The Dannevirke Golf Club, What's on this week 8/11/19?
Bryan Burt - Club Scribe • November 7, 2019
| St Josephs Ambrose. Great day and great support, with 25 teams of 3, competing this year. This is the largest field ever for the school, The prize table of 10 Liter buckets filled by donations from school family's is a great idea, and this year, all players received a bucket. Thanks to our club members for your support. Maybe there was some potential golfers out there on Saturday
MCI & Associates Mixed Foursomes. We have two new names on the trophy this year, with Jo Ruwhiu and Syd Hikawai taking out the Gross prize. Nett winners were Marilyn Hall & Rod Henricksen, Stableford, Laura & Dave Hurrell, Runners up Gwen Murphy & yours truly.
Saturday 9th November;
Interclub with Fielding at Fielding. For those who have responded to Mike, the mini bus will leave the Services & Citizens club carpark at 9am, (possibly one or two seats available) anyone else wishing to get a ride should also meet there and car pool. Tee off is at 11am.
Saturday / Sunday 16th & 17th November; Greenwood Cup Round 4-7
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The team for these rounds is, 1 Brad Truesdale, 2 Patrick Harold, 3 Craig Nash, 4 Chris Edsell, 5 Clay Lochead, 6 Greg Vigers, 7 Syd Hikawai, 8 Dave Hurrell, 9 Chris Mason 10 Timmy Bell, with reserves, Willy Veitch, Peter Gregory and richie Gray. Best wishes to our team for a successful weekend.
2019 / 2020 Twilight Golf.
Looking for information that I can include in next weeks What's On
With the golfing year coming to a finish, the need for a weekly What's On, is becoming unnecessary,. It will continue until Greenwood and Christmas Cheer and the AGM are completed, then take a break until mid February.. The first What's On went out in 2012 to a hand full of members, and was produced as and when necessary. As numbers grew, so did the frequency, and now it is a Thursday night ritual, as is the reading by over 100 members and spouses.
Good luck if you are heading to Fielding on Saturday, or playing on our own immaculate course over the weekend. Last weekend it was difficult to tell that the Greens had only been cored for less than two weeks, and a huge thanks to Kierane and AG for mowing the greens for both tournaments. On Sunday afternoon we played through a group of 4 men, 2 from Wellington and two from Auckland. One Aucklander wanted to shift our course north, and commented he would gladly pay his $1700 sub to play on it. The four ingredients for golf are a course, ball, clubs, and the human. It never ceases to amaze me that, 90% of the blame for bad golf is on the first three, never the human. Get out there, enjoy the game, the walk and the company, and if you want to change something, we have an AGM in early December.
Good Golfing
Bryan Burt
Club Scribe.
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Saturday June 14th; Wiffin Cup Round 2 matchplay. Duty, Match Bernie, House Basil A subtle reminder from our captains, that some round 1 Wiffin Cup matches are still outstanding. Please get these completed as soon as possible. Please let the person waiting to play the winner know what is happening, so they are aware. Sattrup & Brannigan; The draw is up in the club house. The weather was not that great last Saturday for first round matches, but again please keep in contact with your opponents, and get these games played before round 2 on June 28th. Given we are now in winter conditions, please use metal tracks etc where possible, especially if you are in a cart or on a bike. Skid marks take forever to grow grass in the winter, and your fellow golfers won't be happy playing off the bare dirt. Not a lot to report tonight, so I'll sign off. Good Golfing👍 Bryan Burt Club Scribe
