Greetings from St Francis Links

Thursday, 26 November 2015

 

It’s all about the EXPERIENCE!

 

 

Mother Nature kept giving us the rain that is needed elsewhere and when she was done with that, the wind helped us “blow the ladies away” at the third Pam Golding Ladies OPEN Weekend. 164 ladies from Pretoria to Plett and George to Uitenhage made the best of it. On Saturday, we attempted a delayed start with 9 holes; however, only a couple of groups got onto the course before the rains returned. The party on Saturday seemed to change the mood of the entire weekend and on Sunday, we were able to complete 18 holes on each course. 19 different Club Captains were represented and all received a voucher to come for a weekend later on. As a matter of fact, every lady who could not play the courses on Saturday received a voucher to return. When you have lemons, make lemonade! So we did! Hats off to our team who kept the spirits high as well as Heilie Uys, Jean Fynn and their team for giving their all at the Bay.

As hard as they worked, Heilie and Jean came home with 25 points on their back nine to capture first place on the Bay course. Pretoria friends of Wendy Higgins made it a great weekend as they managed 44 points to win here at The Links. What wind!

Our sponsors for the event and the ladies from both Clubs who made welcome snacks were greatly appreciated. Click here to see the full results.

 

Thinus Talkin’
Positive Attitude!
Next time you go to the golf course, have a positive attitude about your game. Do not think about negative swing thoughts.

Concentrate, remember those great shots you had in the past and enjoy the game. When you hit your next shot, have a positive swing thought as your last thought, not a negative one.

When you hit a bad shot, forget about it and think of how you can hit a great shot the next shot.

Thinus Keller
PGA Head Professional

 

ST FRANCIS LINKS
THIS 2015 HOLIDAY!

Welcome to Festive Season 2015!
It’s almost that time of year when we join family and friends to celebrate another year gone by.  St Francis Links offers you the opportunity to do so with many activities and events to attend.

Here are our Feature Line-Ups!
Please pre-book for all dinners and events to avoid disappointment!

 

Wednesday
9 Dec 2015
Open Wednesday Golf
R205 pp incl greenfee & competition fee
Golf Carts available at an optional extra
Pre-book your tee time!

Join us for our famous Curry Night! Bookings essential!
R95 pp for 4 Curries with poppadums and condiments

Saturday
12 Dec 2015
Parkun
St Francis Links is proud to be a part of the world-wide parkrun family! It’s a free, timed 5km walk or run on our estate, at 8am sharp, each Saturday throughout the year. 
You may already be a parkrun participant elsewhere in South Africa, now you can be on holiday as well!

If you haven’t yet, please register at www.parkrun.co.za/register and print your barcode before you join us! Easy parkrun special breakfast for sale in the clubhouse afterwards!

 

Monday
14 Dec 2015
Easy Monday 2 – Course Dinner
R80 pp for over 65’s and R90 for younger family and friends

 

Wednesday
16 Dec 2015
Wednesday Golf comp
Visitors welcome to book for our Wednesday golf competition!
Join us for our famous Curry Night!  Bookings essential!
R95 pp for 4 Curries with poppadums and condiments

15h00 – 20h00 | R150 pp incl tasting glass                                                 
Bookings Essential     

 

 

Saturday
19 December 2015
A 5km free timed walk or run at 8am sharp! 
Visit www.parkrun.co.za/stfrancis for further details.

Sunday
20 December 2015
Our Annual Pop-A-Balloon Golf Shop Day
When purchasing soft merchandise from our golf shop, you get the chance to pop a balloon for a mystery discount!  Come and wrap up your Christmas shopping!  Talking about wrapping, we offer a complimentary gift wrapping service for gifts bought in our shop!

Couples/Mixed Golf Day
Join us for a fun format golf day with morning tee times between 7am and 9am off both tees.  R80 per two-ball competition entry fee
(Other fees i.e. greenfees or cart fees as applicable apply)
Contact our Golf Shop to Enter

 

NIK RABINOWITZ – What the Eff?
one night only!
Nik Rabinowitz live and hilarious on stage at St Francis Links in his show “WHAT THE EFF”! Come and join us in this intimate setting!
R180 pp (including a light supper)
18h30 | Prepayment only  |  Unreserved seating

 

Wednesday
23 Dec 2015
Our Famous Curry Night
Visitors welcome to book for our Wednesday golf competition!
R95 pp for 4 Curries with poppadums and condiments

 

Thursday
24 December 2015
Morning tee times only
Our deserving team gets the night off to celebrate Christmas at home, so the clubhouse will close at 15h30.
Come and do you last minute Christmas shopping in our Golf Shop!

Friday
25 Dec 2015
Christmas Carvery Buffet
with family & friends and Live Music!
A Jumping Castle for the little ones and Santa to fill their day with joy
while Live Music entertains you and your family!

Adults R395.00  |  Children 5-12 years R160.00  |  Children 1-4 years R60.00
including live music, Christmas table décor,
jumping castle & a visit from Santa!
Bookings and Prepayment Essential
Clubhouse closed for breakfast due to Christmas lunch preparations

Saturday
26 December 2015
A 5km free timed walk or run at 8am sharp! 
Visit www.parkrun.co.za/stfrancis for further details If you haven’t yet, please register at www.parkrun.co.za/register and print your barcode before you join us!  Easy parkrun special breakfast for sale in the clubhouse afterwards!

Monday
28 December 2015
Our Famous Curry Night
R95 pp for 4 Curries with poppadums and condiments  

 

 

 

Thursday
31 December 2015
New Years Eve at the Links
Welcome 2016! Join your friends for a proper Texas Hoedown!

The 7-piece Rockface Show Band will perform and we want to see the best dressed cowboy and cowgirl!
Welcome Cocktail on Arrival  |  Dinner & dessert station

Bookings and prepayment essential  |  R695 per person
Golf tee times in morning only.

Friday
1 January 2016
THE LINKS IS CLOSED FOR THE DAY        

 

Tuesday
5 January 2016
St Francis Links Annual General Meeting
Formal notice of the AGM will follow, along with the audited financial statements. Registered property owners and Club shareholders are encouraged to attend the meeting.

Wednesday
6 Jan 2016
Our Famous Curry Night
R95 pp for 4 Curries with poppadums and condiments

Thursday and Friday
7 and 8 January 2016
The Pam Golding Annual
SFB Golf Club vs The Links … who will take the trophy this year?

 

Jack’s Bar
Visitors welcome!  Will be open daily, except on 1 January 2016 when the clubhouse is closed.

The Leisure Centre
Our Leisure Centre with its pool and gym is only open to registered property owners in good standing.  Please note that NO VISITORS ARE ALLOWED AT THE GYMNASIUM as well as no children under the age of 16.  Property owners are allowed to accompany visitors to use the pool.  There are food and beverage facilities at the Leisure Centre and no own food and beverage are allowed to be brought there.  Access is by way of a biometric scanner so if you are a property owner and have not yet registered, please do so by contacting a manager at the clubhouse.  Thank you for your co-operation.

The Links Restaurant and Deck (for breakfast, lunch or dinner)
Members and Visitors alike are welcome to book for breakfast, lunch and dinner!  Reservations essential!  (Please note that we are closed on certain evenings in December so please call to check when we will be open for dinner.  The clubhouse is always closed on Sunday evenings.

Golf at The Links
The golf course is reserved for St Francis Links members in good standing, and their accompanied guests, from 12 December to 15 January.  Visitors wishing to play should please contact our Golf Co-ordinator (golf@stfrancislinks.com) to add their names to the waiting lists.  Any available times will be released to visitors 48 hours in advance.