Nov 2007
Akarana nine-holer wins
2007 Champion of Champions |
 On Friday the 16th of November our very own Sulochana Singh (and her support crew) took the honours in the nine hole division at the annual Champion of Champions event at Titirangi.
Playing very well in the unpleasant conditions Sulochana thoroughly deserved her win. |
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Oct 2007
Nine Hole Mystery Tour |
When the course was unavailable on October 11th the 9 hole ladies group organised a mystery trip with a beach theme.
The bus took them to South Head for a brisk game of Canadian fours and then to the MacNut farm for lunch.
Prizes were given out after lunch including a prize for the ‘best dressed’ won by Mary Brittenen sporting a Englishman’s ‘seaside outfit’ including headgear of a knotted hanky!
With the weather staying fine a great day was had by all.
The Winners
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2007 Women’s Club Champions |
The 2007 Women’s Club Championships winners were decided on Sunday in several close matches. Winners on the day were:
Senior Club Champion
Winner : Marilyn Storey
Runner up: Hyo lee
Intermediate Club Champion
Winner: Mariko Watanabe
Runner up: Eun Ya Yoon
Junior Club Champion
Winner: Elsie Walter
Runner up: Vicky Small
Senior Flight
Winner: Soon Scott
Runner up: Ann Collins
From left are: Soon Scott, Elsie Walter, Mariko Watanabe, Marilyn Storey, John lister (President) Hyo Lee, Eun Ya Yoon, Vicky Small, Ann Collins and Judith Hannan
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Sept 2007
Our new gardener, Ann Collins (club member) is proving to be a wonderful asset, and you will all see a marked change in the garden maintenance over the next few months.
On Thursday the 20th of September 2007 at the Club's AGM, the following elections and/or appointments were made
Club President - John Lister
Club Captain - Ross Christian
Board Directors - Glen Ogilvie, Kay Lum
Club Vice Captain - David (Paddy) O'Hanlon
Women's Club Captain - Ann Spencer
Golf Committee - Dave Wasno and Corinne Pritchard. A third member will be appointed by the new Board.
Following the AGM the new Board met and David Snow was reappointed Chairman for the 2007/2008 year. Neil Pritchard also continues in office as a Board Director.
CLUB REPRESENTATIVES
Women's Club Captain .... Jill Hodgson
Women's Vice Captain Weekday ... Shirley Shadbolt
Women's Vice Captain Weekend ... Ann Spencer
Women's Convenor 9 Hole ... Mary Brittenden
PIMMS CUP 2007
The coveted Pimms Cup 36 hole competition was held on Thursday 19 April 2007 at Akarana Golf Club. This event is held every year at Akarana and teams from all Auckland and North Harbour clubs are invited to participate.
The winners of the Pimms Cup for 2007 are Janet Boddy and Diane Rackham, runners up being Colleen Ogilvie and Sally Mansell. Well done ladies.
Photo below shows John Lister (Club President), Winners Diane Rackham & Janet Boddy, and Women's Captain Jill Hodgson.
Recent top Junior performances:
GIRLS:
NZ Amateur Champ: Larissa Eruera
NZ Amateur Flight Winner: Jane Lee
BOYS:
Auckland Age Group Champ: Seve Ha
BOP U19 Champ: Hayden McCallum
BOP U16 Champ: Josh Heares
Well done to all girls and boys involved, keep up the practise and continue the good form.
PIMMS CUP 2007 |
 The coveted Pimms Cup 36 hole competition was held on Thursday 19 April 2007 at Akarana Golf Club. This event is held every year at Akarana and teams from all Auckland and North Harbour clubs are invited to participate.
The weather was perfect, warm with some cloud for the 36 hole tournament in what turned out to be a wonderful day, followed by presentations, Pimms, and dinner.
The winners of the Pimms Cup for 2007 are Janet Boddy and Diane Rackham, runners up being Colleen Ogilvie and Sally Mansell. Well done ladies.
