Reports presented to the A.G.M November 2011:

Presidents Report:
I have great pleasure in presenting the Presidents report for 2011.

On reflection 2011 has been a catch up year for the club with most of the Capital spent on development and machinery over the last two years we have had a year of consolidation.

I would like to say our two major events for the year being firstly the NZ autumn Foursome then the 36 hole tournament were a credit to the club and the organising committees have been congratulated by many people and rightly so. The Autumn Foursome committee have been nominated to the Go Geraldine awards.

Although we have not been to the fore in pennant or other club competitions the club has been well represented and a good effort has been put in by all those who participated.

It would be fair to say we have not been flooded with new members and it is one area where we need to do more work to attract young and not so young players to the game.

It was with sadness that we farewelled Helen Carroll during the year.

I would like to congratulate George Leslie on becoming a life member and in my opinion this honour bestowed on George is befitting a club member who has served the club well and donated more than generously to our club. During the year George has instigated the calf finishing scheme by donating 26 calves to the club which with generous offers from club members we are able to graze these on to forward stores or prime cattle.

I would take this opportunity to make a special mention of Simon for his ability to turn Denfield Golf course in to one of the premier courses in South Canterbury and a golf course we can be proud of.Of course volunteers that helped out during the year must also be thanked sincerely especially people like Barry Hill. We as club members need to step up and assist as this club will not survive by employing more people so give it some thought as you play golf on Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday what could you could do to help around the course.

Finally to the committee over the last year thank you for the support you have given me and also for my term as president. I would like to wish the new committee all the best in the future.

Max Bensemann

Treasurers Report 2011
The 2010/11 financial year has been one of mixed results. A positive to the year was the Autumn Foursomes which brought in $10000 to the club. Although the cost of running this event was demanding financially and physically it did a great deal for us in the national golf scene and in the community. I am now working on gaining another such tournament.

Our 36 hole tournament was a financial success thanks to great sponsor support, efficient catering and incredible generosity from members.

Also I am delighted that we were given two grants from the Southern Trust, $5000 for our new greens mower and $12,500 towards our Greenkeeper salary.

Our nett surplus (without the large depreciation figure )was still modest bearing in mind we received two grants (which cannot be depended on in future years).Due to the significant depreciation figure which is very indicative of how large an amount we will need in the future to maintain and upgrade our plant & machinery the club will need to keep costs down and keep a good income flow. We will now need to have $10000 per year set aside to build for future capital projects.

Another positive on this is the very generous donation of 26 calves which will be sold by 2013, the club will benefit from the sale of these animals. Also thanks to the farmers who are grazing them for us.

Issues I see financially in our club start with unity of purpose. Every member must be aware of the fantastic , unique facility we have and must understand the high cost of maintaining it for present and future members. It is not just about balancing our own groups accounts but about ensuring all efforts benefit the whole club. We have a community facility which with good management goals and support should aim to become a strong and important part of our community.

Green fee collection must now also become an integral part of being a member and this summer we will run a roster to assist in Green fee takings. Our Green fee income is down and I am certain we have many locals and visitors who don’t quite understand the honesty system!!

Our bar as we are all aware plays a large financial part of our club. But the increased cost of liquor, our choice to have such a wide selection of spirits and our very reasonable prices has meant the nett surplus is down and will continue to fall unless we adjust prices. Tighter management controls including regular stocktakes would also help.

Finally I would like to thank Mike Sepie our auditor for his ongoing patience and strict analysis of our financial  situation. Also to Pat Fallon from  Accountablility for his enormous effort and time in assisting me in finalizing our accounts.

Ginny Bolderston

Men's Captains Report 2011
It gives me great pleasure to present my first annual report as Club Captain. First and foremost I want to begin by thanking Dennis Goodwin (past Men’s Captain) and Roger Irvine (Vice Captain) for their guidance and support throughout the year.

Saturday competitions have gone well this year with several large fields, some very good scores, strong competition for most trophies and a welcoming social atmosphere for visitors and locals alike. My sincere thanks to all the starters for organising the draws and doing the results. Thank you also to Simon Wright for the outstanding manner in which the course has been presented each week.

The 36-Hole Tournament committee trialled a new pairs format for 2011. This proved to be extremely popular so we had to limit the entries to 132 players (92 men and 40 women). The tournament was successful from financial, social and golfing perspectives but due to some issues over prizes the organising committee have decided to revert to the traditional individual medal format in 2012.

Club championships were again well supported with Simon Wright, Errol Rix, Gary Knight and Bruce Robertson all winning their grades. Simon, Errol and Gary then excelled by winning every grade and the overall trophy in a clean sweep of the Aorangi Champion of Champions competition – a superb achievement! Well done to all involved.

We entered teams in all 6 Men’s Pennants grades this year and also had a combined team with Grande Vue in the Redpath grade. However only the Holmes Cup and Penney Salver teams made the semi-finals. The Holmes team won their semi 12-0 but lost the final 8-4 to Ashburton. The Penney Salver team play Peasant Point A in their semfinal next Mon 07 Nov. Thank you to all players who represented us in 2011 and special thanks to the team captains who organised their players and the transport to make it all happen. Hopefully the results will be better next year.

Interclub matches were played against Waimakariri Gorge away, Lower Waitaki away, Mayfield away and Grande View away - unfortunately we finished second in all these matches so the trophy cabinet is a bit bare at present but we will try to rectify this in 2012.

Most improved golfer for the year was Josh Trubshaw. His handicap on opening day was 36.4 and on closing day was 29.9; an impressive reduction of 6.5 and it would not surprise me to see Josh win this trophy again as his golf continues to improve.

Players selected for Aorangi representative teams this year included Simon Wright (Toro Mens tourn & Freyberg Masters) and George Wardell (SBS Mens tourn & SI Interprov.) – congratulations to both players.

Thank you also to Helen May and Kit Silcock for their continued support for junior golf - their efforts are bringing many benefits to our club.

I am looking forward to the coming year with Howard Chellew as the new Vice Captain. With the club’s continued support we should be able to build upon the successes of 2011.

Kerry Stevens

Womens Captain’s Report 2011
It is my pleasure to present the Captain’s report for 2011.

The weather this last month has been poor on Tuesdays. Apart from that, we have had good numbers with fields mostly in the 20’s and 30’s.

Congratulations to all members who have represented the club in either Vets, Weekend Pennants or Open Pennants teams. We had two teams in the Open Pennants and the no.1 team got to the quarter finals, our best effort for the season.

In the club championships, one of the two qualifying rounds was cancelled and we substituted for it the Lapthorne Trophy, best two of three nets to decide the list of qualifiers. The 2011 Club Champions are:

Silver – Ginny Bolderston (runner up was Heather Oldfield)

Bronze 1 – Dot Kelland (runner up was Shona Bensemann)

Bronze 2 & 3 combined – Helen May (runner up was Cheryl Jopp)

Silver Plate – Susan Lyttle (runner up was Pam Leslie).

The other plate winners had no games.

Winner of the Singles Knockout from 32 entries was Heather Oldfield (runner up was Sally Stevens).

The Four Ball Best Ball was won by Liz Lewis and Shona Bensemann over Heather Oldfield and Sue Donovan. The Foursomes Knockout was not contested as there were only three entries.

Thank you to all participants in Aorangi and other tournaments, including our own. We had a number of successes.

