About CNTIMA

  • The Central North Island Turf Managers Association is a regional member of the New Zealand Golf Course Superintendents Association and a non-profit group of professional turf managers, assistants and trade members.
  • ​​​​​​​Our members meet periodically for Field Days.
  • The association began in the 1930s when regular gatherings took place to discuss and exchange methods and strategies in search of higher standards of presentation for their turf areas.
  • The CNITMA has grown considerably from those early days. The faces have changed but the objectives have stayed basically the same. However these days the standards demanded on golf courses have increased dramatically and the need to communicate with other turf professionals has become even more important.
  • Golf clubs, bowling clubs, sports fields, race tracks, turf farms and their staff members benefit from being a member of this association. 

Field Days

  • These are held several times a year at different venues and involve equipment demonstrations and presentations from guest speakers on various subjects. There is ample time made available for discussion on any aspect of the day’s proceedings as well as inspection of the host’s course.

Trainees

  • The CNITMA periodically runs a Trainee of the Year Competition sponsored by the CNITMA and Waikato and Bay of Plenty Eagles Golfing Societies. The objectives of this competition are to provide further education, improve camaraderie amongst the trainees within our region and introduce them to alternative ways and means of turf management. 
  • All trainees must be financial members of CNITMA to be eligible. 
  • As trainees in this industry make a huge commitment to learn this challenging trade, it is important that they take the opportunities that are presented by their regional and national associations to improve their broader knowledge within the industry as this will ultimately benefit their employers, the golf clubs and other sports bodies they represent.

2025-26 Committee

President

Craig McCurdy (Cambridge Golf Club)

Vice-President

Ray Fanning (The Dunes, Matarangi)

Committee 

Karen Crake (PGG Wrightson)
Jason Laing (Tieke Golf Estate)
Dave Biddle (Parks and Spaces, Tauranga)
Tukai Ellis (Whakatane)
Shaun Davies (Living Turf)
James Winterburn (Brandt)

Sub-committee 

Robert Maxwell (Primary ITO)
Mike Downs (Waitomo)
Jamie Wood (Parkland)
David Begley ​​​​​​​(Tieke)

​​​​​​​Administrator

Keri Downs