Amended MC Minutes 15 July 2026
Amended MC Minutes 15 July 2026
1. Welcome and Apologies
Meeting held at TMGC Meeting Room on Wednesday 15 July 2026 at 1.00pm
The Chair welcomed all present. Meeting opened at 1.06pm
Attendees: Gerry Moloney (President), Kevin Arnold (Vice President), John De Jersey (Treasurer), Katy Hewitt, Tony Cole, Simon Briggs, Peter Arnesen (Captain),
Guests: Kristo Bradley (Secretary
Apologies:
2. Ladies Report – N/A
3. Veterans Report – N/A
4. Professional Report – N/A
5. Report from Bjorn re marketing – Bjorn provided statistics from Facebook re drone shots that were well received by members and guests.
6. Minutes of Previous Meeting have been circulated
Amendments. Discussion about mixing up the field so new members get a chance to meet current members.
John suggested MC to be responsible for meeting and greeting new members.
That the minutes of the meeting of 17 June 2026 be accepted as a true and accurate record.
Moved by Katy Seconded by Simon Unanimous
7. Business Arising from May Minutes
(not otherwise listed on Agenda)
· Blue Cards for MC Members (John) -
· Check tv aerial connection - done
· Insurance questions – charging of golf carts (Tony), to be done business hours only. 6.30am – 6.30pm. Buggies with lithium batteries not allowed in sheds. (done)
Cart sheds and locker contents are not covered by club’s insurance - members to be reminded in the next newsletter. (done)
· Collect historical paraphernalia (Simon)
· Complete honour boards in clubhouse including Hole In One Board (Gerry, Kevin). In progress. (Kev’s daughter to print names)
· Replace old carpet in meeting room
· Repair street entry to greenkeepers shed (Kevin)- completed
· How many sheds have electric carts? (Katy)
8. New Membership Approvals
Info for Mailchimp needs name, email addresses, member type so new members can be added to receive the Newsletter.
9. Financial Report
Attached: - 620 visitors in June, 326 Total Members Balance in:
TMGC Trading A/C $147,000 Vets a/c $7586 Ladies a/c $11,195
$50 000 to be moved from Trading a/c to Contingency a/c to receive interest
10. Workplace Health and Safety
The steps under the magnolia tree on the sixth fairway and 17th tee steps have been repaired.
Retaining wall on 16th tee to be repaired.
11. Competition / Match Committee Report: Presentation Report on MiClub / Facebook, Local Rules Scores on tv in clubhouse, / 2026 King and Queen of the Mountain Review / Conditions of Play Club Championships incl Referees
- The first 2 rounds of the Club championships can be mixed like a normal Saturday.
- The final round bookings to be entered by the club captain before it is open to members.
- Match play- top 8 from each grade.
- Peter to review King & Queen of the mountain. Booking times getting filled quickly. Suggestion that competition King and Queen be held on 2 different Saturdays to allow for people from other clubs.
- Professionals to be contacted regarding presentation of trophies. (Katy)
- Discussions that Canungra be approached regarding new members as their club is closing. (Simon, Peter)
- A date to be determined for cut off membership for non payment. 31st July.
- Conditions of Play for Club Champs to be placed in the newsletter.
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12. TMGC Strategic Action Plan: Strategic Actions Scorecard for 2026 Draft Completed, GA re National Club Governance Report,
- Gerry to liaise with Andrew Laventis.
13. Correspondence in: Sports and Rec Grant Acquittal, Rossco Hodgson, Alison Rip re brochure, Dave Strong re S&R sign, Kara Swift re solar panel.
- complaints were made re bookings reserved too early and not fair for other players. Peter explained that this occurred due to 7 groups being reserved as the booking sheet was overpopulated in the first place
14. Correspondence out to: S&R Grant Lachlan McKenzie (Gerry), Game on Grant _ Zool and Oz Solar.
15. Course Committee Report: Simon / Peter / Graeme
Use of Trugrid pavers on course, 16th white tee solution, cart path between 3rd and 9th greens,
- Simon to meet with Gee re use of plastic pavers on the course and a 10-year plan.
