NEPEAN AGM A well-attended AGM was held at the Pavilion on October 26th 2017. To celebrate the club’s 65th year Nepean bag tags were given to all in attendance. Please see Anne Cobham if you haven’t got your bag tag yet.

A warm welcome to our new committee:

PRESIDENT Rosie McLean VICE PRESIDENT Cathy Linklater CAPTAIN Fiona Harvey VICE CAPTAIN Jane Belcher SECRETARY Anne Cobham ASS SECRETARY Margaret Gobolyos TREASURER Judith Freidin ASS TREASURER Carol DeKievit CO-HANDICAPPER Penny Price CO-HANDICAPPER Raylene Grapsas COMMITTEE Jan Gustavsen COMMITTEE Eleanor Douglas COMMITTEE Judy Evans

2018 Committee

Raylene Grapsas, Carol DeKievit, Fiona Harvey, Rosie McLean, Jan Gustavsen, Margaret Gobolyos, Cathy Linklater, Anne Cobham, Penny Price, Eleanor Douglas and Judy Evans.

BRIGHTON SHIELD

The Brighton Shield Matchplay Event, hosted by Brighton Golf Club was played on Wednesday October 11th 2017. The Shield returned to its rightful home in The Pavilion with a convincing Nepean win - 10 games to 4!

A big thank you to all the Nepean girls who played so well. It was a very enjoyable day.

Captain Fiona Harvey taking the shield back from the Brighton Captain Sue Bamberry.

The victorious Nepean team!

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NEPEAN E NEWS

January 2018

CHRISTMAS LUNCH

Our Christmas Lunch was held on Thursday 7th December at the Brighton Savoy. Thank you to the Committee for their wonderful organisation and to all the members who donated to the Raffles and Trade Table. We raised an amazing $1330.20. Thanks also to Jane Belcher for her wonderful talk on walking “The Camino Trail”.

Thanks to Jan Gustavsen who made the Christmas Table centre pieces - they looked fantastic! 

President Rosie McLean and Alison Abbott.

Past Captain Anne Walker, Carmel Wonnacott, Flo Box and Past Captain Judy Palmer enjoying Christmas Lunch.

WHAT’S ON!

Thursday February 1st

Opening Day - Tee off 7.30am Refreshments provided

Your 2018 Syllabus available for collection.

OPENING DAY TRADE TABLE Did you receive Christmas presents which weren’t really “you”? Bring them to the -

AFTER CHRISTMAS TRADE TABLE!

Why not recycle your GOLF CLOTHING? We will have a rack of preloved golf gear for

sale, bring yours along too!

Thursday February 8th

Grandma’s Trophy - Stableford Tee off 7.30am Please tick the box if you are a Grandparent!

Thursday February 15th & 22nd

Pairs Championship - 4BBB Stableford Tee off 7.30am

Find a partner who can play both weeks and put both names on the timesheet.

Thursday April 26th

President’s V Captain’s Teams Matchplay and the start of the Margaret King Matchplay Event Tee off 8.00am

Thursday May 10th Charity Guest Day - Put the date in your diary!

Tee off 8.00am Please invite a guest or guests to play. All proceeds from the day will be donated to the club’s charities. More details to follow.

VGL PENNANT 2018 The VGL Pennant Season begins on Monday February 26 and concludes with the final at Werribee Park on Monday April 30.

Thank you to those members who put their names on the Expression of Interest sheet last year. We will be submitting one Nepean team this year. More details to follow in early February.

NEPEAN WEBSITE

www.nepeanwomensgolf.com.au For all your up to date club information - results, latest ENews, updated table duty roster, club history etc.

NEW LIFE MEMBER The members present at the 65th AGM on October 26, 2017 unanimously voted to award Life Membership to Raylene Grapsas.

Raylene has been a member of Nepean for 13 years and in that time has taken on the roles of Assistant Secretary, Secretary, Vice President, Vice Captain, Captain, Pennant Captain, Handicapper, Club Delegate and Newsletter Editor.

