Saturday 3rd January 2026
First club day of the New Year, hot and sticky after recent rain.
The Comp of the day was 2 person scramble, the thought was with it being just after NY we would maybe get between 60 to 70 turn up. Yeah Naa 120 people arrived! Lots of visitors and maybe some getting bit of preparation for this week's NBS Open.
There was a couple grades.
Mixed and Ladies Ist Paul Hay & Sharon McGeown 60.2,
2nd Betsy Hills & Nick McIntyre 61.0,
3rd Ben Campbell & Sian Chilton 62.5,
4th Todd Hamilton & Tania Appelman 63.3,
5th Sally Jones & Dennis Wright 65.1,
6th Michelle Reardon & Craig Marshall 65.7.
Mens grade Ist Andy Tasker & Karl Clark 60.1,
2nd LOD & STUD 63.2,
3rd Ian & Kahu McPherson 63.3 ,
4th Me & Tudders 64.3,
5th John Inglis & Stan 64.8,
6th Bruce Miller & Mike Inwood 65.5.
Moutere Vinyard Winery nearest the pins Ladies Jocelyn Thomson Mens Nick McIntyre.
The club house was chokka block with merry ment, Linda & Melissa did a great job looking after everyone.
This week of course is the 2026 NBS Motueka Open. There are spaces left for people, jump on it.
Go hard then go home, Good bye.
11.11.25 Armistice Day also Ladies closing Day for the Year.
35 ( 9 and 18 hole) Ladies came to play a 9 hole stableford competition before having lunch followed by Prize Giving and the Ladies annual Meeting.
There were some excellent scores with all the credit going to the winning Ladies and the Greenkeepers.
1st with a very creditable 22 stbs Jocelyn Thomson
2nd Shona Johnson 20
3rd Jackie Hall 20th
4th, 5th and 6th Chris Roberts, Jenny Van Heerden and Rhonda Heckler all on 18
There were 3 nett Eagles but no 2's.
Thanks to all the Ladies who gave up so much time to make this a busy season for us all . We appreciate the time you put into running our golf for us. Have a good break over the next few weeks.
Best of the Best
This event was hosted by Nelson this year and we were lucky the forecast horrific windy weather forecast only arrived for the last 2 holes with very challenging strong wind. Marlborough were prevented from attending due to the treacherous conditions over the hill. Motueka had a very successful day winning the Club team of the year and Pauline Sutherland winning section 2 best nett and Gaye Milnes winning Section 1 best nett.
A big thanks to our very supportive caddies. Unfortunately Irene and Lorraine missed the Best of the Best due to previously made commitments.
Well done team the Motueka Club is proud of your achievments.
You will recall that in June 2019 President Peter announced in his Newsletter that if any member of our club purchased a vehicle from Bowater Hyundai/Isuzu, either new or used, the club will benefit by $250.
It's all ticking along very nicely. Thank you to Bowaters, and thank you too to our members who have all purchased vehicles.