Our greatest success was the NZ Autumn Foursomes, headed by Denise Langdon and Kim Buckley. Our tournament committee of Shona Bensemann, Ginny Bolderston, Jenny Kellahan, Denise Kenny and myself did a fantastic job. Through Denise, Barkers are now a major sponsor for all major NZ womens tournaments. Thank you to all club members for helping in so many ways and to those who participated in the event. It definitely put Geraldine on the map.

Congratulations to Sue Donovan for the hole in one she achieved on no.17. Sue also went through the Rules of Golf training course along with Margaret Bolton. Congratulations also go to Marilyn Mulvena who placed 6^th in NZ (best Aorangi score) in the Sue Bunt Salver.

We had a successful visit from 18 ladies from Central Otago one club day. Bronwyn Fleming from Central got a hole in one on no.12. We also sent four teams to the Murray Halberg at Waimate; the event raised over $1000.

Congratulations to our members who were chosen as representatives:

·         Jenny Kellahan as Aorangi South Canterbury selector,

·         Ginny Bolderston and Jenny Kellahan in the provincial team to play in Whakatane on 6-10 December. They also played at the Masters in Wellington (Nov 3-5), the Templar Trophy at Ashburton and the SI Interprovincial at North Otago,

·         Heather Oldfield at the Templar Trophy and reserve for the SI Interprovincial,

·         Natalie Rix at the Millenium Trophy at Greendale.

My thanks go to Margaret and Averill for a lovely mystery trip to Lincoln. My thanks also go to my very efficient committee. Margaret Bolton was my vice captain, Marie Blackmore (Secretary) who keeps me so well informed on what comes through to her computer, Mary (Treasurer), Margaret Campbell (Handicapper), Heather and Meryl and also Averill and Barbara who will be leaving committee for next year. My thanks also to all the others who assist whether on food, morning tea or with the office work; it all makes my job easier.

Congratulations to all our trophy winners this season. Next year it may be someone else’s turn. I wish you all well for the coming festive season and am looking forward to the 2012 golfing year.                                     

Jenny Lawson

9 Hole Women’s Report 2011
Our membership started out this year with about 23 actual players. Through the year we have lost a few through health issues etc. We are hoping that some of the older 18 hole members may consider joining the 9 hole ladies. It is difficult getting new members to join with the subscription being so high, the highest 9 hole sub in South Canterbury.

We have had good competition days and I’m pleased to see the trophy’s being spread amongst our members.

The Senior Champion is Marg Matheson and the Junior Champion Jenny Smith. Congratulations to Marilyn Mulvena for being the lowest scoring golfer in South Canterbury and the 7^th in N.Z. list for 9 hole” Homelinks” competition. Pity she had to find out about it from her old club’s friends [who contacted her and she wondered what it was about] I had not been informed by our 18 hole ladies committee. Liaison between the two groups of ladies this year has been rather lacking.

Our May tournament went off very well with 44 players from 12 clubs and the September Grandmother’s had a lot of happy grandmother’s. We are going to look at making it Veterans and maybe including men next year. Numbers seem to be down where ever we have gone for tournaments. We are lucky to have had about the same as last year.

This year Eleanor and Marilyn took us on our Mystery bus trip to St. Andrew’s club for our game of golf and then to the St. Andrew’s pub for our lunch. If you want somewhere to go for a meal we would well recommend it as they put on a beautiful lunch for us and the décor of the pub is something worth seeing. Because of our smaller numbers this year we used the Geraldine Community bus with Colleen driving for us. Always a willing person, thank you Colleen [and she did start of golf as a nine holer.

Next year we are going to lose a very valued member of the 9 hole group because of ill health. Margaret Coulter was a foundation member of this group, she has been a convenor, on the committee for numerous years as well as a meticulous record keeper. Her knowledge of the game has been invaluable to us. She will be sorely missed by us all.

Thanks to Alister for manning the bar for our tournaments and other occasions as needed. To Simon and his helpers for keeping the course looking good and challenging. Must say not very keen on the long grass in front of the Tee on number 3 not very good for those who are not big hitters. I thank all my committee and members for the help they have given for tournaments from making squares and providing raffles We always have great raffle table so a big thank you from me.

We were disappointed we didn’t get the help to run the HSBS golf challenge we do need to be doing something to encourage more members and this would have been a good start.

Val Trezise

Grounds report 2011
Barry Hill finally stood down after a long and dedicated period of service as Grounds Convenor. We were not able to find an immediate replacement. Highlights of the year include:

• New direction signs around the course;
• New entrance wall built with low level lights;
• Big collective effort made to present the course at its best for the NZ Womens Autumn Foursomes;
• Gum tree to the right of 16 fairway blown down and replaced with several new trees;
• Tree overhanging the bunker on 9 removed;
• Irrigation sprinklers for 5 tees relocated;
• Much preparatory work done on new tees and fairway for 12.

These items are, of course, over and above all the routine work of mowing, spraying, undercutting, repairing of storm damage etc. etc. A very big thank you is due to:

• Simon for the skill and dedication he shows and the pride he takes in presenting the course as well as it can be;
• To Barry for his dedication and organization;
• To all those who have given their time and energy on working bees of all sorts – without willing volunteers we would not be able to maintain such a prized facility for all our members and visitors.

Bar Report 2011
Most noticeable this year has been the collapse of our alcohol supplier , Highfield liquor. This has caused me some adjustment problems as my old computer doesn't want to talk to their flash model at South Pacific Liquor. I,m grateful for the fax as a backup which isn't quite as convenient.

My gut feeling for this year was that turnover would be down a bit. The bleak spell of cold winter weather affected attendances negatively for about a month. Also a number of course bookings returned very low returns which indicates some organisations (Railways) are finding hard to get people to turn up to their golf tournaments. Interestingly they thought the earthquake impacted badly on enthusiasm and ability to communicate.

Profit should be about the same as last year- down a little- because buying and selling prices changed very little.

The Chilling Plant hasn't caused any problems this year. It remains for me to get mine back in working order.

Alister South
 

Buildings Report 2011
2011 has been a quiet year compared to 2010 as far as the buildings convener goes, with just a few problems with the nail in the roof. Thanks to Noel Lewis and Gary Muff the problem has been solved. 

We have installed a new flat screen television courtesy of Bruce Robertson who donated the T.V  and Thanks to John Shirtcliff and Noel Lewis for  the installation of both the T.V. and the dish.  Special Thanks to all the volunteers for their help this year.                      

Grant Robertson
 

Catering
It has been great being back organising the catering for 2011 and all in all it has been a profitable and enjoyable experience.

Most of the catering has seen a net profit as I, with Ginny's permission, have run with the idea of keeping everything as simple as possible for me and for her with the less paper work as possible and paying cash where possible.

The 36 hole tournament as always is the biggest event on the club calendar. Because of such a big field (all good) it does take a bit of keeping food hot and serving is always a bit manic but we get there and being golfers we all know how to be patient!!! We also catered for Jean Pearces 90th birthday and the men's  pennants always show a good profit and appart from that the only other catering this year has been the Railways (their numbers were down this year as a lot of their Christchurch players have moved and their addresses were lost but they are hopeful that numbers may pick up again next year) and also the Fonterra group.

I just wish it was possible to make our kitchen more user friendly and my wishlist for the club would be that maybe it is time to spend some money in that area making cupboards and bench tops more modern. It is well over 20 years since that area has had a makeover. With some new cabinets (drawers rather than cupboards) and getting rid of the shelving and making that area more useful instead of a dumping ground that is the bane of my life would be well worth the investment.

