Dear Members

Well Autumn has certainly arrived with some very cool temperatures.  Although the rain during the week was much needed, it affected the Ladies midweek and Twilight golf.

An updated Club Programme has been sent out by email and included on the website.  The changes are mainly related to the Barron Pot.

Results for last week:

Tuesday:Monkey’s Mob: 16 starters with only 10 finishing.  
Rimas Maciulaitis 35, Eric Baynton, John Price, John Murray 33.  
WednesdayLadies Midweek –   Cancelled due to the weather.  
Thursday
Vets 		The course was busy with not only the Vets with a field of 39, but the club hosting the first round of a two-day South Island Post Office Tournament.

Ladies 9 Hole – Pennie Wilson 18.  

18-hole – a unisex event this week!  
Terry Clark 41, Rod Ensor 39, John Murray, Neville Smith, Judy York, Colin Mulqueen 38, Phil Newman (The Pines), Robbie Franklin 37. CTP – Rimas.
 

Saturday:		Ladies – Matchplay, enjoyed by all.  
Gabrielle Young 10.5/Frances Tapiata 7.5, Judy Hickey 10.5/Lyn Schott 7.5, Ange Van Rooyen 13/Judy York 5, Jill Carpinter10.5/Chrissie Mackie 7.5.

Men – Stableford with numbers boosted with a group booking from Pegasus and various other clubs.
Ted Howard, Paul Bradshaw (Mt Nessing) 39, Brent Flintoff (Kaiapoi) 38, Gary Willoughby (Mt Nessing) 37, Phil Johns (Waimairi), Peter Harvey, Ray Canavan 35.
Two’s – No. 4 -Ben Young and Mike Tuuta both from Kaiapoi.
 
Sunday:Templeton Cup was played here, well done to our team Yellow having a 5/1 win against Hawarden, team Green unlucky with a 3.5/2.5 loss against Rangiora.  

The Men’s Club Game was a Stableford  
Kevin Genet 39, Rick Hughes, Tony Nixon 35, Steve Rouse, Barrie Graham, John Price 34.

The Ladies Interclub Team were unlucky to lose by 1 point against Wairau Valley at Blenheim, but are now in 2nd place from Blenheim.    

This week’s programme:

TuesdayMonkey’s Mob – Stableford 11 am  
WednesdayLadies O’ConnorCup 1st round Nett, 10:30 am  
ThursdayVets Stableford. – 18-hole, tee-off 11am, 9 hole 12 noon.  
FridayTwilight, 9 Holes – Stableford – Men’s and Ladies’, $5. 3:00 – 5:30pm tee off.  
Saturday12 Noon Ladies: 1st round Ryan Cup – Par Men: $5 haggle  
Sunday9-Holers 9:30am, Nett Men Stroke, 12 noon

Coming up:

  • Easter Tournament 30/31 March.
  • Baxter Cup, Saturday, 13th April – Mixed Pairs, combined net, 8 to qualify then match play, so please find a partner.
  • Cancer Society Tournament 20 April

That’s it from me.

Karin