FAQ

Question 1

What is a Futures Canterbury Hub?

Answer

Futures Canterbury has two hubs in Canterbury providing regular and affordable opportunities for young people and families to learn and play golf in a positive and fun environment. When you join a Futures Canterbury Hub, you get access to play at a collective of golf clubs with a growing community of young people and families along with regular learn and play sessions and events.

Question 2

Who can join a Futures Canterbury Hub?

Answer

Hub membership is open to anyone under 19 years of age. We also have a membership for parents/guardians of junior members of a hub which provides them the opportunity to play golf with their children at the participating clubs in a hub. This membership is transferable between parents allowing one parent at any time to play with their child/children. If both parents would like to play with their child/children at the same time, two parent/guardian memberships would be required. Visit our Membership Options page for more information.

Question 3

When can hub members play at the participating clubs?

Answer

Being a member of the hub gives you access to play at all of the participating clubs in your local hub at off-peak times outside of weekly club competitions. Click here to view course availability for members of the North-East Hub. Click here to view course availability for members of the Selwyn Hub.

Question 4

Where are the participating golf clubs?

Answer

The participating clubs in the new North-East Hub are Bottle Lake, Christchurch, Rangiora and Waimairi Beach Golf Club. The participating clubs in the Selwyn Hub are Charteris Bay, Ellesmere Golf Club, Greendale Golf Club, Hororata, Lincoln Golf Club, McLeans Island Golf Club and Tai Tapu Golf Club.

Question 5

What does membership include?

Answer

As well as access to play at the participating clubs in hub, junior members will also receive an introductory branded apparel pack, an official NZ Golf membership number and handicap, free learn and play sessions, subsidised programmes and events, and the opportunity to play junior interclub for a nominated club within a hub. The parent/guardian membership includes off-peak playing rights at the participtating hub courses when playing with a young person who is a current junior member of the North-East or Selwyn Hub. Please note the parent/guardian membership does not include an NZ Golf membership number.

Question 6

Can parents or guardians of junior members join the hub?

Answer

Yes, we offer a membership for parents/guardians of current junior members of a hub. The membership gives you the opportunity to play golf with your child/children at any of the participating clubs in a hub. The annual membership fee is $120. To encourage family participation, this membership is transferable between parents allowing one parent at any time to play with their child/children. If you would both like to play with your child/children at the same time, two parent/guardian memberships would be required.