Pictured:
Pictured: The Sponsors Day Winning Team - our Auditors, Johnsons MME, (L-R) Luke Drummond,
Stephen Byrns, George Lee and Ryan Giles.
At last I have had my first game of golf since June
as a result of the wet weather and my broken
finger.
I teamed with Linda and Ian Butler from WAW
Credit Union and our own Peter Martin (who for a
bowler hits a very nice golf ball) at the annual
Sponsors Golf Day.
This is the one day when the Board on behalf of
members can thank the Sponsors for their
continued support in all manner of ways to the
Club.
Although members see Sponsor’s advertisements
in the Newsletter a full list of Sponsors will appear
later in this edition.
The winning team this year was our Auditors,
Johnsons MME, comprising of Stephen Byrns,
Luke Drummond and Ryan Giles teamed up with
our very own Bowler George Lee (who also hits a
very nice ball!).
Johnsons MME took out the win with 60 off the
stick and a nett score of 52 3/8.
On Monday night I had the privilege to host on
behalf of the Board, the Directors and Life and
Distinguished Members Annual Dinner.
This year the heads of our various committees
were invited, and it was the opportunity for us
to acknowledge the magnificent contribution
The highlight of the evening was an entertaining
address given by Life member #3 Mick Morris
(pictured below) who gave a short history of the
Club from the old racecourse to the club as it is
today.
Mick mentioned that the trustees of the
racecourse agreed that the Club pay 68 pounds
per year plus 1 pound per year for the use of
the buildings.
Pictured: The Golden Pavilion Restaurant catered
for the Life and Distinguished members dinner
with beautifully presented Honey Chicken
made by the Life and Distinguished members to
our great Club over the years and to thank the
heads of each committee for their great efforts
and the extra time they have given in establishing
the committees.
At the dinner we had the opportunity to meet
Steven, Mark, Sam, Mei, Suki and the team at our
new Chinese Restaurant (pictured below).
A great meal was delivered to everyone at the
dinner. Thanks to Stephen and Mark.
Pictured (L-R): Suki, Mei, Sam, Mark and Steven being welcomed and thanked for the special Life and
Distinguished Members dinner by Club President, Graham Gould
The 68 acres comprising the course was finally
purchased by the Club in 1964 for the price of
7,000 pounds and 385 pounds for the buildings
to be paid over a period of 28 years at 4%
interest.
In 1974 an additional 20 acres of land was
purchased for the sum of $30,000. This land is
where the Bowling Greens and Resort are
situated today.
A history of the club from 1928 to 1983 written
by Life Members the late Pat Salmon and the
Late Arnie Grace can be purchased from
reception.
On Wednesday I was invited to the Women
Bowlers Christmas luncheon. They may be
small in number, but what lovely ladies they
are.
I was fed a delicious meat and salad lunch. I
cannot name which lady supplied what, but I
must rave about Margaret Bourne's curried
eggs!
Unfortunately I had to return to work as the
sweets were arriving at the table and missed
what was a great selection of mouth watering
dishes.
Probably just as well I had to go otherwise I
would have ruined my boyish figure.
Pictured: Sophie admiring President Graham
Gould’s painted face
Last Sunday I was privileged to be at the BBQ
held to thank the volunteer workers.
It is said that "behind every great man there is
a great woman" and similarly behind every
great Club are great Volunteer workers.
Approximately 50 volunteers who support the
Club in the following areas; Working Bees, Bus
Drivers, Raffle Ticket Sellers, House Committee,
BBQ Chefs, Returning Officers, Community
Coaches, Golf, Bowls and Croquet committee
were at the BBQ.
I, on behalf of the Board of Directors
acknowledge and thank them for their support.
A successful Christmas Toy Raffle was held on
the 4th December, and the Saturday meat
raffles continue to be a success.
Pictured: Volunteer Henk van de Ven
getting into the Christmas spirit
with face painted by Chloe
From all reports the return of a Chinese
Restaurant has been welcomed by Members
and the Smorgasbord nights again well
received.
Aafco Hygiene
Howlong Newsagency
Ainsworth
Hume Bank
Aristocrat
IGT
Baz The Carpet Cleaner
Jardine Lloyd Thompson
Billabong Mobile Car Detailing
Johnsons MME
Brent Groenewald Building Solutions
Konami
Campbells Wines
Lion Nathan
Corowa Furnishings & Floors
McRae Motors
Custom Air
Pinners Refrigeration
DBK Financial Services
Quantum Printing
EDC Electrical
Ray White Howlong
ENZED Albury
Schweppes
Ezy-Go Carts
Scientific Games
Francis Transport
Signarama
Harvey Norman Albury Furniture
Skinner & Associates
Harvey Norman Albury Bedding
Toro
Howlong Butchers
VK Electrical
Howlong IGA
WAW Credit Union
The male bowlers must be acknowledged and
congratulated in their win in the Odewahn
Shield on the 3rd & 4th December. A great
effort by the boys!
