Month: April 2021

Gents,

Our Invitation Day this year is on Wednesday 30^th June. It is a 4BBB Stableford competition off the Yellow tees. This is a means of showing off the course to a friend in a “competitive” manner but it is really more of a social event.

There are two criteria for this event. Firstly, to qualify for any prize the guest must have a current WHS Handicap index, so I will need their CDH number to get their handicap index off the system to set up the scoring on the computer. If your guest does not have a current WHS handicap index the team can still play on the day but it will not be in the competition for the prizes.

The second one is there is a playing handicap limit of 28 to be applied.

Booking for this event will open on Monday 26^th April at 7.00 a.m. on V1 app/HDID and the terminal in the lobby. Booking closes on 21^st June at 15.00hr so that any unused tees can be released back to the club for general booking.

Entry fee for this competition is £10 per team. I will set it up to be taken off your card at sign in on the day. The intention is to have a booking-in person there (me) who will book you in and also sell raffle tickets.

You can book a tee time by adding just your name for now. Then can you please email me, at compsec@burghamparkseniors.co.uk , or let me know in person, your guest’s full name and their home club and, if you have it, their CDH number. I will add in their details to the team on the system. This will then allow score entry on the app/terminal.

Contributions towards raffle prizes will be greatly appreciated and these can be handed to any committee member (Paul Thornton, Doug Lyons, Bill Tarbit, Tony Clarkson, Derek Harrison, Phil Finegold, John Megoran and myself) from now. Your generous contributions are always welcome.

Raffle tickets will be available to purchase on the day.

We wait to see if catering will be available on the day but as this is out of our control we will have to see closer to the time.

John

To clarify the current Covid compliant rules regarding play in bunkers, the ruling is as follows.

A player may move his ball 6 inches in the bunker, no nearer the hole, and cannot smooth the sand to improve the new lie.

So all bunkers are in play, unless marked as GUR, and you may move your ball 6″ no nearer the hole.

John 

As we now move into the handicap qualifying competitions could I make the following requests which should smooth the coming months so that we have only our  own game to moan about ?

1) In order to minimise congestion of groups on holes please only tee off from the first at your allotted tee time not when the group in front are out of range. This will give the necessary 8 minute spacing between groups which should prevent having to wait before playing a shot, which does not help anyone’s game ( well not mine anyway).

Again, if your group lose a hole on the group in front then let the group behind through.

Play a provisional ball if you think a ball might be lost, remember to declare the provisional ball not “I’ll play another” as that is then the ball in play even if you find the first one.

2) Should you be unfortunate to not score on a hole please continue to score the rest of your round and enter your scores at the end.  The system will assign a nett double bogey for handicap purposes for the NR. Your scores, even though a NR, are used as part of the Playing Conditions Calculation for that competition and could influence people’s handicap index. ( it is akin to the old CSS in CONGU).

Not entering a score after signing in to a competition could result in the Handicap committee assigning your worst or best score from your last 20 rounds to the missing score round.

3) Please do check your entered scores in either the PSI terminal or via HowDidIDo app and if the system score differs from that on your card go back and correct the error before accepting/submitting the score.

If you think there is something wrong with the scoring on the system then please contact me as soon as possible, with a photo of your card, either in the clubhouse or via compsec@burghamparkseniors.co.uk  so that it can be looked at before the comp is closed.

Finally if you are feeling positive about your game then just to let you know that the pot for the 2’s sweep is currently sitting at £32. Like all lotteries though you have to be in it to win it!

Good luck ( or skill) over the coming season.

John

Hi Gents,

There is a Seniors NNGL match at home against Bamburgh on 21st May 2021. Tony Clarkson has asked me to email you to remind/advise you that if you would like to be considered to play in the match and future matches then please text Tony on 07803711381.

There are no payments to play in the NNGL games as there is no catering required for these matches.

John Davies

Competition Secretary