Ladies Club Captain's Message

18, 9, 6 Holers

MAY MAY MAY

Its May and golf now starts at 10.00a.m as this hopefully avoids the frosts.

18 Holers Its all focus on championships this month. The draws are up and the first round must be played by Monday 10 May and the plate draws will go up on the Tuesday. These plates give people and especially those who are new to the game more match play. There is no excuses not to play your matches as we have known to keep May free and I’ve contacted those playing weekend people. Anyone who finds it all too much golf with pennant coming up on Monday I’m free to play in your place so no moaning. Great to see that all the silver division have booked their first round matches in for this Tuesday. Well done. Others should be making a tee booking for their matches as you do not have heaps of time. There are a few new players in the championships so as most of you have many years of experience hopefully you will use that and your wisdom and guide them along—they are our future. When playing your matches you can play the competition of the day as well. Draw has been emailed to you.

Tournaments- Kerr Cup May 7 and thanks to the following for playing-Miriam, Kath, Carol, Lois, Susan, House, Margaret, Morna, Jude, Chris, Wendy and Janet. Please bring a small plate for morning tea and a raffle.

Tokarahi. Morna and Donna went and had a great day out and said the food was amazing.

National Teams Friday 14 May. Our team that qualified and are representing us are Wendy Smith & Janet Rae and Kathy Williams & Claire Speirs.

Temuka Teams was attended by Natasha, Sharon and Julie winning a mystery prize. Enjoyed by all with some raffles collected.

Mayfield Thursday 6 May (Late entry Tuesday 9 holers )

TIMARU 9 HOLE TOURNAMENT 13 May Raffles for table and morning tea offers to make some muffins or loaf would be awesome.

Committee-Just a brief meeting after golf on Tuesday re Kerr cup just to check we are on track and all on the same page.

Sadies- Claire Edginton / Chris Darvell

Sixes Well done with your round robin matches, keep playing them .A good win to Gundy and Chris. Our silent communication on the notice bpard seems to be working!!!!!

Chairs A fabulous job done by a few nine holers and 18 holers. Much appreciated . I ‘m sure the people at the three upcoming tournaments people will enjoy the cleanliness. Thanks heaps. 
 
Coming Up 9 Holers Champ matches and Stableford (Front 9)

18 Holers Nancy Latimer Trophy ( Stableford )

Cheers Cath

9 Holers Results Net Birdie

Verna Parker 5, Annie Montgomerie 4, Sharon Smith 4, Julie Brown 4
Club Captain's Message
2nd round club champs to be completed Saturday 8th May. Any issues please phone Dave 027 282 6892

Lots of pitch marks & large divots on course on Saturday. Please repair

Thanks
 
Dave
Sunday Roast - 23rd May
Please see attached advert for the Sunday Roast on 23 May
Pro-Shop Closure
We have received notice today that Willie Moore is closing the Timaru GC arm of his business (please see attached) at the end of the month
 
We were disappointed to receive this notice without any warning/discussion, and the committee will be discussing options going forwards.
 
Should any members have any suggestions, please feel free to send them in to me 
Results
We are trialing a variation in how we publish results, and I would be keen to get feedback on what people think
 
There are a couple of reasons behind the change: firstly, getting the results in a sensible format that suits the newspapers and this email is exceedingly onerous - requiring copying, pasting and tweaking through four different software packages - all of which takes a long time (on average I would estimate it takes about 2-3 hours every week just doing the results).
 
Secondly, the results are available to all members via the website anyway (in the Members section, just click on the event you are interested in - if anyone needs help finding this, please let me know). 
 
Thirdly, there is a bit of duplication going on, which is a bit of a bug-bear of mine!
 
Again this is a trial, and we can go back to the old method if needs be, but I do need some feedback please (preferably polite, of course!)
 
Many thanks
 
Steve 
Results:
 
Ladies 9 Hole - see Ladies Captains Message 
 
Weds 28 Apr - Stableford
 
42 M Hervey
39 D Schrader
38 R Lawson (Geraldine), M Mayman
37 E Megaw, M Hogan, B McCully
36 J Weir, P Collins, J Yellowlees, R Hobbs
 
Twos:
 
4th Hole: Steve Compton
6th Hole: Stuart Chapman
12th Hole: Michael Mayman
15th Hole: Mike Hogan, Reigardt Du Plessis
 
Sat 1 May
 
Nancy Latimer Trophy - Stableford
 
28 J Rae
 
Stableford (Ladies 9 Hole)
 
Div 1 (0.0-20.4)
 
16 N Brown
 
Div 2 (20.5-54.0)
 
19 T Dovestone
17 J Brown
 
International Stableford (All welcome, particularly if you have a clue about how to score this)
 
14 D Sparks
10 B Taylor (Pleasant Point) 
9 T Leonard
8 M Mayman
7 G Morton
6 P Collins
5 G Gilbert, G Brown
4 D McEwing, R Newbigging
 
Twos:
 
4th Hole: Tony Shaw, Brian Leonard
12th Hole: Daniel Sparks, Don Deeks
 
Nearest the Pin:
 
Junior: Don Deeks
SEnior: Tim Leonard
Moore Golf: Not struck
 
Jackpot Hole: No 10 - Tim Leonard
 
 
 
 
Golf Media
Thu 29 Apr
 
NZ Golf Update:
 
https://nzgolfmagazine.co.nz/?na=v&nk=4242-cc26352de0&id=68
 
Sun 2 May
 
Pacific Golfer:
 
https://webmail.xtra.co.nz/appsuite/api/mail?action=get&view=document&forceImages=true&folder=default0%2FINBOX&id=70762&session=0fb1008755a04b838dc7ee631177abb1 
The Week Ahead

Tue

9:30am Ladies 9 Hole

Ladies 18 Hole

Wed

18 Holes Stableford – All welcome

Thurs

9:30am Ladies 9 Hole

Fri

Mens’ and Womens’ 9 Hole 9:30am.
Stableford/Par/Medal, teeing off on 1st or 10th Holes

Sat

9:30am Ladies 9 Hole

18 Holes Competition – All Welcome
...and finally
Short and sweet this week as I have been suffering from the lurgy(?) - my family went to Hanmer last Sunday for a bit of a family re-union, husbands excluded.  Of the 16 people there, 12 of them caught a bug that has been doing the rounds up there, and my wonderful children decided to bring it home to share with me. 
 
Children. The gifts that keep on giving.....
 
I would use this as an excuse for the quality of my game today (Dave Switalla and I lost our pennants match against a couple of quiet Tinwald based Cook Islanders who seemed to delight in sending the ball into orbit), but to be fair, they chipped in twice and we had no answer for that.  I  should also point out that Dave won his match comfortably.
 
They were good lads, and it was great to play with them, the way one of them (the one I played against) struck the ball beautifully with such power it was remarkable, especially as he moved his front foot during the downswing - you shouldn't be able to do this, and if you want to try it on the range, don't.  Most swings are based on a solid foundation with a smooth transition of power from the back to the front foot as the body twists through the strike zone.   You shouldn't be able to move your front foot during the downswing while weight is moving to that foot and still then smash the ball 300m plus.
 
But the beauty of golf is that it is a game for all, and finding a way that works consistently for you is more important than having a perfect technique, and I was reminded of that today, and it was a joy to watch (and the way I was playing I needed something to cheer me up!).
 
I only wish I could still see where the ball lands, although I was slightly more worried today about satellites being knocked out of the sky
 
Stay safe and play well
 
Steve 
 
 
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