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Saturday 27th April; Card draw 11.30am, Heading to Championship semi finals on Saturday 4th May, please be up to date for these matches to happen. Match committee duty Stephen & Joe, House Johnny Edwards Sunday 28th April; GHB Pennant Competition Round 5. Championship 1 are away at Hastings, Champ 3 and Handicap are home, and Handicap 4 plays at Maraenui. . Dannevirke tees 1 and 10 are booked for Pennants starting at 10.30am, concluding at 11.50 (9x 10 minute intervals) Monday 29th April; Match Committee Meeting, Mangatera Hotel middle bar 7pm Sister Clubs; Saturday 1 June and Sunday 2 June we are hosting the 52 nd playing of the Sister Club tournament with approximately 70 visitors playing. If you can spare a couple of hours either on the Saturday or the Sunday please let me know, thanks to those that have already volunteered. Also if you would like to play there is a list in the foyer by the door to the men’s locker room. Regards Stephen Designated car parks; Car parks facing the club house have designated position names on them. Please keep them free for those people Bunkers, divots, pitch marks; We have a handful of members who spend many hours raking bunkers for us. That doesn't mean if you go in them you don't need to rake them. Please always without exception, rake the bunkers before exiting to remove foot and ball marks. Likewise pitch marks on greens and divots on fairways and in the rough should be repaired or replaced. Trundler Shed; Yet again can I remind members using the trundler shed, If you walk out and just push the door behind you, it is not locked. You need to push the bottom right hand button once the door is closed, so that the electronic locking devise can work. PLEASE, the door is being left unlocked day after day. Plenty of Golf happening at the Club this weekend. Good luck to members playing matches and Pennants. Good Golfing Bryan Burt Club Scribe 👍

Evening all, Saturday 20th April; 11.30am Card draw, Match Committee (anyone who is available) . Please continue any Champions matches that have fallen behind schedule. House Committee duty Barbara Maher Saturday 20th April; Cape Turnagain 27 Hole Mens & Ladies Tournament. (Round 3 Ruahine Rosebowl) 8am Cuppa, 8.30am Tee off. Entry fee $30 includes competition, lunch, and a light evening meal. For any ladies playing, your tee off is also at 8.30am, and you are welcome to play the 27 hole, but your tournament results will be done on the first 18 holes only. Please note, no eftpos available. Please bring cash. Entries or enquiries to John Sedcole at mikiseddy@gmail.com or phone 3743446 Dannevirke players, the Mike, TP, Bernie bus will leave Drums at 6.30am Saturday if you want a ride out Ladies; Our ladies won their pennants match against Waipukurau at Maraenui last Thursday 6-2 individual matches and 3 1/2 - 1/2 for the four ball. Cheers Margaret Sisters Club; I needed to get the order in for the tournament shirt, however I’ll give people till Sunday to order their shirt, but you need to contact me. It would be great to get more players so if you’re interested please put your name on the list in the foyer. I’ve had a couple of offers of help. We just need a couple of hours of your time either on Saturday 1 June or Sunday 2 June. Please contact me. Regards Stephen Driveway; President Peter has today completed some repair work on the side of our driveway into the course, in preparation for sealing. Some areas have been marked with Cones. Please treat these areas with the utmost respect. I know many of you get upset with cones on the road, but this is on our road, so slow down and avoid the edges. Weather permitting, the road may be sealed next Tuesday. State Highway 2; Bridge maintenance on State Highway 2 (SH2) near Dannevirke. (public notification) From 9am Monday 29 April for the duration of 6 days (weather permitting), essential bridge maintenance and asphalt work will begin at Tamaki River Bridge on SH2, near Tamaki River Road, Tahoraiti. These works are scheduled to end on Saturday 4 May at 5pm. Due to the narrowness of the bridge we need to close it to all traffic while this work is completed. Closing the bridge will enable crews to complete the work faster, minimising ongoing disruption to road users. The bridge will be closed 24 hours a day while work is underway with the following detour in place for traffic: Southbound traffic will detour Laws Road, onto Top Grass Road then to Tamaki River Road. Northbound traffic will detour Maharahara Road to Kumeti Road, onto Top Grass Road and then to Laws Road The detour route is suitable for HMPV and is expected to add between 10-15 minutes to journey times. Where required, school buses, emergency services and over dimension vehicles can be convoyed through the site when needed. Thank you for your patience and understanding of these works. For more information please contact HNO-PN@nzta.govt.nz . A bit of information to take in tonight. For those heading to the Cape Saturday, or staying home playing matches, good luck. As always travel safely. Good Golfing👍 Bryan Burt Club Scribe