Her service to the club has been exceptional and she continues in her roles as Handicapper and Newsletter Editor.

NEPEAN SPONSORS

LMS BRIGHTON GOLF COURSE PRO SHOP HOUSE OF GOLF BIZWORKS PRINTING & DESIGN THE BUXTON GROUP

Our sponsors support Nepean through donations and providing raffle prizes, monthly golf prizes and trophies. Please support them in return.

SUMMER GOLF A big thank you to Eleanor Douglas and Geni Brewster for running our Summer Golf Program.

SUMMER GOLF WINNERS Dec 14th - J Turnbull Dec 21st - J Freidin

Jan 4th - E Douglas Jan 11th - R McLean

Jan 18th - J Freidin Jan 25th - J Belcher

CLUB NEWS The Committee has decided to remove the daily $2 competition fee for this year. Your Daily Handicaps will now be printed on the Golflink sheet on the Registration table. The President’s and Captain’s lunch has been moved forward to June 14th. Please remember to renew your medical certificate if you are under 70 and need to use a motorised golf cart. The Club’s Heat Policy has been changed - please check your 2018 Syllabus. Preferred lies will no longer be in play. Thank you to retiring Committee Member Vicki King.

GETAWAY 2018

Sunday May 6th – Tuesday May 8th At the Rosebud Country Club  Package includes:  2 x 18 holes of golf and 2  nights  accommodation at Fairways Resort Rosebud   Cost: approx $230 per person (twin share) plus meals Single rooms can be booked at extra cost Theme: Op Shop after 5!   Contact Maryanne O’Connell for details on 0418 130 995 or mezoconnell@hotmail.com or Cathy Linklater on 0411 278 930

VGL COMMITTEE GOLF DAY These intrepid golfers represented Nepean at the 2017 VGL Committee Golf Day held at Northern Golf Club.

Margaret Gobolyos, Rosie McLean, Fiona Harvey, Carol DeKievit and Judith Freidin.

TABLE DUTY Please don’t forget your rostered table duty date, which is listed in the 2018 syllabus.

Arrive 40 minutes prior to the first tee time, the person who is listed first on the Table Duty roster is responsible for bringing the milk. A list of duties is on the back of the Pavilion door.

Contact Margaret Gobolyos with any changes -               9584 4560 or 0409 192 399

You can also check the website for an updated table duty roster.

February Table Duty Roster

1st B Anderson & P Price

8th H Williams & R McIntosh

15th M O’Connell & D Stannard

22nd R Grapsas & J Burrows

VALE - ELSIE DEAN Nepean Life Member, Elsie Dean passed away on Sunday October 1st 2017.

Elsie joined Nepean in 1980, she was an active golfer and contributed greatly to all aspects of the club over her long years of membership.

Elsie joined the Committee in 1983 as Junior Vice President, the following year she took on the role of Senior Vice President, she then became a General Committee member for 1 year before spending 3 years as an ex-officio committee member.

Elsie returned to the General Committee in 1989 and took on the role of Club Handicapper in 1992. Elsie stayed in this very demanding role for 14 years.

During this time handicapping was done by hand, Elsie meticulously recorded all scores and calculated the changes to individual players handicaps. There was a members board in the clubrooms displaying everyone’s handicaps which Elsie would change on a weekly basis, she took great pride in her role as Club Handicapper.

Elsie represented Nepean in VWGL Pennant for 6 seasons and had a great love of Pennant. She was always eager to hear the Pennant results on a Monday afternoon from fellow Life Member, Penny Price.

For many years Elsie was the donor of the Nepean Plate Perpetual Trophy.

In recognition of her outstanding service to Nepean, Elsie was made a Life Member of the club in 2006.

Elsie will be sadly missed by all at Nepean.

MEMBERSHIP MILESTONES 60 YEARS - Pat Young (Life Member) - an amazing effort!

