Dear all,
This is our first Newsletter, including the following :
1- Participant status
2- Agenda for non-golfers
3- Accomodations
4- Golf courses & golf tournament
1- Participant status
260 players have joined this 23rd edition of the Thales Golf Trophy in France’s Vendée, including players from Great Britain, Denmark, Italy, Germany and Switzerland.
Quite a few number of french Thales sites will be represented in this TGT :
· Brive, Cannes, Chatou, Chatellerault, Elancourt (2 sites), Etrelles, Gennevilliers, La Ciotat, La Ferté Saint Aubin, Massy, Mérignac, Meudon, Moirans, Orléans, Rungis, Sophia, Toulouse, Valence, Vélizy, Vendôme, Ymare
Our event will also include 6 sponsor players, 2 volunteer photographers to catch your golf achievements, and 21 non-golfer participants to cheer up the golfers after a difficult game !
2- Agenda for non-golfers
The non-golfer participants will be proposed a specific programme for these 3 days :
Wednesday 18th 9:30 – 18:30 :
· Salertaine the salt road)
one-hour-and-a-half easy canoe navigation with a guide, up to the mill of Rairé
lunch, and visit of the mill
on the way back to the Belambra, a stop at the observation port of the Pey de la Blet, with a view on the coast during this high-tide period
Thursday 19th 8:30 -19:30
· a day at the Puy du Fou theme park (including line shortcut ticket)
Friday 20th) 11:30 – 17:00
· lunch at the « Marais Gourmand » restaurant)
· visit of the eco-museum at Daviaud marsh)
3-Accomodations
The Belambra holiday village in Saint Jean de Monts will host the TGT 2024. The site will be « privatized » for the TGT, which should provide optimum conviviality every evening after a good day of golfing or visits !
Dinner buffets will be provided at the Belambra, after the daily cocktail and golf result information.
The Belambra accomodations are « slightly oldish » but functional and clean.
Participants who wish to extend their stay by checking-in early than Tuesday 20th are invited to get in touch with Belambra for their reservation (the specific TGT fee will be applicable to these extra days), and come back to us in case of any issue.
4- Golf courses & golf tournament
Golf teams must be made of 6 golfers ; every day, the 5 best scores of your team will be retained for the tournament. Teams with less than 5 players will be complemented with other players (the teams are currently being finalized).
Golf teams will be spread over 4 Groups, according to their mean team index. All teams of a same Group will play the same golf courses during the 3 days of the TGT. As in previous years, players willing to join the TGT one or several days earlier in order to discover the courses prior to the tournament (or play the course which their Group will not play) will have to book and pay these additional tee times directly with the golf clubs, and the specific TGT fee will apply.
In order to reach the golf courses, golfers will either use their personal vehicle, or the shuttle bus (if you wish to use the shuttle bus, make sure you have actually asked for it in your registration form).
distances & durations to the golf courses:
· Belambra vers golf Port Bourgenay 60km 1h10
· Belambra vers golf La Domangère 80km 1h00
· Belambra vers golf de Saint Gilles Croix de vie 30km 40mn
· Belambra vers golf de St Jean de Monts 500m
typical daily schedule for golfers is as follows
· 6h00 : breakfast at Belambra)
· do not forget your score card for the day : it will be part of the gift bag you will receive on arrival at the Belambra, on Tuesday
· 7h00 : shuttle bus departure to distant golf courses)driving range token for each player on arrival at the golf course
· 8h45 : briefing Saint Jean de Monts
· 9h00 : briefing at other golf courses
· 9h00 : shotgun kick-off at Saint Jean de Monts golf course
· 9h30 : shotgun kick-off at other golf courses
· 13h30 : lunch at Saint Jean de Monts club house
· 14h00 : lunch at other golf courses
· 15h30 : shuttle bus departure at distant golf courses
In order to avoid any issue, all Team Points of Contact (POC) are required to make sure they have completed all necessary information on their registration forms, including :
· dates of arrival at the Belambra (including additional nights when applicable)
· constitution of teams (if you have more than 6 players)
· transportation mean used to reach Belambra (note that shuttle service will be provided from Nantes airport to the Belambra)
· transportation mean used to reach the golf courses during the tournament (we need to adjust the required shuttle capacity)
· need for golf trolleys : some golf courses have a very limited number of trolleys, so we highly recommend that golfers bring their own trolley to the TGT, if possible.
In conclusion
The TGT 2024 team members are doing their best to prepare a convivial tournament for you, on the beautiful Vendée golf courses, with sea air and high tides, so train well, and we just can’t wait seeing you all in September !
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