Kaikoura & Len's big win!

Sunday in Kaikoura dawned brilliantly sunny and the golf club was holding their Christmas Tournament. We had already decided that we should enter and play with some other people for a change so we headed on out there in plenty of time in the morning for the midday start. The manager was very welcoming and showed us a good sheltered place to park our bus on the course for the night, a bit further away from the road then their player's carpark.

There were 50-60 in the field, probably similar to their normal tournament numbers. Len and I played with Jenny and Glen, Glen coincidentally being from Tauranga originally and working in the travel industry so we knew quite a lot of people in common. Another lady whom I was talking to there lived, for 35 years, right next door to the Murupara golf course which we have joined this year while we are on the road.
So it is indeed a small world, especially in NZ!

BUT the big excitement of the day was Len playing an awesome game with 65 nett (86 gross) and winning the men's division! He was pretty chuffed and we are both pleased to now have a Christmas ham in our little fridge. Luckily it's deboned and fits in easily. I had quite a good game for me as well and just missed out on a prize by one but that was all good - we didn't want the locals to miss out on their prizes to the visitors!
After a couple of drinks we were pleased to just have a short walk to our bus in the middle of the course and stay the night.

The hunter brings home the bacon