Kathy`s Kartoons Fowl weather shortens Classic

Tee Mail Aug 2010
Volume 3, Issue 8
Editor: Cabby Keyte [email protected]
Members’ articles, comment, feedback, photos welcome.
Fowl weather shortens Classic
by Grant Clow
Inside this issue:
Vaggy’s Vision
Senior Moments
On the 19th
Cap’n Clow
Divas, Divots…
Juniors
Green Scene
Kathy’s Kartoon
Upcoming events
A few laughs
You’re a Star…
Persistent rain from early morning on
Saturday the 14th August caused play to
be suspended, with the first groups
having played 13 holes and the last
groups just four. Further rain made the
greens unplayable and with a very
doubtful weather forecast for Sunday,
play was abandoned for the day at
1 o'clock and all players returned at
7.30am on Sunday to complete their
first round.
Sunday was rain free and all players had
completed two rounds by 3 o'clock. Two
players were tied and were sent up the
eighteenth for a sudden death playoff.
James Hamilton knocked his approach
dead and his subsequent birdie secured
him the tournament.
Rain early in the week had made some
areas quite boggy, especially the landing
area on 10. With rain forecast, playing
the lie was going to be difficult and
players were given the longstanding
local condition, 15cm place on own
mown fairway. This call was virtually left
to Tane Robson and a few other
prominent players who all wanted to
play the lie and have a chance at the
course record of 66 set in 2001.
A major disappointment was the lack of
respect a large number of players
showed for our course as evidenced by
the large number of divots not
being replaced.
The field was well up to previous years
but once again lacking the current NZ
representatives (overseas) or the NZ
squad members south of Taupo. One
entrant was from Australia. It was
disappointing when it came to
prize-giving, with a representative of
the sponsors present, that only about a
quarter of the field had bothered to stay
till the end.
The players these days show little or no
respect for sponsors who put up the
money for prizes, or for the course or
facilities. There are so many
tournaments of a similar nature for the
elite player these days that players
almost seem bored and not totally
committed to perform to the best of
their abilities, even to the extent of
going out all night and turning up to
play after no sleep.
Kathy’s Kartoons
We are delighted and indeed privileged
to be able to feature in this and our
future Tee Mails, golf cartoons
beautifully drawn by one of our own
members, Kathleen Hjorth.
Some of you will already be familiar
with Kathy’s work and it will come as
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no surprise that she is a little shy about
exhibiting them. You will surely agree
they are very well executed and their
humour, irony and wit will be an asset
to our pages.
Our first one, with a Spring theme, is on
page six.
The club’s promotion
committee has been
asked to include in
each
month’s
newsletter, the club’s
membership
figures.
The following are the
figures for our club
listed on the NZ Golf
website, which show
we currently have 416
affiliated members.
- Jeanette Boswell
Men
286
Women
112
Junior Men
16
Junior Women
2
Total
416
Vaggy’s Vision
This column is called "Vaggy's Vision" then
my vision for next year regarding the ASB
Cambridge Classic is we put the same
effort into a tournament at a more
suitable time of the year, i.e. October or
November, and hopefully attract a field of
players who will appreciate and show the
respect the sponsors, workforce and
administration deserve. When you see
these golfers walking into the golf club
with their dirty golf shoes on in front of
Christine vacuuming the floor it makes you
wonder what’s gone wrong.
The number of divots that weren't
replaced, and I've heard it was even more
at Lochiel after the winter strokeplay, it
may be that golf's officialdom should take
a long look at the etiquette and manners
of some players.
What a great job Tony Ross's man did with
the digger in cleaning up after the tree
felling. Won't it look great when the grass
has grown and been mown between the
3rd and 5th fairways. The new fairway
mower is making the fairways look so good
one feels guilty taking a divot and after all
this rain, hasn't the course stood up well.
Well done greens staff. You're doing a
good job.
Anyway that’s it from me. Happy golfing.
El Presidente
Stump removal
The uprooting and burial of the stumps
left after the logging between the 3rd
and 5th fairways have given us options
as to what to do with that land. If the
stumps had not been removed the area
would have had to have been
replanted in trees to prevent it turning
into an untidy wasteland. Now the
options are endless and it would be a
shame to rush into anything before all
options have been considered for that
area. The work was carried out by
C & R Developments, a local firm that
spends most of its time in mines and
road construction. They put a 21 ton
digger on site and a very experienced
and meticulous operator at no cost to
the club to do the job.
The redwood stumps by the 6th tee
were looked at but the probability of
undermining the remaining redwoods
and damage to the 6th tee was too
great so some other way will have to
be found to clean this area up.
