Golf's annual interprovincial championships begin early next week, with the women's event held in Ashburton and the men's in Manawatu.
Adam Cooper previewed the Wellington women's team's campaign with Manager Glenda Swan, Captain Teisa Mania Vaka, and General Manager of Golf Wellington Steve Weir.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:10):
Set me on the All Sport Breakfast fourteen tonight. Well
time for our golf report with Steve. We're general manager
of Golf Wellington and we are talking the Wellington women's
team's campaign at the inter Provincial Nationals which start an
ash Burton on Tuesday.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Morning.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
To you, Steve, and you've got a couple of special
guests alongside you this morning.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Morning, Adamy, So I do I have Glenda Swan sitting
with me, who's the women's team manager and obviously through
previous conversations also is involved with the Masters and the
girls teams and our women's team captain Taso money Avarka
from Shandon.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
All right, well, great to have you all on board
this morning. Morning to you. I'll start with you, Glenn.
Did we know the team had a very successful Into
Provincials last year, falling just short in a nail biting
semi final. How excited is the team that you're overseeing
from a management level to be back at the big
event this year and bidding to go hopefully a couple
of steps further.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
Thank you're to Adam morning. Yeah, we're feeling really sharp
and you're right, it was nail biting is exactly the
right word. And we've got really good group energy at
the moment. I think everyone's peaking at the right time
and more importantly than positive, like we're going in to
sort of know everyone that we're ready and what we
(01:22):
can do.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Great well, Taysa will bring you in now. So what
are your memories of that match as a player against
Harbor last year? And of course it to go down
to a couple of playoff holes right at the end, there,
didn't it?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (01:34):
Sometimes I still a green about it. I think the
match with Harbor was really good. I think although it
was an upsetting end, we did learn a lot from it.
The playoff holes are really good to watch. We were
able to support our team player who was in the
match play she did wonderfully. I know that we're going
(01:58):
to go up next week and do a lot better
and hopefully no playoff holes and we just went all
our matches.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Yeah, that'd be nice, wouldn't it. You said you took
a fair bit out of that match last year. How
can you learn from how tight things were, especially in
those playoffs last year, to boost your campaign for this year.
Speaker 5 (02:18):
I think I learned just to take my time, especially
on those holes where I knew if I just won
these last two or three holes, I could win. Instead
of thinking about the holes, I just thought about the
shots individually and just making sure that I was just
thinking about myself and just thinking about the shot and
the time rather than what could happen if I'm on
(02:40):
degree glendor.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
I'm sure you, as manager of helps look at some
of the other potential opponents for this year's edition of
the End of Provincials. How are some of those other
provinces looking and how do you assess the challenges that
lie ahead for the team from Tuesday?
Speaker 4 (02:54):
Adam, I think every province always brings something different, so
we're preparing for a real battle. We've got a few games,
but we've got a really strong team in our team.
I think probably focusing on startening their sort of decision
making under pressure, like what Casa was just saying, So
(03:16):
when you're in pight matches, making sure that you know
what you're doing and that's what's going to win the
games for US.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
I think Steve Obviously this women's team for a while
it was very much pecked and sent away to tournaments
like these with an eye to the future. Now it's
a team that's really competing at the top level of interprovincials.
So from an administrator's perspective at Golf Wellington, how pleased
are you with where the programs come these last few years?
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Very much, Adam Like in twenty twenty one we were
the national champions, So five years on or five events on,
a lot of the girls have come in very young
and I'm still very young, but it progressed through to
national rankings and have done well in national events. The
likes of Taysa and Elis Barber. Eric Atway, who's in
the of the team, has finished to college and was
(04:02):
the captain in twenty twenty one, So yeah, the team
has progressed really well. Far more importantly, they've become a
fine young woman and have a really great team dynamic.
So from a Golf Willing perspective, it's very pleasing. It
I'm very pleasing.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Tasa. You've been part of the team for a number
of years now you stepped into the captaincy last year,
You're leading the team again this year. How was it
mixing your golfing responsibilities with taking on leadership. Has it
had had its challenges?
Speaker 5 (04:29):
I see being a captain and just being part of
the team for me hasn't been much of a struggle.
