Manager's Message
Marcus Niles

Pink Ribbon Breakfast
We are proudly hosting this awesome fund-raiser for a fantastic cause on Sunday 7 May.  Note: Members price for golf is $5 (donation to charity)

For more information click here

Our Sue
Our wonderful Sue is taking a bit of time off.  She has a medical issue to deal with, and will need to have a couple of months off to recover.  We wish her the best and look forward to welcoming her back when she is ready. 

In the meantime you will see some new (and some familiar faces) on the weekends.   Be nice to us as we try to fill some very big boots!

Captains Corner
Gail Nicholls

ROSIE TRAY TOURNAMENT – ANZAC DAY (WAITLIST)

Festivities begin at 11.00am with bubbles and nibbles.
Check in at the Starter’s Office by 11.30am.
COST: $10 each – includes two’s

Separate Ladies and Men’s Divisions with the top scoring mixed pair winning the Rosie Tray.

Generous Raffle Prizes - $2 each or 3 tickets for $5.

If, due to illness or other unforeseen circumstances, you are unable to play, please let the office know as soon as possible.

Vets Vibes
Ross Milne

Wednesday  - recap
This was a combined event involving both a SUNVIEW stroke play round and the usual Stableford Competition. Vets policy is that individual winners can only be awarded one prize – in one or the other event.

On that basis the Stableford winners for the day were:
Div 1
Steve Ingall                                                   41 points
Someone Milne                                           41  “
Neil Kenny                                                   38   “
(Des Hammond came out on top, also with 41 but had been recognised as the day’s winner for his SUNVIEW round – top performance all the same)

Div 2
Brian Barnes                                               42 points  ( great effort Barnie)
Ed (Canterbury’s pin up boy)  Coop      41     “
Barry Whitely                                             39     “

Well done to Starters, Office Computer Whizz and Comperes. Difficult set up incorporating various events but went well.

A belated acknowledgement to Brian Currie who had a prize winning round earlier which I overlooked. We don’t win out of turn so nice to be recognised.

Coming Events and Dates
Quads – 2nd Round - Mt Maunganui    15th May
(Entry form posted in locker room and numbers filling very quickly. Great to see the level of interest shown in this tournament)

BOP Vets - Ohope  1st May
Entry form is in locker room. Entries close off next Wednesday 26th April when I forward details to organisers. Pretty challenging “links style” course but well worth considering.

BOP Vets - Interprovincial Challenge – Waikato v BOP - Putaruru  29th May
Al Thompson has already emailed details out.  We have two or three already confirmed but entries close off tomorrow evening.  So I need to know asap if anyone else wishes to make the field.

Bon Voyage
Safe travels to Al and Sue Thompson off to Europe on sightseeing and cycling adventure for a couple of months.

Also our “Rules Guru” James Alexander flew out yesterday to UK to link up with golfing colleagues on a tour of Wales and also to attend the centenary celebrations of the school he attended ( a little time ago to be fair)  Stowe School.  A beautiful establishment featuring magnificent buildings and grounds

9 Hole Ladies
Astrid Martin

Our interclub team consisting of Robyn King, Astrid Martin, Marg Griffiths and Mary Jane Leuch had another successful day at Omanu on Monday, beating their opponents Ohope and after 2 rounds currently sit top of the table! Great result ladies, keep up the the stellar play.

This week was the first of Matchplay champs, and the rain stayed away for the day which was much appreciated. 

Winners and moving into the next round:
Robyn King
Marg Griffiths
Colleen Blair
Yvonne Hoskins
Rohanne Hancock
Jacqui Crossfield
Trish Fecklington
Debbie Hardaker
Robyn Lamborn
Ali Howarth
Bev Hansen
Chris Kelly
Diana O'brien
Carol Holmes

Fantastic turnout for this event and congratulations to our winners.

9 Hole Men
Fred Hartley

Men's Nine Hole Golf, Thursday 20th April.

Round No 1 Strokeplay Championships, winning scores:-
Division 1           Lawson Stewart             41         gross.
                            Tom Hansen                    41
                            Kevin Bowick                 42
                            Allan Winter                    44

Division 2            Jim Avis                           49        gross
                            Phil Stanbury                    50
                            Colin Griffiths                   50
                            Spencer Tankard                53

Programme:     27th April, Round No 2. Division 1 on Back Nine, Division 2 Front Nine.                           
If two or more players in each division are tied on the gross for the two rounds, a playoff will be necessary on the Back Nine to complete the entry  details for the upcoming Matchplay draw.

Men's World
John 'Swampy' Marsh

It’s Matchplay time and the Draw is posted. Make sure you arrive early.

Draw for $250 this week, remember you must be in the clubhouse to collect.

Please let Steve Davis or Tony Allport know the result of your matches if you play midweek

The Draw is displayed next to the computers in the clubhouse, and can be found on our website.  Click here for the draws

Good luck to all the players contesting the match play.

Women's World
Debbie Clark

Haggle Winners
Saturday 15th  April
1st         Debbie Clark                    41pts
2nd       Chrissy Anderson            38pts
3rd        Paulette Day                    38pts

Tuesday 18th April
1st         Dawn Rumney                40pts
2nd       Diana Price                      38pts
3rd        Janice Murray                 37pts

Nancy MacCormick Foursomes over 36 holes
1st Lois Amaru & Maria King                                           139net
2nd Celia Crawshaw & Zoe Baguley-Skayman              139net
3rd Wendy Harris & Sue Thomson                                 142net
These results remained the top three finishers.

Anya Apanui
Bay of Plenty has just won the Junior Girls Quadrangular, played between the Bay, Auckland, Waikato and a mixed team, at the Rotorua Golf Club. Our own Anya Apanui played number 2 in the team and recorded 2 wins and a loss. She is playing very consistent, high quality golf at the moment, scoring a run of 76s in this tournament.

Caitlin Maurice
The Sacramento State women’s golf team has just won the Big Sky Championship in Arizona. It was their fifth win of the season, and the 4th in a row for Sacramento State. And OUR Caitlin totalled 69-66-76-211 to win the individual title by one stroke! The victory is the first of her career, playing college golf in the USA, and led to her being named in the all-tournament team.

Presidents Message
John ' Swampy' Marsh

A big thank you to all our members who supported the annual Eagles/Halberg Trust raffle, who bought tickets.

A big shout out to our volunteer mower members, they keep our course looking sharp every week. (you know who you are)

Our stockpile at No 4 should start growing soon, Omokoroa Carriers have got the contract and will be delivering to site.

Friday Haggle
Terry Golder

14 April 2023
Div 1.   Fintan Downes               42
Rod Murray                                  42
Ian Howells                                  41

Div 2.   Mike Berry                       41
Bob Duckworth                           40
Lois Amaru                                   39