Welcome To Randwick Golf Club
Members Update 18thJuly 2020
This update will most likely come as no surprise to you all as NSW is currently on high alert given the growth of the cluster linked to the Crossroads Hotel.
The NSW government has announced that additional restrictions will apply to hospitality venues, including clubs, from Friday 24thJuly.
RANDWICK GOLF CLUB HAS STARTED ENFORCING THESE RETSRICTIONS FROM TODAY
Our Capacity will not change. RGC can still only accommodate 100 people inside and 40 people on the balcony.
Bookings and group sizes are limited to 10 patrons. It doesn’t matter if you live together, play golf together, work together or do yoga together! YOU CAN NOT BOOK FOR MORE THAN 10 PEOPLE SO DO NOT ASK.
We started our digital sign in at the members golf draw on Friday night. The Company is called Visitsafe. We started this a week early so that we can be sure that everyone knows what is expected and that we are fully compliant by Friday 24thJuly 2020.
Please bring your smart phone when you arrive at the club. You will need this to scan the QR code which will then give access to the visitsafe website. You only need to enter your full name and phone number. You do this on your smartphone, once it is done you are checked in and RGC is compliant.
If you are a golfer and you are coming in at halfway (for the first time) to use the bathroom or grab something, please bring your mobile phone. I understand that a small minority of our Members don’t have mobiles and I am happy to sign them in BUT I will not continue to accept that I need to spend 4 hours signing our Members in on every comp day or worse – pay someone to spend 4 hours signing everyone in. Money is tight and we need to pull together to save where we can.
Pull your phone out of your golf bag and enter the club with your camera open and ready to scan the QR code. Once you have scanned please step forward so that you can maintain a safe 1.5m distance from the people behind you.
You sign in at the beginning of your visit. No need to sign out. If you come back the next day or any day after you still need to sign in again.
Other restrictions, which do not affect you directly, are that we need to register as a COVID safe Business and it is recommended that the staff do COVID safe training. For your information RGC has done both of these.
When restrictions started to ease and bookings went up to 20 people per booking, things became more difficult to manage here at RGC. People were mingling a lot and members and guests seemed to adopt the opinion that we were back to “normal”. We now know that this kind of behaviour helps to spread COVID-19. We have all worked very hard to keep RGC COVID safe and we don’t intend to stop now.
Mingling is a key risk factor.
We will take all appropriate measures to prevent patrons from intermingling.
I have no doubt that you will feel frustrated as we once again tighten restrictions. You must be patient with each other and staff as we continue to maintain a COVID free club.
Thankyou to all the Members and staff who regularly do the right thing in and around the clubhouse. Your support is appreciated and very much needed as we head into another phase of COVID-19.
Kristy Strong
GM
Please see below the compliance and enforcement action. This may help you to understand Kristy’s constant nagging!
‘NEW NORMAL’
FROM 1ST JULY 2020
Please note the ‘new normal’ will continue also.
This update will most likely come as no surprise to you all as NSW is currently on high alert given the growth of the cluster linked to the Crossroads Hotel.
The NSW government has announced that additional restrictions will apply to hospitality venues, including clubs, from Friday 24thJuly.
RANDWICK GOLF CLUB HAS STARTED ENFORCING THESE RETSRICTIONS FROM TODAY
Our Capacity will not change. RGC can still only accommodate 100 people inside and 40 people on the balcony.
Bookings and group sizes are limited to 10 patrons. It doesn’t matter if you live together, play golf together, work together or do yoga together! YOU CAN NOT BOOK FOR MORE THAN 10 PEOPLE SO DO NOT ASK.
We started our digital sign in at the members golf draw on Friday night. The Company is called Visitsafe. We started this a week early so that we can be sure that everyone knows what is expected and that we are fully compliant by Friday 24thJuly 2020.
Please bring your smart phone when you arrive at the club. You will need this to scan the QR code which will then give access to the visitsafe website. You only need to enter your full name and phone number. You do this on your smartphone, once it is done you are checked in and RGC is compliant.
