If you email program has hidden the images below, click here to view online
  ATLANTIC BEACH GOLF CLUB FIVE STAR GOLFING EXPERIENCE
   Jimmy Martignone CLUB CAPTAIN
14 December 2006     

Hi everyone!

General

  • I’d like to congratulate, our home boy, Doug Griffin, on winning The Dividend Investments Atlantic Beach Open. Doug played superbly well under very demanding weather conditions.
  • Our congratulations also go to our team that successfully defended The West Coast Challenge Trophy. They competed against teams from Milnerton, Langebaan and Malmesbury. Well done guys, soon we’ll have to buy another trophy cabinet.

Course Maintenance

  • I have to admit that 4 months ago I said that the course was in the worst condition I’d ever seen it, but now the course is in the best condition I’ve ever seen it in – all credit to Allen Bland and his team – well done guys, we all appreciate it.
  • Areas on the greens on holes 5, 6, 9 and 15 will be a bit bumpy at first due to replanting to speed up the recovery process. Please bear with us for another couple of weeks.
  • Three of the four problem greens are better than ever before, but we’re still battling a bit with the 7th.
  • Allen started cutting the fairways, short of the greens, down to 6mm in order to improve the bump and run shots.
  • We are looking into trimming the fynbos, on inside of fence, in order to prevent a lost ball inside the field of play.
  • We are awaiting quotes for a new “Local Rules” Notice Board that will fit in with the rest of our 5 star facility.
  • I’d like to remind everyone that; you get a free drop from all bark covered areas and gaps in the post and rail fence that are part of the fence – the posts are the margin of the environmentally sensitive area.
  • You can follow the course maintenance program which is posted on the notice board and is regularly updated.

Sports Centre

  • We’ve decided that the Saturday Competition will be for the morning field only. This enables us to do the prize giving at 14h00 on the day.
  • Allen Usher has kindly offered to sponsor Monthly Medal trophies for Men’s A, B, C-Divisions and Ladies Silver and Bronze Divisions. Thank you very much Allen, we really appreciate your generosity.
  • Due to the adverse windy conditions we’ll be adjusting the course rating accordingly, helping us to handicap ourselves more fairly.
  • I’ve had many complaints regarding a hole-in-one winning the two-club pot. I agree that an ace is a great achievement (still very lacking behind my name!), but it doesn’t qualify as a TWO-club. Please let us know what you think.
  • SAGU is investigating a new or revised handicapping system. Atlantic Beach agreed to be part of the pilot programme. The pilot for adjusted handicaps only applies to individual competitions – Tony Louw will display the adjustment table on the notice board.
  • I’d like to thank the wonderful staff from the Sports Centre that are at their posts at 05h30, with a smile, every day to make it possible for us to tee-off at 06h00. Please come and join the early birds and appreciate the true beauty of our course.

Yours in golf,

Jimmy Martignone
Club Captain
Atlantic Beach Golf Club

Reminder: Club Closed on...
Monday, 25 December 2006 - Christmas Day
Monday, 01 January 2007 - New Year's Day


An eight-year-old Sheldon went into a grocery store and picked out a large box of laundry detergent. The grocer walked over and asked Sheldon if he had a lot of laundry to do. "Oh, no laundry," Sheldon said, "I'm going to wash my dog." "But you shouldn't use this to wash your dog," said the grocer. "It's very powerful and if you wash your dog in this, he'll get sick. In fact, it might even kill him."
      But Sheldon was not to be stopped and carried the detergent to the counter and paid for it. A week later, Sheldon was back in the store to buy some candy. The grocer asked him how his dog was doing. "Oh, he died," Sheldon said. The grocer said he was sorry, but added, "I tried to tell you not to use that detergent on your dog." "Well," Sheldon replied, "I don't think it was the detergent that killed him." "Oh? What was it then? "I think it was the spin cycle!"

A highway patrolman pulled up alongside a speeding car on the freeway. As the officer peered through the driver's window, he was astounded to find the driver, Leigh Kahn, behind the wheel knitting. The trooper cranked down his window and yelled to the driver, "Pull over!" at the top of his lungs. "No!" Leigh Kahn yelled back, "Scarf!"

Doug Griffin walks into a bar with a giraffe and they proceed to get blitzed. The giraffe drinks so much it passes out on the floor. Doug gets up and heads for the door to leave when the bartender yells, "Hey! You can't leave that lyin' there!" Doug replies, "That's not a lion! It's a giraffe."

Cobus and Alec are in a bar watching the TV. There is a news report about a man who threatens to jump off a 5 story building unless the cops give him 3000 dollars. Cobus says to Alec: "I bet you 100 bucks the guy jumps". Alec takes the bet, and the guy on the TV ends up jumping. Alec hands over the R100, but Cobus gives it back, saying that he had already seen the guy jump on the earlier bulletin. Alec says "Well I saw it too but I didn't think he would jump again"


 For more information or any enquiries, contact the club on:
Tel: +27 21 553 2223 Fax: +27 21 553 2224
Email: enquiries@atlanticbeach.co.za
Website: www.atlanticbeachgolfclub.co.za
Physical Address: 1 Fairway Drive, Atlantic Beach Golf Estate, Melkbosstrand, 7441, Cape Town, South Africa