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Captains report September 2010
The month of August is the key to the clubs golfing season as the club competitions move towards their final stages and our successes externally begin to unfold.
I am pleased to report that once again our teams have proudly flown the flag for Bromsgrove Golf Club In all the competitions and maintained a very high standard.
Competitions News
Foursomes Cup
Congratulation to the winners.
1st T Moodley and D Dhaya with 68.5 Score -bb 9
2nd C Tye and J Peacock with 68.5 Score
3rd D Barber and M Little with 69 Score. Also thanks to Bev Dodds for a well run competition
Captains Day
21 Teams took part with four balls in this Competition. Janet and I enjoyed the day and hope everyone who played enjoyed the day too.
The winning team were Paul Farzam, Justin Phipps Gerald Woodcock, and Colin Crutchley with a great score of 103 points.
Gerald Woodcock and Anna Lester won the nearest the pin in 2 shots on the sixth hole.
I would like to say a big thanks to Janet and Sue who helped run the Captains Day, and thank you to everyone who bought raffle tickets - £133 was raised for our Captains Charities
TEAM NEWS
Juniors
The Bob Osborn Cup was held at Stourbridge Golf Club. I would like to give my congratulations to Victoria Rogers who won the girls best nett on the day.
17-24
Well done to Barrie and the team who won at Rose Hill, the match was played in dreadfully wet conditions and ended in a single point victory for Bromsgrove by 211pts V 210pts.
WHL
Congratulations to Dave Smallwood and the team for reaching the knock out stages of the competition.
ALLIANCE
Well done to Andy’s team, who finished third at Bromsgrove.
WML
Congratulations to Ian Barber and his team for reaching the semi-finals, first match to be played against Dudley away.
Ladies open
The winners were J Dean and C Yeomans from Little Lakes with a score of 42 points.
John and I had a good day despite the weather conditions we were on the first tee to greet every lady competitor. I would like to thank Anna Lester and the open committee for running the competition.
One to put in the Diary Race night is to be held 23rd October , this will be a great night- looking forward to it.
Jeff Rushton Club Captain 2010
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Captain’s Report August 2010
The month of July, the year seems to be flying by the weather staying fine for all the competitions. The course continues to be in fabulous condition.
Janet and I hosted our Captains Away Day at Stoneleigh Dear Park, a great day had by all. The weather was sunny although we were expecting rain on the day.
The winners were K Coulter, D Smallwood, B Hodges score 87 points Runners up B Dodds A Street, and R Ward Score 86points 3rd Place A Leister D Banks P Williams. I would like thank Sonya and Andy for all their help on the day.
R &A EGU Salvers
The R&A EGU Salvers was played at the Worcestershire Golf Club on Sunday 25th July. The Competition was an 18-hole medal off full handicap team event.
My Congratulations to the winners Clive Richards Harrison Mace, and Brad Stying. This is the first time Bromsgrove Golf Club has won this event.
Competition News
Mens Open
Janet and I had a great time hosting this event the weather was sunny and very hot, standing on the 1st Tee in our Jackets!
1st B Claridge, A Street - score 46 points with bb9
2nd D Halfpenny, C Hughes - score 46 points
3rd C Goldsby, L Rowlands - score 45points
I would to say thank you to Barrie and the opens committee for a well coordinated competition.
Pairs Stableford-
Congratulations to:
1st R Tyrer & A Coe 45 points
2nd G Woodcock & P Farzam 43 points (bb9)
3rd C Goldsby & G Styring 43 points
Juniors Club Championship
Congratulations to the Winners Cameron Long - Gross
Brad Stying - Nett
Collier Cup
Winners were Mike Perrott and Eleanor Oxley well played.
Fun Day
Congratulations to Sonya and Andy for a well organised day the fun day is one of the hardest competitions to run . The winners with a great score of 133 points were: K Thomas, D Degge, B Dodds & K Coulter. I worked on the morning of the Fun Day. Arriving at the club to hand out the prizes finding the Lady Captain drinking ‘Pimms’ and having fun, Thank goodness for the cavalry! - Richard to take her home.
