Manager's Message
Marcus Niles

Bar Staff
This month we bid a fond farewell to two awesome Bar staff. 
It has been a pleasure to have Patrick in the bar the past few months.  He is a vibrant young man with a great work ethic.  Paddy heads off to AUT in Auckland to study, and hopefully we will see him again next summer during his break.

Sadly, we are also losing Tina soon too.  She has been a superstar in the bar, and she will be sorely missed by both members and her fellow staff.  We wish her the best of luck, and hope to see her on the other side of the bar in the future.

So… we are on the hunt for our next star bar person.  If you know anyone who might be a good fit for us, tap them on the shoulder!  See the advert at the bottom of this newsletter for more info.

Trailer
Just a reminder to members that we have an enclosed luggage trailer that can be used for pennants teams or groups.  Book in the office if you want to use it.

9 Hole Men
Fred Hartley

Men's Nine Hole Golf:  Thursday 9th February
The Opening Day 'Drawn Pairs' saw a large turnout of nine-hole members for a combined stableford game, with prizes to be picked up along the way.
Results:    1st        Brett Dixon/Ken Hartley                     39
                2nd      Lynton Holmes/ Michael Houghton    39  (countback)  
                3rd     Ted Parker/ Peter Davies                       38
                4th     Paul Cole/Thomas Hansen                    36

Nearest the pin:   11th  Frank Lambourne,            4th     Gordon Lusby
Longest Putt:         9th        Phil Stanbury            18th    Ken Hartley
Raffle:                    Horton Schofield, Frank Baggenstos,  Peter Davies.       

Men's World
John 'Swampy' Marsh

Saturday Men’s Haggle
Division One:  Ian Duncalf 38, Marcus Annan 38, Mark Lawry 36
Division Two:  Steve Davis 40, Gerrit Bahlman 39, Vinnie Stanaway 37

Shootout to date: Paul Shaw 183, Brent Jenkins 183, Tony Allport 182

Some very good scoring of late, even with all the wet

Club Champs Rules
Our Saturday meeting has now ratified the criteria for both the Strokeplay and Matchplay.  The rules will be posted on the noticeboard and availability sheets will be drawn up.  Thanks to the committee especially Hayden Nganeko, Ben Van den Borst and Hugh Clark for their input.  This will be on the agenda at the Men’s AGM.

Mens Pennants
This Sunday all of our Men's Teams are in action.
The Championship Team play the Mount at the Tauranga Club. The seniors do battle against Ohope also at Tauranga. The Intermediate and Junior sides play at the Mount Club, along with the Silver Ladies. Good luck to all our Teams.

Women's World
Debbie Clark

Opening Day Team & Haggle Winners
We finally had two fine golfing days for our Ladies Opening. Both days were well attended with Tuesday attracting 49 ladies.
Saturday 4^th February
1^st        Pink Leow                 38pts
2^nd      Martina Keir              38pts
3^rd       Debbie Clark             37pts
Team Winners (Pairs)         Pink Leow & Annelie Van Emmenes      

Tuesday 7^th February
1^st        Pink Leow                41pts
2^nd      Lynda Middleton      38pts
3^rd       Paulette Day             37pts
Team Winners                      Pink Leow, Jenny Shirley, Elaine Gavin & Olive Pace

Championship Pennants Team
The Omokoroa Ladies’Team play their first match against Eastern, at the Mt, on Sunday the 12^th  February, beginning with foursomes at 8am & singles in the afternoon. We wish them all the best.

The team is:
Anya Apanui
Helen Hunkin (currently a member at Waihi, but joining our club as soon as their house on the 11^th Tee is complete)
Sue Thomson (Captain)
Wendy Harris
Pink Leow
Lynda Smith

There will be information about the other Pennants Competitions in the Monday Bulletin.

Significant Birthdays and Retirements
We would like to wish Jessie Savage a very happy birthday for her very significant birthday this week. What an amazing golfer, role model and inspiration you are to us all Jessie!

And on a sadder note, Ngaire Donovan, announced at Tuesday Ladies Prizegiving that she is retiring from golf. Another wonderful golfer and role model who has contributed a lot to the sport and to our club. Thank you Ngaire, and all the best for your retirement.

Earlier Start
Due to the starters having trouble getting the ladies’ fields sorted, in a short period of time, it has been decided, by the committee, to go back to having cards in 30 minutes before tee off times on Saturdays and Tuesdays.

Saturdays -    cards in by 8am for 8.30 start.
Tuesdays -    cards in by 8.30 for 9am start

Vets Vibes
Ross Milne

RESULTS – WEDNESDAY HAGGLE
Div 1
1^st     Al Thomson
2^nd    Alan Mayo  (and a top round bettering his age)
3^rd     Steve Ingle

Div 2
1^st      Tim Reehal
2^nd     Larry Mahoney
3^rd      Paul Cole
Lucky Card Draw  - $50 - Linley Jamieson-Hill

Biggest Winner
Well on top of his winning performance at Taumaranui then again this week at Vets, this must go to Tim Reehal. But he saved his best performance away from the course in meeting a checkpoint following his Taumaranui victory and duly celebrating his success and I gather being waved through. The advantages of being softly spoken and having an honest face and despite Cherie recommending to the officer a custodial sentence was justified.

3 Day Pairs Event - 13^th 14^th 15^th Feb
Planning all set for next week’s event.  Entries have now been finalised and usual draw and notification will be emailed to entrants over the weekend for the opening day.
We are looking at possible effects of Cyclone Gabrielle heading our way but hoping any effect will be minor – at worst.  If decisions need to be made these will be conveyed asap.

BOP Vets - Monday 27^th Feb
Omokoroa is hosting this event. Co-ordinator and delegate is Al Thomson. He is still taking entries so contact him or see noticeboard if interested. Fine weather guaranteed.

Quads 6^th Mar
At Tauranga, but we are still chasing up confirmation of the day’s schedule and will post Entry Sheet in Locker Room once this is received.

Twilight Update
Pink Leow

All of our “regulars” were available to play this week which meant that we had a record number of  112 players in the field - a busy evening. The weather was lovely, which made a very nice change.

Competition format for the evening was “Power Play” with each player in the team choosing 3 holes where they would double their score. Competition was very close with only 9 points separating the first 22 teams. Winners on the evening were Marcus Niles and Wayne Radonich with 51 points - who won on a count back from Allan Winter and Allan Hoskins. Marcus and Wayne collected the 2 x $30 petrol vouchers courtesy of Mike Deane Motors. Nathan Lewis and Rick Clark were one point further back. The overall season long leader board is also very close with any number of teams within a few points of the lead. You can view the updated leader board here.

Nearest to pin winners were Martina Kier, Billy-Jo Simmons, Patrick Hawkins and Jake Buskirk - who all received a sleeve of Titleist golf balls courtesy of Par NZ Golfing Holidays.

Brittany and Ana were very busy (and very hot) in the kitchen serving up 80 meals. Pulled pork, roast beef, roast vegetables, variety of salads, breads rolls and looked really good and tasted great.

Thanks to everyone who helped to make it such a successful evening.

President's Note
John 'Swampy' Marsh

Special Mentions
Ngaire Donovan – I don’t believe in retiring Ngaire, it’s called having a rest!  What a wonderful achievement playing at our wonderful golf course since 1984.  So sorry you are stepping back from the sport your obviously love.  Good luck in your twilight years.

Jessie Savage – from all of us at Omokoroa Golf Club, we wish you a very happy 90^th birthday coming up this month and still regularly hitting the white ball.  You are the epitomy of the Champion of Champions.  You are a special lady and we all love you.  Have a wonderful birthday on February 20^th.