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Tim Dove NZCB President Waikato
Waikato/Coromandel annual Charity Golf Day a hit for all
WAIKATO
On Friday 23 October, NZCB Waikato/Coromandel held its annual Charity Golf Day at the Ngaruawahia Golf Club. It was fantastic to see our teams taking a break in their busy schedules for some team building. With many fun and different challenges throughout the course, a great day was had by all. Thanks to generous donations from Hampton Downs Vouchers, Milwaukee Tools, Ngaruawahia Golf Club Summer Membership, and tickets to the Warriors Home game in 2021, we were able to hold a silent auction to raise money for BLENNZ. BLENNZ also ran a competition on its hole, where if you made a donation you went into the draw to win a bespoke tea set. The support and generous contributions from a range of businesses helped make this day possible, with a lot of happy prize winners. We are delighted to report that many of the prize winners were apprentices, so your donations have gone further to help them build up their toolkits.
This year, our chosen charity was the Hamilton Visual Resource Centre for the Blind and Low Vision Education Network New Zealand (BLENNZ). With the help of BLENNZ staff Sue Cooke and Aaron Frost, we made it compulsory for all players to tee off from the first hole with either bubble wrapped safety goggles, to simulate low vision, or an eye mask to simulate being fully blind. All players took on this challenge with great gusto and it was many players’ best tee off of the day.
Carpet Mill General Manager Michael Collins congratulating NZCB member Quintin Erueti on winning the Carpet Mill ‘chip the ball through the hole’ competition prize draw.
Spot prize winner Sam Andrew super pleased with his new AEG drop saw, kindly sponsored by Bunnings.
A big thanks to NZCB Waikato/Coromandel Regional Partners and hole sponsors; Avant Aluminium Ltd, Franklin Plumbing and Building Supplies Ltd, Noel Leeming, PlaceMakers Clarence Street and Morrinsville, Bunnings, Carters, Trowel Trades, Winstone Wallboards Ltd, Mitre 10 Waihi, Abodo Wood Ltd, Monier Roofing, Carpet Mill, WINTEC, Rylock Waikato, Metalcraft Roofing, EnergySmart, Hampton Downs Raceway, NZ Warriors, Milwaukee, Ngaruawahia Golf Club, and Bottle-O Cambridge Road.
Save the date! Ready to tee off and taking on the challenge at the BLENNZ hole, Dion Dusevich (left) wearing bubble wrapped safety glasses to simulate low vision and Tom Simmons (right) wearing an eye mask to simulate being fully blind.
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Next year’s Waikato/Coromandel annual Charity Golf Day will be held on Friday 22 October 2021, we hope to see you there!