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Meet the Akarana Weekday Womens A Team for 2007
Left to right - Heather Fitzgerald, Monica Wang, Lesley Bicknell, Mandy Zimmerli, Margaret Oppelt, Wendy Grace, Ann Collins
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Meet the Akarana Weekday Womens 18 Hole Matchplay Team for 2007
Left to right - Mary Overend; Jude James; Trish Strand; Diane Rackham; Marlene Hansch; Janet Boddy; Bev King; Denise Jenkin;
Val McCormick; Cynthia Bottomley
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Meet the Akarana Weekday Womens B Team for 2007
Left to right back row – Sally Mansell, Heather Wray, Norma Taylor, Catherine Baloghy, Shirley Shadbolt, Noelyne Korff
Front row left to right – Doris Parr, Barbara Jepson, Lesley Bicknell
Absent : Elaine Penn
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WOMEN’S ROSEBOWL 2006. |
The annual Women’s Rosebowl tournament was held at Akarana on Monday 6 November 2006 in perfect conditions. This tournament is a team competition from all clubs within the Auckland area and is made up of the Senior and Intermediate Club Champions, and the Intermediate runner up.
Akarana was looking its best for the tournament both on the course and in the clubhouse, with club members providing hundreds of roses for the day. These filled the clubhouse and the whole atmosphere with roses and candles made for a relaxing finish to a gruelling 36 hole tournament.
Winners on the day were the team from Pakuranga – C Cho; E S Kug; S Shin with 126 points; Remuera were 2nd with E Huang; M Pope & R Leung scoring 123 points. Third was Titirangi with a team of L Nightingale; J Taylor & S Evans scoring 114 points.
Akarana’s Women’s Captain Jill Hodgson welcomed all clubs to Akarana and presentations were made to the winners by Ann Graham from Women’s Golf Auckland. She made special thanks to Jill and her team of helpers who made the tournament at Akarana one to remember, and gave best wishes all those playing the Champion of Champions matches in two weeks time. |
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Whangaparoa Excursion. |
Twelve of the 9 hole ladies spent a night at
Whangaparaoa staying in players holiday homes
and of course playing golf.
Wednesday 30th March at The Peninsula Golf
Club and Thursday at the Whangaparaoa Club.
The weather was perfect and we had a great
evening Wednesday night, which surprisingly
made just a slight difference to some of our
scores on the Thursday!
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Fun in the Sun. |
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Pimms Cup 2006. |
Pimms Cup 2006 was a closely fought contest
on the Akarana course which was in top condition.
The weather was perfect, warm in the morning
and some cloud cover and cooler conditions in
the afternoon. Teams from Waiheke, The Grange,
North Shore, Pupuke, Remuera, Howick, Maungakiekie,
Titirangi, Whangaparaoa, Redwood Park, Chamberlain,
Huapai, South Head, and Manukau played with
teams from Akarana for a great day of 36 holes
of golf. The winners were Sandra Pope and Nancy Gregory from Waiheke
Island and our congratulations to you both.
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Pimms Cup 2006 winners Sandra
Pope and Nancy Gregory from Waiheke Island. |
Runners
Up were Ferne Butler and K
Edmonds from The Grange. Morning winners
were V Park and J Seo from North Shore, with afternoon winners being L Horner and D Bailey from Remuera.
Prizegiving and dinner followed
the golf and friendships from previous years were
rekindled throughout the evening. |
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Meet the Akarana 18 Hole
Womens Pennants Team 1 for 2006
sponsored by Strategic
Finance
Left to right - Shirley Shadbolt; Barbara Jepson; Heather Fitzgerald; Mandy Zimmerli; Beth Partridge.
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Meet the Akarana 18 Hole
Womens Pennants Team 2 for 2006
sponsored by Strategic
Finance
Left to right standing - Val Johnston; Hyo Lee; Trish Strand; Jan Olissoff; Mary Overend; Bev King
Left to right seated : Jude James; Janet Boddy; Wendy Grace
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Meet the Akarana B
Womens Pennants Team for 2006
sponsored by Strategic
Finance
Left to right standing - Doris Parr; Val Johnston; Sally Mansell; Heather Wray; Elaine Penn; Norma Taylor; Lesley Bicknell
Left to right seated : Margaret Ann Stewart; Cynthia Bottomley; Merril Hogben
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Meet the Betty Faesen Womens
Team 2006
Left to right - Margaret Oppelt;
Nga Naden; Marilyn Storey; Deb Hayward (selector);
Lyn Bayliss. (Absent : Jane Lee, Sharon
Lamb). This team plays off the stick, so handicaps
do not exist.
