“Prospering in an unreal world”

 The Golf Managers Association of New Zealand (GMANZ) and the New Zealand Golf Course Superintendents Association Inc.(NZGCSA) would like to extend a warm welcome to golf club managers, staff, board members and industry suppliers  to attend the Combined GMANZ/NZGCSA Summit and Fine Turf Seminar 13-15 June 2021 Vodafone Events Centre, Manukau as delegates, trade exhibitors or event partners.

In these uncertain times it is the obligation of both our Associations to provide the best outcomes for New Zealand’s Golf industry by bringing golf managers and golf course superintendents together under Alert Level 1 in a safe and collaborative manner to discuss opportunities to grow our game in these unusual times.

Working in our own silos will not have the impact needed to survive in what is a highly competitive sporting environment. We need to be able to work together across both our sectors if we are going to have a real impact.

The secret about collaborating and cross sectoral work is it requires us to work in new and different ways. It can be hard, and it requires us to give things up, or to renegotiate loyalties.  It requires us to care about the things that our collaborators care about. But when it works, it can be very powerful.

We expect to attract 180 delegates to the event starting with an opening night networking session in the suppliers pavilion followed by the first day of the Summit with experts from within the industry sharing their knowledge and advice on topics of a general interest in Q&A sessions and workshops. The second day including the Fine Turf Seminar will follow the same presentation format with the topics addressed being very specific to the two industry sectors.

Topics to be covered by the experts include:

Asset Management	Data Intelligence
Digital innovation	Diversity and inclusion
Financial forecasting in an unreal world	Financial benchmarking
Golf Sustainability	Governance
Growing Degree Days	Human Resources
Golf and Mental Health	Golf Course Design
Golf Sustainability	Governance
Leadership	Manager & Superintendent relationships
Membership growth and retention	Minimum Levels for Sustainable Nutrition
Productivity	Public Relations
Social Media for clubs	Supplier relationships
Casual golfer/green fee growth and conversion

To keep abreast of developments especially from an environmentally friendly perspective we expect to attract a full book of trade exhibitors to showcase their latest developments.

We think it is important that we share what we are learning.  We are not great at collaboration in Aotearoa New Zealand and the challenges we need to navigate are going to force us to do more and more of it.  So, if we are going to get better at it, let us learn from each other.

We welcome your attendance.

Early bird delegate registrations, trade exhibitors and partner registrations can be actioned by clicking on the link https://www.golfmanagers.co.nz/conferences/2021-combined-summit/registration.html.

Enquiries can be addressed to the 2021 Combined GMANZ/NZGCSA Summit and Fine Turf Seminar organiser

Des Topp t:021-392007 E: Contact Form.