Friday Flash 26/2/21
Recent Club Results
Sunday Club Day Stableford Winner: Dick Borgdorff 38 points
Men - Grant Keats Winner (Aggregate nett 2 rounds) - Boyd Kenna (69) (71) = 140
Keith Atkinson (73) (70) = 143
Gary Clarke (70) (74) = 144
Nes Beard Trophy (Stableford for the over 50 years of age) Keith Gaskin 37 points
Ayers Cup (Stableford for those over 50 years of age)Patricia Sullivan 38 points
Tuesday 9 Holers - Medley 2 - Winner: Hilary Holm
Matt’s Message: (Greenkeeper’s memo)
Please remember to repair your pitch marks on the greens and replace your divots. Please take a bucket of sand with you on your round to not only fill in your divots but also others that you see.
Congratulations to Steve Robinson
For achieving the ultimate - a hole in one on the 6th hole!
Interclub Results
There was a Captain’s meeting last Tuesday where discussions were had about selections and strategies for the up and coming games. Thanks to the Captains who are working hard to ensure we have the best competitive teams.
With three of the seasons 10 matches played our four Interclub Teams are well into their work.
Division 2 – 21.5 points and 4th place of 6
Division 4 – 12 points and 6th place of 6
Division 8 – 17.5 points and 5th place of 6
Division 11 – 21.5 points and 8th place of 10
All teams have played one home and two away games and this shows in the results. It is tough to get points away from home.
Interclub is about participation and with four teams and some players not being available a total of 60 players have competed so far this year (Div 2 – 12, Div 4 – 13, Div 8 – 17, Div 11 – 18). Importantly some 10 “new-to-interclub” players teed off for Karori. Not new to Interclub but new to Men’s Interclub is Gail Kirkland who halved the match she played.
Thanks to those members who have responded to the call and made themselves available to play.
The Captains are casting the net wide to draw in players so if you are interested in playing and have not been contacted yet please get in touch with Geoffrey Lee on 0274457190 or geoff.lee@xtra.co.nz
Your Interclub Captains are ably supported by Club Captain Fiona Kearns and are looking forward to selecting her in one of the teams when she is available. Thanks also to Hector and the Club staff who provide the course, lunches and information when it's needed.
The next matches are on 6 March, followed by the 13 March and 20 March – so it’s all on for Interclub during March
Diplomats Days Results
A successful event was held on Sunday and the coveted “Diplomat’s Trophy” was up for grabs. This year the Diplomats took the trophy home by 1 stableford point. Thank you to David Hill (Diplomat Club Captain) for his assistance in running this event. Even in blustery conditions the best stablefords of the day went to Marina Winzap with a whopping 42 points! There was only one two scored by Keith Atkinson on the 2nd hole.
Men Top Scorers
Vernon Wetzell 36 points
Paul Hawkes 36 points
Ian Bates 36 points
Keith Atkinson 36 points
Keith Gaskin 35 points
Women Top Scorers
Marina Winzap 42 points
Delia Morison 37 points
Celia Howden 36 points
Marcosa Santos 36 points
Rose Rigarlsford 34 points
Wednesday Club
33 players enjoyed warm, dry, "slightly" windy conditions for a Par competition on Wednesday. The winner was Graeme Crocker for the second week in a row with +3 (what have you got in your water bottle Graeme?). Dick Adam was runner up with +1 on countback from Ian Bates, Satish Chandra, & Gerd Warnke. Balls were given out for all square to Terry McAlister, Victor Diem, Derek Fitzgibbon, Jim Waters, David Ainsworth, & Steve Robinson. Steve was also congratulated for his Hole-in-One on Monday on the 6th. There were no Twos although Alex Lim was NTP (he paid the pig!). Peter Kirkman dropped 17 shots from winning 2 weeks ago to being awarded the Bunny Prize. John Markham and Chris Pearce were thanked for their stirling efforts in clearing the creek in front of the 5th Tee--recovering a bucket of balls in the process!!. Satish Chandra, Dick Adam and John Timperley won the raffle.
Ladies Vets
16 9 holers and 22 18 holers started play in perfect conditions, however the weather took a turn for the worst when the rain came in and turned the greens into swimming pools. The match was called off with many players only 3 holes away from finishing, but credit to the ladies as they stayed out and kept playing until Hector and George drove around in the carts to call them back into the clubhouse.