The loss of equipment from the kitchen is also a major concern. If I do the catering again next year I will be introducing the borrow book again where anything borrowed from the kitchen must be signed out and signed back in with the authority of the catering convenor or ladies club captain. It makes one wonder how if you take something it can't be returned.

  A big thank you to the girls who have been so willing to help, most never have to be asked twice, it only takes one turn in the kitchen a year to keep things ticking over nicely.

Merry Christmas and a safe happy New Year. I move the adoption of my report.

Jan Oliver

Social Convenor’s Report 2011
The 2010 Christmas Hamper was very successful as was the Summer Ambrose Tournament. There was 19 teams entered and players had three very enjoyable nights.

Due to other commitments there has been no other social events held during the year.

Shona Bensemann

Junior Golf 2011
Kit Silcock has been taking the “older” juniors on a Thursday afternoon and Jo Gallichan and I have involved with the “younger” juniors on a Monday afternoon.  The numbers on a Monday fluctuate with the weather and if there are any other activities on, but we have got a good core group.  It averages out at around 7 per week attending.  Just a good number for us to handle.

This year has seen the Aorangi South Canterbury Junior Golf Foundation hold golfing tournaments during the Christmas, April and October school holidays (normally 4 venues each holiday’s). The Eagles Golfing Society has come on board with this and is providing prizes for the series annually.   There has been 1 junior tournament held at the Geraldine District Golf Club in each of these series.  Thanks to the club and members for your support with this.  Special thanks to Jenny Lawson and the ladies for accommodating us on the ladies postponement day (Thursday) in October. It is great that the club is so willingly to have the course use as a venue for this series. 

We have had 18 holers and 9 hole (ambrose) teams attend these events.  I have heard nothing but positive words from those that have attended.  It is a fun day out for all.

On Sunday 6^th November we held a “Give golf a go” day, thanks to Dennis Goodwin, Kathryn May, Jenny Lawson and Margaret Bolton for helping on the day.  We had 7 turn up on the day.  From that 3 are going to join on a Monday, and the others are thinking about it.  We also had 2 adults turn up on the day.

Helen May

2011 Handicappers Report
The hadicapping for the club has gone very well this year. Thanks to all involved.

The system is now done on line and makes the job very easy and less time consuming, as far as the roll over is concerned.

Thank you to Susan Lyttle for the up grade of the club computer.

Also thank you to the members who for the majority fill in their cards correctly, it does make the job simple. Name and CORRECT ID Number, the two most important pieces of information is all that is needed. This information is posted on the notice board outside the club house. PLEASE CHECK.

Sorry to any member if your card has not been processed during the year, but we do endeavour to get them all. Some times they may fall through the gaps.

Once again thanks to everyone for their help.

 M Campell.
 

Gardens
I have enjoyed my time with the gardens trying to keep them attractive for all to enjoy. The new gardens along the entrance way are growing well and very pretty now with all the blossoms out. 

I do thank those members who have donated trees and or shrubs and also straw and mulch and thank you to those who helped lay this on the gardens. 

There is a problem with rabbits who have sadly enjoyed feasting on the new shrubs in the garden outside the clubhouse. 

I have found it difficult at times finding help and I thank those few who have

offered especially when I was away. We all like our course to be neat and tidy so please think about trying to offer a little time to help out. 

Denise Kenny.

NZ Autumn Foursomes Report
The 2011 NZ Autumn Foursomes were held at Geraldine in April and were an outstanding success. We hosted a full field of 128 players from all over New Zealand. Denise Langdon and Kim Buckley – Par n.z. directors – were wonderful organisers who ran the whole event like clockwork. The organising committee of myself, Denise Kenny, Jenny Kellahan, Jenny Lawson and Ginny Bolderston worked extremely hard prior to the event and all the members who helped before and during the week made it the success it was. It was great to have so many locals playing in the event and I hope they enjoyed their experience.

The course was in superb condition after all the preparation and the heavy rain on the practice day, the food for the week was awesome- thanks Breakfast 1 and 2, the team behind the scenes made the whole week run like clockwork and I know Denise and Kim were absolutely amazed, astounded and thrilled at how the tournament ran.

My grateful thanks to everyone who contributed – I was very proud  to lead such a successful team.  Well done to everyone.

Maybe one day Geraldine will again host a NZ event – it was great fun and also financially rewarding for the Club.

Shona Bensemann

Reports presented to the A.G.M November 2010:

Presidents Report:
I have great pleasure in presenting my President’s report.

2010 has been a busy year for the golf club with a lot of progress made on the course with development and I thank Simon for his professional and diligent attitude to our course and the work load Simon puts in to make it one of the better courses in South Canterbury. Thank you to Barry Hill as Grounds Convenor for his countless hours put in to the club.

We have not had a year that has been plain sailing altogether with a power blow out affecting just about everything on the course and in the clubhouse. The irrigation had ongoing problems once reconnected but hopefully all is well now.

We are very thankful to all the members who made generous donations which allowed us to have a wonderful cart shed built. Our grateful thanks to Noel Lewis for all the time he donated to build the shed – it is a wonderful asset for our club.

Development of the new bar refurbishment has given the club house a new lease of life. Thank you to Shona for organising everything and also to the painting crew for a job very well done. The discussion regarding the retaining of draught beer gave members a chance to have their concerns heard – thanks to all for your healthy debate.

The purchase of a new greens mowers has brought the grounds equipment up to a high standard and this has put us in good stead for the next few years.

The Club has been favoured with the NZ Womens Autumn Foursomes to be played in April 2011 – I believe this has to be a coup for the club. The organising committee are well underway with what it takes to make this event successful  and put us on the map. There is still plenty of work to be done especially during the four days of the tournament.

Although the club has not achieved great success in tournaments or championships we have been well represented  at the top level with Jenny Kellahan, Ginny Bolderston selected for Aorangi SC in the Women and Simon Wright along with our outstanding Junior George Wardell in the Men.

To all pennant teams well done – especially the Redpath team who won their competition for the year.

Although membership for 2010 has not increased to what we as a club would like, we have had several members from Grande Vue join us as Country Members which we see as a positive for all concerned.

It was with great sadness that we farewelled several members and life members during the year: Faye Crotty, Jenny Prendergast, Lee James, Les Murphy, Annie Ussher and Chris McIntosh. The Crotty family planted two flowering cherry trees and donated a seat in memory of their parents who both gave so much to the golf club during their time as members.

Another group which must be recognised are the members, and indeed some who are not members, who give time, expertise and even machinery to undertake the huge amount of voluntary work which goes on throughout the year. Without this support the Club would be much the worse both physically and financially.

Finally I would like to pay tribute to the Committee which again this year, has been diligent in the governance and administration of the Club. Special thanks to my secretary David Howell and treasurer Ginny Bolderston for their continued support. The club has had a strong management team and I thank you all for your work and enthusiasm particularly the men’s and women’s captains and vice captains- Dennis Goodwin, Ron Gatenby, Barbara Clarke and Jenny Lawson. We were sad to farewell Ron back to the North Island.

May I take this opportunity to wish you and yours best wishes for the coming year.

Max Bensemann

Treasurers Report 2010
2010 has been a year of capital expenditure.  The purchase of the new Fairway Mower at the end of 2009 was made considerable easier by the $10,000 grant from The Southern Trust.  This mower is to be paid off over a 5 year period.

