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PITCH & PATTER MEN’S MID-WEEK CLUB NEWSLETTER Issue #2 – April 2010 Editor – Bob Schutz

SPRING GENERAL MEETING and LUNCHEON*
(with an 8:00 am shotgun start for golf)

WED APRIL 21 2010 -  1:00 pm
The charge will be $15 for all members
                    (CASH Please) collected at the door.

Please be sure to confirm you attendance to Bill Harkema at wmaharkema@telus.net or ph#604-681-3012

*Assorted Seafood Stew with Lobster Sauce.”  Topped with a pastry crust and served with local turned vegetables.

Agenda for AGM

1. Call to order
2. Minutes of Cct. 2009 AGM
3. Away games report- Horace Harrison
4. Interclub Games – John Podmore
5. Aligas 4 League Challenge- John Podmore
6. Financial Report – 2009 – Robin Elliott
7. Financial Review Report- Bill Crockett
8. Captain’s Report- Vern Campbell
9. University Cup-Robin Elliott
10. Other Business

Minutes of Men’s Mid-Week Golf Club
Fall Annual General Meeting and Luncheon

Date: October 28, 2009
Time: 1:00 pm
Place: UBC Golf Club

Attending: John Podmore (Pres.), Vern Campbell (Capt.), Tom Locke (Vice-Capt.), Tony 
      Stariha (Treas.), Bill Harkema (member-at-large), Mel Endelman (membership chair),
      Bob Schutz (Sec.).        Plus 103 members.

1. President Podmore called the meeting to order at 1:15 pm. , He acknowledged the new honourary members (90 years of age and older) and presented them with certificates, courtesy of the University Golf Club, for free golf and golf carts valid for all MMW play.   The new members are Joe Gardner and  George Paquett, bringing the total number of honourary members to five.

2.  Secretary Schutz presented the minutes of the April AGM, approved as circulated by K. O’Malley, seconded by D. Wightman, and passed unanimously.

3. Captain Campbell presented his report, as circulated in the Pitch and Patter.  Motion to accept by D. Cook, seconded by T. Locke, passed unanimously.

4. Treasurer Stariha indicated that the full financial report is presented to the membership in April, but it appears that the club will carry a balance for approximately $5,000 forward to next year.

5. Art Carpentier reported on the highly successful Junior Golf Society and the support it receives from Telus, the MMW club, and other individuals/organizations.

6. J. Richards, chair of the Nominating Committee,  presented the slate of officers for 2010 Executive:
PRESIDENT:  John Podmore (second term)
CAPTAIN: Vern Campbell (second term)
VICE CAPTAIN: Tom Locke (second term)
SECRETARY:  Bob Schutz  (second term)
TREASURER: Robin Elliott ( first term)
            MEMBER AT LARGE: Bill Harkema (second term)
   No further nominations were received from the floor and this slate of officers was approved.

7.  Podmore, reporting for B. Hindmarch, reminded the members to sign up for Winter Golf, scheduled to commence play on Nov. 4th.

8.  50/50 draw and door prizes:
            $470 tax receipt (funds to Jr. Golf Society) was won by Tom Victor
            $470 cash won by Bob Kubicek.
            Six $100 and twelve $50 UGC gift certificates were awarded, by draw, as door prizes.

9. J. Podmore and V. Campbell presented the trophies to the 2009 winners of the various competitions, a full listing of which appeared in the Oct. Pitch and Patter and is posted on our website.

10. Following a fine lunch of braised steak, potato and vegetables, apple pie and ice cream – and free beer courtesy of the UGC - a motion for adjournment by V. Campbell, seconded by R. Elliott, was passed at 2:40 pm.

Treasurer’s report for 2009  -  Robin Elliott

2009 was again a break even year with disbursements exceeding receipts by $185.   This left us with a bank balance of $4,635 at the end of December (excluding prepaid player fees).   If we hit our 2010 budget projections, the bank balance is expected to reduce to approximately $1,800 by the end of 2010.  The budget will be presented at the Spring General Meeting along with Financial Statements for 2009.

