DEVELOPMENT:
In another significant step forward, the Golf Course Enabling Works tender documents have been released and we will now go through a selection process to appoint a preferred Contractor. In the meantime, our Development Application is still under assessment by the Department of Planning. Our temporary greens are now being mown and top-dressed. Once they’re in use we anticipate there will be minimal disruption to players who will continue to play on an 18 hole quality course.DIGGERS DAY Diggers Day this year will be held on Saturday 9th November. It’s not too early to start thinking about participating in this great yearly event where we raise money for Legacy who support the families of our Service Men and Women. All categories of membership are eligible to play on the day. We are still looking for extra volunteers to work on the BBQ and then join us as a guest for the memorial dinner afterwards. If you can help, please speak with someone in the office or to one of our Directors.

A NEW SELF SERVE KENO MACHINE
is being installed in the member’s lounge for your convenience. To save time and to take some of the pressure of bar staff during booking in and when serving multiple patrons at the bar.

BEER INCREASE. Here we go again !! Last month the breweries increased the cost of their bulk beer and freight charges and unfortunately, we have to pass the increases on. Back in March we were forced to increase prices by 50cents but this time we’ve been able to keep it to a 20cent increase. The new prices will come into effect 21st October

MI-CLUB
We will be making the transition from Micropower to MiClub early next month following staff training and software adjustments. Management will issue a special newsletter with more details and MiClub staff will be on site to help members adapt to the new system. We expect this to be a seamless process with no need for concerns.

CHANGE OF TITLE
The Board has changed the title of our General Manager Andrew Laplain to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to comply with the requirements of Section 32(1) of the Registered Clubs Act.

We have been informed that COL GRANGER is very ill and currently in Westmead Hospital. Col and his wife Helen have been stalwarts of the club for many years. Col participated in many committees of the club and was a prominent official referee for Pennants and other tournaments held at the club over 40 years. Our thoughts and prayers are with Col, Helen and the Granger family.

Personally, I’d like to thank the many members who have reached out to me with well wishes and words of encouragement as I fight prostate cancer. It’s nice to know nice people.
My prognosis is very good thanks to early intervention. I’ve now survived a bowel tumor, six skin melanomas and will beat this latest challenge, all because of early detection. I hope that by putting my situation out there it will encourage others, both male and female, to get regular health checks because these days there’s not much they can’t treat if detected early. Denis Clifford (Club President)

• Captains Report

Well October has arrived and that means the Club Championships. With the course in excellent condition and the weather staring to warm up, there is an expectation that this year’s Club Champs will be hotly contested in all grades this year.

The match committee have decided to make a change to this year’s playing conditions. There will only be one cut made this year and that will be after the 2nd round is completed. In the past we have made an additional cut after the 3rd round. This decision was made to give more players an opportunity to maybe improve your position in the field and perhaps take home that allusive Club Champion Trophy.

With the club champs fast approaching we again need to be mindful of other members on the course. ‘Slow Play’ is something we all dislike so can ask that all members and their playing groups keep up with the group in front. An issue we have of late is members cancelling within the prescribed cancellation time of 2 hours prior to your tee time. We understand that some members maybe unwell in the morning but, those who are just lazy when cancelling isn’t being fair on those members that may have missed out on a game and are looking for a cancelled spot on the time sheet.

Pennants; Our Junior Pennants team has been selected and will be commencing their season on Sunday 13th Oct. This year’s team will be managed by Josh Russo. Thank you to Josh for taking on the role and I’m certain the entire team are really excited that Josh has taken on this role. Darren Stocks
Club Captain

Spring has sprung and what a start to spring it has been. The course has welcomed the warm weather and
is responding well as have the greens following the recent renovations. The wild winds at the end of August truly played havoc with course maintenance as regrettable as it is, some things are truly out of our control.Divots and lobs marks on the green remain constant, which is disappointing as it mostly the result of members play not social players.

