INTRODUCTION TO THE PAPAKURA R.S.A. GOLF SECTION 2010
Our Section plays golf at least once a month, sometimes twice a month, from February to December. We play at clubs in South Auckland and Waikato and when out of our own area, we travel by bus. We raise funds by running raffles on a Friday night at the RSA and support from our members helps us to keep costs down.
During the year we play for various trophies, the main one being the Canterbury Trophy where the first 32 members qualify to play matchplay with the first round losers moving on to the Canterbury Plate. The second 16 or 32 qualifiers play in the Canterbury Flight, known as the John Ata Memorial Trophy.
The Papakura RSA sends a team of four to the RNZRSA Nationals each year and we have four qualifying rounds to arrive at the team to represent Papakura. To be selected a player needs to be either a Returned or Service member and affliated to a Golf Club. Other Section members may also participate in the RNZRSA Nationals but cannot qualify for selection.
Each time we play, our scores are recorded in other trophies with the best four scores after four rounds playing off on finals day, which is our Mystery Trip day. We also host a Christmas Tournament for the Papakura R.S.A. at the Huntly Golf Club which is well supported by surrounding R.SA's; we play an annual event know as POMP where Papatoetoe, Otahuhu, Manurewa and Papakura contest for the POMP Shield; we have an annual haggle against the Papakura Club. Inc., for the Shell Trophy plus we endeavour to support other R.S.A.'s when they hold their annual tournaments, such as at Thames and Tokoroa.
To be a member of our Section, one must be a financial member of the Papakura RSA and our subscription is currently $5.00 a year. Those who are not affliated to a Golf Club can join our Section and play in the daily haggle but cannot participate in the above competitions. Please feel free to catch up with members of the Golf Section on a Friday night or phone me for more information on 09298 6519.
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DATE |
COURSE |
COMPETITION/EVENT |
TEE OFF |
TRAVEL |
| Feb 7th | Pukekohe | Early Bird - Peter Brennan Men & Women's Trophy | 6.30am | Own |
| February 28th | Thames | Thames RSA Welfare Trust Tournament | 9.00am | Bus 8.00am |
| March 7th | Omaha | Qualifying Canterbury Trophy, John Ata Memorial; 1st Qualifying GeeCeeDar/Annstaff/Simeon/Fountains/Captain/Presidents Trophies. RSA Nationals | 10.00am | Bus 7.00 am |
| April18th | Matamata | 1st round Canterbury Trophy/John Ata Memoria. 2nd Qualifying GeeCeeDar/annestaff/simeon/fountains/Captains, Presidents Trophies. RSA Nationals | 10.00am | Bus 7.30am |
| May 16th | Narrows | 2nd Round Canterbury Trophy/John Ata Memorial; 1st Round Canterbury Plate. 3rd Qualifying GeeCeeDar/anne staff/simeon/fountains/captians/Presidents Trophies. RSA Nationals. | 10.00am | Bus 7.30am |
| June 13th | Pukekohe | Barrow Trophy - drawn pairs - (Russian Roulette Format) | 11.20 am | Own |
| June 27th | Te Aroha | 3rd Round Canterbury Trophy/John Ata memorial/2nd Round Canterbury Plate; 4th Qualifying GeeCeeDar/Anne staff/Simeon/Captains/Fountain's/Presidents Trophies & Final Qualifying RSA Nationals | 10.00am | Bus 7.30 am |
| July 25th | Waiuku | Shell Trophy v/s Papakura Cosie Club | 8.30am | own |
| August 15th | Wattle Downs | POMP TOURNAMENT (Papakura, Papatoetoe & Manurewa RSA'S ) | 9.00am | own |
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September 12th |
Formosa | 4th Round Canterbury Trophy/John Ata Memorial, 3rd Round Canterbury Plate/5th Qualifying round GeeCeeDar/Annestaff/Simeon/Fountain's/Captains/Presidents Trophies, Ken Irwin Trophy. | 9.00 am | own |
| October 11-14th | Mt Maunganui | RSA NATIONALS | TBA |
Own |
| October 31st | Whenuapai | AUCKLAND RSA TOURNAMENT | 10.00AM | OWN |
| November 14th | Mystery Trip | Finals - Canterbury Trophy/Canterbury Plate/John Ata Memorial/GeeCeeDar/Annestaff/Simeon/Fountain's/Captain's/Presidents Trophies | TBA | TBA |
| December 5th | Thames | Papakura RSA Welfare Christmas Cheer Tournament | 9.00am | Bus 7.30 am |
| December 12th | Papakura RSA | Annual General Meeting & Prize Giving - Plus playing 8 ball section for Trophy | 11.00am | n/a |
| H A P P Y G O L F I N G E V E R Y O N E |