The Objectives of the Nomads Golf Club in New Zealand
- To encourage and promote, foster and support the game of golf and in particular to provide such service as may be used for the benefit of golf in greater Auckland.
- To generate funds which may be distributed to such charitable causes as the members of the Club may deem proper.
- To promote fellowship amongst members, their spouses and partners.
- To work in harmony with all Golf Associations and Golf Clubs within the Auckland Area.
- To be affiliated to a Nomads’ National Association if and when such a body is created.
- To do anything that may be expedient, necessary or desirable to further the aims and objectives of the Club.
- To seek reciprocity with other international golfing societies having similar aims and objectives. ie: Nomads of South Africa.
- To promote a high standard of dress and conduct both on the course and in the clubhouses of host clubs.
The Committee for 2024
We have a brilliant committee contributing a lot towards making Nomads a great club for all members
President
Ian Braddock
Club Captain
Wayne Scholtz
Vice Captain
Ryan Hosking
Treasurer
Bennie Hendricks
Membership
Phil Stickland
Secretary
David Bell
Charity Day
Glenn Wilson
Webmaster
Peter Griffiths
Database
Nic Davies
Life Members
Ray Parsons
Life Member
Bill Hanning
Life Member
Ian Braddock
Life Member
Origins & History
Nomads Golf was first established in South Africa in 1960, with Gary Player as the Patron of the club. As its members were drawn from various clubs and played their regular competitions on a variety of different courses, the Nomads name seemed particularly appropriate.
These principles are symbolised by the Nomads badge and logo, a bell crossed by a golf club, reflecting the philosophy expressed in the famous extracts from the Meditations of John Donne (1573-1631): “No man is an island entire of itself; Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main… Any man’s death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee.”
Overseas Nomads
Nomads clubs in South Africa have raised in excess of R20m through their charity about $4m (NZ). Last year the clubs raised R1.5m ($280k NZ). Each club raising an average of $23k (NZ). With our membership we do extremely well.
There have been 42 National tournaments played annually, hosted in South Africa. The first Nomads club formed was Transvaal, (now Gauteng) 47 years ago. The average membership of each club in RSA is about 160 members and it is not uncommon for a new applicant to wait up to 2 years on the waiting list to get obtain membership at the larger clubs like Gauteng, Natal and Western Province. One of the reasons for the formation of Nomads was to get Jewish golfers onto golf courses as they were denied memberships at some golf courses in Johannesburg 47 years ago!
There are probably 3000 Nomad golfers world wide. 3 National tournaments played each year, South Africa, Zimbabwe (currently being played in Harare this week) and Botswana. The SA tournament has about 450 players, the Zimbabwe one about 200 players and the Botswana one about 150 players. The SA and Zimbabwe tournaments are played over 4 rounds with the Botswana event being a 2 round event. The neighbouring provinces compete against each in various triangulars through the year, constituting ‘away games’.
Nomads South Africa run the scoreboards(known as Golferama) for the South African Sunshine tour including the SA Open and the Sun City Classic and get paid for this service, the funds going to either Junior Golf or Charity organisations. At the SA Open they needed 56 volunteers per day. (courtesy of Mel Clements)
Multiple Clubs
- Gauteng Nomads(Johannesburg)
- Nomads Natal(Durban)
- Western Province Nomads(Cape Town)
- Nothern Nomads(Pretoria)
- Eastern Cape(Port Elizabeth)
- Border Nomads(East London)
- Easterns Nomads(Benoni)
- Southern Natal Nomads(Margate)
- Southern Cape Nomads(George)
- Boland Nomads(Paarl)
- Lowveld Nomads(Nelspruit)
- Free State Nomads(Bloemfontein)
Multiple Clubs
Multiple Clubs
- Nomads Mashonaland(Harare)
- Nomads Matabeleland(Bulawayo)
- Nomads Midlands(Gweru)
Our Creed
For whom the bell tolls
No man is an island entire of itself;
Every man is a piece of the continent, apart of the main:
Any man’s death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore, never send to know for whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee
From the Meditations of John Donne (1573-1631)