Saturday 13th April; 11.30am Card draw, plus Championship Matchplay Round 2. Match Committee Duty Mike and Bernie, House Majken Webster Sunday 14th April; GHB Pennants Round 4. Championship 1 are away at Hawkes Bay, Championship 3 are at Wairoa, Handicap 2 at Maraenui, and Handicap 4 at home. Tees 1 and 10 are booked at 11am for Pennants. Six tee times on 1 and three on 10. Pennants have right of way please Saturday 20th April; Cape Turnagain Men & Women's 27 Hole tournament. Round 3 of the Ruahine Rosebowl. Sisters Club; King’s Birthday Weekend 1 and 2 June . Anyone wishing to play there is now a list in the foyer by the entrance to the Men’s Locker Room. The tournament shirt, a list is in the upstairs lounge, this weekend will be the last opportunity to order a shirt so if you haven’t already done so and want a shirt put your name down, the cost is $57.00. We need help to run the tournament, if you have a spare couple of hours on the Saturday or Sunday please let me know. Remember the Club benefit from holding this tournament. Regards Stephen Coronation Cup Zone Play; Our team was successful last weekend, winning Zone 3, to go onto the finals on May 25th and 26th. We completed team wins against Cape Turnagain, Porongahau, and Takapau to gain maximum six points. Five players went through the weekend undefeated, Zane Gregory, Eru Hauiti, Mark Arnold, Sean Edwards and myself. We should also acknowledge the efforts of Johnny Edwards who played number 3 for his old club Cape Turnagain. Johnny also went through the weekend undefeated. Zone finalists are Wairoa, Te Pohue, Pongaroa and Dannevirke, with the finals in Zone 1, but as yet the venue has not been confirmed. A vote of thanks go to Captain Mike for running the office all weekend, Rainier Angela and Gillian for their efforts in the kitchen, along with Syd and other helpers. As a club we put on lunch Saturday, team members brought along an impressive array of food for an evening meal, plus Rainier, Gillian and Syd, cooked breakfast for our team Sunday morning. Thank you one and all. Great to see that our members can and will go the extra mile to provide meals similar to those received over the years at the country clubs. Great effort. Thanks also to our bar staff Bazil, Stephen and Dipak, and anyone else who helped with the bar. Although daylight saving has finished, I haven't had notice from Mike to change Saturday Club starting time to 11am, so this week we remain at 11.30am. Looking at the Championship sheets, matches are running well with some ahead of time. Please keep these matches going, and remember Semi finals are down for Saturday 4th May, and finals are definitely on Saturday 18th May. If the weather does interrupt this weekend, we have Saturday 20th and 27th, plus the afternoon of Anzac day to get matches up to date prior to Semi finals day. Good golfing folks. 👍 Bryan Burt Club Scribe

Evening all, Obituary ; It is with sadness, I report the passing of Alex Hall (Life member) Son Colin called our Secretary to say Alex passed away on Monday 25th March aged 99 years. As a life member Alex continued to send the Club a $100 donation each year, his Membership card arrived between his passing and his funeral service on Thursday 28th , and was put in his casket. President Peter sent the following message, Miranda messaged me yesterday, to relay your message of the sad news – of the passing of Alex. Thank you for letting the Golf Club know. Alex definitely had a good innings. There are still a good number of members who remember Alex for the volunteer work he carried out, helping make the Golf course what it is today. We also remember his golfing ability well. On behalf of the Golf Club, I wish to express our sincere condolences, and let you know that we will be flying the flag for the next few days, as a mark of respect for Alex and your family. Yours Sincerely Peter Greatbatch (Club President) Colins wife Sue replied; Thank you for your lovely message which I have passed on to