Evening all, Saturday 31st May; Card draw 11.30am, duty Zane, House Majken. Saturday 21st May / Sunday 1st June, Sisters Club tournament in Rarangi (Blenheim). A group of 23 players will represent Dannevirke at this years event. Saturday 7th June; Sattrup & Brannigan Round 1 4BBB. An Entry sheet will be up in the foyer. This is a four ball best ball match play competition. Find yourself a partner and put you names in. Competition is handicap match play, just like playing for a beer on Saturday. Coronation Cup Results; The competition was very strong last weekend with Pongaroa coming out on top, Results for our team were Pongaroa 7 Dannevirke 5, Karamu 6.5 Dannevirke 5.5, TePohue 6.5 Dannevirke 5.5, meaning we were right there until the end in each match. Congratulation to Amrit Prasad and Timmy Bell for 3 wins each, with Eru Hauiti 2.5 wins. Over the two weekends of zone play and finals, Amrit was unbeaten on 6 wins, as was Eru with 5.5 wins. A great effort from all, well done. Greenwood Cup; With Pennants and Coronation Cup now completed, our next Hawkes Bay competition is Greenwood Cup in October / November. Always looking for members wishing to be considered for this team. The dates being October 11th & 12th ( 3 rounds at Waipukurau), November 15th & 16th (4 rounds at Hastings GC). Any member wanting further information on this competition can contact Captains Zane & Peter, Clay myself or Patrick in his shop. Greenwood is a team of 10, playing in a competition of 8 teams, with Championship match play (off the stick). A great competition to aspire too. Green Keeper Comments; Two things for this week please. The staff have done some turf repairs by the bunker on number 6, and by the steps on number 13. The are marked GUR, so please don't play off or walk on these areas. There is a new sign on number 17, as regards the track, please observe and comply. Thanks . Being a long weekend, we have members heading of in different directions for tournaments, in Rarangi, Taumaranui, and Onga Onga and others. Wishing you all the best of luck in your various competitions. Good Golfing👍 Bryan Burt Club Scribe
Evening all, Championships; Mens Championships were concluded last weekend with the winners being Senior / Open Rhys Harold, Intermediate A Thomas Kuggeleijn, Intermediate B Jarrard Stephenson, Junior A Glen McClelland, Junior B Hamish Illsley. Congratulations guys. A new list of names for the honors board. Saturday 24th May; For those at home, card draw at 11.30am, Duty Chalky and House Johnny If Wiffin Cup matches can be played, please do so Saturday 24th / Sunday 25th; Coronation Cup finals, to be played at Hawkes By Golf Club. Clubs involved being, Dannevirke, Pongaroa, Karamu and Te Pohue. Congratulations to our team, who have all been selected following their success at the Zone finals. In playing order, John Garnett, Amrit Prasad, Te Wai Hauiti, Zane Gregory, Tony Neilson, Timmy Bell, Eru Hauiti, J J Carberry, Gillies Te Ture, Denzil Treacy Jnr,, TeAwa Albert, Joe Clarke. Reserves, Bazil Mott, Raniara Hauiti, Norm Evans The draw for the weekend is Saturday playing Pongaroa, Saturday afternoon Karamu, Sunday morning Te Pohue. Support in the way of caddies, or simply observers will be appreciated. Saturday 31st May; Kings Birthday weekend. Dannevirke South School is having a major reunion, and as such we have four groups of 4 playing nine holes at 9am. Please extend a warm welcome to our visitors. Saturday 31st / Sunday 1st June; Sisters Club Inter Club being played at Rarangi (Blenheim) We have a team of 20 heading south for this annual event, which is being played for about the 53rd time? Pine Trees; The Club has 6 plantations of pines which have been there for many years. The original intention being to plant these for harvest, and time has come for this process to begin. In the very near future, there will be felling carried out in three areas. Firstly some pines that need to come down at the back of number 11 green, by the railway, the plantation to the right of 13 (Lands End,) and a couple of pines to the left of number 13, which shade the green during winter. This work will have minimal effect on fairways, as the trees at the back of 11 will be trucked out via the farm, the lands end plantation will go out through the former Ministry of Works yard, the ones to the left of Lands end will go out along the river bank again to the MOW yard. The question of replanting, particularly the right of Lands End will be considered and proposals put to the December 2025 Annual General Meeting. All tree felling will be done early in the morning, and only trimming and log removal will carry on during the day. Please, If any area is fenced off, and No Entry signs are in place, then they are there for yours and the contractors safety. Such areas are not a recommendation, they are a rule, and any members seen entering these areas will be severely spoken too ! Another big weekend for Dannevirke mens golf. On behalf of our members, best wishes to our Coronation Cup team. Good Golfing,👍 Bryan Burt Club Scribe