April Competitions

Friday 15 April

Senior Mixed
Formula: individual stableford
Shot gun at 9h30
Inscription, 8 €
This will be followed by a dinner

Saturday 16 April
Coupe du Champagne
Formula: 2 ball scramble with several heats
Shot gun at 9h30
Inscription, 8 €
We propose you a lunch with special dish + dessert + wine for 30 €
(reservation mandatory)


Saturday 23 / Sunday 24 April
Rattan Chadha Cup
Formula: 4 ball scramble
Tee times every 10 minutes from 8h00
You choose Saturday or Sunday
This will be followed by a dining cocktail, music and prize giving, on Sunday evening
Inscription, 88 €, including cocktail and mi house buffet

Saturday 30 April
Dutch Queen's Day
Formula: 2 ball scramble
Shot gun at 9h30
Inscription, 8 € + 45 € for the lunch
Registrations are open in the proshop!

Ladies Day : Program of this month

05-04-11 Preparation Reminiscence by Handicap
Laurence G.

12-04-11 Stroke < 15hcp- Stableford > 15 hcp by Handicap
Marina

19-04-11
Edith’s Ladies’ Day
Edith

26-04-11
Margaretha & Lotty’s Ladies’ Day (?) or Match Play
Christine B.

A Great Learning Experience

As you know, the Club has decided to introduce a second ladies team this year so that more ladies may represent Royal Mougins at outside competitions. The first such tournament took place at the Sainte Baume Golf Club near St.-Maximin in the Var on March 19 and 20. Six Royal Mougins ladies with an average handicap of approx 13, all of which were 50+ in age, were to meet mostly single handicap players from seven other regional clubs – the youngest of which was 13 and the best handicap being +2,7!!!

Saturday’s stroke-play singles matches (scratch) went as expected, and of the two foursomes on Sunday morning, one was won, the other lost. Several of the five single match play matches played on Sunday afternoon went almost to the last hole, as the Royal Mougins girls fought like lionesses against their – on paper – much stronger opponents. However, at the end of the day, the inevitable was a reality, which means that the team will find itself in the regional second division next year.

The players were happy, however. Merete Petteroe, who played for the first time at an outside competition, expressed it well: “These two days have been an incredible learning experience, and they have given me total motivation to practice even more in order to succeed at the coming matches!”

Team manager, Conny Plesman, was very proud of the fighting attitude and team spirit of her girls, Marie-Laure Becker, Laurence Guillemard, Lene Bjerk-Bojesen, Maari Vesanen and Merete Petteroe. It was a useful learning experience, which will be put to another test end of April, when the team travels to Lille to take part in the promotional division of the French national championships.   

STROKE PLAY RESULTS
MATCH PLAY RESULTS

Association Sportive - General Assembly on April 22nd

Dear Member,

Please herewith find the Convocation to the General Assembly of the Royal Mougins Golf Club Association Sportive.

It will be held on April 22nd, 2011 at 4 pm in the Club House.
Best regards

Convocation

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Eastern - Special Offer for Members Only

MEMBER EASTER SPECIAL

Dear Members,

Discover our Easter Special Offer, reserved for Royal Mougins Members and their guests only, valid from Friday April 22^nd to Monday April 25^th 2011.

Special 20% discount on our best available rate, for a minimum stay of 2 nights.

1 night in a Superior Suite with Buffet breakfast included

From € 212 instead of € 265

For your reservations by email: reservation@royalmougins.fr or call +33 4 92 92 49 69.

You can also visit our website www.royalmougins.fr .

We look forward to welcoming you,

A Message from the Ladies Captain

A YEAR OF CONSOLIDATION

Each Tuesday morning the new Ladies Day Committee, consisting of Marina Baumler, Laurence Guillemard, Edith Zegerius, Christine Blocqaux and Jacqueline Lanting, will organise a Ladies’ Day Competition. Throughout the year, we will offer a balanced mix of sportive and social formats of play. This formula seemed to please most of you in 2010, where the total number of Ladies Day contestants continued the increase from the year before. During the summer months, when the course normally is in a mint condition, mainly sportive tournaments will be organized in order for everyone to work on their handicaps. Each competition is followed by a lunch and a prize-giving ceremony. Some of the Ladies’ Day tournaments are kindly sponsored by a Member, who has the privilege to decide the format of play of her competition. A big thank you to all of last year’s sponsors – your support is highly appreciated! We invite all female Members to take part in our weekly event, which - apart from the social aspect - also play an important role in improving the level of play of all our Lady Members. This is extremely important now, as we have to live up to huge expectations after the great results our teams achieved in 2010.