Colin. We will be interring Alex’ ashes in the Mangatera Cemetery on Monday 29th April at 11.00am. It will be a brief service to place him with Margaret and then it is Alex’ shout at the Mangatera Tavern. We feel that is quite a fitting place to gather as it is where he and Margaret used to celebrate wedding anniversaries and birthdays etc. If you or any of the club members who still remember him would like to join us you would be most welcome. Saturday 6th April; Coronation Cup Zone play at Dannevirke (Rounds 1 and 2) This involves 48 players (12 tee times) from Dannevirke, Cape Turnagain, Takapau and Porongahau starting at 8am. Can the team members please be on course by 7am for a meeting etc House Committee; duty is Dipak Makan. Given we will have about 50 visitors can members please assist Dipak as required. Club Championships; The second round for the groups of 16, can be played before, but also on Saturday 13th April. The groups of 32 please keep moving so that as many second round games are completed before Sat. 13th. If any members have agreed to a date to play, please email Captain Mike, so he is aware what is happening . Club members are welcome to play from 10.30am onwards, but please check in at the shop and follow tee instructions from Captain Mike. Limited carts available to members as they are booked for Coronation Cup. Sunday 7th April; Coronation Cup (Round 3) 9 am tee off. Club golf available under shop starters orders. Tuesday 9th April; Mangatera Hotel sponsored LVA tournament at Dannevirke. Tee off from 10am after morning tee. Wednesday 10th April; Women's golf 10am start. 2nd round Club Championship others Nett round. 11th April Pennants round 2 Waipukurau at Maraenui Saturday 20th April; Cape Turnagain, Advance notice Men & Women's 27 Hole tournament Saturday 20th April. Details to follow Sisters Club; For those members that are about on King’s Birthday Weekend we are looking for support for the Sisters Club tournament. We need players, the cost is $100 which includes afternoon tea and dinner each day of the tournament and the chance to win heaps of prizes and make a lot of new friends. Payment of the entry fee can be made direct to the Dannevirke Golf Club Sister Club Account 02 0612 0148647 83 reference your name. We also need general assistance with running the tournament, so if you’ve got a couple of hours help is needed with morning tea, bbq lunch, bar and scoring. If you can help please contact Stephen Paewai. Some our visitors will require trundlers so if you can assist with this please let me know. Members may have seen the shirt we are getting for the tournament. There’s an order sheet in the office, the cost is $57.00. orders need to be in by 20 April. Regards Stephen Captains Comments; (from Captain Mike) Could the Coronation players please bring one or more plates for a shared dinner on Saturday evening. For our new team members, when we go to the country clubs they always put on a substantial meal for us, and this is our turn to pay back. I'm cooking a couple of chickens, but anything savory, vegetable etc please. Don't be shy. Any member who can assist in the kitchen Saturday/ Sunday please email Mike on mikematthews058@gmail.com . If he has too many offers, he can then inform you. Coronation Cup team breakfast at the Clubhouse Sunday morning at 7.30am. Thanks to Hamish at Dannevirke Pharmacy for donating 2 new First Aid Kits for club use Mike I am sure tonight's Obituary will have many members remembering the late Alex Hall. In his years at Dannevirke he did not hit it far, but was very accurate. He used to leave his trundler in a particular place on number 16, and his tee shot would always be within a meter of two of where he had parked it. A very strong match player. Many a single figure golfer would be told what they had to shoot to beat him, in handicap match play.. A tireless worker for our Club. Best wishes to our team for this weekends Coronation Cup, and any members playing Championship matches. Don't forget daylight saving ends Sunday morning! Good Golfing Bryan Burt Club Scribe👍

