I’Anson Trohpy wrap up

The Weather Gods were good to us last Sunday with 108 players in the field. Many thanks to the 20 members who represented the club and congratulations to both Mark Dodd and Diane Hughes as our top Stableford scorers, winning big meat packs.

This tournament has been held annually in Omokoroa since 1981 and Swampy kindly gave all players the history of the tournament. The Tauranga team won the trophy after a long drought since 2003; Omokoroa team came 2^nd and the Mount came 3rd.

Thanks to all the helpers for the day which made it a very successful day.

WHS Handicap Playing table

The new WHS Handicap Playing Table is now available on the Notice Board by the Starter Office and outside the Ladies and Men’s room. You would have noticed your new playing handicap after some minor changes to our course rating.

We have also received from NZ Golf the suggested Stroke Index Value for each Hole based on the course rating. This will be reviewed with the Group Captains/convenors in August. We will need to play the new 8^th hole for a period of time before any Index changes are made.

Dancing shoes (23^rd July)

For those who have already booked and paid for your dinner with Jarrod on 23^rd July, Two’s company and friends have been practicing and are ready to entertain us on the night. So, time to look for your dancing shoes and practice your best moves!

Annan Law Saturday Men’s Club Day

This week the finals of the Handicap Matchplay are on with Ian Wade playing Ash Pennell in the Omokoroa Cup and Jonathan Lewis up against Alan Thomson in the Presidents Trophy. Well done to you all and may the best players win! All four go through into the Grand Slam Cup at the end of the year.

Also we play the Senior/ Junior Event over the next two weeks. The playing handicap cut off is 16 and under for Seniors and 17 and over for juniors. We would like you to play with your partners where possible and will try and match players without partners with someone when you register at the starters office. The event will be won by the pair with the best combined aggregate stableford scores for the two rounds.

There will be a lucky member draw of $250 for a player for someone at prize giving this Saturday.

Club Strokeplay Championships

This 72 hole Event takes place from the 31st July and continues over 4 Saturdays. Due to a serious decline in participation over the last two years when we played over consecutive weekends on Saturdays and Sundays, we have moved the playing dates to Saturdays only. There are four divisions with trophies to be won and a chance to get your name on the honours board.

A-One Kitchens and Interiors Shootout

In the last two weeks there has been some substantial movement of players trying to qualify for the end of year Shootout. Welcome to Hayden Nganeko who joined the pack chasing a spot last Saturday. Do check out the rankings as they stand and you may be surprised how you could climb up the rankings with one good score.

The Open

Like most of you I will be up to all hours watching the British Open from Thursday night. My pick to win is Mathew Fitzpatrick although I’ll be cheering the South Africans and Kiwis.

Tuesday Results

The sun shone, the birdies sang and 36 ladies enjoyed a rain-free LGU Round 6 and nett haggle. Division 1 winner was Libby Hobson (yes, the wanderer has returned) with a nett 74 on countback from Robyn Alabaster. Division 2 winner was Dawn Rumney, also with 74 and also on countback, this time from Maryanne McGarva.

Saturday Results

Saturday ladies also enjoyed a fine day for their LGU round and nett haggle. The winner was Dawn Rumney on 73 from Jo Jory on 74.

This Saturday

Caitlin Maurice will be playing in the Saturday ladies’ haggle this Saturday. A chance to say goodbye and wish her well before she heads for California.

LGU Results for July

Every month Ladies’ Golf Union buttons are awarded to the best Saturday/Tuesday player in each division. This month’s recipients are:-

Silver – Robyn Alabaster

Bronze 1 – Dawn Rumney

Bronze 2 – Pixie Lochhead

Bronze 3 – Maryanne McGarva

Business Ladies’ Pennants

After three rounds rained out, Saturday ladies finally got to play Pennants Matchplay, this time at Otumoetai. They finished 2nd overall which is a superb effort. Well done Dawn Rumney, Sue Thomson, Martina Keir and Chrissy Anderson.

Matchplay Championships

The finalists for Omokoroa Ladies Matchplay Championships are as follows:-

Silver: Sue Thomson v Anya Apanui

Silver Plate Final: Dawn Day v Cherry Reehal

Bronze 1 Final: Jenny Shirley v Chrissie Anderson

Bronze 1 Plate: Dee McCrea v Christine Millward

Congratulations everyone. Finals Day format and tee off times will be emailed to you and also posted on the noticeboard.

Wednesday the 21st of July

Next Wednesday's Vet’s competition is a Par event sponsored by Classic Builders, and the Naked Meat's Shootout continues.

Week just been

A gorgeous day for golf on Wednesday and again a field of 80 plus players.

The final round of the Strokeplay Championship was played, and special thanks goes to John Weatherley of Sunvue NZ for the support of his company for the 2021 Strokeplay champs. It was great to see John in the ‘House’ and for him to present the winners with their prizes. John’s offer to continue sponsorship of the competition for 2022, was graciously accepted by our Captain Ian Graham.

Now to the winners … Ladies Strokeplay champ for 2021 is Sue Thompson and Colin Gee for the Men. Congratulations to both of those players and also to Ross Milne and Larry Neilson the winners of the Men’s Division two and three, respectively.

On this coming Monday BOP Men’s Vet’s play their event at Omokoroa. A full field of 130 players will turn out, weather permitting.

The November 2021, three-day mixed pairs event is now open for entries. Check out nzvga.co.nz for the on-line entry form.

Events coming up

that people may be interested in -

- 19 July, BOP Vet's, Omokoroa.

- 21 July, Vet’s Haggle, Omokoroa.

- 4 October, Men’s Omokoroa Country Estate Quad’s, Omokoroa

- 17-18-19 November, 3-day mixed pairs, Match play, Omokoroa

If you are a new member of our Golf Club reading this newsletter – Welcome. If you want to play Vet’s Golf and haven’t done so yet, give me a call on 02102242799 or email me at vetsgolfomokoroa@gmail.com

Canadian Foursomes Haggle.
A beautiful sunny day greeted us on Thursday morning for our Canadian

Foursomes haggle. A lot of fun was had, some partners proved their

worth by getting others out of trouble, and one partnership scored a two

on 6th hole.

Wining partnership: Rohanne Hancock and Shirley Johnstone, runners up

Dot Bowdler and Ali Howarth.

Another fine winters morning a drew a good turnout of 32 keen golfers angling to make it through to the Shoot-out Final.

Remember that the top 10 in each division are eligible.

Format for the Shootout - Round 3 was Nett.

Round 3 top scorers were:

Division 1

Tom Hansen 35

Ken Hartley 35

Ted Parker 37

Lynton Holmes 37

Division 2

Barry O’Brien 33

Horton Schofield 34

Ian Rayson 34

Trevor Smith 35

2’s

Jim Avis on N°11

Denis Mason on N°4

Many of you have noted a subtle shift in your handicaps.

One or two of you seem to have migrated down a Division???

Also Division 1 has shrunk in size.

Whether or not that is a good thing or a bad thing is a question yet to be answered.

It does become a little bit problematic from the competition point of view for those of you recording scores in both divisions? Some consultation will be required.

Rating Experts have rated the course a little bit harder than previously meaning that you have all been playing better than you expected with the scores you have been achieving to date.

Next week we play Round 3 of the Stableford Cup Competition. This should prove a good test of everyone’s new handicaps.