In September 2010 we purchased a much needed Greens Mover to replace the old Surrounds Mower.  We were also granted $5,000 from The Southern Trust for this mower.  Parkland Products have allowed us to spread the payment of this mower with the final payment due in March 2011.

This year the Cart Shed was completed.  Thanks to the many very generous members who donated money towards this project.  Unfortunately the shed revealed faulty wiring etc, therefore the costs spiralled for this project.  It is all for the better as we new have improved wiring in the clubhouse and better power to the shed.  Also due to the electrical fault we new have a new fridge and freezer through insurance.

Income this year has been well up regardless of declining membership.  Green Fee collection over the summer, THANKYOU Ron Clements, saw an extra $2500 collected over December to January.  The 36 hole was also a financial success due to member's generous support.  Men's Raffles have also seen a great increase this year thanks to Errol Rix and generous spending by members and others in buying those tickets.

As this year we have spent a substantial amount on capital expenditure it will be important to keep spending at a minimum next year and install better systems to get all groups in line for accountability.  With 2 large tournaments in 2011, the Women's Autumn Foursomes and the 36 hole, income should be increased therefore building our reserves again.

Ginny Bolderston.

Men's Captains Annual Report 2010
I have much pleasure in presenting my report. 2010 has been a busy year with some good fields attending golf on Saturdays. Some very good scoring has been evident, which is a reflection on how well the course has been presented on club days.

Club Championships 2010 were once again well supported. Senior winner was Simon Wright, Intermediate Nigel Dewe, Junior A Max Bensemann and Junior B Gary Abel.

Pennants teams were entered in five grades. Finance and Patterson Cup teams made the semi finals, unfortunately the Finance team was beaten in the semis. The Patterson team won semi and final, a good result for the club.

The 36 hole tournament was once again a success with 124 playing in this popular event.

Congratulations to Simon Wright and George Wardell, both selected in Aorangi rep teams this year.

Most improved golfer this year was Mike McKeown, 27.6 handicap on opening day to 21.6 on closing day; a great effort.

Finally, thank you to everyone who has helped me over the last three years. I have found this job very rewarding with the club being in great heart. All the best to Kerry Stevens in his new role as Club Captain.

Dennis Goodwin

Womens Captain’s Annual Report 2010
Virtually my last meeting for the year. Tomorrow is to be our Women's Annual General Meeting for the Election of New Officers for next year. If elected tomorrow Jenny Lawson will be a very capable Captain.

I would like to thank many people who have helped to make my job easier. Our committee has worked well together and I wish them all good luck for next year. Dennis Goodwin who is retiring from Men's Captain this year has always been very reliable and helpful as well as appearing to be quite laid back. Jenny Lawson and Heather Oldfield have coached and introduced several new members and it is good to see their names appearing in results.

For the last few years we have not had 3 Rounds of Qualifying for Championships. There is some suggestion that some like to see it reintroduced.  Marie Shefford was Captain when we started using our index's for Qualifying for Champs.

One of the things which has been introduced was to combine Grades 2 and 3 Bronze for the Championships. It seemed to be a success this year.

Helen Carroll's funeral is tomorrow. It is to be held at 2.30p.m. She was still playing 9 Holes up until she became ill.

I dare say I will be available if needed and thank you all .

Barbara Clarke Captain.

9 Hole Women’s Report 2010
We had a sticky start to the New Year with the increase in the club’s 9 hole subscription we had to do a bit of arm twisting to keep some of our older members and we have lost some. We started the year with 31, 9 hole ladies. We were having good numbers but of late our numbers have decreased because of ill health etc. even so we are a happy bunch.

We were sad to farewell Lee James on the 15^th May. She fought a great fight

Our Senior Champion is Marg Matheson and the Junior Val Trezise

Senior knockout Eleanor Moore and Runner up Janine Huddleston

Thank you to all the members who took part.

Our May Tournament saw 57 players from 13 different clubs, considering it was an iffy morning only 6 pulled out and by the time the golfers hit the course it was a beautiful morning and quite hot, by the time they came in.

We had 45 players for our grandmothers tournament, was lots of fun with great comments from out of towners.  From the two tournaments we have given the club  $967.00  from the profit of running the two tournaments.

On the 13^th October our two Mystery Bus organizers had us on the bus at 8.30am heading North and guessing where we were going, to discover we were on our way to Methven. We lunched in Methven at little restaurant on either ploughmans lunch or a venison or lamb pie and salad  However thank you Eleanor R. and Ronda for a great day out.

Our thanks go to Simon the greenkeeper and Barry and his volunteers who make our course a pleasure to play on. We see the Bugger tree has shifted from 12 to 9. There have been a number of changes around the course we wonder what they will attack next.

Our Thanks to Alister for opening the Bar for us for our May Tournament  and also for driving our mystery bus load of women, also to Gordon for coming also and helping with the loading of the bus etc. Alister handed the reigns to Sue for our grandmother’s tournament which she managed very well.

Thanks to Jan for all the help she has given me this year I really have appreciated it very much, also thank you to all my committee for their help and input you are all a great bunch of ladies.

Val Trezise

Grounds report 2010
Again another busy year on the grounds, with many hours and working bees required for pruning, removal of trees, cutting and splitting firewood, root and stump removal, repairing and regrassing, as well as many cleanups around the course, especially around and under the Gum trees. We need a machine for this job!!

A filter system has had to be fitted to the irrigation system to overcome sand and stones entering the pipes and blocking sprinklers on fairways and greens creating a lot of time consuming work to clean out and is still ongoing.

All the greens were cored twice and fairways once, as well as being sprayed and fertilised and the bunkers have been topped up with fresh sand.

Gordon Thompson has refurbished and repainted all seats at the clubhouse and on course thanks Gordon for your effort in completing that.

A decision was made to improve and lengthen the practice area between No 11 and No 13 fairways and to reposition No 12 tee and fairway.  To do this the pine stand on the lefthand side of No 12 fairway had to be removed.  This was carried out thanks to Cable Logging at no cost to the club.  This involved all their staff – about 8 men and their equipment – for one full day, plus 4 hours next day. A very generous gesture.  They also organised cartage and sale of export logs and posts.  Hopefully the sale of logs, posts and firewood will cover most of the cost of removal of the stumps and cleaning up the area.

No 10 Ladies tee is at present being reformed and enlarged with improved irrigation to the tee and practice putting area.  A couple of areas on 10 & 18 fairways are also being reformed to make mower friendly. The practice nets have been resighted to give better access and to make them more visible for all to use.

A new greens mower has been purchased and the current unit now becomes the surrounds mower.  The old surrounds mower has been sold.  All other machinery and equipment is in very good condition.  The only other requirement at present is a wash pad for cleaning down equipment this should done early 2011.

Simon has now completed his 3^rd full year with us and every year we see a big improvement over the whole course.  Thanks Simon for your effort and for the extra hours you put in over and above normal when weather conditions and work demands.

There is still a lot more work required to finish off and regrass where trees have been removed etc and many of the ladies tees need improving with better irrigation to bring them up to scratch for the women’s tournament in April.

Thanks also to the grounds committee and other club members including the Ladies that continue to help out at working bees etc, not only for their time, but those who supply equipment such as tractors, loaders, 4 wheel bikes, trailers, chainsaws, vehicles and supplying morning teas and catering for working bees.

As I am not seeking re-election, I would like to wish the incoming committee all the best for 2011.