I think it also helps that each team I've been in,
they've all been really nice people, both on and off
the course. So although I know I have this responsibility
to make sure that I'm a good person on and
off the course, especially for the younger girls and the team,
(04:52):
everyone in my team makes it so much more easier,
and I just sometimes forget I'm a captain and I
just see our team as well of friendship.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
So yeah, and you've been moved up to be the
number one ranked player in the team this year. Does
that create some tougher challenges for you throughout the course.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Of the week.
Speaker 5 (05:11):
I think yes. I think the preparation is for me
is more mentally just knowing that it is going to
be hard, but also telling myself that I can do
it and that I'm not number one for nothing. Like
the people who've put me at number one see that
I can do well, so I should believe in myself
as well.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
And the Ashburten course. You were there for the girls
compesation recently. How often have you played on it and
how is the course for you?
Speaker 5 (05:39):
Last weekend? I think what's the first time I played?
I like the course. A lot of foles go right
to left, so that'll be interesting to see. Greens are
a bit slow, hopefully they'll be faster when we go down.
But I think it's a pretty good golf course. I
think it will be in our favor.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
And yeah, nice well Glean dur at the end of
the summer. Also, it's a big moment for women's golf
here in Wellington and New Zealand with the APAC coming
to Royal Wellington, which of course is your club too.
In terms of the spinoff effects this will have on
the women's golfing scene here, how much excitement is there
around what this tournament is set to deliver.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
Oh, it's going to be brilliant. We're already working really
closely with the RNA. We've got training camp this week
at the course and preparations are well underway. I think
important to note that it's free. We're encouraging golfer and
non golfers to come along and view it and support it.
(06:38):
It'll be it'll be a great event in the Hut
twelfth to the fifteenth of February twenty twenty six.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
And there's not many people around golf that wouldn't be
excited about this, are there?
Speaker 4 (06:49):
Absolutely? And I'm dragging people into it, Adam that aren't
even golfers. So yeah, there'll be something for everyone, and
we're going to have some fun events there as well
as obviously pop golf to w and I think, you know,
like when you think back, this will be the eighth
one that we're hosting here and the first one was
won by you know, Geno Titticut and who is now
the world number one. So it's good to see that
(07:10):
pathway coming through from even like what we're doing and
you know, as paces talking about with the team here
and then you're going from amateur to professionals, so it's
actually a really good development pathway, all.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Right, Tasha, The draw for you next week is Taranaki, Otago, Canterbury,
Auckland may have plenty Hawkes Bay and then hopefully some playoffs.
So what do you make of those opponents on your
side of the drawer into how things could play.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
Out for you.
Speaker 5 (07:37):
I think it's a pretty tough job, but I think
we have a very good chance at betting most. I
think our two toughest teams will be Auckland and Canterbury.
But the team we're taking next week was quite similar
to girls, and we performed well against Auckland and Canterbury,
betting both teams, and I think we'll do very well against.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Them and Steve the men'll be an action next week too.
Where are they heading and how is their team shaping
up for the end of provincials as well.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
So they're heading up to Hoker with the Manu were
too Golf Club in Palmerston North tomorrow. Their draw again
all all the teams are good teams, but there's some
opportunity in their draw. They played Harbor, hawkes Bay, Southland, Tasman,
bad Planned and a Ringy and like the women's team,
a very strong team. Adam let out at number one
(08:25):
by John O'Cain. Number two Alec Prentiss like the women's
team with Erica from the States, although he's halfway through
his college career. Number three Elton Nicholson number four on
debut Hugo Sidford like our team, young Amy You is
on debut at number four and number five. G Love
with Josh Stevens from Murrima at number six, so very
(08:47):
similar to this woman's team. Very good team and lots
of opportunities, so the expectations for both teams are rightly
so quite high.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
Yeah great, Well, sounds like things are in a pretty
good space across the board, So all the best to
you three travels down to Ashburden and looking forward to
hopefully seeing some solid results come the next week. All
so so thanks for chatting this morning.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Cheers Adam Thing.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
For more from News Talks ed B, listen live on
air or online, and keep our shows with you wherever
you go with our podcast on iHeartRadio
It's the perfect start to your Saturday. The All Sport
Breakfast with Rutherford and Bond, Toyota and King Toyota, your
home of Hybrid Used Talk sedb us Talk.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Set me on the All Sport Breakfast fourteen tonight. Well
time for our golf report with Steve. We're general manager
of Golf Wellington and we are talking the Wellington women's
team's campaign at the inter Provincial Nationals which start an
ash Burton on Tuesday.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Morning.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
To you, Steve, and you've got a couple of special
guests alongside you this morning.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
Morning, Adamy, So I do I have Glenda Swan sitting
with me, who's the women's team manager and obviously through
previous conversations also is involved with the Masters and the
girls teams and our women's team captain Taso money Avarka
from Shandon.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
All right, well, great to have you all on board
this morning. Morning to you. I'll start with you, Glenn.
