History - Representative Golf
Our most prominent golfer of the 1960's was Jack Connell who had previously represented Northland with distinction. In the 1970's Anne Butler (nee Berry) regularly achieved Northland honours and was a New Zealand trialist. In the mid 1980's Julie McConnell played out of Waipu for a short time and represented Northland. Since 1988 Margaret Aston has been a regular Northland representative (12 of the last 13 years). Margaret currently has the ladies' best score of 70. The men's best score ("Blue" tees) of 67 is held jointly by four golfers - Marcus Wheelhouse, Glen Goldfinch, Phil Hunter and Terry Pulman. The first two set this score in the
Bream Bay Classic in a year when five of the six man New Zealand team competed.
The
Bream Bay Classic has become recognised as one of the major men's tournaments on the Northland - North Harbour - Auckland circuit since its inception in 1987. In 1993 the tournament was extended to 54 holes. Over the years no golfer has approached the success in this event of Kevin Billington who has carried off the trophy many times. Waipu Golf Club teams have achieved success in most of the Pennants competitions and other team events staged by the Northland Men's and Women's Associations. Perhaps our most notable season has been 1999 - 2000 when the men's team won both the Northland "A" Grade Pennants (matchplay) and the Northland final of the "Montana" Interclub Challange (the top teams strokeplay competition in Northland).
Recent - Representative Golf
Chase McKeown, Braden Keown, Ben Hessell, Tony Mayo, Liam Young and Sheldon Kearns
Margaret Aston, Kylie Jacoby, Jo Taylor and Denise Pilbrow
Winning Championship Pennant Team
Hosted the 2012 NZ School Champs and 2012 NZ Men’s Age Group Championship