Barry Hill

Bar Report 2010
1. Unfortunately the changing of the guard at Superliquor coincided with the 36 Hole Tournament. I had problems of supply and the Treasurer had problems clearing accounts. Highfield Liquor came along to rescue the situation, which was fortunate as they deliver to the Club House, are cheaper and do Direct Debit.  I no longer deal with Superliquor.

2.  Power Spike. This burnt out some electronics in the Chiller. The overhead fan which goes 23  and 1/2 seven dropped down to zero seven and the Glycol Unit lost it's central control unit.  That lot was part of our Insurance Claim. Subsequently the Glycol Pump has had to be replaced, which means all we have left of the original equipment is a Glycol Tank.

3.  New Bar. Seems to be well received as a bright and breezy addition to the Club House. Thank you to the band of hard working ladies who swept cleaned, painted and talked their way through the final stages.

4.  Banking. Because my Deposit Book ran out last month I decided to add up the deposits. It came to a shade under $120,000. I found a 2002 deposit book which totaled $35,000. Don't know if this is a concern or not but flag it for your information.

5. Thank you for all the barmen and barmaids for your very much appreciated help.  Thank you Ginny for not swearing at me when you can't understand what I've done.

Alister South

Social Convenor’s Report 2010
The Twilight Ambrose was very successful with 19 teams participating – the three weeks went very well with fine weather on all nights.

A Quiz night was organised to be held in April but due to the lack of support was cancelled. This was very disappointing as the Quiz held the previous year was very successful.

The meals organised for the interclub functions were enjoyed by all – thanks to the members who helped on these occasions.

The Triangular tournament with Temuka and Pleasant Point was well supported by Geraldine and the trophy was again returned to our cabinet. Well done to those members who played.  Pleasant Point are to host the next challenge.

The pot luck tea after the Championships was enjoyed by all – a great ending to a very good day of golf.

Thank you to all members who supported the various functions during the year.

Shona Bensemann

Wednesday Golf Section Annual Report 2010
Once again another successful year has been completed.   Thanks to Neil and Fred for their help.   Fields of up to 45 players have been recorded. The average for the year was 34 players.   A large number of 2’s were recorded and a score of 46 stablefords was recorded with overall scoring being fairly high.   Meat prizes have proved very popular.

Since all our funds are banked, no financial report can be given.  It was good to have the support of players from Grande Vue and Temuka.

We we will look forward for another successful season next year.

Prepared by Fred Brown on behalf of Bill Seyb - convenor  

Junior Golf 2010
We currently have 19 junior members, with quite a few playing competition days.

Thanks to Kit Silcock who is doing a fabulous job with the juniors on a Thursday afternoon.

The annual junior tournament was held in April.  George Wardell won the Eagles Trophy for best gross.  30 juniors attended this day.  Thanks go to Dennis Goodwin for his help in starting and doing the results on the day

With the employment Graham Keen as the Aorangi South Canterbury Association’s Golf Development Manager a junior golf foundation tournament series has been developed.  During the October school holiday 5 tournaments were held in the district. (Levels, Temuka, Geraldine, Tinwald, and Pleasant Point.) We were well represented by juniors in this.  Chris May won the overall gross (total best 3 scores out of 5).  This series will continue over the Christmas and April Term breaks.  Thanks to the golf club for donating the course for this.  Thanks also to Geoff Clarke for taking care of the catering.

We were also able to have some members in Ambrose team’s as well.

Also during the October School Holidays, George Wardell, Chris May, Ben Neilson and Adam Hodges were involved in the Otago School Boys tournament in Dunedin and were selected for the Aorangi Piper Cup team.  I was lucky enough to be asked to go along as a “Camp Mother”.  It was very pleasing to see how well the boys did and it was a great pleasure to take them away.  They are all a credit to the club.

This year Junior Plus was achieved. It is great that the club has come this far. 

Helen May

2010 Handicappers Report
The year has gone very well, no major hic ups. There is nothing really to report other than cards and reports are now available on line which can make it easier to do things from home.

Members are making a big effort to ensure that all the relevent information is on the card, thank you.
Thank you also to the members who do put in cards during the week.

Special mention to Margaret Bolton who in my absence for 3 months made sure the roll over took place every fortnight. Well thats it. Thank you

M Campbell

Reports presented to the A.G.M November 2009:

Presidents Report:
I have great pleasure in presenting the clubs 102^nd Annual report.  My last as your president. It has been a memorable 2 years. The strength of the Management team with Ginny Bolderston and David Howell in key positions has allowed the club to operate smoothly in challenging times.

The course continues to improve under the capable hands of Simon Wright with wonderful guidance from our course convenor Barry Hill. The purchase of a John Deere 3235 fairway mower with the help of a grant from the Southern Trust will allow more creativity in the fairway presentation. The coring of the fairways and the greens is an ongoing and vital part of course maintenance and was achieved with a strong team of volunteers. The new soil shed made for a very successful coring. The most noticeable visible improvements have been the undercutting of the trees along  # 11 fairway, the cleaning and clearing of the triangle between #5 and #16 fairways and the trimming between the #2 and #3 fairways and the revamp of the mounds to the left of the 5^th green. The approval to finish the upgrade of the irrigation for the greens surrounds will see those areas targeted for improvement.

The generosity of members sees the club currently waiting for a building permit to start  on a cart shed which will be built behind the club house and will see the repositioning of the practise nets to an area east of the B-B-Q against the pine hedge. The cart shed will allow members to continue playing longer.

The golf club has been the target of several break-in and burglary attempts which has come at a cost for the club. The strengthening of the office walls and improving the security  with upgrading and re-adjusting the sensors should help but we mustn’t become complacent.

It is disappointing that fund raising opportunities are being given away with the catering the latest venture where we are not getting enough support. The reality of the situation means that all subs should be raised to the same amount.

On the playing side, the club has had a great year with an outstanding 36 hole tournament, great competition for trophies and a successful club championship where for the first time the senior draw was done through qualifying. Four men’s teams made it to the pennant semi finals but none were able to progress further.

The club has a strong management team and I thank you all for your hard work and enthusiasm particularly the men’s and women’s club captains – Dennis Goodwin and Barbara Clarke, it has made my role an enjoyable one, for that I thank you.

George Leslie
 

Treasurers Report 2009
This year has seen a significant spending on replacement equipment. With the downturn in the economy Grants from the Trusts were very difficult to get. We were extremely fortunate to receive 10 thousand dollars from the Southern Trust towards the purchase of the new fairway mower. Unfortunately it was seen as not practical to use all our cash reserves on the Mower so it was decided to go into a 5 year finance agreement with John Deere for the remaining 20 thousand dollars.

Purchased also from Club funds were the 9 sprinkler upgrades to improve the surround watering of the greens. We intend to also to fund the next 10 sprinklers as the high dollar has kept the price low.

Also the soil shed was completed this year. Due to the number of purchases and the lack of available funding the clubs cash reserves will need to rebuild before further spending occurs.

It has been a good year as far as our cash surplus is concerned with a very successful 36 hole tournament, a number of women tournaments, course hires and takings from the bar up on other years.

The Cart Shed Appeal has seen $10,000 raised from generous members, raffles and firewood sales.

Membership is on the decline. This years final 30 September membership numbers:

Ginny Bolderston.

Men's Captains Annual Report 2009
I have much pleasure presenting my annual report. I would like to thank Grant Robertson (Vice Captain) for his help and assistance throughout the year.