17-24
Barry’s team won in the second round of the Vale & Robinson against Cannock Park on Sunday 18July the result was 148 points.
Birmingham, Alliance Team
Andy Diston Alliance team played at Rosehill and finished in 3rd place well done to all that played.
WHL
Ian Barbers West Midlands team won at home against Redditch 3.5 to 0.5
Won at Halesowen 2.5 to 1.5
Draw at home 2 each against Fulford Heath.
Draw 2-2 at Harbourne.
Porter Dickson Cup
Congratulations to the winners G Forrester, A Wadmore, N Butler and B Poulton, scoring 119 points.
2nd G Hill, C Tye, P Keaveney, R Faulkner - 121
3rd A Carter, N Bott, S Compton, P Williams - 128 (bb9)
Thank you for your contained support and enjoy you golf
Jeff Rushton
Club Captain 2010
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Captain Report July 2010
The month of June is always the clubs busiest as we host the Ladies and Men’s club championships, and two of the Opens, Senior Ladies Open and the Senior Men’s Open, both Opens were very well supported a special thanks to the organising team for their excellent work both in running and the planning both competitions on the day well done.
It has been a privilege to attend both Opens this year, also looking forward to the Men’s Open next month and the Ladies Open in August. Also we have had some great feedback from other Clubs who played on the day of how well run our Opens are, so I thank you the open organisers and committee for another great job you are the best well done again this year.
Once again the Golf Course is in great condition, in the Opens we had some positive comments of how good it looked and played, we must thank Head Green-Keeper and his team again for their continued hard work.
Competition News
Men’s Club Championship- The 2 day event- again saw record entries this year, I must thank the co-ordinators Ian Barber and Derek Mace for a very well run competition over the two days. With two Great rounds of golf from Phil Dyke 74 71 Gross= 145
Runner Up Matt Smith 72 73 Gross= 145 with a sudden death playoff going to the third extra hole with the eventual winner Phil Dyke .
Nett winner- with two great rounds of golf a combined score of 65 64 Nett= 129 winner Phil Yeadon.
Nett Runner Up 63 69 Nett =132 Harrison Mace . My congratulations goes out to the four players.
Ladies Club Championship- Congratulations to the Gross competition winner once again the ever consistent Liz Newton, and Ann Kennaugh who won the 18 hole Nett competition.
Terry Matthews Salver- Congratulations to Steve Sanders and Eleanor Oxley winning with 45 points.
Senior Men verses the Juniors-
The juniors managed to keep up there unbeaten run against the seniors, however the seniors played really well and the juniors had to fight all the away to record a 3 1/2 to 2 1/2 win.
Committee Cup- Thanks to Dave Thompson for organising this very popular event. Well done to Andy and Janet who won this year’s shield with 52 points, . I would like to thank the centre for a wonderful buffet and drinks after the match.
TEAM NEWS
Bromsgrove 17/24 team played in the Birmingham Leagues Woodward Cup at Brandhall Golf Club. The Trophy is competed for by all league 15 clubs, each entering five players with their best 4 Stableford scores counting on the day. The Bromsgrove team won the competition with an impressive aggregate score of 156 points beating nearest rivals Cocksmoors Woods by 6 points.
WHL Congratulations to Dave Smallwood,s Team who Played Cleobury Mortimer at Bromsgrove with a score of 5-1
WML-Ian Barbers West Midlands Team played Fulford Heath and won a draw at Mosley and lost to North Worcester.
OTHER NEWS-not long now for the Captains away day Janet and I are really looking forward to seeing you all at Stoneleigh Deer Park.
Have a great month keep playing well.
Jeff Rushton
Club Captain.
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Captains Report June 2010
May sees the season move into full swing, the early signs show members competition entry are slightly down on last year hopefully they will pick up this month.
Competition News
Medals and Stablefords, Morris Bowl and Green Foursome Knockout started this month, already there have been a few shock results in both competitions, best of luck to those who are still in there fighting.
TEAM NEWS
ALLIANCE- Andy Distons team have had a great start, with first and fourth place finish, but with a disappointing last match result.