Pictured: Lorraine Walton was happy to win
one of Baz’s photos of the Murray River
at the Volunteer’s BBQ
Pictured: Sophie and Chloe handed over control
of the face painting to volunteer David Lowe
who is painting the head of fellow volunteer
Steve Wigmore
Please forgive any errors at this time as the Chefs
are working at a disadvantage due to renovations
required to the kitchen.
The Club has been busily upgrading the kitchen
facilities with thanks to Dale Mount from
Southern Stainless and Andrew McNamara for the
plumbing work.
It is always challenging to get renovations in place
just before Christmas and Andrew and Dale have
been very accommodating.
Mark and Stephen now have all the equipment
they need to allow them to serve their great
quality food.
Pictured: Karie Lowe also contributed to the
$405 received for the Junior program in the
raffle and donations at the Volunteer’s BBQ
Thanks very much for the feedback we have
received from members and we will continue to
make improvements in this area.
Finally may I on behalf of the Board of Directors
and Management thank all Members, the Staff,
Resort Managers, Superintendent and his staff
and the Director of golf and his Staff for their
continued support during what has been a
difficult winter and to wish everyone A VERY
MERRY AND HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY
PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
As far as the sporting side of the Club is
concerned, the various golf days are well
patronised and Croquet continues to grow, thanks
to Graeme Haynes and his team.
Season greetings to all!
As the number of players slows down between
the Christmas and New Year period; the tee sheet
will be a one tee start off the first tee, excluding
Tuesday which will be a regular two tee start.
Monday, Thursday and Friday will be Medley
Events.
January 2nd: Additional competition
On January 2nd we have the Howlong Veterans
playing a competition with a Shotgun start at
7:53am.
As the field is not full; and it is a public holiday,
there will be a Medley Event for those Members
who are not eligible to play in the Veterans comp.
These open spaces will be for competition players
only with a 7:53am shotgun start.
Bookings can be made online or by calling the
Golf Shop from Friday December 23rd onwards.
Bookings for non competition play will after
12:15pm.
Local Rule Addition
th
On December 8 the R&A announced that from
1st January 2017 competition committees will be
permitted to introduce a local rule that waives a
penalty when a ball is accidentally moved on the
putting green.
from $6 to $7.
This will take effect
from January 1st.
The prize breakdown
values will be as
following:
Mens
Events
(Tuesday, Saturday)
1st place $66
2nd place $33
Ball comp percentage and value will remain the
same
NTP value $6
Ladies, Silver Colts and Medley Events
1st place $54
2nd place $27
Ball comp percentage and value will remain the
same
NTP value $6
Golf Shop News
Shortly the golf shop will have stock equipment
from Australian Golf Company, PGF.
We will be carrying Titanium Drivers in Senior
and Ladies flex shafts, with prices starting
around the $200 mark and moving up to $300
for the adjustable Driver.
Fairway woods will be around $160.
The Rules Committee of Howlong Golf Resort has
adopted the provision pertaining to Rules 18-2,
18-3 and Rule 20-1 and will come into effect on
January 1st 2017.
Mid January we will have available Demo
drivers in the range in both mens and ladies
flex, so you can try before you buy along with
irons.
You will find a detailed explanation of the
modifications and impact by Ken Walton in this
newsletter.
Arriving sooner rather later for the ladies will be
a small taste of the Jamie Saddock ladies
apparel line with garments that can be worn on
and off the course.
If you have any questions regarding the rule
changes or any rule matter, please ask the golf
shop staff.
Competition Fees
The Board has decided upon increasing the $12
competition fee to $13.
The Junior
competition fee will increase
I wish all members and their families a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year and safe
travels.
Tim Cameron
Director of Golf
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Pictured: James Walker in his original
Set up position.
Pictured: James Walker in his set up position after
some coaching from PRO Gavin Vearing
“Golf is 50%mental, 40% set up
and 10% swing.”
in the shoulders, was standing way to close to
the ball, and had a very strong right hand grip
(hands too far to the right).
