In My Profile, under the Directory privacy details, there are two boxes (see screenshot below) where the mem-ber can change the setting from Hidden to Visible and click Save, all changes at the bottom of the screen. If you need help with this, please see Reception.

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FROM THE SUPERFROM THE SUPER- Ben Lucas

Rain!!! What a welcome relief it was for myself and the rest of the course staff to see some rain last month. In total 42mm was recorded on the course with 22mm of that coming in less than an hour. This will now ensure that we have more than enough water to carry us through the remainder of the season.

January has been rather busy trying to catch up on work after the public holidays over Christmas and New Year. Bunker edging took priority last month in preperations for the Summer Tournament and 2P Ambrose Weekends. In addition to this projects will be put onhold as course preparation takes precedence.

Irrigation leaks seem to be the theme for January after I jinxed the course saying we hadn’t had any all season with major works required on 4P, 9C and 15C. In addition to this some new adjustable sprinklers have been installed around bunkers to eliminate the watering of bunkers during irrigation cycles. Not only is this better efficiency of the water we have but will also improve playability dramatically. The worst offending bunkers have been targeted first with the plan to more being done over the coming months.

On Thursday 12th December, the Toc Old Farts golf group held their Xmas lunch day for 2019. The 2 course Xmas lunch consisted of a main course of Xmas roast, followed by a delicious Xmas pudding and was thoroughly enjoyed by the 38 Old Farts players who attended the day.

The golf winner on the day was Danny Andersen,with the runner – up being Geoff Hanns. The raffleprizes of Xmas hams were won by Ted Oakley and Bruce McCallum.

The TOC OLD FARTS play 18 holes of golf every Thursday morning. All golfers are welcome to join and there’s no membership fee. The competition fee is only $5. There are usually 20-35 players in the field, with the winner winning over $50 (depending on the size of the field). Theres also a raffle for a meat tray each week. The funds raised from the weekly raffle, provides a free monthly sausage sizzle lunch, as well as the Xmas lunch at the end of the year.Every golfer, young or old is welcome to play Old Farts golf on Thursday mornings. If you enjoy golf, with more than a dash of fun thrown in – come and join us at the Old Farts on Thursday morning. If you would like to play Old Farts golf, call Col Holdsworth 0418328963.Thanks Col Holdsworth

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OLD FARTS XMAS LUNCHOLD FARTS XMAS LUNCH- Colin Holdsworth

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TGBC upcoming Golf & TGBC upcoming Golf & bowls Tournamentsbowls Tournaments

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Entry Forms available from Reception, our Website or Facebook site!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Congratulations to our 2019 Plan B swag winner, George Regos!Thank you to all who entered the draw, we hope we've raised some awareness over the festive season in regards to drink driving. Always have your Plan B in place!

PLAN B WINNERPLAN B WINNER

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AUSsie DAY FUNAUSsie DAY FUN

Our Mid Murray Pennant team had their last match at Corowa on Sunday 19 January with their opponents being the top of the table team from Deniliquin.The match was reflective of the ladder positions and unfortunately our team lost 5 nil.The first pair out were Stephen Piggott and Rod Buchmasser and the day started off on the wrong foot for Rod by losing two balls to the water gods and both Stephen and Rod struggled to overcome Deniliquin and lost 5/3 .The second pair of Murray Chapman and John Bradbury were square after nine holes but the Deniliquin pair found their rhythm and ended up winning 4/2.The third pair of Bernie Clements and Shane Halloran had a tough match on their hands from the start with one of the Deniliquin players getting 15 shots and in the finish the 15 shots were too much and consistency won the day for Deniliquin 7/5.After losing 3 matches TGBC were hoping for some luck but Deniliquin won the last 2 matches, Pete Bolt and Dav Wilson lost 3/2 to a Deniliquin player who hada day out.The final pair of Ron Huy and Paul Aston had the closest handicap spread and after being 4 down after 9 fought back to be 1 down but Deniliquin picked their game up and won 3/2 and finished before the rain came.The team has 11 months to lick their wounds and plan for the next season.

Our illustrious Team Captain Shane has expressed his thanks to all players for their dedication and representation of the club. It’s never an easy job to carry out but with the number of players along with their enthusiasm and willingness to participate the key to the strength of our team.

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MID-MURRAY PENNANTMID-MURRAY PENNANT

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Bowls News Bowls News - Graeme Searle

Colin and Andrea Brown Farewell – on Tuesday 21 January over 40 of our bowls members enjoyed the Steak Night and bid farewell to Andrea and Col Brown. Col was a Board Chairman before the amalgamation and Andrea has been a distinguished bowler representing the club in Mid-Week and Saturday Pennant as well as in District and State level events. It seems to have been a night enjoyed by all that attended. Perhaps we should find a reason, or any excuse, to have such a night every month or so?

Pennant – with the heat out on Friday and Saturday there is only one round before the finals. The Friday division 2 team have been the stars and are currently on top of their section. Keep up the good form and best wishes for the finals. It would be great to celebrate back at the club after the grand final. Go Toc !

