Friday 11th November
News
City of Wellington
We had a magnificent day for the city of Wellington tournament with a field of over 100
The winner Josh Cumpstone from Judgeford GC is pictured holding the trophy after shooting a 72 gross.
The winner of the Ladies Best Nett was Jess Tolo from Royal Wellington with a nett score of 67 off the white tees. Her Partner Oli Newman also from RWGC was runner up with a score of 74.
Interclub 2023
Following an average season in 2022 our teams had much to do to improve in order to move towards our strategic goal of achieving a team in the Waikanae Cup in the reasonably near future.
We contested Divisions 3, 5, 8 and 12 in the Welling Golf inter club competition.
Teams in divisions 3,5,8 competed to win their divisions while those in division 12 played to get experience and to enjoy the camaraderie of other golfers. Karori has been innovative in including a number of our women golfers in the squad. This has proved to be a really successful initiative.
All three teams in the competitive divisions had reasonable seasons: Div. 3 finishing a credible third, Div. 5 finishing 2nd and Div. 8 finishing 4th following a disastrous start to their season. The more social mighty div 12 also finished 4th in their group.
Div. 3 won the Challenge Trophy played for with Martinborough on a home and away basis 16.5/13.5 and our Div. 5 team have earned promotion to Div. 4 by virtue of finishing second. The top placed team Miramar was not able to be promoted out of the grade.
Mark Peck was the coordinator for inter club 2022 taking over from Geoffrey Lee who has rendered long loyal service to Karori Golf. Geoffrey captained Div. 8 so kept his interest in that role and in conjunction with his deputy Mike Weaver managed to keep the team in division 8.
Thank you to all players and captains for their efforts this season. Particular congratulations and wishes of good luck to div 5 on their promotion to div 4 for the coming season.
Team captains for 2022 were Div. 3 Mark Peck, Div. 5 Grant Pollard, Div. 8 Geoffrey Lee and Div. 12 Kevin Norquay. Geoffrey Lee will be retiring from active duty this season and Mike Weaver will be captaining Div. 8 for 2023.
Practice trials commenced on 19 November and as always we are on the lookout for new players to join our squads.
Some sixty golfers participate in interclub during a normal season (a large proportion of our membership) but we are always on the lookout for new players.
AGM
The 54th AGM of Karori Golf Club will be held on Saturday 3rd of December at 9.30 am, there will be a disc draw following the AGM for a 9 hole and 18 hole tournament. The course will be closed until after the AGM.
Any motions for the AGM can be advised by using the attached form or by collecting from the noticeboard at the club. Nominations need to be handed in to the secretary/manager by 26th November.
Murray Halberg - Eagles Day
The annual Halberg day run by the Eagles will take place on Saturday 26th November, a really fun day with lots of prizes, and lots of fundraising including an extremely entertaining Auction at the end.
You can register online on the Karori Golf Club website
Longest Day
A heads up that the longest day tournament will take place on Saturday December 17th. Four rounds
72 holes playing each of our courses. Blue, White, Yellow, Red. We encourage players to get sponsors and raise as much money for the cancer society as possible.
Please see below for details
Hector is holding the trophy, won last year by Stu Boston.
We will put on a bbq lunch after the first two rounds and a BBQ dinner after the 4th round.
Be warned - Anyone playing their regular Saturday round will be encouraged, arm twisted to donate on the day by our team of fundraisers!
The Karori Golf Club has a donation page set up that you can donate through, as does out club President Adrian Porte, and a regular longest day competitor Scott McHardy
Karori Golf Club (Hector) - https://longestday.org.nz/karorigolfclub?edit=1
Adrian Porter - https://longestday.org.nz/adrian-porter
Scott McHardy - https://longestday.org.nz/scott-mc-hardy
Committee
The Committee is looking for members to join us for 2023. Meetings are monthly, usually the first or second monday of the month for around 1hr30mins. We also have a Course Sub Committee that manages the green staff and course planning and would like to expand this with some new faces for 2023
Please contact. Adrian Porter president@karorigolf.co.nz if you are interested in joining the Committee or Sub Committee
TWILIGHT
Greenkeepers Message
When you are out on the course please take a bucket of sand with you, and repair pitch marks. When Carts are allowed on the course please follow the signs and paths and keep the carts at least 20 metres from any green.
Tee Bookings
Please remember to always book a tee time. If you miss your tee time or are waiting for weather to clear please check with the clubhouse and use the next available free tee time. Do not assume you can tee off whenever.
Please also remember on Weekends all play must start from the 1st tee only.
Wednesday Competition
A reminder that we have a Competition every Wednesday teeing off multi tees at 10.30, there is a disc draw at 10.20 in the clubhouse.
$5 entry fee which includes the raffle and prizes
Everyone is welcome ! It would be great to see some new faces on a Wednesday
Recent Competition Results
To see full results of any competition at Karori Golf Club please use the following link - https://www.karorigolf.co.nz/competition-results?ComeFromCat=1827
UPCOMING EVENTS
To Register and pay for any event at Karori use the following link - https://www.karorigolf.co.nz/event-calendar
HOLE 4 ‘HIGH TEE’ - HOLE IN ONE CHALLENGE
Thanks to our sponsor Richard Reith at Collective - First National Real Estate for putting up a ‘hole in one’ challenge on the 4th hole. If you get a hole in one on the 4th hole during any competition you will win a nice bottle of Champagne!
Competitions include Interclub, Sunday Club Day, Shootout, Wednesday Club, and Twilight.
Good luck to all!
CLUBHOUSE HOURS
Monday - 10am-4pm
Tuesday 10am-4pm
Wednesday 9.30am-5pm
Thursday 10am-4pm
Friday - 9.30am-5pm
Saturday 8am-5pm
Sunday - 8am-5pm