They also agreed to us using them to
clean up the other two larger areas
that were also logged. While the
operator was not happy with his
finished job we certainly have no
complaints. The Cambridge Golf Club is
extremely thankful to Tony, Tim,
Simon and Michael Ross, the owners
of C & R Developments, for a
tremendous job. Tony, of course, is the
same Tony Ross who has reached the
final of the Marsden and Harper,
playing with his little cousin
Peter Picket.
OKOROIRE OFFER
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on the 18th October.
If any of your members would like a day
out on this day we would be happy to
provide them with as many rounds as
they would like and lunch thrown in for
the paltry sum of $20.00. HOW’S THAT?
We would need some indication of
numbers if you are interested.
Cheers, Hugh
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A golfing couple made
a deal that whoever
died first would come
back and inform the
other if there is sex
after death. Their
biggest fear was that
there was no after -life
at all.
After a long life
together, the husband
was the first to die.
True to his word, he
made the first contact:
" Marion ... Marion "
"Is that you, Bob?"
"Yes, I've come back
like we agreed."
"That's wonderful!
What's it like?"
"Well, I get up in the
morning, I have sex. I
have breakfast and
then it's off to the
golf course.
I have sex again, bathe
in the warm sun and
then have sex a
couple more times.
Then I have lunch
(you'd be proud - lots
of greens). Another
romp around the golf
course, then pretty
much have sex the
rest of the afternoon.
After supper, it's back
to the golf course
again. Then it's more
sex until late at night.
I catch some much
needed sleep and then
the next day it starts all
over again"
"Oh, Bob, are you in
Heaven?"
“No........... I'm a rabbit
in Central Otago!”
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On the 19th
Congratulations to Malcolm Verner
who was the winner of the AH Nicol
Cup. Runner up was Ron Garland.
Ray Lucas got his first Hole in One
on the 24th of August on the 13th.
Congratulations Ray, may it not be
your last.
Thursday Midweeks have been well
attended with numbers in the 50’s.
We are having a lot of visitors making
return visits as they are enjoying
playing on our course. The cost is $5
for 18 hole club members and $15 for
affiliated members from other clubs.
The entry fee covers twos and a
stableford scramble. The competition
starts at 8am and runs through
till 1pm.
Change of date 1: The Junior
Interprovincials to be held at
Cambridge have been brought
forward to end of September instead
of the first week in October.
Note that CORING is scheduled for
the week starting 18th October and a
special offer from Okoroire for that
Monday only is listed elsewhere in
this edition.
Change of date 2: Twilight will be
starting on the 27th of October not
the 13th October as stated in the
Programme booklet; this is due to
coring. The entry fees will be the
same as last year $6.00 for Club
Members, $8.00 for Affiliated and Pay
as You Go Members, and $10.00 for
non members. So everyone make
sure you put this date in your diary
and we’ll see you there.
SHOP NEWS: A new stock of shirts
is available in the shop. Remember,
we do have some catalogues here for
you to choose from if we don’t have in
stock the item you want.
 A plea to gardeners. When working
in your garden and deciding that
some plants need thinning, don't just
throw out the unwanted plants
or bulbs. If they are easy-care and
could produce some colour in out-ofthe- way places on the course,
Thanks to the following sponsors
who support our club:
Hole 1 NZ Printing Co
Hole 2 Trevor Iremonger Plumbing
Hole 3 Clark and Son Ltd
Hole 4 Daltons
Hole 5 Personal Touch Kitchens
Hole 6 New World Cambridge
Hole 7 Harris Construction
Hole 8 AVAILABLE
Hole 9 AVAILABLE
Hole 10 Presland Tocker Insurance
Hole 11 Windsor Nissan
Hole 12 Challenge Rockgas
Hole 13 Cambridge Homes
Hole 14 Carters Building
Hole 15 AVAILABLE
Hole 16 AVAILABLE
Hole 17 Dux Drainage
Hole 18 Paynter Catering
To new members:
Full Playing: Bryan Paterson
Nine Hole:
Brenden Daniel
Don Fankhauser
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permission of the Executive
Committee of the
Cambridge Golf Club Inc.
Continued...
Kevin Cubis would like to have them.
Plants he has in mind are dahlias,
daffodil bulbs, hydrangeas or similar,
anything that needs no special
attention and could grow in areas like
above the track up to the 2nd tee.