Both division 1 teams have had a relatively successful year, not making the finals but very importantly cementing their positions in their sections for next year. Division 3 teams have represented us well but not been able to reach the finals.

Alan Whiteside – At our January meeting the Bowls Committee passed a motion to nominate Alan for promotion to the Murray Bowls Division Hall of Fame for his service to bowls over 38 years and particularly the 33 years with Tocumwal. Alan is continuing a distinguished career in bowls which he began when carpet bowling a Waaia in 1982. For a few years he joined his local clubs at Nathalia and the Finley RS clubs to play lawn bowls before arriving in Tocumwal. He was awarded Life Membership of the TG&BC in 2016 recognising his roles as a Board Member, volunteer green keeper and barman, Alan was also one of the key players in “saving the club” when poker machines were introduced into Victoria. Alan represented Victoria many times and won numerous Divisional Championships in indoor bowls. Alan has a long record of representing Tocumwal in lawn bowls at the highest levels in Pennant, Divisional and State events. We expect Alan will join Bon Sweeney in becoming Tocumwal’s second bowler in the Hall of Fame.

Mixed Pairs Championship - Last Wednesday, in a tightly contested match Yvonne and Graeme Searle werethe winners with Donna Carter and Roger Carter the runners-up.

Ladies and Mens Triples – The Triples are being played on Mondays 3 and 10 February and the finals will be on the 17th. Please note that this is a change for the men’s event to the dates published in our Program Booklet.

Coming Events – Whilst pennant is drawing to a conclusion, our regular social bowls, major events and barefoot bowls continue. However, there are other special bowls events to look forward to. So, it is time to get your teams together to enter and play in the following events.• Northern Triples – Tuesday 18 February – 3 bowl triples, 3 games of 8 ends, any combination.• Men’s Trade Day – Thursday 13 February, 2 bowl triples, 4 games of 10 ends• The Allan Seamer – Saturday 14 March – game and entry details are on the Club Tocumwal website. Go to “Bowls” then “Bowls Events” and scroll down to click on the entry form.

New Members – if you know anyone that you think may be interested in trying bowls please let a Committee Member know and we will see that they receive a gentle introduction to the game.

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Captains chatterCaptains chatter- Bobette Wilkinson

Touching Loose Impediments & Grounding Your Club in a Penalty Area. • There are no longer any special restrictions when a ball is in a “penalty area” (the expanded designation for the area that includes what were previously called water hazards) • A player is allowed to touch or move loose impediments and touch the ground with hand or club (such as grounding the club right behind the ball) for any reason, subject only to the prohibition on improving conditions for the stroke (see Rule 8.1a)

Rule 17 Penalty AreaRule 17 is a specific Rule for penalty areas, which are bodies of water or other areas defined by the Committee where a ball is often lost or unable to be played. For one penalty stroke, you may use specific relief options to play a ball from outside the penalty area.

Water & Lateral Water Hazards It is an unfortunate fact that many golfers, even those that play regularly, do not appear to know the difference between a water hazard and a lateral water hazard, which may be important when deciding which relief option is the most appropriate in differing circumstances.

Water Hazard (Yellow Stakes & or Lines)Areas of the golf course containing water, or areas that normally contain water, are typically designated as water hazards. Common water hazards include ponds or small lakes, but a drainage ditch will also be considered a water hazard if it normally contains water, even if the ditch is dry on a particular day.

Lateral Water Hazard (Red Stakes & or Lines)A water hazard may be designated as a lateral water hazard when the hazard's shape or position on the course makes it difficult or impossible to drop the ball in accordance with the rules while maintaining a fair playing position. For example, if a water hazard runs parallel to the line of play and the ground on the far side of the hazard has many trees or bushes and very few playable lies it may be designated as a lateral hazard. (Example: Captains 3rd Hole)

It's Not a Hazard AnymoreThere's one caveat to the new golf rules January 2019 allowing a golfer to ground their club in a hazard. It's not called a hazard anymore, it's not called a water hazard, it’s now called a penalty area. With the expansion of penalty areas and the desire to speed up play, that means golfers will be in penalty areas where it just makes sense to be able to ground a club. Instead, then, of creating tiers and types of penalty areas where grounding is allowed or prohibited, the USGA and R&A decided a player can ground a club in a penalty area without issue. Golfers are also now allowed to remove loose impediments and touch loose impediments in penalty areas, erstwhile hazards.

Why penalty areas existThe USGA and R&A have made it clear penalty areas exist not to penalize golfers, rather to give golfers options when they're in a situation where it's not practical or possible to hit a golf ball where it lands. Penalty areas are there to give golfers options for relief, allow them to continue playing and move on with the round. By allowing a golfer to ground their club in a hazard or penalty area, the USGA and R&A are still allowing penalty areas to serve their purpose without being unnecessarily penal to a golfer.

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Congratulations to staff member & golf member, Nat Beard on winning our latest Coca-Cola promotion at the Pro Shop!

