General Manager’s Message

General Manager Mark Bovaird

總經理布馬克 By the time you read this we will already be one month into the Year of the Tiger and I hope it is proving to happy and healthy one and that you are all staying safe from the latest spike in Covid-19!

We’ve literally just listened to the Chief Executive announce that social distancing measures are being extended through to 23 February along with a tightening of restrictions by reducing the maximum number of people at each table to four and the maximum number of people in a group anywhere else to two.

The Government’s new Vaccine Pass came into effect for us on 10 February and will have been operating across more premises in Hong Kong from 24 February. I hope that it is helping boost the vaccination rates in the wider community which will help protect everyone’s health and protect the Club from future lockdowns of our sports and clubhouses whenever Covid rears its ugly head again.

This fifth wave has been the most serious and difficult one for Hong Kong, but let’s try to remain as positive as we can and look forwards.

Here at the Club, all the events and promotions laid out in these pages are our ideal scenario, but they do come with the caveat that things might have to change at short notice, so the best thing to do is to please keep reading our emails and checking the website for the latest information.

There are two wine dinners this month, but they’ll go ahead even if they must be as a long lunch at the weekend. The Woodsoak Wine Dinner is on 17 March and the Domaine Devillard Wine Dinner is on 31 March. Both of these are new to the Club’s wine calendar. Woodsoak is a relatively new winery having been established in 1998 and is located in the picturesque town of Robe in South Australia. They produce a range of fabulous and interesting wines and full details of the wines and menu are available on page 39. The Devillard family own a number of Chateaux throughout the Burgundy region and will be showcasing a variety of wines from Mercurey, Nuits-Saint-George, and Vosne-Romanee. Full details are available on page 41.

We are stretching out our St. Patrick’s celebrations for an extra few days this year with a promotion running from 15 to 18 March on the Main Deck and Main Bar to give you plenty of time to enjoy the delights from the Emerald Isle. We’ve also got a Charcoal-Grilled Seafood promotion in the Bistro, a Lobster and Fresh Oysters promotion at the Main Deck and Sports Bar, and over at Middle Island and Shelter Cove, a Pasta Promotion – all from now until the end of April.

Not to be outdone, Middle Island will also be running one of their ever-popular Friday night events, so start the weekend early with a Mexican Fiesta on Friday 25 March featuring all the traditional Mexican favourites.

As mentioned in a previous issue of Ahoy! our new Club Operations Manager, Peter Murray, was coming onboard on Monday 14 February. I am confident that by now Peter has been made to feel very welcome and will be settling in and getting to know members and no doubt coming up with some fantastic new enhancements to all things food and beverage at all three clubhouses.

And finally, all that remains for me to do on behalf of all staff is to thank all members for their extremely generous contributions to the Chinese New Year Lai See fund which was distributed to all staff in the middle of February. Your kindness and generosity is always very much appreciated.