Evening all, Saturday 30th March; Card draw 11.30am. (No starter assigned) House Committee Tony Neilson. Please continue round 1 and 2 Championship matches Saturday 6th / Sunday 7th April; Coronation Cup Zone Play; We are set to host this years Zone 3 competition, with the new zone makeup. Clubs in our Zone are Cape Turnagain, Dannevirke, Takapau and Porongahau. A slight change in format this year with 2 matches being played Saturday, and one Sunday morning. There is space for Club day, as there is 48 players in the Zone play, but please note these matches have right of way, and starting tees will be under the control of the office. Carts may also be limited. The Dannevirke team in playing order is Zane Gregory, Richie Gray, Tewai Hauiti, Tama Petera, Tony Neilson, Mark Arnold, Sean Edwards, Bryan Burt, Shane Evans, Eru Hauiti, Norm Evans, Gillies Te ture. Reserves Raniera Hauiti, Timmy Bell, Mike Matthews. Sisters Club; On King’s Birthday weekend, 31 May – 3 June the Dannevirke Golf Club will be hosting the 52 nd playing of the Sisters Club event. At this stage we have 70 confirmed visitors from the Patea, Rarangi and Weedons Golf Clubs attending. We’ll need some help hosting them, we need at least 30 players, the home club needs to have the biggest team, entry fee will be approximately $100 which covers afternoon tea and a meal on Saturday and Sunday, prizes including approaches and long drives. We require assistance with morning tea on both days and assistance with scoring and help behind the bar. If you are interested in playing, helping or both please let myself or Peter Greatbatch know. As you can imagine with a field of 100 plus over 2 days this is a big event for the Dannevirke Golf Club so if you can please support this event. There will be a meeting of all those interested on Wednesday 3 April at 7.00 pm at the Golf Club. Regards Stephen  The forecast is not looking that great for the long weekend. If weather permits, come on out and have a round, and bring visiting family and friends with you. If you are traveling, please drive safely. Wishing all members and readers of What's On a Happy Easter weekend Bryan Burt Club Scribe 👍

Saturday 23rd March; 11.30am Card Draw. Match Duty Richie & Syd, House Duty Angela Farrell. Please keep Championship matches on target. Sunday 24th March ; Round 3 Golf HB Pennants with Champ 1 away at Onga Onga, Champ 3 and Handicap 4 away at Hawkes Bay, and Handicap 2, away in Wairoa. Pongaroa 27 hole Strokeplay Tournament; 8am start, lunch and light meal provided. Round 2 of the Ruahine Rosebowl competition. Ladies; March 23 & 27 1st round of ladles club Championship others Irish Stb. April 3rd back to 10am start time competition LGU medal, Aotearoa Cup, Coronation medal, Veterans Trophy. Shootout Qualifying. Thanks Joy Twilight Golf; Thursday 28th March will see twilight golf conclude for the 2024 season. A BBQ will follow golf. Tee off no later than 5.30pm please Coronation Cup; With the new zones in place, we will be hosting on the weekend of Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th April. The zone clubs for the next 4 years are Dannevirke, Cape Turnagain, Takapau, and Porangahau. Team to be anounced this weekend, and in next weeks W.O. One change in format is that we will play two rounds Saturday and one Sunday. Reason being, if the weather turns bad Saturday, we have the option of playing 27 holes, then completing the second round Sunday morning before the third round. Not necessarily ideal, but an option all the same. DANNEVIRKE HIGH SCHOOL AMBROSE GOLF TOURNAMENT, 2024 This year we had 41 teams (123 players) participating in our annual fundraiser golf tournament. The hole-in-one for $20,000 was not struct. Hopefully someone is lucky next year. This helped us raise about $4500.00 on the day apart from the donations from the sponsors. A special thanks to all the sponsors who sponsored a hole, gave us prizes and contributed in one way or the other to make this a success. A big thanks to Scanpower Limited for being the main sponsor and Dannevirke Golf Club for letting us use the golf course free of charge. Thanks, Mike Matthews, for helping on the day. I would like to thank all those people who played in this tournament and all the teachers and students/prefects who helped to make this tournament a huge success. (Amrit Prasad – teacher in-charge for golf) Membership cards and bag tags, Miranda will be in the shop Saturday between 10am and 12 noon to distribute membership envelopes. Anyone wanting to pay their sub while Miranda is on site, are welcome to do so. Club is not a bank; If possible can members please arrive at the Golf Club with cash for the competition. It has become very time consuming processing cash outs and eftpos payments for shop sales etc while trying to sort the groups for the day. For obvious reasons we don't hold much cash, so getting it from town before arrival will assist the Match Committee starters. Another weekend with members spread far and wide to compete in competition golf, either at Pennants or the Pongaora Strokeplay Tournament. Good luck to you all, and travel safely. Bryan Burt Club Scribe👍

