Waikanae Golf Club

An important day in our golfing calendar is Patron’s Day sponsored generously again this year by our patron, Jill Higgins.  It will be held on Sunday, 22 November with a multi-tee start at 9am.  Men and women members are welcome to make up their own teams of four but you can just register with the [...]

The finals of the Men’s Club Championships were played on Sunday 1 November.
Special thanks to all our officials, especially the referees: Dick Woods, Barry Birtwistle, Cliff Martin and Marty Rosedale and congratulations to the following winners and runers-up:
Senior:
Winner:   Ron Olivecrona
Runner-up:  Kelly Houghton
Intermediate:
Winner:  Phil Carthew
Runner-up: Glen Topliff
Junior:
Winner: Greg Maraku
Runner-up: Alistair Garvie
Vets:
Winner:  Ian Douglas
Runner-up: Bryan Futter

Following its success in 2008, the Waikanae Golf Club will again host the very popular Pro Am tournament that will be run under the auspices of the Professional Golfers’ Association of New Zealand. The naming rights sponsor is Quinovic Property Management who have agreed to underwrite the tournament.  The event will take place on 9 [...]

New golfers, please note our special spring time deal. You can earn full membership status until 28 February for only $390. Offer closes next Friday, 11  September. Contact Marg: 04 293 2488.

The Board intends to make a submission on the two roading options for SH1 just announced by the NZ Transport Agency.
Members who wish to comment on these options insofar as they might impact on our club, please send your comments by email to <waikanae@golf.co.nz> no later than 24 September.

The Board has just concluded successful negotiations with the Club’s new caterer.  She is Wendy Franicevic, a qualified chef with almost 20 years’ catering experience.  Wendy was selected from a short list of five applicants and was the unanimous choice of the panel who conducted the interviews. Wendy will start on Monday, 7 September by [...]

It is great to be able to announce that our target for funding of the kitchen renovations has been well and truly achieved thanks to the continued generosity of our members and their sheer determination.  The quoted price for the work is $21,000 but we expect there will be some additional costs, such as painting [...]

The results of yesterday’s men’s President’s Trophy, a combined nett competition, are as follows:
1st (nett 207)    D. Barrow     G. Coutts   K. Smith   R. Peters
2nd (nett 217)   B. Birtwistle  E. Isaac      B. Bartlett I. Webley

Evania’s last day as our caterer will be Thursday 13 August.  She has been with the club for several years and is well known to members as invariably friendly and helpful.  We thank her for her services to the club and wish her well for the future.  The Board is currently receiving expressions of interest [...]

A field of 36 men and women competed Sunday for the Reta Steel Trophy which is a mixed Canadian foursomes stableford event played each year.  Despite a delay caused by frost, the event was most successful and greatly enjoyed by all.
The winners were: Adele Smith and Roger Broadbelt (37 points)
Runners up:           Liz Cavies and Barry [...]