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Meet the Akarana Business
Womens Pennants Team 2006
sponsored by Strategic
Finance
Left to right - Ann Collins (Manager),
Maree Roach, Monica Butler, Jan Richmond, Soon Scott,
Georgie Anderson, Bobbie Fabish, Carol Carr, Ann Spencer,
Lyn Bayliss, Ma Thorpe, Deb Hayward (Selector).
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Another
Akarana Ace! |
Sally, Jan, Trish
(holding the revered ball) and Colleen.
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Its all smiles for Trish Strand after
her hole in one at the Par 3 16th on 1
December 2005 at Akarana.
Trish used her 5 wood to achieve this
and finished with a net 63 – a fantastic
score. That handicap will certainly come
down after this!
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Womens Club Championships 2005. |
Senior Women’s
Club Champion Hyo Lee
and runner-up Nga Naden |
All games were tightly fought in brilliant
weather and course conditions and our
congratulations to all winners. Hyo
Lee, Lyn Throll and Kay Lum represented
the club at the Rosebowl competition
on Monday 7 November 2005 at Pakuranga.
Good golf was played by all members
of our club team. Although we were not
in the top three, we are all very proud
of their achievement and representation.
Senior Club Champion: Hyo Lee
Intermediate Club Champion: Lyn
Throll
Junior Club Champion: Yang
Sook Kim
Senior Flight Winner: Monica
Wang
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Lyn
Throll, Intermediate Club
Champion; Hyo Lee,
Senior Club Champion; Yang
Sook Kim, Junior Club Champion |
Ma
Thorpe, Runnerup Senior
Flight; Mary Overend,
Runnerup Junior; Kay Lum,
Runnerup Intermediate; Nga
Naden, Runnerup Senior |
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Left to right
- Georgie Anderson, Deb Hayward, Lyn Throll, Stephanie
Callaghan, Ann Spencer, Ann Collins, Nga Naden, Bobbie
Fabish, Ma Thorpe.
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2005
Weekday Women B Pennants team
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Left to right
- Bev King, Jude James, Sally Mansell, Beth Partridge,
Norma Taylor, Merril Hogben, Wendy Grace.
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Members
of 2005 Weekday Womens 18 hole Pennants teams
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Left to right
- Mary Overend, Janet Boddy, Jan Olissoff, Lynette Alack,
Lesley Bicknell, Cynthia Bottomley, Colleen Ogilvie,
Elaine Penn, Shirley Shadbolt, Bev King.
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Pimm's Cup
Stays at Akarana
The 2005 Pimms Cup was held
at Akarana Golf Club recently
and a wonderful day was had by all. There was
close scoring and fabulous friendships thrived
in the great weather. And then there was a fine
evening of prizegiving and dinner...
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Business Womens Pennants
This is an 18 hole match play competition with
14 teams competing in two divisions. The divisions
are not seeded but are headed each season by
the winners from each division.
This year Akarana play against Aviation, Manukau,
Pakuranga, Onewhero, The Grange and Titirangi.
Akarana hosted the first round and the host
club has a bye. Points are cumulative with a
total of 108 points between the two teams in
each match. The winners of each division play
off for the pennant.
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The winners of the 2005 Business Womens Opening
Day were Keryn Jones and Diane Nicholsen with
a Best Ball Score of 50 points |
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Helen
Clark Memorial Cup 2005 |
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The 2005 Helen Clark Memorial
Cup was played early October. This is a 27 hole
Stableford competition for Weekday Women and was
won by Mary Overend (pictured)
with 52 points. |
Wil's Tournament 2005
Easter fun in the sun at Akarana. We were
pleased to be joined by players from Maungakiekie and Remuera.
Click here for more pics and
results.
The new caddies look?! Nice drive, nice red...
Flight winners Deb Hayward & Ma Thorpe. And they had
the most points.
Mandy and Maree
Waiting at the tee
Smiling with glee
As you can see
Perhaps they knew
How they would do
Runners up
Yes, number 2!
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