ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION
Golf Hawke’s Bay and Poverty Bay Women Inc. is a non-profit organisation, and is a member of the Incorporated Societies made up of its constituent members; golf clubs of the original Golf Hawke’s Bay District, and the women’s clubs (existing within the framework of the men’s clubs) in the Poverty Bay District. Clubs within the Association range geographically from Te Puia Springs in northern Poverty Bay, to Pongaroa, Cape Turnagain, and Dannevirke in the southern Hawke’s Bay.
History:
During the early part of 2006, the suggestion of possible amalgamation of the golfing interests of the separately operated organisations running golf for both men and women throughout the Hawke’s Bay region and part of Poverty Bay was proposed.
The women of the Poverty Bay Golf Association have long been closely associated with their Hawke’s Bay counterparts through the auspices of the Hawke’s Bay Poverty Bay Women’s District Golf Association, an unofficial, non-incorporated society.
The two groups (Golf Hawke’s Bay and the Hawke’s Bay – Poverty Bay Women’s District Golf Association), signed documents of amalgamation and on 1st December, 2006, the new body “Golf Hawke’s Bay & Poverty Bay Women Inc.”, was established.
The Board and Management:
The Association has a Board of seven members: A President and Vice President both male and female, plus three members. All positions are voluntary and are elected on a rotational basis.
There are also two Golf Committees, one representing men and the other women. These committees oversee the smooth running of all aspects of the game within the Association’s area of responsibility.
Golf HB & PBW Inc. currently operates without an Executive Officer. Instead the Association is managed by the Board, with the assistance of a number of volunteers. The Board is responsible for the administration, operations, and financial management of the Association, and men’s, women’s, and junior golf.
Annual General Meeting:
The Annual General Meeting of the Association is held in March. The main business is to adopt the Board reports and in particular the Financial Statement, confirm the election of officers, and set levies.
Volunteers:
The Association could not operate without the assistance of volunteers. In particular, the following play a major role in the activities of Golf HB & PBW Inc. in their respective areas of expertise: male and female representative selectors, representative team managers, a Junior Convenor, the Referees Association, and the Course Rating Committee.
So What Do we Do?
Our role is portrayed in many different ways. The Association firstly acts as an advisory body to its constituent clubs and their many members, and provides a link to New Zealand Golf.
Golf HB & PBW Inc. is responsible for organising and running the following annual events:
- The Greenwood Cup, our premier inter-club match play competition for men
- The annual men’s Pennants competition – championship off the stick match play and handicap match play divisions.
- The annual men’s Coronation Cup handicap match play competition.
- The Hawke’s Bay 36 Hole Stroke Play Competition
- Women’s Pennants, Crossman Cup, and Ashcott inter-club match play Competitions
- The Lucy May & Bays Bronze annual Women’s team match play competition Hawkes Bay v Poverty Bay
- The annual Inter Zone women’s district team competition between Central and Southern zones.
- NZ Golf Women’s Home Links Competitions and the National Teams District Final.
- Women’s District Medals and Audrey Kelly Salver Competitions
- The Golf HB Senior Teams Championship – Pike Cup
- The Golf HB Secondary Schools Championships
- The Golf HB Junior Age Group Championships
- The Golf HB Junior Stroke Play Championships (in association with the Hawke’s Bay Eagles Golfing Society)
- Women’s annual Champion of Champions events
- The Junior Interclub competition
- An annual fund-raising tournament for the benefit of the Association
The Association’s selectors spend a large amount of time following our senior and junior representative players, so that teams can be selected for the following events:
- Any annual challenge matchs against Wellington senior and junior representative teams, now played in conjunction with the Shand Cup.
- The Shand Cup and Salver, and Sybil Green Salver Quadrangular between Wellington, Manawatu-Wanganui, Taranaki, and Hawke’s Bay men and women
- The Judy Pearson annual women’s match play challenge between Manawatu / Wanganui and Hawke’s Bay
- The Toro Men’s and Women’s Inter-Association Tournaments – the premier NZ Golf match –play competitions involving all New Zealand regional representative teams
- The annual NZ Golf Men’s and Women’s Masters Inter-Association team match play tournaments, for players over 40 years of age.
In addition, our Junior Selector also selects teams of junior representatives to represent Hawke’s Bay at the following events:
- The Wairarapa Open (24 Junior Academy Players)
- The annual Booth Shield competition
- The annual North Island Junior Boys’ Inter-provincial tournament at Cambridge GC
- The annual North Island Junior Girls’ Inter-provincial tournament at Rotorua GC
- The N.Z. Under 19 and Under 23 individual stroke play events
Hawkes Bay Golf Referees’ Association:
This is a separate body established for the purpose of advancing the education of players and volunteers alike who undertake the important task of providing rules officials for most of the Association’s inter-club, national, and international tournaments which are played on their courses from time to time. The HB Golf Referees’ Association conducts an annual study course and examination on the Rules of Golf, for anyone who is interested in pursuing certification as an official referee.
The H.B. Golf Referees’ Association is a separately structured and independent organisation under the auspices of the Incorporated Societies Act, but works closely with Golf HB & PBW.
Course Rating Committee:
It is the Association’s responsibility to select a committee that has the requisite experience and knowledge to accurately rate our courses for handicapping purposes. Currently courses are rated twice every five years or so.
Finance:
The activities of the Association are funded principally via an annual levy imposed on all registered full playing and summer members of clubs within the Association. Additional funding for specific events or equipment is occasionally sought from gaming trusts and charitable organisations. Funds are also generated from sponsorship from local commercial organisations and the fund-raising efforts of our men’s and women’s committees, and the Hawke’s Bay Junior Golf Academy, throughout the year.
Constitution:
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