What's On 1st September 2023?

Bryan Burt - Club Scribe • August 31, 2023

Saturday 2nd September; Card draw 11am Duty Richie Gray & helpers


Saturday 2nd September; Takapau 30 Hole Strokeplay Tournament.  8am Cup of tea 8.30am Tee off (will notify if different). This is the final round of the 2023 Ruahine Rosebowl competition, and we and Pongaroa are currently tied in first place. Looks like we have good numbers attending. Good luck


Clubhouse;  Private Function. The club is hosting a private function, a birthday celebration, on Saturday 2 September. As a result the upstairs lounge will be closed on Friday and Saturday. Could golfers please use the downstairs facilities.  On Saturday 16 September we are hosting the Aotea Sports Club’s annual prize giving, as we’ve done for the past couple of years. The upstairs lounge will be closed on the Friday and Saturday. A reminder will be posted in the What’s on email on 14 September.  Thanks for your co operation.


Recycling;  We are about 90% there with our recycling efforts, but we are still creating a lot of work for Peter Greatbatch, who takes the bins into town . We are getting contaminated bins. Each bin holds one thing and one thing only. Cardboard, clear glass, brown glass or green glass. Nothing else. No food scraps, no bottle tops, no general rubbish. Bottle tops are easy, there is a rubbish bin in the bar for them, and there is a skip bin in the car park for for club house rubbish and food scraps.  Please lets keep it simple, so Peter can whip in, load the bins and take them to town without finding any free gifts. The bins are is under camera, so if need be, we will find the dumpers.


Eagles Golfing Society of HB Raffle 2023 (supporting the Halberg Foundation) Tickets are currently available for this years Cape Kidnappers raffle. Tickets are $5 each with 1st Prize a round of golf for four persons at Cape Kidnappers, 2nd and 3rd prizes are $250 travel vouchers (courtesy Golf encounters) and 4th to 15th are complimentary rounds on other Hawkes Bay and lower North Island courses.  Our local Eagles members were allocated 100 tickets, of which Max has sold 40, so 60 left. Local Eagles members are Stephen Prenter, Max Charmley, Rodney Henricksen, Warren Ridge, Johnny Edwards and myself. I'm heading to Takapau Saturday so these may not be at the club until next Tuesday and Saturday 9th September. Tickets can be booked via return email, and available at PGG Wrightson Monday to Wednesday.


Lui Paewai Trophy; Congratulations to Rainier Davies for winning the Lui Paewai Trophy last Saturday. 46 stablefords if I remember correctly. Thanks Margaret for the photo. Tried to attach it but not sure I have been successful.


Best of luck to our members heading to Takapau. For those staying closer to home, head on out and enjoy the start of spring golf. The frosts this week will have helped dry the top of the course a bit. 


Good Golfing, 👍

Bryan Burt

Club Scribe 

What's On 11 August 2025?

By Bryan Burt - club scribe • September 11, 2025
Coring; Kierane and his team had a good run early in the week and got the course open for golfing today. Thanks to our staff and all who helped out. Friday 12th September; (3 options) 1 Our course is open, so weather permitting, there will be golf at Dannevirke 2 Cape Turnagain are hosting the Annual Firms Day. 18 holes 10 am Morning tea, 11 am Tee off. $30 entry fee; 3 Onga Onga, Our very own Jim Hickey (aka Doug) thinks the weather here tomorrow is going to be horrid, but a bit further away from the ranges at Onga Onga, things look better with rain not predicted until later in the day. Anyone wanting to go north, leave from the Mangatera Hotel car park at 10.45 am, Tee off at Onga at 11.30 am. Saturday 13th September; Kitt, Kerr, Hape, Simpson foursomes. Duty Zane, House Johnny. Zane has a copy of the rules for those who are not sure on them. 11.30am tee off Green Staff: There is a rule that states "Greens Staff have the right of way". There is only so many hours in a week, and the staff have lots to do to get everything groomed. If a tractor is heading towards you, please wait for them to get out of your range before hitting your ball. You wouldn't hit a ball at someone walking towards you, so don't do so to someone on a tractor. They can't jump out of the way of an oncoming ball if that were to happen. If a green is being mowed, wave the green staff to carry on; it only takes a few minutes to mow a green. A couple of minutes' delay for your round of golf is nothing compared to consistent stopping and starting for the staff. Common sense should prevail. If in doubt, " Wait, thank you. Spring weather is really upon us at present. Tomorrow looks ugly, but who knows? If you wish to brave the conditions, there are plenty of options this weekend. Good Golfing👍 Bryan Burt Club Scribe

What's On 4 September 2025?

By Bryan Burt - club scribe • September 4, 2025
Evening all, Saturday 6th September; Card draw at 11.30 am, Duty? House Tony Saturday 13th September; Kitt, Kerr, Hape, Simpson 4somes over 18 holes. This has been mentioned previously, so make up a pair and come along for an 11.30 am start. Takapau 18 Hole Strokeplay Tournament. Thanks for the support from the 20 members who went through to Takapau last Saturday. We made up close to a quarter of the field, so great support for our friends at Takapau. The gross winner was J McGillicuddy. Pongaroa were the 2025 winners of the Ruahine Rosebowl.  That's it for tonight, folks. Have a good weekend. Good Golfing👍 Bryan Burt Club Scribe

What's On 29 August 2025?

By Bryan Burt - Club Scribe • August 28, 2025
A few bits and pieces to mention. Friday 29th August; Course Closed. The course is closed tomorrow for a Master Builders Ambrose Tournament. There is 90-something players in the field starting on multiple tees, so best we keep clear for them . Friday Boys Mid-Day Competition: Doug has suggested playing in Takapau tomorrow. Gather at the Mangatera Hotel car park for an 11 am departure, 11.30 am tee off at Takapau. Saturday 30th August; Takapau 18-hole Stroke play tournament. (Final Ruahine Rosebowl). The draw for this event is attached (click) . Please ignore the numbers down the left side . The top part of the draw is teeing of Dardanelles with the junior field going off Westwood Ho. It looks like a late start but given they have allowed 11-minute gaps, I am sure the field will start quicker than written. I would suggest being early as I can't see 11-minute times being adhered to. For those interested, a van is leaving Drums at 9.15am. Saturday 30th August; At home, Duty Richie House Angela. Seniors, because of the impending visit by Central and Southern to Cape Turnagain on Tuesday, September 2 nd , we will have a full Club day on Thursday, 4 th , complete with raffles, approaches, etc. On the 9 th September, we are unable to play because of coring. We are looking at a visit to Fielding or Eketahuna on that day. We shall advise next week as to where we are going, and see who are interested. Monday 8th September; Coring. The course will be closed until this job is complete. Kierane will advise when the course is reopened Hole In One; Congratulations Jolanda Van Viliet for holing out on number 14 yesterday. Great effort, Jolanda. Plenty happening as we head into spring golf. Good luck to the 22 heading to Takapau on Saturday. Hopefully, this isn't their last Tournament, but that is a matter for the members to sort. Good Golfing👍 Bryan Burt Club Scribe

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