October Newsletter 2017 NEW PRO SHOP GRAND OPENING This Friday the 13th of October at 7pm we will be the Grand Opening of our new Pro Shop and Managers Office. We have builders, painters, stonemasons, electricians, sign writers and asphalters all busy working in and around the Clubhouse at present with the aim of finishing by Friday. We will not have everything done by Friday but most will be completed certainly enough to open the Pro Shop. All Members are invited to attend the opening ceremony which will be at 7pm just prior to the AGM. I would just like to congratulate the QGC Board and especially Kim Wilkinson who has attended hundreds of meetings, fielded hundreds of emails and phone calls managing this project. I think you all will be impressed with what has been achieved.

AGM Our Clubs Annual General Meeting will be here at the Club on Friday the 13th of October at 7.30pm following the Grand Opening of the Pro Shop. All Members invited to attend.

LAST CALL FOR LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP DRAW

Win a Membership for Life

CLUBHOUSE BUILDING PROJECT DONATION APPEAL Here is your opportunity to make a donation towards the Project. You can donate any amount you like (subject to a minimum of $50), but every $50 you donate gives you 1 entry into a draw for a prize as follows: 1st Prize - a “Membership for Life” at QGC (not transferable from the nominated person) 2nd and 3rd Prizes - a 1-year membership at QGC (may be transferred or gifted) A donation of $50 gives you 1 entry into the draw, $100 gets you 2 entries, $200 gets you 4 entries, etc. subject to a maximum of 20 entries per person. A “Membership for Life” means exactly that and you will be a member of QGC for the rest of your life and never have to pay a subscription again. We will draw the 3 lucky Winners will be drawn at our Annual General Meeting to be held on Friday 13th October but you do not need to be present at the AGM to be eligible. In the event that someone wins two prizes, the second prize will be redrawn. So please get behind this Project and make a donation to help us improve the facilities of our wonderful Club which we all love playing at so much. For more information please contact John Stephens or to donate please click on this link; CLICK HERE FOR DONATION FORM

Thank you to all those who have donated towards our clubhouse renovation project. For those who have not yet you have until Friday 5pm to donate and get yourself into the draw for 1 lifetime playing membership and 2 x annual memberships.

MEMBERSHIP SPECIAL Join now for 2018’s proposed annual membership fee and get the rest of 2017 for FREE

Full Membership $695

U 30 $530

U 25 $420

U 21 $230

Country $480

9 Hole $415

Limited $165

WORKING BEE

A big thankyou to the 25 Dad and Mums army who turned out to tidy up around the Clubhouse and Carpark. Anyone wanting to be on the Mum & Dads army emailing list (or want a lesson on how to start a chainsaw..) contact Dad – aka – Bruce Cunningham on bysdc@xtra.co.nz

BOARD REPORT

We spent some time at the August Board meeting reviewing progress on the Clubhouse Building Project and the costs associated with this. The building work is well on the way to completion and is starting to look very good. At that time costs were estimated at $630K excluding any additional (unknown) costs to come for the month of September. Total fundraising to date was $556,022 with still more expected from outstanding grant applications and donations from the Membership for Life Draw. This was considered to be a very good result and in line with the Board’s expectations. Final figures will not be available probably until November. The Official Opening Ceremony for the new Pro Shop and other works will take place at 7pm on Friday 13th October and we would remind members that our AGM will follow on

from this at 7.30pm. Please make the effort to attend these two important events in the Club’s 2017 year and help us to celebrate the Opening and hear more details about the financial results and other Club matters. Financial

Income for August was below Budget but higher than Last Year. YTD is tracking above both Budget and Last Year.

Expenses for August were slightly higher than Budget and Last Year.

Overall the Trading deficit is slightly higher than Budget but less than Last Year for both the month of August and YTD. The Board is satisfied with this result in the early stages of our Financial Year.

August 2017 Year to Date 2017-18

Actual Budget Last Year

Actual Budget Last Year

Income 72,805 74,742 61,597 123,540 115,028 106,839

Expenses 106,686 102,350 101,481 226,614 212,435 228,397

Trading Surplus (Deficit)

(33,881) (27,608) (39,884) (103,074) (97,407) (121,559)

Jon Bitcheno - Chairperson

Building Project All has gone relatively smoothly over the past three months with the construction of the new pro shop and lobby entrance and we look forward to the opening on Friday evening. Over the next few weeks John, Matthew and the team will transition into their new surroundings and gradually restock the pro shop. I think we all agree the results look fantastic. I would like to thank the many club members who have become involved with the project including members who have been directly involved and those who have contributed financially. It's been a wonderful team effort from all concerned and I'm sure we will all enjoy the results of the development for years to come.