Club Days have gone well through the year with reasonable numbers attending.  Some very good scoring has been noticeable on Saturdays which is a reflection on how well the course is always prepared.  Thank you to Simon Wright for his high standard of work on the course.

Our major event being the 36 hole tournament was once again very well attended with 134 players.  A big thank you to the 36 hole committee for their efforts in making this so successful.

Club championships were very well supported with the reintroduction of qualifying.
Senior winner was Jason Leary
Intermediate winner was George Wardell
Junior A winner Campbell Paton & Junior B winner Sam Webster

Pennants 2009 were played with teams in all 6 grades. Holmes Cup, Finance Cup, Patterson Cup & Moyes trophy teams all making the semi finals unfortunately we didn’t have all teams in the finals. Thank you to all players who played and better luck next year.

Inter club matches were played against Lower Waitaki away, Mayfield away and Grande View away, unfortunately none of these trophies came back to our cabinet.

Most improved golfer for the year was Josh Neilson his handicap on opening day was 28-2 and on closing day was 17-7 which was a great effort.

Congratulations to Simon Wright making the Aorangi team this year having been selected for every rep fixture and Chris May selected for  Aorangi Secondary Schools team that played against Otago at Cromwell.

Thanks also to Helen May and Kit Silcock for their dedication to junior golf and the time spent on Sunday mornings and Wednesday afternoons.  The club will reap the benefits of their efforts in the future.

I am looking forward to the coming year with Ron Gatenby as my assistant I am sure we will have a successful year.

Dennis Goodwin

Womens Captain’s Annual Report 2009
The first year has nearly been completed. It seems to have gone by very quickly.

Firstly I would like to thank my committee for all their hard work during the year. Two girls are retiring Sally and Sisi. Sally has done well in the office and Sisi can now retire to her garden. Thank you both.

One of the things we did early in the year was to organise Coaching from Tony Batey. Thank you Sue Donovan for organising that. Some felt the benefit straight away. She did mostly group work in Chipping, Putting, and Course Management.

Our best result in Pennant Teams was getting to the semi Finals in Weekend Pennants. Better luck next year.

Numbers have been dropping in attendance during the year which is a concern. Hopefully it will improve next year. Programmes for 2010 are underway and ready to be printed.

We were delighted to see the Best Gross Stableford Rosebowl won by Geraldine in the Champion of Champions played at Temuka recently. Jenny Kellahan won Best Silver. Margaret Bolton won Best Runner Up Bronze. The combined team of Jenny Kellahan, Margaret Campbell, and Margaret Bolton won overall.

During the year we were sorry to hear of the death after a long illness of Dorothy Brenton, a long time member.

Recently we had a pretty exciting Mystery Bus Tour superbly organised by Jenny Lawson and Heather Oldfield. The Golf was at Glentunnel and lunch was to be at Terrace Downs. Why don't they just shift the rock which got in the way of our bus in the car park!  Well driven Alister. You never lose your sense of humour.

Here's to good success in 2010.

Barbara Clarke

9 Hole Women’s Report 2009
Our 9 hole Women’s group is in good heart with 45 financial members, 39 of these being Wednesday  players.

Members keenly contested our competitions and we had an average of 22 players every week. This year our Senior Champion was Rachel Harper and the Junior Rhonda Taylor. 

Two successful Tournaments were held in May & October bringing much needed funds for the club. Thank you to Alistair for opening the bar for us.

I would like to acknowledge the assistance given and the co-operation with the 18 hole Women’s group for which we are most grateful.

Congratulations to Simon for the condition of our course and also to Barry and his volunteers. We have had much comment from visiting players on the look of the course and the wonderful playing conditions.

This is my last year as convenor of the group and I wish Val Trezise, the new convenor, all the best for the 2010 season.

Jan Chisholm

Grounds report 2009
Running a Golf course is a big job, and this year has been no exception with many hours and working bees required for pruning, removal of trees, cutting and splitting firewood, removing stumps, repairing and regrassing, as well many others for general cleanups around the course especially under and around gum trees.

This year new moundings at No 5 green have been established.  All the fairways have again been cored and fertilized as well as the greens.

Trees on 11,12, and 16 fairway and at the workshop yard were removed, cut and split for firewood sales, also a major cleanup and pruning was carried out in the pine stand at the pylon - toilet area at the top of course, and pruning of pines between No 2 and 3 fairways.

However more trees have been replanted on course.  4 oak on the fence line below No 9 tee and 3 ornamentals in the upper rough area between No 1 and 8 fairways.  These were donated and planted by George Harper Senior, and the Phiskie family have planted a memorial tree for Ned south of No 5 tee.

The open shed at the end of the workshop has been closed in with a roller door and incorporated into the workshop to allow for more room for security and housing and maintaining equipment.  A new and larger soil shed has been built making it much easier to load into and out of, without creating a huge mess at the workshop.

A new John Deere rideon fairway mower was purchased this season to replace the old gangs.  It is already showing its worth in the finish and quality of cut, and has allowed for reshaping of many of the fairways.  Other equipment replaced this year, a more powerfully commercial type weedeater and motorbike trailer to replace the loan one belonging to George Leslie.

The irrigation electric motor burnt out early in the year and was replaced under our insurance.  Last month we ordered the remaining adjustable sprinklers to finish off the 9 remaining greens.  These should be on hand and installed before Christmas.

Our machinery now in the best state it has been for many years, and to keep the course in top condition it must not be allowed to drift back into a tired state – but all this comes at a cost.  Our present surround mower is getting to this stage and is in need of updating by the next mowing season.

Simon has now completed his 2^nd full year with us and in that time we have all seen a much improved and well presented course. He has often been here on weekends fertilising etc to take advantage of weather conditions. Thanks Simon for your effort and for your professional attitude in organising and carrying out your duties.  Also thanks must go to John Geary and Ken Pearce for their ongoing work in assisting Simon with mowing surrounds, tees and fairways. The most disappointing aspect is the lack of numbers willing to help at working bees, this may well reflect on increase costs in future. 

Finally- thanks to the Grounds committee, and all Club members that have contributed and helped at working bees, not only for their time, but the people who generously supplied equipment such as tractors, loaders, 4 wheel motorbikes, trailers and utes etc, helping to complete the various projects.  Also thanks to the people who catered for working bees.

Barry Hill    

Bar Report 2009

1. POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
This came about earlier this year and is a conflict between Profit and Hospitality. Golf clubs are set up to play golf.

 2. I look forward to a smooth succession when a new Bar Manager is appointed. I hope it is not too far in the future.

3. My sincere thankyou to all those people who helped in the bar.

Alister South

Social Convenor’s Report 2009
A very successful Quiz night was held in March. The evening was well supported by the community and I would like to thank all who helped make the night such a great event.

The trip to Lower Waitaki in April was well supported but unfortunately the trophy remained there.

The Triangular tournament was held at Temuka in April – a good number of members attended and we were pipped on the post by Temuka. Let’s hope for a large turnout from Geraldine to regain the trophy when we host this event early next year.

A mid winter dinner was organised for July but had to be cancelled due to lack of support.

Thanks to Errol Rix who organises the Saturday raffles and thanks also to all the members who support them.

Shona Bensemann

Wednesday Golf Section Annual Report 2009
On behalf of Bill Seyb (Convenor), Neil Collins and myself, I have pleasure in presenting the 2009 report.

It has again been a favourable year with an average of 30 players per week. We welcomed about 10 new players for the year. We unfortunately are losing some through natural attrition.

