Club Waimea

Please feel free to contact us anytime for any enquiry. Our staff are happy to help.

• Phone: 03 543 9179
• Fax: 03 543 9177
• Email: reception@clubwaimea.co.nz
• 345 Queen Street, PO Box 3183, Richmond, Nelson
• Main Doors & Bar Open 11am – late every day
• Office Hours 10am - 4pm week days (Please ring bell if urgent)
• Restaurant: 03 544 6796
• Squash Courts: 03 544 6524
• Courtesy Coach booking: 03 543 9179
• Courtesy Coach driver: 027 543 9179
• The courtesy coach is available Friday & Saturday from 5pm and seats seven in one pick-up run.

After 10 years on the job Colleen Kempton has stepped down and will be replaced by Jean McKenzie Ph 544 8060.

This Weeks Diary

Monday 20  May

12.30pm – Waimea Room – Mah Jong

6pm – Barnicoat Room – Rotary

7.15pm – Hall – Indoor Bowls

7.30pm – Pool Vs Randles

Tuesday  21  May

6.30pm – Snooker – Interclub

6.30pm – Hall – Indoor Bowls Drawn Fours

7pm - Richmond Room - Men in Accord

7pm – Waimea Room – Harmony Chorus Meeting

Wednesday 22 May

5.30pm - Richmond Room – Community Weight Loss Challenge

6.30pm – Hall - Sioux Line Dancing

7pm - Waimea Room – Snooker Meeting

Thursday  23 May

Draw 1: $1100.00

Last week Member #912 Kevin missed out on $1000.00 because he didn’t present his Membership Card to claim his prize.

Be here between 5 and 8pm.

6.30pm – Richmond Room – Waimea Rural Fire Authority

7pm – Hall – Harmony Chorus

Friday  24 May

12.30pm – Waimea Room – Social Housie

7pm – Bar – Texas Poker

7.15pm – Waimea Room – Euchre

Hall – Darts Open Blind Pairs

Saturday 25 May

Entertainment - Nelson Country Music Club

Clubs NZ Weekly Draw $25,000.00

8am – Richmond Room – Stamp Fair

Hall – Darts Puma Open

Sunday 26 May

10am – Hall – AGM

1.30pm – Waimea Room – Crib

N.B. Rooms and Times, due to circumstances, may change.

Table Tennis Nelson will be using the Hall for the forseeable future, while their premises are repaired after flood damage.  They would like to invite Club Waimea members to play at the morning social table tennis sessions at a discounted price of $2.50 (morning tea included). If you are interested the social sessions are on: Monday 9am – 12noon or Friday 9am – 11am.

The old adage “if all else fails, read the instructions” could have easily been applied to almost all the crews that took up the challenge of the annual Club Waimea Car Rally held recently but, adults being adults, the majority showed a distinct inability to follow straight-forward simple instructions, or did they honestly believe they knew more about where they were meant to going and what they were meant to be doing than the organiser.  By allowing local knowledge and ‘over-active brains’ to override common sense, many crews were soon well off-course, a course that initially went round in circles in upper Richmond before heading off on a bit of a tiki-tour through Hope, Moutere, and Mahana before returning to Richmond.  Off-course is really an under-statement considering some of the distances covered and reports of crews going round and round in ever-decreasing (or in some cases, ever-increasing) circles as far away as Motueka but more especially in and around the Old Coach Road / Dominion Road area.

 Run by the same organiser for the fifth year running, one would have thought regulars of the event would have got a bit of a handle on the way his warped mind worked, but in an effort to keep one step ahead of crews, a return to basics with a couple of curved balls thrown in just to keep them on their toes seemed to throw them off the scent.  This certainly appeared to have the desired effect, so that obeying simple instructions and carrying them out in the correct order was most certainly the downfall of most crews. 

