Manager's Message
Marcus Niles

Happy New Year!!  I managed to get a week off to spend at the lake/beach to enjoy this wonderful weather we have been having!  It was cool to come back and see the course in such great condition leading into our two big events for the year.

Omokoroa Open/5 Course Classic
This weekend we have our Open, which is immediately followed by the 5 Course Classic.  The greens staff and volunteers have been very busy presenting our course for the influx of visitors, and its looking awesome! 
During these events the Practice Fairway will be closed while golfers are on the course.

Course Master Plan
Further to the Board News a few weeks ago…
Following a recommendation from the Course Advisory Group, the Board has commissioned Phil Tataurangi to assist us with the preparation of a Course Masterplan.  This initiative is also part of the club’s Strategic Plan.  The plan will help guide future works on the course, and ensure any current works are coordinated and considered.  We stress that there is no intention of undertaking a major re-development of the course, but rather we will look at options for specific tweaks that will enhance our course and improve the golfing experience for both members and visitors.  It is intended that Phil Tataurangi will present the proposal to the membership at the June AGM. 

Captains Corner
Daryl Muir

Happy New Year to all our Club Members and families.

A very busy holiday period for the club with a large number of visitors over the holiday period to date.

The feedback on the course and facilities has been very good with many very surprised at our little jewel here at Omokoroa.

The New Years Eve Tournament had a field of 104 and visitors and the Foursomes with a Twist was very well received.  A big thanks to Fresh Choice for their sponsorship and also the wonderful gift baskets they put together for the prize table.  It really was a great sight.  Forty baskets plus wine and biscuit assortments were distributed.

Also many thanks to Ben from Bethlehem Butchery for his support with the meat raffles and thanks to Swampy for his hard work selling all the tickets.

Opening Day – Sunday 4^th February 2024

Our next club event is Opening Day on Sunday 4^th February with a 9.30am shotgun start.  Ambrose teams of 4 – stableford.  Start Sheet is in the office, $15.00 per person, please pay at the office.

Breakfast will be provided free of charge at 8.30 am – English muffin with bubbles.  See you all there.  This event is sponsored by The Clubroom.

Elvis Night – Saturday 24^th February 2024

We have now finalised the dinner and stage and the cost will be $50.00 per head.  Dinner is included and commences at 6pm with the show starting at 7.30pm sharp. 

Please note if you wish to bring friends and family who are not club members they will need to pay a further $10.00 per person to become a social member of the Club.

There will be 148 tickets on sale at the office from Thursday 18^th January.  This show comes with great endorsements so should be a great night, your support means further events in the future.

Finally good luck to all who are playing over the next 7 days in both the Omokoroa Open and the 5 Course Classic.

9 Hole Men
Fred Hartley

Men’s Nine Hole Golf, Thursday 11^th January 2024
There may well be a few players who will continue in the weeks ahead with ‘4 clubs and a putter’, judging by the scores on this first game of the year.

Winning Stableford scores:-
Division 1         Bruce Hickman        21 points
                           Allan Hoskins          20 points      
                           Fred Hartley            19 points 
                           Miller Barmes         19 points   (c-back)
Division 2         Jim Avis                     24 points
                           Horton Schofield     21 points 
                           Gordon Lusby          21 points   (c-back)
                           Alan Poore               21 points   (c-back)

Programme- 18^th January, away game at Fairview, assemble 9.15am.

Twilight
By Pink Leow

Another lovely warm and sunny evening enjoyed by a very full field of 120 players. The competition format this week was combined Stableford “Power Play”, with each player selecting 3 holes where they doubled their score for that hole. Scoring was very good indeed with Jen Carter and Nicole Bridson, scoring a whopping 63 points - Nicole having her “best round ever”. Jen and Nicole only just won on a count back from Dee and Peter McCrea with Peter Cooke and Jacqui Pittendreigh 2 points further back. Not much change at the top of the season long leader board which can be found here. 8 more weeks to go to get in some good scores.

It was great to have many of our wonderful sponsors playing in the field. Ben Taylor from Bethlehem Butchery, Denise Langdon and Kim Buckley from PaR nz Golfing Holidays, Mike and Joann Deane from Mike Deane Motors and Nathan Lewis and Matt Groucott from One Staff Recruitment. We were only missing someone from The Clubroom.

Brittany and Ana were busy (and hot) in the kitchen and Eric Bucher was the lucky winner of the complementary dinner.

Vets Vibes
Scott Gwynne

Dates to keep in mind

There is NO Vet’s Haggle next week.  The course is required for the 5 Course Classic.

• 24 January     Vet’s Haggle  (Stableford)
• 31 January     Vet’s Haggle  (Nett)
•  7 February      Vet’s Haggle (Stableford & Outta the Blue Hidden Holes
• 12/13/14  February   3 Day Pairs

Thanks to Ian Howells for producing our 2024 Calendar on one sheet of paper.  There are copies in both Men’s and Ladies locker rooms.  Our calendar of course is subject to change, mostly due to the influence of foul weather.

Results

Results from 10 January’s Haggle were;

Outa the Blue Hidden Holes  (3,11,18) Tony Forder

Twos – Kellie Orchard, Keith Roberts. Rod Murray, Barry Moss, Mark Dodd

Irish Stableford, Division 1 – Tony Forder 86pts, Ross Capill 84, Rod Brown 80

                             Division 2  - Barry Whitely 89, Ian Graham 79, Roger Spence 77.

Best Gross Rounds for the Day - Keith Roberts & Kellie Orchard both with a score of 78.  Well done folks.

Three Day Pairs Event – 12/13/14 February

Thanks, one and all for your support of this popular annual event proudly sponsored again by Omokoroa Country Estate.  The event is now closed to any additional entries, but I will take one or two ‘reserve entries’ from local members.

New Members

Welcome to two new members,  Elva Travers and Paul Kasper.

 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

President's Message
John 'Swampy' Marsh

Hello all members, a very happy New Year to you.  I hope you had a great feastive season.  Looking forward to another busy year of golf.

We have a busy weekend, with our Omokoroa Open on Saturday and Sunday, followed by the 5 Course Classic sponsored by Barfoot and Thompson.  Good luck to all players.

Smokers please put butts in ash trays supplied outside.

Big shout out to Roger Pace for grooming No 4 tee garden, to KD and Pagey for trimming the hedges and to John Holloway for replacing pegs around the course.  Thanks to Colin Gee and Howard North along with Rob Mitford-Burgess for volunteer mowing.

The course is looking fantastic.  Thank you to Nathan and his team.