Final round of both our Ladies 4 Ball and Men’s Scratch pennant was played Sunday 2nd Feb. The girls played Mooroopna in what in effect was a cut throat match with the winner to progress to next weeks final.

Unfortunately the Ladies team wasn’t quite able to get the result they needed. Bobette Wilkinson and Megan Carr won the first match 2/1 to get the team off to a bright start.

Leanne Marshall and Petra Wilmot fought gamely all day only to finish square after the regulation 18 holes.The unlucky pairing of Ros Seymour and Cheryl Hart finished 1 down in a match that could have gone either way.

In the end the girls were tied with Mooroopna and missed the finals on individual match results throughout the season, bad luck girls but a great effort anyway.

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PRO SHOPPRO SHOP- Rodney Booth

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On a brighter note our boys headed to Mansfield to play against Benalla.Early on the team was in deep trouble with only 1 match up after 9 holes. Ben Kerr and Brett Molnar at no 2 were the first back in the sheds going down 3/2.

It was then the youngest pairing in this years Pennant Charley McKenna and Jordan Bovalina at no 4 who fought back with some great golf to win 2/1.

Our no 1 pairing of Rod Booth and Steve Piggott were always in control and took the win 3/2 to post our 2nd win and effectively guarantee a passage into the final alongside results from the first 2 rounds.

After being 4 down after 10 holes Phil Nunn and John Thompson fought on gamely and went down the last hole square. Phil had a putt to extend the Match but was unlucky to miss and thus the tie was 2 matches a piece.

With the no 5 pairing of Mal Hart and Pete Bolt heading down the 19th after being tied after regulation holes all eyes were focused on the boys. Finding the fairway and hitting a pitch from 60m to around 1m, Pete then calmly holed the birdie putt to give Tocumwal a 3 matches to 2 victory.

While we went through the season undefeated we will face Benalla again in the final on Sunday Feb 23rd at Yarrawonga. This will see a great opportunity for the team to win their first flag for a number of years.

Best of luck to the boys and commiserations to the girls and our Mid Murray boys team who bowed out of contention last week.

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Ladies 4 Ball and Men’s Scratch Pennant Update

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PRO SHOPPRO SHOP- Rodney Booth

Monthly Mens & Ladies Player of the Year November Winners were:

Ladies: Gayle TyresMens: Mick Cooper

December Winners were:Ladies: Annie Beveridge

Mens: Mick CooperJanuary Winners were:

Ladies: Bobette Wilkinson Mens: Hugo Jankov & Jim Williams

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Anything you can do Dad, I can do better!Two NEARLY hole in ones at our Golf On The Murray friends Yarrawonga Mulwala Golf Club Resort on the Lakes 7th for our Trainee Mal & his son Charley.

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The future of our Club!

These 4 young blokes walked 9 holes during their school holidays, two belong to our Director of Golf, one belongs to our Course Superintendent & the 4th is the grandson of one of our 90 year old members, Kevin Morey!What a crew!

Left to right: Crue Lucas, Alex Booth, Campbell Lawrence & Lachie Booth.

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LADies GOLF reportLADies GOLF report- Nat Beard

Welcome to 2020. The weather has thrown some interesting days at us with gusty winds for most the month with 35+ temps but it did not stop our golfers and all the visitors coming and enjoying our Course & Club.

Tuesday 7th Stableford 44 Ladies played Division 1 Winner: Maxine Sadler Runner up: Bobette Wilkinson Division 2 Winner: Marlene Bailey Runner up: Denise Baldwin NTP: Noelene Duncombe, Jo Boake and Bev Richard Pro pin: Lindy Cooper

Tuesday 14th Stableford Monthly Medal 47 Ladies played Monthly Medal: Megan Carr Division 1 Winner: Bobette Wilkinson Runner up: Pam Richardson Division 2 Winner: Megan Carr Runner up: Val Watmore NTP: Robyn Conrick, Bobette Wilkinson and Kerri McKenna Pro pin: Cheryl Hart

Tuesday 21st Canadian Foursomes 52 Ladies played Winners: Bobette Wilkinson & Petra Wilmot Runners up: Noelene Duncombe & Shellei Clarke NTP: Jan Taylor, Sandra Williams & Julie Penny Pro pin: Jill Loversidge & Cheryl Hart

Tuesday 28th Stableford 47 Ladies played Division 1 Winner: Nannette Mullins Runner up: Jan Taylor Division 2 Winner: Robyn Taverna Runner up: Nola Whiteford NTP: Helen Crilly, Nola Whiteford & Gayle Blakey Pro pin: Helen Crilly

The month ended with Summer Tournament. Three great days weather wise and shotgun start for all days. Sunday was Individual Stableford and a shout out to our ladies in Division 1 Helen Crilly taking out 1st place and Sue Hawe taking out runner up. Division 3 Robyn Benbow taking out 1st place with Nola Whiteford as runner up. Well done ladies.

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