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Senior Moments
Although play was possible each of the past four
Tuesdays, only three normal competitions were held
as turnout on the first Tuesday of the month was too
small to justify one. Thanks go to Debbie, however,
who promptly organised a $5 Scramble for those
who did brave the elements. Numbers for the other
three weeks were reasonable, averaging 34, but
scores continue to reflect the tougher playing
conditions. Nonetheless, of note during the month
were 43 Stableford points from Lyall Keyte and 39
points each from Ann & Dick Thompson. Ann also
carded a +3 Par round as did Marilyn Harrison and
Don McColl.
I am abandoning Round Under Repair this month to
report on Constitution under repair. You will all be
aware that a SGM was held on the 16 August to
finalise and approve a new Constitution. This was
done and the new Constitution is in the process of
being registered and will, in due course, be
implemented. Despite some initial apprehension as to
how a new Constitution might affect the way the
Veterans operate, amendments agreed at the SGM
and the resultant finished product - along with
assurances from the Executive - leave me satisfied
that we will continue :
- to manage our own financial matters.
- to operate our own Committee structure albeit
defined as a sub-committee of the Executive.
There is, however, one significant change under the
new Constitution and that is the Veterans subcommittee must include a member of the Executive.
This
Executive
position
of
Veterans’
Representative will be filled via the Veterans own
Committee election process at their Annual Meeting
and
the
appointment
recorded
at
the
Club AGM.
On to matters more serious, namely this months
Senior Moments. .John McGlade’s dual golf
personality was revealed to its full extent when he
scored 10 Stableford points on the front nine holes
and 26 on the back nine! Kevin Cubis, despite the
threat of having a golf ball inserted in a place where
the sun doesn't shine, refused point blank to reveal
his Stableford point score at a Waikato Veterans event
at Lochiel. Don't worry, Kevin, your 24 point secret is
safe! Allan Burdett’s drive on the 17th merits a
mention if only because he was still standing on the
tee box for his second shot after blasting his first shot
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by Tony Stoner
just past the ladies markers! Bill Macmillan proved
there is no such thing as a gimme when he missed a
15cm putt on the 12th! My claim to golfing infamy
was to land in the left hand bunker on the 14th for 3
and get out for 8. Not good when playing Nett! There
were some happier senior moments, however,
including holes in one for Ray Lucas and Harry Shields
whilst Geoff Walker was able to leave his putter in the
bag when he eagled the par 5 tenth.
On a sadder note we marked the passing this month
of Stewart Ostler. We have also lost from our
numbers, John McKenzie who has relocated to the
bottom of South Island. John’s appreciation of his time
at Cambridge along with his wicked sense of humour
is well represented in his letter of resignation to the
Club which I am sure he wont mind me quoting
part of :"I have thoroughly enjoyed my time with
C.G.C. and would like to take this opportunity
to express my thanks to the Club in general. As
well, would like to pay tribute to the Vets and
the office staff. I shall carry very fond
memories of the Vets. All were friendly and
welcoming, and their camaraderie is a
precious attribute that should be jealously
cherished. Specifically, I wish to compliment
Tony and his team. His outstanding capacity
to combine fun, sharp wit and efficiency
(Where else could one safely return home
after having been thoroughly "Stoned“?), is
excellently underpinned by the "elves" who
do the so often unappreciated but so vital,
background "stuff"".
Thank you, too, John, and our best wishes to you and
your golf way down South.
A reminder, albeit an early one, for all Veterans
who intend to play in this year’s Closed Xmas
Tournament. It is closed inasmuch as, apart from
qualifying to play by virtue of your age, it is also a
requirement that you will have played, this year, in at
least ten Veterans Tuesday games. There will be no
exceptions to the 10 game qualification so now is the
time to step up your Tuesday appearances if your
count is low.
Good golfing
Tony Stoner - Veterans Convenor
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Cap’n Clow’s Column
The ASB Cambridge Classic kept us
Contd from previous
page...
Tony’s parting shot:
"Two women were
put
together
as
partners in the club
tournament and met
on the putting green
for the first time.
After introductions,
the first golfer asked,
"What’s
your
handicap?”
"Oh, I’m a scratch
golfer," the other
replied.
"Really!" exclaimed
the first woman,
suitably
impressed
that she was paired
up with her.
"Yes, I write down all
my good scores and
scratch out the bad
ones!"
Junior Champs Results
18 Hole Boys
1st Mitch Kirkbride gross
76
2nd William Bramley
gross 88
18 Hole Girls
1st Zeta Syme gross 120
18 Hole Best Overall Nett
Jarrod Needham nett 71
9 Hole
Boys 1st Noah-John
Woest 47
Girls 1st Anong Klinyoo 71
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busy and it is reviewed elsewhere.
