Greetings from Blyth

Thursday, 11 January 2018

Dear Members, On behalf of everyone at the Club, I would like to wish you all a Happy New year and  prosperous 2018. Thank you for your support on and off the course in 2017. We are confident that 2018 will be a great year at The Club. It certainly is a busy start to  the year. We thank you in advance for your patience and consideration when it comes  to making tee-time reservations, we will do everything we can to accommodate our  members’ needs during this period. Champagne Breakfast @ The Club What a great turn out for our Champagne breakfast on the 24th December. With the  children enjoying the funs of a jumping castle, the adults allowed themselves to relax and  enjoy a sumptuous breakfast at the Club. New Year’s Eve Function Thank you to all who supported us for this year's New Years Eve function. As our head  Chef Pierre Fourie pulled out all the stops with a superb five course meal,  as everyone listened to the varied repertoire of Vos Bekker & Co. It was unfortunate that we received quite a few last-minute cancellations due to various  reasons. To ensure better participation for next year’s event, we will be sending out a  survey in the coming months so that we can improve/change things accordingly to  ensure that next year’s function is better than ever. New Year’s Day 9 Holes With the Club closed on New Year’s Day, it allows our hard-working staff to all take a  little time and spend it with their families. Our members take this opportunity to rally  around and create their own fun. With the ever popular 9-hole competition,  shoot-out to the 18th Green, and the inevitable bring and braai, the year was  certainly started in true Erinvale spirit! Cap & DOG Challenge Our Club Captain, Dean and I are so looking forward to what awaits us...  With both our games finely honed, we are ready to take on all challengers!  With all the dates booked out up to May, we will be releasing further slots to  take on the Cap & DOG in due course. I personally am looking forward to  meeting and playing with different members and having some fun along the way.  May the best team win. Wine List Change Erinvale is perfectly situated when it comes to wine. With so many great farms  and estates on our doorstep, we feel that our wine listing at the Club should  support and reflect this beautiful area. In our quest to provide a varied and  quality wine list, we will be revising our listings. We have started with a  few blind tastings with our club team, to select our new wines to go join our trusted favourites on the wine list. We hope you will like the changes as we continue  to bring our members good quality wines at affordable prices. Kid’s Workshop A big thank you to Shona Ferriman for arranging a Junior Origami Workshop at the  club in December, what great fun was had! It certainly was great to have these  paper folding experts around the club learning the art. Pizza Night @ The Club Wednesday nights are now officially Pizza Night! For not only members, but anyone staying or living on the Erinvale estate.  Wednesday’s are fast becoming recognised as Pizza Night. With our  “Create your own Pizza” concept, you choose what you would like on your pizza.  Various traditional and exotic toppings are available, all tastes are catered for... Why not invite a neighbour or friend and support the club on Wednesday?  Children can choose two toppings and eat for free. Water Restrictions I am sure you are aware that we now enter in to level 6 water restrictions in  the Cape Town area. We will appreciate if you can assist us further in reducing  the amount of water we use at the Club. We have seen a slight reduction with  the various actions that we have taken so far, thank you for this. However, it is evident that we need to do more if we are going to meet the new  recommended guidelines. We will soon receive proposals from two independent  experts as to how we can better manage our water usage. This will include,  not only reducing our usage, but the harvesting of rain water and the recycling  of our grey water. Practice Facility Discussions have started with our team as to how we can improve our practice  facility at Erinvale. It is important that we uplift this area to offer an improved  experience for our members and guests. Obviously, there are various ways in  achieving this, so we are investigating many options. We are also looking at  ascertaining if there is a need to create a golf academy. These discussions are  at an early stage. Once we are clearer as to the best way forward, we will  provide membership with a proposed plan for their feedback/comments before  anything is implemented. For your convenience, below an overview of the operational hours of the club High Season Hours of Operations Here’s to a great 2018, we look forward to seeing you at the Club in the not too distant future. Yours in Golf, Blyth Reid General ManagerPGA Director of Golf