Manager's Message
Marcus Niles

Managers Message

What wonderful weather we have been blessed with lately!  A few niggly frosts, but that’s a small price to pay for such beautiful conditions.   I hope you are all enjoying the course presentation at the moment.  We are certainly getting very positive feedback from visitors, which is a credit to Nathan and his team.

Sundays
Traditionally a quiet day, Sundays have taken off and is now one of our busiest days of the week.  In order to fit everyone in, we have made a couple of changes to the way we manage Sunday bookings. 
We have extended the tee slots to 8 mins. 
Also, we encourage people to fill slots as much as possible. 
If we need to open up more space, we may move your booking to make up a 4.  If your booking is moved, you will receive an email notification.  Please check your time regularly in case it has been altered.

Most important – please book in, and stick to your tee time.  Some of the congestion issues are caused by people jumping in without a tee time.

Staff Vacancy
We are on the lookout for someone to work in the shop on Sundays.  Ideally someone who can be left as sole charge and has some golf knowledge.  Contact me if you are interested or know someone who might be suitable.

Bar Manager's Message
Matthew Farrell

Since starting behind the bar in March, I have been made to feel most welcome both by members and staff that I knew beforehand, and also many new faces and names (and loyalty numbers!) for me. Thank you.

We have some new staff behind the bar. Your team now consists of myself on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and perhaps the odd other day - along with Sharon, Angela, Milla, and Talia through the week as well as Rachel keeping her hand in regularly.

We recently had a blind taste tasting with the Tuesday ladies. Leveret was selected by popular vote as the new Rose wine, as supplies of the current discontinued stock are down to the last couple of cases we were able to obtain in advance.

We are also going to stock Mills Reef Syrah as a local quality replacement for both the Australian Shiraz and Cab Sav, which were not selling in reliable volume leading to wastage.

Along with Pinot Noir, we will have an entire range of local wines from our Aongatete supplier including Mills Reef Reserve Pinot Gris (available by the bottle only at a special club price). Wines by the glass from the current Mills Reef range continue as normal.

Due to the increase in sales of Export Ultra and dramatic drop-off in sales of the very similar Export Gold, we will be trialling a guest tap to replace Export Gold in the near future. Expect this one to change a few times in coming months as we see what you are choosing to enjoy.

I have also added a handful of new bottle and can options for you to consider, alongside existing favourites. The intention is to give a choice while minimising waste, I'll keep a close eye on these options as we continue to manage stock levels prudently.

9 Hole Ladies
Yvonne Hoskins

On an extremely sunny, pleasant day for golf, our ladies played 'four colours'.  This was a team stableford game with each player choosing one of four colours and using their stableford points on pre-determined holes.

We had a winning team on the front nine and a winning team on the back nine. Winners on the front nine with a combined 21 stableford points were - Lyn Harrison, Jacqui Crossfield, Irene Hallam and Daisy Harrison. 

Winners on the back nine with a combined 20 stableford points were - Bev Hansen, Janet Burmeister, Molly Dean and Sarah Campbell. Well done ladies, hope you all enjoyed the fun day.

9 Hole Men
Spencer Tankard

Men’s Nine Hole Golf, Thursday 11^th July 2024

Round No 3 of 3 between the Kiwi All Stars and the Rest of the World brought a win to the Kiwis, scoring an average (Ambrose) 33.35 to 35.54. Overall though the RoW went 2 to 1 up in the Series.

Top team scores were;

Bruce Blair, Frank Lamborne, Horton Schofield, Blair Francis           31.12

Wayne Barnes, Ken Hartley, Gordon Lusby, John Carmichael          31.63

Next Week:   Round No 4 of the Net and Putting Trophies, played on the alternative Nine from Round No 3 on 4^th July.

Men's Handicap Pennants
Vince Stanaway

Results of Men's Handicap Pennants at Lake View Sunday.

Team Lost 3 to 5 to Mt. Maunganui.

Wins by Barry Mason, Martin Jordan & Peter Kilpatrick.

Presidents Message
Swampy 'John' Marsh

Dont forget to contact Colin Gee if you would like to purchase firewood, good deals to be had. 

Please make sure your repair your pitch marks on our greens alot of work and care goes into making them so beautiful 

The ball retriever on No4 is now repaired, please make sure to return it to the rack provided after use. 

What a wonderful spell of weather we are having, enjoy your golf. Great to see Alan Nichols back home. 

Friday Haggle
Terry Golder

5th July 2024 (80 Entries)

1   B Aitken + J Murray           55
2  J Lewer + C Rhind                56
3  P Page + B Page                   56.5
4  B Gill + S Weatherley           57
5  P Anderson + M Dow           57
6  B Ellingford + G Broomhall  57.5

Longest putt - Ian Graham

Members of the 18 Hole Committee invite you to their

Evening of Elegance 

All welcome for a fun friendly social evening at the Golf Club 

Open to all female member and friends

RSVP by the 15th of July

Book and Pay with the Cafe 

Contact Sue Reese for more information 02102667134