17-24- Barrie Claridges team had a great win against Brandhall 253 points to 216
WML-Ian Barbers West Midland Team has had some good results with a win against Moseley and Halesowen a draw against Kings Norton, disappointing results with a loss at Redditch.
WHL-Dave Smallwood’s Worcester Handicap players started with a loss against Bransford and a draw against Wyre Forest.
OTHER NEWS
NEW MEMBERS EVENING went well my thanks go to the centre for supplying a welcome drink and bites on arrival. Also thanks to everybody who gave their time to support the evening. Adam from the Centre, Barry men’s section, Janet and Sonya ladies section, John Margaret and Anne Senior section, Derek Junior section. Colin and John Handicap section , Graham Head Pro. George Golf Shop, and finally Jill Register.
It was followed up by arranging two new members 9 hole golf evenings which proved to be a great success. Many thanks to Andy Diston for taking the time to play with the new members.
Finally I must congratulate you the members for your participation in all medals and staplefords during the month of May .
I hope the fine weather continues have a great month
Jeff Rushton Club Captain 2010
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CAPTAINS REPORT MAY 2010
As we move into May the competitions start to move in to full swing.
Captains Shield
Janet and I successfully completed the drive-in straight down the middle of the fairway. Competition when well congratulations go to Men’s winner Colin Hughes 64 net Ladies winner Margaret Reynolds 74 net (BB9) Runners up Dave Went 65 and Janet Whitehouse 74. Unbelievable scores with only 3 clubs and a putter
Well done too all who entered the competition and to the co-ordinator Matt Dale.
Dalaway Shield
Good turnout, weather conditions were poor with overnight rain. Winners were C Goldsby and A Vanstone.
Well done to the co-ordinator Sonia Crompton for a good job.
Team News
Congratulations to Andy Diston for the win at Harbourne
In the Alliance.
The Winter Singles final between Matt Hawkins and Barrie Claridge. Congratulations to winner Matt Hawkins. I refereed the final and enjoyed it.
The Winter Pairs final between Nick Bott, Chris Knight, Oliver Dilloway and Craig Goldsby
Winners Oliver and Craig they kept their nerve on the 19th hole with Oliver making par leaving Craig with a 4 foot birdie putt, however neither Nick or Chris could make par. So congratulations to Oliver & Craig for winning the match on the 19th hole.
I would like to wish Dave Smallwood all the best in his first match as captain of the WHL .
I will be attending the New Members Evening 12th May.
Poster has now gone up for the Captains Away Day on 21st July.
looking forward to a good turnout. I would like to thank you all for the support given to the captains charities on the competition days.
Hope we have a good month and that the weather will now start to improve.
Jeff Rushton Captain 2010
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CAPTAINS REPORT Bromsgrove Golf Club-April 2010
The season moves into full swing with the first competitions in April we have suffered with very bad weather since Christmas and it has been very frustrating for the golfers.
Let’s start my report with the high light the SPRING SCRAMBLE, It was beautiful spring sunshine on the day. 31 Four balls what a day was had by all, some great golf played.
In third place with a score of 55.8 was G Styring, B Styring , S Inett, B Inett.
In second place with a score of 55.4 was C Richards ,T While , L Tynan , R Millward.
The winners were P Fox, C Fox , M Burrows, and M Dale with a score of 54.1.
I would like to say thank- you to Andy Diston co ordinator of the event, for an excellent run competition.
I would like to also say thank-you to all the Members for donating to the Captain’s Charities
over £240 has been raised.
In March the Team Challenge was played with Ian Barber’s team retaining the Trophy.
The Seniors AGM in March went well , my thanks to the Senior Committee and the Members for inviting me and allowing me to say a few words.
The Winter Leagues are progressing nicely after some very bad weather.
Planned for April
• New Members Evening to be planned.
• The First Medals and Stablefords of the season take place.
• The Queen Mother qualifier starts 10th 11TH April with the First Medals.
• Captains Shield is on Saturday 24th April when Janet and I drive off, to start the competition.
