This week at the club...
Bryan Burt - Club Scribe • August 13, 2020
Saturday 15th August Lui Paewai Trophy Card draw 11am. The Lui Paewai trophy is one of those must win trophies. Presented to the player with the best Stableford on Saturday.
Championships: The delayed men's Senior final was played last Sunday between Brad Truesdale and Syd Hikawai. Congratulations to Syd Hikawai, taking out the match 2 and 1. A new name to be engraved on the Senior Trophy. Well done Syd
Covert 19; level 2 has no major implications for us, except that we are again asked to social distance ( keep 2 meters apart). The competition starting sheet will be used for contract tracing. Our Prime Minister will make a statement at 5.15pm tomorrow as to what's next. We can only operate on the information we have to date, so if that changes, we will await the filtration of recommendations from NZ Golf. Our President and Club Captain will discuss options and set a plan going forward. Please if and when this happens we ask that members respect their decisions and abide by their requests.
Matches: With several competitions under way, we ask that matches are kept up to date, so that if we do require a close down, when we resume they can be completed.
Cart Shed. We are getting reports from our security company that the cart shed is being left unlocked. Please if you are parking a cart in there and locking the door, the key apparently goes anti clock wise to lock. Please check by lifting the door to ensure it is locked.
New Members. Tonight the emails of Philip Champion and Garry Palmer have been added to members list. Welcome to our Club gentlemen. Hope to see you joining any of our days that suit your golfing desire.
Speaking of days, just an update for any new members. Golf is available any day at our Course, but if you wish to join club days etc, they are as follows. Tuesday Seniors 10am Start (Men over 55 ladies over 50) younger members wishing to play with our seniors are more than welcome. Wednesday, Ladies Day Any questions regarding Ladies competitions etc can be forwarded to Glenys Nicol or Jad Suttor. Thursday, unofficial Seniors competition, again at 10.30am. There can be two or three groups play on Thursday, so again if you are available and want to join them please do so. Friday, 12 noon card draw on number one tee. Doug Lochead runs this competition, and as always is open to all members. Many of our farmer golfers take Friday afternoons off to play, along with a few trades people.
Saturday; Men's Club Day. During the winter months we have an 11am Card draw tee off, and in summer months 11.30am ( Daylight saving dates signal the change of tee time) Sunday, A very relaxed day, but a competition sheet will generally be available in the office. The early players tee off around 10.30, and the later groups at 11.30am. The yellow tee course has been rated for men, so the competition alternates between the yellow and white course.. Both handicap indexes are displayed in the foyer.
If anyone has any questions they wish to raise regarding these days and times etc, please email our captains, Men's, Mike Matthews mikematthews058@gmail.com Ladies Glenys Nicol glenysnicol@hotmail.co.nz
That wraps up tonight's news. Hopefully we stay at Covert level 2 or better level 1, but that is unfortunately out of our hands. We don't have to agree with the rules, we have to abide by them.
