Happy New Year everyone! Here's to a fantastic year of golf at the Tauranga Golf Club. The year has certainly started well for 2 members having holes in one on New Years Day - Congratulations Kay Lee on hole 9 and Nathan Clarke on hole 12. Nathan is currently playing in the North Island under 19 Boys Championship carding a 5 under 67 in round 1 - Go well Nathan! The hole in ones continued with Rose Hancett holing out on the 4th hole last Saturday. None of the group saw the ball go in the hole so it was a huge surprise when they arrived on the green to see the ball in the hole. Well done Rose. We have also seen some amazing scores coming through - Julia Lim had 45 points yesterday, her first time breaking 80 and it was Asahi Beers all round in the clubhouse yesterday. Lovely to see the camaraderie and sportsmanship around the clubhouse. A very warm welcome to all the new members that have joined since 1 January: Duncan Stuart, Mitch Hancock, Nicole Young, Lewis Hancock, Keaton Taylor, Matthew Terry, Hemi Tulemau, Also welcome back to Pat Ware, John Jordan, Jason and Jessie Rowling & Jon Moon. We now have 872 members. This is an increase of approximately 100 members at the same time last year. Our new membership year starts 1 February 2021. I will be issuing renewal invoices on 1 February with payment due by 28 February please. We now issue the invoices in the financial year that it relates to for more accurate accounting purposes. Obviously we hope that you will all be renewing your memberships, but if you do not intend to join for the 2021/2022 season, I will need your written resignation before 31 January please. Please email - manager@taurangagolf.co.nz. If you have any questions about membership or the club in general, please pop in and see me in the front office or email me. Warm Regards Michelle Towersey Club Manager |