Seasons Greetings,

I hope everyone's had a good few months since the last publication. I have been busy with personal things, especially with family.

In the upcoming festive seasons, please do not forget to cherish your loved ones and provide them as much support as you can, as we are all here to grace the earth once in our lifetime.

As the selection of the new Club Officers from our Annual General Meeting on 2nd of November for those who missed it, the Redwood Cut will now take on a different viewpoint, now to show what is going on in our club, showcasing our tournaments in the calendar, member's achievements in golf and out of golf, various golf related news and articles.

With that said, let's continue with this issue,

Plesae stay safe during the festive seasons and happy golfing!

Joonsang Chung

Director of Golf

New Sister Club Agreement

Redwood Park joins hands with one of Wellington's finest.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am proud to introduce our latest Sister Club, Manor Park Golf Sanctuary.

With enrich history lasting over a century, what a golf club to have a sister club agreement with.

I have gathered some pictures and photos for viewing and a brief description of the golf club.

Please enjoy.

The Manor Park Golf Club has a history tracing back to 1913. There is a brilliant picture on the website with the original members, all in hats of the era. The club prides itself on being an equal opportunity club, as one of the first golf clubs in NZ to go gender-free tees. Not men’s and ladies, but short and long with unique colour choices including terracotta (our white) tees.

They're a club where they strive to create wildlife happy, environment friendly golf club, becoming an afiliated sanctuary. The programme they run is an on-going and continuous process involving management and enhancement of wildlife habitat, water resource management, reduction in water and cheical use, a commitment to recycling of waste and a plan to involve the community and the club’s membership in these activities and initiatives.

The history of the club shows they have an eco and social conscious.

They, unfortunately, don’t show the same compassion for the golfers, as they present a course that has many difficulties. A skinny course that is easy flat walking, but never gives an inch, as one of the Wellington's finest Championship courses.

A par 71 at just over 6,000 metres off the back tees, be patient and enjoy the golfing sanctuary.

Home of Michael Campbell, home of many great names of our professionals, including Steven Scahill, Bradley Iles and Mal Tongue.

They were also home of New Zealand Golf and New Zealand Golf Elite Titleist Academy in the early 2000s, to create the finest players like, Danny Lee, Craig Perks, Mahal Pearce and Brad Shilton. Also, I was lucky to dabble in few of the coaching schools that were hosted by NZ Golf, so I also have fond memories of the place - held the course record for 1 day before Bradley Iles came home with -7 the next day.

PHYSICAL ADDRESS:

Golf Road, Manor Park, Lower Hutt 5019

http://www.manorparkgolf.co.nz/

Jayden Baek and Tim Vogel shows off what they're made of

This November two of our members went down to compete in the annual North Island Disability Tournament at Manor Park.

Both players flourishing within their own;

Jayden Baek 3rd in Gross,

Tim Vogel 2nd in Nett.

After the long drive down, even with through the road closures along the North Island two weeks ago, they have performed at the highest level, proving us it there isn't anything to prevent us achieving the goals if we try our hardest.

These two will now be able to enter the EDGA - European Disability Golf Association points system, and receive a world ranking.

Well done you two, both of you deserve all the praises.

Here are some pics / photos from the event.

Redwood becomes the Champion of Champions

On the 27th of November, our Club Champions,

Ben Jujnovich - Seniors

Steven Harrison - Intermediates

Kelvin Currie - Juniors

were teeing off to participate in the North Harbour's Champions of Champions, where various clubs around the North Harbour region send in their Club Champions to compete to decide who is the final one standing.

At the end of the day, Ben and Steve achieved 3rd place with Kelvin winning his division.

Redwood Park came home with the Teams Cup which is given to the highest performing Club.

Well done boys, what a season of Club Championship, here's a hope for the repeat next year.

Pennants Trials / Recruiting Managers and Captains

We are to have Pennants Trials sometime in next month, for those who are interested please send your interests to the front office at:

Golf@redwoodparkgolf.co.nz

Pennants is a system for players who seek to play competitive golf, while playing golf courses in the North Harbour Region. Pleaes go find your division of choice at

harbourgolf.co.nz.

Anyone who are interested to become the Team Captain / Team Manager, please put forward your name and we will consider your application and be forwarded to the Golf Committee.

We are in dire to find Captains / Managers for the following Teams;

Sunderland

Kaipara

Interclub 2

Mixed Pennants 1 and 2

Junior Boys - Possible 1 and 2

Here is a message from one of our Interclub Managers, he wishes to see more players to come and play in the Interclub division.

Club members interested in Playing Interclub Pennants for the 2023 season

This competition is for Full Playing members who at the start of the first Interclub game must have a Handicap of between 16.5 – 24.4

·         There are 10 games  spread out from the 12/02/23 until the 07/05/23

·         5 Home games & 5 away games. Waitakere, Whangaparaoa, Wainui, Huapai, Omaha Beach, Helensville & RZNAF.

·         All away games are at NO cost to our selected Interclub Team members.

·         All games are played on a Sunday normally between 9 – 11.00 am.

·         Each Club member will be provided with a free REDWOOD PARK pennants shirt.

·         Once the team has been selected, we will require a full commitment to be available for most of the schedule matches is required.

·         The team requires 4 players with approx, 2 reserves.

·         The format is match play against the other teams player.

·         The object of the competition is as a team, is to win as many holes against your opponent & all the teams scores are added up for a total team score.

·         There are 2 sections in this competition and the team with the highest team score in each section at the end of the round robin competition have a play-off to determine the 2023 champions.

SHE LOVES GOLF BEGINS AT REDWOOD

This Sunday, we will host our first She loves Golf event.

She loves golf finally begins at our premises, after a long hiatus since Covid and last Winter Series being Cancelled due to weather.

This is a day for the ladies of all skill levels, especially for those who are looking to get into the game.

If you have a lady friend who are trying to get into the game, this is the opportunity for you to bring them to our fantastic golf club.

For any other inquiries, please let the front office or email to grounds@redwoodparkgolf.co.nz.