Cambridge Golf Club

The Cambridge Golf Club has a range of facilities for the use of members and their guests.

GOLF PRACTICE AREAS

Cambridge Golf Club has two dedicated practice areas. We have a driving range with target greens - buckets of balls may be purchased from the Pro Shop. The separate practice fairway includes a green with chipping and bunker practice areas.

BAR AND LOUNGE

The Club has a large lounge, suitable for functions and corporate entertainment and a fully stocked bar. Weather permitting, you can sit out on the balcony overlooking the 18th green. Resident caterers, Paynters Catering, provide a wide range of hot and cold food. The bar and catering facilities are open each day except Monday and Friday.

Twenty minutes later, Jason was on his way to Christchurch Hospital in an ambulance.

That night he was told by the doctors that they would remove his leg from above the knee because the crash had caused too much damage.

Jason had an amputated left leg, his right leg was badly broken, but he didn’t have any internal damage.

“I remember lying in the hospital bed and thinking, man I am lucky to be alive.”

Jason was a national rep in boxing and was preparing to compete at the 1992 Olympics.

“It was a big change in my life. At the time I was pretty despondent,” he says.

“I had no idea what life would hold for me. I had to learn what life was like with a physical disability. I had to start again.”

Not Looking Back

Jason had a long road to recovery, and he fully committed himself to his rehabilitation.

He learned how to walk again. And also had to overcome some mental battles.

Jason now plays off a 10 handicap at the Royal Wellington Golf Club. He plays both days every weekend.

His best score is an even par 72 at the Manor Park Golf Club where he was a member for many years and had a hole in one.

“I love golf because you will never master it. But that’s the same with life, isn’t it?”

Away from the course, Jason has worked at the Intercontinental Hotel in Wellington for 23 years.

He started as a porter and is now the chief concierge, managing a team of 12 people. He was recognised internationally, twice winning an HM Award for hotel and accommodation excellence.

“My desire is to be the best concierge team in New Zealand,” he says. “My young team are coming with me along the way.”

Jason says it was always important for him to work and be part of his community.

“The team here have been very supportive of me,” he says. “It’s a tough industry to work in with a disability. You are on your feet all day. But I never want to make excuses.”

GOLF CARTS

The Club has seven carts that can be rented through the Pro Shop. Visitors are welcome to bring their own carts onto the course but in wet conditions please check with the office prior to playing.

“I had concerns, [like] how are people going to perceive me? What are they going to think of me as a person with a disability?. As you get older, you realise that all of that stuff doesn’t matter.”

Jason said the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) had been at the heart of his recovery.

“ACC has been on the journey the

He has simple advice for others who have sustained a life-changing injury.

“You have a personal responsibility to yourself to keep living. You only get one shot at this thing called life and you have got to give it the best you can.

“When you get older like me, you don’t want to look back on lost years. You look back and you think, what a waste. Make the most of every day and enjoy it.”

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