I hope you are all enjoying the new season and appreciating some of the changes that have been made in the club. The purpose of this newsletter is to update you on what has happened since the 2009 AGM in March and to detail some future events and plans.
The Grounds:
The new SISIS Aerator has been put to good use with pencil tining taking place every month. The purpose of this is to aerate the soil and improve the quality of the root growth. An additional benefit is that it should help the lawns to drain more easily. The success of this tining was seen at the Inter-Counties Championships where we experienced heavy rain on the Sunday night and expected the lawns to be flooded. The surrounds which hadn’t been tined were flooded but the lawns had drained extremely well.
One of the major problems we are experiencing this year is moss. The moss killer we used to use effectively has been taken off the market by an EC edict and we have been waiting for a new effective treatment to be put on the market. Lawn 10 is particularly bad and is going to require severe remedial treatment. This will involve us closing the lawn from August onwards so that we can scarify and reseed parts of the lawn. Regrettably we can’t do it later in the season as we need the grass to start establishing itself before the winter.
Some of our lawns are uneven particularly around the hoops and this shows up especially when the lawns are playing “fast”. We are planning to identify these problems using a laser to map out selective lawns. From this we will implement appropriate remedial action for each lawn in question.
The Club House:
The canteen is now the proud owner of a second hand commercial dishwasher. The machine was installed in time for the Inter-Counties Championship and has proved to be a valuable asset completing each wash within 3 minutes. This is going to make our volunteers’ work on lunches and teas much easier.
Many of you will have noticed that we have purchased new chairs for the club. The chairs were mainly paid for by an anonymous gift from a member and by selling the old chairs through the trade. Apart from improving members’ comfort they have been chosen to give the club more flexibility re: courses and accommodation and they stack for easier cleaning.
The committee is currently discussing plans to improve the layout of the kitchen and bar, with a view to implementing some of the changes this coming winter.
Tournaments and competitions:
The Advanced Tournament in April was won by Jamie Burch who beat Stephen Mulliner in a very exciting five game final.
The Club’s May Bank Holiday Tournament had to be reduced to one class due to lack of entries for the Handicap event. Two of our own members, David & Daphne Gaitley should be congratulated on coming first and second respectively. The format and possibly timing for next year’s event is being reviewed as there are too many tournaments being hosted around the country on this Bank Holiday weekend. We may have to review the High Bisque Tournament similarly.
The Inter-Counties was a great success for the club. Thanks to our loyal band of willing helpers we offered some excellent food, an even better selection of drinks over the bar and a barbeque in the evenings. Whilst it was hard work the results were greatly appreciated by the contestants and greatly helped to make it a real festival of Croquet. My sincere thanks go to all our helpers.
Our Competition Secretary has asked me to remind you all to keep up to date with the playing schedule for your relevant competitions. The popularity of the club competitions is increasing with our biggest entry list this season ever.
Coaching & The Academy:
The Academy is going from strength to strength with course entries growing and new courses being developed.
In addition to this I remind you all that on Wednesday afternoons SCCC members can get free coaching from our team of CA qualified coaches - just turn up at 2.00 pm
Coming Events for Members:
The club’s Mid Summer Barbeque is being held on Saturday 13th June. Details are on the club notice board.
A Jamboree is hosted by Frances Low each month during the season. Do consider coming – It’s good fun and open to Association players of all handicaps.
During the major tournaments we are going to run some themed dinners following their success last season. Members and contestants are all welcome to attend but numbers will be restricted to 56 people and details will be published on the club notice board. The dates are:
Friday 26th June British Open Golf Tournament
Friday 17th July National Seniors AC Championship
Saturday 15th August SCCC August Tournament
Saturday 5th September The Challenge & Gilbey
Saturday 12th September Inter-Counties Golf Croquet Championship
Golf Croquet:
Sadly Jill Austin is giving up organising Tuesday and Thursday afternoon Golf Croquet. This has come about because some members have not been entering into the spirit of a “Club Afternoon”, preferring to play in their own groups, instead of playing with different people, welcoming new members and generally socialising.
I would ask all golf croquet players to remember that they can play in their own “foursomes” on Tuesdays and Thursdays after tea, and every other day of the week .
It is the committee’s current intention that the present lawn arrangements for Tuesday and Thursday afternoon will continue. Meanwhile we need someone to take over the organisation of these afternoons.
Members interests:
Sadly Max Stokes passed away earlier this year. In May, his wife Dorothy donated a beautiful bench seat
In his memory which was received by our club president John Solomon. The bench is located by lawn 9 – Max’s favourite lawn and is a fitting tribute to a well loved member.
Please support our Produce Corner, either by buying plants and preserves, or donating your own surplus. Thank you to those who have donated and to those who supported the recent raffle which raised over £250.
If anybody has a freezer or fridge/freezer that is surplus to their requirements the club would be very grateful to receive it. In spite of a very generous gift of a small chest freezer from Brian and Barbara Kitching we are still short of freezer space.