- Jack Nicklaus
Last Saturday I had a game with Rorey
McNamara, James Walker and Michael Walker.
It is always good to get out and have a game with
the young guns at the club.
James has tremendous potential with his game,
already down to a 4 handicap at 14 years of age.
The following day I gave Rorey, James and
Michael a lesson.
To help James to become an even better golfer it
was very obvious that he needed to improve a
few areas of his golf game.
The single most important observation was that
James needed to improve his set up position.
As you can see in the first photo, James had very
average posture at address, he was too rounded
From this set up position James was always going
to fight hitting a big hook, or blocking the ball
straight out to the right, (plus potential upper
back injuries later in life if he hits lots of golf
balls.)
With all my lessons I use a software program
called Dartfish on my iPad, to view swings.
It is very useful for golfers to be able to see for
themselves what they are doing, rather than me
just standing on the range and telling golfers
what to do.
I showed James where he was with his set up, at
the start of the lesson and showed him a drill to
improve his set up position.
To view this drill click on http://
golfcoaching.com.au/full-swing/ or go to my
website www.golfcoaching.com.au then go to
the full swing tab.
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When working with James on this drill we went
across to the clubhouse and used the reflection
in the window so he could see exactly what he
was doing.
green and have no obstacles in front of you
(bunkers, long grass), I highly recommend using
the putter.
I highly recommend practicing in front of a
mirror or using the reflection in the window so
you can see what you are doing.
Jack Nicklaus said that "The key to good golf
was not by increasing your number of good
shots, but by reducing your number of bad
shots."
On many occasions what we think we are doing
and what we are really doing is totally different.
On most occasions your worst putt is going to
be a lot better than your worst chip.
As you can see in the second photo, James
made some fantastic progress and he is now on
his way to becoming a better golfer.
If you are chipping well, stick to chipping, but if
you hit a couple of bad chips and lose a bit of
confidence, you may have to resort to plan B,
and use the putter until the chipping improves.
Young Rorey Mcnamara is a fantastic young kid
who is a real character at the club.
Unfortunately Rorey did not have his best game,
but there were a couple of reasons for this.
Rorey also has a very strong grip, (hands too far
to the right).
When the hands are too far to the right on the
club, the tendency is to hit big hooks, especially
under a little bit of pressure.
Although we can't really call Michael a young
gun at the club, (sorry Michael) he was great fun
to play with. (Michael is James’ Dad.)
Michael had the opposite problem to James and
Rorey in that he had a big slice.
The reason Michael had a big slice was partly
because of his grip, but it was mainly because of
his set up.
Rorey hit a lot of big hooks and played too many
shots from out of the left trees which cost him a
lot of shots.
Golfers pay a lot of attention to where their feet
are aiming, but in my opinion it is more
important to pay attention to where the
shoulders are aiming.
During Sundays lesson we improved Rorey's grip
so his hands were sitting more 'neutral' on the
club.
Michael's feet were aimed at the target but
his shoulders were 10 to 15 degrees open
(aiming left).
To view how to grip the club correctly click
on http://golfcoaching.com.au/full-swing/ or go
to my website www.golfcoaching.com.au then
go to the full swing tab (second video).
When the shoulders are aiming left it creates an
out in swing path which in most cases, causes
the ball to slice.
Although Rorey hit a few shots out to the right
initially, he was able to quickly grasp the
importance of having a good grip and he was
able to hit the ball consistently straighter by the
end of the lesson.
The other observation for Rorey was to take
note of a few of the “veterans” of the club who
use their putter from off the green.
With the conditions of the fairways at Howlong
being so good if you are within 10 meters of the
By squaring up Michael's shoulders, and
learning how to “release” his hands
correctly, Michael was able to hit the ball a lot
straighter and was even able to hit some nice
controlled hooks by the end of the lesson.
Thanks to all the members at Howlong for their
support during the year.
It is nice to be back following my passion of
being a Golf Professional.
Have a great Christmas and New Year!
Our final trophy for the year was completed on
the 10th of December with Vaughan Saunders
winning the Medal of Medals playoff from the
unlucky Neville Brown.
Neville continued his great form, however
losing 4 strokes from his handicap in a month
proved the telling factor with Vaughan winning
by 3 strokes.
Playing off a handicap of 1 it is never easy to
win these events but Vaughan played a near
flawless round to take out the trophy.
The McRae Summer Series first 3 rounds have
produced several great contests with the
majority of teams still in the hunt for a finals
berth with 4 rounds remaining.
th
The next round is on Sunday 8 of January and
by the end of January we will have a better idea
of which teams will playoff.
