will be at North Shore Golf Club 51 Appleby Road Albany 

and Sport Northland House 97 Western Hills drive Whangarei

at 6pm on Monday 19th May 2005.

 

Attached are the nomination forms for two vacant Executive roles, as well as spots on the North Harbour Men's & Ladies Match Committees, and the Northland Match Committee.

 

If you or someone you know is keen to contribute to shaping golf competitions in our region, we'd love to see nominations roll in. Volunteers are the heartbeat of our sport — let's keep that heart strong.

 

Nominations close Sunday, May 4th, 2025
Send enquiries & completed forms to: Mike Lightfoot

Since our previous newsletter was in October, 

we want to share a special highlight from the end of the season.

This event was held at the picturesque Northern Wairoa Golf Club during February, with 4 grades being represented across Open Men's and Women's as well as Masters Men's & Women's.

Haki Heke (South Head) was the Open Men's winner scoring himself entry into the 2025 NZ Open. Other winners were Teresa Wang (Remuera), Open Women's; Nathan Jacoby (Waipu) Men's Masters and Selina Liu (Pupuke) Women's Masters.

Lydia’s achievements are well recognized, but what stands out most to us is her dedication and contributions to North Golf, including her sponsorship of the Harbour - Junior Open and junior golf in general.  Below is a photo of our Age Group Gross winners from the 2025 event held in January this year.

Additionally, many may not be aware that Lydia offers mentoring videos for the Harbour women’s team representatives, who were the 2024 NZ Women's Interprovincial winners featured at the top of this newsletter!

The Harbour and Northland pennants season is gradually drawing to a close, with some division final results in and a few finals still to be played. Unfortunately, we’ve faced a number of postponements mainly caused by the recent inclement weather.

Up-to-date results can be found on our website under the ‘Pennants Standings’ tab at:

Pupuke Golf Club, won the Robinson Trophy for 2025 yesterday,

joining Mangawhai Golf Club, who won the Frank Nobilo Trophy,

as the top division women's & men's Harbour Pennants teams for the year.

 

will be held at 6:00pm on Monday 12 May 2025

at the North Shore Golf Club

will be held at 9:30am on Friday 23 May 2025

at the North Shore Golf Club

 

Karen Letica will be retiring from her role as Pennants Convenor, which she has held for 10 years. On behalf of North Golf - Harbour we would like to extend a huge thanks and farewell to Karen for her efforts which have been much appreciated.

 

The award recognises no one ‘winner’. It is more of an opportunity for people/groups/organisations to identify those bright stars who volunteer and contribute so much to the play, active recreation and sport space. Whether they are a coach, committee member, caretaker, deliverer, official etc. if they are one of those people who is a bright star in your club/organisation/group that deserves recognition then this opportunity is a great way to say ‘thanks’ and let everyone know about all the great work they do.

 

Sport Northland will recognise award recipients online in a specific online event. Each recipient will have their picture and contribution profiled to recognise their award. In some cases, there may be a recognition event where the recipient may be presented with their award.

 

The recognition awards will be announced on Wednesday, 18 June, at 8 pm on the Sport Northland Facebook page. More details to come.

 

The person must meet the following criteria in order to be considered for recognition:

The person must live in Northland

They must be a volunteer

The person should have made a contribution that has been significant/impactful over their time volunteering in their role/roles

There is no minimum time for volunteering, as long as their contribution has been impactful.

Cannot have received the award previously - see list of previous recipients.

Rule 5: Rule 5.2: 5.2b/3 – Application of Penalty for Practising on Course Before Round in Stroke Play Rule 

5.2b explains when a player is not allowed to practise on the course before a round in stroke play. The penalty statement in Rule 5.2b is not limited to making a stroke as the term “practising on the course” also includes testing the surface of the putting green by rolling a ball or rubbing the surface. If a player rubs the surface of a single green, they have only breached Rule 5.2 once no matter how many times they rub the surface of the same green. (Added December 2022)

There is only one rule for 'tricky shot' and that is NO INTERNET HELP! You can phone a friend, ask the audience or just sip on yer pint … no 50:50's on this one.

Answer is: The leading amatuer. Frank Stranachan was the first winner of the Silver Medal and then won the award three more times in the next four years.

 

Answer: next issue

Mike Lightfoot, Chief Executive Officer, M: +64 21 967 111 and E: ceo@northgolf.nz

David Mullan, Club Development Officer M: +64 210 747 151 and E: david@northgolf.nz

Pam Sowden, Club Development Officer M: +64 21 242 1536 and E: pam@northgolf.nz

Joanne Lowe, Administration, M: +64 212 900 335 and E: admin@northgolf.nz

Our bank account number is

12-3136-0137499-00