What's On This Week at the Club 23.10.20

Bryan Burt Club Scribe • October 22, 2020

Saturday 24th October. Card Draw 11.30am (Note new tee time for summer)

Final Sattrup & Brannigan T Peeti & P Drummond v V Hales & W Ridge 

 

Greenwood Cup; Report to be filed by player selector Brad Dippie; (Watch this space)

 

Coring; Commences Tuesday 27th October; Kierane & AG will notify when the course reopens. Possible Friday at the earliest

 

Saturday 31st; St Joseph's School Fundraiser 3 Ball Ambrose Golf Tournament. 10.30am Tee off: (See Flyer and Entry From below)

One of two days per year when our Club donates the use of our course to a local school for fundraising  purposes. Entry fee $20 per head 

 

Saturday 7th November; Inter Club with Fielding at home. 11.30am tee off. Remember two years ago we turned on scones jam & whipped cream for them and they thought we were marvelous. Lets do it again.  'll bring the jam and cream if we can have some scones please

 

Management Committee meeting Wednesday 21 / 10 /20

 

Security, President Tony reported there are still too many security lapses. Please if you are a key holder and locking up, check every door. Tony receives an email and photo of each transgression and he's over it

Green fee players; we have several groups booked for November so please make them welcome

Annual General Meeting; Monday 7th December 2020 at 7.30pm 

Greens Staff; Our staff are doing a marvelous job, and we keep receiving positive comments from visitors. Well done guys, we really appreciate your efforts

Twilight Golf. Players are ready to play but we lack an organising committee. Please give some consideration as to how you can help the Club with this issue. Tony or Mike would love to hear from you?

Duties to be shared around include starting, operating the bar, finalising results and doing prize giving. Player numbers are usually around 18 to 24   

 

Eagles Golfing Society; Today the HB Eagles Golfing Society, held their annual Halberg Fundraising Tournament at the Napier Golf Course. Conditions and course were excellent, but scoring was not that flash, with both men's groups top scores at 38 Sablefords. A full field of 144 players with the odd scratching, A cheque for $20,000.00 was presented to the Halberg Foundation. taking the total for Hawkes Bay to over $400,000 in the past 41 years. We had three winners in the Cape kidnappers raffle, who will be presented with their prizes next week. A great day, (beats working) but a late start to What's On

 

For the members on the roads this weekend, take care, for those playing in Golf events out of town, best of luck. For the members staying around town for the weekend, head on out to our beautiful course, and make the most of it.

 

Good Golfing one and all.

 

Bryan Burt

Club Scribe

What's On 30 April 2026?

By Bryan Burt - club scribe • April 2, 2026
Friday, April 3rd; There will be a Friday competition run tomorrow. Own groups up until 12 noon. Card draw at 12 for those looking for a game at that time. Saturday 4th April; Club day for those who are around over the weekend. 11.15 am card draw for 11.30 am tee off. Starter Zane, House Basil. Any members playing Club Championship matches, please contact the starter. Saturday 10th / Sunday 11th April; Coronation Cup Zone play at Takapau. The selectors have named the following players. We would like to thank all those that have put their names forward for this year's Coronation cup team. The selection for this was not an easy task as we started with 23 names to select from, but we got there. So this year's team for 2026, in no particular order, are: John Garnett Amrit Prasad Zane Gregory John Garnett Tiwai Hauiti Timmy Bell Eru Hauiti Jacob Stephenson Richard Stephenson Denzel Treacy Bryan Burt Ranieri Hauiti Harley Hauiti Graiden Hauiti Tama Petera Congratulations to all players named for this year's team. They play three rounds next Saturday, 11 and Sunday, 12 April 2026 at Takapau Golf Club. Selectors would like a meeting this Saturday at 10.30 am to go through team order, travel etc. We understand that it is Easter weekend and you may not be able to attend, if so please contact Zane, Patrick or Tama. Cheers Congratulations, guys, wish you all well next weekend. Have a great Easter, everyone, and if you are traveling, stay safe. Good Golfing👍 Bryan Burt Club Scribe

What's On 27 March 2026?