Some good scores were recorded. Brian Fawdray won the score for the best 15 rounds with a total of 596 stablefords. He also scored 47 points in one round. Neil Collins scored 13 twos for the year.

We increased our charges to $4 due to the rise in the cost of everything but still managed to pay $1 per player each week to the club.

We visited Waimak Gorge early in the year and they returned the visit in September. A shield has been donated; we won it in September.

The nine hole players are very few. We are looking forward to the 2010 season.

Fred Brown

2009 Handicappers Report
The 2009 year has gone well. Thank you to the management committee for installing broad band this has certainly made the roll over a lot quicker and easier.

Thank you to Ginny Bolderston for her continued updating of new and present members, we have managed to keep the club list up to date most of the time. May be next year it might make my job easier if the enrolment forms were handed to me then I have all the relevant information to put into the computer.

Players please continue to put the correct information on the card and please check it before signing; the biggest mistake I have noticed is peoples adding up. I have also noticed that with some members changing from 9 hole to 18 hole and vice versa there seems to be some confusion when it comes to the cards they are handing in. Please, 9 holers cannot hand in a card if they have played 18 holes. 18 holers are allowed to hand in 9 holes but make sure the next 9 are different to the first, with no 18 holes played in between.

During the year the programme has given us some headaches but I have managed to sort these out; please, if anyone does have a problem ring me first before trying to sort it out by themselves.

Lastly a big thank you to all the people who enter the cards after their day of golf, it makes my job easier and I don’t have to be down here every day. A Big thank you also to Margaret Bolton; she does the roll over for me if I am unable to do so.

Margaret Campbell

Reports presented to the A.G.M November 2008:
Presidents Report:
I have great pleasure in presenting my presidents report. This year 2008 has been a particularly exciting one for the club. The launch of our fabulous website has widened the reach of the Geraldine Golf Club. What stirling jobs our web controller Susan Lyttle and chief reporter / photographer Geoff Clarke have done to show the course off to the outside world. The brilliant up to date information and photos are a credit to all contributing parties.

The appointment of Simon Wright as the green keeper has seen a lift in the quality of the course as his knowledge and experience brought new ideas to the fore. Barry Hill (Grounds Convenor) has lead a team of volunteers that have worked tirelessly during the year.
Major cleaning round the green keepers shed, tree and stump removal and wood splitting has seen the appearance of the course change.
Making the decision to core the greens twice a year and the fairways as well will lead to better playing conditions. These have also been improved by tweaking the irrigation system.
The installing of new pop-ups round greens will allow work to begin on improving the surrounds. The club purchased a John Deere tractor and upgraded the rough mower which will allow the job to be done quicker.

The club has had a strong management team and I thank you all for your work and enthusiasm particularly the men’s and women’s captains and vice captains- Dennis Goodwin, Grant Robertson, Sisi Silcock & Barbara Clarke.

It was a great year for the club with an outstanding 36 hole tournament, great competition for trophies and a successful finals day for the club championships. Congratulations to all those who competed. It’s of note that Geraldine was able to field a team in each men’s pennant grade, making the finals in two sections and winning the Patterson Pennant.
The future of a club is new members and we are thrilled to have so many juniors currently playing golf. Juniors are being coached, attending tournaments and fund raising has been carried out to help these golfers.

It was particularly pleasing to award two life memberships during the year to Stuart Peterson and Ken Pearce for their great contribution to the club.

It was with great sadness we farewelled an office bearer Aylene Stalker during the year, a life member Ivan Lewis and members Ron Luisetti, Murray Ramsay and Ned Phiskie.

I have enjoyed the excellent work of Shona Bensemann as secretary and Ginny Bolderston as treasurer, it has made my role an enjoyable one, for that I thank you.

George Leslie
President

Treasurers Report:
The financial year has been one of increasing costs and decreasing membership.
Costs (including the salary for the Greenkeeper) have increased on last year by 12 %. Total income from Subs and green fees are also down.
These factors have had a noticeable affect on the annual club profit.
Individual committees surplus have remained steady with the bar consistently the best performer. The profit from the 36 hole tournament this year was down due to lack of sponsorship.

Capital Expenditure this year on replacement tractor and mower was $36150 and $3500 was spent on improving the green keeper’s shed. We were very fortunate to receive $10,000 from the Trusts Charitable Foundation for the purchase of the new tractor, although our application for funds from the Pub Charity to install 18 new sprinklers was turned down.
With fewer volunteers available for course maintenance the cost of our assistant green keeper will increase also.

Over the coming year we are going to work towards a financial plan for the club. This will involve assessing ways of improving income over and above subscriptions and green fees. A strategy to raise funds for the development of the club house and continued improvement of the course will also be put in place.

Ginny Bolderston
Treasurer

Men's Captain Report:
I have much pleasure presenting my annual report.
I would like to take this opportunity to firstly thank Grant Robertson (Vice Captain) for all his help and support throughout the year, and also Shona Bensemann our Secretary for her dedication and efficiency, helping to make my job a lot easier. 

The club days on Saturdays have run smoothly through the year apart from the weather gods in the winter, who seemed to think rain or cold wind was needed on Saturdays.

I must also thank Simon Wright our green keeper for his presentation of the course and the people mowing the greens on a Saturday morning before we commence play.

Our major event of the year was the 36 hole tournament, which was a huge success with a full field of 128 players and 4 people were missing out on ballot. The winner of the Templer Salver was Mark O’Malley from Ashburton.
Entries seem to be growing with the Sunday morning breakfast going down a treat.  Thank you also to all the helpers who made this run so successfully.

The club championships were very well supported this year with 48 entered, the grades were changed to accommodate this number.  Biggest entry was 15 in the senior grade 0 – 9.  Winners were Jason Fowler (Snr), John Geary (Int), Grant Robertson (Jnr A), Adam Hodges (Jnr B) Well done to all the Club Champions and thank you to everyone who entered.

Pennants 2008 were played with teams in each of the six grades.  It was pleasing to have the Holmes Cup & Patterson Cup teams make the final the Holmes narrowly being beaten by Ashburton.  Success was achieved by the Patterson Cup team of John Geary, Mark Wood, Dennis Goodwin & Neil Collins beating St Andrews in the final.  Lindsay Robertson and Tony Nielson also played during the year.  Thank you to everyone who participated through the year also to the caddies and supporters who attended semi finals and finals matches.

Interclub matches against Burnham (away) Lower Waitaki (home) Mayfield (home) Waimairi Beach (home) were successful with a narrow loss to Grande Vue at home.

Junior golf has gone very well this year with eight boys regularly playing on a Saturday.  It has been a pleasure to have these young men competing with success in the club this year.
Special thanks must go to Helen May for her dedication and support, taking them on these trips away.
Congratulations to Chris May who had a hole in one at the Otago school boy championships at Cromwell.
Also thanks to Kit Silcock who along with Helen has coached school children on Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings.
Hopefully we will see more juniors come through the club, it is one area we all need to support, and the rewards will be enormous.

I look forward to the coming year and would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has helped Grant and myself make this year successful.

Dennis Goodwin
Club Captain  

Womens Captain Report
It is with much pleasure and a bit of sadness that I present my final report to the Club.
We have seen much change during the past year with the amalgamation of the Women’s and Men’s Golf into one unit.

Within our Club we have had a number of successes:
Winners of the Silver Pennant and Open Pennants.  Other pennant teams represented our club with pride.

