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INFORMATION ON COMPETITIONS AND HANDICAPS, THE CLUB CONSTITUTION, SAFEGUARDING, THE CLUB COMMITTEE AND THE CLUB’S CODE OF CONDUCT CAN ALL BE FOUND ON THE CLUB INFORMATION TAB ON THIS SECTION OF THE WEBSITE.

Remember that if you want to enter any Club competitions, you can do so through the ‘Bookings’ tab on How Did I Do? 

CLUB NEWS SPRING 2024

CLUB MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS

RODWAY HILL GOLF CLUB SUBSCRIPTIONS 2024-25

A reminder that it is time to pay your CLUB subscription of £35, which is due by 31st March.  You can pay it in one of four ways:

  • By Standing Order, which many members already do. If this applies to you, you need do nothing more.  If you would like to set up a standing order, please ask at the desk in the clubhouse for an application form which contains the relevant section for you to take to your bank.
  • By BACS to transfer to our Club account – the details are Account Name: Rodway Hill Golf Club; Sort Code 30-90-09; Account Number 48093168. Please use your name as the reference.
  • By cash or by cheque (made out to Rodway Hill Golf Club) which you can leave in the competitions box in the clubhouse.

We prefer Standing Order or BACS payments please as it minimises administration.

We know that some of you have already paid, for which many thanks and apologies for troubling you. It may be that you have decided not to rejoin this year: if so, please let us know so that we can keep our records updated.

Please note that of your £35, approximately £10 is paid as an affiliation fee to England Golf, £14 for men and £13 for women as an affiliation fee to Gloucestershire Golf Unions and £4 for the subscription to How Did I Do to maintain your Handicap.  The remaining £7 is used to support club events and activities, pay for members playing in regional competitions and administration costs. The subscription has been unchanged for 20 years, despite the rising costs of affiliations.

IF YOU HAVE NOT PAID YOUR MEMBERSHIP BY 30th APRIL, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY IN ANY CLUB COMPETITION/S UNTIL YOUR MEMBERSHIP IS PAID.

The benefits of Club membership:

  • AN OFFICIAL GOLF HANDICAP UNDER THE WORLD HANDICAP SYSTEM. The Club maintains the record of handicaps and our software enables you to record your scores and have your handicap index updated. This enables you to play at Rodway and other courses using the correct playing handicap based on each course’s slope rating.
  • ON-COURSE INSURANCE IN THE CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. Membership of the Club provides affiliation to England Golf, which in turn provides insurance for you when you are playing. It provides personal liability insurance for golf club members in the event that they are held liable for injuring someone or causing serious property damage at a golf facility. The cover is provided for members playing at any club in the UK. There is no excess in respect of personal injury claims, and a £500 excess in respect of damage to third party property. Note that this does NOT cover your clubs or equipment, which are normally covered by home insurance.
  • REDUCED GREEN FEES AT COURSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. Club members are affiliated to Gloucestershire Golf Union, which provides you with a County Card – now provided through an app on your phone – that entitles you to reduced green fees throughout the country.
  • THE CHANCE TO PLAY IN COMPETITIONS AND TEAMS AT RODWAY HILL. Club members can play in Club competitions and roll-ups, and represent the Club in matches with other Clubs.

Once you have paid your membership, you will receive an e-mail confirming this.  You will then be able to collect a Club Fixture List from the pigeon holes above the competition box in the club house.  It will have your name on it and be in the correct alphabetic section.  We will no longer be issuing stickers to go on bags, or anything else to confirm your membership, as we can keep a check on things through How Did I Do?

If you have any questions, please contact Club Treasurer Bob Wolfson ([email protected])

COMPETITION RESULTS

MARCH STABLEFORD COMPETITION

Congratulations to the 43 members who faced the difficult conditions to take part in the competition. The winners were:

Division 1 – 1st Simon Glastonbury  2nd Phil Gardner  3rd Ben Mazzotta

Division 2 – 1st  Darren Carr (overall winner)  2nd Dave Pitt  3rd Brian Webb

Division 3 – 1st Craig Nicholls  2nd Amar Patel  3rd John Moore

MEMORIAL SHIELD

Congratulations also to the winners of the Memorial Shield Darren Carr and Amar Patel, and runners-up Craig Nicholls and Lewis West.

Lots more competitions coming up – hopefully in better conditions!

 

CLUB POLICIES

The Committee has recently revised its Disciplinary Procedure and its Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy.  These, together with the Club’s other key policies, can be found on the Club tab of the website, and members are urged to update themselves on these matters.

 

COMPETITION FEES

In the light of the rising costs of engraving, sign-writing and trophies, the entry fee for mens and seniors competitions will rise to £4 for single round competitions and £8 for multi-round competitions from 1 April 2024.  This will enable us to continue to provide worthwhile credit prizes in the shop, which otherwise will be shrinking away.

 

WHS HANDICAP CHANGES FROM APRIL 2024

Many of you will already have heard about these, and we will rpovide more detail in due course.  In essence:

  • From 1st April 2024 WHS are adding course rating minus par to the existing formula for working out course handicaps which will bring us in line with other countries. Handicaps off the yellow tees will therefore reduce by 2.6 strokes and off the whites and reds by 0.9. A chart showing the new handicap allowances at Rodway is posted on the changing room noticeboard.
  • For holes that are not played, the system will use an ‘expected score’ based on the player’s performance on other holes that round, rather than an automatic net par score.

Of less significance to Rodway Hill are the following:

  • Shorter courses will become eligible for qualifying scores
  • Four ball better ball scores played as medals or stablefords in qualifying conditions can affect handicap index. (We currently do not play any)

CLUB COMMITTEE 2024-25

The following are members of the Club Committee; further details of how to contact them and the roles they play will appear shortly.  If you have any queries in the meantime, please contact Club Secretary Bob Preston ([email protected])

James Clayton
Mandy Chong
Haydn Cook
Philip House
Gary O’Connell
Salim Patel
Bob Preston
Mike Robinson
Craig Straughan
Mike Thompson
Bob Wolfson
Steve Yemm