March 28, 2025 • 7 mins
In association with the Elmwood Trading Company, Stephen Parkyn the CEO of Lamb and Hayward spoke with Lesley about his company's long-term support of golf in Canterbury alongside many other organisations Lamb and Hayward sponsor.
Parkyn a keen golfer himself, spoke about his only hole in one to date and what the game of golf has meant to him and his ability to connect with people of all walks of life.
He also shares a tip he got from his wife after returning home grumpy following a bad day on the course.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
News took seed Beats twenty five away from nine o'clock
and golf Segnient always in association with the Onward Trading Company.
And we are going to talk to someone who has
supported golf magnificently for such a long time, and I'm
talking about Lamon Hayward. Let's go to Stephen Park and
Stephen good morning, Good morning, Leslie. How are you.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
I'm very good, Thank you.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
I hope you all well, Yes, we're really good. Thanks
so your involvement with Lamon Hayward, with Canterby Golf for
how long?
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Well, we've We've been supporting Canterbury Golf for fifteen years,
started about twenty ten. It's to be honest, it's one
of their shortert sponsorships. When we get into sponsoring things, Liza,
we tend to stay in for a long time. We've
been sponsoring the like the Symphony Orchestra for eighty five
(00:51):
and I've also been sponsoring other golf clubs around around
Canterbury for longer, for thirty ideas for some of them, we,
like I said, if we get into something, we tend
to stay in there.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Well, that's really good news because we know club Land
is not an easy place to be and even sporting
provincial organizations it's not easy. But you know when you
think about christ Church and that earthquakes and COVID, I
mean your support would have been hugely invaluable.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Well, I think so certainly. You know, we all know
you know, christ Sheets, Canoby people, we know that the
things that have been happening over the last few years,
more recently COVID, I guess, Yeah, COVID has had a
real impact on golf, hasn't it in a good way? Yeah,
that's right. In fact time, memberships have really risen through
(01:44):
COVID and that's great. And I think what you're seeing
out there too is particularly with younger people. So it
looks like a lot more younger people are coming to
golf and that's great because there's a feeling that golf
is really an older personal sport and predominantly I guess
a lot of older people play, they've got the time,
But where is it without the development? So you've got
(02:08):
to have younger people coming in and so that's a
great thing.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
Is that where you've mainly pointed your your sponsorship of
Kennarby Golf through that development area.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
What we do I think there's two areas there, Leslie.
There's the younger people, and you know, my word for
that would be experience. So you've got to get younger
people into golf to experience it. So maybe then they've
got an opportunity to think they like it, they connect
to it, stick to it, and maybe they'll come back
(02:39):
to it later if they can't do it right then.
And we do that, I mean predominantly, we do that,
probably through golf and schools, through the Futures program. I
think the last couple of years there's been about five
hundred and fifty Future membership taken up, one hundred and
(02:59):
ten you know, six week coaching programs and a whole
lot of Future's events, So that's been great. And the
golf in schools over the last few years nine schools
about fifteen hundred students participating. So that's getting all of
those younger people and an opportunity to say, hey, is
golf something for me? I see on the TV call
(03:21):
New Elders Lydia Coe and you know, Ryan Fox and
so on doing well, Stephen Alker for the older people
and go hey, maybe that could be me one day.
But the other side of it is that older people, Leslie,
you know, and you know, we really try and target that.
And my word for that would be connection. You know,
(03:43):
you hear so much about mental health being an issue,
you know, isolation, you know, hurting people's well being, particularly
as they get older, they get more isolated. But I
think golf can be a thing that connects people in
the community, and I think that's so important. So sometimes
we see I think people continue to play golf into
their eighties, and you know, the golf is kind of
(04:05):
secondary to the connection piece of connecting to other people,
having around a golf, having to catch up afterwards in
the clubhouse or at a cafe, and that's a whole experience,
but it connects them into society.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Do you play yourself, Stephen, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
I do. Yeah, I certainly do play golf. Yeah, I
really do. I love golf. I'm not that great at it,
but I really enjoy it. I'm quite social that I
was playing yesterday afternoon with what we call our Friday
Fun group, and it's just a fun get together of
(04:46):
a whole eclectic bunch of people from all different walks
of life. Look, I've learned a hell of a lot
of life lessons out of golf, Leslie, you're interested in
hearing one of them. Maybe it came from my wife. Actually,
there was a time when I was playing golf and
(05:08):
I wasn't enjoying it that much because I was getting
irritated about not playing that well. And I came home
one day from playing in a really good course and
not particularly great, and I was a bit irritated, and
she said to me, you've been out for six hours.
