9 Hole Ladies
Astrid Martin

While most of us struggled with the windy conditions today, there were a few who relished them and had great scores!

Round 3 summer cup - stableford

1st = Judith Eaton & Gail Latham            22 points
3rd = Dianne Mahony & Lyn Harrison    20 points

Excellent effort ladies, congratulations!

We said thank you to our recent convenor, Lyn Harrison today, and presented her with a beautiful orchid plant and a voucher. You have been an amazing leader for your 9 hole group Lyn, and now you can look forward to seeing your H/C come down..... especially after todays round!

This quote is for you Lyn

"As you grow older, you realise there is a role for everyone you meet in life.  Some will test you, some will use you, some will love you and some will teach you.  But the ones who are truly important, are the ones who bring out the best in you.  They are the rare, and amazing people!"

Happy golfing everyone.

9 Hole Men
Fred Hartley

Men's Nine Hole Golf, Thursday 14th December

Thirty-three regulars and everyone got a prize, some more than one, on a fast wicket with wind gusts to test the skills on this last ‘major’ of the year.

Top individual Stableford scores
Steve Crossfield            22       points
Gordon Lusby                21                
Tom Martin                    21
Allan Hoskins                 20
Followed by seven on 19 points….
Added Christmas prize goodies were available, won by:

                                              Front Nine                        Back Nine
Longest putt                             Steve Crossfield                John Cotton
Closest to pin                           Tom Hansen                      Bruce Baggenstos
Closest to fairway hoop          Steve Crossfield               Gordon Lusby

Next week:  A game of Five Colours. All will be explained at the 9am Roll-Up.

Twilight
Pink Leow

A blustery evening did not detract from some very good scoring. This week the format was Best Ball Nett and the winners on the day were Lynda Smith and Jean Marc Colmar who combined very well indeed to score a very impressive Nett 29. They only just won on a count back from Brian Taylor and Peter Robertshaw. In third place were Sharon Dobson and Pixie Lochhead  with a Nett 31 who also won on count back from Dee and Peter McCrea. The competition was very close with no fewer than 13 teams all returning a Nett score of 33.

Lynda Smith and Jean-Marc Colomar have jumped up the season long leader board.  

Wendy Harris is the lucky winner for the complimentary dinner courtesy of Brittany and Ana.

With the generosity of the sponsors (PaR n.z. Golfing Holidays and Mike Deane Motors), we were able to give out additional prizes. Many thanks again to our wonderful sponsors - Bethlehem Butchery, One Staff Recruitment, Mike Deane Motors and PaR n.z. Golfing Holidays and The Clubroom.

Twilight golf now takes a three weeks break over the festive season and will resume on January 10th. Many thanks to all the players who has supported the Twilight series and Jonathan and I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Vets Vibes
Scott Gwynne

Captains ‘Grumbles’

Thanks to all those members who played on Wednesday in the Christmas Hamper.  The feedback that I and other committee members have received from the majority, has been hugely positive.  However, the quote of Poet John Lydgate and adapted by President Lincoln… “You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time”….. is very apt.

And just one other grumble … but of reasonable significance and it relates to signing of cards.  My time of being the nice guy on this matter is over.  You will be DQ’d from the competition of the day from hereon in.

Dates to keep in mind

20 December – Closing Day / Cross Country

3 January – Opening Day (Irish Stableford)

Results – Christmas Hamper

Stableford Comp
Division 1
1^st   Alan Nicholls      42pts
2^nd  Michael Dow      42
3^rd   Geoff Gripton     31

Division 2
1^st  Anton Coetzee    41pts
2^nd  Roger Pace         41
3^rd  Frank Cable        39

Twos –  Geoff Gripton & Alan Thomson

New Members

Welcome to our 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 about upcoming events and the like, give me a call or text me on 02102242799 or email Scott at scott.j.gwynne@gmail.com

Friday Haggle
Terry Golder

8 December 2023 (67 entries)

Division 1
Jenny Shirley       45
Geoff Gripton     41
Neil Kenny           40

Division 2
Andrew Park        40
Bob Duckworth   38
Jo Jury                   37

Friday 15th December - Christmas Special Haggle.

President's Message
John 'Swampy' Marsh 

The Tee Markers are now complete. Thanks to John Crawshaw for supplying his gear, and to Richard Apanui, Ed Coop, Hugh Moleta for helping place and mix the concrete.

Well done to Scott Gwynne and his team for a superb Christmas Hamper. A Great Day.

Good to see the Green staff out playing the lovely course.