Every Thursday during spring, all Lady Members playing off a handicap of 24,4 or better may participate in our Practice Sessions, which Liliane Meyer has kindly offered to manage. As we have ambitions to improve the performances of our different teams, all qualified Lady Members are kindly invited to take part in these training sessions, which will partly be held as individual practices, partly as team trainings organized by our professionals. The Thursday training sessions is also instrumental in improving the Club’s Team Spirit even further. Last year, we saw the immediate result of these training sessions as our teams started winning tournaments instead of finishing in the middle of the pack.

It is our goal to obtain a broader base of players for our external competitions, including the Réminiscence Trophy. There are 90 ladies with a handicap of up to 24,4 who are all welcome to play in the 10 Réminiscence competitions throughout the year. For further information, please contact Team Manager, Laurence Guillemard.

With the blessing of the AS and the Sports Committee, we have decided to introduce a 2^nd team, which will enable more players to take part in outside competitions, sponsored by the Club. This means that more than 30% of our Lady Members with a handicap of 24,4 or better now may compete externally, instead of just a handful of eligible players during the previous seasons. This is why 2011 will be a year of consolidation and an investment in the sportive future of Royal Mougins Ladies Section. This is also the reason why you should not expect similar outstanding results this year as we have seen during the past two seasons. It is our hope that the 2011-season will bring the sportive abilities of all our Lady Members to a higher level – thus securing a bright future for all the teams in the years to come.

A Competitions Committee, consisting of Julie Sabas, Laurence Guillemard, Conny Plesman, Lauerence Rouvet and myself, will be in charge of the six regional and national competitions to be played this year (excluding the Réminiscence Trophy).

Royal Mougins Golf Club will take part in the following competitions this year:

·        10 Réminiscence Ladies Trophy (presently having the Trophy in our Club House)

·        3 National Championships (presently in 3^rd division)

·        2 Regional (League) Competitions (presently 1^st division)

·        1 Promotion tournament - National

Our target is to remain the number one team in the Réminiscence Ladies Trophy and to maintain today’s presence in the respective divisions. We are also targeting the advancement from the promotional division.

The Captains’ Cup & Dinner will take place on the May 7. It is an important sportive as well as social event, which marks the official start of the summer season.

Ladies’ Captain’s Team vs Men’s Captain’s Team will be organised on the Sunday, June 12. This is obviously a social match, but of course also a serious one, as our target is to beat the men! For the past few years, we have had the same goal – but without success. Let’s do it this year!

As Ladies’ Captain I will like to take the opportunity to thank all my fellow Lady Members for contributing to make the Ladies’ Day such a nice event. My warm gratitude also goes to the ladies who have offered their assistance in the two mentioned new committees, which made it possible for me to stay on as Captain for one more year.

FORE!

Lene Bjerk-Bojesen

Ladies’ Captain

FORE!

Lene Bjerk-Bojesen

Ladies’ Captain

Dear Members,


Following discussions with our owner, and the input received from various members regarding our drive for Royal Mougins Golf Club to become private, we have decided to reduce the price to join our club for the first 50 new members to €25.000 per person ( a couple :€50.000) for the various existing membership categories. Annual dues remain the same as for all members.


At the same time we continue to offer our earlier announced « trial memberships » which are valid during 1 year.


The sooner we are able to sell these memberships, the sooner we will be private, and we are grateful to announce that the first couple of new memberships have already been introduced by some of our existing members.


Let’s continue this promising start !


In case you have any questions or introductions, please contact us.

Thank you

 RMGC management

Ladies Day 8th March, Women's worlwide Day

Dear Ladies
Just sign up for this Ladies Day a bit special, March 8, 2011
International Competition of Women Living Arts of Mougins.
Shot Gun: 12:00 / 3 series
Dress code: Turquoise
Awards: 17:00
Lunch bag: Offered by the Club (before departure).
Mi-house: A drink of your choice offered by the Club.
Cocktail and prize giving sponsored by the town of Mougins, around 17:00


Fore!
Lene Bjerke Bojesen