Hello everyone,

Summer golf has proved to be interesting weatherwise.

The Wednesday Monthly Medal was played in warm, sultry, and humid conditions under cloudy skies.

We enjoyed brief glimpses of sun followed by looming threatening dark clouds toward the end of the round.

Swan update: one swan sighted on the 4^th on Wednesday.

However, a big surprise was instore for those playing golf on Monday January 1…..we had 6 swans on the dam behind the 4^th.

Thanks Adrienne for the video. Yay !

Now to the results. There were 22 entrants in the Stroke competition.

RESULTS: MONTHLY MEDAL (January)

Winner of the Monthly Medal and A Grade was Suzanne Velk with a great score of 66.

A Grade runner-up was Marg Ivory also with a great score of 74.

Winner for B-Grade was Sue De Jonge score of 73.

B-Grade runner-up was Jenny McSwain score of 73.

 

_ BIRDIES______________

Suzanne Velk 13^th& 18^th , Marg Ivory 16^th

NEAREST THE PIN

On the 16th – A Grade Marg Ivory, B Grade Kath Keating, and C Grade Sue De Jonge.

MONEY HOLE:

On the 4th – Jenny McSwain

Great Golf everyone !

Good luck to all in the Women’s Weekend Medal Competition on Saturday. The weather forecast looks great.

No pic of Suzanne this week – we’ll catch her next week.

Upcoming Events for your playing calendar

• Saturday January 6 is the Weekend Medal Stroke Competition. 
• Wednesday January 10 PAR Competition
• Wednesday January 17, Wednesday January 24 Stableford
• Wednesday January 31 Women’s 2024 Season Opening Event.

Co Captains Sharon and Nancy are reinstating an Opening Day with a round of Canadian Foursomes. (See below for an explanation).

• Friday February 2  Annual Rotary Club of Gisborne Charity Day (more information below).
• Saturday February 3 Weekend Medal and the rescheduled 2023 Medal of Medallist Final
• Wednesday February 7, 2024, Wednesday Monthly Medal and 2023 Wednesday Medal of Medallist Final.

The 2024 Wednesday Opening Day is Canadian Foursomes. Teams of 2.

Both partners tee off.  You pick the best ball from the tee off, and then take alternate shots until the ball is holed. 

From the portal

 

Friday February 2. Annual Charity Golf Day in support of the Rotary Club of Gisborne.

This is a terrific fun event for a very worthy cause.

You can find all the details on flyers at the club, and on the Gisborne Golf Club Facebook page.

 

 Gisborne Women’s Challenge Bowl Monday 19 February 2024

This is an invitation event for teams of three players from other clubs to compete for our Challenge Bowl trophy. Medway Golf Club team won in 2023.

We host this event; we will have one team of three players to represent us. Last years A, B, and C Grade Club Champions, Kathy Richards, Marg Ivory, and Jenny Malberg.

If you have friends at other clubs who may like to enter a team in our Bowl, keep an eye out later this week for the 2024 Challenge Bowl Invitation attached to an email, and you can forward to them directly.

As I said last week I send our invitation officially to around 65 clubs across the city and state, but at some smaller clubs their internal communication to their ladies is sometimes lacking.

Our members traditionally provide homemade slices, tarts, and cakes for dessert. Our desserts are famous We will have a sign-up sheet in the locker room in early Feb.

Members Out and About

Two great members responded to my call out last week for pics of you playing whilst away on holidays. Thank you both.

• Christine Barraclough sent us a couple of pics of her playing the Cammeray Golf Club in Cremorne in Sydney. A very pretty course. 
• Gudrun Wilkinson set us pics of the Norseman Golf Club in outback Western Australia (200kms inland from Esperance).

Inside my yellow circle is the “green” and the flag. Looks like the ball would run on that course and definitely no chance of soggy shoes there Gudrun.

 

 

 

 

 

Club Championships 2024

(See below information from the GGC Website – I have cut it for this message.

There is more information on the website.)

The General Committee of the Gisborne Golf Club have made the decision to move the 2024 Championships from February to November following the recommendations of the Golf Operations and the Greens Sub-Committees.

In pre-planning for the 2024/2025 syllabus, the dates for the Club Championships have been pencilled in for November 9, 16, 23 and 30.
Both the Women’s and the Men’s Championships will use a similar format to that used in 2023 where members may nominate to play the early rounds on a Wednesday/Thursday or a Saturday.
As in previous years, the Final Day would see the top 8 seeded players in all grades playing their final round from a set tee time.
Following the introduction last year of the multi day format and our Men and Women playing the final day on a Saturday together, which was positively received by members, the last day of the Championships will be a celebration of the Club and the Club Champions.
We would like to think that there will be a bigger turnout this year to support all the finalists and make this a marquee day for the club.

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The following Board Event has been moved to February. SCRATCH MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIPS: Eligible: All 7-day Men Members
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Have a great week everyone,

Cheers,

Jenny M

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