Evening all, Saturday 9th March ; 11.30am Round 1, Championship matchplay; Duty; Match Tim & Chalky House. While Round 1 is listed for this Saturday, round 2 is not until the 13th of April. Senior and Intermediate B only have 16 in their field, so playing 8 matches by April 13th should not be an issue. For Intermediate A, and Junior A & B, having additional players, we need to play the first 2 rounds by April 13th. Please contact your opponent (not me) if you aren't going to be around this weekend, so they are aware they don't have a match. All the email addresses are above so not an onerous job. Sunday 10th March ; Round 2 GHB Pennant Competition, Championship 1 and 3 are both at Maraenui, Handicap 2 at Waipukurau, and Handicap 4 at Waipawa. Good luck Sunday 10th March; Norsewood 27 Hole Stroke play Tournament. Round 1 of the 2024 Ruahine Rosebowl. Start time 8am. Lunch and evening meal provided. Please if you can get up to Norsewood please do so, as its always good to support our Rosebowl Clubs. With 40 players out for Pennants and the LVA, we could be short on numbers, so if you can, please head to Norsewood Saturday 16th March; Dannevirke High School Ambrose Golf Tournament Just to remind you all the DHS Ambrose golf tournament will be held on Saturday 16th March. Get your team of three ready and register by ringing school on 06 373 8302 or put your names down at the noticeboard at the club. You can enter on the day. Remember the tee-off is at 11.00 am . We will have bbq, drink sales around the course, haggle hole and raffles - some great prizes to be won. Come and enjoy the game of golf and at the same time help the school raise some money to improve the facilities for our students. Hole in One, $20 000 on first Hole-in-one on Hole No 3 sponsored by Dannevirke High School. Thanks Amrit. North Island LVA Tournament; Donald Speedy is leading a tour party to the North Island LVA tournament at Ohope next week. . Practice round Sunday, Tournament Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. home Thursday, resting Friday. A group of 18 going from Dannevirke. Best of luck for the Golf. We are now into Autumn Golf, and with that comes plenty of opportunity to get out playing. We have members heading in all directions this week end, so please travel safely and play well. Good Golfing👍 Bryan Burt Club Scribe

Evening all, Saturday 2nd March; Card Draw 11.30am Summer Cup and Championship matches.(optional) Match Committee duty, Bryan & Mike House Bazil Mott Saturday 9th March; Club Championships, Round 1 Matchplay Seniors; Cancellation of 3 day Classic Tournament. We have unfortunately made the decision to cancel the upcoming 3 day Classic, due to lack of entries .For those of you who have paid, a refund will be due. Warren will be contacting those affected in due course. Ladies; Programme update, Changes to Ladies programme as follows March 6 th No set competition March 13th Nancy MacCormack 36 hole Foresomes. 17th March Crossman Cup at Hawke's Bay 20th March LGU Ball, Shootout Qualifying and Club Team Qualifying. Thanks Joy Championships; Please find attached the draws for the 2024 Club Championships (click appropriate button to download). The Open / Senior grade went through qualifying and were seeded by their gross scores. The Intermediate and Junior grades were seeded by Handicap Index. Dates; The first round of Championship Matchplay is set down for Saturday 9th March, however, we encourage players to communicate with their opponent, and matches can be played when suitable to both parties. Please note Intermediate A, and Junior A and B, have more than 16 players so it is important to get matches going. There is 113 names on this years Championships, and yes their will be errors. Too date we have added Max Charmley, Jim Morten and Grayson Fierabend. There will also be players despite several requests, who didn't withdraw, and don't want to play. These defaults will all happen in the first round, so at the end of the day, we the elected Match Committee do not believe this will change the two players who play the final on Saturday 18th May. Have a great weekend. Good luck it you are playing a match. Good Golfing Bryan Burt Club Scribe

