Club Update

DAVID TAGGART CLUB MANAGER, DUBAI CREEK GOLF & YACHT CLUB

Happy New Year from The Creek in what is our 30th Anniversary year! It is in fact our ‘Pearl’ anniversary which given the history of Dubai and the Creek, is very fitting. We will kick off celebrations with our 30th Anniversary member’s party on the 24th January and will take the opportunity to recognize our founding members and loyal colleagues before we let the band and the beverages work their magic.

There will be a number of activations across the resort this year to mark the occasion, which will be announced in due course.

CAPTAINS

It is a testament to the club that one of our founding members will be our Men’s Club Captain this year. Gene Cha is one of life’s true gentleman and we are excited to assist him in more deeply integrating our thriving Korean membership into the club.

He also has plans for a very eagerly anticipated Captains trip to Jeju Island, which I have no doubt will be heavily oversubscribed. Gene will be joined by this years Lady Captain - Shiba Wahid. Shiba has been a prolific golfer in recent years and I am sure there will be more than a few fellow competitors hoping that Captains duties will slow her down, at least for 12 months.

Gene and Shiba will be supported by Mens and Womens Vice Captains – Kevin Savage and Janet Kim. Kevin and the Savage family have been loyal contributors to the atmosphere of the Creek and we are in no doubt it will be a lively year in 2024 under his stewardship. In the year of her Vice Captaincy and Captaincy Janet will continue our recent tradition of excellent lady golfers and we hope we can help facilitate, through Janets warm personality, a similar integration of the Korean ladies with the wider club. Yashvir Anand will be our Junior Captain and by all accounts is delighted to have been asked.

We wish you all the very best of luck and thank you for your service to the club!

Thank you also to our outgoing captains – Max Burrow and Beatrice Galleppini on a fantastic year. Following his final speech of the year at the Captains Dinner, max looked quite satisfied with the honour of being the Creeks youngest ever Men’s Captain.

GOLF COURSE ETIQUETTE

A quick note on golf course Etiquette that has been requested by a number of members. Please repair your pitchmarks.

With the golf season in full swing golf courses across the city are busy and as a result the greens are taking a lot of traffic. The marshalling teams and golf course maintenance teams are themselves making this a particular point of focus but the most effective way to alleviate the issue is for players to repair their pitchmark and one more on each green. This will ensure the groups behind you play on an undamaged surface. ONZE RESTAURANT

The chic new venue in the space that used to house the Legends restaurant is now fully operational and offering daily post round sundowners for 150AED from 5 till 8 that and 15% discount for all Dubai Creek members. The Japanese/Peruvian cuisine is prepared and served by an expert team sourced from Dubai’s best restaurants.

PADEL TENNIS

Irene Gessa our Padel Tennis coach is launching a Padel League at the end of January. Interested pairs can register with our Academy team.

MONDAY

Ladies Padel & Pastries 8.00am - 9.00am 2023 PADEL TENNIS SCHEDULE AT DUBAI CREEK

TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY SUNDAY

Beginner Adult Group Programme 9.00am - 10.00am Ladies Padel & Pastries 8.30am - 9.30am

Social Nights Level C Open 8.00pm - 9.30pm Junior Group Programme 5.00pm - 6.00pm Beginner Adult Group Programme 5.00pm - 6.00pm Junior Group Programme 10.00am - 11.00am

Junior Group Programme 5.00pm - 6.00pm

Social Nights Level D+ 8.00pm - 9.30pm