Christchurch up-date

Eighty four folk enjoyed the Maori welcome and dinner at Clearwater Golf Club. Tuesday was bright and sunny and with a lunch time start, all enjoyed the parklands of Russley Golf club. Best score was John “Sooty” Rhodes with a 38 (and a handicap ajustment) and for the ladies, Lynell Kelly with a 33 Nearest to the pins were awarded to John Turner and Yolanda Fischer. The 17 non-golfers had a lovely day touring historic homes in the city, punting on the River Avon and having a wonderful lunch.

Wednesday dawned clear in Christchurch but by the time WAGA arrived at Terrace Downs, it was cold and windy. The temperature stayed below 10deg C and the wind was registered with gusts of 80knots. Despite these conditions, Jim Smalley managed 35 points. Ten players could not finish and the course was almost closed by their management due to the strong winds. Nearest to the pin for men only was won by Graham Garnett. Ladies NTP was not awarded due to an oversight by Terrace Downs staff. The non-golfing group went to Akaroa today and saw dolphins, visited a cheese factory, lunched and  enjoyed the fantastic scenery.

Clearwater Golf club saw 63 players chasing better scores on a fine day but there is a promise of rain. At the time of writing, the group have about 6 holes to play and are enjoying the day. There will be 2NTP for ladies today and 1 for men.

Tournament results will be published after end of play.

This is the last WAGA event for 2008 and please remember to apply for 2009 events when you can. Nine applications for Malaysia were received here and there is much interest in Spain and the August Cup in Queensland. No decision has been made about the last event for 2009.

Happy golfing,

Brian Lassen, WAGA

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