Let’s support Plunket

My name is Patricia Hill and I am currently the president of your Martinborough Plunket Group. This small group is actively working for the mothers, fathers and babies of the Martinborough wider district.
We carry out the following types of activities for members of our community:
• monthly coffee mornings for meeting other parents and/or caregivers and chatting with the nurses and each other
• courses that assist with the care, and raising, of young children
• delivering gift ‘Baby Bundles’ full of goodies to Mums and their new babies
• providing wonderful happenings for caregivers and wee ones e.g Teddy Bear Picnics, Xmas Parties, etc.
• fund-raising to enable these activities for Martinborough families
• provision of accommodation, and nurses, for clinics for young children
• afternoon teas to congratulate the wonderful, stalwart workers who have given of their time to Plunket over years
• liaison with Plunket New Zealand for our community. … Continue Reading

Martinborough Golf Club Hosts National Women’s Tournament

Undoubtedly, the highlight for March was Martin boroughs’ hosting on the 2016 New Zealand Women’s Autumn Foursomes Tournament from Tuesday 22 to Thursday 24 March. This is an annual national event sanctioned by NZ Golf. The winners of the 80th Championship were the dynamic duo from Boulcott Heritage Farm, Janet Hunter and Jill Timmins. The pair was formidable throughout the week, unbeaten over six rounds of foursomes match play. In the final they beat Waikato pair, Ro Thomas and Liz Purcell (Hamilton GC).   … Continue Reading

Martinborough in Summer Captured in Pictures

Launched last year to showcase our region in summer, Martinborough Village’s Summer Pix competition has again been a great success. In the golden summer we have enjoyed this year the opportunities for unique and striking photos were abundant and over 300 entries were submitted by people who took up the challenge to enter their favourite shots. This year entrants were able to upload directly to the Martinborough Village website and Trish Higginson says that “ in the last 30 days there were 15,583 page views and 1250 people interacted with the site”. The strength of this competition is its focus on “behind the scenes” images of our region and what it has to offer at a very individual and personal level. The simple brief of summer vibe was interpreted in many fascinating and diverse ways, which made the judges’ task a challenging one. … Continue Reading

Martinborough Ladies Hockey Club

The Martinborough Ladies Hockey Club recently held its AGM at the Pukemanu, which was well supported. The club is again entering one team into the Wairarapa Hockey Association Competition this year. After a very successful 2015 season for Martinborough, in which we won Women’s 3 division, the team was willing to step up into the Women’s 2 division this year. However, as Wairarapa Hockey has a total of 12 teams for both grades, they are looking to have grading games for the first 11 weeks, and then split 6 teams each into a Women’s 2 and 3 grade. So there is a real incentive for the team to play well early in the season in order to progress into Women’s 2.
We are very fortunate to secure fantastic sponsorship this year from E10, the new Pukemanu Bar & Eatery for a flashy set of team shirts and to assist with hefty affiliation fees. Look out for us!

The team is always looking for experienced hockey players. If you have any queries about Martinborough Ladies Hockey, please contact Honor Clark on 3088575.
We look forward to another season of fun and fitness.