By Zane - Club Captain • March 26, 2026
Saturday 28th - Club Day DUTY: House: Angela, Match: Chalky Please keep your Club Champs matches on track for the second round on 2nd May. Sisters' club meeting after play on Saturday. Thanks, Stephen. Pennants Round 4 - please take note of days! Saturday 28th Champ 3 plays Waipawa Handicap 3 plays Hastings at Karamu Sunday 29th Champ 1 plays Maraenui at Ongaonga Handicap 2 plays Wairoa at home 10am #1Tee Dannevirke vs Wairoa 10 am #10 Tee Maraenui vs Napier 10.21am #1Tee Waipuk vs Hawkes Bay Members wishing to play, please tee off early or after these tee times. Rosebowl Thank you to the two Dannevirke players who made it to Pongaroa last Sunday. Thanks also to Pongaroa for a well-run, well-fed day, as always we were well looked after. Thanks, Mark and Ranier, for stepping in to play for Dannevirke when we were short on numbers. RESULTS: 1st Norsewood 2nd Cape Turnagain 3rd Pongaroa 4th Dannevirke 5th Takapau A Brief history: the Rosebowl has been taking place for 30+ years and is a meaningful tournament for local interculb golf. We appreciate there is a lot of golf at this time of the season, however, it is a shame when such days are not well supported by our members. Any thoughts or suggestions on how this event can be better attended, please reach out to Zane, Peter, or any match committee member. We do not want to see these tournaments fall off the annual calendar. Coronation Cup A team will be selected by Thursday, 2nd April. First round is in Takapau on Saturday, 11th April Twilight The end of Twilight season was postponed this week due to the weather and will be held next Thursday (weather permitting). Weather looking good for another great weekend of golf! Good luck to our Pennants teams.  Cheers, Zane CC.

What's On 19 March 2026?

By Bryan Burt - club scribe • March 19, 2026
Saturday 21st March; Club Championships Round 1 Matchplay. Duty, Match Committee, House ?. If you have a Match, please convey that to the starters. Round 2 is not until May 2nd, so please keep communication with your opponent open so the matches can all be completed. Thank you to all who put names forward for the Championships. We have four draws, Senior, Intermediate A & B, and Junior A (all attached) compiled from names entered. Thanks, Pat Harold, for putting the draws together. Any questions or queries, please contact captains Zane or Peter. Sunday 22nd March; Pongaroa 27 Hole Strokeplay Tournament, Round two of the Ruahine Rosebowl. 8 am, tea & Coffee, 8.30 am tee off, $35 includes competition and food. Can we get a good muster, please, especially those looking for Coronation Cup selection. We require more than three, which we had at Norsewood, please. High School Ambrose: A thank-you note from the High School says it all. " Kia ora e te whānau, our golf tournament last weekend was awesome, with 105 golfers turning up to support our school and try their luck at winning $20 000! Unfortunately, no one was able to ‘sink a hole in one’ and win the money. A big thank you to Mr Amrit Pasad and all the staff and students who helped to make this event a success. We would also like to thank the Dannevirke Golf Course, our generous sponsors and our community for entering the tournament and participating in the fundraising activities held on the day. All profits of this event will go towards our students’ sports travel." Special General Meeting; Thank you to the 55 members who turned out Monday night for the purpose of " Setting the annual member subscription fees for the 2026 / 2027 year. " The conclusion being the annual subscriptions for 2026 / 2027 is $665 for full playing members. The Management Committee acknowledges their error in not advertising this as an Agenda item at the AGM in December. Matter sorted, repeat of error to be avoided, move on. We are in the thick of Match Play golf with GHB Pennants and now Club Champs, and in April, the Coronation Cup. I hope all participants enjoy the experience. Good Golfing👍 Bryan Burt Club Scribe