25th September 2025
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Captain Newsletter September 2025
I’ve been back from my vacation for over a month now, and am fully recharged for the upcoming summer season. A huge thank you to Ryan Watson for not only standing in for me whilst I was away, but picking up a pennant flag as well – CONGRATULATIONS!
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Weather disruptions to both the winter cup and Club championships have created quite a challenge to our golfing calendar. To that end next years Winter cup will be scheduled for the end of August and our Club Championships scheduled for mid to late September 2026.
- The recent rescheduled Winter cup was played on a Saturday due to our availability in the calendar. This was a success with new member Paul Whitehouse taking the trophy to show his Son Lucas (Division 8 flag winner) that he can get on the winners table too! The burgers provided by Sarah on the day went down (Pardon the pun) very well. Huge effort by Vince Grant for policing the Hole in one on 15. I will endeavour to select a different Par 3 next year!
- Huge congratulations to Rob and Jenny Hall who ran out worthy winners at the family classic. Big thank you to Mike Friend for his hard work behind the scenes, as well as support from Bett Collins and David Anthony & family.
- You may or may not have heard, but Golf WA will soon be part of Golf Australia as our governing body. This will present a logistical blip in the handicap system. Melissa has already posted about it but I’d like to remind you, from the period of September 28th to October 2nd players handicaps will not change and all competitions held within this period will not be counted in recalculating your handicap. Apart from the handicap “holiday” there will also be a new App at some point, with details to follow.
- The AGM is rapidly approaching, I invite all members to attend. It’s a fantastic opportunity to engage with the management team and be kept abreast with how we are growing as a club.
Course
- We have made huge leaps forward on our reticulation renewal plan, more news on that will be released at the AGM.
- We do have quite a bit of POA through our greens and Rob and his team are dealing with it.
- Course renovations are taking place. We have locked in an arborist company to assist in trimming our native trees, which have not been trimmed back for a number of years and removing some of our invasive visitors. These non-native trees have a huge impact on our reticulation system, as well as our playing surface. This will be scheduled regularly moving forward, as part of our maintenance program.
I will be seeking a second term in the upcoming election and would welcome your support. From the very beginning of this journey, I have made it clear that our members and their golfing experience are my top priority. I remain committed to ensuring the club’s ongoing improvements are not only delivered but also clearly communicated to you, the members.
I look forward to seeing you around the club.
Kind Regards,
Paul.
Captain
Hartfield CC
