There is plenty going on at the Dannevirke Golf Club
It has been a busy few days at the Golf Club, and for members First up last weekend was the second round of Club Championship Match Play, and the first round of Plate play. Both competitions have sheets up in the men's changing rooms, so please have a look, and get any outstanding matches played as soon as possible. We have a bit of breather space, with Easter and Anzac Day before the next round on April 27th, so there is no reason why these matches can't be played.
Sunday also saw the car park fill up with camper vans as golfers arrived to play Round 1 of the Central and Southern HB Seniors 4 course tournament. Round 1 was on Monday at Dannevirke with 72 players (second hand information) Monday night the vans moved north for round 2. The other 3 participating courses being Takapau, Waipukurau and Waipawa.
Coring; Coring commenced Tuesday, after the Seniors event. Kieran ran coring this time round as part of his apprenticeship course. From all accounts the job was almost complete by Tuesday night with coring finished and picked up, sand spread and brushed. Max informs me that now the club owns a tractor trailer, and with his and James Walkers tractors, on the course, the sand is kept up to the spreader, which greatly increases the speed of the operation. Our thanks to these two gentlemen for the use of their machinery, and time, and to all other members who helped in the process. I have attached some photos of the job being done. The corer and pick up machine are hired, the sand spreader two JD tractors and one trailer belong to the club.
Ladies day Wednesday. With the Course closed for coring, the ladies headed away on a mystery bus trip. They were seen gathering at the rural bus car park at 8am. The rest is unknown
Saturday 30th Card draw 11.30am (If there is any reason the Course will not be open by Saturday I will send a note out tomorrow night)
Upcoming Events;
Saturday 6th April. Round 3 GHB Pennants
Sunday 7th April. Pongaroa 27 hole strokeplay tourmanent. round 1 Ruahine Rosebowl
Tuesday 9th April (Note the date differs from our programme) Mangatera Hotel sponsored LVA Tournament. Morning tee from 9.30 with Tee Off from 10am. Make up your own fours, or present at the office to be put into a four. After golf, their will be raffles etc upstairs, prior to moving to Mangatera Hotel for a light meal.
Saturday 13th April. Pahiatua Inter club at Dannevirke. 10.30 Cup of tea, 11.30am Tee off. Can we have a couple of batches of scones please. I will bring the jam and whipped cream
Sunday 14th April Pike Cup at Waipukurau. we hosted this event last year, and it is one of the largest tournament hosted by GHB. We are looking for 12 players (possibly 18) to represent us at this event. It is a Strokeplay event for men 50 years and over. Competition is for the best Gross team (5 best scores count) and Best Nett. Individual Best Gross and Best Nett. Can willing players either reply to this email, or give your names to the starters on Saturday. The Tournament is limited to 24 teams,
A plea to the other sections of our Club, I beleive your have emails going around yourselves for information results etc. Please if you feel they are applicable, send them to me and I will copy and past them into this weekly email. The better informed our members are, the bigger our fields appear to be. With What's On going onto our Club facebook page every friday, it is heartening to hear just who is looking at it. As the saying goes 'use it or lose it" .
Good Golfing
Bryan Burt
Club Scribe