Saturday 24th February; Card draw 11.30am Three tee start this week, as there is a wedding behind number 9 at 3.30pm, so we won't use number 10 as a starting hole. Start only on 1,5 and 16. The front nine will close at 1pm please. Match Committee duty, Joe and Stephen Downstairs Bar; Saturdays prize giving will be in the Downstairs bar, as the wedding is upstairs. It is Rainier & Marks wedding Saturday, with several members involved. Our best wishes to the happy couple. Sunday 25th February, Golf HB Pennants Round 1. We have four teams playing this year, with Championship 1 at home (11.30am tee off. No 1 tee is booked for 6 start times, number 10 for 3 start times. Pennants has right of way) Championship 3 are away at Hastings GC, Handicap 2 at Hawkes Bay, and Handicap 4 at Onga Onga. Monday 26th February; President Peter and his staff will be pouring the concrete at the entrance way. For safety reasons the entrance will be closed between 10am and 2pm. If you want to play golf, thats ok, but you need to be through the entrance before 10am, and cannot come out until 2pm. There will be concrete trucks and a pump on site, so please keep clear. Marae Golf Tournament; A very good day on Saturday with a field of 80 players. The Dave Barber Memorial Cup was won by Johnny Edwards who shot an 83, not bad for someone turning 86 next month. He was a hugely popular winner. The Marae trophy was won by the Makirikiri team of Johnny Edwards, Rhea Hazners, Jamie Hazners, Tony Peeti, Chappy Maniapoto and Stephen Paewai. I’d just like to acknowledge the Dannevirke Golf Club, the Greens staff, our hosts from Whiti Te Ra Marae and all the Club members who supported the tournament. Over $3,000.00 was raised for the Whiti Te Ra Marae. Results (first 3 only) Senior men 1 st Richie Gray 39 pts, 2 nd Jamie Hazners 37 pts, 3 rd Henare Ruwhiu 36 pts Intermediate men 1 st Johnny Edwards 41 pts, 2 nd Ray Martin 39 pts, 3 rd Walter Harrison 37 pts Junior men 1 st John Timu 40 pts, 2 nd Bernie Williams 37 pts, 3 rd Lui Paewai 37 pts Ladies 1 st Steph Bartlett 47 pts, 2 nd Angela Farrell 39 pts, 3 rd Erana Edwards 38 pts Non golfers 1 st JJ Carberry, 2 nd Carole Currie, 3 rd Paul Sciascia Regards Stephen Subscriptions; (From Miranda) Annual Subs will be charged out on 1 March. Might be a good time for everyone that pays by installment to update the amount they are paying: weekly payment is now $12.00 fortnightly payment $24.00 monthly payment $52.00 There are still some members paying $10.00 per week - this amount is two years out of date. Can members please check to make sure that we have a current email or postal address on file. A member list with address and email details will be available in the shop from Wednesday 21 Feb – please make any changes on this list and I will amended the records in Club Manager. Thanks Miranda Club Shop; We ask members please to purchase drinks and food required during their round of golf before they tee off. The shop will be locked when unmanned, for security reasons. Trundler Shed; A further reminder to members who use the trundler shed. The code pad opens the shed, but when leaving the lock button needs to be pushed, otherwise the lock is still on open, and the door can just be used without the code. Again for security reasons. Championships; A final reminder, draws will be done next week for our matchplay to commence on Saturday 2nd March. If you don't wish to be included in the all in for Intermediate and Junior grades, please contact Captain Mike urgently. on mikematthews058@gmail.com The Open Championship qualifying rounds have concluded, and the seeding has been finalized. Farm and Drive way; Our thanks to farm Committee member Roger Ransom (and helpers) for organising and executing the removal of water from under and beside the driveway. The water will now head to the large open drain under the fence on the eastern side. An open drain goes through the paddock on the right as you come in the drive, which will be fenced to keep stock out. Two lines of novaflo have extended into the paddock on the left, to drain a couple of springs, into the culverts under the road. In the next week or so, the ground that has been leveled between the road and the fence will be sown into grass, so please slow down and pass oncoming traffic on the road, rather than running over the newly sown areas. Fences will be reinstated as soon as possible. Much of this work has been made possible with proceeds from the house on Tamaki River Road. Some of it maintenance, and some long overdue improvements around the farm and course. Plenty of opportunity to get some golf in this weekend, with Club day and Pennants. Please show respect for our wedding couple and their guests, (give them space) Have a great weekend. Good Golfing👍 Bryan Burt Club Scribe