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Ok so. I'll make enquiries so and let yis know

I hate to be the bad boy, but unfortunately this has to be said, especially as we had so many last minute drop outs for last Saturday. Please do not take this personally, it is not meant as such to anyone, but it is important that you are all aware.

Please remember we are a society built on the Golf forum here. Some of you are regular posters & viewers and others not so regular. That's all fine, but we are who we are and if you are part of the society, please take some time to view the relevant threads (there is not many of them, one main thread for the year and one outing thread per month). All the information needed for the society and our outings is provided on the threads and if you have any feedback at all to give, please feel free to post. I think it is appropriate that we all interact with each other through the relevant threads.

I totally understand and appreciate that things come up at the last minute to mess up our golfing plans and mean you have to cancel your attendance. It's not a problem, these things happen. I know some of you dropped me PM's, but to be honest it is much easier from an admin point of view to keep on top of things and as a courtesy to the others in the society if you have to withdraw from an event please
1. Decline on Teamer
AND
2. Post a message to the relevant thread as soon as possible.

A few last minute drop outs has never been a problem before and will not be in the future but ahead of last three events at the marquee courses, things will be a bit more restrictive. Please all be aware that we need to give these clubs confirmed numbers well in advance and there are penalties if those numbers drop. We really don't want to have to pay for guys who won't be playing.

After the great turn out @ Portmarnock, we had to go and secure extra tee times at all the future events, but there is at least one which is still going to be tight. We currently have room for 32 there but we are still looking to get extra times. We made all the bookings based on last years numbers, where the maximum turn out was 28 twice. So far this year we have had, 24, 44, 35 & 32, so it's great to see the numbers bumped up, but it has caused headaches. :cool: It turns out, some courses are easy to get extra tee times at, some courses go out of their way to move things around to accommodate you and some courses are just full! Lessons were learnt and will be heeded for next year.

With regard to the marquee venues, some courses are stricter & more penal than others. Where there may be wiggle room @ some, they all specify deadlines by which numbers must be confirmed or else differing percentages of green fees have to be paid (up to full amounts) even if we don't have the numbers turn up. We could just hand some times back so as not to get penalised and hope we can get extra last minute tee times if our numbers jump. But I'd rather not do that as I want to afford everyone the opportunity to be guaranteed a game if they want to play. So I will review deadlines and confirm numbers with the clubs as late as possible.

With thanks to our main sponsors, NRC Taxis, all these events will be subsidised. But if we have late drop outs or no-shows which we have to pay for, it will mean the subsidies won't be as good and we will all have to pay more.......... and none of us want that. So I would ask you to be considerate to the rest of the society and make sure you are available to attend before accepting. We will always to our utmost best to ensure everyone gets a game with us, never let anyone down yet

Now after all that, with thanks to NRC & Co-Op Taxis, I hope to have another nice little surprise with me at the next outing. All will be revealed @ Dundrum

PARlance wrote: »

^^^^
Didn't hear him complaining when he won in Naas!

(NRC) Taxi for Parlance

ah now that's out of order i won fair and square :cool:

I'm not complaining anyway, just trying to keep yis on yer toes. It's tough work this you know.... without having to worry about paying for times you wont use!

PARlance wrote: »

Only messing El Capitano

I know :rolleyes:

Just making enquiries into the Polo shirts. I can get some pretty decent rates through a supplier I know who is going to look after us, but it all boils down to what we want to spend.

So money? quality? brand? style? colour? anything else?

Any ideas guys???????

was thinking a light/sky blue myself and the logo definitely embroidered on. The logo is dark, so don't want them clashing to much, though we could possibly change the colour on the logo

Golfgraffix

Probably can get any brand really but Fruit of the Loom & Russell Athletic was what he was indicating. Depending on which actual one we go for, you are talking from €15-25 for those lads. They are basic enough Polo's, wouldn't be the swish golf coolmax, climalite whatever you'r having yourself modern fabrics. mix of cotton and polyester. we have the cheap ones here as our uniforms and they actually aren't that bad at all. He said this is the best. Probably going to come in a bit over the €20 mark.

Russell J588M Pima cotton polo
An extremely fine and smooth micro-pique, made from 100% bio polished pima cotton, delivers outstanding drape, fit and comfort. Neck tape for comfort and durability. Side vents with internal herringbone tape for added stability and better fit. Modern style flat knit cuffs. Reinforced shoulder seams. Spare button in side seam.


He said Nike & Addidas would be up @ the €50 mark. I see Glenmuir and Ashworth there also, so they are probably up around that kinda money too.



Edit:
What do yis think of this one in Azure Blue? no price on it yet, but I'll find out if you are interested

Buddy Holly wrote: »

Lads what's the situation re attending the Dundrum outing? I don't have a handicap.

I am actually just about to send invites out today.

send me a PM with all your details, name, email, phone, did you ever have a handicap before? how handy are you?

Hey there Technodub, we are all playing great golf this year. take a picture of that Jug and frame it

Updated GOTY table guys and girls. The battle is beginning to heat up now for the Jug team spots. You would think the top 5 might be secure at this stage, but with 4 rounds still to play, there is still a lot to play for, so I wouldn't be counting your chickens just yet!

mafc wrote: »

All bar two of the top 10 have attended every outing thus far so I reckon it won't be until after the Killeen Castle outing that the picture will become clearer 😜

definitely, you just cant call it at this stage, so many guys only played a couple so they could shoot right up with a couple of solid performances