Waikanae Golf Club

The three Waiakanae men’s teams have just achieved an historic first in the Wellington District interclub competition, each winning its division.
The 36 hole Division 3 team, captained by Rob Cooper, topped their division, winning the Andy Shaw Trophy.  The Division 4 team (18 holes), captained by Paul Keno, have not only won their division and [...]

All the relevant documents for the Annual General Meeting to be held in the clubhouse at 7.30pm on Thursday 24 June can be downloaded from this site.  Hard copies of these documents are also available from Marg in the office.  Note that you need a broadband internet connection to download the papers as the document [...]

Our men and women shoot-out contestants braved a very cold southerly yesterday to determine this year’s winners.
Congratulations to all who took part, who organised the event and helped on the day, including the Saturday night ‘calcutta’, and the sponsors.
Men’s winner: Ron Olivecrona
Runner-up: Brent Buckler
Women’s winner: AIlene Wilson
Runner-up: Jenny Heggie

After 9 rounds of the Men’s 2010 interclub season, the Div 7 team is in 1st position, leading Mahunga by 7 points.  A superb 15-0 win in round 8 at home against Featherston was a fantastic result.   Div 4 with one round to go is also in 1st position, just 1 point [...]

The notice of meeting for our AGM is posted on the Club’s main Notice Board for the information of members.  The meeting is to be held in our clubrooms on Thursday, 24 June at 7.30pm.  Please make a note of this date and come along and support our club.

The Board last week co-opted Denys Wright to take up the position of Treasurer following the recent resignation of David Ward.
A qualified chartered accountant with a Diploma in Business Studies and Financial Planning, Denys brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the role.
Self-employed over the past 11 years, Denys was formerly a partner and [...]

Otaki Golf Club has kindly offered our members a very generous concession next week while our course is out of action due to coring and scarifying of the greens.  On Tuesday, 13 April, Waikanae men can participate in the men’s draw for only $10 green fee + the normal competition fee.  On the following day, [...]

Members will note from our Programme Booklet that the coring of all our greens is scheduled for 12-14 April.
The NZ Turf Institute (based at Massey University) have advised us that our thatch density is still at an unacceptable level and needs to be reduced from its current 11.3% to no more than 5%.  This problem, [...]

Watch this programme on Wednesday night, 7.30pm, 3 March.  It will feature an interview with Steve Williams who was at the course on the day of our recent ProAm.  It should include some images of the Waikanae Golf Club course and environs which members may find of interest.

David Ward, Board member and Treasure for the past 2½ years, has resigned from the Board of Management effective from the end of February.
David’s increasing business and personal commitments have reached the stage where he feels he is no longer able to devote the time and energy needed to carry out his considerable duties as [...]