Thank you for your promptness in getting in your dues on time.  It’s a great help to the executive in filling in membership vacancies, preparing the membership roster for the fixture booklet and preparing lists for the Telephone Committee among other things.   Your dues are presently invested in a cashable G.I.C.

PITCH & PATTER MEN’S MID-WEEK CLUB NEWSLETTER Issue #1 – March 2010 Editor – Bob Schutz

2010 Season Opening Breakfast

WEDNESDAY MARCH 24
Registration starts at 8:00 - don’t be late

                    A hot breakfast will be served at 8:30 SHARP.
                     Please plan to attend NO LATER than 8:15 am

The charge will be $15.00 for ALL members
                    (CASH Please) collected at the door. 

                       Also bring your money for the 50/50 draw
                    in Benefit of our UGC JUNIOR GOLF Program.

You will be receiving an e-mail around March 15 to ascertain your attendance. Please reply to Bill Harkema at wmaharkema@telus.net

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After Breakfast (approximately 10:00) Scott Cranston, Head Professional, will conduct a club fitting and instruction clinic down at the driving range. Scott also has arranged for a free bucket of balls for each of us.

ROVERS OPENING DAY SHAMBLE

WEDNESDAY  March 31, 2010

8:00 AM  SHOTGUN

Open to all Full-Play Members with a valid up-to-date handicap.  Sign-up by March 24th.   Match Committee will select teams of 4 or 5 balanced by handicap. 

Sign-up MUST BE COMPLETED BY MARCH 24

Details of the event are in your Fixture book

Message from the President- John Podmore

Welcome to the 2010 Men’s Midweek Golf Season and thank you for electing me to my second term as Club President. We should have a great season and your executive have developed a very good plan for holding our various events this season.

The hard work of Vern Campbell, Tom Locke, Mel Endelman, Bill Harkema, Robin Elliott and Bob Schutz in developing the schedule, budgets and other plans should set us up for a great number of golfing and social events.

The University Golf Club continues to provide us  with a first class golfing and social experience. Thanks to Mike Mather and his staff for their continued support of our group.

Start practicing so that you can come out flying at the start of the season. Remember to fill your scorecards out correctly, have them attested and “PRINT YOUR NAME”.

See you at the opening breakfast on March 24th.

Captain’s Report - Vern Campbell  

Again this year Tom Carefoot and Jim Forbes will be coordinating the MMW Website.  Our Website is a valuable tool and we are relying more every year on technology to communicate with our members.  Please use the site (www.mensmidweek.com) to keep updated on what is going on with the Club and our members.

We are about to embark on another year of golf at UGC following a great Vancouver hosting of the 2010 Winter Olympics.  This was an exceptional time for our City one of such excitement and fanfare we will not likely see again in our lifetime.  We are so fortunate to live in a Country, Province and City that provides us with all of the comforts of life imaginable.  

As we move into this new year of golf I ask you to carefully read the new Fixture Book keeping in mind we have made some changes.  Last year I convened a meeting to review our playing schedule to determine whether or not changes were warranted.  As well, a survey of members was conducted and information was obtained through informal discussions with members.

The Match Committee has noticed a decline in member participation in Club competitions.  Members were reluctant to sign up for 3 and 4 day competitions because they would not likely be able to keep the commitment.  To try to ensure as much participation by members as possible in our competitions we made some changes.

You will notice in reading the Fixture Book that similar competitions have been scheduled for play on the same days and the scoring rules have been changed to make both the same.  Other competitions have been reduced to fewer days all with the intention of getting members to participate.  We hoped to achieve our goal without changing the meaning of the competition as our history is important to us. 

I encourage you to review the changes and if as we progress through the year you see something that should be corrected pass on your comments to a member of the Match Committee.

We have also reviewed the number of Away and Interclub games and made some changes.  Please refer to the Fixture Book for scheduled games.  John Podmore will be coordinating Interclub games and Horace Harrison will be coordinating Away games. 