Kim Wilkinson (Project Coordinator)

SKYLINE Skyline is nearly full! We have room for 13 pairs only so if you have not entered and want to play CLICK HERE or go to our website and enter on-line.

CENTRAL OTAGO AUTUMN CLASSIC I know it is in April but our Central Otago Autumn Classic entries are now open as well and this popular tournament id filling up fast. This year it will be run by Par NZ and the dates are the 9th to the 13th of April 2018. For an on-line entry CLICK HERE

PRESIDENTS REPORT

A reminder to all of our A.G.M. and the official opening of the Pro Shop extensions and the new entrance layout will be held on Friday the 13th October. The A.G.M. is scheduled to start at approximately 7.30p.m. and the official opening at 7.00p.m. We encourage members to be early, so everyone can enjoy this very significant occasion. A big thank you to the Mum and Dad’s army working bee held on Monday Morning. There was close to 30 members working under the direction of Bruce Cunningham cleaning up the gardens, car parking and new pro shop areas. This has made the area look a lot tidier for the official opening on Friday. September/October is a very busy time for Ian and his staff. The coring has been carried out, the weather was not kind and it created a lot of additional work. With the additional workforce of our Kitchen and Pro shop staff, along with Bruce and Holmes our coring was completed. With the sanding now underway the greens are now coming back to their usual high standard. Thank you to club members for giving me the privilege of being your club President for the past 2 years. I have very much enjoyed holding this position. Owen Lavender – Club President

Position Desperately Wanted!

Cook/Food & Beverage person Wanted Do you enjoy cooking and preparing fresh wholesome food? Do you enjoy being part of a small team in a varied role? Would you like free golf membership or learn to play golf? The Queenstown Golf Club is looking for a person to work for 30-40 hours per week in its busy Café. Cooking and basic kitchen experience preferred. Must be a NZ citizen or have a valid work permit. Please phone/text John Stephens 027 579 9582 for more information or email C.V. with cover letter to gm@queenstowngolf.co.nz

WOMEN’S REPORT Spring has arrived and the chilly winds are back. However, that has not deterred the good fields. I am pleased so many players have entered competitions at other courses. If we want support for our tournaments we must support other clubs. Sadly many of the Central Otago clubs are having much smaller fields in their competitions. So please take note of future tournaments and support them We are hosting the Central Otago Championships this year. We are combining that with our usual November Tournament. The Central Otago Championship has a 36-hole competition for Silver players and a team competition for 3 best gross over 36 holes. The rest of the field play 18 holes in 3 divisions. The date for both is 8 November. I hope you will support this well. Thank you to all players in the Transport Cup competition. All matches played by due date so far. And win or lose everyone in this competition has had a very good close match. Our Closing day will be combined with Prize Giving on 5 December. We are planning an exciting day! AGM is this Friday. I hope you can all come and admire the new facility. My best wishes to Kathryn and Janet, the new Club Captains. And thank you again to the Pro Shop staff who are always so supportive. Nola Pratt - Women’s Club Captain

MEN’S REPORT Our OCTOBER sponsor is Central Otago Motor Group MONTHLY MEDAL The next sponsored monthly medal day will be Saturday 4 November 2017.

LAST MONTH’S MONTHLY MEDAL WINNERS SPONSORED BY QUEENSTOWN MINI GOLF

DATE SEPTEMBER MEDAL RESULT NAME SCORE

DIV 1 – HANDICAP INDEX UP TO 9.5 BEST GROSS JOEL POPPLEWELL 81

DIV 2 – HANDICAP INDEX 9.6 TO 16.4 “ BRUCE BOIVIN 91

DIV 3 – HANDICAP INDEX 16.5 +

DIV 1 BEST NETT QUINTON THOMPSON 81

DIV 2 “ BRUCE BOIVIN 79

DIV 3

MEDAL & MUG WINNER OVERALL BEST NETT BRUCE BOIVIN 79

Congratulations to the above and to Matt Evans and Peter Waaka – the only one’s brave (stupid!) enough to finish the round in the snow.