Did we know the team had a very successful Into
Provincials last year, falling just short in a nail biting
semi final. How excited is the team that you're overseeing
from a management level to be back at the big
event this year and bidding to go hopefully a couple
of steps further.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
Thank you're to Adam morning. Yeah, we're feeling really sharp
and you're right, it was nail biting is exactly the
right word. And we've got really good group energy at
the moment. I think everyone's peaking at the right time
and more importantly than positive, like we're going in to
sort of know everyone that we're ready and what we
(01:22):
can do.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Great well, Taysa will bring you in now. So what
are your memories of that match as a player against
Harbor last year? And of course it to go down
to a couple of playoff holes right at the end, there,
didn't it?
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (01:34):
Sometimes I still a green about it. I think the
match with Harbor was really good. I think although it
was an upsetting end, we did learn a lot from it.
The playoff holes are really good to watch. We were
able to support our team player who was in the
match play she did wonderfully. I know that we're going
(01:58):
to go up next week and do a lot better
and hopefully no playoff holes and we just went all
our matches.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Yeah, that'd be nice, wouldn't it. You said you took
a fair bit out of that match last year. How
can you learn from how tight things were, especially in
those playoffs last year, to boost your campaign for this year.
Speaker 5 (02:18):
I think I learned just to take my time, especially
on those holes where I knew if I just won
these last two or three holes, I could win. Instead
of thinking about the holes, I just thought about the
shots individually and just making sure that I was just
thinking about myself and just thinking about the shot and
the time rather than what could happen if I'm on
(02:40):
degree glendor.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
I'm sure you, as manager of helps look at some
of the other potential opponents for this year's edition of
the End of Provincials. How are some of those other
provinces looking and how do you assess the challenges that
lie ahead for the team from Tuesday?
Speaker 4 (02:54):
Adam, I think every province always brings something different, so
we're preparing for a real battle. We've got a few games,
but we've got a really strong team in our team.
I think probably focusing on startening their sort of decision
making under pressure, like what Casa was just saying, So
(03:16):
when you're in pight matches, making sure that you know
what you're doing and that's what's going to win the
games for US.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
I think Steve Obviously this women's team for a while
it was very much pecked and sent away to tournaments
like these with an eye to the future. Now it's
a team that's really competing at the top level of interprovincials.
So from an administrator's perspective at Golf Wellington, how pleased
are you with where the programs come these last few years?
Speaker 3 (03:41):
Very much, Adam Like in twenty twenty one we were
the national champions, So five years on or five events on,
a lot of the girls have come in very young
and I'm still very young, but it progressed through to
national rankings and have done well in national events. The
likes of Taysa and Elis Barber. Eric Atway, who's in
the of the team, has finished to college and was
(04:02):
the captain in twenty twenty one, So yeah, the team
has progressed really well. Far more importantly, they've become a
fine young woman and have a really great team dynamic.
So from a Golf Willing perspective, it's very pleasing. It
I'm very pleasing.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Tasa. You've been part of the team for a number
of years now you stepped into the captaincy last year,
You're leading the team again this year. How was it
mixing your golfing responsibilities with taking on leadership. Has it
had had its challenges?
Speaker 5 (04:29):
I see being a captain and just being part of
the team for me hasn't been much of a struggle.
