PLEASE NOTE:  If you require to contact the Secretaries for any reason regarding your entry please  email  scottishseniorsgolfingsociety@ntlworld.com under copy to khnextlevel@aol.com

 The New SSGS Senior Doubles. This format was suggested by Steve Ellis and has received very positive feedback. The event will be regarded as our Autumn Meeting and teams will consist of one member and his senior guest. It will be a 36 hole event with a similar prize structure to the individual 36 holers. Handicap limit will be 12 but guests with higher handicaps may compete off 12.

The Glen Club and Haddington have kindly agreed to host and entry fee will be £40 per pair. Entry forms will appear shortly.

All about Competitions- the glue that binds the Society. We are very proud of the way that clubs, members and the golfing press have responded to our programme. Several of you have expressed delight in that, having felt as if you had been consigned to the grazing pastures, suddenly discovered it was still there. That desire to compete at high level with others of the same ability and vintage is common to all of us.Please use the menu on the left to reach the section you are looking for You can download entry forms and fliers, catch up on reports from recent events and check out the draws and your starting times for forthcoming competitions.

This year's fixtures, including national events can be found ont he season's fixtures page. Please note the change to the British Seniors date.

 

 Distance Measuring Devices

 Members will be aware that the introduction of these devices was discussed at length during our AGM this year. The discussion took place against the backdrop of a very strong probability that the devices would be approved for general use from the beginning of next season. Meetings have now been held between R&A and USGA and between R&A and the Home Unions. As a result of these, permission will not now be granted for events held under their auspices. For the time being the English Golf Union remains in isolation outside of this concordat.

Your committee met to consider our approach, particularly in light of the intervention by R&A, our Rules of Golf authority. It was unanimously decided that we would not proceed with introduction from the start of season 2010. Members will have the opportunity to debate future use during our AGM at Kinross on 10^th June.

 Keith Howie, Captain. December 2009

 

Competition Ballots

 Points considered

 

• Maximum fields of 120 will be exceeded from time to time
• It is neither practical nor fair to increase entry numbers using volunteer administrators as their day already stretches to 12 hours 7.30am- 7.30pm
• Ballot system and reserve list/standby rules must be fair and we must be able to demonstrate that fairness.We have to differentiate between under and over 55s in the ballot system because of the 20% maximum rule
• Members travelling a distance usually travel in twos and threes and arrange accommodation together

 

Rules for ballot in the event of over subscribed tournaments

 

1         Where the maximum entry level of 120 is exceeded a ballot system will be employed.

2         This ballot system will operate on two separate lists, under 55s and over 55s

3         The under 55s ballot will ensure the AGM resolution that "under 55s comprise no more than 20% of a maximum field" is enforced

4         Those balloted out will form the two reserve lists and will have the opportunity of a) withdrawing from or b) remaining on the lists

5         Those remaining on the two reserve lists will be given the opportunity to join the field, in order of their handicaps, if spaces become available before the tournament date.

6         That opportunity will be on a like-for-like basis i.e. if an over 55 advises his withdrawal before the event then the person at the head of the over 55s list would replace him. The same rule would apply to the under 55s unless the person at the head of the over 55s list had a lower handicap in which case he would obtain the vacant place.

7         Those players remaining on the two reserve lists who have not gained a place through withdrawal of another player before the date of the event are free to attend the event as standby players. They will require to register with the administrators on arrival and will be treated on a first come first served basis, irrespective of handicap.  If a standby player is required to leave before the last tee time, he should advise the administrators of his intention to do so in which case the next inline will move up. 

8         It is a strict rule that, if a standby player does not receive a cancellation place during the event, he will not be permitted to compete at the end of the field.

Note: Any player not gaining a place in the field will receive full refund of entry fee.

 

NOTICE to MEMBERS Jan 2009

We have had a good flow of new members since the end of last season. With that increase we anticipate mostly full fields and so, to be fair to everyone, we have moved in line with Scottish Golf Union and firmed up on the rules for entry.

Therefore from the first event in 2009 the following will apply:

§         Closing dates will from now on mean precisely that and will be 28 days before each event. Over-subscribed entries will be subject to ballot on the basis of handicap at date of entry submission.

§         In any case where there is not a full field we shall advise that fact through the website and, exceptionally, take further entries on a first come, first served basis with priority given to paid up members

§         We shall not accept requests for changed times on the second day to meet  players' other commitments. This causes resentment when a two-ball is left and members are asked to bear this in mind when requesting a particular time slot.

§         Lateness for tee times will be subject to the penalties laid out in the R & A rules.

§         The championship committee for each event has final discretion in applying these conditions.

§         We'd be obliged if you could advise any fellow members who do not have regular Internet access about these conditions which we hope you will appreciate are in the best interests of all competitors.