Member News –1 November 2024

Member Updates

Tree Work

Work was delayed by a week, so as a result work will begin this Monday starting with the driving range. Due to the work undertaken. The driving range including the grass tee will be closed all week until 5pm each day. Feel free to come down and hit a bucket of balls after work.

Gardens

Volunteers are needed for this Wednesday starting at 9:30am to work on the gardens around the club.

Club Captain Update – Phil Barlow

The weather won last Saturday, and the days competitions abandoned due to lack of participants and therefore no results either. It’s looking a lot better this weekend with showers due later in the day on Saturday. Because we would still like to donate to Cancer charities, while it is Monthly Medal for the men and a Par comp for the women, we will still have a box to collect donations for this very worthy cause and we thank you in advance for your donations. A reminder for the men that there are only 2 more Saturdays left to qualify for the Allprint Shootout for 2024 – this Saturday and next.

This weekend is Monthly Medal from the blue tees for the men and Par for the women.

Interclub report

The Woodward Cup team has its last round robin game this Sunday at Christchurch GC against Waimairi Beach. 9:30 from tee 7 is the start time for those that can make it to support them.

The Metro A team is also playing on Sunday at Avondale against Avondale at 9.00am.

The Metro B team also playing this weekend with a home game against McLeans island also at 9.00am on Sunday.

Good luck to you all.

Pro Tip by Craig Mitchell

A good way to improve your short game is practise the way you are going to play

So, take the club you would like to chip with and your putter to the chipping part of the putting green (the far side) and chip one ball to a hole then putt out (the goal is to take 2 shots)

Then repeat the process but keep changing the hole you are chipping to (so short medium and long chips) this makes your practise very real and will help you on the golf course.

Upcoming golf

For full details refer to the 2024 programme – copies available at the Pro Shop.

Sat 2 Nov – Men: Monthly Medal (blue tees). Women: Par (Stroke).

Sat 9 Nov – Men: Stableford (Men’s Allprint Shootout closes). Women: Irish Stableford – choose either White or Yellow tees.

Sat 16 Nov – Men: Blind Pairs 4BBB Stroke. Women: Ambrose

Sat 23 Nov – Men: Irish Stableford. Women: Closing day 11:30am start – Josie Dwight Trophy, Stableford followed by prizegiving.

Sun 24 Nov – Men’s Allprint Shootout – 9:30am

Sat 30 Nov – Men: Monthly Medal Finals Day, Others Par. Women: Summer Cup Round 1

Enjoy your golf.

Mid-Week Women Results – Sonia Brown

Tuesday 29^th October

BRIAR STEER TROPHY

COMBINED STABLEFORD WITH MIDWEEK MEN

1st     Alison Lynch & John Stevenson                      73 stb c/b

2nd   Kay Gilray & Jos Steetskamp                            73 stb c/b

3rd    Pam Hopkins & Dennis Longdon                     73 stb

4th    Lesley Hedges & David William-Jones           72 stb

TWOS:

# 3    Joan Pfahlert

#13   Lesley Hedges

#13   David William-Jones

#15   Ji Young Choi

NTP:

#6    Lynette Savage

#6    John Stevenson

9 Hole Women’s Results – Kay Worley

Wednesday 30^th October

Stableford 

1st        Robyn Ogle

2nd       Min Kim

Mid-Week Men’s Results – David Wiliams-Jones

Tuesday 29^th October

4BBB Par off White Tees

Perfect conditions for 43 players including a good number of ladies who were up for the challenge of playing off the white tees for once. Also, some excellent individual scores posted.

1st     +11    Paul Ren & Dave Lin

2nd     +9    Alf Hewitt & Jos Steetskamp

3rd      +9    Patrick Guo & Cyril White

4th      +9    Alan Dickson & Kim Dale

5th      +9    Trudi Hall & David Crombie

6th      +7    David Williams-Jones & Ted Zhang

Next games: Monday: Irish Stableford (plus Jackpot hole). Thursday: Stroke and first round of Putting Cup.