- Gee has requested that we replace the Toro rough mower with a 12-foot cut mower that would reduce time to cut rough between Trees and fairways. The current Toro rough mower is continually breaking down. The cost of a second-hand rough mower is approx. $60 000
- we are owed $12,000 from Jacobson for trade ins from the new fairway mower. As we are also looking at buying a blower from Jacobson at a cost of $14,500 it was decided to go ahead and purchase the blower.
16. General Business
1. Scenic Rim Major Grant $20 000 for parking. Due 16 August (John, Simon)
2. Game on infrastructure ROI grant update-unsuccessful
3. Game on grassroots grant for solar and batteries update - in the system
4. Grant from S&R $24 536 + GST + a contingency of 10% to fix drainage issue between 3rd and 9th greens
5. AGM is down for Saturday 26th September.
Subcommittee AGM elections -Vets in August, Ladies in November
Reports from president, captain, treasurer, due 29th August 2026.
- MC positions and nominations for next year: Pres (to be contested), VP (to be contested). Another year for Capt. Peter, Treas John, Comm Tony, Comm Katy, Comm (contested), Kristo + Appeals Committee Chairman.
6. Membership – (John, Andrew, Bjorn to streamline process)- completed
7. New incorporated association forms (John, Kristo) - no action taken
8. Discussion re using Slimline water tanks (3000L or 5000L) around the cart sheds to collect and store water for use in cleaning Pro Shop and members golf carts.
9. Master Plan incl future parking needs and extra Cart sheds (Kylie Bennett and Simon) and Storage Shed close to clubhouse – (Kylie Bennett, Simon and Katy to investigate possible sites)
Simon has maps of the course for planning car parking. Three parks near shed, maybe four or five spaces near the water tank area and in front of the deck this equals 17 to 20 extra car spaces. Info to be used in the Scenic Rim Grant submission (John and Simon)
10. Member Management and CPR Group feedback to MC
11. Icemaker releases too much water we need to find a solution. Maybe a new machine? To be discussed next meeting.
12. Drone photo of Golf Club posted by Bjorn early July has had 50,000 share likes
17. Call of next meeting and Closure
It was noted that the next scheduled meeting has been called for Wednesday 19 August 2026
โฏ The Meeting was closed by the Chair at 3.30pm
๐ 2025 results
- 197,000+ total views
- 3,100 content interactions (likes, comments and shares)
- 15,500 page visits
- 150 link clicks
- 341 new followers
๐ 2024 results
- 103,000+ estimated views
- 1,700 content interactions
- 7,800 page visits
- 18 link clicks
- 180 new followers
๐ Year-on-year growth
Compared with 2024, in 2025 we achieved:
- Almost double the reach (from ~103k to 197k views)
- 82% more interactions
- 99% more page visits
- More than 8 times more link clicks
- Over 90% more new followers
Website๏ปฟ
Alongside our strong social media growth, the Tamborine Mountain Golf Club website is also playing an increasingly important role in how people discover the club and get in touch. Here is a quick snapshot comparing our 2024 and 2025 website performance.
๐ 2025 website results
21,477 visits
60,699 page views
1,734 click-to-call actions
128 online form submissions
๐ 2024 website results
18,052 visits
54,568 page views
2,120 click-to-call actions
116 online form submissions
๐ Year-on-year growth
Compared with 2024, our website achieved in 2025:
- +19% more visits
- +11% more page views
- +10% more enquiry form submissions
Thank you to all members and supporters for helping showcase Tamborine Mountain Golf Club and strengthening our connection with the local community.
6. Minutes of Previous Meeting. The minutes of the November 19 MC meeting had been precirculated and were approved on the motion of Kevin, seconded Tony, carried unanimously.
7. Business Arising. Installation of three windows and three screen doors in the clubhouse by SP Screens is scheduled for January 7. Members should be requested not to leave balls in the practice nets after practicing since some unknown individuals have been hitting them down the fairways, causing damage to the mower.
Installation of a stormwater pit on left side of the 6th green is still in the planning stage (Simon, Nick Cristiano, Kevin and Graeme).
