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Keeping Your Handicap While Moving Club?

  • 11-11-2008 11:39am
    #1
    Sionnachster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 180 ✭✭


    This doesn't deserve a thread but I didn't want to hijack the other posters certificate thread...

    Scenario:
    You join a club on a temporary basis such as a winter deal, basically a 4/5 month option which will expire, obtain a handicap but don't join the club permanently, OR, you leave your club and are not a member anywhere.

    The question is - is your handicap valid when you are without a club? If you have correctly obtained it and registered it with GUI (Is that right?) do you then move to a new club with that or is your handicap non transferable? Is there an expiry date if you are playing an open or society function? :confused:

    The system has changed since I knew it, that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

    Cheers


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  • #2
    Mister Sifter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,798 ✭✭✭Mister Sifter


    Your handicap is only valid as long as you are a member of a gui-affiliated club.


  • #3
    SalthillGuy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 329 ✭✭SalthillGuy


    If you join a new club, you just need a letter of handicap transfer for your new club. You will not be able to get a handicap in the new club unless you transfer the previous handicap.
    It is actually quiet a good system.


  • #4
    Mister Sifter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,798 ✭✭✭Mister Sifter


    If your membership lapses though and you join a new club within (i think) a year your handicap can be transferred. Otherwise you need to go down the three cards route...


  • #5
    SalthillGuy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 329 ✭✭SalthillGuy


    The transfer should be easier now, as everyones handicap history is on the GUI site.


  • #6
    stockdam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭stockdam


    SalthillGuy wrote: »
    The transfer should be easier now, as everyones handicap history is on the GUI site.

    Yes can you not just quote your GUI number.......why would you need a letter from your old club?


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  • #7
    Mister Sifter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,798 ✭✭✭Mister Sifter


    stockdam wrote: »
    Yes can you not just quote your GUI number.......why would you need a letter from your old club?

    But you don't take your number with you... it would change when you moved. All numbers are club specific.


  • #8
    stockdam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭stockdam


    Thanks Graeme I didn't realise that. If you move clubs then can you give them the old number and they can transfer the details to the new club?????


  • #9
    Sionnachster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 180 ✭✭Sionnachster


    Thanks Lads, I'm hoping the 'year long validity' part is right.....

    Cheers


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