You've been doing a thing that you really like, and
you don't seem to be enjoying it. I think you
should give up. And I thought so. I completely changed
(05:34):
my view on that, and I'm happy to say it
really worked for me. Now, golf is about the connection.
It's about going out and doing something you like with
other people, having that opportunity to do that and catch
up later and around. I had a wee while after
that with Sir Bob Charles, just one to know Bob
Charles concerned that for me because I said, what do
(05:55):
you do, Bob when you don't Bob, when you don't
have a good job? And he said, I hit the ball,
I go and find it and then I hit it again.
I thought, that's perfect, because it's just about being out there,
connecting with people, doing something you really enjoy, and that
(06:18):
there should be the simple ethos of golf.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Absolutely. I think that's absolutely on the Mark Stephen Park
and we are very grateful for you coming and we're
very grateful of the support that you give Kenniby Golf.
And all I can say, have you had a hole
in one?
Speaker 2 (06:33):
I've had one hole in one?
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
My family members have had a lot more than me,
but I've had one and that was that was that
was great. But lookusie, we do what we do Lemon Hayward.
We do what we do because life is important. That's
our ethos. Because life is important and we've got to
respect that in honor of that. And so let's help
(06:57):
people to you know, out there find something that they
love or a passion, find something that can connect them
into society. You know, golf can give you a lot
of good life, you know, lessens and steer you well
in life if you kind of take those those lessons
out of it. And so yep, so we're locally owned,
(07:20):
so we can choose to support the community and we do. So,
you know, everyone, life is important, get out there and
live it.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Fantastic advice Stephen Parkin, thank you so much and as
I mentioned before, really grateful for Golf on behalf of
Golf and you know all your support over the years.
Long may that continue as you mentioned.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Thank you all right, Thank you Leslie. For more from
News Talks a B.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Listen live on air or online, and keep our shows
with you wherever you go with our podcasts on IRT Radio.
News took seed Beats twenty five away from nine o'clock
and golf Segnient always in association with the Onward Trading Company.
And we are going to talk to someone who has
supported golf magnificently for such a long time, and I'm
talking about Lamon Hayward. Let's go to Stephen Park and
Stephen good morning, Good morning, Leslie. How are you.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
I'm very good, Thank you.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
I hope you all well, Yes, we're really good. Thanks
so your involvement with Lamon Hayward, with Canterby Golf for
how long?
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Well, we've We've been supporting Canterbury Golf for fifteen years,
started about twenty ten. It's to be honest, it's one
of their shortert sponsorships. When we get into sponsoring things, Liza,
we tend to stay in for a long time. We've
been sponsoring the like the Symphony Orchestra for eighty five
(00:51):
and I've also been sponsoring other golf clubs around around
Canterbury for longer, for thirty ideas for some of them, we,
like I said, if we get into something, we tend
to stay in there.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Well, that's really good news because we know club Land
is not an easy place to be and even sporting
provincial organizations it's not easy. But you know when you
think about christ Church and that earthquakes and COVID, I
mean your support would have been hugely invaluable.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Well, I think so certainly. You know, we all know
you know, christ Sheets, Canoby people, we know that the
things that have been happening over the last few years,
more recently COVID, I guess, Yeah, COVID has had a
real impact on golf, hasn't it in a good way? Yeah,
that's right. In fact time, memberships have really risen through
(01:44):
COVID and that's great. And I think what you're seeing
out there too is particularly with younger people. So it
looks like a lot more younger people are coming to
golf and that's great because there's a feeling that golf
is really an older personal sport and predominantly I guess
a lot of older people play, they've got the time,
But where is it without the development? So you've got
(02:08):
to have younger people coming in and so that's a
great thing.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
Is that where you've mainly pointed your your sponsorship of
Kennarby Golf through that development area.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
What we do I think there's two areas there, Leslie.
