Whakatane Golf Club News

Well what a day, this is my favorite day on the calendar; it is such a social and enjoyable day, with events on many holes that will be talked about for time to come. Congratulations to Andrew Hamilton for winning.
To all that saw me bouncing balls off trees and them ending up on the greens, putting balls out of bounds and living to the end, I hoped you enjoyed the entertainment.
The unlucky person to be knocked out on the first hole was Colin Brown, after a chip off involving the top qualifier Mark Kershaw who was under the pressure, from his syndicate.
2nd Hole Butler Brown
3rd Hole Steven Yule (previous year’s top qualifier and champion)
4th Hole John Banbury
5th Hole Ivan Godfrey
6th Hole Ryan Maxwell
7th Huck Johnson
8th Brian Dunn
9th Ken Lynch
10th Tony Hall
11th Darryl McEwan
12th Kerr Aird
13th Mark Kershaw TQ
14th Clarke Baker
15th Jack Shapley
16th Jim Martin
17th Mark Badger
18th Richard Winslade
Winner Andrew Hamilton

Thanks to everyone that attended the AGM.

It was a good turn out, this as mentioned by other members is a reflection on how well the previous years mens commitee and myself as club captain are performing.

We discussed some important topics, things I thought we would be topical and provoked lengthy discussions.

The two main topics that were discusssed and we recevied feed back on was slow play and the introduction of more blue tees on the calendar for next year.

On slow play we will be introducing penalties for people caught playing slow. We the incoming committee will need to discuss how this can be implemented. But suggestions from the floor will be to have someone in a cart out on the course monitoring slow play. They will have the authority to give people a hurry up and submit stroke penaltys or ask people to move to the next hole.

Blue Tees, and the introduction of more of them on our saturdays was well received, we did have some objections but overall I felt members were open to the idea. Considering that juniors are only looking at 50% of saturdays off the blues and intermediate and seniors 65% this might have something to do with it. This has been called for in previous years and Me in my final year as Club Captain have decided to run with it and see how it works. I would encourage all members to give it a go and we will reflect on it, and decide the outcome at the end of the 09 years calendar.

To my mens committee from 08 who are no longer on the committee, Mark kershaw, Ken Lynch, John Scott, Barney Gray, Colin Brown, thankyou for your support. To the incoming committee, Daryl McEwan, Mark Badger, Ned Kerekere, Russell Nichol, Stuart Milne and Tony Hall, thankyou for Volunteering and I look forward to working with you over the next year.

Richard Winslade

Whakatane Golf Club Happenings
Whakatane Golf Club Mens Competition on Saturday 25th October was the 8th & Final Liquor King Shootout Round. The Best 4 Nett Scores from a possible 8 rounds to qualify. Here are the top Qualifiers who will play off this Sunday 2nd November Men Teeing off at 9:30 ladies 8:30
1st Mark Kershaw 273
2nd Mark Badger 276
3rd Kerr Aird 280
4th Ken Lynch 282
5th Ryan Maxwell 282
6th Huck Johnson 283
7th Ivan Godfrey 284
8th Clarke Baker 284
9th Boydie Hakiaha 284
10th Stephen Yule 284
11th Richard Winslade 285
12th John Banbury 286
13th Butler Brown 286
14th Darryl McEwan 286
15th Philip McEwan 286
16th Andrew Hamilton 287
17th Tony Hall 290
18th Jim Martin 290
19th Jack Shapley 291
1st Reserve Colin Brown 291
2nd Reserve Brian Dunn 291

Monday 27th October Labour Day Open Tournament saw 74 entrants participating in very nice conditions with visitors coming from Ohope, Opotiki, Omanu, Te Teko, Fitzroy, Hauraki, Carterton, Ngaruawahia, Turangi and Napier. Many thanks to Lion Nathan, our long-time Sponsor.
Ladies Division: 1st Gaye Willetts (Ohope) 38 stb c/b, 2nd Jenny Shaw 38, 3rd Nettie Keepa (Te Teko) 37, 4th Bo Holmes 37, 5th Evelyn Tutua 36, 6th Judy Bensemann 36, 7th Lois Moyes 35, 8th Andrea Kerekere 34, 9th Hilary Corbett. Longest Drive: Betty-Jo Porter.
Mens Division 1: 1st Charlie Hayes (Opotiki) 39, 2nd Michael Gassner 38, 3rd Jaye Miller 38, 4th Ormsby Barrett (Ngaruawahia) 38, 5th Peter Mexted 38, 6th Kris Gundersen 37, 7th Richard Wharton (Turangi) 36, 8th Paul Porter 35, 9th Peter Bannister (Napier) 35. Longest Drive: Kris Gundersen.
Mens Division 2: 1st Tony Hill 39, 2nd John Galbraith 38, 3rd Dave Steel 38, 4th Ken Lynch 37, 5th Stephen Yule 36, 6th Larry Burt 35, 7th Bob Logan (Hauraki) 35, 8th Andrew Smit 35, 9th Erling Jensen 35. Longest Drive: Paul Nicholas.
Mens Division 3: 1st Bob Byrne 42, 2nd Les Maynard 37, 3rd Neil Addis (Omanu) 37, 4th Rod Young 35, 5th Glen Siffleet (Fitzroy) 34, 6th Jim Fox 34, 7th Colin Brown 33, 8th Ned Kerekere 32, 9th Merve Meiring 32. Longest Drive: Merve Meiring

