East Vets Fixtures & update June 2020 

All members should now be in receipt of this latest update following our committee meeting held on 3rd June. 

If any member did not receive this email please send a note to me at esvlgasecretary@gmail.com.



Whilst the SVLGA made the early decision to cancel all their competitive golf events this year, we were reluctant to cancel all the ESVLGA events at that time. 

Phase 1 of COVID-19 Operational Guidelines are now operating across all our golf clubs and I hope most of you have managed to get onto your home course and enjoy some casual games of golf!

Our Committee met at the end of last week to discuss the recent return to golf and the Phase 1 restrictions. We have also looked at what other divisions are doing and we have made the decision to cancel the remaining matches against the West and the Borders due to be held in August and September.

We are still optimistic that we may be able to have some form of competitive golf before the end of the season and with this in mind, will hold off making a decision for the next few weeks regarding the Autumn Meeting due to be held at Liberton in September.

As per their recent letter, the SVLGA has now refunded the affiliation fees for 2020 which have been credited to our bank account now. We have decided that since we have not been able to hold any events thus far, that it is only fair to carry forward your subscription payments into 2021. We hope this meets with your approval.

Committee Roles - as you are all aware we have still not been able to find someone willing to take on the Hon. Secretary role. This role is still vacant.  Is there really no one out there who is willing to take this role on? 

The activities within this role have been greatly reduced by the change to collection of fees and green fees. Both Trudy and Hazel have taken on more with Hazel managing the Ramsden Cup & Friendship Foursomes knock-outs. (albeith these were all cancelled!).

Both Trudy and Hazel were due to come off the Committee this year,however, as a result of the issues we have faced with the pandemic they have very kindly agreed to remain in situ for another year. This is a great result and on behalf of everyone I would like to thank both of them for their ongoing commitment.

Spring Meeting 2020 - we collected nearly 70 entries and fees for  the Spring Meeting at Dunbar.
The process of collecting bank account details and processing this amount of refunds would be extremely time consuming and fraught with error. I would like to propose that these fees are retained and used in the first competition to be played. This may be the Autumn Meeting in September or the first event in 2021.  Obviously, by exception we will undertake to make refunds where requested.

These are certainly unprecedented and extraordinary times.  
I hope to see you all at a competition soon.
Keep Safe & Best Regards
Anne