There's the younger people, and you know, my word for
that would be experience. So you've got to get younger
people into golf to experience it. So maybe then they've
got an opportunity to think they like it, they connect
to it, stick to it, and maybe they'll come back
(02:39):
to it later if they can't do it right then.
And we do that, I mean predominantly, we do that,
probably through golf and schools, through the Futures program. I
think the last couple of years there's been about five
hundred and fifty Future membership taken up, one hundred and
(02:59):
ten you know, six week coaching programs and a whole
lot of Future's events, So that's been great. And the
golf in schools over the last few years nine schools
about fifteen hundred students participating. So that's getting all of
those younger people and an opportunity to say, hey, is
golf something for me? I see on the TV call
(03:21):
New Elders Lydia Coe and you know, Ryan Fox and
so on doing well, Stephen Alker for the older people
and go hey, maybe that could be me one day.
But the other side of it is that older people, Leslie,
you know, and you know, we really try and target that.
And my word for that would be connection. You know,
(03:43):
you hear so much about mental health being an issue,
you know, isolation, you know, hurting people's well being, particularly
as they get older, they get more isolated. But I
think golf can be a thing that connects people in
the community, and I think that's so important. So sometimes
we see I think people continue to play golf into
their eighties, and you know, the golf is kind of
(04:05):
secondary to the connection piece of connecting to other people,
having around a golf, having to catch up afterwards in
the clubhouse or at a cafe, and that's a whole experience,
but it connects them into society.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Do you play yourself, Stephen, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
I do. Yeah, I certainly do play golf. Yeah, I
really do. I love golf. I'm not that great at it,
but I really enjoy it. I'm quite social that I
was playing yesterday afternoon with what we call our Friday
Fun group, and it's just a fun get together of
(04:46):
a whole eclectic bunch of people from all different walks
of life. Look, I've learned a hell of a lot
of life lessons out of golf, Leslie, you're interested in
hearing one of them. Maybe it came from my wife. Actually,
there was a time when I was playing golf and
(05:08):
I wasn't enjoying it that much because I was getting
irritated about not playing that well. And I came home
one day from playing in a really good course and
not particularly great, and I was a bit irritated, and
she said to me, you've been out for six hours.
You've been doing a thing that you really like, and
you don't seem to be enjoying it. I think you
should give up. And I thought so. I completely changed
(05:34):
my view on that, and I'm happy to say it
really worked for me. Now, golf is about the connection.
It's about going out and doing something you like with
other people, having that opportunity to do that and catch
up later and around. I had a wee while after
that with Sir Bob Charles, just one to know Bob
Charles concerned that for me because I said, what do
(05:55):
you do, Bob when you don't Bob, when you don't
have a good job? And he said, I hit the ball,
I go and find it and then I hit it again.
I thought, that's perfect, because it's just about being out there,
connecting with people, doing something you really enjoy, and that
(06:18):
there should be the simple ethos of golf.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Absolutely. I think that's absolutely on the Mark Stephen Park
and we are very grateful for you coming and we're
very grateful of the support that you give Kenniby Golf.
And all I can say, have you had a hole
in one?
Speaker 2 (06:33):
I've had one hole in one?
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
My family members have had a lot more than me,
but I've had one and that was that was that
was great. But lookusie, we do what we do Lemon Hayward.
We do what we do because life is important. That's
our ethos. Because life is important and we've got to
respect that in honor of that. And so let's help
(06:57):
people to you know, out there find something that they
love or a passion, find something that can connect them
into society. You know, golf can give you a lot
of good life, you know, lessens and steer you well
in life if you kind of take those those lessons
out of it. And so yep, so we're locally owned,
(07:20):
so we can choose to support the community and we do. So,
you know, everyone, life is important, get out there and
live it.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Fantastic advice Stephen Parkin, thank you so much and as
I mentioned before, really grateful for Golf on behalf of
Golf and you know all your support over the years.
Long may that continue as you mentioned.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Thank you all right, Thank you Leslie. For more from
News Talks a B.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Listen live on air or online, and keep our shows
with you wherever you go with our podcasts on IRT Radio.
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