Presidents Update
I know that we are all very keen to return to our spiritual golfing home at Riverside GC.
Tim Petersen, Ash Whitehouse and a number of volunteers have been working hard to put the golf links back into playable condition.
As most would know, we were required to remove all of the existing greens. New fill was brought in and the greens were re-shaped. Seeding of the greens was completed on Wednesday 8 March 2023.
Our experience is that (at this time of year) we can expect to be back playing on re-seeded greens in approximately 12 weeks. This timeframe is dependent upon the weather – and particularly the combined maximum and minimum temperatures.
All going well, we are still planning a return to golf on the weekend of 27-28 May 2023. A further update will be provided in early May 2023. As you will all appreciate, the Riverside Golf Club has had very limited income, since the flood hit us in late November. We have been surviving drastically limiting our expenditure and using our financial reserves. The continued support of our member and sponsors is vital to our survival and success moving forward. We look forward to your continued support and hope that you will join us at the events that we have planned (see below) and for any future events as we bring the club back online.
I hope to see as many of you as possible at our next Nearest the Pin / Hole in One day on Sunday 30 April 2023 – referred to below. Heather Klemm and I won the last NTP competitions, so a bit of competition this time would be good … ha ha.
Before & After
The recovery is happening. Below are two photos of the ninth fairway taken from roughly the same place. As you can see things have improved considerably. The good news is we are making progress towards the course reopening.
Recovery Plan
Our Recovery Action Plan is now well-advanced. We are pleased to report that the Greens have all been prepared and re-seeding was completed on 8 March 2023. Recent experience should have us back playing on 18 new Greens in approximately 13 weeks – so end of May or the first week of June 2023. I am sure that all members, visiters etc, are champing at the bit to get back on OUR Golf course!
Official R&A Rules of Golf app
The Official R&A App for the 2023 Rules of Golf includes nearly 30 diagrams and over 50 how-to videos that help to explain the Rules and gives guidance for many common situations. Other features include:
- The Player’s Rule Finder is intended to help you quickly find a summary of the Rule you need to answer your Rules questions.
- A new ‘Learn’ section incorporates a video player to allow you to access all Rules videos in one location.
- The Learn section also includes a new and improved Rules Quiz.
- A new ‘Rules News’ section will include Rules articles and news and you will have the option to turn on push notifications so that you never miss a new article or update.
Family - Hole in 1 event
Friday March 17th - From 4pm
- First hole in 1 receives $500
- Nearest to the Pin receives $100 club voucher
- $2 per hit
- Clubs and balls will be available
- $15 gets you a BBQ and your first hit.
- Tee off commences from 5pm
- Bar will be open from 4pm.
We will also have a meat tray raffle with 10 vouchers and the Joker Poker at $1100