What's on 22 April 2022

Bryan Burt - Club scribe • April 21, 2022

Saturday 23rd April; 11am Card draw. Matches are a priority please.


Sunday 24th April; GHB Pennants round 4. Championship 1 division is at home, (9 fours) tee of 11am


Monday 25th April; Anzac Day As a mark of respect, the course is closed until 12 noon please. Women v Men 12 noon tee off. Waitahora Cup, best stableford on the day.


Local Rule; The greens staff have requested a local rule be put in place for the immediate future to protect the Par 3 Tees. "Please use a Tee on all Par 3 Teeing areas"


Practice Fairway; The area behind the car park, running alongside the 5th fairway is the official practice area. Please refrain from hitting multiple balls on fairways, and onto greens. Practice on the practice area, play the game on the course proper.

Management Meeting 20th April;


Carts. Members need to book carts please. With the clubhouse not manned, members are taking carts, when we have visitor bookings. Please contact Mike, if and when you require a cart


Trundler Shed; Sadly property is going missing from the trundler shed. Some of the fault can be laid at our members feet. If you keep your clubs in there, by all means use the key pad to get your gear out, but do not walk away and leave the door open and latched back. When we have all teed of, for some time there is nobody around the club house, so whats to stop someone driving in, takings clubs etc and leaving. Captain Mike has scoured the security footage, and he's disappointed how many people appear to be snooping around with no known purpose. We need all to be more security conscious. Sadly a members electric cart was removed from this shed a couple of weeks ago. He still has the battery and charger, so it's not going to be easy to use, and if anyone local has it, they are going to stick out manually pushing an electric cart around. If any member has any information about said cart, please contact President Tony of Captain Mike. The second matter to be mentioned here is property found on the course. Yes people leave clubs behind, drop keys or phone etc. If you happen to pick them up, please notify the starter of the day, or mention it to Tony or Mike.  This equipment should always be returned to the rightful owner.  Finally on this topic, yes you should be able to leave your gear safely in the shed, but theft is nothing new unfortunately. Best option is to take your clubs and trundlers home with you.


NZ Golf; Captain Mike has been in contact with a staff member from NA Golf, regarding their new player program, "a hit for women", "a hit for men" and a High School session. The High school have been out there prior to the holidays, and will continue in term 2. The men's and ladies program will be notified closer to the time.


House Committee members; Please if you are locking up for the night check , check and check again. The external doors to the men's and ladies changing rooms are being left open. The cart shed chain and door is being left unlocked. We need to tighten our security please. Our security company comes around checking these thing and report them to Tony and Mike, sometimes at unfriendly hours, so please let our President and Captain get some sleep.


Have a great week end everyone, and again if traveling, do so safely. Good luck to members still in the Championships, and those playing Pennants on Sunday. Bring you A game for the Waitahora Cup on Monday.


Good Golfing,

Bryan Burt

Club Scribe 

What's On 16th June 2025?

By Bryan Burt - club scribe • June 12, 2025
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

What's On 29 May 2025?

By Bryan Burt - club scribe • May 29, 2025
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

What's On 22nd May 2025?

By Bryan Burt - club scribe • May 22, 2025
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
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