E-News 4th March 2021
New Membership Software Update
As you are aware on Monday we started the changeover of our new Membership, Point of Sale and accounting software. In general, the changeover has been quite smooth with minimal glitches.
Our staff are currently working with MiClub to rectify any issues that have arisen and are hoping to have everything up and running by next week.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me
Regards
Michael Moore
Director of Golf
golf@rossdalegolf.com.au
Competition Scoring and Course updates- Post COVID conditions
Competition scoring has now changed in a small way with the introduction to our new system and moving back to printer scorecards, for those who rather manual scoring. You will be required to exchange scorecards with your playing partners and ensure you both sign the scorecard following your round, if you are using MISCORE app on your phone, you will also be required to sign your partners phone to submit scoring.
Monday 8th March you will see rakes back in our bunkers and the flags can now be removed for play. Please ensure you remember to rake the bunkers after use, after a while out of use, it may slip your mind. Our course presentation is up to you as a members to return the bunkers to a very high standard to what out wonderful ground staff team display.
Course Watering and Works
This year we are very fortunate to be a position to have plenty of water. Therefore, with major events for the club coming up in the Rossdale Open Amateur, Ladies Pennant and Mens Pennant, selected tee times will be closed to allow the course team time to present the course in the best possible condition. The changes to time sheets are as followed:
Monday first tee time to change to 9:00am
Wednesday tee closed from 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Friday first tee time to change to 9:00am
These changes will stay in place till the 18th of April.
Corporate Cup is coming early
Our corporate cup is one of the BEST days of the year with members and non members coming down to play the most entertaining 19 holes of their lives!
For the first time ever, we are hosting this day on the 26th March 2021!
The day looks a little something like this ….
12:00pm – Arrive to a hot breakfast and coffee/or beer and receive your welcome pack
1:00pm – Head out to the golf course to find DJ’s, shots, longest drives, masseuses, golf simulators, beers, tacos and MORE!!
5:30pm – Finish up the golf and return to the clubhouse for an unforgettable dinner and live entertainment
All catering, entertainment and beverages are included in the ticket price! $250 for members and $300 for non members.
Early bookings and payments are essential to ensure you do not miss out on this day! Contact Lucy TODAY to get your team in – rgc.events@rossdalegolf.com.au
Next Parma night- St Paddy’s
St Patricks Parma night is happening at Rossdale on Thursday 18th March. Come down for an Irish themed meal and a green beer or Guinness!
Call 9580 1008 to book a table now.
Easter Parma Night 
Bring the kids down to enjoy an Eater Egg hunt and meet the Easter Bunny at 6pm!!
Adults can enjoy a Parma and pot for the great price of $18.90.
Bookings essential so call 9580 1008 to reserve a table now.
Competition- win $25 onto your house account
Competition open to all members!
LIKE and SHARE any of Rossdale’s Facebook posts and go in the draw to win $25 onto your house account. Add the comment DONE once you have liked and shared.
Winner drawn Wednesday 10th March!
Congratulations to Andeau Bowley who won $25 onto his house account!
Follow us on Facebook here.
Friday Members Draw!
The members draw is run every Friday night and will go up by $50 each week if not collected. Every member is in the draw but you need to be here to collect the winnings.
Tomorrow night the jackpot will be $300.
Fridays are the best night of the week to come down to the club as we have:
– Members draw
– Gerry’s Wheel
– $21.90 250g porterhouse steak special (Marble score 2+) cooked to your liking and served with a salad and chips
– Happy hour between 5-7pm- pots start from $2.50!!
Call 9580 1008 to book a table now!
Hole in One Competition- 50 metres!
Try your luck today in the 50m Hole in One Competition! You have to be in it to win it!
DON’T MISS OUT!!
Rossdale Open and Junior Amateur-
Sunday 7th March
Rossdale Open and Junior Amateur will be played on Sunday 7th March, we have over 50 participants entered from around Victoria competing for the winning Trophy. If you are a male with a handicap of less than 24.4 or female with a handicap of less than 45.4 and would like to enter in the Stroke event please head online to golf.org.au and enter for the Rossdale Open and Junior Amateur.
If you are not wanting to participate, be sure to head out to the club to watch some of the best Open and Junior age golfers shooting low numbers around Rossdale.
Please find below the draw of the day;
Round 2 Pennant for Rossdale
Heading into Round 2 of Pennant we had the following results;
Colts: 2/3 loss, and a narrow loss at that, with two players halving in the team and unfortunately loosing another two matches, it was a narrow loss for the team but still a positive to be so close.
Womens: Wow, with a brilliant result this week the ladies certainly hit their form whopping Yering Meadows 5-2, great work team! Awesome effort coming back from a tough start to the season.
Seniors: With a star packed team, including your PGA Professionals Ben Paine and Michael Moore, held up by the strength of our regularly playing members the senior team fought off an impressive win over Sandhurst Golf Club 5-2.
To follow our Pennant Teams, you can always head onto the link below to keep up to date with our progress.
https://www.golf.org.au/events#/interclub/1193/overview
Goodluck to all our pennant players in round 3
Odyssey Putter Fittings are back!
Unfortunately, due to the past lockdown we missed the opportunity to have our fitting week at Rossdale Golf Club with the new Odyssey Putter range, BUT we are back!
Monday 22nd March to Sunday 28th March, you have the opportunity to get fitted into a putter with our PGA Professionals at Rossdale Golf Club, using the new state of the art CAPTO putting analysis system.
Bookings essential via members booking portal
If you require further information email:
Elissa Lal on professional@rossdalegolf.com.au
Bag Storage available NOW!
We have a limited 15 spots available for bag storage at Rossdale Golf Club, this is for bag and buggy only, no ride on carts. If this is something you are interested in to save time when you arrive at the course and have your clubs out ready for you on arrival at the club by the pro shop staff, please email Michael Moore on golf@rossdalegolf.com.au, this is a first in first served basis.
Electric Buggy and Bag $329 per year
Push Buggy and Bag $299 per year