If you are a golfer and you are coming in at halfway (for the first time) to use the bathroom or grab something, please bring your mobile phone. I understand that a small minority of our Members don’t have mobiles and I am happy to sign them in BUT I will not continue to accept that I need to spend 4 hours signing our Members in on every comp day or worse – pay someone to spend 4 hours signing everyone in. Money is tight and we need to pull together to save where we can.
Pull your phone out of your golf bag and enter the club with your camera open and ready to scan the QR code. Once you have scanned please step forward so that you can maintain a safe 1.5m distance from the people behind you.
You sign in at the beginning of your visit. No need to sign out. If you come back the next day or any day after you still need to sign in again.
Other restrictions, which do not affect you directly, are that we need to register as a COVID safe Business and it is recommended that the staff do COVID safe training. For your information RGC has done both of these.
When restrictions started to ease and bookings went up to 20 people per booking, things became more difficult to manage here at RGC. People were mingling a lot and members and guests seemed to adopt the opinion that we were back to “normal”. We now know that this kind of behaviour helps to spread COVID-19. We have all worked very hard to keep RGC COVID safe and we don’t intend to stop now.
Mingling is a key risk factor.
We will take all appropriate measures to prevent patrons from intermingling.
I have no doubt that you will feel frustrated as we once again tighten restrictions. You must be patient with each other and staff as we continue to maintain a COVID free club.
Thankyou to all the Members and staff who regularly do the right thing in and around the clubhouse. Your support is appreciated and very much needed as we head into another phase of COVID-19.
Kristy Strong
GM
Please see below the compliance and enforcement action. This may help you to understand Kristy’s constant nagging!
- First offence: $5500 fine or relevant penalty for breach of the Public Health Order (up $55,000)
- Second offence: Club will be closed for one week.
- Third offence: shutdown for up to one month.
‘NEW NORMAL’
- Preferred payment is card.
- If you can only use cash please give the staff the cash you had intended to use for your visit and they will top up your Membership card in one safe transaction. Once again minimising the risk of cross contamination.
- Please Maintain 1.5m Social Distancing as you move through the club and while attending the bar.
- No standing and co-mingling while drinking. You must be seated at a table.
- Sanitise and Sign! When you enter the club for the 1sttime please sign in at the sign in register.
- Sanitise often – there are plenty of sanitiser pumps around the clubhouse for you to use as required.
- Counting people in and out of the venue. You will be turned away if we reach capacity.
- Balcony is now open and can fit 40 people in total.
- No Member’s Badge Draw
- No Meat Raffles
- No private functions
FROM 1ST JULY 2020
Please note the ‘new normal’ will continue also.
- 2 people to a cart.
- People from different households, sitting together, can sit less than 1.5 metres from one another in a dining area.
- 100 people can move through the club.
- Friday night golf draw will return from Friday 3rd July at 5:30pm. We will hold off on raffles so we can ensure more seats are available to our golfing members who have come down for the draw.
- Golf Presentations may return to the Club House.
What's On at The Club- Currently on pause due to Covid-19
To enquire about a function, please email- functions@randwickgolfclub.com.au or call 8347 3788
To contact the Pro Shop- Please email proshop@randwickgolfclub.com.au or call 8347 3733
To contact The Bay Window Restaurant, Call 8347 3744
- Badge Draw - Sundays first draw at 3pm - it literally does pay to be a member.
- Happy Hour - Wednesday to Saturday 7pm to 8pm, Sunday 2pm to 4pm - Be happy.
- Meat Tray Raffles - Fridays and Sundays from 2.45pm - make sure your boot is empty.
- Live Music - Sundays from 3pm - smooth sounds on the balcony.
To enquire about a function, please email- functions@randwickgolfclub.com.au or call 8347 3788
To contact the Pro Shop- Please email proshop@randwickgolfclub.com.au or call 8347 3733
To contact The Bay Window Restaurant, Call 8347 3744