Please keep in mind that every Wednesday involves prizes to the winners of the Honey Pot and/or Club competitions.  It is very important to know and understand the rules of golf to ensure fairness.  It is particularly important that your registered handicap is correct and you score accurately, including self imposed penalty strokes.  If you play at courses other than UGC you are required to post your scores on the RCGA handicap system.  There are no exceptions to this requirement.         

Please advise the Match Committee, Chaired by Vice-Captain Tom Locke, if you have special requirements for tee times or golf companions. 

Have a great and healthy golf year.

Vern Campbell
Club Captain

Membership Update – Mel Endelman

Membership for 2010:
      - 153 full play members
      - 30 limited play members
      - 10 Social members
      - 3 Honourary members
      - 25 on wait list

New Full Play Members for 2009:
         David Carr            Reg Gates
         Evan Kreider                  Bob McLeod
         Tom Morton          Ted Ross


And let’s not forget our friends who passed away recently:

Bob Forrest Ron McAdam

The Stats Page

How equitable are handicaps when comparing performances across handicap divisions?

 If you are a high handicapper have you sometimes wondered how fair it is to play against a low handicapper in a stroke-play competition?  Surely they have the advantage.  But the low handicappers tend to think the opposite – “How can I beat this guy when I have to give him 15 strokes?”.    As an initial attempt to answer this question I used the data from the weekly competitions for Low Net and Par Points for 2008.    Here are the results:

With respect to the low net scores, the mid- and high-handicap players appear to have a slight (1.0 to 1.5 strokes) advantage over the low handicappers.   Note that these are not the average net scores for all players within each handicap division, but only the yearly average of the best two low net scores each week within each handicap division (I used the results from the weekly low net and par points competitions as reported on our website).   Nevertheless, if there is an open stroke play competition using handicaps then the low handicappers might be at a disadvantage.   I say “might” because this is a rather small data set to make any sweeping generalizations.

The same pattern is reflected in the par points data.    The middle and high-handicappers posted very similar results (averages of 23 and 22.7, respectively), but the low handicappers tended to score one less par point per week (averaging 22).

So what does this suggest?  To me it suggests that it would be worthwhile to investigate this more thoroughly.   With that in mind I asked for, and received from Vern Campbell, all the par points cards submitted during the 2009 season (about 2,000).  I plan to enter these data (eventually!), and look at this problem more thoroughly.   Also, by entering the complete data, hole by hole, we will be able to examine the validity of the hole handicaps.  Perhaps what is marked on the cards is not valid for us seniors?  Is hole #13 (482 yd. par 5, handicap 2) really more difficult than #16 (401 yd, par 4, handicap 4)?  And are the actual hole difficulties constant across our handicap divisions.  We will see.
Bob Schutz

Dinner Arrangements

A group of 45 year old buddies discuss and discuss where they should meet for dinner. Finally it is agreed upon that they should meet at the Gausthof zum Lowen restaurant because the waitress's there have low cut blouses and nice breasts.

10 years later, at 55 years of age, the group meets again and once again they discuss and discuss where they should meet. Finally it is agreed that they should meet at the Gausthof zum Lowen because the food there is very good and the wine selection is good also.

10 years later at 65 years of age, the group meets again and once again they discuss and discuss where they should meet. Finally it is agreed that they should meet at the Gausthof zum Lowen because they can eat there in peace and quiet and the restaurant is smoke free.

10 years later, at 75 years of age, the group meets again and once again they discuss and discuss where they should meet. Finally it is agreed that they should meet at the Gausthof zum Lowen because the restaurant is wheel chair accessible and they even have an elevator.

10 years later, at 85 years of age, the group meets again and once again they discuss and discuss where they should meet. Finally it is agreed that it would be a great idea to meet at the Gausthof zum Lowen because they have never been there before.

SEE YOU ALL WED. MARCH 24 2010,  8AM