Dutch King's day

Benefit Dinner for the the French Cancer Society

The French Ligue Contre le Cancer (French Cancer Society)  organizes on Saturday 12th a benefit dinner to raise funds.
Royal Mougins Golf Club is happy to participate.

We propose a special menu@ 115 €.

Please reserve by calling + 33 492 92 49 89 or email to
restaurant18@royalmougins.fr .

Congratulations to the Men’s team!

Last weekend the RMGC Men’s team succeeded in qualifying for the 3^rd Division of the PACA league.  We played a Promotion event over two days at Garden Golf Avignon in very wet and windy conditions.  Ten teams from around the PACA region participated.  We were the leaders in the strokeplay after the first day, narrowly ahead of the second placed team and some 40 strokes ahead of the third placed team.  On the second day we played a matchplay competition against St Baume, which comprised two foursomes and five singles matches.  After winning both foursomes only two singles victories were required, and this was duly accomplished.  The result means that the team has qualified to compete in the 3^rd Division next year.  It has been many years since RMGC has had a Men’s team (other than Seniors) in any local or national league competitions.  Some great golf was played in difficult conditions, and thanks are due to all the young members of Stephane Damiano’s academy who contributed to the achievement.  They are a credit to the club.

Andrew Pearce

Rattan Chadha Cup

On April 4th, Rock & Dine @ Royal Mougins

SPERACEDES – Enchanting view on the Bay of Cannes

Recently built villa of 420 sqm approx on a plot of 3000 sqm composed of a living and dining room opening onto the pool, 5 ensuite bedrooms, game room, jacuzzi. Haven of peace !

Réf : ROY 1137

Price: 2.470.000 €

Contact : + 33 492 92 49 64 or realestate@royalmougins.fr

Kia Trophy - April 5th

General Assembly of Association Sportive on April 18th, at 4 pm

CONVOCATION

Assemblée Générale 2014 

Chère Madame, Cher Monsieur, Dear sir, madam

Vous êtes prié(e) d’assister à l’Assemblée Générale de l’Association Sportive :

Your presence is kindly requested at the General Assembly of the Association Sportive on:

Le vendredi 18 avril 2014 à 16.00 au Clubhouse

Friday 18^th April 2014 at 16.00 in the Clubhouse

 Agenda / Ordre du Jour

1	Formalités (i)                  Ouverture de la séance (ii)                Ordre du jour (iii)               Décompte des présents             (ou représentés) (iv)              Nomination du secrétaire de séance (v)               Nomination des scrutateurs (vi)              Approbation du Procès Verbal de l’ AG 2013 (vii)            Vote: Approbation des Comptes 2013	Formalities (i)         Opening of the meeting (ii)        Agenda (iii)      Counting of persons present                     (or represented) (iv)      Nomination of GA secretary (v)       Nomination of GA scrutinisers (vi)      Approval of 2013 GA Minutes (vii)    Vote: Approval of the 2013 financials
2	AS jusqu'à fin mars 2014 (i)                  Comité sportif et activités (ii)                Comité des affaires sociales (iii)               Finances: 2013 Actuel                          : 2014  Budget                               : 2015  Budget prévisionnel                               : Approbation des budgets	AS until end March 2014 (i)        Sports Committee & activities (ii)       Social Committee (iii)     Financials : 2013 Actual                         : 2014 Budget               : 2015 Budget (info.)                             : Approval of budgets
3.	Calendrier sportif 2014 (i)                  Stratégie (ii)                Principaux événements (iii)               Evénements Association Sportive	Sports Calendar for 2014 (i)         Strategy (ii)        Main events (iii)      Association Sportive events
4.	Divers : (i)                  Questions des membres                   (par écrit au Comité de Directeur                     de  l’AS avant le 4 avril 2014) (ii)                Autres sujets	Miscellaneous          (i)                  Members questions (in writing to the Board of the A.S. before 4th April 2014) (ii)               Other subjects

5.   Information Générale		General information
	(i)                  Stratégie/objectifs (ii)                Droit de jeu & Cotisation annuelle (iii)               Clubhouse (iv)              Parcours (v)               Practice et académie (vi)              Aparthotel & Spa (vii)            Site Internet/blog		(i)            Strategy / Objectives (ii)           Membership & Annual Dues (iii)         Clubhouse operations (iv)         The Golf Course           (v)          The Driving Range and Academy (vi)         Aparthotel & Spa (vii)       Website/blog

Recevez, Madame, Monsieur, l’expression de nos sentiments distingués.

Yours sincerely,

Rattan Chadha

Président AS

AS President

10 mars 2014 - Mougins – 10^th March 2014

Available documents :

Power of Attorney

Annual Accounts

Champagne Cup : some Pictures

Green Spiking

The green spiking will start from Monday 17th March till Friday 21st March

Thank you for your understanding.

Golf Course : information from our consultant, John Clarkin

General.

For anyone who has been living in the South of France during the winter will understand, there has been an unprecedented amount of rain since December. In total, 660mm of rain fell between December 1^st and the 8^th of February which effectively equates to 10mm of rain each day for 2 and a half months. By the end of February this figure stood at 720mm for 3 months.

This obviously makes it difficult to play the course and also difficult to maintain. Certain small in house projects had to be put on hold due to the inability to move around the site like the entrances to the fairways being resodded and the levelling of the tees on the 8^th and 9^th holes.

That said, what was very encouraging was the speed at which the fairways dried out post rainfall and allowed the course to become playable again. It must be noted that Royal Mougins was back in play faster than any course in the region which means that the Vertidraining and topdressing that had taken place at the end of last season is starting to work.

Greens.

The greens have overwintered well. Coming into  the winter greens 2,4,7,8 and 12 all suffered some turf loss due to low light intensity from the adjoining trees. As the leaves came off these trees the greens have recovered significantly. We have got the green light to start thinning out these trees to help the recovery even further. Density has improved throughout the course and speed has been consistent over the winter.

There has been very little disease. Due to the wet weather topdressing has not taken place as often as one would like which has left the greens a little softer than hoped for. This will improve when the team can start the programme again.

What has been disappointing are the number of pitch marks. I have pictures from the 10^th green and it is a disgrace. This is from the members. We need to address this as the members are destroying their own course. This is an educational process. I watch one member use their foot to repair a pitchmark. This is a first for me!

Tees.

There is a new programme in place to move the tee markers around more often to reduce wear and tear. As said earlier, the 8^th and 9^th tees that have slopes in them are due to be rebuilt. It is our intention to start bringing down the height of cut now and increase density. A hollowtining and overseeding programme will also commence this month to prepare for the season.

Fairways.

We have definitely seen an improvement with the condition of the fairways. The topdressing programme is working and the intention was to get another one on during December and January. This will now take place over the coming weeks. What was encouraging was the ability to use the vertidrain during the wet weather meaning that the fairways are drying out quicker. Worm casts have not been as big a problem this winter.

The 13^th fairway is recovering slowly and is not helped by the trees on the right. Obviously we don’t want to cut the trees down given the view behind. There will be another complete overseeding of the fairways over the next month to improve density for the season.

Rough.

This will be kept at about 55mm for the season and it is our intention to cut it as often as possible to improve consistency.

Bunkers.

The bunkers quite literally took a hammering this winter, with more than 9 days of 50mm or more of rain falling. It takes 6 people 6 days to repair the damage. We are currently carrying out a study to renovate completely all of the bunkers to make them more playable and maintainable. This will be phased over the next couple of years. Extra sand has been budgeted this year to add to the bunkers and have them more consistent.

Regards and here is hoping for a good Spring!

 

John Clarkin

Managing Director

Turfgrass Consultancy Ltd.