THIS MONTH’S MONTHLY MEDAL WINNERS SPONSORED BY CENTRAL OTAGO MOTOR GROUP

DATE OCTOBER MEDAL RESULT NAME SCORE

DIV 1 – HANDICAP INDEX UP TO 9.5 BEST GROSS QUINTON THOMPSON 71

DIV 2 – HANDICAP INDEX 9.6 TO 16.4 “ KIM WILKINSON 81

DIV 3 – HANDICAP INDEX 16.5 + ERROL FREWEN 90

DIV 1 BEST NETT QUINTON THOMPSON 68

DIV 2 “ KIM WILKINSON BY LOT 67

DIV 3 JIM CULLEN 68

MEDAL & MUG WINNER OVERALL BEST NETT KIM WILKINSON 79

Congratulations Kim AMBASSADOR TROPHY (ECLECTIC) – October update still to come

LEADERBOARD

DATE TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2017 RESULT NAME SCORE

1 LUKE MCCALL 58.5

2= JOSH BAILEY 59

2= JOSH HODGE 59

4 MATT EVANS 59.5

5 ROSS RUNDLE 60.5

6= DEAN CORRY 62

6= SUNGWOO HAN 62

6= CALLUM JUDKINS 62

6= JOEL POPPLEWELL 62

10= ROBBIE FREER 63

10= BILL GRANT 63

10= ROB TAYLOR 63

10= QUINTON THOMPSON 63

14= IAN DOUGLAS 64

14= JOHN LEITH 64

14= GORDY MCKEICH 64

14= RUSSELL MOORE 64

14= DAVE ORPIN 64

14= STEPHEN POTTS 64

20= MARK ATKINS 64.5

20= BRUCE BOIVIN 64.5

20= ALAN BROWN 64.5

20= RODBEY CLAY 64.5

20= KEN THOMPSON 64.5

PLAYER OF THE YEAR & TOP DOG Others are starting to close the gap on David Harding for Top Dog on the POTY.

LEADERBOARD

MOST ACCUMULATED POINTS RESULT NAME POINTS

DATE TO 31 OCTOBER 2017 1 DAVID HARDING 3147

2 COREY SINTEUR 3045

3 QUINTON THOMPSON 2829

4 BILL DAVIDSON 2725

5 PETER ADAM 2445

6 JAEYONG JANG 2323

7 JAMES HAN 2300

8 BRUCE CUNNINGHAM 2195

9 MIKE RIVERS 2138

10 MOONSEOK KANG 2098

11 JOSH HODGE 2094

12 JOEL POPPLEWELL 2066

13 PJ WERBROUCK 2010

14 MATT EVANS 1970

15 KIM WILKINSON 1928

16 BRUCE BOIVIN 1854

17 PETER WAAKA 1828

18 BILL GRANT 1797

19 REX DUNCAN 1783

20 GRANT HARDY 1771

4BBB COMPETITION Congratulations to Jamie Dyce & Paddy Kluts and Bob Bowman & Ken McKenzie who will contest the 4BBB final over 36 holes on 28 October. REGIONAL TEAMS COMPETITIONS

Central Otago Pennant Finals

Our Intermediate and Junior teams both made the C.O. pennant finals played at Millbrook. Unfortunately, our Juniors could not repeat their success of the past two years and lost on countback to Alexandra. Our Intermediates tied with top seed Cromwell in their semi-final but won on countback 10 – 9 then prevailed over nearby rivals Arrowtown 4 – 2 in the final to take out the C.O. trophy. A fantastic effort from Corey Sinteur and his team and good luck for the Otago finals this Sunday in Dunedin.

Both of our Presidents’ teams narrowly missed out on making the C.O. Finals.

Interclub

Our Interclub team led by Robbie Freer currently sits 6th out of 8 teams and will be looking to repeat last year’s late run to move up the leader-board over the final 2 rounds.

OTHER COMING EVENTS

Oct

Sponsor: Central Otago Motor Group

1 Sun C.O. President's Pennants Finals 7 Sat Sponsor Medal - 3 Divisions Blue Tee

14 Sat Bisque Par White Tee

15 Sun Otago Pennants Finals

21 Sat Skyline Day 1 Format (4BBB Stableford)

28 Sat Medal

White Tee

Interclub @ Queenstown

Happy golfing.

Peter Waaka

Men’s Club Captain

STAFF MEMBER PROFILE - Alfie Parvin Time worked here – 3 years Age - 15 Where from – Queenstown Favourite member – The Bobs Favourite staff member – Shadea aka Shady Most embarrassing moment – Dropping a pile of dishes during a tournament People who inspire you – Glen Hughes Funniest moment at work - When Shadea referred a customer as my girlfriend because I looked like an emo and she noticed…awkward Future aspirations - Becoming a pro in the pit (Dishwashing)