On Bank Holiday Monday, I played Stoneleigh Deer Park Golf Course , as you are all aware it will be the venue for the Captains Away Day. Weather conditions were fairly good, but the course was very wet, but had a great day. Looking forward to a fantastic day in July.
Jeff Rushton Club Captain 2010
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Captains Report March 2010
Firstly I attended the Junior AGM on 11th February I would like to thank Derek Mace for the in the invite which gave me a chance to say a few words, the high light of the evening was presenting the winners with their trophies. Congratulations to all the juniors who received prizes, and recognition for their achievements.
I would also like to congratulate Matt Smith on the appointment a Junior Captain
Also Brad Styring as junior vice Captain I would like to wish them every success in 2010.
Team Captains meeting held on 21st February.
I wish the Captains every success in the new roles, and to those who have agreed to continue their Captaincy for another year and I know we will have another great season.
So I have been captain now for just over a month and the last few weeks have been on planning for the forthcoming season including sorting out team Captains, and reviewing all the competitions
Team Challenge is to be held on Saturday March 13th I am looking forward to this event, I wish both sides all the best and an enjoyable day.
The first event of the year is Spring Scramble looks to be another great turnout the Competition is already full. Let’s hope the weather is a good as last year and Andy enjoys the day.
Captains Away Day is 21st July at the Stoneleigh Dear Park Golf Club at Stoneleigh. A poster will be going up on the notice board.
And finally I wish all the player’s success at whatever level you play at I look forward to talking and playing with as many of you throughout this year.
Jeff Rushton
Club Captain 2010
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Captain’s Report Bromsgrove Golf Club- February 2010
Firstly I would like to say what tremendous honour it is to be elected as Club Captain
and I would like to thank Dickie Banks for my nomination and for giving me this amazing opportunity.
I would like to welcome the new vice captains Andy and Sonia I look forward to working with you all in the coming year.
I would like to thank Andy for taking over the press officer’s role Andy will be able
To keep the clubs exposure in the media and I know this is a very demanding role.
As we start the New Year as a committee, and especially with new members, it is a good time to remind ourselves of the mission statement. I am keen for us to maintain the fine traditions of the golf and those that our club has built over a short time of existence, but at the same time we should not be afraid of discussing and implementing change when it is right to do so, on behalf of out members. It is there principles that the mission statement is based.
MISSION STATEMENT
The following is the mission Statement for BROMSGROVE GOLF CLUB
and is binding on all Committee Members until changed by the Full Committee.
1. The Golf Club exists for the benefit of all its members.
2. The Golf Club in conjunction with the Golf Centre should try to improve the playing standard of all its Golfers where possible.
3. The Golf Club should attempt to maximise the numbers of Members, (Male or Female) exposed to Internal and External Competition.
4. Entrance to an External Competition should be on the basis of “does it improve Bromsgrove Golf Club and it Members?”
5. The Committee should encourage and support more Ladies to enter External Competitions.
6. The Golf Club must be run in a financially responsible way remembering the committee is spending Members money.
7. All competitions should be financially sensible.
8. The Golf Club must work with the Golf Centre in a constructive way remembering that the Golf Centre is a Commercial Enterprise and nothing must be done to endanger its viability.
Preparation so far
Janet and I have been preparing for the coming year.
The Mail on Sunday is up and running with the ladies taking on Fulford Heath in the first round. I would like to wish Clive Richards all the best with the role as Men’s Captain for the Mail on Sunday, also Dave Smallwood all the best as the Worcester Handicap League Captain.
The AGM went well and everybody made excellent presentations.
Captains Away Day will be at Stoneleigh Dear Park Golf Club on 21st July 2010 Janet and I will be working on the advertising for the event over the coming weeks.
The Winter League’s are progressing well
Annual Dinner at Kings Norton, it was a great night good food and plenty of wine flowing a few bad heads next morning.
The Captains Charity this year will be St. Francis’ Children’s Society (the Society) is a children’s charity and voluntary adoption agency, The Society has over 60 years experience of finding new families for vulnerable children. It is extremely well regarded in the field of adoption.
I will be organising for the Charity Events and putting details out about the Events.
