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NELSON GOLF CLUB NEWSLETTER - 14 MAY 2010NELSON GOLF CLUB NEWSLETTER - 14 MAY 2010
RESULTS OF RUSSIAN ROULETTE ROUND - STAURDAY 8 MAY:
What imaginative person in the golf world thought up the name Russian Roulette Stableford Pairs for what we unimaginatively used to call multiplication stableford? Makes the competition as held last Saturday sound far more interesting. Certainly Brent Williams and Paul Yates found that so, coming home with 87 points for first place and three balls each.
Six points back in second place with 81 points were Jamie Barnes and Rory Kelly who won two balls each.
Dennis Andrews and Johnny Corby had a very interesting scorecard under this format for the front nine. They scored zero for the first 3 holes and then scored 9 points on the fourth hole, follwed by a 12 pointer on the fifth hole. They then both had BIRDIES on the sixth hole to record an amazing 16 points. However, they turned out to be 3 hole wonders as they lapsed back to their usual form and could only record 39 points for the nine, with 37 of them being scored on 3 holes!!
RESULT OF PETER GENTRY MEMORIAL MIXED VETS TOURNAMENT - MONDAY 10 MAY:
Some 39 members participated in this years Peter Gentry Memorial Trophy event. This mixed team low ball competition was won this year with a best net score of 57 by a team composed of:-
Stan Barnes, Lawrie Currie, John Mitchell and Jossie Rosser - congratulations!!
HARD LUCK DAVE!!
The hard luck story of the week has to go to DAVE RIORDAN, who after playing the back 9 holes on Tuesday evening with Gary Kerr, decided to continue playing by himself for a few more holes. When he got to Hole #3 his tee shot when straight into the hole on the full for a HOLE IN ONE!! After much shouting and jumping up and down he realised that no one else had witnised his first ACE. Unfortunately the hole in one cannot be formally recognised, so keep on trying Dave and make sure you are playing with someone else!!
NEW BUNKER NOW IN PLAY:
The new bunker on the right front of the fourth green is now in play. Good luck to those that land in it!!
CROMBIE LOCKWOOD STABLEFORD TOURNAMENT - SATURDAY 15 MAY:
The competition on SATURDAY 15 MAY will be sponsored by CROMBIE LOCKWOOD, the Club's insurance brokers. There will be a SHOTGUN START AT 12 noon and the competition will be a single stableford. The entry sheet is in the Pro-Shop so either call in or phone the shop and choose your starting tee. You can enter by yourself or with others. Please assemble at 11.30am.
The Weekend Women's section will tee off at their usual time of 8.24am and there will be 6 tee times off #1 tee available for men before this.
MEMBERS INFORMATION MEETING ON THE COURSE REDEVELOPMENT - SATURDAY 15 MAY:
The Course Plan Implementation Committee are going to hold another INFORMATION MEETING FOR MEMBERS AT 5.15pm ON SATURDAY 15 MAY. All members are invited to attend this meeting at which details of the approved redevelopment work for the next 8 months will be discussed as well as an outline the the work proposed for the year following.
The Club has been fortunate to secure a $10,000 grant from the Canterbury Community Trust to assist with course redevelopment costs and the Committee will report on how this will be spent most cost effectively.
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FROST POLICY - MONDAY 17 MAY:
Members are reminded that the frost policy is scheduled to commence from MONDAY 17 MAY. Members can book a tee time from 9.30am in the morning although if there is no frost, players can either ring the Pro-Shop for an earlier tee time or just turn up.
NEXT ACHESON CUP CHALLENGE vs WAAHI TAAKARO - MONDAY 24 MAY:
Our Women's section is to mount it's seventh defense of the Acheson Cup against Waahi Taakaro on Monday 24 May at 10.00am.
Women members who are prepared to participate, please put your names up on the entry sheet posted in the Women's Change Room.
FINALS OF THE MEN'S CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS - SUNDAY 23 MAY:
The course will be closed to casual play until 1.00pm on Sunday 23 May while the finals of the Men's Club Championships are conducted. All matchplay will be played in twosomes with the 36 hole matches starting from 8.30am.
Those fortunate enough to win through to the FINALS ON SUNDAY 23 MAY, should try to arrange a caddie for their final matches. The more people we have on the course for the finals the better the atmosphere!!
BEAT THE PROS ROUND #2 - SATURDAY 29 MAY:
The second round of the popular Taylormade/Nelson Contracting Beat the Pros competition is on Saturday, 29 May . With the Pros coming in with 36 points in round one of this best-ball stableford event, quite a few pairs were able to win themselves a golf ball.
GOLFER PACIFIC BEST BALL CHALLENGE - SUNDAY 30 MAY:
The Captains Committee have decided to add a new event to our programme by holding a CLUB QUALIFYING EVENT OF THE GOLFER PACIFIC BEST BALL CHALLENGE ON SUNDAY 30 MAY. This is a Best Ball Stableford competition for pairs. The entry fee is $30 per player of which $10 goes to the Club. All players receive 3 Taylor Made "burner" golf balls, some gift vouchers and a free entry into a $325,000 major prize draw. There will be a shotgun start at 12 noon. ENTRY FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE PRO-SHOP AND OFFICE .
For every 45 pairs entered, one pair qualifies for a regional final. A National Final will be held 24-30 October at the Radisson Resort on the Gold Coast.
ENTRIES CLOSE FOR MEN'S STABLEFORD CUP - MONDAY 7 JUNE:
Entries close for the STABLEFORD CUP on MONDAY 7 JUNE. Please put your names up on the sheet in the Men's Change Rooms.
This is a pairs event where you can choose your own partner. Individual entries will also be accepted and will be paired up by the Men's Committee.
The competition is an aggregate of Best Ball Stableford scores over two rounds played on SATURDAY 12 JUNE and SATURDAY 9 JULY. Please note the different date for the second round to that which appears in the programme. The reason for this change is that the COSTELLO SHIELD (Presidents vs Captains) will now be played for on SATURDAY 26 JUNE prior to the MID YEAR XMAS DINNER.
REMINDER ABOUT FIREWOOD GATHERING:
Members who have the required chainsaw & safety equipment are reminded that they can gather firewood for FREE from the slash pile beside #2 green. This slash pile is out of the area of play so we are now allowing members to source this firewood on any day of the week as long as they have signed a form regarding conditions of access which are available at the office.
REPAIR OF PITCH MARKS:
Nothing more needs to be said really, but unrepaired pitch marks are common on some greens, particularly the par 3 Nos 15 and 17 as a result of greens not being quite so hard. Please take a moment when on greens to make sure your pitch mark and any others you see are repaired.
Happy Golfing
Peter Hay
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