August 2015FEILDING GOLF CLUB NEWSLETTER

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Special Interest

Articles

P1 Mid Winter Xmas

Tournament

T6 Matchplay

Tournament

P2 Coming Events

Members’ Draw

Adele’s on the Green

P3 The June Flood

18th Green

P4 Learn to Play Golf

1487 Waughs Road

Feilding

P O Box 267

Feilding 4740

PHONE:

06 3234553

FAX:

06 3234526

E-MAIL:secretary@feildinggolfclub.co.nz

WEBSITE: http://www.feildinggolfclub.co.nz

OFFICE HOURSMON. – FRI.

9.30am – 12.30pm

1.30pm - 4.00pm

FEILDING GOLF CLUB

Mid Winter Xmas Tournament12 June 2015

Although the weather was appalling, the tournament went very well. 96 players

registered, with 5 pulling out at the start, with 87 women completing the 18

holes. Feedback was very positive apart from the weather.

Melinda Wheeler from Pongaroa won the Denbigh Cup, with a Nett 75.

2nd was Anna Kiifuss with a Nett 76. Feilding’s own Karen Earle was 3rd with a

Nett 78.

Jenny Ritchie, Marton won the Gross with 84.

Division 1 Stableford winner with 32 points was Cheryl Rhodes from Marton

Division 2 Stableford with 30 points was Maggie McMinn from Castlecliff

Division 3 Stableford with 32 points was Roz Morrison, also from Marton.

Thanks to all who helped and supplied baking for raffles.

T6 Matchplay TournamentThis tournament is proving to be popular, and was played in lovely sunshine

at Feilding on Sunday 12th July.

30 players took part, and played the tournament out by 3 lots of matches for

6 holes each.

The winners for each group were:

Men:

Group 1 – Lee Welsh

Group 2 – Peter McCaughan

Group 3 – Bruce McKelvie

Women: - Jennie McKelvie

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New Members

Nil!

Coming EventsAugust 2015

Club Championships Qualifying Rounds Commence

Sunday 9th August – Mens Denbigh Cup at 11.30am

Monday 10th August – 9 Holers Round Robin Interclub – Tees

closed 10am.

Sunday 23rd August – Men & Ladies Inter-Club Feilding v Taihape

at Feilding 11.00am

Sunday 30th August – Feilding Golf Club Mini Halberg Fundraising

Tournament. Tee times available at the Pro

Shop, phone 323-5976.

Members are reminded thatMembership cards arerequired to be carried whenthe bar is open, and that allvisitors who are notreciprocal golf clubmembers are required to besigned in by a club member.

August Sponsors

Atkins & Associates

Design Builders

(Manawatu) Ltd

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Adele’s on the Green

Feilding Golf Club has an excellent name for our catering. We are veryfortunate to have Adele, she has been with Feilding Golf Club since May 2008.A local girl she grew up in nearby Halcombe, and worked at the FreezingWorks for a time. Then she went into business with Lucy Wai (formerly HongKong Dynasty), and started the Tai Wan Restaurant (formerly where the now 4Flames Restaurant is). Adele has done Private Catering for 20 years.Adele’s on the Green caters to our weekly golf programme, tournament’s,small group like Probus and the RSA, as well as various Private Functions andWeddings. Small group functions and out-catering are also catered for byarrangement.

Show your support for Adele so we can keep her at our Club!

Members’ Draw

CommencingSaturday 8th

August at 5.30pm.Must be in theClubhouse.Jackpots weekly if not struck.

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The June FloodOne of the areas hit by the 19th

June flood was the practicechipping green - the course wasclosed for the day (a rareoccurrence).

The Practice Chipping Green

ShelterThanks to Duncan Webb Construction whoare currently building the shelter on thePractice Fairway. Your wait is nearly overDon!

WorkshopThe painting of the shed has beencompleted with our thanks to RoddyMcCabe. Sorry the weather provedto be a challenge this spring/summer.

BunkersHerrick Perry continues to rake ourbunkers every week. We thank Herrickfor the many hours he gives the Club.

Course/Clubhouse RubbishThank you to the retiree’s who removethe course rubbish every Friday – rain orshine. Also to David Jones who regularlyremoves recyclable rubbish from theClubhouse.

GardensThank you to all the women of the Club whodonate time to our gardens around thecourse. Spring is just around the corner!

And lastlyThank you to all members who assist the

Club in various ways.

ECCTThe Club acknowledges a grantof $7,000 from Eastern &Central Community Trust toassist with the renovation work.

Work is in progress for extendingthe practice chipping green. Theexisting 18th green will be cut androlled, then re-laid here. An excitingnew green will provide memberswith a great practice area.

