Manager's Message
Marcus Niles

Course Maintenance Week
Next week the greens staff will be conducting a maintenance week.  They will be coring the green surrounds and aprons along with a few other jobs

The course will be open for golf, but there will be no competition play, and bookings are essential.  Bear in mind you may be asked to pick up on a hole if the green is inaccessible.

The office, kitchen and bar will be open as normal.  You are welcome to come and play golf, so please book in online or in the office if you wish to play.  There will be plenty of activity and machinery on the course so please give the guys consideration, be patient, and stay clear. 

Championship Pennants Playoff
Our Mens Championship team has a playoff at OGC next Sunday 4 SEP.  They need to win this tie to stay in the top division.  Tee off for the first round is 8am, so come on down to support the lads.

9 Hole Men
Spencer Tankard

With afternoon rain threatening 26 of us got away in good time to complete the three competitions on todays slate.  We beat the rain, only just!

The competitions were Shootout Round 3, Net Trophy Round 3 and Putting Trophy Round 3 and the format was Net.

The Haggle prizes were awarded as follows:

Division 1: (on count back)
Tom Hansen                       36
Allan Hoskins                     36
Trevor Smith                      36

Division 2: (on count back)
Spencer Tankard              33
Denis Douglas                    33
Horton Schofield              34

Allan Hoskins, Trevor Smith, John Carmichael, Kevin Bowick and Frank Brown, all on 16 Putts, took away the day’s Putting prize money.

Raffle prizes went to Trevor Smith, Richard Still and Spencer Tankard.
Congratulations to all the winners.

Men's World
Hugh Clark

Annan Law Saturday Men’s Club Day
This week we play the second round of the Club Strokeplay Championships. After the weather disruptions, hopefully we’ll get the next 3 rounds completed without interruption. For the 3rd and 4th rounds, all competitors must tee off in the afternoon session. We will organise the playing groups as they are placed on the leaderboards of the different divisions. 

Golf Computer Training Session
The tutorial hui to be run by Tony Allport will be held soon with a handful of people enrolled so far. We would still like to have a bigger pool of members to be able process the cards after play, so please give your names to me if you are interested. 

Halberg Disability Sport Foundation Event
This annual competition hosted by the Eagles is to be held on Monday 10th October at Omanu Golf Course. There is a prize table in excess of $5000 and great sponsorship. There are both team and individual competitions for all competitors as well as a buffet meal included in the entry fee of $50.

See the Flyer on the  notice boards for details.

The Eagles Golfing Society were formed many years ago to promote golf and fellowship, have groups throughout New Zealand. Traditionally members were invited to join after having a proven contribution to their local Club, but with older members falling away, the Eagles are keen to get more players involved. Anybody interested in joining the Eagles, please speak to Swampy, Kevin Donald, Brian Page, Brian Currie or myself. There is a calendar of Events, at Courses all over NZ which the Eagles run. Money is raised for Junior Golf and the Halberg Trust. I have been a member for three years and Debbie and I have thoroughly enjoyed the Eagles competitions.

Women's World
Diana Price

This month we seem to have spent more days indoors than outdoors. Despite these weather conditions the ladies have continued with their competitions to the best of the conditions. I believe patience is required for some of the full fields we are playing on Saturdays and Tuesdays. The tee times are full so let’s all remember who is playing their competitions of the day. Rule 6-7 states that a golfer must play a shot “without undue delay.” The same rule for the players who’ve just completed a hole (other than the 18th), stating that they must proceed to the next tee to continue their round and not “unduly delay play.” 

With the softer greens we are taking more care to repair our pitch marks and not leave it for someone else. Good to see ladies. Thank you to the greenkeepers who have got them up to a good speed.

Finally the ladies have managed to compete for our prestigious 2022 Matchplay Championship Trophies. The Silver and Bronze 1 played 36 holes on a Sunday with some great support from the ladies in heavy  conditions. The Bronze 2, 3 and 4 divisions played theirs on a sunny day but also in heavy conditions. Congratulations go to the following;

Silver winner is Kellie Orchard. Runner up Donna Dyer
Bronze 1 is Lynda Smith.  Runner up Janice Bell
Bronze 2 is Diana Price.  Runner up Judy Lewer
Bronze 3 is Mary Findlay.  Runner up Margaret Findsen

Also The August LGU Results are as follows-
Silver- Maxine Cotter, Bronze 1 Debbie Clarke, Bronze 2 Dee Mc Crea, Bronze 3 Julie Howard, Bronze 4 Margaret Findsen.

Vets Vibes
Scott Gwynne

The Week That Was
On Wednesday we had a fine day, the course was open, carts were allowed, and we had a great turn out of players.  A special mention to the number of ladies who supported the Vet’s haggle on Wednesday – 19 in all.  Well done ladies.

Vet’s Annual General Meeting
The Vets AGM is scheduled for Wednesday the 12th of October after golf.

November 3 Day Mixed Pairs Tournament
Just a hand full of available spaces left now in this Omokoroa Country Estate sponsored tournament.  Don’t be dusappointed.  Numbers will be limited to 64 pairs due to the tournament format being matchplay.

Dates to keep in mind
31 August – NO VET’S CLUB DAY DUE TO COURSE MAINTENANCE
7 Sept – Club Day and Western Tray Matchplay - Qualifying
14 Sept – Club Day and final round of Sunvue Strokeplay Championship.
21 Sept – Club Day and 1st round of Western Tray Matchplay Championship
28 Sept– Club Day, 2nd round of Western Tray Matchplay and 1st round of Western Plate Matchplay
3 October – Vet Men’s Quads at Omokoroa
5 October – Club Day and Matchplay Quarterfinals
12 October – Vet’s Annual General Meeting
19 October - Club Day and Matchplay Semi-finals
19 October – Final Round of Shootout qualifying
26 October Club Day and Matchplay Finals
31 October – Vet’s Visit to Waihi – McLean Cup
6/17/18 November – 3 Day Omokoroa Country Estate sponsored Mixed Pairs Matchplay Tournament

Results – Wednesday 24 September
Sunvue Strokeplay Championship Rd 3
Ladies – 1st Sue Thomson 90, 2nd Maria King 96, 3rd Jessie Savage 96.
Men, Division 1 – 1st Keith Roberts 81, 2nd Rob Mitford-Burgess 82, 3rd Graeme Davis 83
Division 2 – 1st Ian Howells 89, 2nd Des Hammond 89, 3rd George Griffin 91
Division 3 – 1st Ian Jory 97, 2nd Scott Gwynne 98, 3rd Willem Potze 98.  

New Members
We seem to have several new members playing Vet’s golf. 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 about upcoming events and the like, give me a call or text me on 02102242799 or email Scott at vetsgolfomokoroa@gmail.com 

Our wonderful major sponsor Omokoroa Country Estate invites you to:

'DIVAS AND DIAMONDS'

Barbie Davidson & Glyn Tucker with SPECIAL GUEST Gray Bartlett.

Singing Pop Hits of 60’s – 80’s including:
Neil Diamond
Glen Campbell
Gene Ptiney
Dean Martin and more

OMOKOROA COUNTRY ESTATE
18 September at 2.00pm
Tickets at reception $25.00