Local competitions completed during
August were the A H Nicol Cup, a 36
hole Stableford event. Malcolm Verner
proved the handicap system is fair and
does not favour longer handicappers
when he prevailed, winning on count
back from Ron Garland. It was a big
month for Malcolm when he realised
his dream of breaking 300 in the
Classic; also playing in the last group
on Sunday in the Classic. We'll forget
the rain causing all sorts of problems
and having something to do with both
achievements.
The other competition was the
Caldwell Cup, a 36 hole net event.
Once again the low handicappers
dominated. One of our promising
youngsters, Shane Bailee with two
solid rounds of 72, 71 won by 2 shots
from Gary Bennett whose youth is a
long way in the past. The lowest
handicapper in the club who regularly
participates in club competition, Steve
Watson, was third.
The Marsden and Harper finalists have
been found. Peter Pickett and Tony
Ross dealt with Alan Dahlberg and
Wally Jones to claim one berth while
Terry Sadler and Graeme Thomas
disposed of Robert Clancy and Murray
Hardisty to get the other spot. The
final is scheduled for Sunday 12th
September. It could be a very
interesting match with both sides
having a player who plays a lot, Sadler
and Pickett, while Thomas and Ross
could best be described as occasional
golfers who if they played more often
would possibly be on lower handicaps
than their present marks.
The annual interclub with Rotorua was
well supported and although they took
advantage of their home track to beat
us,
all
players
enjoyed
the
Arikikapakapa course and the Rotorua
club’s hospitality. We may have been
better off leaving our Manager behind
because when his score was added to
the equation our average Stableford
score plummeted.
The Matchplay Championships are
looming and Ray Lucas and Peter
Bruce are in control of these. They
have decided to do away with the
qualifying round. If there are more
than 16 entries in any of the divisions,
a preliminary round will be held on
Saturday, Sept 18, in those divisions,
to round the main draw to 16 players.
Names must be in by Wednesday the
8th September so a draw can be
posted by Sat 11th Sept. In the 16 man
draws, matches will be played on
Saturday and Sunday , 25/ 26 Sept
with the semi-finals on Saturday the
2nd October and the finals, over 36
holes for Senior and Intermediate, on
Sunday 3rd October.
Congratulations to the Junior Champ
winners . Some notable results. (See at
left).
The recent adoption by members of a
new constitution has made it
impossible for me to continue as Club
Captain. Two clauses:
1. That no employee can be eligible for
the executive committee and
2. The Club Captain must be a member
of
the
executive
committee,
effectively rule me out from
continuing. The constitution does not
come into effect until it is registered
but with an unknown time line for this
to happen, I have tendered my
resignation as of 31 August to avoid
any possibility of my breaching the
rules of the Cambridge Golf Club Inc.
I have enjoyed my time as your Club
Captain but the dreaded 'conflict of
interest' means I have had to take this
action.
Grant Clow
Editor’s note: Many thanks, Clowie, for
your valued and very informative
reports. - CK
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Green Scene
by Kevin Brown
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was presented in first class order for
the Classic went out the window when
persistent rain on Saturday made the
waterlogged greens unplayable We
were unable to get on the greens again
before Sunday’s play but by all
accounts they played reasonably well.
Without the rain, the greens would
have been firmer and a lot faster and
the players’ skill levels would have
been more severely tested. The extent
of the water on the greens was
worrying and we are looking at how
we could improve things in the future.
The 11th green in particular urgently
needs realignment to get rid of the
hole that puddles after any rain. One
disappointing aspect of the Classic was
the lack of care some of the players
took of the course, especially divots.
These better players take a large divot
with their irons and not replacing them
was in evidence even after the practice
round. Do some of these players think
they are so good that someone else
will clean up after them?
We are now in preparation mode for
the Junior Inter Provincial Tournament.
Unfortunately a mistake in the dates
for this event means it will be held the
week prior to the Club Champs finals.
During the week of the tournament we
are unable to get a lot done and
apologise in advance for the condition
of the course for the finals of the
matchplay champs. The same thing
happens when corporate days are
held, usually on Fridays, when we
cannot properly prepare the course for
the weekend.
Stress levels are a lot lower now our
facilities at the workshop are being
cleaned on a regular basis. Our
cleaner, Christine, does a marvellous
job around the clubhouse and the
course toilets and now for us (she has
done it once so far) and she also told
us to say something nice about her.