Although fun was the name of the game, reports indicate that there were some rather ‘heated in-car discussions’ over the just under 90km journey that should have seen crews retuning to the finish in well under 3 hours, however, while the major compliant seemed to revolve around  dehydration setting in, the general consensus was that most thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon’s jaunt and the challenge despite the pitfalls  –  or at least that’s what they were telling the organiser.  Hey, it couldn’t have been too bad as no-one was yelling for a divorce lawyer at the end of the afternoon !!!

 Results:  (all names withheld to protect the guilty & embarrassed)

1^st        Natalie’s Nutters

2^nd       Mandarin 5

3^rd        Two Bob

4^th        Seasoned Four

5^th        Bedlam Tours

6^th        Dave & Mark

7^th        Fab 4

8^th        Team B1 B2

9^th        Forever Never

10^th     Don’t Know’s

 Fuel Company Award (most mileage)      Bedlam Tours

Lada Cars Award  (most pit stops)            Don’t Know’s

This Weeks Diary

Monday 13  May

12pm – Richmond Room – Higgins Contracting

12.30pm – Waimea Room – Mah Jong

6pm - Barnicoat Room - Rotary

7.15pm – Hall – Indoor Bowls

Tuesday  14  May

12pm – Richmond Room – Higgins Contracting

6pm – Waimea Room – NN Bays PHO

6.30pm – Snooker – Interclub

7pm – Hall – Men in Accord

Wednesday 15 May

5pm – Richmond Room – RSA

5.30pm - Waimea Room - Community Weight Loss Challenge

7pm – Waimea Room – Motorcycle Group Meeting

7pm – Hall – Indoor Bowls Triples 9 Bowl

7pm – Bar – Darts Vs NN North

7.30pm – Pool Vs Suburban

Thursday  16 May

Draw 1: $1000.00

Last week Member #650 Ivan missed out on $900.00 because he didn’t present his Membership Card to claim his prize.

Be here between 5 and 8pm.

7pm – Hall – Harmony Chorus

Friday  17 May

12.30pm – Waimea Room – Social Housie

6.30pm – Hall – Sioux Line Dancing

7pm – Bar – Texas Poker

7.15pm – Waimea Room – Euchre

Saturday 18 May

Entertainment - AVAGO Karaoke

Clubs NZ Weekly Draw $20,000.00

7.30pm – Rugby Section Get Together

Sunday 19 May

9am – Snooker

1.30pm – Waimea Room – Cards

4pm – 5.30pm – Bar – Meet the Candidates

N.B. Rooms and Times, due to circumstances, may change

Come and meet the candidates for:

President, Vice President and Executive

Sunday 19 May

4pm – 5.30pm

WEDNESDAY SPECIALS

FREE Soup & Roll plus FREE Dessert

with all Main Meals off the Menu Board

Children under 12 FREE

when ordering from the Children’s Menu

AGM

Sunday 26 May

10am

Club Waimea Hall

This Weeks Diary

Monday 6  May

12.30pm – Waimea Room – Mah Jong

7pm – Waimea Room - TOTSADL Meeting

7.15pm – Hall – Indoor Bowls

7.30pm – Pool Vs Shark Club

Tuesday  7  May 

6.30pm – Snooker – Interclub

7pm – Hall – Men in Accord

Wednesday 8 May

6.30pm – Hall – Sioux Line Dancers

7pm - Executive Meeting

7pm – Waimea Room - Motorcycle Group Meeting

Thursday  9 May

Draw 1: $900.00

Last week Member #5 Bill missed out on $800.00 because he didn’t present his Membership Card to claim his prize.

Be here between 5 and 8pm.

Friday  10 May

12.30pm – Waimea Room – Social Housie

7pm – Bar – Texas Poker

7.15pm – Waimea Room – Euchre

Saturday 11 May

Entertainment – Tim Pannell

PYJAMA PARTY

Clubs NZ Weekly Draw $15,000.00

Sunday 12 May

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N.B. Rooms and Times, due to circumstances, may change