Hilary Holm was the highest placed Karori member for the 9 holes, in second place with 21 stableford points and Trish Titcombe finishing equal 4th with 19 stableford points.
Nicola Lowe finished tied 3rd with 34 stableford points, then Rose Rigarlsford, Denise Martin and Elizabeth Wagner all tied with 33 stablefords.
Committee Update
Due to the resignations of committee members we invite anyone who is keen to join the Karori Golf Club committee. If anyone would like to volunteer for a position on the committee, please let Victor Diem know. 021 1306 034 or vpdiem@hotmail.com
Wellington Golf Referees Association - Level 1 Golf Rules Course
Sunday 11th April 2021 at 9am - Cost is $45
This will be a one day presentation followed by a 1 hour test at the end of the day. Passing the test will qualify the attendee as a Club Rules Official. The presentation material is digital as developed by the R&A and USGA for this training. The course is based on the 2019 Player’s Edition of the Rules of Golf which has been provided to all clubs. This course will be held at Boulcott’s Farm HGC. Early registration is
recommended because there will be R&A pre reading material distributed to you.
Numbers at BFHGC are limited to 28 so first in first served.
See the club noticeboard for a registration form.
Wellington Golf Incorporated AGM
All members of golf clubs within the Wellington region are invited to the AGM on Thursday 15th March 2021 at 7:30pm.
The AGM will be held at the Pelorus Trust Sports House, 93 Hutt Park Road, Moera, Lower Hutt, 5010.
Sunday Club Day
As of this weekend, women can now play a stableford round from either the Yellow or the White tees and enter the Sunday Club Day competition. Men can now play either White or Blue tees and still have their score counted too. This has been changed to allow for players who may be required to play off different tees for different competitions and still have their score counted for the Karori Cup.
Shootout
Shootout for 2021 has started please remember if you enter Shoot Out the entry fee is $25 for the year and then every round you play can be counted, It would really help administration of the competition if you register online through the website, it does cost $2 extra but is a big help to us.
Events Coming Up!
Sunday 28 February - Club Day - Stableford
Men’s Monthly Medal 2 (White tees)
Women - LGU 2 - Putting 2
February Miner’s Arms Trophy Event Ends
Monday 1 March Women - 9 Holers interclub Rd 3 Karori v Otaki at Manor Park
Tuesday 2 March Women - 18 Hole LGU 2 - Putting 2
9 Holes - Medal 2
Saturday 6 March Interclub Rd 4
Div 2 v Masterton at Karori
Div 4 v Martinborough at Martinborough
Div 8 v Shandon at Shandon
Div 11 v Otaki at Otaki
Sunday 7 March - Club Day Stableford
Men - Medal 3 (White Tee - Nett)
Women - LGU 3 - Putting 3
Monday 8 March - Women - 18 Hole Pennant Rd 4 Karori v Miramar at Karori
Tuesday 9 March Women - 18 Holes - LGU 3 - Putting 3
9 Holes - Putting 2 (B9)
Thursday 11 March Women - 9 Hole Interclub v Shandon at Kapiti
Shop/Bar
The brand new Pro V1 and Pro V1x have arrived at the club at $79.99 a doz. Please support the club by buying from our shop.
BEER, BEER, BEER … AND BEER
The club has teamed up with local brewer Garage Project to bring members a range of their award-winning beers.
Turbine APA $8.00
Pils'n Thrills Pilsner $8.00
Fugazi - Low Alcohol $6.00
Shandy $3.00 (Discounted)
Beer $6.00
COVID PRECAUTIONS
Please keep up the handwashing, the checking in, and all of the other usual precautions around this. The authorities fear people are getting lax, and the events of this week have shown it can resurface very quickly.
SCORECARDS
If you want to avoid printing cards, use the golf.co.nz app instead, it has a scorecard enabled. Simply use the clubhouse wifi to open it and the scorecard before you tee off - then it can operate in offline mode.
The printer downstairs is back up and running so cards can be printed when the clubhouse is closed.
CLUBHOUSE HOURS
Monday - 10am-3pm
Tuesday 10am-3pm
Wednesday 9.30am-8.30pm
Thursday 10am-3pm
Friday 10am-3.30pm
Saturday 9am-5pm
Sunday 9am-5pm
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