I think it also helps that each team I've been in,
they've all been really nice people, both on and off
the course. So although I know I have this responsibility
to make sure that I'm a good person on and
off the course, especially for the younger girls and the team,
(04:52):
everyone in my team makes it so much more easier,
and I just sometimes forget I'm a captain and I
just see our team as well of friendship.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
So yeah, and you've been moved up to be the
number one ranked player in the team this year. Does
that create some tougher challenges for you throughout the course.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
Of the week.
Speaker 5 (05:11):
I think yes. I think the preparation is for me
is more mentally just knowing that it is going to
be hard, but also telling myself that I can do
it and that I'm not number one for nothing. Like
the people who've put me at number one see that
I can do well, so I should believe in myself
as well.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
And the Ashburten course. You were there for the girls
compesation recently. How often have you played on it and
how is the course for you?
Speaker 5 (05:39):
Last weekend? I think what's the first time I played?
I like the course. A lot of foles go right
to left, so that'll be interesting to see. Greens are
a bit slow, hopefully they'll be faster when we go down.
But I think it's a pretty good golf course. I
think it will be in our favor.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
And yeah, nice well Glean dur at the end of
the summer. Also, it's a big moment for women's golf
here in Wellington and New Zealand with the APAC coming
to Royal Wellington, which of course is your club too.
In terms of the spinoff effects this will have on
the women's golfing scene here, how much excitement is there
around what this tournament is set to deliver.
Speaker 4 (06:16):
Oh, it's going to be brilliant. We're already working really
closely with the RNA. We've got training camp this week
at the course and preparations are well underway. I think
important to note that it's free. We're encouraging golfer and
non golfers to come along and view it and support it.
(06:38):
It'll be it'll be a great event in the Hut
twelfth to the fifteenth of February twenty twenty six.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
And there's not many people around golf that wouldn't be
excited about this, are there?
Speaker 4 (06:49):
Absolutely? And I'm dragging people into it, Adam that aren't
even golfers. So yeah, there'll be something for everyone, and
we're going to have some fun events there as well
as obviously pop golf to w and I think, you know,
like when you think back, this will be the eighth
one that we're hosting here and the first one was
won by you know, Geno Titticut and who is now
the world number one. So it's good to see that
(07:10):
pathway coming through from even like what we're doing and
you know, as paces talking about with the team here
and then you're going from amateur to professionals, so it's
actually a really good development pathway, all.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Right, Tasha, The draw for you next week is Taranaki, Otago, Canterbury,
Auckland may have plenty Hawkes Bay and then hopefully some playoffs.
So what do you make of those opponents on your
side of the drawer into how things could play.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
Out for you.
Speaker 5 (07:37):
I think it's a pretty tough job, but I think
we have a very good chance at betting most. I
think our two toughest teams will be Auckland and Canterbury.
But the team we're taking next week was quite similar
to girls, and we performed well against Auckland and Canterbury,
betting both teams, and I think we'll do very well against.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Them and Steve the men'll be an action next week too.
Where are they heading and how is their team shaping
up for the end of provincials as well.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
So they're heading up to Hoker with the Manu were
too Golf Club in Palmerston North tomorrow. Their draw again
all all the teams are good teams, but there's some
opportunity in their draw. They played Harbor, hawkes Bay, Southland, Tasman,
bad Planned and a Ringy and like the women's team,
a very strong team. Adam let out at number one
(08:25):
by John O'Cain. Number two Alec Prentiss like the women's
team with Erica from the States, although he's halfway through
his college career. Number three Elton Nicholson number four on
debut Hugo Sidford like our team, young Amy You is
on debut at number four and number five. G Love
with Josh Stevens from Murrima at number six, so very
(08:47):
similar to this woman's team. Very good team and lots
of opportunities, so the expectations for both teams are rightly
so quite high.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
Yeah great, Well, sounds like things are in a pretty
good space across the board, So all the best to
you three travels down to Ashburden and looking forward to
hopefully seeing some solid results come the next week. All
so so thanks for chatting this morning.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Cheers Adam Thing.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
For more from News Talks ed B, listen live on
air or online, and keep our shows with you wherever
you go with our podcast on iHeartRadio
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