Vice-Captain, John Thomas, has been invited by Golf Australia to attend the R&A’s 2019 Level 3 Tournament Administrators and Referees Seminar (TARS) to be held in St Andrews, Scotland from 5-8 February 2019.  He is one of two Australians selected to attend the Seminar.  The emphasis of the TARS is on the finer aspects of tournament administration and refereeing to support delegates in their roles as referees or tournament administrators.  The TARS will include sessions on Committee Procedures, Terms of Competition and Local Rules, Course Setup and Marking, the art of refereeing (refereeing on the European Tour), equipment rulings and golf development.  The social highlight of the TARS will be drinks and dinner in the R&A Clubhouse at the conclusion of the seminar.  What a wonderful opportunity. We are sure John will enjoy the experience.