In this issue of the Redwood Cut,

We talk about our club's achievements in the past month around the golf and more, upcoming tournaments and pennants.

Also few messages from the Club Captain and Facilities Manager.

Hi everyone, hope everyone's had a gentle winter month of July and August, as the weather was not friendly at all to us.

We at Redwood Park Golf Club was surprised by the amount of rain we had especially during the month of July, a record amount of rainfall in 36 years.

Just about a month away to our daylight savings this year, so here's a hope for the remaining of time to be dry.

Last month we had oustanding achievements from our juniors around the country.

Bowen Shao, one of our brightest junior stars at the club, became the 2022 Hawkes Bay u13 Strokeplay Champion.

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Bowen represented our Sunderland Men's Pennants Team this year, and will be looking into breaking into West Coast side upcoming year.

Well done Bowen!

Bowen getting into the scratchys

Waikato Age Groups 2022

One of our promising girls at the club, Sophie Yu, placed first in Net in the under 14 girls division, in the Prestigous Waikato Age Groups @ Cambridge Golf Club.

With drives reaching 230 meters off the tee, our best talent since Philis Meti and Lydia Ko, here's a hope for her to make it big in the upcoming years.

Well done Sophie!

2022 STAN WALK TROPHY WINNER 

Ladies and Gentlemen, please congratulate our Stan Walker Trophy Winner for 2022, Andrew Lobb.

Andrew won on the 2nd play off hole, after beating Hennie Greeff in the finals.

Both Andrew and Hennie made 4 on the 2nd hole however, Andrew was lucky enough to receive a shot from his handicap and came home with the bacon.

Pennants Season 2023

The pennants schedule for 2023 is being prepared by North Harbour Golf right now, we are looking into putting a team in these divisions, can the current team captains and managers report back to the club if they wish to continue keep their posts for another season or let someone else take over.

Men's

Frank Nobilo Trophy

West Coast

Sunderland

Kaipara

InterClub

Women's

Weekend Section Two

We are looking into doing Pennants Trials on the 25th of September, please come show off your skills for a competitive season of golf in 2023.

MIXED PENNANTS

We are currently looking for people to play in the Mixed Pennants.

Redwood Park has put in two teams this year, we are in dire need to put the names on the list, we are looking to have upto 10 players per team.

This is a pairs event, where each twosome works as a team with alternate shots against the other club's pair.

Please sign up for a fun season of Mixed Pennants for 2022!

Here are the terms of competition and dates for Mixed Pennants.

Terms of Competition / Mixed Pennants Dates

Upcoming Tournaments

Here are our major tournaments that are coming up in the next two months or so, also have been noted by Josh's email sent out earlier.

Golf Committee Pairs Tournament

As this tournament is a morning shotgun start, the course will be closed for non-competition play until 3:00PM on the following dates:

Saturday September 17th - 4BBB
Saturday September 24th - Alternate Shots (Foursomes)

Just to clarify few things for new members,

4BBB = two players play as partners although the hole is played by each of them, using their individual full handicaps, at the conclusion of the hole, that player recording the highest number of stableford points has his or her score entered on the card.

Alternate Shots = Also known as foursomes format, you and your partner must alternate hitting shots and also in teeing off to start each hole.

Choctober

The Ladies Golf Committee presents us with another year of Choctober event.

It is an annaul event, bringing ladies from our club and other clubs together for a day of fun.

Due to the popularity of the event, the entries will be closing on the 30th of September, please bring your friends and visitors to come and join the fun with our ladies!

Club Strokeplay Championship

The annual Strokeplay Championship will be played through the following dates:

Round 1: Saturday October 1st
Round 2: Sunday October 2nd
Round 3: Saturday October 8th
Round 4: Sunday October 9th

Our constitution currently states our strokeplay defines our Club Champion, so please register your names on the message board in the clubhouse or let the front office know of your entry.

The winner of each division will be representing our club in the Champion of Champions for North Harbour Golf Association later in the year, to compete for who is the true Club Champion within the district.

We look foward to another year of hearty participation.

NEW FRIDAY HOURS FOR THE CLUBROOMS

Sharon Brooker, our facilities manager has given the green light to trialling to open our bar and kitchen for longer hours.

She has told us that she will review this ongoing, as it will have to be viable for the club.

To enjoy those cold beers after golf during summer times, please come and support the club for bar / kitchen for the next few Fridays so we can show off our lovely evening / sunset hospitaility to guests and visitors.

Lastly, the winter influenza and Covid19 is still around, so please keep safe.

Happy Golfing,

Joonsang Chung

Director of Golf

Words from our Club Captain

It has come to the attention of the Board that there is a fair amount of angst within the club around the number of days the course has been closed recently.  While it is a situation that nobody (myself included) wants, as previously reported by our course superintendant the course has received the most amount of rain this year since records started.  The decision to close the course is one made by the course superintendant and supported by the board and is made with the preservation of the course in mind.  If any member has an issue around course closures they are to be taken up with the office and not greens staff.

With regards to course preservation and the current soft conditions I would have to say how disappointed I am to see the large number of unrepaired divots and pitchmarks around the course.  All members have a responsibilty to other members to ensure they  leave the course in better condition than they found it.

I would also like to remind members that if they are not intending to keep their booking to either remove it from the booking sheet or contact the office.

On a more positive note I would like to welcome Ben Bristow to the club who has joined the greens staff.  Members will probably be relieved to hear that initially Ben will be involved in identifying problem areas around the course and drainage work will be undertaken to address this.

Finally due to a number of complaints received members are reminded the area outside the starters office is a non-smoking area.

Jimmy Denyer

Club Captain

QUIZ NIGHT

Our next quiz night is Wednesday 7^th September (first Wednesday of every month).

We look forward to seeing our regular teams and anyone else who wishes to join us, Teams of 6 - if you are on your own, come along and we can help you join a team.

It’s a fun evening and the kitchen is open throughout the quiz, for finger foods and meals for you to enjoy!