30 YEARS - Marj Carlos (Social Member)

20 YEARS - Carole Schmoll, Maureen Stewart and Sue Grant (Social Member)

10 YEARS - Vicki King, Dorothy Stannard, Stella Torrance, Joy Turnbull and Moira O’Donnell (Social Member)

MEMBERSHIP NEWS

Please welcome three new members to Nepean - Amanda Ford, Susie Walker and Judi Ingram.

The following Playing Members have resigned from the club - Christina Lee, Belinda Holt, Barbara Richmond, Helen Praetz, Lyn Mortimer, Julie Reith, Marg White, Emilia Hutchings and Alice Murkies.

The following Social Members have resigned - Eveline Jona and Sheila Rudd.

Neredah Neill, Anne Casley, Barb Birch, Shirley Bell and Moira O’Donnell are now Social Members.

COURSE UPDATE - from Travis

The completion of the Storm Water Harvesting Project has been delayed due to extra expenses council has incurred which were not forecasted. Hopefully the contractor will be off the majority of the course by mid February. But the total completion date with everything operational may not be until March.

The biggest issue the delay has caused is with the irrigation system. This has left us with low pressure to run the system hence the greens have been struggling through summer. Our staff have had to hand water greens which is a time consuming task taking man hours away from other required jobs. It has been frustrating for all involved and we apologise for the current state of the greens but we have done everything possible to keep them going. 

Green fees will stay at the same amount until we are happy the course is back to good condition. The fees were meant to go up at the end of the last financial year. 

We welcome any feedback from the club and look forward to working together this year to provide great events and help build membership for Nepean Ladies.

FROM THE TRUSTEES Last December we held our 2nd annual Trustee Tournament - a 9 hole Ambrose competition for representatives from all the clubs that share the Pavilion as their club rooms. Once again we were blessed with very pleasant weather and had a fantastic attendance with every club sending along their President, Secretary and Treasurer or their representative. The teams were a mix of Trustees and club representatives.   Travis generously made a contribution towards the prizes for the day and Nepean President Rosie was a member of the winning team.

Our new Trustee Eli Monger (Dendy YWCA Golf Club member) participated for the first time and assisted with the organisation whilst Lyn Mortimer, the recently retired Trustee, played. During the morning tea a presentation was made to Lyn for her work as a Trustee during 2016/2017. All participants again spoke very enthusiastically about the morning and requested a similar event in December 2018. The opportunity for office bearers from the participating clubs to meet one another and the Trustees is considered to be very valuable.

Our annual housekeeping chores have commenced – gutters are being cleaned, the inside and outside of the building will be professionally cleaned by the commencement of the Nepean 2018 year.  The refrigerator, kettles and kitchen cupboards have been cleaned and supplies have been replenished. The planters and garden bed at the rear of Pavilion have been tidied up.

During 2017 we became aware that the roof of the Pavilion is in need of some repairs.   Also other building defects have been identified. Discussions have occurred over recent months between LMS and the Bayside Council with regards to the responsibility for these works and we are hopeful that we will see some repairs completed during this year.

Best wishes to all Nepean members for a great 2018 on the golf course and do make time to enjoy the friendship of your fellow members after your game in the Pavilion – a facility we are fortunate to have.

Sue Rowell on behalf of the Nepean Trustees.

PHOTO GALLERY

Christmas lunch

Joy Turnbull, Joyce Fidler, Elaine Witchell, Vicki King, Stella Torrance and Barb Birch.

June Whitty, Gaile Kemp, Lorraine Ranford and Sue Frankl.

Sisters Brig Anderson and Riky McIntosh.

Summer Golf

Margaret Gobolyos, new member Amanda Ford and Flo Box.

Joye Burrows, Anne Walker and Jane Belcher.

Yvonne Lord, Stella Torrrance, Joyce Fidler, Amanda Ford and Margaret Gobolyos.