The Ladders are listed below:
DIVISION 1
HOWLONG HACKERS
CULCAIRN 1
JUNIOR TEAM
HOWLONG 10
CHAFFCUTTERS
MCRAE HOLDEN
REMRAH
8.5
8
7
6
6
5
4.5
DIVISION 2
CULCAIRN 2
ALLOVERTHEPLACE
SWIPE RIGHT
SEVERELY H,CAPPED
FORREST GUMPS
BUSHWACKERS
JUICY COW
8
7
7
7
5
2.5
2.5
I would like to wish all staff and members a
Merry Christmas and good golfing in 2017.
Rob Forrest
Captain Mens Golf
We have now started our Summer Medals with
Gwen McCarthy winning our first one with plus
3, congratulations Gwen.
Di presented special badges for our 80 year olds
in Fay Dean and Bev Coughlan, congratulations
girls, a great achievement.
Lee Nothrop was runner/up with plus 2, well
done Lee.
Congratulations to all who participate every
stroke day and to all the winners.
On presentation day Di Tyrell-Miller presented
the Veteran winners with vouchers and badges.
Names are being taken for the North East
pennant.
The winners are as follows:
Sue Eisenhauer
Veterans
Gail O’Halloran
Super Veterans
1st Division 0 – 20
Sue Eisenhauer
2nd Division 21.1 – 29
Joan Trevethan
rd
3 Division 30.1 – 45
Mary J Ursu
Senior Vet
Anne Weiss
Anyone wishing to play please check with Di
Tyrell- Miller if you would like to play.
Country Championships played in June
Winners are:
Gross 0 – 20
Sue Eisenhauer
20.1 – 29
Helen Foster
29.1 – 45
Loretta Lehman
Nett 0-20
Wendy Day
20.1 – 29
Janny Molesworth
29.1 - 45
Gwen McCarthy
Senior Vet 0 – 45
Janet Rogers
The R&A and the USGA have recently
introduced a rule for local use that eliminates
the penalty for any accidental movement of the
ball or the ball marker on the green; in the vent
that this movement was caused by the player,
his partner, his opponent or any of the caddies
or their equipment.
If such movement occurs the ball is to be
replaced and played from its original position.
The rule applies to accidental movement only
and all other rules pertaining to ball movement
on the green will still apply.
This is a sensible change and covers off one of
the many anomalies contained in the Rules of
Golf.
With Christmas upon us on behalf of the
Women's Match Committee we wish you all a
very Merry Christmas and a Happy and safe New
Year.
Gail O’Halloran
Chairman Womens Golf
The Rules and Handicapping committee have
considered the issue and will introduce the
change from 1st January 2017.
The text of the new local rule and further
information on it are available from the
following GA webpage:
www.golf.org.au/ball-move
The infographic on the left hand side of this
page shows the details.
Contributed by
Ken Walton
Pictured: Club President Graham Gould serving the Junior MyGolf and MyBowls participants
at their end of year clinic and BBQ.
The last My Golf Clinic for 2016 was held on
Sunday 18th December.
There are another 4 clinics to go next year as
part of the 2016-17 program.
Santa was in attendance for the latest clinic
with 64 juniors taking part.
Club President Graham Gould got into the
Christmas spirit with his Santa hat and showed
his impressive skills with the tongs on the
BBQ!
Jan Wilson was presented with a gift from the
General Manager for her hard work
coordinating the Junior Golf Clinics.
Jan has done an amazing Job organising a large
group of kids and coaches and she received a
huge round of applause from the kids and the
parents in attendance.
Our volunteer coaches and parent helpers
were also thanked and were invited to attend
a thankyou BBQ later in the day.
Any juniors interested in being involved in
either Golf or Bowls can join the clinics next
year.
The first Clinic is on Sunday 12th February
9.45am for a 10.00am start followed by a
presentation and free BBQ at 11.00am.
The Next Juniors on Course event will be back
on Friday 10th February 2016.
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Pictured (L-R): Howlong competitors in the Odewahn Shield Tournament, Steve Goodear, Paul Baensch,
Peter West, David Miller, George Lee , Dan Crump, Jeff Brundell, Bob Schneider with Phil Slater in front.
Howlong’s A group have won the 2016
Odewahn Shield after a good two days of finals
at the Oaklands RSL Bowls Club.
In the first semi-final on the Saturday they beat
the Howlong B group, who also won their
division, comfortably by 14 shots.
