February 2022 Golf Update

Wednesday 2 Feb, 2022

Hi people, a belated Happy New Year.

We hope your year has started well. Let’s all do our best to keep Covid 19 and now Omicron at bay. It was a matter of time before Omicron arrived and we went back to Red. And we have. The last year has been two steps forward and then one step back – getting vaccinated is the answer.

On 23 January the Golf Section hosted the Brown Bros at McLean’s Island. There were 64 players entered, with Hornby Club, Kaiapoi Club, Ashburton RSA and Ashburton MSA taking part. The Ashburton teams provided 24 players, a great effort. The weather was wet with constant drizzle all day,
but fortunately no wind. Good scoring was hard to come by, with water lying on the fairways and the greens. The winners representing Hornby Club were Colin Ellison, Wayne Gruebner, John Poole and Geoff Baldwin with a total of 115. Tied on second place were M Carter, K Fox, J Webb and M Bennett and A Barrie, P Greer, P Hefford and M Rayner. Individual Men Mike James and Ladies J Hoskins. There were seven twos nearest pin (MEN) Jack Kingi Hazel, (Ladies) J Hoskins.

The South Island Men’s Championships are at Rangiora on Waitangi Weekend. The section has three teams entered. The next game is at Kaiapoi on 13 February at 9.30 am. There is a sheet up at the Club to sign-up. The Sections AGM is on 8 February at 7pm in the Westview Lounge.

Cheers,
The Big Fella