Financial performance feedback After the first six months of the financial year, the club is well ahead of the planned budget. The main contributing factors to this were better than budget membership fees, halfway house and conference facility income, pro shop sales and cart rentals. Even though the wet winter months could still provide some challenges from an income perspective, the committee is carefully optimistic that we will be able to bank our gains. These funds will then be allocated to both strengthen our reserves and implement key initiatives as prioritised by the committee. Rounds and membership For the first 6 months of the year, 20,529 rounds were played which is 910 more than what was budgeted. We have 288 full members, which is exactly the same as the previous financial year. There are 17 less senior members, but we had growth of 22 members in our under 35 category. Another interesting statistic is when we compare the first six months of 2016 with 2015, we had 1,129 fewer member 18-hole rounds, but 2,599 more visitor 18-hole rounds in 2016. The committee will be looking at the potential reasons for the drop in member rounds during this time. Current initiatives and projects One of the major challenges any committee faces is to prioritise and action a set of projects or requirements that far exceeds the available funds. Each of the subcommittees will bring their own set of requests to the main committee for consideration. This inevitably creates lively debates to decide which of these projects or initiatives needs to be prioritised when funding, capacity to implement and overall benefit to the club at large is considered. One of the most critical processes the committee is embarking on at the moment is the evaluation of different options for the maintenance of the course and the equipment. The current contract with GolfData is only in place to the end of this year. The request for proposal will be sent out by the middle of August. Any member is more than welcome to ask me for a copy for comment and suggestions. Ander sleutel projekte wat op die oomblik aandag geniet is die finalisering van die huidige personneelstruktuur, die opgradering van die onderste pompstasie en die opknapping van die werkswinkel. Die opgradering van die klubhuis self is ‘n langer termyn inisiatief waarvan die bevondsing die grootse uitdaging is. Gesels gerus met my as u meer inligting wil he oor enige van hierdie projekte. Werner Theart Hollow Tining Dates The course will be closed for hollow tining on Sunday, 28 August, in the afternoon and the whole of Monday, 29 August and Tuesday, 30 August. All Bellville members will have reciprocity at Durbanville Golf Club during these days. This Friday: Buy one, get one free special from 16:30 – 18:00. Castle Lite & Black Label Draught Smirnoff Vodka Bells Whisky Richelieu Brandy Olof Bergh Brandy Snack baskets will also be available. | | | Conference centre | | Hoërskool Bellville Gholfdag See the poster below for more information. Bulgaria Golf Tour See the poster below for more information. | | Click to enlarge | | Happy birthday to the following members who are celebrating their birthdays this week: 04.08.2016 Derry Channing Ken Prinsloo Danny Smyth Kirk Swart Gregg Upton 05.08.2016 Fanie Gous Hannes Myburgh | | 06.08.2016 Frik Ras Rory Tavares Willie Theron 07.08.2016 Francois Barnard 08.08.2016 Karl Booysen Jonathan Smith | | 09.08.2016 Marco Wagner 10.08.2016 Albert Brand Dave Naude Stephan van der Walt Paul van Zyl Barry Visser | Rule 30 - Three-Ball, Best-Ball and Four-Ball Match Play 30-3 Best-Ball and Four-Ball Match Play a. Representation of Side A side may be represented by one partner for all or any part of a match; all partners need not be present. An absent partner may join a match between holes, but not during play of a hole. b. Order of Play Balls belonging to the same side may be played in the order the side considers best. c. Wrong Ball If a player incurs the loss of hole penalty under Rule 15-3a for making a stroke at a wrong ball, he is disqualified for that hole, but his partner incurs no penalty even if the wrong ball belongs to him. If the wrong ball belongs to another player, its owner must place a ball on the spot from which the wrong ball was first played. (Placing and Replacing – see Rule 20-3) d. Penalty to Side A side is penalised for a breach of any of the following by any partner: • Rule 4 - Clubs • Rule 6-4 - Caddie • Any Local Rule or Condition of Competition for which the penalty is an adjustment to the state of the match. e. Disqualification of Side (i) A side is disqualified if any partner incurs a penalty of disqualification under any of the following: • Rule 1-3 - Agreement to Waive the Rules • Rule 4 - Clubs • Rule 5-1 or 5-2 - The Ball • Rule 6-2a - Handicap • Rule 6-4 - Caddie • Rule 6-7 - Undue Delay; Slow Play • Rule 11-1 - Teeing • Rule 14-3 - Artificial Devices, Unusual Equipment and Unusual Use of Equipment • Rule 33-7 - Disqualification Penalty Imposed by Committee (ii) A side is disqualified if all partners incur a penalty of disqualification under any of the following: • Rule 6-3 - Time of Starting and Groups • Rule 6-8 - Discontinuance of Play (iii) In all other cases where a breach of a rule would result in disqualification, the player is disqualified for that hole only. f. Effect of Other Penalties If a player’s breach of a rule assists his partner’s play or adversely affects an opponent’s play, the partner incurs the applicable penalty in addition to any penalty incurred by the player. In all other cases where a player incurs a penalty for breach of a rule, the penalty does not apply to his partner. Where the penalty is stated to be loss of hole, the effect is to disqualify the player for that hole. | | Click to enlarge | | Are you interested in becoming a member at Bellville Golf Club? Maybe you alreay are a member but you're not aware of all the benefits that we provide? - View the poster on the right to see what we are offering you!
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