This Weeks Events
Saturday 1st Mens BBQ 10.30am, AGM 11.00am, Ambrose Haggle Teams of 4 - $10 Entry Fee per person, Shotgun Start at 12.30pm
Sunday 2nd Nov Club Shootout Final
Sponsored by: Liquor King
Tuesday 4th 9-Hole Ladies Melbourne Cup Ambrose with 9-Hole Men
Wednesday 5th 18-Hole Ladies Prizegiving and Closing Day
Thursday 6th Thursday Mens Golf - please phone Pro Shoppe to book 308 7921

Coming Events
Saturday 8th Nov Course Closed - NZ Citizen’s Club Course Hire
Sunday 9th Nov Members Turkey Tournament - Shotgun Start at 12.30pm
Sponsored by: Whakatane New World
Saturday 15th Nov 18-Hole Ladies Christmas Tournament
Sponsored by: Whakatane New World

Shoot out this sunday November 2nd Tee time TBC

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1 273 KERSHAW Mark 71 71 67 64
2 276 BADGER Mark 65 74 69 68
3 280 AIRD Kerr 68 70 71 71
4 282 LYNCH Ken 72 74 67 69
282 MAXWELL Ryan 67 72 72 71
6 283 JOHNSON HOWARD 73 75 71 64
7 284 GODFREY Ivan 71 70 75 68
284 BAKER Clarke 70 69 74 71
284 HAKIAHA Boydie 72 71 69 72
284 YULE Stephen 74 72 66 72
11 285 WINSLADE Richard 71 72 74 68
12 286 BANBURY John 71 74 74 67
286 BROWN Butler 72 72 71 71
286 MCEWAN Darryl 71 68 73 74
286 MCEWAN Philip 71 67 69 79
16 287 HAMILTON Andrew George 66 71 75 75
17 290 HALL Tony 74 71 72 73
290 MARTIN Jim 68 72 75 75
19 291 SHAPLEY Jack 72 75 73 71

1st Reserve 291 BROWN Colin 75 71 74 71
2nd Reserve 291 DUNN Brian 75 73 71 72

Whakatane Golf Club Mens Competition on Saturday 18th October was the Peace Cup & Tom Burke Memorial Shield Round Semi-Finals, sponsored by: Buddle, Bentley, Tweed.
Finals took place on Sunday 19th October.
Peace Cup Division Winners: Club Captain Richard Winslade & Mark Kershaw
Peace Cup Plate: Tony Hall and Clarke Baker

Tom Burke Memorial Sheild Division Winners: Graeme Jillett & Jack Lawson

This Weeks Events
Saturday 25th Mens Stableford Haggle + 8th & Final Round Shootout
Sponsored by: Liquor King
Monday 27th Mixed Open Labour Day Tournament
Rolling Start 10.30am-12.30pm
Sponsored by: Lion Nathan
Tuesday 28th 9-Hole Ladies All Irons + AGM
DAY 1 - Vets 4-Day Tournament 11.00am Start
Wednesday 29th 18-Hole Ladies Joyce Mahy Memorial Tournament
8am for 8.30am Card Draw
Sponsored by: Mrs Lorraine Steel
DAY 2 - Vets 4-Day Tournament 11.00am Start
Ladies AGM at 6.00pm
Thursday 30th DAY 3 - Vets 4-Day Tournament 8.00am Start
Thursday Mens Golf - please phone Pro Shoppe to book 308 7921
Friday 31st FINAL DAY Vets 4-Day Tournament 8.00am Start

Coming Events
Sunday 2nd Nov Club Shootout Final
Sponsored by: Liquor King
Saturday 8th Nov Course Closed - NZ Citizen’s Club Course Hire
Sunday 9th Nov Members Turkey Tournament - Shotgun Start at 12.30pm
Sponsored by: Whakatane New World
Saturday 15th Nov 18-Hole Ladies Christmas Tournament
Sponsored by: Whakatane New World