Kel Smith’s rink registered a good win to keep
the match alive for the B group.
On the Sunday the A Group got away to a flyer
with Jeff Brundell’s rink putting on a great start
and setting up the space for the other two rinks
to play into and this was necessary as both Phil
Slater and Bob Schneider were well down early
in their matches.
This tops off what has been a truly great year
for the Men’s Bowling Club as they put three
teams into the A&DBA 2016 pennant
competition winning flags in the grade 4, Grade
6 and beaten in the grade 7 final by just 3 shots.
It is to be hoped that we can again replicate
those results in 2017.
It will be more difficult as all teams have moved
up one grade and finding the increase in
competitive skills will be the testing material.
The selectors have done a great job over the
last year and it is to be hoped that they can
replicate their good work in 2017.
However Phil’s side recovered to score an
impressive win and Bob’s side came back to
lose by just three shots.
Thank you Ribs (Doolan), Keith (Truin), George
(Lee) and Roy (Streeter) for making the tough
calls and wearing the reactions from the
members.
A great result for the club with both of its sides
in the finals and victory in this most prestigious
event.
The Men’s Triples final was played on Saturday
between Wally Bourne’s team of John Boyd and
Ken Buchanan and Steve Tessier’s side of
Pictured: Junior On Course Winners from Friday 16th December (L-R): Janet Rogers
with Isabella Shanahan, Lachlan Tresham (1st) and Tom Rebbechi (2nd)
SEEKING ENTHUSIATIC PERSONS
The Oolong Hostel team is looking
for volunteers.
Your assistance with social outings
e.g. bus drivers, one on one chats,
craft and mens group activities
would be greatly appreciated.
If you feel this is you and would
like to help and you can spare a
couple of hours a month, then we
would welcome you on board in
assisting with our wonderful
residents.
Pictured: Lachlan Tresham driving down
the fairway
Please contact Lorraine or Jules on
6026 6800 for further information
Robert Volk and Steve Goodear.
Wally’s side prevailed 28-12 and they are the
second recipient of this title as it was only
introduced in 2015.
It will be an honour board entry and will appear
on the new honour boards to be positioned over
the bowls or back entrance to the club.
In an interesting aside John Boyd, the current
club Men’s singles champion is putting up an
impressive run to capture all of the club titles
available to him this year/season and has
already collected the Mixed Pairs (with Jennie
Bourne), the Men’s Triples (with Wally Bourne
and Ken Buchanan) and he is in the finals of the
Men’s Sets and Consistency which will be
decided on the weekend of the 7th and 8th
January 2017.
After that the season will complete with the
Men’s Pairs and Singles championship.
We wish him well in his quest but know he will
face some strong opposition along the way.
John is also a member of Howlong teams that
have qualified for the finals of the District Triples
and District Fours both of which will be played in
the new Year.
Wrong Bias has tweeted that John holds the all
comers Teachers record for the club and that he
should be on the International Honour Board for
this performance as well as a few in the world
that could match him in the consumption of a
Members seemed to enjoy the Bowlers’
Christmas Party, held on the 14th December.
Some played bowls from 9:45am to the bell
(noon), then everyone enjoyed the Christmas
Lunch provided by the ladies, as well as the
liquid refreshments that were available!
Thank you to everyone who donated $5.00
which raised a total of $175.00.
The Women’s Bowls Committee decided to
dram or two of Teachers when the sun goes
down.
The weekend of the 7th and 8th of January will
be a busy weekend for bowlers as we will be
having our bowling opening BBQ on the deck
from 7pm (ladies to bring a salad) and all that
are coming must put their names down so that
we can order the meat (remember male and
female partners are welcome, just put their
names on the list).
The finals of the Men’s Sets will be played on
the 7th and the final of the Men’s Consistency
will be played on the 8th of January.
The selectors have also called for a full practice
match for all pennant players commencing
4.30pm on the 7th of January and any ladies
wishing a game should bring their bowls and
they will be fitted into the practice group as we
will no doubt have a couple of spaces due to the
impact of the Holidays.
This has been my first year as Bowls Manager
and it has been busy and rewarding and I
extend my thanks to my deputy Ron Furness
and Treasurer Duncan Chappell for their
willingness to do anything and to the men’s
bowls committee for making things run.
On behalf of the Men’s Bowls Committee I wish
all members a happy and safe festive season.
Ken Walton
Bowls Manager
increase this to $200.00, and this donation will
be sent to Hilltop Albury Wodonga Patient and
Carer Accommodation Centre in the New Year.