• Spring Scramble Raffle-March
• Social Events i.e.: Race Night
• Raffle at Captains away day -July
Looking Ahead
I will be attending and focusing on:
• Attending the Junior and Senior AGM,S
• Working on the Captains Charity Events
• Attending the handicap review meeting in February
• Working with Andy on the Spring Scramble.
• Arranging the Team Captains meeting.
Finally I would like to wish the Committee, Staff and Members every success in the coming year.
Jeff Rushton Club Captain 2010
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Captains Report Bromsgrove Golf Club January 2010
As we move into the New Year it comes the time for my final Captains report, I just don’t know where the year has gone, it only seems yesterday since I and Anna started our Captaincy.
Looking back at the last 12 months the committee have worked tirelessly to maintain the previous high standards how this Golf Club is run, so we should all look on the year with tremendous satisfaction and pride.
The competitions with a combination of excellent work by the co-ordinators and support from the members meant we had another year of increased participation. I know the membership appreciate this as I’ve received many complimentary comments about your competitions this year.
Our teams have had another good season it gave me great pride in watching them play as they are always well turned out and their conduct is impeccable.
Junior Zonal winners, The Alliance held their own in division one, Worcs Handicap finalists, West Mids Zonal qualifiers and the 17-24 league winners for the fourth year running, and the ladies had representatives at St Andrews. Another good year for our teams.
My thanks to all my team Captains for 2009 their time and dedication is very much appreciated. I must say a special thank you to Neil Batson, Barrie Claridge, and Dave Thompson who are stepping down as Team Captains this year; they have done a tremendous job over the years running these teams to a very high standard.
There are memories over the last year that will be with me forever, I and Anna away day at Sapey Golf Club, the pride at presenting the winners with their trophies on presentation night, meeting and greeting players at all the opens, Race night when you the members raised a staggering 890 for a very worthy course our charity Make-A- Wish.
A very special thanks to Anna for being an excellent Captain, we worked very well together a great team, also thanks to Jeff and Janet for being excellent Vice-Captains, Phil and Adam and all the staff at the centre for the excellent course and facilities witch get better every year.
This Golf club continues to improve every year our reputation continues to grow around the County and our standards always remain at the highest level..... My congratulations to the committee for this achievement.
We have also put B.G.C forward for club of the year in the Bromsgrove Sports Awards fingers crossed I hope we are successful.
Fare& feather had a very good turnout for the last comp of the season, well done to the winners Pete Fox and Gary Stanley with 42 points.
A big thanks to Mark Hawkins for all his hard work on the committee over the years he, has decided to step down this year, also to thank him for giving me this opportunity to be Captain of B.G.C.
Finally to finish.... Being your Club Captain has been a tremendous honour for me one that I will never forget the whole experience was unbelievable, thank you for all your support throughout the year.
Good luck to Jeff and Janet in 2010, just remember enjoy the experience as it really does fly bye.
Happy New Year to all and my very best regards.
Dickie Banks
Club Captain 2009.
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SECRETARIES REPORT |
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MEMBERS NOTICE
ON LINE BOOKING SYSTEM UPDATE – Aug 2010
We are pleased to report that in conjunction with BRS Golf, we are making excellent progress towards the introduction of the new booking system.
The current status is that whilst the BRS system currently caters for the private sector, who also appears to be moving to booking systems to avoid the problems of the early morning jostling at the tee, the software does need to be significantly modified to cater for our diverse membership categories. We are, therefore, committed to fine tuning the system to meet all our needs, including integration with the tills, before we go live which we anticipate as being early in the New Year.
In many clubs already, the response by members to the BRS system has been exceptional, often quoted as ‘adding value to membership’. The key feature is the online booking facility which will totally enhance the current booking method and will remove the archaic practice of queuing at the crack of dawn to secure a tee time.
We truly believe that the introduction of the booking facility will be a tremendous step forward. As well as being able to book by telephone or over the counter, members will be able to use a new “in house” PC based self booking station or go online. The aim is to provide a full 24/7 service where members can at a glance obtain the answer to the most commonly asked question....... “When can I play”?