8. New Members. Applications were received from the following: Andrew Aberdeen, Full; Edward Bartlett, Country; Lachlan Battista, Junior; Darren Davis, Weekday; Leslie Fergus, Country; Andrew Gerrard, Young Adult; Alex McDonald, Junior; Cameron Wells, Country; and Warren Woods, Weekday. All applications were accepted, bringing the total membership to 299.
9. Financial Report. The balance in the main operating account at the end of November was $109,894.70 ($82792.67 in 2024). Payment for Inside Golf magazine was discussed. It was agreed that it was a worthwhile magazine to offer members, but perhaps we can reduce the number of copies per month, as some copies have been left over. The full cost of the current subscription would be $660. The Vets’ account stood at $10,260 and the Ladies Account balance was $11,518. Year to date raffle profit was $1158. The raffle was contributing to the screen doors and a practice mat. There were 657 visitors in November. The MC approved payment of membership subscription to Clubs Queensland ($ 928) and to Shane Macmillan for vermin proofing the new shed on the practice tee ($348).
10. Workplace Health and Safety. No new issues were identified.
11. Competition Report. Gerry noted that the Captain and Treasurer need to track the weekly excel spreadsheet for the Saturday competition. It was agreed that the Club enter three pennants teams in 2026, Open, Interclub and Super Seniors. The chair noted that the Club pays very substantial capitation fees for each member (including juniors), viz. $32.27 to Golf Australia and $42.09 to Golf Queensland. There are also capitation fees for the Gold Coast District Golf Associations for men and women. Gerry also noted that members were able to pay for a MiScore app (annual sub $19.49).
12 Strategic Action Plan. Agi Talas and Andrew Leventis will visit the Club early in 2026. Gerry suggested we have a membership survey run by Golf Australia at a cost of $1400. It was agreed to postpone consideration of a GA survey until January. The intention of the survey is to serve as a valuable resource when reporting to members and employees. Survey results would inform decision making into the strategic plan for the next 5 / 10 years. Our last survey and report to members was in 2023.
13. Correspondence in. Simon completed a survey for the GCDGA. Gerry has quotes for solar panels and a battery and has submitted a grant application to the Energex Ergon Community Fund for $8760
14. Correspondence out. EOI to GA re Child Safety Legislation. QRIDA grant successful $9792.93. Gerry to try and recoup the $4000 cost of the slab for the new shelter shed from S&R as a club resilience issue.
15. Course Committee Report. It was agreed that Kevin and Simon meet regularly with Graeme, as the Course Committee, and that Simon provides written reports to the MC on the Monday before our Wednesday monthly meeting. Shane McMillan is to be asked about options for restoring the rear of the greenkeepers shed, e.g. new Colorbond sheeting if gurneying is not an option. Shane Macmillan to be asked about restoring the trailer used with the blue tractor. Members agreed that the Greenkeepers Revenge competition was enjoyable and that volunteers could be made available to help with set up and course restoration as Graeme did all the work himself.
16. General Business.
- Security cameras have been repaired and are operational
- It was agreed that the March meeting is the best time of year to look at changes to fees and sponsorships.
- The AGM in 2026 will be held on Saturday, September 26.
- Definition of MC skill sets and governance responsibilities. Annual Work Plan and TMGC Strategic Actions Plan. Next meeting.
- Insurance for 2026. It was considered that we continue with the four policies we have currently in place. John to organize.
- Grants. To Gaming Fund program for concrete cart paths ($370000), to Energex Community Fund for a solar battery. A QRIDA grant previously submitted was successful; ($9792.93).
- Bluecards for MC members. John to pursue to ensure everyone is up to date.
- Honour Board TV and historical photos on TV. Ongoing.
- Master plan including future parking needs. Kylie Bennett to be asked about progress.
- Course goals. Short, medium and long term. Tour of course. Ongoing.
- Storage shed close to clubhouse. Kylie to include in master plan.
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17. Call of next meeting and closure.
The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 21 January 26 at 1 pm. The meeting closed at 5.20 pm.
