On behalf of our members, I wish to send our sincere sympathy to Brendan, Wendy & family, with the passing of Brendan's mother during the past week. Thinking of you all at this sad time.

Kitt, Kerr Hape Simpson Foursomes: Last Saturday 16 pairs contested the annual foursomes competition with winners being Kitt, Ray Ward & Syd Hikawai, Kerr, Rod Henricksen & Doug Stewart, Hape, Tim Bell & Peter Drummond, Simpson Dipak Makan & Bazil Mott. The individuals who came out looking for a partner, were all looking for someone to play out of the trees all day, such confidence.

We have now reached Championship Semi finals, and the draw for Saturday is,

Saturday 22nd September 11.30am

Championships No 1 Tee;

11.30 P Harold v S Hikawai G Freeman v M Seatter

11.35 P Drummond v R Martin R Ransom v C Peck

11.40 B Burt v W Ridge S Evans v J Bassett

11.45 R Turner v N Evans K Belk v G Ransom

Plates No 10 Tee

11.30 G Vigers v B Dippie M Priday v M Filer

11.35 T Bell v J Garnett C Evans v R Te Ture

11.40 Z Gregory v R Henricksen S Marshall v M B Lilo

11.45 R Benson v M Charmley B Williams v G Mc Clelland

To be played, B Poole v I Harrowfield

12.30 D Hurrell v H Prenter

No 5 Tee 11.30am

Card Draw

Can all players on No 1 and 10 tees report early so the match committee can be freed up to get in some practice before their tee off . No 5 Tee will be self start, we will give someone all the Cards and they can organise the groups please

Coaching; I caught up with Brian Doyle last Thursday in Napier, and as always Brian is keen to come down and support out Club. Wednesdays suit Brian best, and we are looking at one hour lessons, with 40 min iutes coaching, ten minutes on note writing etc, and ten minutes ball collecting. Lessons are $70 per hour. Available times being 9am, 10am, 11am, Lunch 12.30pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm, 3.30pm. The date is not confirmed yet but will be after Championship finals on Oct 6th Can I have expressions of interest please as to who wants a lesson booking. Brian will also do a two hour group session if that helps, but on day one if we get 7 persons wanting a lesson, we will look to hold a second day within a couple of weeks.

We also have a proposal from Andrew Hanare from the Napier Golf Course. Andrew is keen (as part of the PGA) to hold sessions for persons wishing to take up Golf. In essence we go out to the community seeking a minimum of 6 persons wishing to take up golf, and get them several lessons with Andrew before they become a member. The key to this programme is having a personality within the Club who will get these people together, and keep them close during the lesson days, so that they in time become Club Members. This programme has been run at Waipukurau, and I beleive 35 people went through the Course, of which a high majority are now members. If you wish to read more about this programme read page 15, " Learning to play golf is a key to staying in the game" in the September edition of Pacific Golfer, which are on the table just inside the main doors at the Clubhouse. The above paragraph is a rough overview of the programme, more details to follow, but possibly give some thought to what you can do to promote this, and are you willing to assist. Kevin Pike assured me On Tuesday night that it is a lot of work for someone, but in their case, the rewards were brilliant

Satruday 29th September, The 19th will be running downstairs, as we have a private function upstairs that evening,

Saturday 17th November, Rongomaraeroa Marae Annual Golf Tournament Porangahau Country Club, Entry fee $35, Tee times 8.30am and 12.30pm (Flyer in Clubrooms)

All the best to those playing semi finals this weekend,

Good Golfing

Bryan Burt

Club Captain