There are many people to thank for making my two years such a success. Firstly the members for helping out where needed with prizes, an extra pair of hands, working in the starters area or the kitchen.
My two committees deserve a special mention for all the work behind the scenes that they have done over the two years. It has been rewarding to see how they have gained confidence through their responsibilities. It made my job easier and the club stronger.

We have set a high standard with our work in organising tournaments which is often recognised and commented on favourably by other clubs. They are quite envious.

I wish to thank Maureen as my secretary, who is stepping down, for the hours of work that she has willingly done and for her support.

I wish to thank Barbara for her support and hard work and wish her all the best for the coming two years, as well as her committee.

Sisi Silcock
Women’s Club Captain

9 Hole Womens Report
The 9 hole Women’s group started the year with 42 financial members, 38 of these being Wednesday players.Opening day on 13 February we celebrated 10 years since the 9 hole group was formed. We invited members no longer playing from that 1^st year to join us and a most enjoyable day was had. These members expressed delight that the group is still going strong.
Our programme has been full and varied, with members keenly contesting our competitions and playing away at many Tournaments.

Our Senior Champion was Rosemary Keenan and the Junior Champion Peggy Lines.
We held two very successful Tournaments, in May and October with players coming from far and wide.

I would like to acknowledge the assistance given and co-operation with the 18 hole women for which we are most grateful.

Our thanks also to the greenkeeper and the groundsmen who keep our course in such wonderful playing condition, it is the envy of many other clubs.

Jan Chisholm
Convenor

Grounds
This year has been a very busy one with a lot happening on course.
There has been many hours spent and lots of working bees – pruning and removing trees, cutting and splitting firewood, removing stumps and repairing and regrassing these areas.

Currently Simon is changing the sprinkler around the greens to an adjustable type so water can be applied to the approaches and surrounds without over watering the greens.  Some of these areas will have to be reworked and regrassed to overcome thatched and bare areas that we have at present.  New cups and pins were purchased in May and installed prior to the 36 hole Tournament.

The greens were cored twice last year and will continue to be done so each year, also the fairways have been cored for the first time, as well as fertilised and sprayed and they are now showing the benefit of this work.

Some trees that were considered to be too close to some of the greens and fairways have been removed to overcome moisture being drawn away from these areas.  All the trees removed have been split for firewood, for much needed revenue.  7 large trees have also been removed from around the greenkeeper’s shed, and this has allowed us to generally tidy up this area.  A room within the sheds has been added for the greenkeeper to have some comfort for tea breaks, with hot water, a bench, table and chairs etc, most of which have been donated.  This is also used for an office and computer room.

Our machinery is generally in good condition, with a new tractor purchased this year to replace our very tired Kuboto.  The rough mower was also updated so as to speed up this time consuming job.  Timaru Honda generously donated a 4 wheel motor bike for on course use.  Our next capital cost will be to replace the fairway mower, possibly by the next mowing season.

Simon has now completed his first year with us and with his past experience & expertise we can already see a vast improvement over the whole course.

Finally I would like to thank the grounds committee & all club members that have contributed and attended working bees, not only for their time, but those who have generously supplied tractor loaders, trailers and other equipment to help in our various projects.

Thank you all.

Barry Hill
Grounds Convenor

Bar Report
The programme to replace old and tired equipment is now complete. The Glycol tank which can be temperamental was considered at over $5000 to be too expensive.
An income of $24,500 from visiting club members (Tournaments, course bookings, pennants) reflects the well groomed Golf Course we appreciate so much. Also the hospitality we offer especially the 36 hole tournament means we are of good repute and brings people back again.
The work involved keeps me on good trim, Last year we (mostly men) drank 92 kegs of beer and 113 crates of beer, 87 being Speights. The whiskey drinkers get through a bottle of Johnny Walker and Chivas Regal a month.
The Ladies like wine, ginger beer and lemon lime and bitters. It all sounds very jolly.

My special thanks to all the servers without whom my life would be extremely difficult.

Ali South
Bar Convenor

Catering Report
Thanks to those members who have helped with catering for pennants and other visiting players. The monthly roster system seemed to work well and there were several months when no catering was required. We are indeed grateful to have Michelle Robertson and Ruth Goodwin catering for the larger functions and we wish them well with their new catering business.

Social Report
Raffles have been very well supported on Saturdays and I thank all members for their contributions. Thanks also to members who have assisted with raffles during the season.
Unfortunately there have been no social happenings to report on this year. 

Wednesday Mid Week Golf
Once again another year goes by. We had average fields of about 30 players per week. Some very good scores were recorded the highest being 44 points recorded by M Oldfield and C Donovan.
In the second half of the year we raised the entry fee to $4. The total banked was $1,455.00.
We had visitors regularly from Temuka and others who were on holiday in the area.
More 9 holers would be welcome.  It was also good to have the schoolboys during the school holidays.
Special thanks to Neil and Fred who helped.

Prepared by Fred Brown on behalf of Bill Seyb, Convenor.

Junior Golf Report
Good evening to you all it has been an exciting year for Junior Golf in Geraldine.

The W.S.Troupe Cup (Junior’s Match Play competition) was played for by 7 juniors and was won by Paul Hodges.

In April we held a junior tournament.  We had 72 entries.  The format was handicapped players (split into grades), non handicapped 18 holes and non handicapped 9 holes.  Dennis and his team did an excellent job of sorting the draw, handicap system and the results.  Brendon McHaffie won the best gross on the day.  Thanks to the local businesses that supported us in this event.  Cable Logging Geraldine Ltd, Barkers Fruit Processors and the Shearers Quarters. The Club’s support for this event was greatly appreciated by all of us.  I have also been offered support for next years tournament already. 

Kit Silcock has been taking the juniors during the week, which has been absolutely fantastic for the juniors (he is great on technique), with approximately 10 attending each week.

We have had 3 juniors attend a week away with Aorangi Golf at a tournament at Cromwell in October.  Congratulations to Paul Hodges, Christopher May and Adam Hodges for being chosen for this.  Thanks also to the club members for the financial support of the boys attending this event.

12 juniors attended the junior tournament at Tinwald in October (it was a shame that it was the same time as Cromwell) It was a great day with 3 parents plus myself attending.
4 handicapped players (2 Grande Vue handicapped players - dual members with Denfield), 4 non handicapped (18 holes), 4 non handicapped (9 holes),
The weather was wonderful, and the golf was great.  A Thank you must go to the Tinwald Golf club for supporting this event.
Results:
Jayden Paterson (13) had a great day especially as it was his first time at 18 holes (off the junior plus tees) and did 103 off the stick which came back to a net 61.  Looking forward to seeing him playing more golf.
George Wardell had an 84 off the stick (net 63)
Phillip Henderson had a 96 of the stick (net 71)

We are currently looking at the junior plus programme with a meeting being held with Mark Sandri, Dennis Goodman, Grant Robertson and Myself to start the procedure.  We are now ready for the next stage of this. 
Billy Cosgriff, Grant Robertson, Avrill Burrows and I attended a training day for Junior Plus.  We then each had to submit a paper (the ladies were a bit slow with this, playing too much golf) the next stage is for Dawn Sandri to come and observe a training session. 

We look forward to another successful year of junior golf, with support being given to juniors who are getting ready to make the move to 18 hole golf.

I would like to personally thank the club and the members for the support they shown junior golf in Geraldine. 

It is great to see the investment in the future of golf.

Helen May
Junior Convenor

Handicappers Report
Margaret Campbell gave a verbal report.                                                                              

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