Jonathan Isaacs
June 2009
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I hope you are all enjoying the new season and appreciating some of the changes that have been made in the club. The purpose of this newsletter is to update you on what has happened since the 2009 AGM in March and to detail some future events and plans.
The Grounds:
The new SISIS Aerator has been put to good use with pencil tining taking place every month. The purpose of this is to aerate the soil and improve the quality of the root growth. An additional benefit is that it should help the lawns to drain more easily. The success of this tining was seen at the Inter-Counties Championships where we experienced heavy rain on the Sunday night and expected the lawns to be flooded. The surrounds which hadn’t been tined were flooded but the lawns had drained extremely well.
One of the major problems we are experiencing this year is moss. The moss killer we used to use effectively has been taken off the market by an EC edict and we have been waiting for a new effective treatment to be put on the market. Lawn 10 is particularly bad and is going to require severe remedial treatment. This will involve us closing the lawn from August onwards so that we can scarify and reseed parts of the lawn. Regrettably we can’t do it later in the season as we need the grass to start establishing itself before the winter.
Some of our lawns are uneven particularly around the hoops and this shows up especially when the lawns are playing “fast”. We are planning to identify these problems using a laser to map out selective lawns. From this we will implement appropriate remedial action for each lawn in question.
The Club House:
The canteen is now the proud owner of a second hand commercial dishwasher. The machine was installed in time for the Inter-Counties Championship and has proved to be a valuable asset completing each wash within 3 minutes. This is going to make our volunteers’ work on lunches and teas much easier.
Many of you will have noticed that we have purchased new chairs for the club. The chairs were mainly paid for by an anonymous gift from a member and by selling the old chairs through the trade. Apart from improving members’ comfort they have been chosen to give the club more flexibility re: courses and accommodation and they stack for easier cleaning.
The committee is currently discussing plans to improve the layout of the kitchen and bar, with a view to implementing some of the changes this coming winter.
Tournaments and competitions:
The Advanced Tournament in April was won by Jamie Burch who beat Stephen Mulliner in a very exciting five game final.
The Club’s May Bank Holiday Tournament had to be reduced to one class due to lack of entries for the Handicap event. Two of our own members, David & Daphne Gaitley should be congratulated on coming first and second respectively. The format and possibly timing for next year’s event is being reviewed as there are too many tournaments being hosted around the country on this Bank Holiday weekend. We may have to review the High Bisque Tournament similarly.
The Inter-Counties was a great success for the club. Thanks to our loyal band of willing helpers we offered some excellent food, an even better selection of drinks over the bar and a barbeque in the evenings. Whilst it was hard work the results were greatly appreciated by the contestants and greatly helped to make it a real festival of Croquet. My sincere thanks go to all our helpers.
Our Competition Secretary has asked me to remind you all to keep up to date with the playing schedule for your relevant competitions. The popularity of the club competitions is increasing with our biggest entry list this season ever.
Coaching & The Academy:
The Academy is going from strength to strength with course entries growing and new courses being developed.
In addition to this I remind you all that on Wednesday afternoons SCCC members can get free coaching from our team of CA qualified coaches - just turn up at 2.00 pm
Coming Events for Members:
The club’s Mid Summer Barbeque is being held on Saturday 13th June. Details are on the club notice board.
A Jamboree is hosted by Frances Low each month during the season. Do consider coming – It’s good fun and open to Association players of all handicaps.
During the major tournaments we are going to run some themed dinners following their success last season. Members and contestants are all welcome to attend but numbers will be restricted to 56 people and details will be published on the club notice board. The dates are:
Friday 26th June British Open Golf Tournament
Friday 17th July National Seniors AC Championship
Saturday 15th August SCCC August Tournament
Saturday 5th September The Challenge & Gilbey
Saturday 12th September Inter-Counties Golf Croquet Championship
Golf Croquet:
Sadly Jill Austin is giving up organising Tuesday and Thursday afternoon Golf Croquet. This has come about because some members have not been entering into the spirit of a “Club Afternoon”, preferring to play in their own groups, instead of playing with different people, welcoming new members and generally socialising.
I would ask all golf croquet players to remember that they can play in their own “foursomes” on Tuesdays and Thursdays after tea, and every other day of the week .
It is the committee’s current intention that the present lawn arrangements for Tuesday and Thursday afternoon will continue. Meanwhile we need someone to take over the organisation of these afternoons.
Members interests:
Sadly Max Stokes passed away earlier this year. In May, his wife Dorothy donated a beautiful bench seat
In his memory which was received by our club president John Solomon. The bench is located by lawn 9 – Max’s favourite lawn and is a fitting tribute to a well loved member.
Please support our Produce Corner, either by buying plants and preserves, or donating your own surplus. Thank you to those who have donated and to those who supported the recent raffle which raised over £250.
If anybody has a freezer or fridge/freezer that is surplus to their requirements the club would be very grateful to receive it. In spite of a very generous gift of a small chest freezer from Brian and Barbara Kitching we are still short of freezer space.
Jonathan Isaacs
June 2009
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