THE MAD POST

Submitted by Gary Ward, General Manager & C.O.O.
 

Clubhouse Information Session – July 8^th – 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
This information session will be an informal opportunity for you to see the information presented at the Town Hall and ask any questions you may have or to provide your feedback.
For your convenience we have scheduled the clubhouse session over a 3-hour window so you may stop in before or after your round or drop in if you don’t plan to golf that day.
A handout will also be available for you.
You may RSVP with Sandy Higgins at [email protected] if you plan to attend the session, or just drop in.

Storm Damage
Chad and his team will have a significant amount work to rehabilitate the bunkers and various wash-out areas this week. At the time of this writing, we are still assessing the contamination to our sand and whether or not we’ll need to bring more sand in from our source in the U.S..
Thankfully the damage to the rest of the course wasn’t worse.

 
Submitted by Chad Vibert, Golf Course Superintendent

Storm Update
This weekends storm not only brought with it torrential rains but also high winds, leaving trees and debris scattered throughout the property.  We were fortunate that no significant trees fell during this event.  We delayed opening the golf course by 2 hours on Saturday morning while the crew pumped water from 5 fairway, 14 fairway and cleaned up the brush from our playing surfaces.  Rainfall totals were 55mm, over 2 inches in just over an hour, the course was literally under water.




 

Susan Quigley
Host Club Tournament Chair for the Canadian Women’s Mid Am Championship.

Opening rounds for the Women’s Mid Amateur Championship are now within 20 days!

A lot of planning goes into organizing an event of this calibre.  Were it not for volunteers generously donating their time  we would not be able to deliver.  Our volunteer schedule is dictated by the number of players who have until two weeks prior to the event to sign up.  Specifics on volunteer timing and tasks will soon be released.  Thank you to all that have raised their hands to assist.

Behind the scenes there are various committees  delivering on the details:

Sponsorship- Richard Carl, now retired, a job well done! Thank you Richard.
Finance/Budget- Gary Ward & myself
Volunteers- P.A. & David Allen
Scoring- Jan Atkinson Hall
Hospitality Internal/Food & Beverage- Susan Banting & Michelle Larcher
Hospitality External/Activities- Susan Tremblay
Community Liaison/Legacy- Heather Johnston & Dean Elliott
Communications- Sandy Higgins
Golf Operations- Carl Penfold, Chad Vibert

This event is a great opportunity for Mad River members to showcase their championship course which Chad and his team work tirelessly to maintain.  Thanks to those who joined Chad and his team this past week for “Divot Repair Day”.  Everyone,  please continue to be extra diligent in filling divots and repairing ball marks.  

More information will be available in the next issue of the Mad Post.

 

 
Jim Deeks

Thank you to Mad River's Jim Deeks, who wrote an article focused on the Canadian Women's Mid-Amateur Championship to be held at the Club later this month.    Jim is a veteran Canadian television producer and host, as well as a communications consultant and a writer/contributor for FairwaysGolf.ca magazine where the article is currently featured.   
Golf Canada Canadian Women’s Mid Amateur Championship
LINK to Fairways Magazine Article written by Jim Deeks

Submitted by Karen Franklin, Ladies Captain
 

Today is Tuesday July 4
Game: Yellow Tees
Clinic: Marking your ball on the green
Nine Hole Group: See you after your 11:00 game for lunch!
 
Upcoming Events:
 
Next Tuesday is July 11:
Game: Blind Partner Game – Play your own ball with an assigned blind partner
Clinic:  Short Irons – Meet on the driving range
 
Ladies’ Member/Guest – July 6 & 7 “The Classic”
Thursday tee times (between 10:00 and 2:00) are included in the entry.  Enjoy a day of golf on Friday July 7 with some classic touches! 
 
Senior Club Championship – July 18
This is a Tuesday and you play your own ball.  This is also a NGL day for the back nine holes. Your day’s score will be flighted and everyone over the age of 50 will be included.  This format is the same as last year, which was a really fun, relaxed event. You can choose to hole out (Gross and Net winners) or play Stableford for both nines.
 
Mid-Am – July 24 – 28
Note: There will be no Tuesday Ladies’ league on July 25.
 

Submitted by Ang De Lorenzi, Men's Captain