Recently I had the privilege of a social round mid-week, and for all those who say social players do the damage, sadly you’re mistaken as no social players were on the course and the bunkers were riddled with footmarks and most greens had 6 or more unrepaired lob marks. It’s your course, please show it some respect and love by raking bunkers and fixing divots and lob marks.

Cumberland CGC was one of the first clubs in NSW to adopt sand buckets to fill in divots. The filling of divots has many benefits to our course as well as the playing surface. An important part of golf etiquette and as a member you can assist by filling in divots and maintaining our course’s great condition. Not filling in your divot will cause inconsistent areas of play and unhealthy turf from uneven cuts with the mowers and adds time to the repair process.
Here are some interesting facts:
• A ball mark repaired within 10 minutes will heal with a smooth surface within two – three days, left unrepaired it will take three weeks and leave an uneven surface.
• A repaired divot will commence the repair process within 24 hours, left unrepaired will take months.

Notables
• Freshwater dam on the 12th is at 80% capacity. The 2nd dams are at 50% capacity, while the 5th dam is at 80% capacity.
• Treatments are ongoing on all dams to reduce surface algae; the 9th is showing signs of the success of this program.
• September’s weather, 41 mm of rain received during the month.
• Green’s renovations were completed on time and without incident and the greens are recovering well.
• The turfed area on the left hand side of 3, has taken well, this area is progressively coming back into play.
• The battery-operated Jacobson Greens mover have been in operation a few months now and doing great work.

Lastly, I’d like to thank our superintendent and his team for providing and presenting a great course day in day out, week in week out.

Martin Smith
Vice Captain and Chair of the Greens Committee

Hello all, this month we held another Open Day being our Cancer Awareness
Fundraising Event. The cancer of choice to support this year was Blood Cancers. It was great to see all the ladies dressed in red to support the cause. It is also good to see our Open Days being supported by visitors from other clubs. Following the successful day, on behalf of the ladies we made a donation of $1,000 to the Leukemia Foundation. As always, I thank you all for your generosity.The Ladies Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday October 22 following the completion of golf and the presentation that day. After two years as the Ladies President I have decided to stand down. I have enjoyed my time in the role and I would like to thank my fellow committee members and all the ladies for all the help and support I have received during this time.

September was a fantastic month of golf for our ladies, capped off with
our Silver and Bronze Salvers and Bronze Plate event.
With over 90 players, one of the strongest fields we’ve had, our Divisional winners were very worthy champions. The Silver Salver was won by Eun Park who finished comfortably ahead of her rivals with a fantastic 86 scratch. Su Yeon Kwak also claimed Division 2 victory with a 5 shot lead, while in Division 3, In-Sook Kim edged in to take the Bronze Plate – on a countback! Congratulations and great work ladies!!

In-Sook Kim (Bronze Plate); Eun Park (Silver Salver); Su Yeon Kwak (Bronze Salverck! Congratulations and great work ladies!!

The Salver prepared us for round one of our Ladies Singles club
championship events which commenced this week and there are plenty of players keen and in contention. Several past champions are already circling and hoping for another chance to raise the silverware, it will be very interesting to see how the field develops over the next couple of weeks! Congratulations to our ladies who were (I’m told!), the better half, of the Mixed Foursomes Champions. Eunmi Pyun (Div 1 with Ambrosio Park) and Jina Lee (Div 2 with Kevin Hyeong Park), well done ladies (and gents!). The Mixed Foursomes is a truly fantastic event which should be included in everyone’s September calendar! Over the past 3 years I’ve had the privilege of representing Cumberland and our players as the Ladies Captain. It has been a wonderful journey but like all good things, this is now coming to an end. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the members of the Ladies Committee, our ever-ready volunteers, Matt Turner and his Greens staff, and our Management and Board for their confidence and assistance throughout my tenure. Finally, best wishes and good luck to all competitors throughout the next few weeks of club championships!Kate Stuart
Ladies Captain

For any of your golfing needs call into the Pro Shop and talk to our friendly staff. Joanne, Matthew, Myo, Arthur, Luke, Alex and the Juniors