Tapora Golf Club - 2010 Programme
March
Saturday 13th + Sunday 14th Hit and Hook tournament
Saturday 20th Last twilight format for year 18 holes tee off at 2 pm 9 holes to 5 00
Saturday 27th The Okahukura Classic ( formerly ANZAC Tournament ) The big one

April
Friday 2nd - Monday 5th .Easter Bogey Best two cards over weekend
Saturday 10th Captains versus Presidents First round Peters Putts
Saturday 17th or 18th Qualify for handicap champs best net scores over this weekend . Top eight mens and women’s .
Sunday 25th Cowbell at Tapora We host teams from Mangawhai and Paparoa Wharehine Stableford first round
Friday30thth Stockies +Cockies Day Sponsors DE LAVAL and others

May
Sunday 2nd Club Visit to Huntly
Saturday 8th First round handicap champs Second round Peters Putts
Saturday 15th Semi finals handicap champs second round Wharehine Stableford
Saturday 22nd Final Mens and Women’s Handicap Champs 27 holes
Saturday 29th The 30th Tapora Frothblower + Temperance cup

June
Saturday 5th We compete for the Snell Shield at Matarua Competition for teams of six men and four women from the nine hole clubs in the southern section of Northland
Saturday 12th Final round Wharehine Stableford Best two scores over the three rounds
Saturday 19tht Waikiekie Rosebowl at Paparoa two men + two women , We can field two teams
Saturday 26th Jack Parsons Trophy best net score

July
Saturday 3rd Drop a Club day Normal handicap if 14 but handicap goes out I shot for every two clubs . less carried ie . Putter and three clubs extra 5 shots.
Saturday 10th .Mid Season Members meeting at 11 00 Then Town versus Country Match Best five stableford scores from each team determines winner
Saturday 17th The Tapora Two ball comp walk nine holes playing two balls
Saturday 24th First round Eclectic competition Wellsford 4 Square
Saturday 31st Second round Eclectic competitions Third Round Peters Putts

August
Saturday 7th Wrightson Nett First round
Saturday 14th Wrightson Nett Final round Best two cards 8th + 15th
Saturday 21st Irish Stableford + Canadian foursomes
Friday 27th Sponsors Day
Saturday 28rd Free Day

September
Saturdays 4th+11th Strokeplay Championship
Senior Intermediate Junior + D Grade Silver + Bronze
Saturday 18th Ambrose Tournament sponsored by Ballance Fertilizer
Saturday 25th Mick Wilkie Trophy Final round Peters Putts Three best putting scores from four

October
Saturday 2nd Old Fella’s vs Young Turks
Saturday 9th Qualifying round mens and women’s open Top four qualify
Saturday 16th Semifinals open matchplay
Saturday 23rd Open Finals twenty seven holes
Saturday 30tt Greenwood Stableford

November
Sunday 7th Halls Mixed Tournament
Saturday 13th Greenwood Stableford
Saturday 20th Club Day with twilight option
Sunday 21st Mens Champion of Champions at the Pines
Saturday 28th Annual Dinner and Prizegiving at Clubhouse

December
Saturday 11th A G M 1 pm in clubhouse Followed by five holes of Stableford qualifying with the top qualifiers playing four shoot out holes

Club day will again be on Saturdays . Draw at 12:15 but players wishing to play earlier in the day will have their cards accepted for competition.

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Tapora Golf Club Prize Winners 2009

Jerry Jeromson	Mens Open Peters Putts Captains Trophy ru Greenwoods Mick Wilkie Trophy ru Wharehine Stableford
Edith McConnell	Ladies Open
Kelvin Harnett	Ru Mens Open Junior Strokeplay ru Wrightson Nett
Helen Fahey	Ladies Handicap
Malcolm Smith	Jack Parsons Cup Easter Bogey
Jeff Fahey	Intermediate Strokeplay RU Easter Bogey WharehineStableford
Mike Fletcher	Ru Mens Handicap Irish Stableford
Wally McConnell	Mens Handicap Championship Greenwood Stableford Ru Junior Stableford +Wellsford 4 Square Eclectic Irish Stableford
Robin Topham	Wellsford Four Square Eclectic
Robert Brookes	Tapora Frothblower
Peter Cannell	Presidents Trophy D Grade Strokeplay
Lauren Edwards	Ladies Most Improved Bronze Strokeplay Temperance Cup
Remo Casale	Wrightson Nett
Nick Boyd	Mens Most Improved
Stars on Saturdays	Wally McConnell Jerry Jeromson