Overnight temperatures have seen an
increase in grass growth and we are
going to have to mow areas like the
fairways more often to maintain the
playing conditions that members now
expect. Some areas have become very
boggy recently and players are asked
to continue being very careful around
the greens in particular. We do not like
fencing off areas but will do if the
need arises.
Kevin and Steve
Introducing
Kathy’s
Kartoon
Used with permission.
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Divas, Divots & Drivers
Two golfers were standing over-looking the
river. One golfer looked to the other and said,
"Look at those idiots fishing in the rain."
9 Hole Open Tournament sponsored by
Tarbutt Optometrists will be played on Friday
Sept 10th.
That sums up August for both the Wednesday
and Saturday ladies with a few hardy souls
making good use of their wet weather gear.
The grass cover continues to improve but the
damp conditions seem to shorten those good
drives. The area between the 3rd and 5th
fairways is looking very tidy.
Wednesday 11th August was surprisingly fine
and there were a good number of both 18 &
9 Hole ladies who generously supported the
Halberg Trust fundraiser run by the Eagles
Golfing Society. Good luck with your tickets;
it would be wonderful to see a winner from
Cambridge. The 25th was also fine and the
Bring & Buy was well supported to boost the
Mystery Trip fund.
Saturday Ladies have also been dogged by
the rain but would have been quite happy to
forgo their day for the Classic as it turned out.
The Y. Lomey Stableford Match Play was held
a little later than programmed and Jeanie
Hughes prevailed over Kay Brennan. It’s great
to know there will be a Weekend Pennant
team competing in the Waikato competition
next year. Great excitement in the ranks
when Kathy Miller recently chipped in for a
rare two on the 13th. It seems these are few
and far between for the Saturday girls.
The Mystery Trip is now Wednesday 29th
September due to a programme change as
advised and all lady members are welcome. If
you have a day off work that day, be sure to
put your name on the list and start thinking
about your black & white costume. This is a
fun day, so join us for the mystery.
Wills Cup team members – Betty Harvey,
Deborah Martin, Christine Scoular, Lorna
Walker, Carol McNeil & Maria Cubis
contested the finals at Putaruru on August
20th and finished third having already won
the East Zone competition to earn their place
in the play off. So good to see Cambridge to
the fore this year. This has been a tight knit
team and the after-match functions have
been as enjoyable as the main events. All our
team members were presented with a handcrafted walking stick after Finals day – read
into this what you will.
9 Hole Ladies have been in short supply on
the damper days but full marks to their
convenor (and oldest member) who led by
example and braved the elements. The 9
Hole Pennant Team have now played all the
preliminary rounds and finals will be played
on October 1st at the Narrows Golf Club. Our
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CGC Tee Mail Aug 2010
Through the main club we have applied to
the Waipa District Council to consider one of
our past members for inclusion in the
Cambridge Walk of Fame.
Phyllis (Phyl) MacDiarmid had an impressive
golf pedigree playing for New Zealand in the
Tasman Cup on four occasions including, as
non-playing captain, in the victorious NZ
Team of 1968, Commonwealth Tournament
1967, Russell Grace team member for at least
12 years, Waikato representative on the LGU
1962-70, NZLGU National Selector 1964-70
and elected a Life Vice President of the
NZLGU in 1971. In 1991 she was appointed
NZ’s British LGU Vice President, an annual
appointment honouring someone who has
made a notable contribution to golf in NZ.
Reminders
Please return all trophies for engraving.
Daisy Short Shield Interclub with Hamilton @
Cambridge Sept 3rd.
Gloria Gillmore Handicap Match Play
(Saturday) starts Sept 4th.
Match Play Championships start Sept 8th.
Interclub at Morrinsville Sept 13th.
Mystery Trip 29th Sept.
Best wishes and a speedy recovery to
Leslea Haggie.
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Friday 10th September 2010
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By the time a man
can afford to lose a
golf ball, he can't hit
it that far.
Take some time to look at your
surroundings and think about the STAR
who made it (and keeps it) all nice
for you or cleaned up after you.
You can do your bit too, simply by
replacing divots and repairing pitch
marks, and leaving no rubbish on the
course nor in the gardens and car park.
Ball Hiding from Player
If a player cannot find a ball that has
been hit in plain sight into a reasonably
playable area of the course where there
is an accumulation of dead leaves,
seasonal debris, grass clippings, or other
forms of incidental camouflage in which
a furtive ball could improperly conceal
itself, the ball shall be deemed to be
hiding, but not lost, and another ball
may be dropped without penalty as
close as possible to the place where the
original ball is believed to be lurking.
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