Just a quick note regarding the fallen trees on the course. We have two quotes:
1. $13,000
2. $16,000

With both these quotes, large and heavy machinery is involved.  We are still waiting for the insurance company to give us the go ahead.  Had we just gone ahead and done the clean-up, without this approval, the club may have been left with the bill.  We have a plan B , which involves large and heavy machinery, and numerous working bees.

Regards

Another beautiful sunny evening enjoyed by 76 players on Wednesday. The competition this week was combined
nett which clearly suited some pairs more than others. Winners on the night were George Brodie and Sam Bartosh with a very impressive nett 66. They were followed by Vince and Raewyn Stanaway and Mike and Joanne Dean both with nett 69. Big movers on the overall leader board were Mike and Joanne who are now in 3^rd place overall. Keith and Kerry maintain a one point lead at the top over Brett and Brad.

Next week will be the final round of twilight for this season (weather permitting). Please wear BRIGHT red for the occasion. In addition to the usual meat pack prizes there will also be wine prizes for nearest to the pin and the longest putt. 

Don’t worry if you are not at the top of the overall leader board – prizes should go down quite a way. This is thanks to the generosity of the our wonderful sponsors:- The Clubroom, Par NZ Golfing Holidays and Bethlehem Butchery.

Dinner was a fabulous meatballs and spaghetti dish with green salad which really went down very well with everyone. The lucky winner of the free dinner (courtesy of Trudie) was Peter Tetzlaff. 

The draw for next Wednesday along with playing format will be sent out on Monday – accompanied by the dinner menu.

Annan Law Saturday Men's Club Day

We continue with the round of 16 In the four divisions of our Club Matchplay Championships this Saturday. The tee times for the competitors has been sent out and and be seen on the Club website.
Good luck to those still in the draw.

Pennants Interclub 

Our Intermediates had a win over the Mount Club on Sunday by 5.5 - 3.5 with Andy Kirk and Stu Rae having wins in the singles. The Juniors had a convincing victory over Tauranga by 7.5 - 1.5. The squad of Liam Farrell, Mick Charlton, Jean-Marc Colomar, Marty Jordan, Vince Stanaway, John  Vartha, Zach  Graham and Peter Stallard are performing very well.

The Championship Team play in Taupo against Rotorua this Sunday and the Juniors are up against Fairview at the Otumoetai Club. We wish both teams luck.

27 good keen men showed up for yesterday’s Net Competition and the first round of this year’s Shootout.

The usual suspects came to the fore with some good scoring, especially on the Back 9. Not much else to report as I wasn’t there but I can say that Tom Hansen has already set an impressive bar for the Player of the Year Trophy with his 39 gross on the Back 9. Can he better that on the Front 9??
Tom capped that off with a 2 on #11 matched only by Chris Lynch, also on #11.
A special shout out to Vic Sterling who returned to the fold after recovering from the misfortunes that beset him in 2021. Wonderful to have you back Vic and we can all hope for that a much happier 2022 comes your way.

The Haggle prizes for the Net Competition went to:

Division 1:
Tom Hansen                                       33
Chris Lynch                                         34          
Frank Baggenstos                            35
Lynton Holmes                  36

Division 2:
Bruce Baggenstos                            35
David Bennett                                   35
Bruce Blair                                           36
Jerry Walker                                       37

The boys lucked out on the Raffle prizes with all winnings going to the Ladies who bought up all the numbers that the honourable gentlemen discarded.
Winners were: Carol Holmes - Chicken, Ali Howarth - $10 and Robin Lusby - Wine. The girls have all the luck!

Next week, 10th March we play the Stableford Competition-Round 1 and the Putting Competition- Round 1.
Let’s have a good turnout while the fairways are running! It’s your chance to take on Tom Hansen for Player of the Year!

Our world is definitely growing in playing numbers. With the weather behaving very well let’s hope we continue to enjoy our golf day with high numbers of players as well as good scoring. 

Results of 1 March Stableford Haggle –
Divison One: 1st  Zoe Baguley-Skayman 2nd Debbie Clark 3rd Billie Jo Simmons
Division 2: 1st Jenny Davies 2nd Brenda Arnesen 3rd Janice Murray.

Our BOP Strokeplay Pennants begin on Monday and we wish our team of Silver Division- Barbara Aitken, Janice Bell, Christine Milward and Bronze Division- Rose Thompson, Rae Milne and Cathy Berry all the best. They are playing at Otumoetai.

Also remember to get behind our Ladies Easter Tournament on Monday, 28 March.

Also  apologies to Barbara Ellingford who  had a net 68 on the 25 February. (I left her out)Well done Barbara

The Week Just Passed.

A shoutout this week to the men who headed over to Tauranga on Monday for the Omokoroa Country Estate sponsored Quad’s tournament.  Contested by the three city clubs and Omokoroa, the team finished a meritorious second behind the team with home advantage.  Congrats to Alan Nicholls for leading Omokoroa’s charge.

Results

Quad’s at Tauranga

Alan Nicholls 3rd 37pts. Ron Deadman 5th 37pts and Sunny Tay 35pts

Wednesday’s Haggle Results

Ladies – 1st Lois Amaru Net 70, 2nd Lesley Sutherland 71, 3rd Anne Cable 72
Men Div 1 – 1st Rob Mitford Burgess Net 70, 2nd John Vartha 71, 3rd Evan Aitken 72
Div 2 – 1st Ken Joyce Net 67, 2nd Terry Golder 68, 3rd Bob Duckworth 70

Events coming up

Events that people may be interested in:

Wed 9 March – Vet’s Club Day, Stableford & Round 3 of the Naked Meats Shootout

Sue Waller and Ian Graham are still taking entries for the Naked Meats Shootout.  See them with your $20.00 entry fee in hand.

Another Reminder

Our Captain doesn’t enjoy disqualifying players from the Haggle’s so please remember to sign your card and to also check that the scores you are entering into the computer are the same as on your card.

New Members.

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, or you want to receive the occasional email I send to Vet’s players, give me a call on 02102242799 or email me at vetsgolfomokoroa@gmail.com