One Howlong team (Dianne Fletcher, Jenny
Bourne, Margaret Bourne) has entered the
RDWBA Triples Competition being played at
Henty, commencing the 12th January, 2017.
‘Good Luck’ ladies, from all at Howlong!
As I have previously said, it is hoped members
will make every effort to attend the meeting to
be held on Wednesday, 4th January, 2017, at
2.00 pm, because there will be a need to
discuss Club and District Events being held in
January and February.
Pennants commence on Thursday, 9th
February, when our Grade 2 Side will be playing
at home against the Commercial Gold Side.
A reminder to the eleven ladies who have their
names down to play Pennant in 2017, no doubt
you will be asked to practise during January, to
assist in the selection of the eight-member
Grade 2 Side.
Members are wished a very Happy Christmas
and enjoyable and safe New Year’s Eve.
After what has been an extremely eventful and
busy 2016, I hope everyone returns to bowls in
2017 greatly refreshed and ready to enjoy a fairly full bowling year, both at Club and District
level.
Margaret Crichton
Secretary/Treasurer
New Years Eve
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7:00pm. We suggest you book on 02 6026 8250 as soon
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Pictured: Howlong Croquet Club Members about to enjoy some play before their Christmas break
Our first full year has come to a close with much
being achieved.
We have moved from the driving range onto
our own courts, storage boxes and seats have
been installed, young trees planted and much
more.
Our thanks go out to Graeme, Pauline and Irene
who week after week are at the courts early to
open up and set up ready for play.
Thank you also to all others who have helped
set up and close up, your assistance is
appreciated.
Our social days have been enjoyed by all and
will continue in 2017.
The 1st of these is planned for Sunday 29th
January 2017.
This will be an evening game with a dinner prior
to start of play.
Don’t forget to watch the notice board for all
news of games, times and any social
competitions at other clubs.
Courts are now closed for the Christmas break
and will reopen on January 9th.
Note that playing times have been changed for
Summer to try to escape the heat of the day.
Should the temperature exceed 33 degrees at
playing times play will be cancelled.
Again make sure you are protected from the sun
and if you feel that it is too hot for you to safely
play DON’T.
Summer playing times:
Monday – 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Tuesday – 8.30am – 10.30am
Thursday – 8.30am – 10.30am
Saturday – 8.30am -10.30am
A notice with full details will be on our notice
board early in the New Year.
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year and we hope to see everyone return
safe and sound for the start of the 2017 season.
We will need a list of names a week before to
organise teams.
Susanne Nielsen
Publicity Officer
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OPEN 7 DAYS FROM 10AM
FOR LUNCH, COFFEE & CAKE
OPEN MONDAY, THURSDAY & FRIDAY
FROM 6PM FOR A LA CARTE DINING
WITH SPECIALS BOARD
MAHJONG
Did you know we have a Mahjong
club that meets at the Howlong Golf
Resort?
New players are welcome!
From the second Tuesday
(10th) January 2017
Tuesdays 1-4pm
$1 to play
Contact Ann on (03) 6026 5097
if you are interested in playing
Your Local Bottle-O: Clubhouse, Howlong Golf Resort, 186 Golf Club Drive, Howlong
Pictured (L-R): Superintendent Paul Irvine is pictured with New Apprentice Nick Baker
and Assistant Superintendent John Anderson
I am delighted to announce the appointment of
Nick Baker as our new 1st Year Greenkeeper
Apprentice.
Foreman and this promotion to Assistant
Superintendent is testament to his skills and
abilities. Congratulations John!
Nick is a local lad, is a keen golfer and has
represented Howlong in Junior and Handicap
Pennant.
It is a great effort for Nick to have been selected
for the role as it was the most hotly contested
position we have seen for some time.
We received an overwhelming response to the
position with 75 applications for this role from a
group of quality candidates.
There were five interviews conducted and we
were blown away by the quality, enthusiasm,
passion for the outdoors and for golf shown by
the candidates.
Our Superintendent Paul Irvine has developed a
great team around him, the course is in amazing
condition and we probably should not be
surprised that we have so many candidates that
want to be part of the team.
We are also pleased to announce that John
Anderson has taken on a newly created position
of Assistant Superintendent.
John has impressed all of us with his experience
and leadership since joining the team as Golf
Pictured: Ecstatic and surprised local, Nathan
Chapman sunk a hole in one on the 2nd with his
7 iron when playing last Friday, 16th December
at 2:45pm with mates Ray, Jessie and Glen.