 Men's World
Ben Van den Borst
To all Mens Players
We have a ‘changing of the guard’ this year after the Mens Annual meeting when the new committee was appointed.
I know they have been thanked numerous times already, but the time and effort put into Mens Golf by Swampy, Poppy, Steve and Tony and a few others over the many years really is remarkable, I do not think we will ever see the likes of it again anytime in the future.
Thanks again guys for all your commitment and hard work over the years. The new committee met on Saturday 9th November for the first time. We have reached some decisions on how things probably need to adapt to the changing demographic of the membership, and how societal changes are influencing the way members play their golf.
We hope to find the balance between maintaining the traditions we have built up at Omokoroa Golf club, and also evolving to new ways of doing things.
To this end we will be trialling some different options over the next few months. I ask that members give any new ‘ways’ a decent crack and allow the committee to review and implement any changes as we look ahead.
The first and most noticeable change we are trialling is that there will be no regular starter for Saturday Mens Golf. The start sheet is managed by the office, if consolidation of bookings needs to happen on the day then the office will manage any changes or accept late bookings to join the field.
We hope to have a digital monitor installed shortly which will have the tee sheet scrolling through as the time progresses during the day. It will be the players responsibility to ensure you are on time for your round to start, much like it is any other day of the week if you make a tee booking.
We are also exploring different prizegiving options, such as utilising some virtual prizegivings as well as our more traditional format prizegiving.
We are also working with the club management exploring for 2025 how to maximise exposure for our generous sponsors and looking to grow sponsorship for the club.
The committee is also in the final stages of setting next years event calendar, we are working with the other players groups to make sure events line up for each different group.
We are looking to diversify the types of competitons played at the club, as well as introduce some new formats and competitions. We will also be trialling different tee selection options for mens golf so players can have the choice to play the tee which is appropriate for the level of golf they wish to pursue.
Any constructive feedback is always welcome, we are looking forward to an exciting year ahead for the Mens Golf Programme at Omokoroa Golf Club.
Kind regards Ben Van den Borst
Haggle Results Saturday 16th November
Division One
Darren Tumai 42
John Crawshaw 38
Gerald Scantlebury 37
Division Two
Alan Hitchiner 40
Bill Neeley 40
Dale Chadwick 39
Check out this weeks video for haggle results on our club facebook page
Thank you to all our Sponsors
Craig King- NZ Electrical, Marcus Annan -Annan Law, David Woods -Brunel Construction, Raewyn Stanaway -Barfoot and Thompson, Bethlehem Butchery Ben Taylor, Chris Rhind - Stay Right Contracting.
Prizegiving this week
There will be a prizegiving this week at approximately 5pm - cut off for the haggle will be at 12:30pm
Haggle this week - A stableford haggle from the Blue or White Tees -you choose. Nearest the pins will be split - Holes 6, 10 & 11 are from the blue tees, Holes 4, 8, &17 are from the white tees
Longest drive this week will be one for Blue and one for White
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