Captain's Comments

Good Morning All

More great golfing weather and a busy weekend.

Men's interclub round 3 was played with our Div 2,9 & 12 teams going down away from home and Div 5 having a good win at home

The Junior 18 Hole Pennants played at Shandon while we hosted the 9 Hole Pennants at Karori.

The Junior Coaching Programme kicked off again on Sunday afternoon with 50 young golfers enjoying hot conditions.

Clubday Stableford / Diplomats Day 23th February

The Clubday Stableford will be played again this Sunday 23 February.  This will be the 4th round of the 12 round order of merit which finishes in May.  Your best 6 scores over the twelve rounds count. 

We will be joined at the Gaskies time by a number of members of the Diplomatic Golf Society.

To enter just click "Yes" as you print your card

Miners Arms

We are now on the home straight for the Miners Arms so make sure you get your 3rd round in before the end of February.

Leading scores for those who have completed 3 rounds are :

Ian Dumbleton & Phil Hartley 134 points

Gary Wellbelove & Richard Potter on 133 points

Matt Everett & Mike Suggate 132 points

Martin Bigwood & James Bigwood 132 points

Less than 2 weeks to get your final round in

Holland Cup - Qualifying Round 9 March

The Holland Cup is the Club's premier match play event played off handicaps.  The qualifying round will be played on the 9th of March.  The top 16 players then qualify for the match play rounds in subsequent weeks.

Register by going to the Events page on the Club website. To complete registration you need to proceed to payment but there is no charge.

Entries close on Friday 7 March at 5pm.  No Late Entries

Wellington College Sport Golf

We will be hosting the second round of the College Sport golf competition on Monday 17 February.  We are hosting  more rounds on the next 3 Mondays at 4pm

February 24

March 3

March 10

Please Note that for these days the front 9 will be closed from 3pm until 6.30pm.  Tee bookings will be available starting on the 10th Hole

Each week I plan to discuss a topic from the rules of golf to help the education process for all of us.  

Clubday Stableford

The Clubday Stableford was played on Sunday 16 February with 40 players entering and with great playing conditions there was some good scoring.  This was won by Arthur Howard (40 Points), from Michael Weaver , Matthew Deng and Gary Wellbelove ( All on 39 Points).

Leading after 3 rounds of the order of merit are :

Gary Clarke - 106 points

Jeff Mason - 104 points

Boyd Kenna - 102 points

Nes Beard Memorial Trophy (for men over 50)

This was played in conjunction with the Clubday Stableford and was won by Arthur Howard from Michael Weaver and Gary Wellbelove.

Congratulations to Arthur on his dual win

Mens Interclub 

On Saturday the 15th of February our 4 mens interclub teams were in action again

Division 2 : Away to Mornington

Division 5 : Home to Titahi Bay

Div 5 had a great day out at home v Titahi Bay, winning 13.5 to 1.5. We took advantage of fantastic course conditions and excellent weather to post a big margin against a really good bunch of guys, whose company we enjoyed both on and off the course. Notable were first interclub wins to Jake Troughton and debutant Tom Harrison. A clean sweep of the 4 balls meant everyone had a hand in a solid team performance that sees us 5 points clear at the top of the division, albeit with a long way to go in the season.

Division 9 : Away to Waikanae

Another tough day on the course with Waikanae winning 14-1.  Best performance of the day was Sar Palado who shot 84 to come away with the only win of the day 1 up.

Division 12 : Away to Titahi Bay

It was a hard day at the office for Div 12 this week, away at Titahi Bay - but, despite the heat, along with fast and furious fairways and perilous pin placements we got a reasonable away result: 4-11. 

Great wins from Geoff Parr, Mike Pike and Garth Mickell, and Mike and Ali Daman Willems got a win on their 4ball. 

Junior Interclub - Pennants

18 Hole Pennants : A tough match for the Crew going down 3-1 to home team of Shandon.  Some great rounds from all of the lads with a demon round of 78 from Ben Willocks. Team is getting some great match play experience and sharpening the swords for next round at Boulcotts Farm. 

9 Hole Pennants - Karori hosted the 9 Hole Pennants on Sunday 16th February with 6 teams of 4 on the course.  The majority of the players found Karori a pretty tough proposition. The results were :

Shandon 3 v Paraparaume 3

Judgeford Blue 4 v Boulcotts Farm 2

Judgeford Yellow 3 v Royal Wellington 3

Graham Black

Club Captain