Through initial memberships of the Cambridge Golf Club (CGC) in the 1990s by Cogswell founders Ron and Phil, a sponsorship arrangement to support the purchase of team uniforms for the Championship Pennant Teams began. In 2008, the First Division team carried the Cogswell logo on their uniforms to gain a historic win! Currently, the Company has focused its financial support of the Club through sponsorship of the Junior Development Program and the Club's recent Ecological Restoration Project to encourage wildlife and native vegetation regeneration through pest and weed control. If you visit the Club you will see Cogswell signage proudly displayed.
Cogswell Junior Pennant Team - Finals
On Sunday 25th August 2024 our Cambridge Golf Junior team of Matthew Prinsloo, Max Harrison, Riley Bennett, Tony Kim and Lachie Dennis-Wolf competed against 3 other Waikato teams in the grand final of the Waikato Golf Junior Pennant Champs. The venue for the showdown was the picturesque Hukanui golf course.
After a false start the previous week (grand final was scheduled for the previous Sunday, but was called off due to the wild weather), all the teams were primed and ready for the battle. Matamata qualified at #1 for the finals, with Cambridge qualifying in second, with Te Awamutu and Huntly rounding out the last 2 spots.
The final was played in pleasant conditions and all the junior golfers across the 4 teams played well, showcasing great skills, team spirit and golfing etiquette.
After all was said and done, and the counting was complete (stablefords), then we were left with a clear winner on 125 points (3 best scores out of 5), 2nd was on 100, 3rd on 93 and 4th on 91.
And it is my pleasure and with great pride to announce that the clear winner was the Cambridge team!
The result highlighted the team nature of the comp, everyone contributed well across all 4 rounds and on finals day we had 3 of the more junior players of the team play out of their collective skins. They realised their full potential (that had been brewing) and then some more.
Max Harrison shot 81 for 46 points (picked a great day to shoot his first sub-90 score), Lachie Dennis-Wolf also went under 90 for the first time, shooting 88 and collecting 40 points for the team and Tony Kim rounded out our top 3 score with 87 and 39 points. Matthew and Riley also scored well, but hard to beat those points (especially playing off 0.5 and 7.7 handicaps respectively), but they did great work in qualifying rounds that got us to the final.
A great achievement for Cambridge junior golf, having never won the tournament in the 25 years it had been running, we have now won it twice in a row.
Big thanks to our team sponsors, Cogswell Survey, the teams were always looking good in their gear. Also thanks to Stephen, Terry and the rest of the team at Waikato Golf, well organised event again this year, and big thanks to Pro Drive Golf for their sponsorship of the event as well. And a huge thanks for Rory, lots of time spent with our young golfers making sure their golf skills were always improving, and more importantly, making them good golfing citizens.
Irrespective of the result, I personally found the whole competition very enjoyable, a superb group of young golfers across both Cambridge teams. We've got plenty in the junior golf stocks to make it 3 in a row next year!
Darryl
Junior Pennant Manager
Cambridge Golf Club Juniors win The Waikato 2023 Junior Pennant Series: Sunday 27th Aug 2023.
Our code is to play with pride, never give up, be respectful of all facilities, players, and those who are supporting our game.
The first victory ever in the Waikato Junior Championships.
Congratulations to the team, Riley Bennett, Lucas Peng, Matthew Prinsloo, Lachlan Dennis-Wolf, Benji Thomas and Harvey Thomas.
These are our stars of the future and the strength that makes Cambridge a great place to play our game.
Thank you to Cogswell Survey for their assistance and support of the Junior Academy, the parents, guardians, and Waikato Golf.