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FROM THE PRESIDENT

ClubhouseThe internal project on the clubhouse is now into a second stage. We are endeavouring to replace the current table tops inboth the lounge area and the dining area to all be matching. This will include the two bar leaners. The plan is to sell to themembers a table top and make this part of the project as close to self-funding as we can, members will receive a tag with theirname on it on the table to recognise their donation. I really appreciate all the people who have put their names down to do thisso far and I’m sure with the on-going support from members it won’t take long to fill the board. The colours have been decidedon by the House and Bar committee and other people, so this will continue to brighten the place up.We have received from Pub Charities a grant for $30k for the external painting of the clubhouse, the two quotes that we havereceived see a shortfall of approximately $19k to complete this job, we have decided that we will start the work with thispayment whilst continuing to apply for grants to cover the shortfall. Work will start in October and again we will be using thepainters colour consultants to get the best result possible. This will include blasting of the steel beams and epoxy painting for along-term resolution to the rust currently there.Once this area is completed by the painters we will progress with the glass balustrade along the outside area, we are currentlygetting quotes to do this job and thanks to the social event planned for 30th October we expect to cover this cost, so pleasesupport the organisers efforts in this fundraising event, information will be out shortly.Lastly on this note, we will be looking for volunteers (as always….) with a bit of an update of the Caretakers house. We arelooking at some carpet and vinyl replacement as well as internal painting etc. so if you have a spare day please let Ann know sowe can give you a call when we are ready.Footnote: Daniel & Rebecca Lynch will be taking over the security duties and moving into the house towards the end ofAugust. Daniel has commenced working on the course 2 days per week following the resignation of Paul Sheffield.

18th Green RenovationsAs you can now see we are underway with the redevelopment with the 18th green, the weather has not been as kind as itwould have been over the last two years but we are continuing with the preparation work.’We are looking at starting the shaping work (again weather permitting) in early August with a view to having it ready for sowingin early September to catch the start of the growing season. This is a long-term project and I appreciate that it would be greatto have it not impede on our enjoyment of playing golf but we are working with what we have, whilst trying to keep the costsdown. We have had many volunteers again offering both time and equipment and I want everyone to acknowledge the effortsthat these guys are putting in when you see them there.The plan of the development is still up in the bar area and I encourage anyone to add suggestions or comments into thesuggestion box, these will be looked at and as the design will be largely finalised by Tommy (course designer) as he is shapingthe area. Bunkering etc is included in this ‘design as we go plan’ and again it will be determined by the volume of fill that we cangather by that stage.The area around the path leading to the first tee will be reshaped and the chipping green extended using the current turf fromthe 18th green as it is rolled up and moved across, this does two things for us, it gives us more good quality top soil for the 18th

green and also uses the turf rather than burying the green that has been worked on for years to get it to it’s current state.In approximately two weeks the 18th green will be rolled up and moved and the alternate 8th green will come into play as the18th green, this will be a very short par 5 still, however we will be introducing an internal out of bounds to protect players fromdrives as they play the 8th fairway. This will only remain until the new green comes into play and will only be effective from the18th hole not the 8th.Whilst the alternate green is in play, the top of the hill to the practise green will be a NO-GO area. This means that there willbe no entry permitted (even to get a golf ball) unless you are signed in. This is a health and safety requirement and I apologisein advance for the inconvenience it may cause, this also means those finishing on the alternate green will have to walk aroundthe 8th fairway and across the carpark to get to the 1st tee (the cut-through by Glens house will not be used). We must be verystrict on this as Health and Safety breaches are very painful in many ways…..Again I appreciate there are several inconveniences involved with the work we are doing but when they are finished, I hopeeveryone will see the value in the jobs

Trevor WardClub President.

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MANAWATU WANGANUI REPRESENTATIVE TEAMS

The first Manawatu Wanganui Golf Orderof Merit series was the HorowhenuaOpen at the Levin Golf Club on Sunday26th July. 15 Women & 71 Men played 36holes. 8 players from Feilding were in thefield. Manawatu WanganuiRepresentative Teams were selected forthe first representative fixture at Levinplaying against Wellington on Sunday 9th

August.Feilding members selected are:SENIOR MEN: Mike Atkins

& 16 year old Liam FinlaysonMASTERS: Tony ChettleburghJUNIORS (Under 19): Jayden HunterWOMEN: Sharon Howe (Reserve).Congratulations on your selection.

18th GREENThe 18th Green will beclosed from Saturday 1st

August, when theAlternate 8th Greencomes into play.

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Email addresses:To keep up to date with notcies, changes, course closures, website postings – please supply your email address to: secretary@feildinggolfclub.co.nz

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This 3 week ‘Learn to Play Golf’ programme for the new golfer will commence in the 2nd week of

September mid-week or weekend. Phone 06 323 5976 or 06 323 4553 to confirm your booking and

time - thanks to grant funding from Sport Manawatu.

Do you know of any family members, friends, workmates or neighbours who are wanting to give

GOLF a go?

PING FITTING DAY AT FEILDING GOLF CLUBTuesday 18th August

Come and try the new i IRONS and G MAX IRONSalong with the number one selling G30 Range.

Phone Don on 06 323-5976 to book a fitting time.