Bromsgrove Golf Centre
Members Notice
The committee and co-opted members are detailed below:-
2010 COMMITTEE & TEAM CAPTAINS
President – Ted Morris
Golf Managers – Adam Morris & Phil Morris
Chairman – David Thompson
Club Captain – Jeff Rushton
Lady Captain – Janet Whitehouse
Club Vice Captain – Andy Diston
Lady Vice Captain – Sonya Compton
Secretary – John Brothwood
Treasurer – Mat Dale
Handicap Secretary –
Assistant Handicap Secretary – Colin Pickering
General Committee – Barrie Claridge, John Kelly, Jill Bullock, Bev Dodds
Senior Vice President – Steve Hart & Bev Dodds
Intermediate Vice Presidents – Mark Hawkins & Debbie Degge
Immediate past Captains – Dickie Banks & Anna Lester
Co-opted
Press Officer – Andy Diston
Category 1 players – Phil Dyke
Captain Alliance – Andy Diston
Captain handicap League – Dave Smallwood
Captain 17/24 League – Barrie Claridge
Captain West Midlands League – Ian Barber
Captain Mail on Sunday – Clive Richards
Captain Droitwich League – Bev Dodds
Captain Whitewebs – Jill Bullock
Captain Ladies Mid week – Alison Carter
Captain JHB – Pauline Cooke
Captain Scratch League – Kerry Coulter
Captain Mail on Sunday (Ladies) – Jo Smallwood
Captain Senior Gentlemen –John Powell
Captain Senior Ladies – Margaret Reynolds
Seniors Committee – John Glover, Geoff Brooks, John Kelly,
Anne Kennaugh, Jill Bullock, Maxine Mortimer
Juniors Captain – Matt Smith
Juniors Vice Captain – Brad Styring
Junior Organiser – Derek Mace
Juniors Committee – Neil McMahon, Glen Styring
John Brothwood
Honorary Secretary to Bromsgrove Golf Club
March 2010
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PRESS RELEASES 2009 |
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PRESS RELEASES
Bromsgrove 17/24 team secured their fourth consecutive Division One League Championship with this latest victory at home to Widney Manor. The match was played in very blustery windy conditions which made scoring quite difficult but the home team held their game together better to enable a relatively convincing win by 233 v 220 points.
The Bromsgrove team was:-
Curt Price 29pts
Sam Bowen 30pts
Barrie Claridge 34pts
Garry Stanley 25pts
Steve Deacon 26pts
Nathan Dyke 29pts
Brian Innet 32pts
Jack Roberts 28pts
JOSH McMAHON
Josh McMahon has now battled his way to the top 5 finishers in the difficult Tour Challenge (12-14 yrs age group)and into the final of English Golf Unions National junior skills challenge which will be played at Woodhall Spa on the 12th September. Playing in a series of golf challenges Josh completed his scoring with a total of 132 points which places him in the top 5 in the country in this age group. Only the top 5 go through to the final. Josh is the first junior from Bromsgrove to achieve this feat.
LADIES OPEN 2009 – RESULTS
1st - Zona Burford / Sue Dix (Bromsgrove) 45pts (BB6)
2nd - Karen Hunt / Jill Hinks (Gaudet Luce) 45pts
3rd - Rita Leung / Karen Wong (Belfry) 43pts (BB3)
4th - Sonya Compton / Lorna Speedie 43pts (Bromsgrove / Kings Norton)
Nearest The Pin - Barbara Clark Redditch)
(Longest Drive - Debbie Degge (Bromsgrove)
WALTON SHIELD
Walton Shield Final played 25th August between john Kelly and Pauline Cooke against John Lawrence
and Val Crocombe
John and Pauline won 6&5
MORRIS BOWL
Played Sunday 6th September. The final of the Morris Bowl was played today between Richard Dilloway & Ian Barber. The match started with Richard getting of to a flying start and after 8 holes Richard was 6 up, however Ian rallyed back to keep the match alive, but eventually he ran out holes and Richard won the Morris Bowl on the 14th hole when Ian conceded the hole giving Richard the win 6 & 4.
The winner was Richard Dilloway beating Ian Barber 6&4.
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