Ladies Club Captains

Ladies Captains: From left: Miler, Sandra; Lauder, Aileen; Manson, Elizabeth; Griffiths, Nancy; Whitelaw, Alison; Samson, Therese; Cullen,Nancye; Burgoyne, Rowena; MacDonald, Vonnie; Rennell, Patricia; Lena Coakley; Rhodes, Rose; Lang, Ruth.

The complete list of ladies who acted as Captains of the Ladies is given below. Ladies have always been are elected to the position of Captain. However there seem to be indications that members are expected to take their turn at the office. Ada Elizabeth Macartney, wife of the first President of the Club did however enjoy an extended period as Ladies Captain. There was a also a lengthy period when Ruth Lang was in the role. It is noted that Captains Ada Macartney, Jessie Fiecken, Ruth Lang and Patricia Rennell were elected Honorary Life Members of the Club.

To the best of our ability we have confirmed that nearly all of the names of the members of Tai Tapu Golf listed here and the offices they held, are correct. But doubtless there are errors. We shall be most grateful to receive corrections. We have put an asterisk beside any name of which we are uncertain.

As is the case with much of the history of Tai Tapu Golf Club many key documents have been lost or destroyed over the years. This is not unusual for a sports club where the concentration has been upon the sports themselves and where archiving documents (apart from the legal requirements pertaining to financials) is far from the minds of members.

In the early decades of last century, it was common for local newspapers to publish results for all golf clubs which sent them in. Coverage in those newspapers also included reports of annual general meetings and opening and closing days of clubs. But, gradually over the years, newspapers have carried a decreasing amount of local lower-level sport.

The set of programme booklets possessed by the Club is complete from 1964 and it provides useful information. However, the period for which more Tai Tapu Golf information is wanted is the period about 1945 to 1960. Of course, as more data are found, they will be applied to updating existing files.

In the past it was the practice to identify women via their husband’s names, not as individuals in their own right. Thankfully, society has moved on from that and in identifying ladies in this data base, their given names are used together with their married surnames.