Good Golfing
Bryan Burt
Club Scribe
Saturday 13th December; Shires Fruit & Vege market sponsored Christmas Cheer. 12 noon Shotgun Start. A draw will be posted on our Facebook page on Friday. As we already have 120 in the field and tees allocated, no further entries will be accepted. Please present early at the office to pay your entry fee of $30 and be at your starting tee ready to go at 12 noon. House Committee; Duty Tony Neilson Bar roster 4 pm Tony, Baz and Scott, 4.45 pm Gillian, Angela and Norm, 5.30 pm Tony and Drum, 6.15 pm Stephen and Depak We’re expecting a full field on Saturday, and committee members will be playing and would like to enjoy the evening with their fellow members so we would like your assistance, please. Ask if you can help, for example, if you are heading downstairs,s take a box of empties and put in the recycling, ask if the chiller needs restocking, pick up empty bottles. These little things would be really appreciated, and we can all enjoy the occasion. With large numbers, we quickly run out of $2 coins, so if you have a pocket full of coins, go to the bar and exchange them for notes. Ma pango ma whero ka oti ai te mahi – many hands make light work! Thanks, Stephen. Annual General Meeting; Last Monday saw a muster of around 40 members attend our AGM. A sign of the times, perhaps, but members don't appear to see the significance of this once-a-year meeting. Decisions are made that carry the Club forward and report on the previous year. The committee nominations all went through, and Bernie Williams has been nominated as a Vice President, following Vaughan Hales' resignation earlier in the year. An increase in Subscriptions was approved, and I will report next week for those paying monthly, fortnightly, and weekly, what changes need to be made to keep you up to date. Carts: The last two of our replacement carts arrived on course today. That gives us a fleet now of 8 new and one older cart. These carts are part of our business growth strategy, as a great deal of visiting green fee players request carts at the same time as they book to play, especially group bookings. This forms part of the package we can offer travelling players. Secondly, for various reasons, younger members who have joined clubs since Covid prefer to play in carts. Greenfees & carts this year brought 87k into our club, compared to 62k the previous year. Having Patrick (Harold Golf) on course potentially captures more green fees and cart hire. Cart for Sale; We have one of our original carts for Sale at $500. Batteries may need replacing. Call Captain Zane or ask Patrick for an inspection when he is on course. Next week's What's On will be the last for the year. Looking forward to Christmas Cheer! Good Golfing'👍 Bryan Burt Club Scribe
Saturday 6th December; Club day 11.30 am. Card draw at 11.15 am, Match committee on duty, House committee, anyone available?, as your roster expired on 29th November. Monday 8th December; Annual General Meeting; 7.30 pm at the Clubhouse. The booklet was emailed to you all by Bailey last Monday evening. Saturday 13th December; Shires Fruit & Vege Market sponsored Christmas Cheer Tournament. Our biggest event of the year. If you haven't done so already, please enter your fours on the Entry sheet in the foyer, so a draw can be produced and sent out next Thursday night. Sorry folks, all of our carts have been booked, so no more carts are available. Result : Interclub with Feilding Golf Club last Saturday. For the 7th year in a row, Feilding were the winners on the day. Thank you to the 19 players from Dannevirke who participated. Congratulations to Jacob Stephenson, 75 off the stick and 45 stablefords. Even Jacobs score couldn't lift our average! The rain over the past two days has possibly taken the sting out of the ground, so we may miss the run for a couple of days. Never mind it will be back. Have a great weekend, and see you all on Monday at the AGM. Bryan Burt Club Scribe
Saturday 29th November; Feilding interclub at Feilding. 11.30 am tee off. Tony Peeti & Eru Hauiti are both taking vans, so there may be rides available. Contact these gentlemen directly, please. Tony's van leaves the golf club at 9.50 am. Saturday 29th November; Club day, 11.30 am card draw. Duty Richie House Basil Sunday 30th November; Pongaroa are hosting their Prize Giving and Christmas Cheer Tournament. I believe it is a 12 noon start for anyone interested in attending Saturday 13th December : Shires Fruit & Vege Market sponsored Christmas Cheer. 12 noon shotgun start, entry sheet in the foyer at the Clubhouse. All carts are booked. Once again, our haggle hole (no. 14) will be manned by the formidable team of Glen McClelland & Marcus Ransom. This team of two has given up their time for the past 7 or 8 years to man the haggle hole and donate their proceeds to worthy causes around our community or club. Thanks also to the ham sponsors for the haggle hole. Originally, Vet Services and PGG Wrightson. Vet Services have continued, and I took over the PGG Wrightson sponsorship some years ago. Maybe a bit damp tomorrow, but the forecast for the weekend is good. We are bearing down on 100 years of inter-club fixtures with Feilding (next couple of years I believe). Maybe we can turn the clock back 100 years and go to Feilding by train or horseback and stay for a week!, Watch this space. Happy 40th for yesterday Captain Zane. Good Golfing👍 Bryan Burt Club Scribe