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Tapora Golf Club Local Rules 28th March 2009

Out of bounds perimeter of recreational reserve and clubhouse section
Lateral hazards all of fenced off area on the right hand side of 6th 7th 8th + 9th and the paddock behind the 3rd green
15 cm place through green
Free drop from bare ground except under drip lines of trees
Two club length drop from all internal fences
Ball may be shifted on greens to get relief from sprinkler heads and from rabbit damaged areas
Free drop from fenced trees and trees under two metres high
The trees that have been recently planted on fairways six seven eight and nine are designated hazard but players must drop out for one shot at nearest point of relief
No penalty for balls lost on fairway Drop a ball at point ball is believed lost
Free drop from all drains on course other than water hazard on the right of the 8th and 17th fairway
Check flags 1-9 Yellow flags 10-18

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Tapora Golf Club

Tapora Golf Club 648 Okahukura Road Tapora Forty five years old and there are still many in Rodney who haven’t been there yet . This is a nine hole course with an almost different layout for those who choose to play eighteen holes . Only the third and twelfth are exactly the same ,every other hole has different tees and flags and very often quite different features.

This is a links course on the Tapora Recreational Reserve which is now managed by the golf club and has been so since 2003 and in this time there have been marked changes taking place . The sheep that mowed fairways are now a quite distant memory ,even the yards have recently been demolished with the little shed built to shed sheep for shearing is now home to three ride on mowers and much other more modern course care essentials . Part of the role of managing the reserve has seen many trees planted through support from both the ARC environment initiatives grants and funding from Rodney District natural heritage fund . A wetland has been well fenced and planting’s of pohutukawa and other native trees define most fairways .

The clubhouse had a major make over in 2002 and is very often the busiest spot in the district with the Friday evening fish and chip in house or takeaway option having a much larger clientele than the Saturday golf .This building is still the headquarters and launching platform for many district initiatives and endeavours , meetings for the Tapora Land and Coast Care Group , many farm merchandise displays from rural service firms , safety and other farm training exercises .Throughout the forty plus years of the club’s existence meetings and gatherings from the community have included big numbers of residents who competed as tug of war teams in the early eighties at the Wellsford show (winners and runners up for both heavyweight and lightweight teams of five and we also had a successful women’s team as well , National party , Federated farmer golf days and fertilizer seminars (please note that these were separate events).There have been country fair days ,a clay bird shooting venue and for many years the Tapora fun run around the 11.3 kilometres of Okahukura road began and ended at the clubhouse .

Annual highlights include the Hit and Hook tournament , held mid March to raise funds for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter . 2009 saw $4 000 raised and more than twenty teams of three enjoyed the competition of fishing Saturday with points awarded for catching Gurnard ,Kahawai and Snapper and bonus points for landing the longest of any of these specie and then a nine hole Ambrose golf competition on the Sunday.

Early Autumn also features a Tournament that has huge input from many of our city members . Next years event will be the sixth time we have staged what we are now calling the Okahukura classic .A hangi meal , a full field and a great deal of song and laughter and as with the Hit and hook tourney a large number of entrants bring tents etc. for the weekend .Halls Retravision have sponsored tournaments for this club for more than two decades and this year their tournament is on Saturday 31st October . Twilight golf is usually a busy time for the club and a feature is that the sponsors for these occasions more often than not began their association with this club as juniors or began playing golf in this district.

Juniors playing and excelling at the game of golf has long been the norm at Tapora and while numbers are less than desired at present the opportunity to participate is still very much an option .Throughout the past four and a half decades a total of at least eight Tapora juniors have represented provinces at junior or development level and at an interprovincial tourney this century Northland was represented by Reece Mist ,North Harbour by Aaron Garnett and Waikato by Mark Western and all three had began as golfers in Tapora before they reached their teens . Julie McConnell and Aroha Tito both represented New Zealand as juniors as well as being for some time the number one players for their province and Aroha has added a number of NZ Maori titles to her resume .Aroha has represented Northland again this year in the national inter provincial competition and much of her spare time is taken in coaching young golfers and helping to organize regional and national Maori golf events .