Announcements

The "Membership" in our website have been updated. Please go into the alphabetical list and the list by clubs, and check your name, address, phone number and e-mail address if you have. You need a user name and a password to get into the "Membership" pages. If you do not have them, your rep will provide tem to you.

If any correction will be needed, notify your rep or send e-mail and explain the correction.

We have added a mapping feature to member clubs on the website. This new feature assists you in obtaining directions and estimated times for travel to the club you will currently be playing. To use this feature simply login to the West Coast website at www.wcwga.com and "click" on the "Member Clubs" tab at the top of the page. This will bring you to the current listing of all the clubs in West Coast. "Click" on the address of the club and it will forward you to the mapping program. On the right side of the page under "Get Directions" "click" on "to here", it now forwards you to a page where you will type in your address and then "click" the "Get Directions" tab. This forwards you another page where on the right side under the heading of "Route" you will "click" on "turn-by-turn" directions. This produces a detailed map which gives you the total distance and estimated time to travel along with step by step directions to the club.

I would just like to reiterate to all of the Representatives the importance of proper attendance recordkeeping. You are asked to maintain a listing of all your members along with the number of times that they have played during the year. For the benefit of the new Representatives, the reason is that during the year at certain tournaments (e.g. Mother Lassing, Brassies Challenge and West Coast Championship) we have more than a full field, which generates a waiting list. It is at that time that we give the opportunity to play to the member that has supported West Coast, which is determined by the number of play dates. So it has become very important to maintain those records accurately. We have decided to also maintain play dates at the Board level. We will be logging in all players from the "Scoring Sheets" at each tournament. So it is important that you convey to your members that they need to sign their name on the scoring sheet, even if they decide to "no card". I will be announcing this at the next few tournaments to make sure that everyone understands. This, by no means, lifts the responsibility from the Representative, it is a way for us to double check the accuracy and maintain the integrity of the play dates.

Last year we made the West Coast/Brassies Challenge Trophy available to he member clubs that participated in the event. At times it made it somewhat difficult to transport the trophy and remember which club was to display it. Several clubs felt like they did not have a proper place to display the trophy. So we have decided to display the trophy at the major events ( Mother Lassing, West Coast Championship and Brassies Challenge). However, we did leave the option open for any club that would like to display the trophy to be able to do. If you would like to have the trophy please contact me and I will deliver it to you at the next West Coast event.

As a West Coast Representative, you no doubt are aware of the time and effort that it takes to put on a tournament. I would like to ask that everyone make an effort to respond to the club hosting the event in the designated timeframe, which is 7 days in advance. Also, please make every effort to email all of your players for your club. In some instances lately, we have players that call the Rep directly or have shown up without be signed up. This, as you know, makes it very difficult when the Rep has to reshuffle the foursomes to add players. If you copy all of your players on your email to the Hosting Club Rep, then they will be aware that they are signed up to play or if they thought they were signed up to play. You actually kill two birds with one stone. We could really use your help in this area.