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9th October 2024

Clubhouse Update

Clubhouse Update

We are pleased to report that the design and master planning for the clubhouse’s lower level are progressing well. Base Architects has been appointed to lead the design, while Ripple Group is handling project management and quantity surveying services. This project marks a significant upgrade for our club, focusing on a comprehensive refurbishment of the lower level.

Key elements of the plan include:

  • Expanding the golf shop to enhance member services.
  • Introducing a café-style facility and an outdoor alfresco area for a more relaxed, social atmosphere.
  • Upgraded women’s and gent’s toilets and locker rooms, offering improved convenience and comfort.
  • An indoor golf simulator for coaching and club fitting, adding a modern training dimension to our offerings.

The broader master plan also addresses critical external areas, with upgrades to car parking facilities and adding an extra putting green.

This ambitious undertaking is essential to modernising our facilities and addressing aged components of the clubhouse. However, we recognise that a project of this scale, coupled with the building’s history, brings certain complexities. The required financial investment will be significant, and we must carefully balance this with our overall cash flow and fiscal responsibility.

Our goal is to complete the entire project, but we are also exploring design plans that allow for staged implementation to ensure financial feasibility.

We look forward to sharing design plans and concepts with members soon, and we are confident that these upgrades will enhance the overall experience for all who visit the club.

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9th October 2024

Course Renovations / Club closed

Course Renovations / Club closed

The Club wishes to remind Members that the Course will undergo its annual major renovations from October 21-22.   At this stage the renovations to the greens will be a heavy dethatch, with ‘punching’ taking place to encourage aeration.  Fairways 10-18 (plus 1, 3, 19, 22, 23) will also undergo renovations, inclusive aeration as well as being top dressed.  A total of 800 Tonnes of sand and 75 tonnes of Gypsum will be applied throughout the process.

This period of closure provides an excellent opportunity for regular maintenance and repair within the Clubhouse which this year will include the replacing of the drainage guttering, along with several necessary tasks.

During this time, the Course, practice facilities and Clubhouse will be closed for the duration – reopening on October 23rd for regular trading.

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9th October 2024

AGM – Date Claimer

AGM – Date Claimer

Members are reminded that the Club’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Wednesday, November 27th at 6:00pm.  Nominations for the following Board roles have now opened.

  • Vice-President                    (2-year term)
  • Captain                                 2-year term)
  • Vice-Captain                        (1-year term)
  • Director (2) roles                (2 x 2-year term)

Anyone interested is encouraged to contact Club President Rod Rhodes via Club Administration (3355 7744).

Key dates:

  • Nominations Open:         Wednesday 2nd October 2024
  • Nominations Close:         Wednesday 30th October 2024
  • Ballot Open:                       Wednesday 6th November 2024
  • Ballot Closes:                     Monday 25th November 2024 (6:00 pm)

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9th October 2024

Ladies Corner

Ladies Corner

September Monthly medal winners:

Weekday

A Grade – Zena Bell

B Grade – Alana Griffiths

C Grade – Sue Truckey

Saturday – Cassie Tyler

Gwen Osterlund Charity Day – Tuesday 10 September

The annual Gwen Osterlund Charity day was held this month with a field of 38 players.  The weather allowed for perfect golfing conditions.

The overall winner was Kim Williams with 43 points. Glenda Sellwood was runner-up on 42 points

Individual category winners were:

Vintage Vet – Glenda Sellwood

Senior Vet – Kim Williams

Junior Vet – Robyn Baker

Non-Vet – Nic Waddington.

A total of $235 was raised on the day.  This was supplemented by ball sales and donated to the following charities – Rosie’s Friends on the Street and Bravery Box.

It is not every year that a new name is added to the Gwen Osterlund Trophy.  It is only awarded every so often and goes to a lady who has given of their time and energies over many years at the club.  This year, the trophy was awarded to Sue Marshall. Sue was the first woman to be elected full term on the Keperra Board in 2006. It took 20 years after the women received equal rights in the Club for this happen.    She was also the first female president for the Club serving from 2010 to 2012.  After McLeod Golf Club, a woman’s golf club, she was only the 2nd female to serve as president of a golf club in Queensland.  She took over the presidency when the club was more than a million dollars in debt. She was presiding over the club when they appointed Gavin Lawrence as General Manager, a very successful appointment.  Sue presided over the changes to the constitution which has served the club well to the current time.  She is also on the 2024/25 constitution review committee.  Sue set up a 5-year Strategic Plan for the club which was also a new initiative at the time, and one that continues as key to the planning for the future of our club.

Thanks Sue, a worthy recipient of the trophy.

 AMAZING SCORE

Score of the month/year/decade was a whopping 49 Stableford points by Robyn Baker.  Congratulations and good luck doing that again with the new lower handicap!

Gillian Haussmann

Ladies President

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9th October 2024

Road to the PGA

Road to the PGA

The Club can now confirm the dates for the much anticipated ‘Road to the PGA’ 2024.

  • Wednesday 9th October
  • Saturday 12th October

Members will be able to enter this event for an additional fee of $10 above the KCGC Competition Fee, this will automatically result in entrants receiving a 1day pass (valued at $35) to the Australian PGA at Royal Queensland.

The winner will progress through to the Championship Final.

The Championship Final will be held on Sunday the 17th of November at the Royal Queensland Golf Club (valued $350 – visitors fee). All Championship finalists will be competing for 2 x Kirkwood Club tickets to the BMW Australian PGA Championship on the first day of the tournament – Thursday November 21st (prize valued at $940).

All registered players will play 18 holes and be provided with a light breakfast and sit-down lunch post round. The course will be set up ready for the BMW Australian PGA Championship, therefore the course will be in mint condition. The Championship Final provides amateur golfers with the closest professional tournament-like experience possible.

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